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From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Meeting Series: A comparison of OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP Date: 30 Dec 1993 22:59:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2g082s$pkd@digifix.digifix.com> A comparison of 32bit OS: OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP Tuesday, January 4th, 1993 7:00 p.m. MIT Room 1-190 This is a joint meeting of the Boston Computer Society (BCS) NeXT User Group and the BCS Windows NT User Group This month we kick off our series on 32bit Desktop Operating Systems. We will review capabilities of OS/2 2.1, Windows NT 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2 during the next two months. At the January meeting we will focus on the the user interfaces of each of the three operating systems. Corporate representatives will demonstrate the unique features of the UIs of each of the operating systems. We will have two other meetings in February to talk about the lower levels of each of the operating systems and the development tools available for them. We will also have our Rumor of the Month discussion, Q&A and the usual updates on what is new in the NeXT community. More Information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe (NEXTSTEP) at (617) 628-4136 or email: jamie@ftp.com Tyler Fosdick (Windows NT) at (617) 492-4636 or email: fearless@world.std.com jamie -- Jamie O'Keefe Director Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@piglet.ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: January GUN Meeting Date: 30 Dec 1993 22:59:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2g083r$pkj@digifix.digifix.com> GOTHAM USERS OF NeXT Wednesday, January 12th - 1994! I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. Black Market Technologies - 19:00 Yes - this time we mean it - Tim Reed, one of GUN's founders will talk about his company, Black Market Technologies, and its products. His focus will be on BMT's products in particular Connect It! his UUCP management tool that won a four Cube review from NeXTWORLD magazine! Tim will also talk about being a small shop in NYC and what bringing a NEXTSTEP product to market is all about! III. Raffle - End of Meeting Vintage black hardware posters from NeXT who knows what else... Electronic Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: Mike Henry <mike@stacken.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor - PD GNU DBM DBKit Adaptor Date: 1 Jan 1994 00:13:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2g30p7$16o@digifix.digifix.com> Ever wished there was a PD DBKit Adaptor? Well now there is! gdbmAdaptor is an Adaptor and a "flat-file" Database all in one. Create a database model with DBModeler, hook the model up to your app with InterFaceBuilder and your all set. As the name implies gdbmAdaptor uses GNU DBM to implement the lower levels of the database. WARNING: gdbmAdaptor 0.2 is realeased hereby for beta testing. No guarantees or warantees are made to the robustness of this Adaptor. I welcome suggestions and bug reports, however. gdbmAdaptor 0.2 is available at the following site: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/gdbmAdaptor.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/gdbmAdaptor.adaptor.MAB.tar.gz Mike Henry mike@stacken.kth.se
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TiffMenusPalette on cs.orst.edu Date: 1 Jan 1994 00:14:53 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2g30sd$16u@digifix.digifix.com> I have just uploaded TiffMenusPalette.compressed to cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu (space permitting) cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/TiffMenusPalette.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/TiffMenusPalette.README TiffMenusPalette is an Interface Builder custom object palette (FAT) that will take the menu heirarchy of an application and instantly write each menu cell including the Menu's title as separate TIFF files. This is particularly useful in writing NeXTSTEP help when you want to describe what action a menucell performs. There's and RTFD included in the archive. Suggestions/Comments to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: NEXTSTEP RTF source users mailing list announcement Date: 2 Jan 1994 00:15:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2g5l8k$5jb@digifix.digifix.com> This is to announce the creation of a new mailing list dedicated to dicussing how RTF can be used/enhanced in the development process under NeXTSTEP. The addresses are. RTFusers-request@steffi.demon.co.uk (for administrative and archive-server queries) RTFusers@steffi.demon.co.uk (the list address) To subscribe send an email with Subject: subscribe to RTFusers-request@steffi.demon.co.uk
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 53 - 1993 Date: 3 Jan 1994 01:23:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2g8dl2$asg@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 53). Monday December 27 through Monday January 03 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 52 - 1993 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: EnhancedYap.app (and source) on cs.orst.edu PRESS RELEASE: New NEXTSTEP Vendors added to Alembic PRESS RELEASE: HyperSense Multi-Purpose Authoring Tool Demo available MEETING: Meeting Series: A comparison of OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP MEETING: January GUN Meeting SUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor - PD GNU DBM DBKit Adaptor SUBMISSION: TiffMenusPalette on cs.orst.edu ANNOUNCEMENT: NEXTSTEP RTF source users mailing list announcement If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 3 Jan 1994 01:35:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2g8eat$b0b@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 3 Jan 1994 01:35:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2g8ebe$b0h@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: silbar@cantina.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: VectorField.app Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:34:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garjp$4ne@digifix.digifix.com> I have submitted VectorField to the NEXTSTEP archives. This educational tool can be used to display two-dimensional projections of the vectors in a vector field for a set of grid points. The application comes with two example files. One shows how a viscous fluid flow develops as a function of time. The other shows the field vectors for an electric dipole at successive distances from the plane of the charges. There are RTF explanation windows for these examples, as well as a description of how to "roll your own" data files for display by VectorField. VectorField.app.compressed is in the /pub/next/submissions directories at cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu, from which they can be retrieved by anonymous FTP. VectorField is shareware with a suggested licensing fee of $15. Dick Silbar WhistleSoft, Inc.
From: Sara_Benson@NeXT.COM (Sara Benson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: LaunchPad source code submitted to ftp site Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:35:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garlq$4nv@digifix.digifix.com> LaunchPad source code submitted to ftp site The source code to RightBrain Software's LaunchPad dock extender is now available at the NeXT ftp site cs.orst.edu under /pub/next/submissions. The tarred and compressed file containing the source is named "LaunchPad.tar.Z". The readme file is named "LaunchPad.README". This fulfills Glenn Reid's commitment last September to place the source code for LaunchPad in the public domain when RightBrain Software withdrew from the NEXTSTEP market. Sara Benson Developer Relations NeXT Computer, Inc. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/LaunchPad.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/LaunchPad.tar.Z
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS - Tuesday: A comparison of OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:35:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garme$4o5@digifix.digifix.com> A comparison of 32bit OS: OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP Tuesday, January 4th, 1993 7:00 p.m. MIT Room 1-190 at the corner of Mass Av. and Memorial Drive This is a joint meeting of the Boston Computer Society (BCS) NeXT User Group and the BCS Windows NT User Group This month we kick off our series on 32bit Desktop Operating Systems. We will review capabilities of OS/2 2.1, Windows NT 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2 during the next two months. At the January meeting we will focus on the the user interfaces of each of the three operating systems. Corporate representatives will demonstrate the unique features of the UIs of each of the operating systems. We will have two other meetings in February to talk about the lower levels of each of the operating systems and the development tools available for them. Due to the response I have gotten I will post a summary of the meetings for those who are not able to make it. We will also have our Rumor of the Month discussion, Q&A and the usual updates on what is new in the NeXT community. More Information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe (NEXTSTEP) at (617) 628-4136 or email: jamie@ftp.com Tyler Fosdick (Windows NT) at (617) 492-4636 or email: fearless@world.std.com jamie -- Jamie O'Keefe Director Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group
From: hhsu@impact.com (Henry Hsu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:enTar 3.0 MAB on archive sites Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:35:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garnf$4ob@digifix.digifix.com> enTar 3.0 for Intel Processors and NeXT computers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Software: enTar 3.0 for Intel/NeXT Retail Price: $89.00 Educational Price: $71.20 Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-822-3385 Phone: (718) 472-0600 FAX: (718) 472-0160 E-mail: info@impact.com Long Island City, New York - Junuary 1, 1994 - Impact Software Publishing, Inc. is pleased to announce Release 3.0 of its enTar(TM) backup program. enTar will painlessly back up your files and directories onto mass storage devices. enTar works with DAT, 8 mm, and other SCSI tape devices, as well as with floppy, optical, and other removable disks. In addition, enTar can back up your data to networked disks. Because enTar automatically configures tape devices, it works with most SCSI tape devices. enTar can back up multiple files and directories into a single file and can browse and selectively restore files within the single backup. enTar also features UNIX data compression and tar formats for backups so that backup data can be exchanged with other UNIX systems, such as Sun or IBM. Previous purchasers of enTar are entitled to free upgrades to the latest version. (Users can upgrade by simply obtaining a copy of version 3.0 and entering their old license numbers.) A demo version of enTar 3.0 is currently available by FTP from: nova.cc.purdue.edu /pub/next/3.0/com/enTar3.0.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/enTar3.0.tar.Z cs.orst.edu /pub/next/demos/util/enTar3.0.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/enTar3.0.tar.Z For users with NeXTmail, a demo copy of enTar 3.0 can be requested through info@impact.com. A free demo floppy of enTar 3.0 can also be requested by calling 1-800-822-3385. enTar 3.0 is priced at $89 and there are educational and site license discounts available. If you would like more information about enTar 3.0, please send your request to info@impact.com. *Note to Version 1.4 Users: If you are currently using version 1.4 of enTar, please upgrade by entering your old license numbers into version 3.0. Version 1.4 is very old and contained an obsolete year-end relicensing mechanism. Due to customer feedbacks and suggestions, all our current and future releases have this mechanism completely removed. *** enTar is a trademark of Impact Software Publishing, Inc. NeXT is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Ray Ryan <rjrjr@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Seeks Writer Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:36:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garoj$4oh@digifix.digifix.com> Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Seeks Writer Lighthouse Design, a leading developer of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP, seeks a writer to manage the hands-on production of our manuals, online help, and other end-user and training documents. You'll write, manage others who will write with you, work with engineers and the marketing group, and oversee publication. You are the ideal candidate if much of the following is true: o You seek a career writing for computer users (as opposed to writing for computer programmers). o You have two to five years experience doing this kind of thing. o You dig technology, and you probably have a technical degree. o You have teaching experience. o You can set and meet your own deadlines. o You've read the fine print in our ads. Compensation is competitive, and includes comprehensive health coverage, opportunities to participate in corporate prosperity through stock options and profit sharing. Of course, free food and gourmet coffee are part of the deal, too. Please send your resume to resume@lighthouse.com, and include the words "Writing Candidate" in the subject line. NeXT Mail is fine, and most Macintosh mail attachments are okay, too. Those without net access can fax 415/570-7787, or send US Mail to: Writing Candidate Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 Please be prepared to submit a substantive writing sample. -- Ray Ryan, Lighthouse Design, Ltd. +1-415-570-7736 rjrjr@lighthouse.com NeXT Mail, SVP
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: HyperSense demo available on ftp Date: 3 Jan 1994 23:37:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2garqs$4on@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Information contact: Mishelle McClure Baun 303/221-4596 NeXTMAIL: info@thoughtful.com HyperSense Multi-Purpose Authoring Tool is Available by FTP Fort Collins, Colorado-December 27, 1993-Thoughtful Software announced today that a version of its HyperSense multi-purpose authoring software is now available via anonymous ftp. The unregistered software will run in demo mode, which provides full program functionality except for the ability to save documents. It may be registered by contacting Thoughtful Software. Two files have been submitted to the NeXT archive site at cs.orst.edu in the submissions directory: cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/submisions/HyperSense1.00B09b.tar cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/submisions/HyperSense1.00B09b.README.rtf HyperSense has many uses in both professional and personal settings. It is ideal for creating multimedia documents and applications, such as corporate training programs, medical imaging databases, interactive tutorials, and flexible personal databases. The package submitted to the archive site includes support for both Intel and Motorola versions of NEXTSTEP, on-line documentation and a variety of sample documents to illustrate some of the possible uses of the program. HyperSense is a versatile and easy-to-use tool featuring a rich document architecture and an easily understood English-like scripting language. With HyperCard compatibility, users have the ability to import and modify "stackware" developed on the Macintosh. HyperSense goes beyond the capabilities of HyperCard and other authoring environments, offering many innovative new features. Multiple layers of objects on each page, drag-and-drop document construction, and direct support for accessing the serial ports are just a few of the advanced capabilities included in the program. HyperSense has been well received by early adopters, who have found its ease of use and powerful scripting capabilities make it well-suited to a variety of tasks. "I must say that of all the authoring packages we've looked at for the NeXT, HyperSense really comes out far ahead of the rest," commented Celia Duffy of Glasgow University Music Department. "We're really impressed with it." The SenseTalk scripting language gives users the ability to add interactivity to documents without learning a complex programming language. SenseTalk is very English like, making scripts easy to read and write. "I'm so glad to have a hypermedia application that I can use to develop without programming," said Dr. Judith Graves, who used HyperSense for developing a multimedia "database" of nurse scholars for the International Library of Nursing. Advanced users and programmers will find SenseTalk to be a full-featured and powerful language, which can be extended with user-written commands and functions. HyperSense is currently shipping in a pre-release version, which is offered at an introductory price of $299. This price is good until version 1.0 ships, at which time the price will be $499. Purchasers of the pre-release version will receive HyperSense 1.0 when it ships, and are entitled to any other upgrades released within one year. Educational and quantity discounts are available. Thoughtful Software is a privately-held software firm based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Since 1989 Thoughtful Software has been dedicated to developing high-quality end-user productivity tools for NEXTSTEP users. -30- HyperSense is a registered trademark and SenseTalk is a trademark of Thoughtful Software. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. HyperCard and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
From: sasbury@NeXT.COM (Stephen Asbury) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Open Position at NeXT Computer, Inc. Date: 4 Jan 1994 17:47:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gcrm9$8f5@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. is seeking a highly-skilled and energetic person to join the Developer Training team. The role of the Developer Trainer is to deliver and develop courses on programming NeXT computer systems. The Developer Trainer will participate in evaluating the effectiveness of training and course materials, and help evolve the curriculum and programs to meet the needs of NeXT's customers, and track new NeXT software and hardware products. The skills required to fill this position successfully include: + Excellent written and verbal communication skills + Ability to deliver classroom training + Knowledge of object-oriented programming and Objective-C + Knowledge of UNIX and MACH operating systems + Knowledge of PostScript + Knowledge of NeXTstep + Ability to develop and design course curriculum The experience to fill this position successfully includes: + Technical computing, commercial software development, corporate custom application development + Public presentation or training experience. In addition, experience in program and user interface design, hardware troubleshooting, and administering NeXT computers are all desirable. This position requires a person who cares about people, and thrives in a team-oriented environment. Some travel is required. If interested please send resume to: NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Attn: Ellen Leeb ellen_leeb@next.com
