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Subject: v5.9 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 9, December 8, 1992)
NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 9, December 8, 1992)
Seasons Greetings from the NeXT User Groups! This is the next-to-
last issue of the Nugget News Digest for 1992. Almost 50 issues
with over 300 news items were delivered electronically this year to
the growing NeXT user group community. Read below on how access
the archived past issues. I hope that you enjoy this issue!
NOTE:
The first of the 1992 Golden Nugget Awards are going out this week to
those NeXT User Groups that applied. If your user group has not yet
applied, please contact me at "user_groups@next.com."
Happy Holidays,
Conrad Geiger
Manager, International NeXT User Group Program (over 400 groups worldwide)
P.S. To be added or deleted from this distribution, please send email
to "user_groups@next.com." Suggestions on the content and layout
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*** TABLE OF CONTENTS ***
NeXT ANNOUNCEMENTS (December)
1. NeXT Announces OEM Agreement with Dolphin Server Technology
NeXTSTEP DEVELOPER SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS (November/December)
2. Datrix's Datrix5 Accounting for NeXTSTEP Now Available at Beta
release - Object-Oriented Solutions
3. Fiscal Dominsion announces Accounting Software for NeXTSTEP
4. Xanthus International Announces Graphity - the Business Graphics
Application for NeXTSTEP
5. Announcing ScanTastic software for the NeXT platform
6. Xanthus International Announces Questor - the State-of-the-art
Spreadsheet Application for NeXTSTEP
7. Demo Version of Lsaerman 1.0 Available Directly From Xanthus
8. Demo Version of CRAFTMAN 1.1 Available Directly From Xanthus
9. Demo Version of SPLITBUILDER/RECEIVER 2.0 Available From Xanthus
10. HSD Ships International Spell Checker For NeXTSTEP - Announces
Bundling Agreement With NeXT
11. Atherton Software Changes Name to Millennium Software Labs, Inc.
12. Adamation Offer to NeXT User Groups
ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (December)
13. National Grants Benefit Cal State L.A.
14. Chemists and Mathematicians: Greetings from Allegheny College
15. Distributed Objects Mini-Example from Allegheny College
16. S+ - Statistical Package Available on NeXT: free offer
NeXT PRESS AND MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS (December)
17. Recent NeXTpress clippings
18. NeXT Television News From our Hungary NeXT User Group
19. First NeXT newspaper makes debut with NeXTSTEP486
NeXT/NeXTSTEP RESOURCE GUIDE
20. Available CDROM disks for NeXT Users:
21. New book available! - NeXTSTEP Programming - STEP ONE:
Object-Oriented Applications
22. NeXT/NeXTSTEP Special Interest Groups to join via email
23. Archived NeXTSTEP Demos, Applications, and resources available
24. NeXTSTEP Reference Books Available From Addison Wesley
25. Seasonal Gifts for the NeXT User
NeXT / NeXTSTEP POSITIONS OPENINGS
26. Position: Managing Editor at NeXT Computer (CA)
27. Pencom Software Seeks 18 NeXT Development and Support Engineers
28. Trident Seeks NeXT Software and Network Engineers (CA)
29. Appsoft Seeking NeXTSTEP Programmers (CA)
30. Wanted: Object Oriented Systems Designers (Boston)
31. Wanted NeXT experience (Washington, D.C.)
32. Archetype Positions Open for NeXTSTEP Programmers (Boston)
33. NeXTSTEP Software Design Engineer: PDH
34. Frontier, Inc. Seeks NeXTSTEP Programmers (PA)
35. Wanted NeXTSTEP Programmer Analysts (London and NJ)
36. NeXTSTEP Developers Wanted in Chicago (Ilinois)
37. NeXT System Administrator and Programming Positions: Michigan
38. Proficient NeXTStep programmers wanted in Dallas (TX)
39. Chromagrafx Seeks 2 NeXTSTEP Development Programmers (NY)
40. Canadian NeXTSTEP Developers Sought (Calgary)
41. NeXTSTEP Computer Programmer/Analyst (Washington, D.C)
All previous Nugget News Digest issues are archived at the
Purdue ftp archive site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu under...
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/pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z
/pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Sept_1992.tar.Z
/pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Oct_1992.tar.Z
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NeXT ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. NeXT Announces OEM Agreement with Dolphin Server Technology
Dolphin to offer client-server systems for mission-critical
application development
London, 1st December 1992 - NeXT Computer Europe today announced a
strategic agreement with Dolphin Server Technology headquartered in
Oslo, Norway. Dolphin, one of Europe's leading specialised server
providers, will resell NeXT workstations worldwide to act as clients
to its own servers. In addition, the agreement covers co-operative
technical and marketing activities. This will take effect from 1st
January 1993, with Dolphin specifically targeting the public service
and banking & finance sectors.
Bernhard Woebker, NeXT's European president, commented: "We see
Dolphin as a great business partner for NeXT. The market Dolphin is
primarily addressing - government and banking - are those able to
take full advantage of our NeXTSTEP object-oriented environment to
develop mission critical business applications five to ten times
faster than ever before. These type of productivity increases have
been seen by our large customers in the financial services market,
where they have implemented projects based on NeXTSTEP."
Terje Knudsen, Dolphin's vice president of sales and marketing,
added: "We're excited to be working with NeXT as it opens up a very
interesting business opportunity for us. We see the future of
corporate computing with user-friendly platforms taking full
advantage of multimedia, global access to data, and fast development
of advanced, tailor-made client-server solutions - a market which we
expect to grow 50% a year for the next three years. NeXT fulfills
all these criteria, and NeXTSTEP combined with the Dolphin server
platform is a rock solid environment for such applications. We
already have a couple of large customers very interested in our NeXT
solution."
NeXT's new Database Kit, an object kit included with NeXTSTEP Release
3.0, allows even faster creation of client-server applications that
rely on intensive database usage on the server, and provides a
single, consistent interface to SQL databases from multiple vendors.
Dolphin will also license the source code for NetInfo, NeXT's network
administration software. NetInfo lets system administrators manage
users, machines, file systems and other network resources on UNIX
networks, and can be ported to any UNIX-based computer. Based on a
distributed, extendable database, NetInfo gives system administrators
a much more flexible and manageable access control scheme than with
other UNIX network administration tools.
Background information - NeXT's client-server strategy
Many organizations are moving to distributed client-server systems so
they can run compute-intensive applications on back-end servers, with
easy to use applications on desktop clients. NeXT has a simple yet
powerful approach to this increasingly important market concentrating
on becoming the ideal client. NeXT's object-oriented technology is
server-independent, allowing the company to forge relationships with
server companies such as Dolphin to provide complementary customer
solutions. This strategy ensures NeXT's client products work with
the industry's leading servers to deliver a range of effective
client-server systems to customers in NeXT's target markets.
Other server companies with which NeXT has agreements include Auspex
Systems, Data General, NCR/Teradata, Pyramid Technology and Solbourne
Computer.
NeXT Computer designs and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP
object-oriented software environment, and designs, manufactures and
markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP. NeXTSTEP and NeXT
workstations are used by medium and large organisations to develop
and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom and
shrink-wrapped software.
Background on Dolphin
Dolphin Server Technology AS, based in Oslo, Norway, was founded in
1989 from the R&D team at Norsk Data. The company offers
state-of-the-art solutions to leading organisations worldwide.
Although Dolphin's business is based mainly in Europe, more than a
third of its revenue comes from activities in Asia, Brazil and the
USA. Its servers are aimed primarily at commercial and
administrative markets with requirements well suited to client-server
solutions.
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NeXTSTEP DEVELOPER SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. Datrix's Datrix5 Accounting for NeXTSTEP Now Available at Beta
release - Object-Oriented Solutions
Chandler, ARIZONA - November 30, 1992 - Datrix Corporation announced
today the shipping of Datrix5 Accounting Beta Release for NeXTSTEP 3.
Both General Ledger and Accounts Receivable are available in beta.
These accounting modules run on top of the Sybase database engine. It
will be available in other SQL engines on 2nd Quarter 1993. Oracle,
Informix and Ingres are under evaluation. Other modules are scheduled
to ship 1Q 1993.
Datrix, a company with accounting expertise in 1983 ventures into the
NeXT arena to take advantage of object oriented technology for
deployment of mission-critical applications. As a developer of
high-demand programs like Medibill (Medical accounting and claims
systems) and QuickTax tax preparation package, Datrix ventures a
totally untapped market in mission critical Applications.
Datrix5 Accounting is modular in design to allow flexibility when a
company expands its accounting systems. It allows flexibility to
integrate other existing database by providing you the source code,
schema, and dictionary for programmers, system analyst and IS
people. The source code provides you a resource of SQL functions, C
programs, and Interfaces for deploying custom applications for
run-time systems. Check with account representative for pricing and
availability of products. Contact Randy Willams or Ed McPeak.
Datrix5 has a suite of modules:
General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory,
Purchase Order, Sales Order, Payroll, Consolidated Ledger and Job
cost. Most of which schedule releases will be announced.
