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From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
Subject: SUBMISSION: TickleServices1.02mab - it's fat
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact: Scott Hess
12901 Upton Avenue South, #326
Burnsville, MN 55337
Telephone: (612) 895-1208
Internet: scott@nic.gac.edu or shess@ssesco.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (IF NOT SOONER)
SCOTT HESS INTRODUCES TickleServices1.02mab
An Evolutionary Framework For Rapid Prototyping of NeXTSTEP Services
July 8, 1993, 11:00pm CDT
SCOTT'S DEN - Since the initial TickleServices release on May 13, Minnesota
has seen an unprecedented amount of rain, which has caused much flooding.
Due to the pertinacious downpours and the rise in mosquito population which
has resulted, TickleServices has spent entirely too much time indoors in
front of the television. This has resulted in TickleServices becoming FAT!
[No, no, idiot, that has nothing to do with it.]
... "With the addition of support for File Allocation Tables, TickleServices
will become more useful than ever" asserts Scott Hess, the slightly confused
developer ... [We are now experiencing technical difficulties. Please stay
tuned for more information. *slap* %bruise% $kick$ $kick$]
... "With the release of Multi-Architecture binaries, TickleServices will
now support both Motorola _and_ Intel platforms" said the late Scott Hess,
the developer of the package. "Previously it was very hard to run the
application on Intel machines. This release should make use of
TickleServices on such machines much simpler." [Oh, close enough.]
TickleServices1.02mab is a new version of TickleServices ported to and
recompiled under NeXTSTEP3.1. In the bargain, a couple of minor bugs
have been fixed, and some new services were added, though no really neat
new features were added. Well, the Lipo.ts services are sort of neat.
Background
TickleServices provides a framework upon which new services entries may be
built. It uses a string-based scripting language to direct execution, which
allows many text-handling services to be written in just one or two lines.
Built-in commands are provided for a number of commonly required functions,
such as prompting the user for input or selecting files in an Open Panel.
As a side effect of the ease of developing and modifying new services,
TickleServices1.02mab includes a library of 79 example services, many of
which implement services that used to require the aforementioned basket of
applets. These services range from handling archive files to counting words
in text to reformatting C /* ... */ comments. Beyond the basic utility
these services provide to any user, they are a valuable source of code to
copy and paste for use in new services.
Availability and Pricing
TickleServices1.02mab is available NOW for NeXTSTEP3.1 Motorola and Intel.
In the tradition of Stuart, TickleServices is shareware, and will be
distributed via the same tried and true channels; namely, the Internet
archive sites. TickleServices has been placed on:
# As of 1am, I couldn't get sonata to accept the entire file :-(.
sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.02mab.compressed
cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.02mab.compressed
ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl:pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.02mab.compressed
It will likely migrate from there to a more appropriate place on the archive.
Note that it's a 3.0 commercial program (so on sonata, it would end in
pub/next/3.0/com). To unarchive TickleServices, use the Workspace Contents
panel, or use the command "zcat TickleServices1.02mab.compressed | tar -xvf -".
If you do not have ftp access, contact Scott Hess and he can send you a copy
via NeXTMail. If you're the kind to care, the output of running sum(1) on
the file is:
48090 848 TickleServices1.02mab.compressed
TickleServices is priced at $30 for an individual license and $20 for a
student license. Site licenses are available for both academic and
commercial/government sites. Since TickleServices is shareware, the user is
allowed a reasonable evaluation period during which they can determine if
TickleServices provides functionality that they are willing to pay for.
Scott Hess develops and distributes the popular Stuart terminal emulator,
and also crafts custom code for clients willing to foot the bill.
Periodically he contemplates becoming a company, or even a corporation, but
he so intensely dislikes wearing a suit that it is doubtful if we will ever
find the vulture capital to do so. Located in beautiful Burnsville,
Minnesota, Scott's den is the scene of much caffeine-driven sorcery. Residents
of nearby Savage have frequently complained of the bright flashes of colored
lights emanating from his window, though the frequency of such complaints
has fallen off markedly since the curse was renewed last April.
TickleServices may become a trademark of Scott Hess or any company he
accidentally founds or makes agreements with, so don't use it for your
product. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. Intel is a registered
trademark of Intel Corporation. Any other trademarks are surely held by
their respective trademark holders. If not, then they aren't.
--
scott hess <shess@ssesco.com> <To the BatCube, Robin>
12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Anytime!
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