Oh no, I was planning to move my connection between my OS X computer and
newton to Newtftp / ftp server. Just bought a ethernet card for it ..
On $B_at_14|0l(B, 12 3, 2001, at 02:26 , Jeremy Bond Shepherd wrote:
>
>
> I hope you are successful in registering NewtFTP, but
> unfortunately I fear you may find this rather difficult.
>
> I purchased and registered NewtFTP some few years ago when
> Tactile was still up and running. Then, some time later, I
> needed a new registration code, because I had purged my system
> soup during a backup/restore operation. NewtFTP's seed for the
> registration code is based on a value stored in the system soup
> at the first time the package is installed. The seed is
> calculated based on the time that the package is "first"
> installed on the system. It's a very tricky method for
> preventing users from employing the usual methods of sharing reg
> codes, de/re-installing, or deleting prefs slots to get the
> program for free. Unfortunately, it also requires that the
> developer remain available indefinitely to issue new
> registration codes to authenticated, registered users whose
> programs have become de-registered through system maintenance
> activities.
>
> I never was able to get in touch with Tactile after months of
> e-mails and phone messages left for them. Finally, someone who
> had been down the same path as I told me how to recover the
> initial seed value which I could then re-enter, using a soup
> editor, which in turn would allow me to use my registration code
> to register the packge. This was ONLY possible because I had an
> old, saved backup which contained the system soup with the
> initial NewtFTP seed value. I have now written this value down
> and stored it in a safe place, along with the (rather complex)
> instructions for re-entering it in the system soup if I ever
> have this problem again.
>
> If I didn't have that backup, and the helpful advice of a
> co-sufferer, I would have been lost.
>
> NewtFTP is a valuable resource for Newties, as you have
> discovered, and it's a shame to have it be essentially lost to
> new users. I hope a solution is found someday--either Tactile
> emerging from the ashes, or a Tibet/Vea/Lookout-style hack
> package that can permanently register it.
>
> Good luck,
>
> -Jeremy
>
>
>
>
>
> At 06:32 PM 12/2/01, you wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to register NewtFTP, but no success.
>>
>> the order form on Tactile's web site always responds with an error
>> "submission failed" and on the telephone number given nobody
>> ever picks
>> up. Email hasn't been responded to.
>>
>> The last update to the website appears to have been in 1998.
>>
>> Are those folks even still around ?
>>
>> What am I supposed to do now ?
>>
>> If someone could sent me an unlock code for NewtFTP, I will
>> sent the 30$
>> using Paypal and tactile's email address. It would then be up
>> to them to
>> pick up the money but I'd have done my fair bit.
>>
>> Or is there anything else I should do ?
>>
>> rgds
>> BK
>
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