Feature Packed Accounting Modules From Datrix
General Ledger
* The financial statement generator allows user to produce flexible
consolidation statements
* Posting to any selected month for the last, current, or next
fiscal year
* Auto-posting for all integrated modules
* Custom financial statements
* Comparative reporting of any period to past years' budget
* Allows 12 or 13 period accounting cycles
* On line help for most entry fields
* Up to the minute ratio analysis and other industrial ratios
* Direct and indirect cash flow statements based on FASB standard
* Any Datrix5 modules can close up to the corresponding period
without having the G/L to be closed
* Allows recurring, reversing and amortizing entries to enhance
speed in transaction entries
Accounts Receivable
* Customer receivables performance statistics
* Extensive error checking
* Maintains G/L accounts for each inventory item
* Multiple types of finance charges
* Sales history capabilities, with reporting by customer, product,
territory and salesperson
* Cash refund available for credit invoices with credit balances
* Handles posting of credit memos, receipts and bad-debts
* Extensive error checking assist inventory management
* User can change the cost of inventory items with changing
inventory items
* Salesreps commission amounts can be reported by invoice amount or
by receipts of cash received
* Multi-level pricing
* Utilizes a simple Contact manager for sales follow-up
* Allows link to Inventory, Sales Order and Purchase Order modules
* Customer sales history can be viewed up to 13 periods
Accounts Payable
* Records payable invoices and payments to vendors
* Check printing; can be tied to as many as 1000 invoices per check
* Handles pre-payments, discounts, credits and other adjustments
* Bank reconciliation
* Vendor performance analyses
* Automatic payable invoice feature generates regular invoices in
user-designated periods
* Handles prepayments, discounts, credits and adjustments
* Records finance charges based on terms
* Auto-invoicing feature for all pending invoices
* Allows limits for check amounts
* Enables priority ratings for vendors and invoices
Inventory
* Inventory module provides extendability of pricing
* Extensive error checking
* Maintains G/L accounts for each inventory item
* Multiple-Level and discount pricing per item
* Stock history capabilities, with reporting by product, movement
and adjustment
* Up to the minute stock analysis reports
* Handles multi location warehouses
* FIFO, LIFO and Average Cost Methods
* User can change the cost of inventory items with changing
inventory items
* User-defined price change history
* Purchase Price variance by Item
* Historical Item movement info
* Allows link to Accounts Receivable, Sales Order and Purchase
Order modules
Purchase Order
* Generates Purchase Orders
* Creates and approves quotes for conversion to POs
* Maintains inventory data and vendor data
* Tracks backorders
* Orders remain open
* Vendor Part Numbers can be included on POs
* View vendor purchase history up to 13 periods
* Inventory tracking
* Vendor file Notepad
* Allows comments or notes on POs
* User defined of unapproved quotes retained
* POs allow non-stock items
Sales Order
* Allows invoicing and prepaid orders
* Multi-level pricing for inventory items
* Records orders for multiple customer payment types:
cash, terms, VISA, Master Card, American Express and COD
* Maintains Multiple Shipping Addresses and two Sales Tax level per
customer based on Tax Jurisdiction
* Inventory fields may be designated for bypass and allows posting
of non-stock items
* Records Order-shipped when integrated with Accounts Receivable
* User defined customer terms, credit limits and item discounts
* Inventory tracking
* Customer file notepad
* Able to post open balance without creating invoice
Payroll
* Allows calculation for time card employees
* Calculates and compares minimum wage requirements and the
coefficient payments
* Processes taxes for all states with payroll tax and handles local
taxes for most areas
* Provides separate reporting for FICA and Medicare
* Payments can be posted and applied
* Allows GL distribution for employee wages and taxes
* Employee file contains comprehensive personal data
* Deposits can be recalculated
* Keeps track of employee salary history
* Allows before and after tax deductions from FICA
* Prints tax deposit checks and transfers to General Ledger
* Maintains detail payroll up to 1 year
* Employee deductions can be calculated by gross pay percentage or
fixed dollar amounts
For more information, please contact Datrix at:
Datrix
33 W Boxelder Suite 104
Chandler Arizona 85224
(602)545-7421 phone
(602)545-7419 fax
Email: info@datrix.com
Datrix5 and its GL,AR,AP,SO,INV,PR,JC,CL are trademarks of Datrix
logo
All rights reserved. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are registered trademarks of
NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brands or trademarks are registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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3. Fiscal Dominsion announces Accounting Software for NeXTSTEP
FISCAL DIMENSION, THE PERSONAL VERSION, the first accounting program
designed by a CPA specifically for the NeXT computer has shipped.
THE PERSONAL VERSION is targeted at individuals and cash based
businesses and will handle the general ledger of any organization.
This version serves as the foundation to all enhancements. The
business version is schedules for a 1st Quarter beta release.
** CALL TODAY FOR A FREE FULLY DOCUMENTED DEMO FOR YOUR USER GROUP **
** Send us a copy of a review or article on FISCAL DIMENSION in your
NeXT User Group Newsletter and receive a free registered copy of the
personal version for your group.
For more information, please contact Helen Flood at Axsys:
Email: info@axsys.com
Phone: 215.667.6822 for more details.
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4. Xanthus International Announces Graphity - the Business Graphics
Application for NeXTSTEP
Stockholm, December 4, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced Graphity, its business graphics application for the
NeXTSTEP computing environment.
Aimed at corporate and scientific users with a need to visualize
data, Graphity is a tool both for novice and professional users to
create charts and diagrams from data. Several chart types are
supported, including powerful three dimensional charts with shading,
light sources and different surfaces and textures.
Graphity has an easy-to-use interface with inspector panels for all
different chart types. All the different components of a chart, like
legend, titles etc, can easily be moved and resized individually.
Colors and fonts can be set by the Color and Font Panels in NeXTSTEP.
For example, Graphity can show charts that are "hot-linked" to data
in Questor, the spreadsheet application from Xanthus. Graphity can
also be used to visualize data from other applications through a
powerful API. Finally, Graphity can create stunning three dimensional
charts for use in presentations and documentation.
"Graphity is an extremely versatile tool," says Jesper Lundh,
marketing manager at Xanthus."You can use Graphity all by itself,
together with the Questor spreadsheet application or as a powerful
data visualizer for your own custom applications."
Selected Graphity features:
- 3D charts based on Renderman.
- A powerful API, based both on Distributed Objects and
Speaker/Listener, that allows other applications to easily control
and send data to Graphity.
- "Hot-links" to the spreadsheet application Questor (like
Presentation Builder and Lotus Improv).
- Full support for user palettes. Users can easily create new
palettes with customized charts and graphics.
- Drawing tools that allows you to draw directly on a graph sheet.
- Images and sound can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on a graph sheet
to create stunning documents including external graphics and sound
effects.
- Unlimited undo. All commands can be undone and the number of undos
are user defined.
- The following 2D chart types are supported: bar, stacked bar, line,
area, stacked area, scatter (x,y-plot) and pie.
- The following 3D chart types are supported: bar, area and pie.
- Multiple light-sources for 3D charts that can be positioned
individually.
- User defined shaders and textures for 3D charts.
Graphity is now beta tested at selected beta sites.
Graphity will be available Q1 1993 through selected resellers
worldwide.
For more information about Graphity or if you want to become a
Graphity beta site, please contact graphity@xanthus.se
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5. Announcing ScanTastic software for the NeXT platform
ScanTastic software for the NeXT platform, is an extendible scanner
control application that is available for a variety of image scanners
to be utilized by the NeXT family of workstations. Each version of
the software is customized to exploit the full capabilities of the
particular hardware it supports.
ScanTastic features global, non-destructive image-processing and
color-correction tools. This extendible set of functions include:
tone curves, brightness and contrast controls, sharpening and
blurring filters and a highly advanced saturation utility.
Since all corrections are non-destructive, each can be adjusted and
re-applied to the image without any loss of data. ScanTastic even
automatically suggests an appropriate resolution to match the given
requirements for output quality.
Any combination of these tools can be chained together, forming an
"edit list". The edit list can then be saved of in sets for future
use.
This feature offers many applications such as default settings for
individual scanners and "Proxy-processing" of images to name just
two. This means that you can scan in an image at a relatively low
resolution and make your edits in a high speed environment. Once you
are satisfied with your results, rescan the image at a high
resolution and let ScanTastic apply all your edits unattended! This
maximizes your time and the computing resources available.
ScanTastic utilizes an open architecture, allowing the product to be
extended with optional filter libraries and additional scanner
modules.
Using the NeXT Services menu, ScanTastic allows seamless links with
image editing software, OCR service and page layout programs.
ScanTastic software is available for the following scanners:
Scanner Availability
______________________________________________
Epson Shipping
Hewlett Packard ScanJet IIc Shipping
Nikon LS-3500 Shipping
Apple Q4,92
LeafScan 35 & 45 Q4,92
Second Glance expects to expand it's library of compatible versions
extensively throughout this year.
A demo is available that does not require a scanner to function.
ScanTastic is available directly from Second Glance and from
authorized dealers. Discounts are available for Education, Developers
& User Group purchases. Hardware bundles are also available. Please
contact us for more information. Dealer inquiries are welcome.
If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us.
Second Glance
25381-G Alicia Parkway, Suite 357
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
714 855-2331 phone
714 586-0930 fax
email: Info@SecondGlance.com
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6. Xanthus International Announces Questor - the State-of-the-art
Spreadsheet Application for NeXTSTEP
Stockholm, November 17, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced Questor, its spreadsheet application for the NeXTSTEP
computing environment.
Aimed at everybody that has been waiting for a high quality
matrix-based spreadsheet application tailored for the NeXTSTEP
environment, Questor offers the ease-of-use of traditional
spreadsheet applications combined with the extra power offered by
NeXTSTEP.
For example, Questor can easily retrieve data from relational
databases like Oracle and Sybase using the Database Kit in NeXSTEP
and display the data in full color charts that can be placed in other
documents and automatically updated by the Object Linking mechanism
of NeXTSTEP.
"Questor brings the power of the Database Kit to everybody," says
Jesper Lundh, marketing manager at Xanthus."Questor will increase the
productivity of anybody with a computer running NeXTSTEP on their
desk."
