Title: Presto 0.9.6 beta (MIDI sequencer)
Post by: pl212 on July 20, 2025, 11:39:56 PM
Post by: pl212 on July 20, 2025, 11:39:56 PM
http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/ThirdPartyProducts/ThirdPartySoftware/InputOutputAndStorage/PrestoMidiSequencer/PrestoMidiSequencer.html (http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/ThirdPartyProducts/ThirdPartySoftware/InputOutputAndStorage/PrestoMidiSequencer/PrestoMidiSequencer.html)
https://simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld/92.4/92.4.Winter.Presto.html (https://simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld/92.4/92.4.Winter.Presto.html)
Don't know if this has been archived anywhere? It was mentioned over in the DSP thread (https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=6018) and it sounds like a demo might be on PEAK (https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=6018.msg34229#msg34229)...
https://simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld/92.4/92.4.Winter.Presto.html (https://simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld/92.4/92.4.Winter.Presto.html)
Don't know if this has been archived anywhere? It was mentioned over in the DSP thread (https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=6018) and it sounds like a demo might be on PEAK (https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=6018.msg34229#msg34229)...
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[FILE] /Installation.rtf
[DIR] /Presto.pkg
[DIR] /Presto.pkg/.
[DIR] /Presto.pkg/..
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/Presto.bom
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/Presto.info
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/Presto.sizes
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/Presto.tar.Z
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/Presto.tiff
[FILE] /Presto.pkg/.dir3_0.wmd
[DIR] /PrestoAPI.pkg
[DIR] /PrestoAPI.pkg/.
[DIR] /PrestoAPI.pkg/..
[FILE] /PrestoAPI.pkg/PrestoAPI.bom
[FILE] /PrestoAPI.pkg/PrestoAPI.info
[FILE] /PrestoAPI.pkg/PrestoAPI.sizes
[FILE] /PrestoAPI.pkg/PrestoAPI.tar.Z
[FILE] /PrestoAPI.pkg/PrestoAPI.tiff
[DIR] /PrestoExamples.pkg
[DIR] /PrestoExamples.pkg/.
[DIR] /PrestoExamples.pkg/..
[FILE] /PrestoExamples.pkg/PrestoExamples.bom
[FILE] /PrestoExamples.pkg/PrestoExamples.info
[FILE] /PrestoExamples.pkg/PrestoExamples.sizes
[FILE] /PrestoExamples.pkg/PrestoExamples.tar.Z
[FILE] /PrestoExamples.pkg/PrestoExamples.tiff
[FILE] /README.rtf
Title: Re: Presto 0.9.6 beta (MIDI sequencer)
Post by: user217 on July 21, 2025, 12:38:13 AM
Post by: user217 on July 21, 2025, 12:38:13 AM
Looks like the Presto_v0.9.6b.tar archive on PEAK is a match for your disk's contents:
It wouldn't run under OPENSTEP 4.2, but NeXTSTEP 2.2 welcomed it, and indeed, like most demos, it was the full program just in search of a valid license key:
...which it did not get:
(I also tried assuming the linebreaks were spaces or hyphens; no dice.)
It will be interesting if the key on the label works on your copy, that's for sure!
It wouldn't run under OPENSTEP 4.2, but NeXTSTEP 2.2 welcomed it, and indeed, like most demos, it was the full program just in search of a valid license key:
...which it did not get:
(I also tried assuming the linebreaks were spaces or hyphens; no dice.)
It will be interesting if the key on the label works on your copy, that's for sure!
Title: Re: Presto 0.9.6 beta (MIDI sequencer)
Post by: pl212 on July 21, 2025, 12:40:37 AM
Post by: pl212 on July 21, 2025, 12:40:37 AM
Huh, interesting! I'll give it a whirl with my files tomorrow...
Title: Re: Presto 0.9.6 beta (MIDI sequencer)
Post by: protocol7 on August 17, 2025, 03:53:03 AM
Post by: protocol7 on August 17, 2025, 03:53:03 AM
I've tried the serial in various copies of Presto and Sequence just for the hell of it and all said it was invalid. Either it was written down wrong or it's machine-locked or an expired demo licence (I didn't try messing much with dates).
In any case I think it'd be nice to have a copy of the floppy in the archive. As it's original media.
In any case I think it'd be nice to have a copy of the floppy in the archive. As it's original media.