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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.mixcom.com> Subject: SUBMISSION: NIST.package.compressed Reply-To: alberto@parsec.mixcom.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com We have submitted the following files for FTP at: cs.orst.edu and nova.cc.purdue.edu >From the README file: Release 1.0 Copyright (c)1993 by SmartSoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NIST Synchronicity What It Does This is the BEST preferences panel your money can buy. It will synchronize your computer's clock with the National Institute of Science and Technologies cesium clocks. It does this by making a short call with your modem to (303) 494-4774. The service is free, save your long distance call. Price NIST Synchronicity is NOT free - If you use it, send a registration fee of $5. Registering your copy will qualify you to free updates, and help us develop other NEXTSTEP products for your enjoyment. Installation Copy to ~/Library/Preferences/NIST.preferences Hints and Tips Please set-up the the program prior to using (click the '?' button on the main panel and then the "Change Settings" button. Be sure to supply a device where you have a modem attached. You must be root, have privileges for using the /dev/cu* and have privileges for changing the computer's time. Known Bugs and Other Built-In 'Features' If you supply a real device, but have no modem attached, you may experience a freeze with Preferences.app. The only way to get out of it is to kill Preferences and logout. (If you only logout, you will freeze the computer and will have to restart to a fsck) You have been warned! Please report any other bugs or comments that you may have to: smartsoft@parsec.mixcom.com Future Enhancements NIST will operate on a separate thread. Calculate clock drift. And setup the appropriate files to maintain better clock accuracy without the call. Have a command line interface, for automation with cron. About SmartSoft SmartSoft, Inc., is a Wisconsin corporation dedicated to producing software for NEXTSTEP. We are currently working on a breakthrough technology that will revolutionize image manipulation software as we know it. Keep an eye on us!! Graphics applications will never be the same... SmartSoft's current products (All available thru FTP at cs.orst.edu): Rocks! The mother of all space and asteroid type of games. Graphics are excellent specially in COLOR, if you have a color machine you don't want to miss this! - Licenses are $35/ea. NIST_Synchronicity A preferences panel module for synchronizing your NeXT computer's clock with the cesium clocks administrated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Licenses are $5/ea. DotFiles It accelerates the process of becoming an UNIX Expert through Preferences. And toggles your current UNIX Expert setting. It is a service provider application, so you don't have to search for it. It is always available in the Workspace Manager's services menu. Licenses are $5/ea. SmartSoft, Inc., 2220 East Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Phone: 414/964-8864, Fax: 414/964-4672 Email: smartsoft@parsec.mixcom.com
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.