Questor is the perfect tool for all the things traditionally done
with spreadsheet applications, like budgets, scientific calculations,
creating tables and charts for presentations etc. In addition to the
basic spreadsheet power, Questor comes with user interface objects
like buttons and sliders as well as a powerful and easy-to-use
scripting language called QScript. These tools will allow users to
customize spreadsheets to perform very specific tasks.
The open architecture of Questor, with an extremely powerful API,
also lets users control spreadsheets from other applications written
in objective-C and Questor to control any other application with a
Speaker/Listener interface through the QScript language.
Selected Questor features:
- A structured scripting language - QScript with an "intelligent"
editor including automatic pretty-printing and programming support.
QScript allows you to customize your spreadsheet to perform very
specific tasks.
- Input controllers like buttons, text-fields and sliders can be
drag-and-dropped anywhere on the spreadsheet and connected to QScript
code or directly to cells by control-dragging.
- Images and sound can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on the
spreadsheet to create stunning documents including graphics and sound
effects.
- "Output objects" like charts and gauges can be drag-and-dropped
anywhere on the spreadsheet and be connected to cell areas by
control-dragging for continuous updating.
- Drawing tools that allows you to draw directly on the spreadsheet.
- Seamless connections to relational databases like Oracle and Sybase
using the Database Kit in NeXTSTEP.
- A powerful double-directed API that allows Questor to easily
control and exchange data with other applications.
- External functions can be written in C or in QScript and be loaded
into Questor for easy extensibility.
- A ToolBox that includes object palettes and a number of other tools
that removes the need of modal panels for filling, searching and
sorting data. The ToolBox also includes complete scripting support.
- Full support for user palettes. Users can easily create new
palettes with customized charts, graphics and control objects.
- Full support for Lotus 1-2-3 bracket-macros.
- Unlimited undo.
- Full support for object linking.
- The Questor QScript Debugger which allows functions to be debugged
in a seamless manner.
- The Questor Macro Stepper which allows macros to be debugged on
different levels of granularity.
- Basic support for multi-user access. Several users can look at the
same document, but only one can open it in read/write mode. Users
with a document opened in read-only mode are notified as soon as the
disk version of the document changes.
Questor is now beta tested at selected beta sites.
Questor will be available Q1 1993 through selected resellers
worldwide.
For more information please contact questor@xanthus.se
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7. DEMO VERSION OF LASERMAN 1.0 AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM XANTHUS
Stockholm, December 1, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced that a demo version of LaserMan 1.0 is available directly
from Xanthus. LaserMan is a Laser Disc Player control application
for the NeXT computer platform.
The demo version of LaserMan 1.0 is available directly from Xanthus.
It will be sent by NeXTmail using the SplitBuilder/Receiver
application from Xanthus. To get the demo version of LaserMan 1.0 by
NeXTmail you must be able to receive 500 KB NeXTmail.
To get a demo version of LaserMan 1.0, please contact
laserman@xanthus.se
Aimed at both commercial and in-house corporate multimedia
developers, LaserMan is an application for controlling Laser Disc
Players from the NeXT computer. LaserMan can control Laser Disc
Players either directly through a remote control on the computer
screen, or through messages from other applications via a
Speaker/Listener interface.
For example, LaserMan can be used in combination with Xanthus
CraftMan - the multimedia programming tool from Xanthus - to produce
complete Laser Disc based multimedia applications in a very short
time.
LaserMan can also be used to control other consumer electronics like
tape recorders and VCRs, and can be configured to control any device
with a RS-232 interface.
For more information about LaserMan please contact
laserman@xanthus.se
Xanthus International, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a
privately owned software development company that specializes in the
NeXTSTEP platform. LaserMan is the second in a series of
general-purpose productivity tools for NeXTSTEP. In May 1992 Xanthus
started to ship its first product CraftMan, the multimedia
programming tool for the NeXT computer. Xanthus International was
founded in 1990.
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8. DEMO VERSION OF CRAFTMAN 1.1 AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM XANTHUS
Stockholm, December 1, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced that a demo version of CraftMan 1.1 is available directly
from Xanthus. CraftMan is a multimedia programming tool for the NeXT
computer platform, and it is designed to run under NeXTSTEP 3.0.
The demo version of CraftMan 1.1 is available directly from Xanthus.
It will be sent by NeXTmail using the SplitBuilder/Receiver
application from Xanthus. To get the demo version of CraftMan 1.1 by
NeXTmail you must be able to receive 500 KB NeXTmail.
To get a demo version of CraftMan 1.1, please contact
craftman@xanthus.se
Aimed at both commercial and in-house corporate developers as well as
multimedia artists, CraftMan is a complete tool for building real
multimedia applications for the NeXT platform. For example, CraftMan
can be used to create impressive presentations and highly efficient
computer-based training applications, as well as to build graphical
interfaces to other applications. In addition, it is an ideal tool
for rapidly prototyping applications with real functionality.
"CraftMan has many things in common with tools like HyperCard for the
Apple Macintosh and Visual Basic for Windows," says Jesper Lundh,
marketing manager at Xanthus." Basically, it is object-oriented
program development for normal computer users. But CraftMan is also
carefully designed to grow with the user, so even proficient
C-programmers can develop programs in a fraction of the normal
development time using CraftMan."
CraftMan lets users design complete multimedia applications
including the user interface for the NeXT platform without having to
program in Objective-C. Instead, users write the necessary program
code in the built-in CraftScript language.
As a complete tool, CraftMan includes all the building blocks needed
for building multimedia applications:
- user interface design tools
- drawing tools
- multimedia object types like image, sound, animation and video
- a powerful and easy-to-use object-oriented scripting language
The user interface is designed by dragging objects from palettes,
importing graphics and sound from any other application and by
free-hand drawing.
The functionality of the program is defined simply by dragging
connectors between objects and by connecting CraftScript code
directly to interface objects like buttons, sliders and text-fields.
CraftMan takes full advantage of NeXT's multimedia capabilities,
including 32-bit color PostScript graphics with alpha channel for
portraying transparency; CD-quality stereo sound; on-screen video;
and animation. For example, partly transparent animation objects can
run "over" any other object, and graphics can be displayed "over"
live video.
The built-in scripting language CraftScript is a user-friendly, truly
object-oriented language that can be used even by non-programmers.
With CraftScript, users can build complete scripts by simply
selecting language components from a list. CraftMan is fully
integrated with the NeXTSTEP operating environment and can control
other NeXTSTEP applications and exchange data by sending CraftScript
messages to them.
CraftMan is also delivered with a run-time module that makes it
possible to freely distribute CraftMan programs. The run-time module
can run CraftMan programs but not edit them, making it easy for many
users to run the same CraftMan programs without having to purchase
more than one copy of CraftMan.
Xanthus International, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a
privately owned software development company that specializes in the
NeXTSTEP platform. CraftMan is the first in a series of
general-purpose productivity tools for NeXTSTEP. Xanthus
International was founded in 1990.
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9. DEMO VERSION OF SPLITBUILDER/RECEIVER 2.0 AVAILABLE FROM XANTHUS
Stockholm, December 1, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced that a demo version of SplitBuilder/Receiver 2.0 is
available directly from Xanthus. SplitBuilder/Receiver is a utility
program for the NeXT computer that makes it possible for users to
send files of any size with NeXTmail by dividing them into smaller
files.
The demo version of SplitBuilder/Receiver 2.0 is available directly
from Xanthus. It will be sent by NeXTmail using the
SplitBuilder/Receiver application itself. To get the demo version of
SplitBuilder/Receiver 2.0 by NeXTmail you must be able to receive 500
KB NeXTmail.
To get a demo version of SplitBuilder/Receiver 2.0, please contact
splitbuilder@xanthus.se.
Xanthus International was founded in 1990.
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10. HSD SHIPS INTERNATIONAL SPELL CHECKER FOR NEXTSTEP --
ANNOUNCES BUNDLING AGREEMENT WITH NeXT
MOUNTAIN VIEW, DEC 2, 1992 -- HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. today
announced that it has begun shipping an international spell
checker for NeXTSTEP that supports 11 languages.
Called HSD Spell, the software will be bundled for a limited
time with NeXT's European Starting Point Kits. It will also be
available from HSD and resellers. (Contact HSD for pricing.)
HSD Spell includes two language dictionaries-English and one other.
Additional languages can be purchased. Languages
currently supported include Danish, Dutch, English (U.K. and
U.S.), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese,
Spanish and Swedish.
HSD Spell is shipped on two extended density disks which contain
the HSD Spell application and all 11 language dictionaries. The
HSD Spell application contains a menu choice for installing
additional languages, which can be unlocked after purchasing an
activation code from HSD.
HSD President David Peter noted that HSD Spell is tightly
integrated into the NeXTSTEP 3.0 operating system so that users
can check spelling directly from the spelling panel built into
most NeXTSTEP applications. "Many applications utilize the
speller built into NeXTSTEP 3.0. HSD Spell automatically
incorporates installed languages into this panel so they can
be accessed directly," Peter said. In applications that do not
support the NeXTSTEP speller, text can be imported via the
"Services" menu into the HSD Spell application to check
spelling or perform a variety of common text editing functions.
Peter also noted that HSD, a leading developer of scanning,
OCR, image management and voice recognition products for NeXT,
is working on an entire suite of linguistics products for
NeXTSTEP, including thesauruses, proof readers and grammar
checkers.
HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. was founded in 1989 as an
independent company by HSD GmbH of Berlin, a diversified
German company with retail, distribution, and product development
divisions. Today HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc is a leading supplier
of hardware and software products for Macintosh and NeXT Computers.
HSD is located at 1350 Pear Ave., Suite C, Mountain View, CA 94043.
Phone (415) 964-1400, Fax (415) 964-1538.
-30-
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11. Atherton Software Changes Name to Millennium Software Labs, Inc.
