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TAKING UP THE POINT OF DIFFICULTY IN REGISTERING PROGRAMS RAISED LAST
ISSUE IS EDD AND BRIAN WHO GIVE US AN INSIGHT INTO HOW THEY HANDLE THINGS
AND ALSO SOME HANDY ADDRESSES WHERE YOUR MONEY IS SURE TO FIND IT`S
INTENDED TARGET.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SHAREWARE USE AND ANY
MORE INFO ON THIS SAME SUBJECT WOULD BE VERY WELCOME.
THE ADRESSES GIVEN HERE SHALL REMAIN IN FUTURE ISSUES IN ORDER TO
CREATE A LIST OF UP TO DATE ADDRESSES FOR REGISTERING SOFTWARE,IF YOU
FIND OUT THAT ANY OF THESE ARE THEMSELVES UPDATED PLEASE CONTACT ME.
PROGRAM REGISTERING
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At one time I was like everyone else who had a working demo of a program,
I said to myself "Why should I send any money to the person who wrote the
program". I can use the program okay and the bits that don't work I don't
need, so it went on until I got a program (Address v1.6) that I was using
all the time, but had a limited amount of records that I could input.
The registration blurb said that registered owners could input records
only limited by the computers memory. I thought about it for a bit and
finally admitted that it would be a good idea if I did register it, after
all it was only a measly £5.
The first thing I did was write the author a letter to confirm that he
was still at the same address (very important to check before sending any
money), the author sent me a letter confirming his address. Now there was
nothing stopping me sending my £5, except I still had this fear that I
could still be ripped off (remember this was my first registration).
Still feeling that I would never see anything for my money, I constructed
a registration form with 1st Word (which I use for all my registrations)
and with my £5, posted it. Less than a week later I received a master
disc of the program (which I immediately installed) plus 2 manuals,
which where of almost professional quality. The author also sent me a
personal number which I could use when I rang the help line (yes, you
even get a help line). All in all it had a professional look to it and
the program is excellent, which I use to this day to store all my
address's.
With that one letter all the lame excuses for not registering
disappeared, so far I have registered a further 4 programs. I have to
admit although they are PD, they still look commercial quality, imagine
what you would have to pay if you had to register it on a commercial
level. I highly recommend that you register any program that you use on
a regular basis and support the authors.
The following are a few things that you should do before registering
any program:
1. Always check that the person that you are registrating with is still
at the same address and hasn't moved.
2. Try and register the newest version that you can, you may not be able
to register older versions.
3. Try and make sure the registration address is in the UK (see notes
below).
4. If it's some other form of registration such as POSTCARDWARE, then
drop the author a postcard (you'll be amazed what can happen).
5. If you don't register programs, then authors may stop producing
program and cease to support the Atari.
I wrote earlier that you'd be amazed what can happen if you send an
author a post card or some other form of registration (most authors like
to know where the programs have gone and who is using them). Well, I sent
a postcard to Bob Kell (the author of this disc mag actually) and now
I'm typing articles for his disc mag, which a few weeks ago I never
dreamed I'd be doing.
Sending registrations abroad is a bit tricky, because once you send your
money abroad you may never see it again, although that can happen in the
UK as well. In the UK you have more chance of doing something about it
than out of the country, personally I will only register a program if the
author's address is in the UK.
But remember you don't have to register every single program you have,
only those ones that you like and use the most.
REGISTRATION ADDRESS'S
My small list of address's I've regristrated software with:
RUFTRADE
Charles Edwards
3, Hunters Way
Croydon
CR0 5JJ
GLASS BUTTOCK OF THARG/GRANDAD AND THE QUEST FOR THE HOLEY VEST/GRANDAD
AND THE SEARCH FOR HIS SANDWICHES
Ian Scott REPLACES
9,St Lawrence Close 99,Mill Lane
Beccles Bradwell
Suffolk Gt Yarmouth
England
NR34 9EW
SUPERCARD V3.13a
B.Ware Software
19, Southfield Road
Hinckley
Leics
LE10 1UA
I have also registrated a program called SCOUT v2, but the author no
longer has an Atari so I'll be writing to him for permission to deal with
the registration's on his behalf, I'll include it in the registration
address software list if the author agrees.
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Dear Bob,
During the first year that I had my St I sent off
for a lot of PD disk's and tried to register several of them.I decided it
was best to check out the address given before sending any money.I had no
response at all.That was that until this year when on a cover disk was a
program that I really wanted,it was ST Diary.Because it was on a cover
disk I thought there might be a better chance of the address being ok.This
proved to be the case and I posted off my £9.00 registration fee to the
nice man who programed the disk.In return I recieved a registered copy of
the program with my name in it and more features in the program.A printed
35 page manual is also the reward for registering so allthough it seemed a
bit expensive it turned out to be good value.I use the diary every day and
the note pad and address data base make it a really good(High Res only)
program.
ST DIARY....SIMON WILKINSON
WILKINSON ENTERPRISES(UK)
2,HIGH BUCKSTONE,
EDINBURGH.
EH10 6XS.
B.G.S.