From: Tony Guo <tony@formosa.dorm12.nctu.edu.tw> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Jackson Ltd. announces a free Chinese PostScript font for NeXTSTEP Date: 5 Jan 1994 00:10:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gdi3g$aaj@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Information contact: Tony Guo, President of TwNUG Taiwan NeXT User Group e-mail: tony@formosa.dorm12.nctu.edu.tw or David Li, Director of TwNUG e-mail: david@twnug.info.com Jackson Ltd. announce a free Chinese PostScript font for NeXTSTEP Hsin Chu, Taiwan, December 29, 1993 -- Jackson Ltd., a Taiwan based perfessional NeXTSTEP pre-press software development firm, announced today in the user meeting of the Taiwan NeXT User Group that Jackson Ltd. will release one of its 33 Chinese PostScript fonts under the General Public License of the Free Software Foundation. The KaiSu font can be added to the standard distribution of NeXTSTEP and used with the majority of NeXTSTEP applications. Mr. Jain, the general manager of Jackson Ltd. said "Due to the rapid growing demand of an affordable Chinese system for NeXTSTEP in Taiwan, we want to contribute our share to this community. We hope that, by accessing to this this free Chinese font, the talented developers in the NeXT community can create a complete free Chinese system." "Moreover," said with a laugh, "the two guys in the user group have been lobbying me for this since the day one of my company." Tony Guo, the president of the Taiwan NeXT User Group, said "With the release of this free Chinese PostScript font for NeXTSTEP, I hope that more developers will be attracted into developing Chinese applications for NeXTSTEP." "I am really sick and tired of needing to launch SoftPC to run DOS Chinese system," said Tony. The KaiSu Chinese font will be distributed by the Taiwan NeXT User Group. We plan to place the font in the public ftp site in Taiwan as well as several major NeXT ftp sites around the world in the near future. NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
From: Gary_Miller@NeXT.COM (Gary Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer, Inc. looking for SysAdmin writer Date: 5 Jan 1994 16:33:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gfbmk$fg1@digifix.digifix.com> The User Publications group at NeXT Computer, Inc. is looking for a highly-skilled, motivated, and energetic technical writer to work on NeXT's Networking and System Administration documentation. This is a permanent, full-time position located in Redwood City, California. Primary Responsibility: Write conceptual overviews, task-oriented procedural information, and detailed reference material for NEXTSTEP system administration applications, NetInfo, and the underlying networking and administrative portions of the UNIX operating system. Specific Responsibilities: - Revise and update the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual - Prepare System Administration release notes and documentation for on-line release - Work with programmers in maintaining administrative sections of the UNIX manual pages - Provide feedback on development and maintenance of system administration applications and help in refining administrative APIs (application programming interfaces). - Write platform-specific software installation and upgrading guides - Work with other writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it - Work with Tech Support to obtain feedback about the documentation (including where it needs improvement), to provide ideas and information for NeXTanswers, and to provide ideas, information, technical review, and possibly articles for the NEXTSTEP In Focus quarterly support bulletin - Work with Training to provide feedback on courseware Background, Experience, and Skills Required: General: A four-year college degree (or equivalent) and a minimum of three-years experience as a technical writer are required. Teaching experience is a plus. Writing: The ability to write clear, logically sequenced, grammatically expressed expositions is required. Must be able to organize and carry out short to long (book-length) assignments with a minimum of supervision. Writing samples will be required. Technical knowledge: Familiarity with UNIX system administration and networking issues is required. Experience with NEXTSTEP and NetInfo is a plus. Knowledge of Intel-based personal computers and add-on cards (graphics, sound, networking, mass storage, communications, etc.) is also a plus. If interested, please send your resume to: Gary Miller NeXT Computer, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 or fax it to: or e-mail it to: (415) 780-4554 Gary_Miller@next.com Attn: Gary Miller
From: Dirk P. Fromhein <jaeger@watershed.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GraphRight 1.1 Demo on archives Date: 6 Jan 1994 00:37:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gg823$htn@digifix.digifix.com> Because of tremendous response to our new release, we have placed GraphRight 1.1 on the archives. The program is fully featured, the only limitation is that the word "Demo" is written in light gray behind all graphs. For evaluation licenses please contact Watershed Technologies. GraphRight is an easy to use application for creating graphs and charts for NeXTSTEP. GraphRight's Open API can retrieve data from a variety of sources such as databases or real-time data feeds. Highlights Include: *Full Distributed Object API *Dynamic Object Linking *Error Bars and Linear Regression *Intuitive Interface *Backdrop Imaging *Table Based Data Editor *Full Rich Text Editing *Unlimited Undo *Drag and Drop Everything *Discontinuous Selection of Data For additional information contact Watershed Technologies at: (508)-460-9612 (508)-481-3955 Fax graphright@watershed.com It currently is on the following systems: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/science/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/science/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz.README ftp.wustl.edu:/systems/next/cs.orst.edu/submissions/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz ftp.wustl.edu:/systems/next/cs.orst.edu/submissions/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz.README stack.urc.tue.nl:/pub2/next/Software/Plotting/Demos/GraphRight_1.1.README stack.urc.tue.nl:/pub2/next/Software/Plotting/Demos/GraphRight_1.1.tar.gz stack.urc.tue.nl:/pub2/next/orst/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz stack.urc.tue.nl:/pub2/next/orst/GraphRight1.1.tar.gz.README
From: pgriffin@uful07.phys.ufl.edu (Paul A. Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GrayAquarium, a BackSpace Module Date: 6 Jan 1994 01:32:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ggba0$i49@digifix.digifix.com> GrayAquarium.tar.Z has been posted in the submission directories of cs.orst.edu (education/USA) and ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Deutschland), and is available via anonymous ftp. This is the README file for a modified version of Brian Glaeske's Aquarium BackSpace module. The file GrayAquarium.tar.Z contains both source and `dietetically challenged' binaries for the module. As the name indicates, GrayAquarium is primarily designed for grayscale next machines, since the fish are (still) in grayscale. BackSpace.app is a screensaver/background program written by Samuel G. Streeper of NeXT Computer Inc., and provided (for free!) as an example on the developer versions of nextstep 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2. Improvements: 1. Arbitrary background water color. Since a non-black background color is not a particularly good screen saver, I suggest that you use this feature in conjunction with the BackSpaceDuo hack of BackSpace that was posted on the cs.orst.edu and ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de next archives a little while back. With BackSpaceDuo, you can use GrayAquaruim as a background and some other more appropriate BackSpace module as the true screen saver. 2. A simplified fish drawing routine eliminates strange looking fish when the fish overlap. 3. Flipped Images are stored. Your computer will not jerk to a stop every time a fish gets to a border and has to flip. 4. Lots of control over number, type, and speed of fish. El-cheapo postscript special effects too! Bugs: 1. On my grayscale nextstation, I can see the boxes that the fish are drawn in if I don't choose a `primary' (white, lightgray, darkgray, black) background color. 2. If you change the background color while the background is running, the background and the background in the boxes drawn around the fish don't initially match. You have to kill the background and start it up again. 3. This code will only compile on 3.x machines. Please excuse me. Installation: Using Terminal.app (or even better, Stuart.app), uncompress (or gunzip) and then tar -xvf the file Aquarium.tar.Z(gz). Change directory (cd) into the GrayAquaruim directory. Type `make install'. AquariumView.BackModule will be created in your Library/BackSpaceViews directory. As a courtesy to those of you who have jumped on to the next bandwagon recently and have opted not to pay for the NeXT application kit, a copy of AquariumView.BackModule is included with this distribution. I compiled it with the -arch m68k -arch i386 flags, so it should (crossing my fingers here) work for both above named architectures. Wishing the NeXT community a happy and fulfilling new year, Paul Griffin (pgriffin@phys.ufl.edu) Physics Department University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 1/5/94
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: WavesWorld IB palettes w/src (tcl & 3D) Date: 6 Jan 1994 11:52:25 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ghfk9$kk1@digifix.digifix.com> <<please note: this code is for > 3.1 systems, although it might work on 3.0>> Hi. I'm pleased to announce the first public release of some of the WavesWorld IB palettes. These are palettes of objects I originally developed for my PhD system, WavesWorld. Lots of people have asked about them, and since I wrote them this summer when I wasn't at the Media Lab, I decided to make them available as shareware. I wrote this code this summer, but given the hectic nature of last semester (PhD exams, etc.), I haven't gotten around to releasing this stuff until now. The wait has been in your favor, as I uncovered lots o little bugs this semester as I avoided studying for my exams by playing with this code. These palettes go reasonably far in addressing some problems I've always had with IB and the fact that I wanted to use IB more and the linker less. There are two palettes included in this release. The first, WWTCLWidgets, is my latest take on how to integrate tcl, the embeddable tool command language from Berkeley, into the NeXTSTEP development environment. For more info on tcl, look in ./tcl/doc, read the newsgroup comp.lang.tcl, ftp to sprite.berkeley.edu and pick up the Postscript pre-print of the forthcoming tcl book from Addison-Wesley. There are probably many different ways to integrate tcl into NS; this is just one way. This palette really isn't intended to be all that useful by itself, although take a look at the Calculator example, which is a pretty cool example. I really designed it to be used with the other palette included here: WW3DPalette, which is my 3DKit. The WW3DPalette only has one visible object on it: the WWRIBWell. A WWRIBWell is a UI element that looks like a color well, except that it's got a doughnut in it (really a torus). As you might expect from it's name, you can drop a .rib into the WWRIBWell and see it. Also, like you might expect, you can click the edge of the WWRIBWell and get a control panel (like the NXColorPanel that pops up when you click the edge of a NXColorWell). The idea of the WWRIBWell is that you want to integrate 3D into your app, but you don't really want to learn the 3DKit. Eventually, perhaps, but for now, you just want to be able to integrate 3D into an app with a minimum of fuss. There's much, much more power available in the WW3DPalette than that, but that was the easy home run part. The WW3DPalette includes a full blown 3D modeling language called eve, which is based on tcl (with full RenderMan binding and a few other commands). I've included some neat examples of a robot and a room. To find out more, ftp to media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld and grab someWWPalettesAlpha.compressed. I want to keep that as the distribution site for a week or so until I'm sure that there are not any glaring bugs I don't know about, and then I'll submit it to the normal archive sites as a beta release. The doc is pretty minimal right now, but I do have a bunch of examples, and of course all the source code is there. I've already compiled both palettes MAB and included them in the top level distribution, so you should be able to start having fun ASAP. Let me know what you think. -- --> Michael B. Johnson -- wave@media.mit.edu --> MIT Media Lab -- Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> 20 Ames St. E15-023G -- (617) 547-0563 (day office) --> Cambridge, MA 02139 -- (617) 253-0663 (night office)
From: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Executive Decision Maker available for FTP Date: 6 Jan 1994 11:53:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ghflc$kk7@digifix.digifix.com> * Should you pour money down the Intel rathole now, or wait for a NEXTSTEP Release that runs on Real Computers? * Is Microsoft finally on the way out? * Does the NeXT user community appreciate stupid hacks thrown together in a couple of hours more than "serious" applications that took months to develop? For answers to these--and other frivolous questions--a new unofficial "MiniExample" is available for anonymous FTP: sutro.sfsu.edu [130.212.15.230] pub/8Bawl1.0.tar.Z size 95507 BSD sum 41112 USG sum 3159 FTP in binary mode; unpack with zcat 8Bawl1.0.tar|tar xvopBf - => installed size is 436KB Source code availability: Full source for both NeXTstep 2.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.1 included Binaries included: NeXTstep 2.1 NEXTSTEP 3.1 MAB m68k+i386 Licensing: freeware (see LICENSE file for details) Support: none [Note that this distribution has NOT been tested for compatibility with NS 3.2, but I have no reason to expect problems.] Archive maintainers are welcome to retrieve copies for their sites. I would very much appreciate it if the rest of you would cooperate in NOT leaving copies in "submissions" directories. -=EPS=-
From: Joe Reiss <joe@opus.ohio-state.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Color fish for AquariumView Date: 6 Jan 1994 11:53:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ghfmj$kkd@digifix.digifix.com> I've placed an archive, ColorFish.tar.gz, on cs.orst.edu. This archive contains a series of 12-bit tiff images for use with the various AquariumView derivatives. The README file follows... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This archive contains files for use with the Aquarium BackSpace module and its derivatives. The fish images in the archive all 12 bit color with alpha. They were taken from the GIF collection on wuarchive.wustl.edu, then trimmed down and scaled with WetPaint and IconBuilder. To use these fish, you can simply copy the FishFolder directory from the archive into the AquariumView.BackModule bundle. Joe jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Doom Sounds to cs.orst.edu Date: 6 Jan 1994 11:54:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ghfnv$kku@digifix.digifix.com> I've taken the Doom sounds from doom_voc.zip on wuarchive.wustl.edu, converted them to NeXT .snd's and uploaded them to cs.orst.edu in pub/next/submissions. (DoomSounds.compressed) Enjoy.
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TiffMenusPalette 2.0 Date: 6 Jan 1994 15:50:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ghtit$les@digifix.digifix.com> New since version 1.0 TIFF files are now saved such that there is a direct correspondence with their position in the menu heirarchy and their location on disk. ie. Each menucell's tiff file is located in a subdirectory with the name of the menucell's menu. For example, if an application is called "UNTITLED" and has an "Edit" submenu hanging off the main menu the file hierarchy will be as follows UNTITLED/UNTITLEDM.tiff UNTITLED/Info...H.tiff UNTITLED/Info...E.tiff UNTITLED/Info...D.tiff UNTITLED/EditH.tiff UNTITLED/EditE.tiff UNTITLED/EditD.tiff UNTITLED/Edit/EditM.tiff etc etc ----- Ive just uploaded TiffMenusPalette2.0.compressed to cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu (space permitting) cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/TiffMenusPalette2.0.compressed TiffMenusPalette is an Interface Builder custom object palette (FAT) that will take the menu heirarchy of an application and instantly write each menu cell including the Menu's title as separate TIFF files. This is particularly useful in writing NeXTSTEP help when you want to describe what action a menucell performs. There's and RTFD included in the archive. Suggestions/Comments to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk
From: Ross Garrett Cutler <rgc@wam.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RTFSyntax (an RTF syntax highlighter) available Date: 7 Jan 1994 01:10:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2giud4$o0q@digifix.digifix.com> Introduction ------------ RTFSyntax is an application for programmers that provides a service to color syntax highlight rich text. By color syntax highlighting, I mean automatically changing the color and font of the selected rich text using regular expressions previously defined in RTFSyntax. For example, you can use this program to make all of your Objective-C comments appear in red Helvetica 12-point italics. Because you define what you want colored using regular expression, you can completely customize how your RTF code looks. Where to get it --------------- A MAB version of RTFSyntax and full source code is in the submissions directory at cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions:RTFSyntax.compressed Please let me know if you find RTFSyntax useful. Ross.
