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- - What is PentriSoft?
-
- PentriSoft is a non-profitmaking association for computer programmers
- whose aim is to help genuine shareware and freeware authors of high
- quality programs to succeed in the world market for software.
-
- - What platforms does PentriSoft cover?
-
- In theory, PentriSoft is for programmers on all computers, but at the
- moment, we can only support those on the Amiga and Apple Macintosh.
- Although the two 'sections' of PentriSoft share the same name, logo and
- aims, we will probably keep things fairly separate.
-
- - How did PentriSoft begin?
-
- PentriSoft was the brainwave of my friend Stephane Gray. He is a Mac
- programmer, and has since enlisted many other shareware Mac programmers.
- I am now trying to do the same thing for the Amiga.
-
- - How can PentriSoft help programmers?
-
- PentriSoft can offer individual programmers a means by which they can
- contribute to the shareware system as well as providing the use of
- advertising, beta testing and programming tips from other members.
- Soon, we hope to offer some sort of evaluation system, and maybe later
- on, a distribution system, where programs are advertised and distributed
- `in bulk'. PentriSoft has members with years of experience in
- programming on the Amiga and Apple Macintosh, eager to offer friendly
- tips and advice to enthusiastic newcomers.
-
- - How do I join?
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- Simply return the questionnaire/Registration file to me at:
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- Mark Harman
- 3 Highlea Close
- St. Leonards on-sea
- East Sussex
- TN37 7SS
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- I will then send you more details, and maybe put you in contact with
- other programmers. You will not be charged for anything at any time,
- but it will speed up replies if you send an SAE.
-
- - What does joining PentriSoft involve?
-
- By joining, you do not sacrifice any of your ownership rights or
- programmer fees, but you do benefit from a network of friendly fellow
- programmers, vastly increased distribution, and the right to use a
- symbol of software quality that can be displayed on program. From time
- to time, PentriSoft may put other programmers, working in fields in
- which you have experience, in touch with you so that you can exchange
- tips and advice about your programs. Please note that we reserve the
- right to end a programmer's membership at any time (but there'll be no
- need for that, of course...)
-
- - Tell me more about the disk-mag `Double-Click'.
-
- Nothing is certain on this, but we hope to set up a disk magazine about
- PentriSoft and programming, so feel free to send us articles and
- examples of source code! The Mac and Amiga versions, if they both
- happen, are likely to be fairly different, though we hope to exchange
- articles where relevant.
-
- - I know some other Amiga programmers; how do they join?
-
- Get them to write to me (Mark) at the above address, or better still,
- give them a copy of this disk and ask them to return a duplicate of the
- questionnaire (or the registration program if that's what you've got).
-
- - I know some Mac programmers; how do they join?
-
- This is important; do NOT get them to write to me; instead, ask them to
- write to this address:
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- Stephane Gray
- Oaklands
- Rock Lane
- Hastings
- East Sussex
- TN35 4NY
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- He will send them some more details.
-
- - I know programmers of other platforms; can they join?
-
- They can join; get them to write to Stephane (above). Note that support
- for these programmers will be fairly limited at the moment, but we would
- like to get PentriSoft on to many different platforms as possible.
-
- - More about us?
-
- Stephane Gray, who originally came up with the idea, controls all things
- Mac related. I (Mark Harman) am in control of the Amiga related
- section. I shall also mention Rob Forster, who isn't a programmer, but
- kindly beta-tests our programs. We are all 16/17 years old, studying
- hard for our A Levels. Who knows how we find time to do things like
- this... Both me and Stephane have released some PD programs, but
- haven't made vast amounts of money from programming (yet?).
-
- - What Amiga do I own?
-
- I ought to say, since I'm asking about yours. I own an A1200, with
- 340MB Hard Drive, which I've recently upgraded to an '030, with 10MB of
- RAM. If you're thinking of upgrading, please do, it makes your life so
- much better! I also have a 24-pin printer to slowly churn out the
- questionnaires.
-
- -What programming language do I use?
-
- I use AMOSPro, so I would especially like to hear from other AMOS users.
- Don't worry if you aren't, however; PentriSoft is for users of ALL
- programming languages. I also know a little C and ARexx. Stephane, by
- the way, uses something called `Hypercard'.
-
- - What programs have I written?
-
- A lottery program (Lottery Numbers), and a file encryption program
- (Protector), both of which are in the public domain. I've written
- various others, but just haven't released them yet. I am currently
- working on `Erebus', which is a roleplaying game, and have recently
- produced a hypertext text-viewer, which I intend to use for the disk
- mag.
-
- - What if I drastically upgrade my Amiga, or Get a New One; Should I
- Tell You?
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- The hardware questionnaire is only really for beta testing purposes (if
- someone wants to see if a program runs on a particular setup, or it has
- higher than average system requirements), so it isn't too important.
- Having said that, I'll always be interested to hear, anyway...
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