MENLO PARK, California, October 7, 1992 - Atherton Software Works
(ASW) announced today that the company has changed its name to
Millennium Software Labs, Inc., effective immediately. The company,
located in Menlo Park, California, develops software for NeXTSTEP
computers.
Jayson Adams, president and founder, said today, "I launched ASW and
introduced my first product Engage! at NeXTWORLD Expo earlier this
year.
Millennium Software Labs, Inc. develops and markets personal
productivity software for NeXTSTEP-based computer systems. The
company's mission is to develop state-of-the-art applications for
information management. Product design and architecture are based
entirely on NeXTSTEP, the most advanced object-oriented software
technology available today.
Millennium Software Labs is located at 1010 El Camino Real, Suite
300, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. (415) 321-3720.
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12. Adamation Offer to NeXT User Groups
Stephan Adams of Adamation would also like to extend an offer for
each NeXT user group to purchase one copy of What's Happening? for
70% off. This offer only applies to NeXT User Groups and is not
extended to its members. User groups desiring to take advantage of
this offer should contact Stephan Adams - 510/452-5252. This offer
is available until December 31, 1992.
Contact:
Adamation
1435 Center
Oakland, CA 94607
Ph. 415.452.5252
Stephan Adams - 510/452-5252
ADAMATION'S SHIPS WHAT'S HAPPENING?
A Professional Group Scheduler for NeXTSTEP
Oakland, CA. - Oakland based software developer
Adamation today announced the shipping of its group scheduling
application, What's Happening? for the NeXTSTEP operating system.
What's Happening? is a powerful, full-featured, and intuitive
scheduler for individual users and workgroups. The program offers
the most extensive and advanced group calendaring features available
for NeXTSTEP. What's Happening? allows users to simultaneously
schedule events for multiple people, view calendars for a group in
several graphical formats and easily locate mutually available time
slots for group meetings.
Highlighted below are some of sophisticated features of What's
Happening?:
- Create events that are confirmed, tentative, or recurring
- Make events private, readable or writable with individual
security settings
- View events in both textual and graphical formats
- Schedule events by typing directly on the calendar views
- Carry To-Dos forward until they're completed
- Schedule events for multiple people by highlighting available
times then, titling the event
- Customize the displayed time span and number of events displayed
per time period
- Annotate events with voice comments and attach files from the File
Viewer
- Be reminded of important events by the voice tickling system
- Generate detailed reports of To Dos and scheduled events
What's Happening? was designed to provide NeXTSTEP users an extensive
range of scheduling features and functionality in an intuitive
interface. The program was developed to take full advantage of
advanced technology offered in NeXTSTEP.
The program can be purchased through NeXTConnection or any NeXT
reseller.
About Adamation:
Adamation has been a total solutions provider of commercial and
custom applications for the NeXTSTEP environment for the past three
years. To its credits, Adamation has developed two other commercial
applications for NeXTSTEP, Who's Calling? a client management
program and Live Wired a groupware program for simultaneously group
editing. Adamation has also been instrumental in winning strategic
large accounts for NeXT Computers by developing custom programs
centered around Who's Calling? and What's Happening?
What's Happening?, Who's Calling?, and Live Wire are trade marks of
Adamation. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer.
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ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
13. National Grants Benefit Cal State L.A.
From: CSU State Line
The California State University
November 1992
This past August, Cal State L.A. professors Robert Desharnais
(biology) and Gary Novak (geology) received a $250,000 grant from the
National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project they feel will make
the natural sciences more appealing, exciting and comprehensible to
university students.
The project revolves around the university's new NeXT computer lab
that Desharnais and Novak, along with other CSLA faculty members,
established through NSF funding. Faculty involved in the project are
convinced that by introducing undergraduates to specially designed
courses using NeXT computersPa versatile environment of "pictures,
animation, videos, sounds, graphs, words and numbers where science
can be seen, heard and explored"Pthe myth of sciences as difficult
subjects can be dispelled, thus encouraging majors and stimulating
creativity.
The project's principal investigators believe that the NeXT, which
they describe as "highly visual, user friendly. . . powerful and
intuitive," can be a particularly useful tool for students whose
English proficiency is limited or who have received diverse, or even
poor, academic preparation. In addition, Desharnais and Novak view
the project as a means to increase retention and stimulate the
creativity of those students already majoring in math and science.
The CSLA professors see the benefits of the NeXT learning environment
as far-reaching. By "more fully engaging students in thinking an
problem solving," the NeXT-based courses encourage scientific
curiosity and "increase the scientific and technical literacy of
citizens" in general.
How will all this happen? At the outset, seven CSLA faculty from such
disciplines as biology, chemistry, geology, and physics are modifying
15 courses, including science orientation, quantitative analysis,
environmental geology, general physics, and introductory biology,
chemistry and astronomy classes. The project will involve about 100
science undergraduates, 100 education majors, and 150 general
education students annually. Students will have access to the
electronic classroom for class assignments, and CSLA faculty members
interested in the project will be encouraged to learn about the
application of electronic desktop techniques in their fields.
"Ours will be the first largescale intorduction of sophistocated
computer workstations into the first and second year science
curriculum," wrote Desharnais and Novak in their proposal. Stressing
the importance of the projects as a case study, the investigators
note that it will "lay the foundation for a regional center for
interactive multimedia in higher education." The project will be
evaluated by both external review and studies where student
performance is compared to that of students using traditional
methods.
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14. Chemists and Mathematicians: Greetings from Allegheny College
Chemists and Mathematicians (topologists or knot theorists) may find
3DReality a nice tool for displaying simple molecules or surfaces,
knots and links. I have generated several examples of molecules and
surfaces and placed them on pellns.alleg.edu in /pub/3.0/3DPics.
There are four files for each image. For example, for the image of a
genus 3 surface, you will find genus3T.tiff (transparent background),
genus3W.tiff (white opaque background), genus3.rib (the rib code) and
genus3.3DReality (3DReality format). All images are 24 bit color.
Also, the latest version of my server-client mini-example is
available (see article below). The latest version has an new object
for finding the user's real name (error checking done with NeXT's
exception handling), an improved interface to the server for
displaying the participating clients, and a way for clients to "raise
their hands" in a classroom setting.
Regards,
Chuck
Email: cfleming@alleg.edu
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15. Distributed Objects Mini-Example from Allegheny College
I've written a mini-example (a server and a client) that illustrates
the use of Distributed Objects. Basically the server application can
send images to its clients and select which client should be active.
The active client can control a pointing marker with its mouse and
move it around in an image that it has received from the server. The
server and other clients will see the same moving pointer in the same
image on their screens.
Lots of nifty features remain to be added, but I thought I would make
this version available while it is still small and hopefully easy to
follow.
At Allegheny we suspect that this type of application might replace
the need for an overhead projection unit at least in our NeXT labs.
At the very least applications like this will stimulate classroom
discussions.
In addition to illustrating how to write a distributed objects
application, other features of interest in this mini-example are -
1) How to drag a file from the WorkspaceManager into a view. This is
how images to be sent to clients are selected by the server. Just
drag a file from the File Viewer into the preview window.
2) How to use the NetInfoKit to get the real name of a user. When a
client gets added to the servers list, we want to know the real
name of the user.
3) How to use an NXData object. We have to send the NXBitmapImageRep
data to our clients. This is done most easily with an NXData
object.
The complete source code can be obtained via anonymous ftp from
pellns.alleg.edu. Look for Server.tar.Z and Client.tar.Z in
/pub/3.0/Source/Multidisciplinary. There is also a diagram
illustrating how the objects in these applications talk to each
other.
I hope you find this useful.
Regards,
Chuck
Email: cfleming@alleg.edu
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16. S+ - Statistical Package Available on NeXT
FREE OFFER to NeXT USERS who perform DATA ANALYSIS from S+
Statistical Sciences, Inc. (StatSci), based in Seattle, Washington,
is pleased to announce Version 3.1 of S-PLUS for UNIX Workstations
and servers. S-PLUS is an extensible, interactive language and
software application used for graphical data analysis, statistics
and mathematical computing. It also provides both a data analysis
environment and an object-oriented language for development of
quantitative applications.
S-PLUS has over 1200 functions for performing almost any type of
interactive data manipulation or statistical analysis. In fact, 'PC
Magazine' said, "The real power of S-PLUS is its flexibility... the
program can be used for virtually any kind of statistical analysis."
Many of these methods are highlighted in the video.
Request 'An Introduction to Intelligent Data Analysis' free video
today by calling us at (800) 569-0123 or (206) 283-8802.
TECHNICAL NEWSLETTER
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in June '90. Anyone wishing to receive the S-PRESS may do so
by sending their surface mail address to StatSci's electronic or
surface mail address provided below.
And if you'd like, we'd also be happy to send you a
complimentary Trial Copy of the new 3.1 version of S-PLUS.
It's a full version with free technical support; yours to try
for 30 days without obligation.
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Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Email: mktg@statsci.com
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NeXT IN THE PRESS
17. Recent NeXTpress clippings
Check out the recent positive NeXT press articles in ...
Open Systems Today, December 7, 1992. Page 68.
"Integration Strategies: 'Nextification' of a Mainframe Shop"
and
The Washington Post: November 22, 1992
Leaning Hard on Software, by Mark Potts
and
InfoWorld, December 7, 1992. Page 101-107
"NeXTStep 3.0 Crosses Multiple Platforms"
Here is a short excerpt from InfoWorld magazine, page 101-107
12/7/92
"NeXTSTEP 3.0 crosses multiple platforms"
Includes seamless network integration, file sharing, and full development environment
By Lee Sherman
"NeXTSTEP's Interface Builder and its supporting utilities and
Objective C compiler provide the easiest-to-use, most powerful
programming environment we have seen to date...Object orientation has
been extended in Release 3 to include distributed objects... New kits
in Release 3 provide developers with additional objects that extend
the system's capabilities in the areas of communication,
connectivity, and graphics... NeXTSTEP has always been a programmer's
playground. Now it's even better"
"No other operating system vendor provides as extensive a collection
of bundled applications, electronic mail, fax support, system
administration, demo applications, and development tools. Much of
what NeXT includes as standard costs a lot extra on other systems.
