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From: cderossi@apple.UUCP (Chris Derossi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dimmer Cdev Problems.
Message-ID: <7117@apple.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 88 06:39:44 GMT
References: <982@csun.UUCP> <9596@santra.UUCP>
Reply-To: cderossi@apple.UUCP (Chris Derossi)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: Dimmer
Summary: The posted version of Dimmer is Beta and NOT PD

Recently the Mac II screen dimmer "Dimmer" was posted to the net, and
the poster claimed that it was a public-domain beta version of a soon-
to-be commercial product. That isn't entirely true.

I am the author of Dimmer, and here's the scoop: The version posted to the
net was 1.0b4. I am up to 1.0b9. The Beta-4 version expired on 1 Nov 87
because it had known (nasty) bugs. So when it stops working after a few
reboots, that's why.

Dimmer was never public domain. But since the posted version did not come with
the info file, I can understand that people would think it was PD. (After all,
I'm not finished yet and the copyright notice isn't visible [but it is there].)

I don't care if you use the 1.0b4 version, and the posted fix from 
jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki) will work. (Search for the hex value 6314
and change it to 6014.) However, please keep in mind the following things:

That version has bugs. All of the ones that I know of have been fixed. I would,
though, appreciate bug reports. 1.0b4 may lock up your machine (thereby
preventing you from saving any work), but it won't destroy any volumes.

Dimmer has been vastly improved. Many features and changes have gone into it
since the 1.0b4 version.

Dimmer is NOT public domain, and it will be purchaseable soon. I am finishing
the details now. Because of this, I cannot release another beta version to
the public.

Thank you.

Chris Derossi