Re: Apple II version of Activision's H.E.R.O.

["AIIFREAK" <chemicus1@gmx.de>]

Andy McFadden wrote:
> Mike OMalley <m.SPAMNOomalleyNOSPAM@cqu.edu.auspammenot> wrote:
> > CiderPress annoyed me off because I installed it, ran it, had no reason to
> > use it, so exited.  Then a few months later, I had a SHK to use, so I ran
> > CiderPress, got the "30 days Expired" message - so I still have not been
> > able to evaluate it or try it out, and I still have no idea how good it is.
> >
> > Should I had over $8.95 and reward such behaviour.  No, I don't think I
> > should.
>
> The 30-day limitation is explained on the Download page, in the readme
> file, during the installation process, and everywhere else I could think
> of to put it.  I tried not to take anybody by surprise.  The 30-day
> timer resets every time an X.Y version is released (but not X.Y.Z), so
> if past versions didn't have what somebody wanted, they could evaluate
> a later version.  The program ships without any other restrictions or
> limitations, and no "nag" screens, so for 30 days, what you see is what
> you get.  This is the "nicest" way I could think of to distribute a
> shareware program, short of giving the program away.  I'm sorry if you
> had a bad experience with it.
>
> CiderPress is itself based on NuLib2, which I have always distributed as
> GPL-license open-source freeware.  It's a command-line tool with the
> ability to unpack ShrinkIt archives, including the ability to convert
> ShrinkIt disk archives to and from .PO disk images.  (It also includes a
> utility called "imgconv" that converts to and from .2MG.)  Windows
> binaries can be downloaded from http://www.nulib.com/.
>
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