NeXTSTEP, Release 3 is a very good value."
__________
The following are excerpts from a positive article on Steve Jobs and
NeXT's strategies in hardware and software:
"The brightest spot in Next's product line is not a computer -
although NeXT's sleek black machines are among the most powerful in
the $5,000-to-$15,000 workstation class. Instead, Next is betting its
future on the software it developed for those machines, NeXTSTEP, an
operating system whose "object-oriented" architecture allows
corporate customers touse programming building blocks to design
sophisticated customized computer applications "custom apps," in
Jobs-speak-in a fraction of the time they could do it on other
systems....
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18. NeXT Television News From our Hungary NeXT User Group:
HuNUG HIrek 15. (HuNUG News)
NeXT on Hungarian National Television
Budapest, Hungary, November 17, 1992
Yesterday the 2nd national program of Hungarian Television (MTV)
broadcasted an interview of 7 minutes with the officers of HuNUG,
(Hungarian NeXT Users' Group).
Laszlo Kovacs (35) president and Balint Andrasi (37) secretary
presented the beauty of hardware and software systems of NeXTstation
Turbo Color computer (16MB RAM, 400MB disk). The complete voice mail
of Steve Jobs (Welcome ...) has been broadcasted along with the
on-line demonstration of editing a multimedia NeXT-mail (including
text, picture and voice). Programming with the Interface Builder was
introduced as well, via the on-line development of a small UI program
(main window, panel, two buttons, text field).
This was the second public event after the "NeXT-nap" (NeXT-day), a
full day presentation of NeXT products organized by the HuNUG
(Budapest September 23, 1992).
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19. First NeXT newspaper makes debut with NeXTSTEP486
AUSTIN, Texas - The first monthly newspaper devoted to
the NeXT marketplace will make its debut in March, as
PCI delivers NeXTReview to thousands of NeXTStation and
NeXTStep customers.
The publication presents itself as the first newspaper
for the entire NeXTStep marketplace, including NeXT's
booming commercial market and new NeXTSTEP486
customers. PCI vice president Tom Clark said the
exploding NeXT marketplace demands timely news coverage
of its news, products and object-oriented advantages.
"We believe that the NeXT community is ready for a
monthly news source to chronicle the success of NeXT in
the marketplace," Clark said, "and follow NeXTSTEP's
object-oriented technology as it becomes the defacto
industry standard. That is the mission for NeXTReview."
NeXTReview readers come from the NeXT customer
database. Top executives at NeXT said the newspaper is a
new and important information source for NeXTStep users.
"NeXTReview promises to be an important news and
information journal covering NeXTStep, object technology
and its role in corporate information systems," said
NeXT president Peter Van Cuylenberg. "We at NeXT are
delighted to welcome PCI's NeXTReview as a major new
independent publication dedicated to NeXTSTEP
technology."
The newspaper is an independent publication of PCI, a
privately owned publisher which has specialized in
vendor-specific computer newspapers for more than 13
years. NeXTReview will tap the news resources of an
organization that already produces Sun, HP, IBM and
Silicon Graphics workstation newspapers every month. PCI
publications, grounded in the experience of corporate
computing professionals, are mailed to more than 200,000
such customers worldwide.
NeXTReview will expand the NeXT market's coverage from
the customer perspective. Customer advice and news every
month is integral to NeXTReview, not extra. A
Productivity Toolbox will feature product perspectives
for both developers and users. Customers will report on
how NeXT improved productivity at their firms. Product
needs will be examined from NeXT target market
viewpoints, rather than a generalized want list.
Integration Review reports on NeXT's progress in the
business world. Networking advice, articles from
developers in the NeXTStep customer base and a special
server department provide information to get NeXTSTEP
working with other systems.
Object technology forms the technical heart of
NeXTReview . Object Watch will track the progress of
standards and other vendors' object announcements,
because no system is an island in today's computer
sites. Regular departments will cover Objective C,
object-based designing and database skills for
object-oriented work. An ObjectMarket roundup offers a
resource for firms buying or retooling objects.
PCI's unique Observation Stations will provide a
real-world evaluation track for products. The stations
are working customer sites, staffed by computing
professionals who work with products every day, not in a
lab simulating a business.
New product releases, application news stories or
candidate materials for integration profiles should be
submitted to
Ron Seybold
Executive Editor
12416 Hymeadow Dr.
Austin, TX 78750
e-mailed to next@pcinews.lonestar.org
or faxed to 512-331-3900.
Immediate needs are for columnists with Objective C and
object-oriented design experience, as well as
first-person accounts of NeXT integration. Editorial
deadline for the first issue is Feb. 16 for an issue
with a March 16 street date.
Advertising information and media kits, as well as a
special pilot issue, are available by contacting PCI by
phone at 512-250-9023. Ask for Dottie Lentz.
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NeXT AND NeXTSTEP RESOURCES
20. Available CDROM disks for NeXT Users:
BANG CD, Bay Area NeXT User Group (Email: info@bang.org)
NeXT Higher Education CDROM Sampler Disk (call 1-800-879-6398
or in Europe call +31 20 653 0348)
AppWrapper Developer CD-January publication (Email: eaw@paget.com)
NeXT 3rd Party Product Demo CD (contact one of the 400+ local
NeXT User Groups to access)
Big Green CD: NeXT Public Domain/Shareware/Free CD
Multimedia Biodiversity Database (Email:kestep@eti.bio.uva.nl)
Please send others that you are aware of to "nugget@next.com"
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21. New book available! - NeXTSTEP Programming - STEP ONE:
Object-Oriented Applications
Authors: Simson L. Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney
Price: $39.95
Hardbound, 664 pages, includes DOS diskette
ISBN: 0-387-97884-4
This book is about programming computers that run NeXTSTEP. It is
a no-nonsense, hands-on book that teaches programmers how to write
application programs that take full advantage of NeXTSTEP. This
book is the first comprehensive work dealing with the 3.0 version
of NeXTSTEP. The floppy disk contains the complete source code for
all programs in the book and a tutorial for Interface Builder.
Simson Garfinkel is Senior Editor at NeXTWORLD Magazine and an
experienced NeXTSTEP developer. Michael Mahoney is Professor and
Chair of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department
at California State University, Long Beach, and is president of
the Southern California NeXTSTEP Users Group (SCaN).
TO ORDER
Call toll free 1-800-SPRINGER (1-800-777-4643)
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST)
Credit Cards Accepted: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover.
In New Jersey: Call (201) 348-4033
Purchase Orders To: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 44 Hartz Way,
Secaucus, NJ 07096
Fax Purchase Orders To: (201) 348-4505
NY, NJ, MA, VT, and CA residents should include applicable sales tax.
Canadian residents should include 7% GST.
Shipping: Add $2.50 for the first book; $1.00 for subsequent books.
Foreign Airmail Orders: Add $10.00 per book.
All orders are processed upon receipt. Prices quoted are payable in
U.S. currency.
For information on bulk sales, please contact Thomas Heitzman at
(212) 460-1675.
For information on 30-day examination copies for course adoption,
please contact Lilliana Sierra at (201) 348-4033 ext. 322.
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22. NeXT/NeXTSTEP Special Interest Groups to join via email
Here is the latest updated list of NeXT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
(SIGS) or other related groups that you may join via email (if you are a programmer, you might want to check out the next-prog group):
- LISTED ALPHABETICALLY -
Adobe Illustrator NeXT SIG
(ai_next@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca)
To join, email: jchin@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca
AFS NeXT SIG
To join, email: info-afs-next-request@transarc.com
Auspex Administrators (NFS file servers)
To join, send email to: auspex-request@princeton.edu
Austrian NeXT users SIG
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE nougat <your name>"
to listserv@fml.tuwien.ac.at
Berkeley Mathematics Software Group
Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu
Classroom: NeXT Courseware SIG
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE next-classroom <your name>"
to MAILSERV@gac.edu
Communications/TeleCommunications SIG
To join, email: nextcomm-request@marble.com
Create users NeXT SIG
To join, send email to Create-request@mcs.anl.gov
DataPhile users NeXT SIG
To join, send email to DataPhile-request@mcs.anl.gov
DBKit SIG mailing list
To join, send email to dbkit-request@medequity.com
Epoch Administrators
To join, send email to: epuf-request@antares.mcs.anl.gov
Executor SIG
To join, email: executor-request@ictv.com
Finnish: Finnish Users of NeXT
To join, send email to: mailserver@lists.funet.fi
and write in body text:
HELP
LIST
SUB FUNeXT
Frame: FUN (Frame Users Network)
To join, email: framers-request@drd.com
Frame: Frame User Network - New England (FUNNE)
To join, email: funne@srbci.mv.com
Gopher users Interest Group
To join, email: gopher-news-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu
GIS (Geographical Information Services) SIG
To join. email: next-gis-request@deltos.com
GNU - Objective C Email list
To join, email: gnu-objc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
Improv SIG User Group
To join, email: improv-request@bmt.gun.com
ISDN Mailing List
To join, email: isdn-request@csn.org
IXKit Mailing List (Indexing Kit)
To join, email: ixkit-request@cubetech.com
Japanese: Kanji and Japanese on the NeXT
To join, email:next-nihongo-request@pinoko.berkeley.edu
Korea NeXT Users
To join, email: knext-request@beethoven.gmu.edu
Legal (Unix) Special Interest Group
To join,email: aba-unix-list-request@cayman.com
Legal (NeXT) Special Interest Group (JuriNUG)
To join, send the text: SUB NIL-L <your name>
to listserv@austin.onu.edu
Mach-informaion Mailing List
To join, email: info-mach-request@cs.cmu.edu
Mathematica:Special Interest Group
To join. email: mathgroup-request@yoda.physics.unc.edu
Medical: NeXTMed SIG
To join, email: NeXTMed-request@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu
Music: NeXT Music
To join, email: nextmusic-request@wri.com
NeXT Music Developer SIG
To join, email: musickit@ccrma.stanford.edu
MUSIC Special Interest Group
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE EMUSIC-L <your> <name>"
to listserv@AMERICAN.EDU
Mexico - Mexico NeXT Discussion List
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE MEXNEXT <your> <name>"
to listserv@TECMTYVM.bitnet
Missouri - MUNUG-L Discussion List
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE MUNUG-L <your> <name>"
to listserv@UMCVMB.bitnet
Next/Apple II SIG Mailing List
To join, email: na2sig-request@byu.edu
NeXTDimension SIG
To join, email the text:
"subscribe dimension <firstname> <lastname>"
to listserv@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca
NeXT - Icons SIG Mailing List
To join, email: next-icon-request@bmt.gun.com
NeXT Managers SIG
(quick & technical answers)
To join, email: next-managers-request@stolaf.edu
NeXT Q&A's SIG
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE NEXT-L <your> <name>"
to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
NeXTSTEP SIG, the operating environment
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE NEXTSTEP <your> <name>"
to LISTSERV@IndyCMS.IUPUI.Edu
or LISTSERV@IndyCMS.BITNET.
