This file has been updated since the release of 2.1/2.0 of Ldos and Lserial so PLEASE read it carefully! From now on Ldos and Lserial are refered to as 'Ldos'. REGISTRATION CENTRES Residents in north America can now register via the AMOS Club USA & PD Library in the USA. They have the full rights to process registrations and will charge $16 at the time when this document was written (92-09-15). They will process registrations until (at least) June of 1993. Contact: AMOS Club USA & PD Library P.O. Box 11434 Milwaukee, WI 53211 U.S.A Users who register via a registration center will receive a disk with the latest release of Ldos. The registration centre do NOT need to supply users with a free update but may, if they wish, sell the latest version of Ldos to already registered users for the (low) price of a normal PD-disk. DEMO VERSIONS If you are not a registered user you will only have access to the demo versions of Lserial and Ldos. These are fully functional. The only thing that has been changed are the error- handling routines. Every time an error is generated from the extension an alert will pop up and ask the author of the program to register. I hope this will cause all serious users to register. The demoversions may be uploaded anywhere, put on any PD-disk by any PD-group as long as the fee for the disk is less than, or equal to, the price for a disk from Fred Fish. Docs, binaries (executable and libraies), may not be omitted from the disk or the archive. Example programs may be excluded. You may not use the demoversions for more than four weeks and you may not release any programs to the public without using a, by you, registered copy of Ldos/Lserial. REGISTERED VERSIONS These versions are much smaller than the demoversions due to removed error-routine and doesn't contain that anoying requester each time an error is generated. By registering you also gain the right to use Ldos or Lserial in any type of program, PD/SW/commercial or whatsoever. You do NOT have the right to modify or disassemble any of the code in Ldos.lib or Lserial.lib. You also receive expandable online help to all Ldos and Lserial commands by just pressing the help-key plus manuals in hypertext format (AmigaGuide format) REGISTER The registration fee includes a disk with the latest version of Ldos and possibly some other extensions or programs. If Ldos gets a major update you will receive one free update. I can not guarantee that there will be future versions of Ldos. First of all I must get enough feedback and registrations, secondly Ldos seems to be quite complete for the moment (ie. all commands I have found useful have been implemented) My goal is to get Ldos and Lserial as fast and bug free as possible. If you have any good ideas or suggestions, please contact me (see below). GUARANTEE I would hereby like to clearly state that ALL registrations have been processed as fast as possible, most of them within one or two days, and there is no chance that a registration that has reached me (there always is a small chance that your letter could disappear in the post-handling) has been, or will be ignored. Other authors of shareware states (like me) that it is quite safe to put cash in an envelope, AS LONG AS YOU COVER THE BILLS WITH A PAPER OR SOMETHING! HOW TO REGISTER NOTE! PLEASE! Check the current rate of exchange BEFORE sending cash NOTE! Pound sterling among others seems to be quite unstable at the NOTE! moment!! I from now on accept cash in american dollars, british pounds and swedish crowns (SEK). The registration fee is ONLY 100 crowns! (You don't get much for that sum today, except Ldos :) At this moment of writing this is about £10 or $20. People living in Scandinavia could use the Postgiro (account # 710803-4716) but please note that residents outside Sweden need to add 25 crowns since the Postoffice charges me this for every transfer outside Sweden. If you send me any other currency than listed above *I can't gurantee that your registration will be processed* (The bank may charge more than the cash is worth!) If you include one or two IRCs I will see to that your cash will be sent back to you, however, I can't see that it should be hard for anybody to get dollars, pounds or crowns. Of course crowns (SEK) is best, if you have a choice. I really hope that the fact that I now accept other currency than crowns and that there is a registration centre in the U.S.A will result in more registered users. There have been less than ten registered users so far, and I think many of you are afraid that your money will disappear in the post-handling or even that I would rip you of in order to save money for disk, stamps etc (which are quite expensive as a matter of fact!). Otherwise the general interest in Ldos seems to be quite large. SUPPORT I will always try to support registered users and answer questions from unregistered users but **PLEASE** only via E-mail or normal snail-mail. I've spent to much time hanging in the phone lately and I often need to test things before I can give a straight answer. All snail-mail will be answered but ONLY if you include one or even two International Reply Copuons (IRC, can be bought at your local post-office). All E-mail that reach me will be answered. Please register Ldos and Lserial! I have spent a LOT of time on programming, fixing bugs and writing manuals. It is not fun to receive more questions and phone calls (on the most weird hours) than registrations. Send bug reports, cash and comments to: Niklas Sjöberg Karolineborgsvägen 8 S-302 41 Halmstad SWEDEN E-mail to "Niklas Sjoberg" 2:203/415.3@Fidonet Reachable on OCC-BBS +46 (0)35 60970 "Niklas Sjoberg" Phone: PLEASE DON'T