'NewsWatcher 2.0b27CH' is a modified version based on the *beta* version of NewsWatcher to work with chinese text newsgroup. The program support alt.chinese.text alt.chinese.text.big5 and other roman-latin newsgroup.
It does HZ filter decoding/encoding (GB<->HZ) automatically and can do GB<->Big5 and (HZ<->GB<->Big5 ). Program make select display font for you if you like. (auto filter/font select in Miscillaneous Option at Preference Dialog).
To handle chinese display and to handle chinese input, NewsWatcher requires a Macintosh chinese OS or CLK - Chinese Language Kit (Apple). - Other requirements see below.
Last release of the program can find in anonymous FTP site (alaska.grenet.fr [130.190.75.3] or adelie.grenet.fr [130.190.75.3]) :
ftp://alaska.grenet.fr/pub/chang_News/
This release is balloon-help ready. See Readme and BalloonHelp for more informations.
Comment and bugs (chinese filter part) to :
chang@glaciog.grenet.fr.
*** NewsWatcher (original) ***
This is a *beta* version of NewsWatcher, not the final *production* version 2.0. You are certainly welcome to try this beta version, and use it if you like it, but you should be aware that it is not yet finished, polished, or error-free.
NewsWatcher is free. It may not be sold for profit or included with other software, products, publications, or services which are sold for profit without the permission of Northwestern University, but otherwise you should feel free to use it and redistribute it.
The anonymous FTP site for the program, the user document, and the CodeWarrior C source code is:
ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/
The helper programs used by NewsWatcher are available via anonymous FTP at:
ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/helpers/
NewsWatcher requires a Macintosh running System 7.0 or later with 2.5 megabytes or more of memory and a hard drive. The Mac must be connected to the Internet, and MacTCP or Open Transport must be properly installed and configured.
(Open Transport is Apple’s new networking architecture for the Mac. It is currently in beta test. Apple has not yet released it to the public. If you have a beta version of Open Transport installed, NewsWatcher uses it. Otherwise, NewsWatcher uses MacTCP. This Open Transport support is preliminary and experimental. We have tested it with version 1.0f3 of Open Transport. It has not, however, been widely tested yet, and it hasn’t been tested with any other versions of Open Transport.)
NewsWatcher is distributed as a “fat binary”. This means that it runs in native 68K mode on Motorola 68K Macintoshes, and it runs in native PowerPC mode on Power Macintoshes.
For dialup use, NewsWatcher works with the various SLIP and PPP programs, and with ARA together with an appropriately configured AppleTalk/IP gateway. It is strictly an online newsreader, and it does not support any other kind of dialup connection. The program requires an active full TCP/IP connection to the Internet. It does not support offline newsreading, and it does not support older kinds of dialup connections designed primarily for simple terminal emulation. We have no plans to add these features soon, if at all. If you need an offline newsreader or a newsreader which works with older kinds of dialup connections, you must use some other program.
NewsWatcher was written by John Norstad of Northwestern University:
mailto:j-norstad@nwu.edu
If you have a comment, question, or suggestion about NewsWatcher, please read the user document for the program before writing to the author. Most questions are answered in the user document. In particular, see the “Getting Started” chapter for basic instructions on how to use the program, see Appendix F for a list of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) and their answers, and see Appendix G for details on our plans for future versions of the program. If you don’t have a copy of the user document, you can get it via anonymous FTP. Hold down the Command key and click anywhere in the following line:
Before writing to the author, also please check the FTP site to make certain you have the most recent version of the program.
For information on licensing NewsWatcher for commercial use (e.g., for inclusion with other commercial software, products, publications, or services), contact Andy Rosenau of Northwestern University:
Special thanks to Steve Dorner, both for his advice and assistance, and for his “Eudora” mail program, which has served as a consistent source of inspiration for NewsWatcher in particular and as a standard of excellence for Macintosh Internet software in general.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROVIDES NEWSWATCHER AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR PROMISE OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OF NEWSWATCHER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