Network and Security Management for
Installed Labs and Large Installations
To join, email: next-lab-request@cs.ubc.ca
OBjC and C++ Special Interest Group
To join, send a "subscribe" message to
Email: gnu-objc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
OMG Info Server
To retrieve index,
Email: omg_server@omg.org with text:"index"
(send "get docs/doclist.txt" to receive listing of
OMG documents
Publishing Interest Group
To join, email: publish-request@chron.com
Renderman Special Interest Group
To join, email: rman-request@aero.org
RightBrain Mail Server
For info, email the text "help" to the email
address: file-server@rightbrain.com
SCIENCE NeXT User Group (SNUG)
To join, email: snug-requests@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu
Software Review Mailing List
To join, email the text:
"SUBSCRIBE SOFTREVU <yourname>"
to LISTSERV@BrownVM.Brown.EDU
S-news (S statistics package) Mailing List
To join, email: S-news-request@stat.wisc.edu
United Kingdom NeXT Users Mailing List
To join, email:
uk-next-users-request@ohm.york.ac.uk,
next-uk-usergroups-request@asmec.co.uk,
and uk-next-announce-request@asmec.co.uk
Unix Mailing List
To join, email: info-unix-request@sem.brl.mil
WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers,
an electronic pubs project) Mailing List
To join, email: wais-discussion-request@think.com
WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers,
unmoderated) Mailing List
To join, email: wais-talk-request@think.com
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23. Archived NeXTSTEP Demos, Applications, and resources available
Below are a few of the archived NeXTSTEP Demos, Applications, and
resource files recently submitted to the Purdue University ftp site:
sonata.cc.purdue.edu.
If you do not have internet access to the archive sites, contact
you local NeXT User Group to find out how you might access these
great resources available on the worldwide internet!
The files listed below are located in /pub/next/submissions. For
additional resources, you might also check the other /pub/next
directories such as ...
/pub/next/docs
/pub/next/patches
/pub/next/Literature
/pub/next/Newsletters
/pub/next/graphics
/pub/next/sounds
/pub/next/misc
/pub/next/3.0/{bin, src, com}
/pub/next/2.0/{misc, demos, docs, source, bin, src, com}
/pub/next/MediaView
Notable files placed in /pub/next/submissions since September, 1992:
DataPhile_1.0.6.tar
MetroToolsDemo1.2.2.tar.Z
NeXT_IBReference.tar.Z
Emacs-3.0.tar.Z
ContourView0.92.tar.Z
SuperDebugger3.0.pkg.tar
3D_Reality.tar
Mesa1.2a.tar.Z
Gopher_1.3.tar.Z
GUN_newsletter_Nov-92.ps.Z
GUN_newsletter_Dec-92.ps.Z
3.0Palette.ColorBrowser.v1.0.compressed
3.0Palette.Calendar.v1.0.compressed
WMInspector.WrapperInspector.v1.1.compressed
ShaderInspectorV1.0.1.tar.Z
ShaderInspectorV1.0.1.tar.README
WAIStation-NeXT-1.9.6.tar.Z
WAIStation-NeXT-1.9.6.README
tcsh.6.03.NeXT.tar.Z
scanner.tar.Z
Tesseract-0.90.pkg.tar
Gnuplot0.55.tar.Z
Fortune
kermit.tar.Z
SBook3.0.Manual.ps.Z
SBook3.0.14.tar.Z
UHOOP_3.03.README
UHOOP_3.03.tar
KPerfMon1.2.tar.Z
SlipCommander1.0.tar.Z
Incomplete Guide to Internet.ps
EduCDList.Z
InstantTeX.tar
MetroToolsDemo1.2.1.tar.Z
NeXT-FAQs-Nov-1992.tar.Z
Example.RemoteMailCompose.compressed
Example.ObjectPalette.compressed
Example.DrawingInAnAppIcon.compressed
3.0Palette.MailComposerPalette.compressed
Icon.app_And_NeXTSTEP_3.0.ps.compressed
Rtf_compiler.tar.Z
GISOfor3.0
Nugget_News_Digest_Sept92.tar.Z
Nugget_News_Digest_Oct92.tar.Z
Plot3D2.01.tar.Z
Archie_1.3.tar.Z
Archie_1.3.src.tar.Z
LocalizationHelper.tar.Z
SimulationKitDemo1.0.tar
ArtificialIntelligence.compressed
Presto_v0.9.5b.tar
FrameLinksFix.tar.Z
Deskjet_Envelope.README
DialerDemo1.0.tar.Z
ObjPaletteExample.tar.Z
snug.archive.1992.02.Z
InetObjects_Beta_0.1.tar.Z
TalkBack1.01.tar.Z
ComposeInColor_1.0.pkg.tar
ComposeInColor_Modules.tar.Z
AddressBook_Aug_92.tar.Z
BattleView.tar.Z
VirtSpace2.6.2.tar.Z
next-prog-archive.Z
DBInspectorDemo-2.0.tar.Z
SLIP_920904_manual.ps.Z
CircularSliderFor3.0.tar.Z
MiniExamples_Sept_92_README
TableViewExample_Sept_92.tar.Z
BarChart_Sept_92.tar.Z
Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z
Nugget_News_Digest_Q2_1992.tar.Z
OpenCAD3DDEMO.pkg.tar
___________________________________________________________________
24. NeXTSTEP Reference Books Available From Addison Wesley
The following manuals can be ordered from Addison-Wesley
(1-800-447-2226 or 617-944-3700). To order, use the ISBN Number
listed after the title:
NeXTSTEP General Reference, Release 3: Volume 1, 0.201.62220.3 $40
NeXTSTEP General Reference, Release 3: Volume 2, 0.201.62221.1 $40
NeXTSTEP Development Tools and Technique, 0.201.63249.7 $30
NeXTSTEP User Interface Guidelines, 0.201.63250.0 $25
NeXTSTEP OOP and the Objective C Language, 0.201.63251.9 $25
NeXTSTEP Operating System Software, 0.201.63252.7 $25
NeXTSTEP Programming Interface Summary, 0.201.63253.5 $25
NeXTSTEP Network and System Administration, 0.201.63254.3 $30
____________________________________________________________________
25. Seasonal Gifts for the NeXT User
If you need a little something for your Seasonal gift giving, the
following NeXT items are available from the Company Store:
NeXT T-Shirt
NeXT Turtleneck
NeXT Sweatshirt
NeXT Pencils
NeXT Cross ballpoint pens
NeXT Decals
NeXT Glass Mug
NeXT Leather Exec Folder
NeXT Tote-Bag
NeXT Mouse Pad
Phone: 1-800-288-0443, inside the US or
408/739-9655, international call
FAX: 408-746-2399 Credit Card, Check, or Company PO
The Company Store
3073 Corvin Dr.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
NeXT and NeXTSTEP POSITIONS OPEN
26. Position: Managing Editor at NeXT Computer
Summary of Job:
- Produce the NeXT Support Bulletin once per quarter
- Coordinate with departments company-wide, including
NeXTedge, Software and Hardware Engineering,
Software and Hardware Product Marketing, Sales, and
Service Operations, for input and review
- Coordinate with Publications for book design, artwork,
and production
- Recruit and manage contract staff as necessary
- Plan and manage budget
- Keep in close touch with company product plans and
marketing strategies
- Deliver straightforward, uncompromised technical
information without disregarding corporate marketing
considerations
- Balance dedication to quality with strict adherence to
deadlines
- Drive staff (both paid and volunteer) to meet develop-
ment and production schedule
- Be flexible enough to add or drop content until last
minute in order to uphold journal's charter to provide
timely, in-depth information
- Become familiar with content in all back issues; prevent
redundant information and shape complementary themes
- Provide company-wide developmental and style edit and
review for NeXT material
Required:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in English,
Journalism, Communications, or related field
- 3+ years in a publications environment
- Proven publications and editorial skills
Desired:
- Some familiarity with UNIX and/or NeXT network and
system administration
- Experience using and/or documenting a graphical user
interface, particularly in the NeXTSTEP environment
Salary: Commensurate with experience, up to ~$50K
If you are interested or know anyone else interested in learning
more about this position, please contact:
Gary M. Miller Manager of User Publications
NeXT Computer, Inc. Email: Gary_Miller@NeXT.com
900 Chesapeake Drive Phone: (415) 780-4602
Redwood City, CA 94063 Fax: (415) 780-4554
___________________________________________________________________
27. Pencom Software Seeks 18 NeXT Development and Support Engineers
Location: North America (Northeast, Midwest, West, Canada)
AUSTIN, TEXAS - November 12, 1992 - Pencom Software is tripling its
staff of NeXT engineers to facilitate the team specifically dedicated
to serving both developers and end user organizations equipped with
workstations from NeXT Computer, Inc. Already a NeXT-authorized
systems integrator as well as a registered NeXT software developer,
Pencom is expanding the service to capitalize on the growth NeXT has
recently experienced.