From: danders@carn3.alleg.EDU (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSIO: StatTools for the NeXT Date: 7 Jan 1994 16:35:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gkkjk$r8m@digifix.digifix.com> StatTools on the NeXT ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW SOFTWARE January 7, 1994 One of the frustrations of using the NeXT has been the lack of routines to do some of the most common statistical procedures. But all of that has changed! I am happy to announcement that a new set of locally written StatTools is now available from Allegheny College. StatTools is a set of procedures for common statistical methods that may be used for the analysis of data on computers using the NEXTSTEP operating system. StatTools is not a "statistical package" in the usual sense of that term. Rather, the tools provide a way to summarize and analyze data that has been entered and stored using the spreadsheet program Improv. The advantage of this approach is that the user need not learn any new techniques for entering, reviewing, storing, and retrieving of data beyond those learned to use Improv. In addition, of course, the user has available all of the features of Improv, including some powerful graphic capability. StatTools are one set of tools that make use of an application called Workbench. Workbench provides the framework to retrieving data from Improv as well as features for printing output, clearing the screen, etc. In addition to StatTools, tools are available for doing a great many mathematical procedures found in Mathematica. There are 26 StatTools currently available and more can be written if there is a need. The tools include those for data description and graphical display (descriptive statistics, cross-tabs, histograms and bar charts), inferential statistics (including some non-parametric statistics), as well as correlation and regression analysis. Two data manipulation tools are also included. IMPORTANT: This first version of StatTools is available for black hardware only. We hope to have an Intel version (with an interface to the Mesa spreadsheet) ready later in the year. All of the tools are avaialble via anonymous ftp from ftp.alleg.edu They are located in ftp.alleg.edu:/pub/ESDG/Multidisciplinary/Workbench/Tools/Statistics. Included in this subdirectory is a README file that explains how to use the tools. Help files included with each tool provide the details on data input format, error checking, output options, etc. As with any new software, there are likely to be problems with StatTools. If you discover a bug in StatTools or if you would like to suggest a change or an improvement in one or more of the tools, please let me know. David Anderson danders@alleg.edu
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ZipCode.app for release 2.x and 3.x - Black Hardware Date: 7 Jan 1994 16:36:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gkkle$r8s@digifix.digifix.com> cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ZipCode.app.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ZipCode.app.README I have notified the ftp administrator at Oregon State, so these files may soon move elsewhere. The README (well, most of it...): Announcing ZipCode.app, Version 1.1z, a simple application which provides an item on the Services menu to find the City, County and State for a zip code taken from the currently selected text. ZipCode.app should run under Release 2.1, but I have only tested that it runs under 3.1 and 3.2, provided you have Black Hardware. Inspired by Karl Kraft's AreaCode application, I decided that a ZipCode version would be equally useful. Using Garrick Toubassi's SegHoarker, I replaced the Area Code information with a Zip Code database I found on the Internet (not that I couldn't have done the same thing with /bin/segedit, it's just that SegHoarker is much easier to use). There were a few problems because the Services entries overlapped, but I eventually found some way to convince the program that it was no longer named AreaCode - and now the AreaCode service, Command-#, can happily co-exist with the new ZipCode service, Command-@, in case you also have AreaCode.app installed. I also modified the app icon and Info panel to make it distinct. One negative aspect worth mentioning is that the application has grown to 1.4MB because of the size of the Zip Code database - it was a mere 70KB as AreaCode.app! P.S. I don't remember asking Karl's permission to redistribute this. I hope he is flattered that I found it easier to monkey with his app instead of writing one from scratch. Perhaps Karl would like to recompile AreaCode.app as a FAT binary? Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU NeXTmail welcome Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA Here are the contents of the Help Panel, converted to ascii: [...]
From: ciusa@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NoteAbility (tm) Demo beta version a.51 posted to archives Date: 7 Jan 1994 16:37:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gkkm8$r92@digifix.digifix.com> The demo version of NoteAbility (tm) (version a.51) has been posted to the archives. The program is fully featured except you cannot read or write files, you may only print the first page of any score, you cannot import or export data from other applications and the on-line help is limited to a 25 page tutorial rather than the regular 300 page manual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NoteAbility beta system requirements: NEXTSTEP (tm) 68040 with NEXTSTEP version 3.0 or higher Either the Adobe (R) Sonata (R) font or the Composer (tm) font is required to view notes on the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NoteAbility is the easy to use music notation application for NEXTSTEP computers. Features include: Input methods including mouse, on-screen keyboard, MIDI step and real-time 10 drawing tools including slurs, accents, trills, multiple measure rests, octavas, tremolos, rectangles, and ovals Measure text that automatically moves when system score changes are made (i.e. changing number of measures to a system) Ability to load score and midi files Ability to save to score, midi, and NoteWriter (Mac) files Ability to zoom at various zoom rates Ability to save and load document templates Ability to build chords 300 pages of on-line help ... and too much more to mention ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For additional information contact: Creative Imagineering America (Ciusa) 612-822-1604 612-922-4426 (fax) ciusa@cup.portal.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NoteAbility may be found on the following systems: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NoteAbilityDemo.pkg.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NoteAbilityStuff.pkg.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NoteAbilityDemo.README ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NoteAbility beta demo files and folders included are: ========================================================================= Filename Description Size ========================================================================= NoteAbility.app Demo application 1.10 mb NoteAbilityStuff Demo files including midi files, 0.698 mb scores, and music images NoteAbility.README General info on NoteAbility 13.4 kb including version 1.0 feature set =========================================================================
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NEXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Computer at ObjectWorld Trade Show Date: 7 Jan 1994 17:22:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gknb7$ree@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: NeXT Computer invites you to come see us in the SunSoft booth at ObjectWorld When: January 11 - 13, 1994 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Tues. & Weds.); 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Thurs.) Where: Hynes Convention Center in Boston Booth: NeXT will be in SunSoft's booth in Hall A on the first floor What to see: NEXTSTEP Release 3.2, the award-winning object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures, will be demonstrated in the SunSoft booth. This new release extends NeXT's object advantage and enables customers developing and deploying mission-critical custom applications using NEXTSTEP to gain DOS/Windows compatibility. It also offers support for a wider variety of hardware platforms. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. NeXT third-party partners Athena Design, Hot Technologies and Watershed Technologies will also be at the booth.
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Developer Conference just 2 1/2 weeks away Date: 8 Jan 1994 00:07:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2glf25$t5f@digifix.digifix.com> For a brochure or information about specific sessions, please contact DCI at (800) 767-2336. Reference Priority Customer Number: AWCER00 ______________________________________________________ THE SUBJECT IS OBJECTS NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference Sheraton Washington, Washington D.C. January 24 - 26, 1994 The first annual NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference is your opportunity to experience object-oriented computing with NEXTSTEP, the product that Byte magazine has called the most respected piece of software on the planet. The Conference spans three days combining two full days of technical sessions with one day of NEXTSTEP Tutorials. Designed for software developers, information systems management, systems integrators, VAR's, and independent software vendors, this is the premier East Coast event to learn more about object-oriented technology and the development of mission-critical custom applications with NEXTSTEP. This East Coast event is a natural complement to the West Coast Developer Conference, to be held concurrently with NeXTWORLD Expo in June. If objects are in your future, you won't want to miss this important event. We look forward to seeing you. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Steve Jobs Chairman and CEO NeXT Computer, Inc. Steve Jobs will demonstrate how object-oriented NEXTSTEP can revolutionize the development of mission-critical custom applications today. Paul Strassmann Former Director of Defense Information U.S. Government Paul Strassmann discusses the current transition of software creation, from a hand-crafted art form to a product assembled out of standard components. CONFERENCE SESSIONS The Conferences four tracks focus on both business and technical aspects of NEXTSTEP application development. Each track provides a different perspective on understanding and working with NEXTSTEP. Take a closer look at object kits and distributed objects. Or follow the track designed specifically to give managers an overview of the technical services and development opportunities offered with NEXTSTEP. Another track focuses on hardware platforms, system administration and configuration issues for the systems engineer. To benefit most from the breadth of topics offered at the Conference, we encourage you to review and attend sessions from several tracks. The mid-day break is reserved for informal Birds-of-a-Feather sessions about topics of special interest to developers or to visit with a variety of NEXTSTEP partners showcasing their products and solutions. Developers may reserve a time slot to conduct a Birds-of-a-Feather session of their choice by sending e-mail to bof@next.com with information about the topic and moderator. GENERAL SESSIONS The general sessions are in-depth looks at broad, important programming topics debugging and performance tuning. These will be opportunities to learn skills that will immediately affect your development efforts and your results. The Zen of Debugging Julie Zelenski, Lecturer, Stanford University and Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc. This session was clearly the most popular and talked-about session from the 1993 Developer Conference. Julie shares her bag of tricks and hints for debugging in the NEXTSTEP development environment. This is the place to come to fill out your repertoire of debugging methods. Useful and little used features of GDB are exposed, an example of how to inspect the stack frame is shown, and a rundown of the runtime system is made, along with discussions of many other topics. You will definitely learn new techniques in this challenging and extremely informative session. Getting More Speed Out of Your Application Trey Matteson, Manager, Application Kit Group NeXT Computer, Inc. This session discusses a wide range of methods for measuring and improving the performance of your application. Topics include memory allocation strategies, code reordering, Window Server memory usage, drawing speed, reducing launch times, and implications of NEXTSTEP's expanding hardware base. NEXTSTEP TUTORIALS The Conference opens with a day of optional tutorials to help attendees prepare for the Conference sessions. Attendees new to NEXTSTEP will want to take the one day introduction to the user and developer systems, covered in the NEXTSTEP Immersion track. Others who have already done some NEXTSTEP development might be interested in learning more about a different area of the system. Sessions in the second track, NEXTSTEP Developer, provide a chance to get a head start on two popular subjects Object-Oriented Design and the Database Kit. All tutorials are instructed by NeXT Training staff and are in lecture format. HANDS-ON WITH NEXTSTEP If you're new to NEXTSTEP, this is your chance to learn the basics. You can sign up to spend some time with an expert on the subject of your choice. Visit NeXT's hospitality suite and meet with NeXT's training staff who will provide instruction (one-on-one) for both end users and developers. User tutorials are scheduled throughout the two days of the Conference to introduce new users to NEXTSTEP and to provide guidance on navigating the workspace, working with applications, and using NEXTSTEP features. Developer tutorials provide two learning opportunities: hands-on instruction in boot camp issues as well as one-on-one time with a NeXT expert on specific development topics. NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER BUNDLE For just $995, Conference attendees are eligible to purchase a special developer bundle including: - NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 User (for Intel) and Developer products - One single-user license of Borland's InterBase SQL database server. - DBKit InterBase Adapter. This is a $5,000 savings. Limited to one per Conference attendee, must be present to receive bundle. REGISTRATION INFORMATION To Register: (Please reference Priority Customer Number AWCER00) Call 800-767-2336 24 hours a day (U.S. and Canada only) For International Registration Call 508/470-3880 DCI 204 Andover Street Andover, MA 01810 Conference Registration Fee (4076) $595 Conference Registration Fee with Product Bundle (4076N) $1,590 (plus shipping and handling) Product Bundle price includes Conference registration plus NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 User and Developer products, Borland's InterBase SQL database server, and the DBKit Adapter for InterBase, a $5,000 savings! Tutorial Registration Fee January 24, 1994 $200 per Tutorial $300 per Tutorial (non-conference attendees) CONFERENCE HOURS Monday, January 24 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Tuesday, January 25 9:00a.m.- 6:00p.m. Wednesday, January 26 9:00a.m. - 6:00p.m. Hope to see you there!
From: konrad@smc.univie.ac.at (Konrad Neuwirth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NUGAT (Next Users Group Austria) Jan 14 Date: 8 Jan 1994 22:43:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gnuht$4os@digifix.digifix.com> The Austrian NeXT (and NeXTStep) Users Group NUGAT is holding another meeting! It has been a while since the last one, hasn't it. Anyway, these are the important facts: W H E N : January 14, 1994. We'll meet at about 8:00 pm. W H E R E Computer Science Lab of the Technical University, Traitlstrasse (2nd floor). No special topics for discussion have yet been announced, but we will definitely have to discuss the future of Nugat. Further contacts: Konrad Neuwirth (konrad@smc.univie.ac.at, no nextmail please) Erich Ruprecht (ruprecht@cslab.tuwien.ac.at)
From: Paul Lynch <paul@seer.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: Next System Administration discussion Date: 9 Jan 1994 23:49:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gqmo8$b9r@digifix.digifix.com> After a small amount of discussion on the next-prog mailing list, I have set up a new mailing list for discussion of systems administration issues for NeXTSTEP. This does not affect the next-managers list, which remains for time critical administration emergencies. All people who mailed me to request I set up this list have been subscribed; if you want to subscribe (or unsubscribe), please send mail to next-admin-request@seer.demon.co.uk. If you want to send a posting to the list, please mail to next-admin@seer.demon.co.uk. The charter of this list is to allow free discussion of NeXT systems administration issues, including those non-urgent but nagging problems that seem to form the majority of our workload, and to relieve pressure on the next-prog and next-managers lists. Paul --- Paul Lynch P & L Systems (NeXTmail) paul@seer.demon.co.uk
From: Mike Henry <mike@stacken.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor v0.2 (Updated) Date: 9 Jan 1994 23:50:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gqmpr$ba1@digifix.digifix.com> `Ever wished there was a freely distributable DBKit Adaptor? Well now there is! Thank you for your overwhelming support for this adaptor. I apologize for not being able to send out an update earlier. Heavy workload y'know... B^) I have received lots of e-mail concerning gdbmAdaptor; all very positive comments and several bug reports (not unexpectedly). Unfortunately I can't answer everybody directly, and since many people have asked pretty much the same questions I'll summarize and give answers to most of them: * I can't run gdbmAdaptor on Intel hardware, why? * I get "rld() bla bla" messages in the console, why? * I can't run gdbmAdaptor in IB test mode, why? Unfortunately gdbmAdaptor was compiled fat on a NSTM which had the libraries stripped of Intel stuff. Even though it went through the compiler without a blip, it can't be run on Intel hardware. Sorry! At release time I had no way of testing it on Intel hardware (I do now). This will be fixed in the next release. GDBMADAPTOR V0.2 RUNS ONLY ON MOTOROLA HARDWARE!! * Where is gdbmAdaptor v0.2 now? The administrators for cs.orst.edu have moved it to: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/database/gdbmAdaptor-0.2.* Future releases are planned to live in: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/database/gdbmAdaptor-* * Can you please send me the source code? No, I'm sorry. I can't send you the source code. The DBKit adaptor code is not freely distributable. However, the gdbmAdaptor binary will be freely distributable under a ShareWare license in the next version. Pretty much under the same terms as a lot of other NeXT applications are at the moment (TickleServices, Stewart, etc. comes to mind). Please don't let this fact intimidate you, or shy you away from sending bug reports or comments. * Where do I get GNU DBM? You can get GNU DBM whever you can get GNU software, however, you don't need GNU DBM to run gdbmAdaptor. GDBM is compiled into gdbmAdaptor and is used as gdbmAdaptors storage format. Nothing else but knowledge of DBKit is necessary in order to use gdbmAdaptor. * I get funny messages concerning "Duplicate Key's found", whats wrong? This is an anomaly in DBKit itself and is not gdbmAdaptors fault, you need to brush up on your DBKit programming skills. gdbmAdaptor handles updates and deletes as well as inserts and retrieves without complaining when the appropriate methods are called. This Alert Panel is not part of gdbmAdaptor, and is displayed by DBKit long before the appropriate gdbmAdaptor methods are called. Apparently, if two DBBinders with the same unique key are found (what is considered to be a key is set in DBModeler) then DBKit will complain. For those who have looked at the DBKit examples there is very little storing going on. I wonder why? B^) I think you need to do more work behind the scenes when storing and updating data. * What are you going to do about the annoying Info Panel that pops up whenever I start using gdbmAdaptor? This going to be turned into a registration panel. It is supposed to make those who use gdbmAdaptor so much that they are annoyed by the panel register their copy. Thus fulfilling the ShareWare contract. Register your copy and the panel will go away. * So when will the next version be released? gdbmAdaptor v0.3 will be released as soon as possible. Probably not before January 17, 1994 however, due to a tight schedule. Again, thank you for all comments, suggestions and bug reports! Mike Henry mike@stacken.kth.se
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 1 - 1994 Date: 9 Jan 1994 23:51:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2gqmsk$bad@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 1). Monday January 03 through Sunday January 09 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 53 - 1993 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: VectorField.app SUBMISSION: LaunchPad source code submitted to ftp site MEETING: BCS - Tuesday: A comparison of OS/2, NT and NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION:enTar 3.0 MAB on archive sites JOB: Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Seeks Writer PRESS RELEASE: HyperSense demo available on ftp JOB: Open Position at NeXT Computer, Inc. PRESS RELEASE: Jackson Ltd. announces a free Chinese PostScript font for NeXTSTEP JOB: NeXT Computer, Inc. looking for SysAdmin writer SUBMISSION: GraphRight 1.1 Demo on archives SUBMISSION: GrayAquarium, a BackSpace Module SUBMISSION: WavesWorld IB palettes w/src (tcl & 3D) SUBMISSION: Executive Decision Maker available for FTP SUBMISSION: Color fish for AquariumView SUBMISSION: Doom Sounds to cs.orst.edu SUBMISSION: TiffMenusPalette 2.0 SUBMISSION: RTFSyntax (an RTF syntax highlighter) available SUBMISSIO: StatTools for the NeXT SUBMISSION: ZipCode.app for release 2.x and 3.x - Black Hardware SUBMISSION: NoteAbility (tm) Demo beta version a.51 posted to archives NeXT Computer at ObjectWorld Trade Show NEXTSTEP Developer Conference just 2 1/2 weeks away MEETING: NUGAT (Next Users Group Austria) Jan 14 MAILING LIST: Next System Administration discussion SUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor v0.2 (Updated) If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 9 Jan 1994 23:51:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2gqmta$baj@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 9 Jan 1994 23:52:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2gqmtt$bap@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: RETRACTION: ZipCode.app for release 2.x and 3.x - Black Hardware Date: 10 Jan 1994 15:15:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gsd0n$fm5@digifix.digifix.com> Hello again everyone, I am sorry if I have wasted anyone's time with my previous announcement, but I have to retract my submission of ZipCode.app (is this a first?) I received a call from someone on behalf of Karl Kraft stating that I should not be redistributing a modified version of his copyrighted software. I would appreciate it if the files were removed from the servers, and I apologize to anyone who may have gone looking for the files only to find them deleted or otherwise inaccessible. I tried contacting Karl Kraft way back on November 1st at the address listed in the original AreaCode.app even though there were no specific copyright limitations stated in my copy of the program. The only response at that time was: <<< 554 <karl@bodi.portal.com>... bodi . portal . com : Unknown subdomain of portal . com I made the assumption, in this day of explicit GNU Copylefts and even less-than-explicit copyrights written in plain english, that the lack of any restrictions whatsoever in Karl's original program would enable my redistribution so long as I did not charge any money. This assumption was incorrect. For those of you whose appetite for some kind of zip code searching application has been whetted, you might consider contacting Karl (at his new address) to see if he has anything to offer. As far as my hacked version of ZipCode.app, it will have to remain on my machine, for my use, and with no further distribution.
