From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Wed May 05 2004 - 01:41:34 PDT
Despite the fact that the problem seems to be solved now, there are
different ways for registering applications.
There are applications they require Newt ID from Adam Tow and others not.
In principle they can use the hardware coded ID only (I think it was called
seed code) or they can combine that ID with the owner info.
And here it comes into play that the owner info will be deleted during a
brain wipe (but not the installed software patches!)
If you then use a package that requires the "combined ID" and you enter your
owner name slightly different, the registration will not succeed anymore.
I think thats what happened to the poster of this thread...
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Jon Glass
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:01 PM
> To: Newtontalk
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Brainwipes (Was: Re: Button Bar Question)
> on 5/4/04 5:18 PM, Humphreys, David at
> david.humphreys_at_honeywell.com wrote:
> > The Newton ID is pulled from a chip on the MLB. It has a unique
> 64 bit number
> > permanently fixed within. In fact, it's
> > called a silicon ID. Having this number of bits ensures that no
> two are the
> > same.
> > If you are getting a different number than the one you
> registered, either the
> > chip is a different one than the one you
> > originally used to register (i.e. you have more than one
> machine)or the MLB
> > has been changed at some point.
> Excuse me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the Newton ID was a system
> created by Adam Tow used exclusively for registering software, and that it
> is different from the Newton's own internal ID. I thought it was
> _this_ that
> the original poster was having problems with? Am I right?
> If it is, then I think you may have to locate the original writer of the
> registered software, and have this all changed to match the new ID...
> Yuck...
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
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