"Pencom has been involved with NeXT on many levels -- as a customer,
a product developer and as a co-bidder on several projects," said Ed
Taylor, President of Pencom Software. "We are excited to embark upon
a whole new relationship with NeXT through our expanded services."
Pencom Software is a division of Pencom Systems Incorporated, a New
York-based firm providing software engineering and manpower resources
to Fortune 500 companies and leading computer firms since 1973.
Currently the largest recruiting firm specializing in the UNIX/Open
Systems market, Pencom employs over 500 people and maintains a large
heterogeneous network of workstations including more than 50 NeXT
machines.
For more information, contact:
Clint Tomlinson - Manager NeXT Recruiting
Pencom Software
9050 Capital of Texas Highway
North Austin, Texas 78759
Telephone: 512-343-1111
Fax: 512/346-6444
E-Mail: clint@pencom.com
The following positions are available nationwide:
Northeast
7 - Development Technical Leads
* Strong NeXTSTEP applications development experience
* Strong UNIX/C, database programming (Sybase, Oracle,
Informix)
* Experience with Objective-C, AppKit, Interface Builder
* High level applications design and rapid prototyping in
NeXT environment
* Project/Technical lead experience
* Good interpersonal skills (oral and written)
* Technical support/OOP, OOD methodology transfer
capabilities
* 6 to 10 years computer industry experience
1 - Jr. Technical Support Engineer
* NeXT/UNIX System Administration background 2+ years
* Some NeXTSTEP/C programming experience
* Phone/customer support experience a plus
* NFS, NetInfo, or NIS a plus
1 - Configuration Manager
* Utilities, tools, SCCS, CASE, experience
* UNIX/C programming experience
* Ability to evaluate and choose 3rd party tools/utilities
* Technical marketing a plus
1 - System Administrator
* NeXT/Sun/UNIX system administration experience
* Network Management background
* Objective-C or C++ experience
* Background in a heterogeneous systems environment a must
1 - Software Engineer
* NeXT/UNIX application software development
* Samming experience
* 5 to 8 years experience
1 - Jr. Software Engineer
(same requirements as Software Engineer listed above)
* 2 to 5 years experience
Mid-West
1 - Senior Systems Engineer
* Provide NeXT applications development and support
assistance
* Project Management/Project Lead experience
* Very strong interpersonal skills, technical marketing
experience a plus
* Tech transfer of OOD, OOP methodologies
* NeXTSTEP, Appkit, DBKit, Objective-C or C++
* 6 to 10 years experience
West
1 - Technical Support Engineer
* Level 2 Support For Developers Hot-line
* UNIX/NeXT software development experience
* AppKit, Interface Builder, DBKit, Objective-C or C++
* Phone/Customer support background a plus
* 4 to 6 years development experience
1 - Systems Administrator
* Strong SADM skills (NeXT, Sun, or RS/6000) to provide
sadm and network support via phone and E-mail
* NeXTSTEP, AppKit, Objective-C or C++
* DBKit a big plus
* 3 to 5 years experience
Canada
3 - NeXT Contract Engineers
* strong NeXTSTEP applications development experience
* strong UNIX, Objective-C, C++ programming
* AppKit, Interface Builder, DBKit experience preferred
* 6 to 10 years experience
More positions available soon!!
___________________________________________________________________
28. Trident Seeks NeXT Software and Network Engineers
TRIDENT DATA SYSTEMS, a dynamic, fast growing firm within the
management information system and technical security industries,
is searching for top technical candidates with high energy, excellent
communication skills, and a commitment to superior customer service.
We currently have the following outstanding opportunities in the
Los Angeles, CA area.
Software Engineer (NeXT)
Requires experience programming in the NeXT environment.
Candidate must be well-versed in Objective C, object-oriented
analysis and design, Interface Builder, and NeXT AppKit programming.
Experience with end-user application requirements analysis,
relational databases, UNIX, Mach, and networking a plus.
Network Engineers
Experience with set up and configuration of heterogeneous UNIX
workstation, PC and MacIntosh LANs and WANs. UNIX/Ethernet network
experience is required, Experience with TCP/IP, FDDI, EtherTalk,
AppleTalk, SNMP are all a definite plus along with UNIX system level
programming and configuration(Sockets, RPC, named,sendmail, etc.)
Trident Data Systems offers competitive salaries, benefits, and the
opportunity for professional growth.
Interested and qualified applicants please send your resumes to:
Trident Data Systems
5933 W. Century Blvd.
Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
Attn: Corporate Recruiting.
E-Mail to: resumes@tds.com
EOE m/f/d U.S. Citizenship may be required. Applicants selected
will be subject to security investigation and must meet eligibility
requirements for access to classified information.
___________________________________________________________________
29. Appsoft Seeking NeXTSTEP Programmers
Appsoft is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of
Computer Scientist (2 positions are open). Minimum qualifications
include at least two years experience in the design and
implementation of commercial software products and at least one years
experience developing applications under NeXTstep. Appsoft offers a
competitive compensation package including full company paid health
benefits and equity participation in the company.
Interested parties (except for current or recent employees of NeXT)
should send resume and any examples of your work to
jobs@appsoft.com
or
Appsoft Inc.
255 Shoreline Road,, Suite 520
Redwood City, California 94301
___________________________________________________________________
30. Wanted: Object Oriented Systems Designers (Boston)
Marble Associates, Inc., a leading technology consulting firm, has
immediate openings in the Boston area for computer scientists with
interest in and experience building object oriented software systems.
Marble designs and constructs large-scale, internetworked software
systems for global businesses. We are looking for high energy people
with all levels of experience with:
Smalltalk, C++, Objective C, C programming languages
Unix, MS Windows NT, MS-DOS, Macintosh operating systems
Oracle, Sybase, Teradata relational database management systems
TCP/IP-based internetworking, include the DCE protocol
NeXTSTEP, MS Windows, X/Motif, Open Windows windowing systems
We are looking for a few first class, well rounded software engineers
with excellent social skills who are not averse to travelling and who
are willing to apply their programming expertise to Fortune 500
glabal computing problems. Salaries are commensurate with
experience. If you have some or all of these skills, please send a
cover letter and resume to:
Marble Associates, Inc.
Attn: Associate Recruiting
38 Edge Hill Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
or to: associate-recruiting@marble.com
___________________________________________________________________
31. Wanted NeXT experience (Washington, D.C.)
Having been to Dev Camp is a plus, but not a requirement. The
prospective job is in Washington, D.C. Current security clearance a
plus.
Database or systems engineering experience helpful. B.S.C.S. or
B.S.E.E. prefered, others considered. Excellent benefits and
compensation.
For more info, e-mail resume and cover letter in Postscript, roff,
TeX, WordPerfect 5.0, or ascii to Dave Strout at
Email: at626@cleveland.freenet.edu
___________________________________________________________________
32. Archetype Positions Open for NeXTSTEP Programmers (Boston)
Ken Bonnin
Archetype Internet: ken@archetype.prospect.com
100 Fifth Avenue voice: 617/890-7544 x232
Waltham, MA 02154 fax: 617/890-3661
RE: Open job positions
For Immediate Release
Product Development Manager - Document Engine & Stylist
The Document Engine is Archetype's hot new product for the NeXT
machine. The Document Engine provides a framework for third-party
developers to rapidly create powerful publishing applications (ie.
page layout, word processing, form packages). The DE is being
developed on the NeXT machine, and is designed to be ported to other
popular platforms, including Windows and Macintosh. Stylist is
Archetype's high-powered page layout application, which is being
built on the Document Engine.
Archetype is looking for a talented individual to join our team to
provide product management for both the Document Engine and Stylist
projects.
The Product Manager for Document Engine and Stylist projects will be
a team leader accountable to the Executive VP of Engineering for the
development and quality of all aspects of the Archetype Document
Engine and the Stylist page layout program for the NeXT.
The Product Manager will ensure the creation of high-quality,
innovative, useful and productive end-user products that fulfill the
needs of our customers.
The Product Manager will be accountable for the engineering, quality
assurance, documentation, and shipping of both products. The Product
Manager will work closely with the Engineering team to develop goals
and workable schedules from the desired feature list.
The Document Engine and Stylist projects are innovative, and on
aggressive time schedules. The Product Manager will coordinate
engineering, quality assurance and documentation resources to ensure
that the goals of the projects are met on time. The Product Manager
will work with the team to produce results.
The Product Manager will be accountable for administering and
coordinating beta programs for both the Document Engine and Stylist,
handle customer inquiries, comments and criticisms, and return
valuable customer feedback into the design of the projects.
The Product Manager must be technical and well-grounded in
development techniques, but will not be directly involved with the
code itself.
