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| Level 7 : "Man, I still like MEKA !" - How to register |
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| Thanks. In this case, if you want to help further development and support |
| the author, you are welcome to register MEKA. |
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| To do so, you will simply have to help the SMS Power cause. This can be |
| done by several ways. The first is to donate Sega 8-bit cartridges to us. |
| We would love that. Donating hardware is even more welcome. If you plan |
| to donate anything, be sure to e-mail me beforehand. And remember it is |
| not because a game or a system is common that I have it. I am actually |
| missing a billion of common game I would love to get. |
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| If you cannot find any cartridges then you can send money. Money helps |
| SMS Power in buying cartridges to dump and/or for the museum, as well as |
| getting weird pieces of related hardware. Due to me trusting the cool |
| people who are happy to help a great cause, there is no more minimal |
| amount to send to get registered. So basically even if you send $1 you |
| will get registered. Of course the more the better. I honnestly tend to |
| get depressed when someone send $1 for a four-years work. |
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| If you don't have an idea on how much you must send, then you are not on |
| the right track. What matter is that you are helping a cause, and for that |
| reason the more is always the better. Don't stop feeding your children or |
| plan to sell your house to donate the money to our cause, though. Just |
| think about how much *you* would pay for that software if it was commercial. |
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| I like to have fun writing documentations, so here is a formula to |
| calculate a good price: |
| P = (S / (k * 5)) + (M / k) |
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| Where: |
| P is the price a nice guy would pay. |
| S is the speed of your CPU. |
| M is the amount of memory in your video card. |
| k is defined as 3 * Pi for year 2002, and will increase with time. |
| (approximately 9.4247) |
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| For my own computer: |
| P = (350 / (3 * Pi * 5)) + (8 / (3 * Pi)) = 8.25$ (pretty cheap) |
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| A faster computer: |
| P = (1600 / (3 * Pi * 5)) + (32 / (3 * Pi)) = 37.34$ (ouch) |
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| With in-between prices for average computers, obviously. |
| Isn't that a great idea to accomodate programs prices to the speed of |
| your computer ? The rich pay more than the poor. :) |
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| Of course if you end with something like 19.50 or 22.25 don't bother |
| sending coins, you can round it up. And of course you can still round |
| it up without any specific reason, it you feel it is too much or too |
| low to pay. In fact, you are the one who decide. |
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| Please do not send checks, since they are expensive to cash (for me). |
| Please do not send money orders, since they are expensive to send (for you). |
| In both cases, it is not worth wasting a lot of money on a small donation. |
| Cash in your country currency is usually a good thing. |
| Please e-mail be beforehand if you are unsure about anything. |
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| My address is: Omar Cornut |
| 45 rue Rebeval |
| 75019 Paris |
| France |
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| And I can also receive money with PayPal (very practical), under the |
| following address: cornut @ noos.fr. |
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| Finally, if your main pretext for not registering is lazyness, then you |
| know yourself it is not a valid pretext :) |
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| If you do not agree these terms, then you can delete this software now, as |
| it will destroy your computer after a certain amount of time using a non |
| registered version. Also, if you have dogs living in your house, MEKA will |
| autodetect them and kill them by sending ultra sonic waves through the PC |
| speakers. Just don't say I made it for the money, please. |
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| Registered users will receive information and new version before others. |
| They will also get access to ROMs on SMS Power, other things I may |
| show off, and more importantly: a clean conscience. |
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| Enjoy! |