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New Hardware Compatibility Guide on-line at NeXTanswers Date: 10 Jan 1994 22:53:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gt7sl$hb9@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: The latest version of the 3.2 NEXTSTEP Hardware Compatibility Guide is now available from NeXTanswers. The guide contains a listing of which systems support SoftPC in full screen mode. It also contains some new "Listed Systems" and a new PCI Graphics add-on card that supports 1408 x 1024! If you have questions regarding how to download this information, please consult Scott's "Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet." The ASCII version of this guide will be available from NeXTanswers by Friday, January 14th.
From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: uncompresshelp.m Help.store uncompressor. Date: 10 Jan 1994 22:54:27 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gt7tj$hbf@digifix.digifix.com> [Here's the README from the program, posted on cs.orst.edu under pub/next/submissions/uncompresshelp.m.Z -scott] uncompresshelp is a little program that using the indexing kit to read a Help.store file, and then pulls files out of Help.store and puts them back onto the filesystem. I originally wrote it because I wanted to see what a demo program could do, but the people who wrote the demo decided to put a 2 minute time limit on it. That made it a _little_ hard to read the online manual ... Enjoy, Scott Hess 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 -- scott hess <scott@nic.gac.edu>
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXTSTEP Development positions w/ Proxima Date: 10 Jan 1994 22:54:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gt7u8$hbl@digifix.digifix.com> Proxima, Inc., is once again looking for NeXTSTEP developers in our Washington, D.C. offices. The following positions are to be filled immediately and can be part-time, full-time, or contract positions. (1) Staff Developer o NEXTSTEP systems development o Strong AppKit knowledge a must o DBKit/Oracle experience o Experience w/ VNP AccessKit a plus (1) Junior Developer o *strong* C a MUST o UNIX network (BSD sockets, Sun RPC) programming a big plus o NeXTSTEP experience a plus o Willingness to learn everything If you enjoy Mexican food, sushi, good wine and the latest technical toys then you may be right for us. Our salaries are competetive, and our benefit packages comprehensive. For further information, contact: Eric Litman Proxima, Inc. 7927 Jones Branch Dr., Suite 300 West McLean, VA 22102 vox: (703) 506-1661 fax: (703) 848-0804 ddn: elitman@proxima.com - NeXT Mail, MIME welcome ______ Proxima Inc., is a systems integration and custom application development firm specializing in providing solutions running under NEXTSTEP. As an Intel Business Partner (VAR), Proxima can deliver complete integrated solutions that include shipping NEXTSTEP pre-loaded on Intel platforms. Current Proxima clients include the U.S. Navy, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Inter-American Development Bank, Campbell & Company and Aetna Insurance. Proxima's staff of developers has a wide variety of experience developing custom applications for accounting, commodities trading, imaging, document tracking and office automation systems . Proxima has also developed an electronic mail gateway between NeXT Mail and cc:Mail. Additionally, by February 15, 1994, Proxima will be a full service Internet provider with a 24 hour Network Operations Center staff. Proxima Inc. is a privately held, corporation with offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and North Carolina. Proxima Inc., services its clients throughout the United States.
From: Barry Beal <bdbeal@libre.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group Meeting Jan. 13 Date: 10 Jan 1994 23:16:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gt96j$hgc@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: The next meeting of the Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group will be Thursday, Jan. 13th at Mesa Community College. We know that there is much interest in Internet connectivity amongst our members. This subject has ranked high amongst the responses from people when they fill out our membership form. In order to give a good overview of Internet and NeXTSTEP connectivity to it, I will demonstrate dialup SLIP which gives full TCP/IP capabilities for running NeXTSTEP applications to access Internet. I will also present various alternatives to SLIP for accessing Internet. We are also working on trying to have Gary Deacon of Arrow Electronics give a demo of the Intel GX running NeXTSTEP for Intel. At this point we have not confirmed this presentation, so if you really want to know if this is going to happen, please call me at 834-3262. Doors open at 7:00, come early and get acquainted with the other members. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30. Location: Thursday, Jan 13th at 7:30 PM Mesa Community College Kirk Student Center (the clock tower building) Kiva Room on the lower level 1833 W. Southern Ave, Mesa Agenda: -Announcements. -Q & A - a chance to ask your NeXTSTEP related questions. -Demonstration of SLIP and Overview of Internet -Hopefully, Gary Deacon of Arrow Electronics will demonstrate NeXTSTEP for Intel running on an Intel GX. This is one of the best machines available for running NeXTSTEP. For more information about the meeting or the User Group, please call Barry Beal at 834-3262.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing Two New NEXTSTEP Promotions Date: 11 Jan 1994 17:57:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2gvat4$lgk@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon, NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 NeXT ANNOUNCES PRODUCT PROMOTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS DEVELOPING CUSTOM SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Special offers for NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer available through March 31 BOSTON-January 11, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced it is offering special product promotions to companies that want to experience the benefits of building client/server applications using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. The promotions are targeted toward developers, providing them with an opportunity to start working with OpenStep technology. The Project Starter Pack and the NEXTSTEP Developer Bundle will be available through March 31, 1994. The NEXTSTEP Project Starter Pack includes five copies of NEXTSTEP and three copies of NEXTSTEP Developer, as well as one free registration to NeXT's Developer Camp, a comprehensive training program to help customers transition from procedural to object-oriented programming using NEXTSTEP's object-oriented application environment. The Project Starter Pack is available only in the United States by contacting a NeXT sales representative or through NeXT's telesales organization. The package which retails for $11,760, is being offered at the promotional price of $7,995. The NEXTSTEP Developer Bundle includes one copy of both NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors and NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2. The NEXTSTEP Developer Bundle is available to customers in North America through NeXT telesales, and to customers in Europe through indirect channels. Copies are limited to one customer per department or project. The promotional price is $995 for these products which retail for $2,790. "With the increased interest in object-oriented computing, we are providing customers an opportunity to experience first-hand the benefits of object technology and what it can do for their business without having to invest a lot of money," said Rick Jackson, director of product marketing for NeXT. "These promotions give customers a path to start working with OpenStep, the industry's first cross-platform standard for object-oriented application environments." NEXTSTEP provides businesses a competitive advantage NEXTSTEP is the industry's first shipping object-oriented operating environment, available for industry-standard computer architectures. NEXTSTEP, in its third major release, is available today on Intel 486 and Pentium processors, and will be shipping on both PA-RISC and SPARC based workstations in 1994. Recognized throughout the industry as the leader in object-oriented system software, NEXTSTEP is the basis for OpenStep, the industry's first open standard for object-oriented application environments. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications throughout the enterprise. By modelling their business processes within objects, they are able to rapidly assemble and enhance their custom environments to gain a competitive advantage. For example, Chrysler is using NEXTSTEP to create a system for processing all car loans and car leases at 100 Chrysler financial centers across North America. Loan 'objects' will be subclassed to create 'lease' objects for car lease applications. The custom loan objects that Chrysler has created can be easily modified to reflect new financing options, thus reducing the time-to-market for new financial programs. New release offers DOS/Windows compatibility The most recent release of NEXTSTEP also enables customers developing and deploying mission-critical custom applications to gain interoperability and compatibility with DOS/Windows environments. Bundled with Release 3.2 for Intel processors is a 30-day licensed version of SoftPC for NEXTSTEP from Insignia Solutions of Mountain View, Calif. The product comes with Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.0 pre-installed. After 30 days, customers can instantly unlock a full SoftPC license from Insignia Solutions to continue to take full advantage of their existing applications while simultaneously gaining all of the benefits of a full object-oriented operating environment. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BUGFIX: uncompresshelp.m Date: 12 Jan 1994 17:36:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h1u0l$qlm@digifix.digifix.com> uncompresshelp is a little program that using the indexing kit to read a Help.store file, and then pulls files out of Help.store and puts them back onto the filesystem. I originally wrote it because I wanted to see what a demo program could do, but the people who wrote the demo decided to put a 2 minute time limit on it. That made it a _little_ hard to read the online manual ... Bug fixes #1: Fixed an inverted test which caused it to neglect to actually pull files out of the store (sigh). Fixed problems with handlding filenames with spaces in them. Added more descriptive and debugging output. Enjoy, Scott Hess 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 -- scott hess <scott@nic.gac.edu> <I can handle NeXTMail, but don't like it> Home: 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Office: 101 W. Burnsville Pkwy, Suite 108F, Burnsville, MN 55337 890-1332 <I hate when something I've never heard of is called "The world famous ...">
From: cbaur@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Christian Baur) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New "peanuts" NeXT FTP archive!! Date: 13 Jan 1994 22:58:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h558g$4da@digifix.digifix.com> You know peanuts? No? Then you missed something! Peanuts is now the best sorted NeXT archive. You can reach peanuts via ftp on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next We have restructured the archive hierarchy, browsed through all the files and sorted them according to our new file structure. In addition, we renamed the files. Now, the filenames reflect the version number, the architecture and the distribution form of a package. We hope, that this filenaming scheme suffices the needs of our users (specially Intel users) and that more sites are willing to adopt it! Filenaming scheme ================= NameOfPackage.[versionNumber].[architecture].[distribution].[archivers] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- versionNumber : the release and/or version number of the program architecture : if the archive contains binaries, for which architecture? N NeXT m68k ('black hardware') I Intel x86 processor ('white hardware') H HP/PA architecture, HP S Sparc architecture, SUN distribution : what does the archive contain? source, binary, both? b binaries for the mentioned architectures s sources the sources may(!) compile d data files non-executables, scripts etc. a libraries for the specified architecture archivers : file-extensions of the archive program(s) some examples: TeXmenu.4.1.NI.b.tar.gz am.1.00.s.tar.gz structure ========= toplevel -------- Audio Commercial Communication Database Developer Documents Fonts Games Graphics Mail Network Patches Science Text Tools Unix Usenet X11 i486 submissions secondlevel structure --------------------- apps programs with NeXTSTEP Interface programs programs without NeXTSTEP Interface commercial demo applications and programs If you have any comments on or problems with our new archive, you can contact us by sending an email to ftp@informatik.uni-muenchen.de. Your submissions are welcome! Please upload them to our submission directory /pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions. A short eMail will help us, to put your submission as soon as possible in the right place. We hope, that you enjoy "peanuts"! Your Peanuts FTPAdmins Christian Baur, Marc Guenther, Patrick Stein
From: dennis@NeXT.COM (Dennis Gentry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Driver Opening Date: 13 Jan 1994 22:58:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h5598$4dg@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer, Inc. currently has an opening with the Developer Support Team in the Redwood City, CA office. We are looking for someone who has experience developing or supporting the development of device drivers, loadable kernel servers, and Mach/UNIX applications software. As a Developer Support Engineer you would provide technical development support to external software developers--third party, corporate, academic, etc--who are developing new NEXTSTEP software or porting software to NEXTSTEP. We are looking for someone who can solve technical problems for developers in a variety of areas of NEXTSTEP, primarily but not limited to DriverKit, the development environment for creating device drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. Qualified candidates MUST have a BSCS or equivalent experience, in-depth knowledge of UNIX internals and interprocess communication, and at least four years experience in one or more of the following areas: * UNIX development. * Mach development. * Writing drivers, or systems programming on Intel platforms, preferably with 4.3BSD UNIX. Other desirable experience includes: * Assembly language development for Intel 80x86 microprocessors. * Low-level networking experience * Familiarity with the NEXTSTEP development environment. * Familiarity with NEXTSTEP object-oriented toolkits * Programming with object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C or C++. * Previous experience in technical development support. Applicants should demonstrate the following skills: * Excellent problem solving skills - able to research answers for questions in areas in which they do not have expertise - able to deduce the root of a problem from a phone or email interaction * Excellent ability to communicate by email and phone - able to determine the context of the question so that the right question is answered, not simply the one that is asked - able to write or verbalize the answer at the technical level of the person asking the question - able to log the history of the interaction so that others on the team can learn from it too Please send your cover letter and resume to one of the following: * by email: TechnicalSupportPosition@NeXT.com (this alias is only for this position and will be retired when the position is filled.) * by fax: (415)780-3933 attn: Technical Support Position * by US Mail: Developer Support Team NeXT Computer, Inc 900 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063
From: daj@ccrma.stanford.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: 4.0-"Final" MusicKit and DSP Tools Distribution Date: 13 Jan 1994 22:59:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h55as$4dn@digifix.digifix.com> The final release of the 4.0 Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution for black hardware is now available via anonymous ftp. There have been a number of improvements since the Beta version, including bug-fixes and improved documentation. It can be found at the ftp site "ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu" on the directory "ftp/pub/NeXT/MusicKit". The Installation Package contains the Music Kit and DSP Tools, ready to use. It is available in three forms: 1. "MusicKit_4.0.pkg.tar" is the standard 4.0 installation package. 2. "MusicKitUpdate_4.0.pkg.tar" is a somewhat-smaller update package, containing only those files that have changed since the Beta version. Use this only if you are sure you already have the Beta version. 3. "Floppies/" contains the standard 4.0 installation package, but broken up into bite-size pieces for easy transfer. CONTENTS The following are included in the Installation Package: Music Kit applications ScorePlayer (plus example scorefiles) Ensemble (plus example midifiles and documents) WaveEdit Music Kit and DSP command line utilities Music Kit and DSP and Sound Utility programming examples Music Kit and DSP libraries and header files libsynthpatches, libunitgenerators, libmusickit, libdsp DSP run-time monitors Music Kit and DSP Tools Documentation Bug56 (Ariel's symbolic, window-oriented DSP degugger) Most users will only need the installation package as described above. If needed, however, (e.g. to fix bugs), all source code is also available in the package "MusicKitSource_4.0.pkg.tar." PACKAGE SIZES Type Pkg Size Size Installed ---- -------- -------------- Inst 9 MB 23 MB Upd 6 MB 11 MB Src 7 MB 19 MB --------------------------- David Jaffe CCRMA, Stanford University ---------------------------
