Big news on the NewtonTalk Network: a registration code generator for SBM Utilities for the Newton OS is now available! Frank Gruendel, Newton hardware guru, posted this to the list:
I wish there was a way to purchase SBM utilities which was never released and is now not supported.
Thanks to the efforts of Martin Hahn the author of SBM Utilities (and a lot of other useful Newton software) has released the program he used for creating registration codes for SBM Utilities. True to form, it is a Newton program. As of a moment ago you can find it here:
http://www.pda-soft.de/common/download/SBM_Utils_Reg_Code_Creation.zip
To quote the author: "This program is a gift to the Newton fans."
SBM Utilities can be found here:
http://www.softwarebueromueller.de/englisch/newton/sbmutils/
It seems that this page hasn't been updated for some time, but it seems that after this generous gift there's no longer any need to click on the Kagi link...
Although to the best of my knowledge Holger Mueller hasn't explicitly said so, I think it goes without saying that we can't expect him to spend time and money anymore on supporting this useful application.
Please keep in mind that there's no need to thank me. All I did to make this happen was exchange a couple of mails with Martin Hahn and upload the zip file to my site. If you feel inclined to thank anybody, you had better direct this to Martin and Holger.
Have fun. I am proud of being a member of a community whose members can make things like this happen.
I used Simon Bell's Newton Connection for Mac OS X to load both SBM Utilities and the RegCode package onto my MessagePad 2100. When you open the RegCode package you can either enter your name as shown on the Newton's Owner Card, or you can enter the serial number that SBM Utilities generates when you open that package. Either way the package generates a registration code that serializes SBM Utilities.
Once loaded I opened SBM Utilities and ran the Doctor component, shown in the top image at the lower right corner. The package scanned both the internal store and my PCMCIA linear flash code and checked the integrity of the soups. Everything checked out alright.
It is very nice to finally have a serialized, working copy of this wonderful utility for the Newton MessagePad. While I have not run into any significant issues so far on any of my Newtons, it is reassuring to have such a great tool available should the need arise.
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