Requisite experience: Managed projects that have successfully
launched a shrink-wrap application. At least 3 years experience with
production of shrink-wrap software. Excellent organizational and
managerial skills. A proven result producer in the area of software
development. Experience with the Publishing Industry a plus.
Contact: Sue Robertson, sue@archetype.prospect.com
QA and Support Manager
Archetype is an expanding company that is meeting the high quality
demands of today's shrink-wrap software market. Archetype is looking
for a person to ensure that that level of quality exists in all
shipping products, from the product itself to the documentation and
final packaging.
This position requires serious experience with shrink wrap software
products, knowledge and hands on experience in both the Microsoft
Windows 3.0 and Unix environments (specifically NeXT). This person
needs a good working knowledge commonly used publishing applications,
excellent organizational and communication skills. Managing the
Quality Assurance Department requires an ability to prioritize and
sort bug reports, organizing testers to perform effectively, and
working closely with Engineering to quickly resolve problems.
The day to day responsibilities will include:
- organizing and streamlining the test effort
- creating test suites to automate QA
- leading regression testing
- interface with product managers/engineers for bug resolution
- tracking bugs
- supervising software builds and maintaining source code control
system for shrink wrap and OEM shipped versions
- producing release packages of software
- working with documentation staff to produce accurate
documentation
Requisite experience: Three or more years leading/participating in a
QA organization with emphasis on shrink-wrap products, particularly
Desktop Publishing. Mac or Windows experience a must.
Contact: Sue Robertson, sue@archetype.prospect.com
Archetype, Inc.
Archetype is a fast growing company in the Boston area, producing
innovative and productive software for the world. Along with its
revolutionary Document Engine, Archetype produces a page layout
application under Windows called Archetype Designer, and a
OPI-spooler & Graphics management system called InterSep.
Archetype
100 Fifth Avenue
Waltham MA, 02154
voice: 617/890-7544
fax: 617/890-3661
e-mail: info@archetype.prospect.com
____________________________________________________________________
33. NeXTSTEP Software Design Engineer: PDH
Position: Software Design Engineer
Available: January 1993
Location: San Jose, California
Required Qualifications
*** US CITIZENSHIP ****
- BS Computer Science or related field
- Willingness to travel within USA
- Experience in the following areas:
6-10 years independent design and development
2-6 years database design and development
2-6 years GUI design and development
UNIX
NeXTSTEP
Objective-C, C++
TCP/IP networking
Desired Qualifications
- MS in computer related field
- Active security clearances
- Familiarity with DBKit, and Sybase or Oracle RDBMS
- Managed small development projects
- Mach experience
Duties:
Software design engineers participate in all stages of the
product life-cycle: proposal, design, implementation,
testing, and documentation.
Environment:
PDH, Inc. is a small software development company specializing
in systems solutions using NeXT workstations. You will
work on internal projects as well as contracts for customers.
Current contracts involve systems engineering for a 1200
workstation network architecture, interactive map graphics
display with overlayed data, and two information tracking
applications using relational databases.
This is an excellent opportunity to impact the direction
of a company. You will be able to work closely with customers
as well as with our team on internal products.
PDH provides excellent vacation, health, and disability
benefits. Expect long hours and loads of fun in a casual
work atmosphere.
Contact:
Please respond via email (NeXTMail welcome) to personnel@pdh.com.
If you can't send email, please fax your resume to (408) 428-9599.
___________________________________________________________________
34. Frontier, Inc. Seeks NeXTSTEP Programmers
Frontier, Inc., a registered NeXTSTEP Developer and NeXT-only VAR/VAD
headquartered in Lancaster, PA, has immediate openings for several
NeXTSTEP programmers. While preference will be given to those with
specific NeXTSTEP experience, we will also consider all interested
parties for entry-level positions.
Qualifications are as follows:
-- B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent
experience.
-- Working knowledge of C, C++, or Objective C
-- Understanding of object-oriented methodology
-- Experience in or familiarity with NeXTSTEP (highly
desirable)
-- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
Please forward resumes via fax (717-299-0090) or email
(robert@front.com)
Frontier, Inc.
1360 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
Fax - (717)299-0090
E-mail: robert@front.com (NeXT mail welcome!!)
___________________________________________________________________
35. Wanted NeXTSTEP Programmer Analysts (London and NJ)
NeXTSTEP Programmer Db Lib, DB Kit, Objective C
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Pay Rate: $40.00 - 60.00 per hour
Location of contract: London, England
Length: up to one year
NeXT SYBASE Programmer Analyst Wanted
Location of contract: New Jersey
Start Date:
Contract Pay Rate: $40.00 - 60.00 per hour
Length: 6 - 9 months
Contact: Clark Wasson (310) 645-7600 ext. 247
e-mail: minisys@cup.portal.com
___________________________________________________________________
36. NeXTSTEP Developers Wanted in Chicago
Chicago Loop firm seeks creative software developers to work
on exciting new NeXT projects.
Currently seeking creative software developers to work on
new NeXT projects in their Financial area. The positions will
all be based in Chicago, Illinois. Following are qualifications:
- B.S. in C.S. or equiv.
- Fluency in C
- Exp. in one of following: (C++, Obj-C, CLOS, Smalltalk)
- Prog. exp. in one of the following environments: (NeXTstep,
X, Mac, MS Windows)
- Excellent communication skills
Contact:
Susan Sabor
Human Resources
Chicago Research & Trading Group, Ltd.
440 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60605
___________________________________________________________________
37. NeXT System Administrator and Programming Positions: Michigan
Imagine Multimedia, Inc. is looking for an excellent system
administrator.
If you're tired of solving the same old problems and want to work in
an exciting, small, and growing company, then check us out.
Imagine is a 3.5 year old company specializing in multimedia
publishing tools. Our primary focus is the NeXT computer and various
multimedia publishing solutions, including CD-I. We are located in
Ann Arbor, Michigan. Salary and fringe benefits are competitive.
We are hiring now.
A. System Administration Applicants should have:
- Bachelors of Computer Science or equivalent education
- experience in Unix System Administration
- excellent communication skills
The potential employee should be able to fulfill the following job
requirements:
- Maintenance of a heterogeneous computer environment, primarily
composed of NeXT computers
- Maintenance of UUCP and SLIP connections
- Maintenance of a complex multi-product development environment
- Maintenance of development tools, including:
- licensed products
- in house tools
Any of the following qualifications will help the applicant:
- Industry experience
- NeXT System Administration experience
- NeXTStep programming experience
- Multimedia experience
B. Programming Applicants must have:
- 4+ years of industry experience
- Masters of Computer Science or equivalent education
- 1+ years of NeXTStep development experience
- Excellent communication skills
PLEASE note your skills clearly in your cover letter and resume. We
would hate to pass up the perfect person because we missed something
important!
Send letters and/or resumes to:
resumes@imagine.com
or (until 12/31/92)
Imagine Multimedia, Inc.
44 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
P.O.Box 473
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
___________________________________________________________________
38. Proficient NeXTStep programmers wanted in Dallas
NeXT registered Developers needed in Dallas, Texas. Please contact
Peter Bendor-Samuel of the The Everest Group. 15505 Wright Bros.
Drive, Dallas TX 75244. Telephone: (214) 385-1106.
___________________________________________________________________
39. Chromagrafx Seeks 2 NeXTSTEP Development Programmers
Chromagrafx Imaging Systems is both a value-added-reseller and a
developer for the NeXT platform in the prepress environment. Our
services are to provide clients with complete system solutions for
desktop publishing using both existing software and software
developed in-house.
We are currently expanding our software development staff with the
advent of more user demand in this area. The two positions open are
both in software development on the NeXT platform. Duties would
include but are not limited to:
Writing the following types of applications:
o scanner and printer drivers
o modules for PixelMaster and GammaScan
(our two image-editing applications)
o light page-layout and imposition software
o color calibration and seperation techniques.
Serving as technical and customer support
Demoing existing and developed applications
Testing and quality assurance
We are looking for the following qualities in our potential
employees:
o Strong NeXTSTEP applications development experience
o Over 3 years experience developing in C.
o Knowledge of prepress, imaging, or color preferred
but not necessary
o Strong communication and interpersonal skills
o Strong desire to learn
o Good sense of humor (you'll need it)
Please send your resume and project experiences to:
Land mail:
Chromagrafx Imaging Systems
225 Oser Avenue
Hauppauge, NY 11721
FAX:
(516) 273-5709
Email (NeXTMail acceptable):
info@chromagrafx.com
___________________________________________________________________
40. Canadian NeXTSTEP Developers Sought (Calgary)
The developers of SteppingStone - the unified, user-definable
accounting and management information system are seeking qualified
NeXTSTEP programmers for full-time employment. Please contact
Alexandr Molochnikov, Vice-President Software Development at Mi
Solutions Inc., 220, 2912 Memorial Drive S.E., Calgary, Alberta,
T2A6R1, Canada
Telephone: 403-248-3282
Fax: 403-235-6206.
_____________________________________________________________________
41. NeXTSTEP Computer Programmer/Analyst (Washington, D.C)
Professional Services Company seeks programmer/analyst for Baltimore,
MD/Washington, D.C. metropolitan area work location. UNIX, C++,
Oracle, Object Oriented Concepts, & GUIs experience. Development
on NeXT computers a plus. Must have strong interpersonal skills
and the ability to work with customers. Bachelor's in Computer
Science or equivalent work experience. Build state-of-the-art
information systems that make a difference! Please send resume to...
HR
Tech Svcs Div.
P.O. Box 231
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-0231.
EOE M/V/D/V.
___________________________________________________________________
end of Nugget News Digest
A little Christmas Humor...
Coders' 12 days of Christmas
For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
See if they can do it again.
For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Tell them it's a feature
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
Have a great Holiday Season!
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.