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit Release 1.0.1 Now Available Date: 14 Jan 1994 03:13:58 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h5k86$6ak@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.0.1 Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Publicly Available PROVO, UT, January 14, 1994 -- Today the first public release of the MiscKit was made available. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.0.1.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.0.1.tar.gz ftp.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.0.1.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/MiscKit1.0.1.tar.gz On all the sites except for byu, the MiscKit will eventually migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs. The byu site will always have the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit. The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue), interface widgets (find panel, several button subclasses, clock view, progress pie/bar), and other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch) and even some useful example applications. These are the essential objects that NeXT forgot to provide for you and now they are yours free! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are two MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman. If you have been using any of Don's freely available objects or the DAYMiscKit, you are encouraged to upgrade to the new MiscKit. The MiscKit sports many new features as well as better documentation and several important bug fixes. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xedoc Appoints Alembic as Master Distributor for NetInfo Date: 12 Jan 1994 23:17:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h2i0t$s0s@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com White Meadows House Parwich, Nr. Ashbourne Derbyshire, England DE6 1QX +44.335.25474 e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com Xedoc Appoints Alembic as Master Distributor for NetInfo. Englewood COLORADO, January 12, 1994 - Xedoc Software Development Pty Ltd. today announced Alembic Systems International as the Master Distributor for Netinfo, the industry standard NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP System Administration application. Horace Lim, Xedoc Software Channels Manager stated "Xedoc's strategic plan is to form alliances and strategic partnerships with equally excellent companies who share a similar vision. We feel Alembic is a natural partner for Xedoc. Together, Alembic and Xedoc bring more value to the customer and are able to deliver a complete product/service to NEXTSTEP customers and future users." "Both Alembic and Xedoc are totally committed to the success of NeXT, Inc. and its growing list of partners." said John Pierce, CEO of Alembic Systems "We believe NEXTSTEP is without a doubt THE best and most robust Object Technology available today, and are very pleased to be working closely with Xedoc to meet our mutual objecties." Alembic currently distributes over 160 NEXTSTEP based software/hardware products worldwide directly as well as through a variety of channels, including resellers and distributors. Alembic is based in the United States, with branch offices in the United Kingdom. ________________________________________ NEXTSTEP NetInfo - Large Scale Network Administration Tools Xedoc is working with NeXT Inc., Alembic Systems Intl. Ltd., Auspex Systems Inc., Solbourne Computer Inc. and other major vendors to establish NetInfo as a standard for large network administration tool. NetInfo is a new generation systems administration tools designed with the requirements of large networks in mind. NetInfo is easy to install and will not disrupt your current operation. Your existing software requires no modification to take advantage of NetInfo. NetInfo is available for SPARC-based servers and workstations. Xedoc is committed to the promotion of this standard and will provide versions of NetInfo for all major UNIX implementations. Features * Easy integration in a mixed-environment network. * Speed and efficiency. * Convenient installation. * Provides a single solution for system administration. * Easy to manage. * Customization: NetInfo allows information to be stored either locally, departmentally or throughout your organization- efficiently, effectively, and where it's needed most. Changes to the information in NetInfo do not have to be made at a central computer. They can be made whenever required and from any convenient workstation. NetInfo is flexible.Organizations can use NetInfo to store and distribute custom information, such as internal phone lists or e-mail addresses. * Reduces costs. * NetInfo saves money by keeping up-to-date user and security information and making them available to all the computers on the network. * Maximize your investment in client/server technology by allowing your SPARC-based servers to act as NetInfo servers for the network. _____________________________ NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Inc.;NetInfo is a registered trademark of Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd.; SPARC is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc.; All other product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Open Position at NeXT - Unix Kernel Engineer: Networking Date: 12 Jan 1994 23:32:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h2it6$s3q@digifix.digifix.com> Please send all replies to Paul_Frantz@NeXT.com ______________________________________________ UNIX KERNEL ENGINEER: NETWORKING - NeXT Computer, Redwood City, CA ______________________________________________ NeXT is currently looking for an experienced UNIX kernel development engineer with a strong networking background (TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, DNS, ...). You will own a substantial part of the NEXTSTEP networking code and will provide architectural leadership for ongoing development. Short term work areas include performance, scalability, interoperability and robustness. Longer term responsibilities include defining and implementing application programming interfaces and network services in an object-oriented environment to help us maintain NeXT's leadership position in application development productivity. Demonstrated architectural skills and UNIX kernel experience working with TCP/IP and NFS internals are required. Experience with IPX protocols is a plus. As your networking expertise will be a resource drawn upon by other members of our software team, good communications skills and the ability and desire to work in a group are essential. The position requires a BSCS or equivalent plus a minimum of five years relevant industry experience. Please send your resume to: Paul Frantz NeXT Computer, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063 FAX: (415) 780-4554 Paul_Frantz@next.com
From: kenyon@cse.unl.edu (Paul Kenyon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: DBEdit beta release announcement Date: 14 Jan 1994 23:17:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h7qpl$aev@digifix.digifix.com> DBEdit Beta Release Announcement Hickman - Kenyon Systems, Inc 3425 South 115th Street, Omaha, NE 68144 (402) 697-1310 Fax: (402) 330-8613 Nextmail: hhickman@andi.org Hickman - Kenyon Systems, Inc, developers of the OTTR patient tracking system for use in organ transplant programs, announces the beta release of DBEdit. DBEdit is a general purpose NeXTSTEP application for editing DBKit databases. DBEdit provides quick, easy access to the tables, records, and values of a database independent of more structured mission-critical custom applications that have specialized user interfaces. DBEdit is intended for: * Database developers - for generation of test databases, database import/export, and manipulation of database values. * Database testers - for verification of database updates, and flexible database access. * Adaptor developers and testers - for DBKit adaptor verification and validation. * Database site administrators - for database maintenance, verification, database import/export. * Database power users - for database import/export, graphing, impromptu surveys and report generation. * Others who need a convenient tool for exploring, maintaining, and manipulating DBKit-based databases. DBEdit Features Include: * DBKit Support - Generalized DBKit interface (use with ANY DBKit Adaptor and database). DBEdit has been tested with Interbase (IBAdaptor), Sybase (SybaseAdaptor), GNU gdbm (gdbmAdaptor), and SQLBase (GuptaAdaptor). * Connection Management - Browser selection of available Adaptors and Databases, previously used database connections recorded for later quick connect. DBEdit uses the database model to automatically configure its tables and columns. * Multiple Connections - Allows simultaneous connections to multiple databases, adaptors, and servers - even servers from different vendors. * Table Browser - Lists all the tables available in the database. * Column Browser - Lists all the columns available in the database. * Multiple Tables - Simultaneous viewing of multiple tables. * Graphing - Easy-to-use, integrated graphing of data directly from DBKit tables: + Multiple Columns - Graphing of any one or multiple columns. + Drag and Drop Exporting - Simply drag-and-drop to export graphs to other NeXTSTEP documents. + Selectable X-axis - Choose a column to use as the X-axis and plot one column versus another. + Data Types - Graph numeric, date, and string data. + Automatic Legends - Legends generated according to data range. * Searching - Three types of searching are supported: + Search any column using an intelligent search engine with automatic keystroke completion. + Search tables for values or regular-expression matches. + Retrieve records using DBKit Qualifiers consisting of limits on a particular column. * Sorting - Convenient user interface for sorting by any column in a table. (simple drag-and-drop control) * Copy & Paste - Simple copy/paste user interface for copying data into or out of a database table, between tables and databases, or into/out-of external documents. * Import - Controllable formats for importing field-delimited data into records. * Export - Export tables to RTF suitable for inclusion in a larger document. Tables are broken across pages, with column, record, and page headings. * Printing - Formatted multi-page printouts of large tables. Beta Release: DBEdit is ready for release to beta test sites. Hickman - Kenyon Systems is currently accepting applications for beta testers. Selected beta testers will immediately receive a beta test / demo copy of DBEdit via Nextmail or floppy disk. Beta test sites must accept a non-disclosure agreement before receiving or activating the software. This beta test/demo version of DBEdit expires on March 1, 1994, afterwhich the software will be inoperable. The most productive beta testers will receive a free copy of the first production release of DBEdit. Contact HKS at: hhickman@andi.org
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sdformat sets block size of SCSI device - FAT binary and man page Date: 14 Jan 1994 23:18:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2h7qqt$afc@digifix.digifix.com> cs.orst.edu:/pub/submissions/sdformat.FAT.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/submissions/sdformat.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/submissions/sdformat.README The first file is for Release 3.1 and 3.2, with no prejudice against the color of your hardware. The second file contains a binary which should work with Release 3.0 and earlier (only for true Black NeXT hardware). And the last file is the README for both versions, excerpted here for your reading pleasure... sdformat -------- sdformat is an enhanced replacement for the sdform utility shipped with NEXTSTEP. It allows selection of the SCSI device's block size for improved performance - both in access speed and available free space. This is a beta version of sdformat (Version 0.9) One of the most popular performance enhancements for NEXTSTEP workstations is to do a low-level format of all capable SCSI drives at a block size of 1024 bytes. If you have a new drive, or if you have backed up all data on your current drive, then you might consider wiping the slate clean and starting over with a faster, larger drive (for free!) sdformat does what you cannot do with the utilities supplied by NeXT. I believe it is easier to use than the "formatter" utility on the archives - and compatible with more drives. For some strange reason, the formatting utilities included in NEXTSTEP are not orthogonal in features. Specifically, fdform allows specification of the block size as 512 or 1024 bytes, but sdform has no such option. sdform is also limited to working with SCSI devices which were attached when the system was started, simply because it takes a raw device name instead of a SCSI id. Hence the need for sdformat. sdformat, which is available as a FAT binary, is capable of formatting any SCSI device selected by its target ID (and logical unit number, if applicable). The utility can also be used to examine the current settings for a particular device's block size. You will only need root access for drives which were attached and powered up when NEXTSTEP was booted, otherwise any user can just attach a new drive, format, and reboot to initialize the drive with the file system of your choice (sdformat does not handle the step of file system initialization, but neither does sdform or fdform). Need further convincing? If you aren't already convinced that you want to back up your drive and execute a low-level reformat, read on! For space increase, you can expect numbers like the following: Original Reformat Increase Drive 406.5 MB 419.9 MB 13.39 MB Seagate ST1480N (NeXT supplied 400 MB) 1.156 GB 1.227 GB 73.30 MB Maxtor MXT-1240S 5.407% Seagate ST41650N (Wren VIII) I have not personally measured the inherent increases in throughput performance, but figures ranging from 20% to 25% have been reported by users of sdformat. LEGAL STUFF ----------- I am tired of legalese, so I will word the following in plain english. The language should be precise enough to avoid misunderstanding in the event that legal action is necessary. I cannot be responsible for data loss. This program is designed to do a low-level format of a SCSI device under user control. Format implies data loss by definition. If you ask for it with the right options, you WILL erase your drive. I can say that I highly doubt that there is any way to permanently damage a SCSI device when using sdformat, other than data loss. Please do not charge money for this utility or for any service you provide using this utility. Please do not remove my name from this README, the accompanying man page, or the executable. Please do not distribute modified versions of these files. I hold the copyrights for this utility and do not give permission for it to be distributed on CD-ROM without my prior written permission. For those of you who are compiling CD-ROM archives of software available freely via ftp, these restrictions are aimed directly at you - especially if you are planning to charge for the CD-ROM, but even if you are not. I would suggest keeping a copy of this README around to remind you not to forget about the restrictions I have placed on this free software. Future version are not guaranteed to be free. Apart from the explicit warnings about inherent data loss, there are no other guarantees or warranties associated with this free software. You must accept it as is or do without. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- [see the README]
From: "Zacharias J. Beckman" <zac@dolphin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Press Release: Dolphin Kit 3.21 now has Crash Handling Date: 17 Jan 1994 01:59:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hdd17$kfo@digifix.digifix.com> Dolphin Technologies Inc. Announces Dolphin Kit Object Library Contact: Zacharias J. Beckman Dolphin Technologies Inc. 10329 Viretta Lane Beverly Glen, CA 90077-2723 January 17, 1994--Dolphin Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the Dolphin Kit class library, version 3.21, for NeXTSTEP (both Intel and Motorola hardware). This upgrade to the Dolphin Kit library adds a number of new features and objects to the kit. Included in this new release is crash handling technology which will greatly aid in locating and fixing bugs. Crash handling is dealt with by automatically writing a backtrace to the console and, optionally, sending electronic mail with a copy of the backtrace to a specified address. This is particularly useful for situations in which an application crashes at a client site. It provides a rapid reporting mechanism to obtain information which is normally lost, and aids in reproducing problems which application users are often unable to recreate. Also added to this release of the kit are new container classes, such as a class designed to manage a list of strings and display the list in an NXBrowser. Numerous enhancements have been made to the library, and several objects have been optimized. The kit consists of a set of classes which run in the NeXTSTEP environment and provide common functionality that many applications require. The classes expand upon the existing NeXTSTEP API and deliver a proven set of software components to accelerate both in-house and mission critical software development. Dolphin Kit provides NeXTSTEP developers with an essential suite of classes from which to build applications. Included in the kit are classes for string manipulation, complex string parsing and regular expression handling, encapsulation of files, multitasking and management of C Threads at an object oriented level, handling Mach processes, containers such as sorted lists, arrays and tree classes to directly generate and deliver NeXTMAIL, extended error and crash handling, and encapsulation of NXStreams. Dolphin Kit has been carefully architectured to provide a maximum of reusability and integration with existing NeXTSTEP classes. For example, kit data stores, such as the DSArray class, integrate completely with the NeXTSTEP API by using the DBTableView class as a "front end" to display the container's contents. "In designing Dolphin Kit we made sure that the method names, parameter names and paradigms conformed to existing NeXTSTEP standards in the App Kit, Database Kit, and Indexing Kit," said Carlos Salinas, Senior Engineer, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "Dolphin heavily leverages the kit in-house, both for our shrink wrap product development and our mission critical contracts," said Zacharias J. Beckman, Principal, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "The classes provide us with a proven and robust suite of objects which speed our development cycle tremendously. This allows us to focus on the important aspects of the project, rather than on recreating frequently used software components." Dolphin Kit is an integral part of Dolphin Technologies' development efforts, having been used in Dolphin's shrink wrap products such as Tar Viewer, an extension to the File Viewer that makes it possible to browse a "tar" file, and Author! Author!, NeXTSTEP's premier shrink wrap document management solution. Dolphin Technologies has also used the kit within its mission critical development contracts, such as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's PPI project, where the kit is used throughout the PPI applications. Dolphin Kit is available for a single-user license purchase price of $449.00 US (site licenses and source code licenses are available). For detailed information on the kit, send electronic mail to <info@dolphin.com> or contact Dolphin Technologies Inc. at 10329 Viretta Lane, Beverly Glen, CA 90077. Facsimile can be sent to 310-441-9041 and voice calls are accepted at 310-441-9021. Dolphin Technologies Inc. and Dolphin Software are headquartered in Beverly Glen, California. The company performs systems engineering, mission critical development, and object oriented consulting services, and develops shrink wrap NeXTSTEP applications. For additional information contact Norman B. Furlong at 800-843-0328. -- END -- Author! Author! is a trademark of Dolphin Technologies Inc. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc. --
From: Gary Ritchie <gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mosaic binaries available from cs.orst.edu Date: 17 Jan 1994 02:00:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hdd2s$kgc@digifix.digifix.com> Compiled versions of Mosaic 2.1 are available for anonymous ftp from cs.orst.edu. These require X-windows and 8-bit pseudo-color mode (tested under Cub'X and Co-Xist). Files will be either in /submissions or /pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/. Mosaic-NeXT-2.1b.gz (compiled by Hal.Varian@umich.edu) Mosaic-486-2.1b.gz (compiled by gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca) Changes from previous versions: - direct WAIS support via freeWAIS-0.202 package - bug fix relating to storage of temporary files See the file Mosaic-NeXT-2.1b.gz.README for a description of the patches applied to the Mosaic 2.1 source code. --- Gary Ritchie : NeXT Programmer Department of Medicine (Neurology) : University of Alberta Hospital gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca : NEXTMAIL Welcome (403) 492-8648
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 2 - 1994 Date: 17 Jan 1994 02:02:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2hdd6s$ki1@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 2). Sunday January 09 through Monday January 17 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 1 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet RETRACTION: ZipCode.app for release 2.x and 3.x - Black Hardware New Hardware Compatibility Guide on-line at NeXTanswers SUBMISSION: uncompresshelp.m Help.store uncompressor. JOB: NeXTSTEP Development positions w/ Proxima MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group Meeting Jan. 13 SUBMISSION: Known Bugs in NeXTSTEP_3.X 11.3 Announcing Two New NEXTSTEP Promotions BUGFIX: uncompresshelp.m PRESS RELEASE: Xedoc Appoints Alembic as Master Distributor for NetInfo JOB: Open Position at NeXT - Unix Kernel Engineer: Networking ANNOUNCEMENT: New "peanuts" NeXT FTP archive!! JOB: NEXTSTEP Driver Opening SUBMISSION: 4.0-"Final" MusicKit and DSP Tools Distribution SUBMISSION: MiscKit Release 1.0.1 Now Available BETA TEST: DBEdit beta release announcement SUBMISSION: sdformat sets block size of SCSI device - FAT binary and man page Press Release: Dolphin Kit 3.21 now has Crash Handling SUBMISSION: Mosaic binaries available from cs.orst.edu If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 17 Jan 1994 02:04:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2hdd91$ki7@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 17 Jan 1994 02:04:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2hdd9k$kid@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Claire Normand <intuitiv!claire@netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Intuitive Systems relocated to the US Date: 18 Jan 1994 01:14:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hfuog$lg@digifix.digifix.com> Intuitive Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 60849 Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA tel : 415 852 0245 fax : 415 852 1271 info%intuitiv.uucp@netcom.com (temporary address) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palo Alto, Mon 17th, 1994 . Intuitive Technologies is pleased to announce you its software product activity has been transferred to a new location in the USA. Both commercial and technical software departments are now located at the following address : Intuitive Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 60849 Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA tel : 415 852 0245 fax : 415 852 1271 info%intuitiv.uucp@netcom.com (temporary address till Jan 31st) "Our move to California is a great improvement for our service to American customers, said Claire Normand, Intuitive Systems Marketing Manager, "We can answer customer requests in real-time, deliver faster and cheaper, get the user feedback which is so essential for product development. Our technical people can clearly understand the customer's problem and rapidly provide the right answer. They also have all tools and information channels to continue develop the best products." Intuitive Systems, Inc, is the developer of Cub'X-Window and intuitiv'3d. * Cub'X-Window, the fastest X11R5 solution for NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware and Intel based platforms. Cub'X-Window permits users to run X apps locally on their computers under NEXTSTEP, or to display X applications running on other systems in the network. Demo versions are available on cs.orst.edu, in directory /pub/next/XNeXT. For more information : cubx%intuitiv.uucp@netcom.com (temporary address till Jan 31st) * intuitiv'3d, a professional modeler and renderer in three dimensions for NEXTSTEP which exploits all the power of RenderMan to create astounding photo-realistic 3D images. NeXTWorld Mag gave intuitiv'3d the highest mark they ever gave to a NEXTSTEP 3-D program : "The best interface yet on a NEXTSTEP 3-D program helps make the complex world of 3-D graphics accessible to low- and middle-range users while still providing plenty of power at the high end".(NeXTWorld Mag, Jan 94). A demo version is available on cs.orst.edu, in directory /pub/next/demos/graphics. For more information : i3d%intuitiv.uucp@netcom.com (temporary address till Jan 31st) " I view this change of location as a true reward of the quality of our software products." said Eric Noyau, Intuitive Systems software engineer" We have the fastest X Window solution, running BOTH on black hardware and Intel based platforms; We have the most appraised 3D creation environment. It is the quality of these products, and their success, which made this move possible." All temporary e-mail addresses will remain valid after the definitive address is communicated. Cub'X-Window and intuitiv'3d are registered trademarks of Intuitive Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. RenderMan is a trademark of Pixar.
From: Chuck Fleming <cfleming@alleg.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: anticipated job opening Date: 18 Jan 1994 01:58:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hg1a1$tb@digifix.digifix.com> The Educational Software Development Group at Allegheny College is anticipating a new programming position starting sometime this summer. Allegheny is a small liberal arts college in northwest Pennsylvania with a student population of around 1800. Currently, Allegheny has over 280 networked machines running NEXTSTEP. It is anticipated that 80 NEXTSTEP workstations will be added in the next three years. If you are interested in working in a very innovative NEXTSTEP programming environment, this may be the job for you. The list of qualifications indicates the type of work that will be done by the person in this position. Tentative Qualifications: Minimum two years NEXTSTEP programming experience Mach and Distributed Objects programming experience UNIX Network programming experience Application interface design experience Excellent communication and writing skills The following experience is not essential, but would make a candidate more attractive. (Listed most beneficial to least beneficial.) DBKit PDO 3DKit teaching experience C++ Although we are not requesting formal applications yet, we will be attending the East Coast Developers Conference next week and may be able to meet with a few of you. If you are interested in this anticipated position, please send e-mail describing your qualifications. Chuck cfleming@alleg.edu
From: jj@ife.fdn.org (Jean-Jacques Dubray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Magellan 2.0 Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:10:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hibrm$51j@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Jean J. Dubray IFE Technologies. 138, bd de Pontoise 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles France January 18, 1994 IFE Technologies announced the availability of Magellan, v2.0, for NeXTSTEP (both Intel and Motorola hardware). Magellan is a leading NextStep application in real-time industrial process control. It is designed to control material processes involving temperature, pressure, digital controls and safety interlocks. Magellan is 100% production oriented : Process calibration database, enables day to day reproducibility and customer driven flexibility. Magellan can control up to 4 reactors running individual recipes. It also offers batch capabilities for integrated production systems. Its unique object-oriented architexture based on NeXT appkit enables you to implement expert behavior in days instead of month. For instance, complex regulation loops can be implemented based on process engineer knowlege that will tune recipe parameters in a real-time fashion according to external or internal parameter measurements. Real-time can operate down to 0.1 s resolution. Information are sent and recieved from controllers with serial lines and ethernet network. Applications range from semi-conductor, thin film, to ceramic production or research. Magellan single-user license purchase price is $9,990 Development kit can be purchased for $4,990. Educational price is $5,990 for both licence and development tool-kit. For detailed information Magellan, send electronic mail to <jj@ife.fdn.org> or contact IFE Technologies. at 138, bd de Pontoise, 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles. France. Facsimile can be sent to (+33 1) 47 08 32 39 and voice calls are accepted at (+33 1) 47 08 92 50. The company performs materials science systems engineering and mission critical development. ______________________________________________________________________ Magellan is a trademark of IFE Technologies. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc. ______________________________________________________________________
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Objective-C debugging from Alembic Systems Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:11:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hibtb$51p@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com White Meadows House Parwich, Derbyshire DE6 1QX, England +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com ALEMBIC ANNOUNCES CRASH CATCHER - NEXTSTEP reporting tool for Objective-C debugging. Englewood COLORADO, January 18, 1994- Alembic announces distribution of Crash Catcher, the Objective-C debugger for NEXTSTEP development. Normal retail price of $749 has been dropped to $600 until February 18, 1994! Alembic currently distributes over 160 NEXTSTEP based software/hardware products worldwide directly as well as through a variety of channels, including resellers, and distributors. Alembic is based in the United States, with branch offices in the United Kingdom. ___________________________ Crash Catcher - Objective-C debugging for NEXTSTEP Crash Catcher is a non-intrusive runtime utility for Objective-C debugging. It generates comprehensive crash and non-fatal NXEception reports for software under development. Crash Catcher continues to watch for errors in beta-test and production software. It automatically sends a report to the user's console or to an e-mail address. Without crash catcher, end-users report only a few of the crashes they experience because they often cannot reproduce or describe the specific events leading up to the crash. CrashCatcher eliminates that problem. ___________________________ Alembic Systems is a registered trademark of Alembic Systems International Ltd., All other product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Developer Conference with SunSoft Presentation Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:11:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hibtq$51v@digifix.digifix.com> For a brochure or information about specific sessions, please contact DCI at (800) 767-2336. Reference Priority Customer Number: AWCER00 ______________________________________________________ THE SUBJECT IS OBJECTS NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference Sheraton Washington, Washington D.C. January 24 - 26, 1994 The first annual NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference is your opportunity to experience object-oriented computing with NEXTSTEP, the product that Byte magazine has called the most respected piece of software on the planet. The Conference spans three days combining two full days of technical sessions with one day of NEXTSTEP Tutorials. Designed for software developers, information systems management, systems integrators, VAR's, and independent software vendors, this is the premier East Coast event to learn more about object-oriented technology and the development of mission-critical custom applications with NEXTSTEP. This East Coast event is a natural complement to the West Coast Developer Conference, to be held concurrently with NeXTWORLD Expo in June. If objects are in your future, you won't want to miss this important event. SPECIAL SUN SESSION: Joining Steve on stage for the Keynote address will be SunSoft's President, Ed Zander. The following is a copy of the letter he and Steve sent to Sun users and developers in December: "SunSoft and NeXT recently announced their partnership to drive OpenStep to become the open industry standard object-oriented platform. OpenStep is based on the operating system independent layers of NEXTSTEP Release 3.2, which is shipping today. SunSoft is licensing NeXT's implementation of OpenStep, and will integrate it with Solaris. This new version of Solaris will support both OpenStep and CDE applications simultaneously and ensure compatibility with existing Solaris applications. This will be SunSoft's strategic object-oriented solution, and will provide the best vehicle for you to move seamlessly into the world of objects. SunSoft and NeXT are pleased to invite you to attend the East Coast NEXTSTEP Developer Conference on January 24-26 in Washington D.C. At this conference, you can learn about SunSoft's plans in detail, and learn how you as a developer can take advantage of SunSoft's new object-oriented strategy. In addition, there will be over 30 conference sessions and tutorials to choose from covering the technical and business aspects of NEXTSTEP application development. Enclosed is a brochure with information about the upcoming NEXTSTEP Developer Conference. In addition to the agenda, a special general session will be dedicated to discussing the impact of these announcements with representatives from NeXT and SunSoft. We encourage you to attend the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference to learn more about the future of Solaris and OpenStep, the open object standard for the industry. Call 1-800-767-2336 or 1-508-470-3880 to reserve your seat. Hope to see you at the Conference! Ed Zander, President SunSoft Steve Jobs, Chairman & CEO NeXT Computer, Inc." . KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Steve Jobs Chairman and CEO NeXT Computer, Inc. Steve Jobs will demonstrate how object-oriented NEXTSTEP can revolutionize the development of mission-critical custom applications today. Paul Strassmann Former Director of Defense Information U.S. Government Paul Strassmann discusses the current transition of software creation, from a hand-crafted art form to a product assembled out of standard components. CONFERENCE SESSIONS The Conferences four tracks focus on both business and technical aspects of NEXTSTEP application development. Each track provides a different perspective on understanding and working with NEXTSTEP. Take a closer look at object kits and distributed objects. Or follow the track designed specifically to give managers an overview of the technical services and development opportunities offered with NEXTSTEP. Another track focuses on hardware platforms, system administration and configuration issues for the systems engineer. To benefit most from the breadth of topics offered at the Conference, we encourage you to review and attend sessions from several tracks. The mid-day break is reserved for informal Birds-of-a-Feather sessions about topics of special interest to developers or to visit with a variety of NEXTSTEP partners showcasing their products and solutions. Developers may reserve a time slot to conduct a Birds-of-a-Feather session of their choice by sending e-mail to bof@next.com with information about the topic and moderator. GENERAL SESSIONS The general sessions are in-depth looks at broad, important programming topics debugging and performance tuning. These will be opportunities to learn skills that will immediately affect your development efforts and your results. The Zen of Debugging Julie Zelenski, Lecturer, Stanford University and Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc. This session was clearly the most popular and talked-about session from the 1993 Developer Conference. Julie shares her bag of tricks and hints for debugging in the NEXTSTEP development environment. This is the place to come to fill out your repertoire of debugging methods. Useful and little used features of GDB are exposed, an example of how to inspect the stack frame is shown, and a rundown of the runtime system is made, along with discussions of many other topics. You will definitely learn new techniques in this challenging and extremely informative session. Getting More Speed Out of Your Application Trey Matteson, Manager, Application Kit Group NeXT Computer, Inc. This session discusses a wide range of methods for measuring and improving the performance of your application. Topics include memory allocation strategies, code reordering, Window Server memory usage, drawing speed, reducing launch times, and implications of NEXTSTEP's expanding hardware base. NEXTSTEP TUTORIALS The Conference opens with a day of optional tutorials to help attendees prepare for the Conference sessions. Attendees new to NEXTSTEP will want to take the one day introduction to the user and developer systems, covered in the NEXTSTEP Immersion track. Others who have already done some NEXTSTEP development might be interested in learning more about a different area of the system. Sessions in the second track, NEXTSTEP Developer, provide a chance to get a head start on two popular subjects Object-Oriented Design and the Database Kit. All tutorials are instructed by NeXT Training staff and are in lecture format. HANDS-ON WITH NEXTSTEP If you're new to NEXTSTEP, this is your chance to learn the basics. You can sign up to spend some time with an expert on the subject of your choice. Visit NeXT's hospitality suite and meet with NeXT's training staff who will provide instruction (one-on-one) for both end users and developers. User tutorials are scheduled throughout the two days of the Conference to introduce new users to NEXTSTEP and to provide guidance on navigating the workspace, working with applications, and using NEXTSTEP features. Developer tutorials provide two learning opportunities: hands-on instruction in boot camp issues as well as one-on-one time with a NeXT expert on specific development topics. NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER BUNDLE For just $995, Conference attendees are eligible to purchase a special developer bundle including: - NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 User (for Intel) and Developer products - One single-user license of Borland's InterBase SQL database server. - DBKit InterBase Adapter. This is a $5,000 savings. Limited to one per Conference attendee, must be present to receive bundle. REGISTRATION INFORMATION To Register: (Please reference Priority Customer Number AWCER00) Call 800-767-2336 24 hours a day (U.S. and Canada only) For International Registration Call 508/470-3880 DCI 204 Andover Street Andover, MA 01810 Conference Registration Fee (4076) $595 Conference Registration Fee with Product Bundle (4076N) $1,590 (plus shipping and handling) Product Bundle price includes Conference registration plus NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 User and Developer products, Borland's InterBase SQL database server, and the DBKit Adapter for InterBase, a $5,000 savings! Tutorial Registration Fee January 24, 1994 $200 per Tutorial $300 per Tutorial (non-conference attendees) CONFERENCE HOURS Monday, January 24 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Tuesday, January 25 9:00a.m.- 6:00p.m. Wednesday, January 26 9:00a.m. - 6:00p.m. Hope to see you there!
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Object Oriented Simulation Analysis on NEXTSTEP! Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:12:27 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hibvb$525@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com White Meadows House Parwich, Derbyshire DE6 1QY, England +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com Alembic Systems announces Simulation Kit - OBJECT ORIENTED SIMULATION ANALYSIS on NEXTSTEP! Englewood COLORADO, January 18, 1994- Alembic Systems announced today the distribution of Simulation Kit, a collection of objects specifically developed for continuous system modeling and simulation on NEXTSTEP computers. Alembic currently distributes over 160 NEXTSTEP based software/hardware products worldwide directly as well as through a variety of channels, including resellers, and distributors. Alembic is based in the United States, with branch offices in the United Kingdom. ___________________________ SIMULATION KIT The Simulation Kit is the first collection of objects specifically developed for continuous system modeling and simulation on NEXTSTEP computers. Coupled with the NEXTSTEP application development environment, the Simulation Kit provides the ideal context for developing and analyzing object-oriented simulations. APPLICATIONS A powerful and easy-to-use tool for modeling, analyzing, and teaching linear and nonlinear continuous systems, numerical integration, and the numerical solution of differential equations, Simulation Kit is ideal for applications such as: * Numerical Analysis * Mechanical Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Thermodynamics * Chemical Engineering * Control Systems ADVANCED FEATURES The Simulation Kit provides several capabilities which are unavailable in other simulation packages. Such features include: * Process - Generates output values based upon its input and parameter values. Examples are gains, summers, and multipliers. * Active Process - Generates output values in a similar manner to Processes, but maintains an internal state and uses one or more Clocks as a time base. Examples are integrators and sample-and-holds. * Clock - Causes the evaluation of Active Processes at specified times. Examples are fixed-increment clocks and one-shot timers. * Signal - Permits the output of a process (Process, Active Process, or Composite) to drive inputs of other processes. * Composite - Allows several processes (connected by Signals) to be grouped together and treated as a single process in a higher context. * Simulation - Manages the execution sequences of processes to allow the model to be simulated in the desired manner. * Expression - Provides a mechanism for process parameters to be specified in terms of higher-context parameters. The object-oriented nature of the Simulation Kit allows simulation elements to be independently validated. In addition, structuring, sequencing, and execution of the simulation is performed by the core objects without direct user intervention. This means that more time can be spent validating the simulation rather than debugging it. _________________________ Alembic Systems is a registered trademark of Alembic Systems International Ltd., All other product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Jonathan Hendry <flash!jon@dsinc.UUCP> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LipoDoc Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:17:27 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hic8n$53r@digifix.digifix.com> For more information, please contact: Jonathan Hendry 418A North 31st Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Email: flash!lipo-info@myxa.com or tjhendry@mcs.drexel.edu JONATHAN HENDRY INTRODUCES LIPODOC A REMEDY FOR TIGHT DISK SPACE PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 18, 1994 - Philadelphia, the city which brought you the soft pretzel, the cheese steak and the Fresh Prince. The only city where you can say "whiz with?" to a burly gentleman and not get punched. This fine city is now the birth place of yet another technological advance- LipoDoc LipoDoc is an effective and inexpensive means of easing overcrowding on your hard drive. LipoDoc allows you to reduce the space required by your online documentation by 50%-75%. Even though the documentation is compressed, LipoDoc allows you to access it almost as fast as uncompressed documentation. Also, Digital Librarian searches are just as fast as ever. LipoDoc can easily and painlessly save you 20-30 megabytes of drive space or more, for much less than the cost of a new, larger drive. The more you compress, the more you'll save. In addition to compressing the online documentation, LipoDoc can be used to compress and index any collection of rtf and rtfd files you may have. "But what if I mung my copy of LipoDoc? How do I access the files?", you ask, having heard nightmarish stories of other compression utilities. Fear not, I say. The documentation is still there, and is compressed with standard compression utilities which are shipped with NEXTSTEP. LipoDoc does not use any sort of virtual file or volume compression schemes. LipoDoc is perfect for people who... ...are using NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors on laptops with small drives ...use Renderman but always find their disks filling up with swapfile ...have had difficulty deciding between Shakespeare and a.b.p.e. LipoDoc will give you even more breathing room. In fact, it's good for anyone who would like a little more space on their drive. LipoDoc will be distributed as reasonably priced shareware. LipoDoc is currently in beta testing and will be released shortly. Upon release it will be available on the various NeXT-oriented archive sites. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: ericw@its.com (Eric Wespestad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): January 25th Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:17:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hic97$541@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing LoopGroup January 25th Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 25th 1994 Time: 6:30pm Place: Information Technology Solutions (offices of) 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 Agenda: * Annoucements & Administrivia * Demonstration and overview of CensusPlus(tm) - Bill Siegeltuch, Siegeltuch & Associates "Demographic data available down to the census block group... CensusPlus(tm) searches through an entire geography range to find the neighborhoods that meet your demographic filter requirements... Server runs on SQL Server(tm)" * Demonstration of WriteUp(tm) - Eric Wespestad, ITS A quick demonstration/tour of the new word processing application from Anderson Financial Systems. WriteUp is derived from PasteUp, which AFS acquired from RightBrain Software late last year. * Overview and Demonstration of UIBinder(tm) - Monty Zukowski, ITS "A palette that graphically binds object information to the UI, automates display and editing of data and elimininates the need to write UI code...". A closer look at an interesting new product from VNP Software. Contact: Eric Wespestad LoopGroup: Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group c/o Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, Illinois 60661 Email: loopgroup@its.com Phone: 312-474-7700
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NEXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC at HP's 712 unveiling Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:24:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hiclg$54n@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 NeXT DEMONSTRATES NEXTSTEP FOR HP PA-RISC AT HP'S UNVEILING OF NEW 712 MODEL WORKSTATION NEW YORK-January 18, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today demonstrated an alpha version of NEXTSTEP for HP's PA-RISC workstations at HP's introduction of its new 712 workstation. Through its Object*Enterprise relationship, NeXT and HP are creating a new generation of business solutions designed to increase productivity and targeted by NeXT and HP for the financial services industry. NEXTSTEP Release 3.2, NeXT's object-oriented software, will be available for the HP Apollo 9000 Model 712, 715, 725, 735 and 755 workstations in mid-1994. With this new release, users and developers experience the functionality they already enjoy on the NEXTSTEP for Intel processors platform. By virtue of the NEXTSTEP Object Frameworks, applications developed on Intel or Motorola based NeXTstations can be ported to the PA-RISC workstations with no source code changes. For example, sophisticated third-party products such as Mesa from Athena Design, WriteUp and AFS Trade from Anderson Financial Services, as well as Concurrence and Diagram from Lighthouse Design were recompiled from the Intel to the HP PA-RISC platform in less than one hour with no changes in source code, demonstrating how portable NEXTSTEP applications are across multiple architectures. HP and NeXT's Object*Enterprise provides a client/server solution based on object-oriented technology and targeted by NeXT and HP for the financial services industry. Object* Enterprise enables customers to develop and deploy object-oriented applications across the enterprise, delivering state-of-the-art desktop to data center solutions. NeXT on HP Currently, NeXT is shipping PDO-Portable Distributed Objects-for HP-UX. PDO is the first industry product to provide a heterogeneous client/server framework based on objects, and does so by extending the same seamless object model and messaging architecture that NEXTSTEP customers already use for local and distributed objects. NeXT's PDO for HP 9000 business servers running HP-UX 9.0 provides a framework for developing and deploying object-oriented applications across the enterprise, delivering state-of-the-art desktop to data center solutions. NeXT is also shipping a beta version of NetInfo for HP-UX. Developed by NeXT and Xedoc, the leading portable NetInfo consulting group, NetInfo for HP-UX is a flexible and extensible database system for distributed system and network administration. NeXT's NetInfo for the Series 800 allows centralized management of NEXTSTEP-based clients and servers. NetInfo provides management capabilities that interoperate with HP OpenView network and system management environment. Finally, HP's desktop computers provide a broad range of choices for client systems, ranging from the Vectra line of Intel-based PC products to the PA-RISC-based Series 700 workstations. Object*Enterprise To Meet Customer Demands "HP listens to its customers, and our financial services customers want NEXTSTEP," said Willem P. Roelandts, vice president and general manager of HP's Computer Systems Organization. "Several major HP customers have selected NEXTSTEP as their strategic solution for financial service application development and deployment. The HP/NeXT solution embodies innovative technology and world-class, enterprise computing experience." "The combination of HP's advanced workstation and server products and NEXTSTEP will give our customers a truly scalable architecture," said Steven P, Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT. "Our goal is to provide a complete object-oriented foundation for client/server computing that spans the enterprise. This is an excellent alliance for NeXT." "Object * Enterprise clearly addresses our need to deploy applications quickly by combining the sophisticated development power of objects with an intuitive user interface for our non technical user," said Craig Heimark managing director of Swiss Bank Corporation. "With NEXTSTEP and distributed objects running across HP's complete product family, we have a powerful, scalable, distributed computing platform that may well become our strategic architecture for the '90s." HP 9000 Workstations and Servers HP 9000 workstations and servers have consistently led the industry in performance for both technical and business-computing standard benchmarks. These high-speed systems, which are crucial in the financial services industry, are well suited for business-critical financial modeling and simulation programs, market data dissemination, decision support suites and risk management products. The object-orientation of NEXTSTEP will provide the benefits of rapid application development and deployment on the Series 700 workstations. High availability features of the Series 800 servers provides a secure computing environment for large database operations and serves as gateways to global multi-vendor networks. The addition of PDO allows access to enterprise-wide applications from the desktop and faster integration of existing and future client/server applications. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. PA-RISC means Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX operating system. It also complies with X/Open's XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS 151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NEXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Announces 30-Day Free Installation and Configuration Support Date: 18 Jan 1994 23:26:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hicpg$55b@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 NeXT ANNOUNCES 30-DAY FREE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION SUPPORT REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-January 18, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced a program to provide 30 days of free installation and configuration support to all purchasers of NEXTSTEP that are installing on any certified system. NEXTSTEP is considered "installed" on a system when customers are able to launch Workspace Manager and start an application from the NextApps directory. Customers will receive free support via NeXT's Support Hotline number which is 1-800-848-NeXT (6398). The free support period will begin 30 days from the date of the customers' first call into the Support Hotline. "As NEXTSTEP continues to gain marketplace acceptance, more individuals and first-time corporate customers will have questions about installing NEXTSTEP on their various i486, Pentium and RISC workstation computer configurations," said Jan Tyler, Professional Services Marketing Manager at NeXT Computer, Inc. "We want to be sure customers achieve successful installations so that they can immediately begin to experience the benefits of object-oriented programming." Other Support Offerings In addition to the 30-day free installation and support policy, NeXT offers North American and European customers support packages and education courses designed to match customers' needs, from free services such as the NeXTanswers document retrieval system to fully-customized education programs such as the NEXTSTEP Mentorship Program for corporate developers. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners
From: Bill Tschumy <other!bill@uunet.UU.NET> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WatchMe 1.0 now shipping Date: 19 Jan 1994 17:00:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hkaij$90n@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Bill Tschumy Otherwise 1501 Lowe Ave. Bellingham, WA 98226 206-647-9436 SCREEN RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR NEXTSTEP Bellingham, Washington, Jan 19, 1994 -- Otherwise announces the shipping of WatchMe, its screen recording software for NEXTSTEP computers. WatchMe defines a new class of software on NEXTSTEP. It creates "tapes" by recording the screen activities and sounds of a work session to disk. You record a session, explaining what you are doing while you are doing it. When the tape is played back, viewers hear your voice while seeing what you did. WatchMe has a number of editing features for modifying the recorded tape. For example, you can trim unwanted material off the beginning or end of a tape, re-record or merge soundtracks, specify opening and closing informational screens, and chain two or more tapes into one compound tape. SOME IMPORTANT USES OF WATCHME INCLUDE: 1. CREATION OF TRAINING OR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WatchMe is great for creating instructional or training materials. The instructor records a session while demonstrating and explaining the concepts they wish to get across. Students may later play the tapes back as part of their training. The tapes may be used by themselves or they can be easily incorporated into sophisticated multimedia documents. 2. DOCUMENTING CUSTOM APPLICATIONS Using WatchMe, custom applications can be easily documented by simply recording a session during which the application is being demonstrated. When the tape is played back, it's like watching over someone's shoulder as they explain how to use the application. 3. MAKING "CANNED" PRESENTATIONS WatchMe is also valuable in a corporate setting for making canned, computer-based presentations. After recording the presentation, you can E-mail it to the intended viewers or place it in a shared location and notify them of its existence. Co-workers can later play it back at their own convenience. 4. DEMONSTRATING THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS Third-party developers may use WatchMe to produce demonstration tapes of their applications. Because WatchMe runs for 3 minutes unlicensed, developers can distribute a short demo along with an unlicensed copy of WatchMe for use in viewing it. For longer third-party demos, developers can purchase a "file license" which allows unlicensed users to view a specific file of unlimited length. Contact Otherwise for more details. EARLY USERS COMMENT ON WATCHME "WatchMe has great potential for educational users! By inserting WatchMe files in other documents, like those created using Edit or Diagram!, one has a simple technique for creating easy-to-use multimedia software and instructional tutorials. This product is a powerful tool for curriculum development using NEXTSTEP," said Bob Desharnais, Associate Professor Biology, California State University LA. "WatchMe is used here to improve our training of students in computer-assisted journalism classes. Using a WatchMe tape which demonstrates the steps used to log in to remote sites or develop a layout with a desktop publisher is an excellent alternative to paper documentation," said Denise Brinker, Manager of the Friedheim Journalism Center at American University, School of Communication. "It is "must-see" software. Any user or developer concerned with educational projects will definitely lose out by overlooking WatchMe. Check it out!," said Marshall F. Gilula, M.D., Life Energies Research Institute. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 WatchMe requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or later and runs on both Intel and NeXT hardware. For Intel hardware a sound board and microphone is recommended but not required. PRICE AND AVAILABILITY 1 The multi-architecture version of WatchMe 1.0 is now available directly from Otherwise. Pricing is as follows (shipping and handling included): Single user non-floating license: $110 Floating network license: Number of users Price per user ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 - 4 $120 5 - 9 $110 10 - 19 $100 20 - 29 $90 30 - 39 $80 40 - 49 $70 50+ $65 A 35% educational discount will be given on all prices. An evaluation copy of WatchMe may be obtained from the ANDI (Association of NeXT Developers International) InfoServer. Upon request, it will be sent to you as a 700K NeXTmail attachment. Send mail to: info@andi.org with subject: send Otherwise WatchMe_1.0 The body of the message should be left blank. This evaluation copy runs three minutes per session unlicensed. For a more in depth evaluation please contact Otherwise for a one month expiring license. Orders and inquires should be addressed to : Otherwise 1501 Lowe Ave. Bellingham, WA 98226 206-647-9436 206-738-6017 (Fax) watchme@otherwise.com Otherwise was founded August 1992 by Bill Tschumy, former NeXT software engineer. Located in Bellingham, Washington, the company develops high-quality NEXTSTEP applications geared toward education. Otherwise's first product was ScreenCast, an application for replicating one computer's display on one or more other computers on your network. ### WatchMe, ScreenCast and Otherwise are trademarks of Otherwise. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Sean Luke <feijai@kolob.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Resound 2.0 beta now on archives Date: 19 Jan 1994 17:01:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hkakn$91p@digifix.digifix.com> (Title:) SUBMISSION: Resound 2.0 beta now on archives Version 2.0 beta of Resound has now been posted to (for the moment) /pub/next/submissions on cs.orst.edu and nova.cc.purdue.edu. It weighs in at about a half a megabyte, compiled fat. What is Resound? Resound is yet another NeXTSTEP sound editor. But Resound isn't _just_ an editor; it comes with an easy API to let researchers and sound developers to make and test sound-twisting code in small dynamically-loaded bundles ("modules") without having to design a whole application. Resound provides that application shell. What's new about version 2.0? 2.0 differs from 1.85 and earlier versions in ways too numerous to list here. Most significantly, 2.0 doesn't bomb every other minute. :-) 2.0 also sports dynamic module loading, a stereo sound meter, inspectors, true volume controls, sound conversion, printing, sample tracking, rulers, drag-and-drop, preferences, and a full help system. Why isn't 2.0 GNU? Unlike 1.85, 2.0 is not GNU any more, though it _is_ still free. I have two chief excuses for this... 1) 1.x was GNU because the program had to be recompiled with modules in order to work, so I had to come up with _some_ way of protecting source. 2.0 dynamically loads modules, which can be compiled separately. 2) Several people have asked me to remove GNU restrictions on the program, afraid it will affect their module-writing and distribution. What comes with 2.0 beta? 2.0 beta comes with the API source code and instructions (okay, 3 header files), and one sample module (and source code) which, among other things, inverts, reverses, and changes sound amplitude. What's coming up next? Full Resound 2.0: If I can garner enough help to fix bugs (especially in the Intel code of Resound), I'll release Resound 2.0 (final) soon. Modules: Resound 1.85 came with a few modules. These and several more are being revamped for 2.0. As I feel they're ready, I'll release them one by one (one's going to be released almost immediately). Sound Palette: Resound comes with a few unique objects designed to extend or improve the NeXT Sound Kit (real-time trackers and meters mostly). When Resound is stable, I'll release these objects under a palette. How can I help? Intel debugging: I don't have easy access to an Intel machine, and it shows. There are a number of serious Intel-related bugs in Resound which I can't nail down because I can't use a machine. If anyone could help me here... Module development: I need someone to develop a few small modules if only to give me feedback on the difficulty of the process (how did my documents help, what's stupid about the API, etc.). Sound View suggestions: Resound pushes NeXT's Sound View to the edge, and it shows (Resound kicks up some nasty Sound View bugs). But I can't just dump the Sound View; Resound needs to use standard objects as much as possible for its API. I'm not sure what to do about this. Miscellaneous: General suggestions, bug reports (other than the ones mentioned in my Help panel), and ideas would be very welcome. Please send correspondence to the address below. Thanks, everyone. Have fun!
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group Jan. 27 Date: 20 Jan 1994 01:29:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hl8bt$akr@digifix.digifix.com> -= Meeting Announcement =- D a l l a s A r e a N e X T G r o u p THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1994 7:00pm to 9:00pm The January meeting of the Dallas Area NeXT Group features an demonstration of some new NEXTSTEP software. Join us as Dan Balcom and Chris Bradley take us on a guided tour of ScreenCast, Avante Vector, and NoteAbility. This will be a fun evening! Don't miss it -- Admission is FREE to everyone! If this is your first DaNG meeting, or the first you will have attended in awhile, this meeting will be a great way to (re)acquaint yourself with NeXTSTEP -- the most respected piece of software on the planet. Dallas Area NeXT Group MEETING LOCATION THE SECOND FLOOR THEATRE Offices of Temerlin McClain 201 East Carpenter Freeway (114) Near 114 and O'Connor Road LAS COLINAS >From Downtown Dallas Take I-35 west to 183, then to 114 westbound (at Texas Stadium split). Exit O'Connor Rd., continue on westbound feeder road past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From North Dallas Take I-635 (LBJ frwy) west. Exit Valley View Lane (turn left under 635 overpass) and make first left onto O'Connor. Cross Northwest Highway (Spur 348) and continue into Las Colinas. Pass Williams Square (with horse fountain). Make left on Las Colinas Blvd, then first right on Mandalay. Right again on 114 West feeder, past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From Fort Worth Drive to D/FW Airport, North Entrance. Take 114 eastbound to O'Connor exit. Cross O'Connor on eastbound service road and turn left at Wingren Rd., then left again at the 114 westbound service road. Go past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. FOR MORE INFORMATION Chris Bradley cbradley@bozell.com (214) 830-2273 (M-F, 9-5 CDT)
From: mishelle@thoughtful.com (Mishelle Baun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: HyperSense at NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference Date: 20 Jan 1994 01:29:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hl8cf$al1@digifix.digifix.com> Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thoughtful Software cordially invites you to view HyperSense at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference in Washington D.C., January 25 - 26 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel. We will be in the Annapolis and Rockville rooms, as part of the Association of NEXTSTEP Developers International (ANDI) Hospitality suite (from 10:30am-5:30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday -- see ANDI announcement forwarded below). If you will be attending the conference, or in the area, please stop by and say hello! I would love to have a chance to meet you personally, and show you what HyperSense can do and why we think it's a tool that every NEXTSTEP user can benefit from. Regards, Doug Simons Thoughtful Software doug@thoughtful.com About HyperSense in brief: HyperSense is powerful authoring software that makes sense! HyperSense easily lets anyone create multimedia databases, hypertext tutorials, personal applications and much more. A drag and drop interface makes document creation easy. Understandable SenseTalk scripts provide the power and versatility to master complex tasks, and allow you to import and modify HyperCard stacks. For more information on HyperSense, contact: info@thoughtful.com Begin forwarded message: ------------------- From: marketing@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Subject: Yes there are "exhibits" at the East Coast Developers Conference Keywords: ANDI,NeXT,ECDC,exhibits Reply-To: marketing@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 1994 14:17:04 GMT ANDI - The Association of NeXTSTEP (and soon Openstep) Developers International, Inc. is pleased to announce that we have exhibits at the East Coast Developers Conference. A significant number of people have said they thought there were no exhibits at the event which is inaccurate. In the program they are listed as Hospitality... ..so join us and we be hospitable. We will be open: January 25 and 26 and are located in the Annapolis and Rockville rooms at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, DC. The hotel is conveniently located at the Woodley Park Metro stop (Metro is the light rail line) on the Red Line. In addition, we will be distributing the NEXTSTEP Resource Guide by ANDI. We hope to see you there! --- Bill Strehl Executive Director ANDI - Association of NeXTSTEP Developers International, Inc. reply to:marketing@nextsrv1.andi.org "Take the NeXTSTEP and Keep on Truckin'..." ----------------------------------------------------------------
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: beta2 of some WavesWorld IB Palettes available Date: 20 Jan 1994 01:30:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hl8dr$alq@digifix.digifix.com> Hi folks. Well, January was supposed to be the month to finish up two papers for publication, but I've ended up fixing lots of bugs to avoiding writing... My burden, your gain. There is a new prerelease (1.0 beta2) available of some of the WavesWorld IB palettes. What follows is the README file. You can get the files at media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld enjoy, and send mail with kudos and complaints to wave@media.mit.edu. - wave (now maybe I can go finish those papers...) --- README --- This directory (media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld) contains the distribution of the latest release (1.0Beta2) of some of the WavesWorld palettes. Note that if you don't have 3.2 you may have trouble installing these. Since I don't have any machines not running 3.2, I don't quite know how to test this... There are three different flavors of distribution: WW1.0B2Complete.tar (3,338,240 bytes) - A tar file of an Installer pkg which contains all the source code of the palettes, libraries, and examples. It also includes stripped MAB copies of the palettes and a little app. This allows you to jump right in and play with the examples without waiting the 20 minutes or so it takes to compile everything. WW1.0B2SrcOnly.tar (2,424,832 bytes) - A tar file of an Installer pkg which contains all the source code of the palettes, libraries, and examples WW1.0B2SrcOnlyMinusTcl.tar (1,777,664 bytes) - A tar file of an Installer pkg which contains all the source code of the palettes, libraries, and examples. It *does not* include the source for tcl7.3, as the above does. This is for people that want the latest version of the palettes, but already have a copy of tcl7.3 installed on their machine. *** here's the brief ASCII announcement *** Hi. I'm pleased to announce the third public release of some of the WavesWorld IB palettes. These are palettes of objects I originally developed for my PhD system, WavesWorld. Lots of people have asked about them, and since I wrote them this summer when I wasn't at the Media Lab, I decided to make them available as shareware. I wrote this code this summer, but given the hectic nature of last semester (PhD exams, etc.), I haven't gotten around to releasing this stuff until now. The wait has been in your favor, as I uncovered lots o little bugs this semester as I avoided studying for my exams by playing with this code. These palettes go reasonably far in addressing some problems I've always had with IB and the fact that I wanted to use IB more and the linker less. There are two palettes included in this release. The first, WWTCLWidgets, is my latest take on how to integrate tcl, the embeddable tool command language from Berkeley, into the NeXTSTEP development environment. For more info on tcl, look in ./tcl/doc in the source included in this package, read the newsgroup comp.lang.tcl, ftp to sprite.berkeley.edu and pick up the Postscript pre-print of the forthcoming tcl book from Addison-Wesley. There are probably many different ways to integrate tcl into NS; this is just one way. This palette really isn't intended to be all that useful by itself, although take a look at the Calculator example, which is a pretty cool example. I really designed it to be used with the other palette included here: WW3DPalette, which is my 3DKit. The WW3DPalette only has one visible object on it: the WWRIBWell. A WWRIBWell is a UI element that looks like a color well, except that it's got a doughnut in it (really a torus). As you might expect from it's name, you can drop a .rib into the WWRIBWell and see it. Also, like you might expect, you can click the edge of the WWRIBWell and get a control panel (like the NXColorPanel that pops up when you click the edge of a NXColorWell). The idea of the WWRIBWell is that you want to integrate 3D into your app, but you don't really want to learn the 3DKit. Eventually, perhaps, but for now, you just want to be able to integrate 3D into an app with a minimum of fuss. There's much, much more power available in the WW3DPalette than that, but that was the easy home run part. The WW3DPalette includes a full blown 3D modeling language called eve, which is based on tcl (with full RenderMan binding and a few other commands). I've included some neat examples of a robot and a room. To find out more, ftp to media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld and grab one of the above mentioned distributions there. I want to keep that as the distribution site for a week or so until I'm sure that there are not any glaring bugs I don't know about, and then I'll submit it to the normal archive sites as a 1.0 release. The doc is pretty minimal right now, but I do have a bunch of examples, and of course all the source code is there. I've already compiled both palettes MAB and included them in the top level distribution, so you should be able to start having fun ASAP. Let me know what you think. - Michael B. Johnson wave@media.mit.edu
From: Justin Morgan <jmorgan@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP User Group January Meeting Date: 20 Jan 1994 22:16:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hnhe6$f5g@digifix.digifix.com> **** AUSTIN NEXTSTEP USER GROUP **** January Meeting Announcement Featuring a demo of VIRTUOSO/FREEHAND by Lorin Rivers of ALTSYS - and - a demo of the MIRO GRAPHICS BOARD (24-bit color at 1152x864 under NEXTSTEP) by Ricardo Parada of PENCOM. WHEN: Tuesday, January 25 Snacks and beverages from 6:30 pm Meeting starts at 7:00 pm WHERE: Pencom Software Training Room (first floor) Great Hills Corporate Center, Building 3 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North Call 512-343-1111 and ask for Clint if you need further directions AGENDA: At our next meeting an Altsys representative will demo the latest version of Virtuoso/Freehand for NEXTSTEP. We will also feature a demo of an Intel-based machine with a Miro graphics board running 16-bit color at up to 1408x1024 resolution under NEXTSTEP for Intel 3.2. Since our demo unit will be connected to the Internet, downloads of the latest demo software, Intel drivers, etc. will be available. Bring a 1.44 MB floppy to the meeting! We will also hold a contest for the best t-shirt design, so bring a sketch of your best ANUG design (the winner gets a free shirt with the winning design!). Don't forget to bring at least one other person to the meeting this month!
From: Robert L. Masterson <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SS&S at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference Date: 21 Jan 1994 15:44:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hpeqr$jvs@digifix.digifix.com> Fellow NEXTSTEP Developers, See the DRCS graphical revision control system and CodeReviewer, the software project analysis tool, running on NEXTSTEP/Intel at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference! Software Services and Solutions, Inc., and Continental Computer Systems, Inc., invite you to a hands-on demonstration of SS&S CASE Tools and SS&S ObjectWare and Continental NEXTSTEP PC's at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington D.C. on January 26th. SS&S and CCS will hold a reception in the SS&S Suite (ask at the front desk for the room number) on Tuesday, January 25th, from 5:30pm on. Representatives from SS&S and Continental will be on hand to answer your questions about NEXTSTEP migration tools, ObjectWare, and high-performance NEXTSTEP Intel systems. Several NEXTSTEP systems will be demonstrating the software. I hope to see you there! Robert L. Masterson, Vice President Software Services and Solutions, Inc. rlm@sss.com phone: (203) 630-2000 fax: (203) 630-2020 Where: SS&S Suite at the Sheraton Washington Hotel (ask the front desk to translate this to a suite number) When: Tuesday, January 25th from 5:30pm on What: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., and Continental Computer Systems reception featuring DRCS, CodeReviewer, and SS&S ObjectWare on CCS NS/I A short introduction to DRCS and CodeReviewer: CodeReviewer CodeReviewer is a software analysis tool designed to increase the productivity of developers, get new developers up to speed on a project quickly, and provide information to guide project managers in preventing trouble spots. CodeReviewer helps track and manage changes to objects and other code in multi-person development efforts. CodeReviewer allows project managers and developers to analyze versions of code visually and formally, according to industry-standard software metrics. Visual analysis is supported for any type of code, while software metrics can be computed, compared, and graphed for C, C++, Objective-C, and YACC code. CodeReviewer integrates well with source code management systems, if they are in use on a project. CodeReviewer creates and reads .CodeReviewer documents, which can also be read by spreadsheets and a variety of other tools. CodeReviewer also exports the results of its analyses in a variety of other formats. DRCS DRCS allows NEXTSTEP and Unix users, whether they're developers or not, to enjoy full version management and revision control of everything from wordprocessor documents to entire filesystems. Anyone who can use NEXTSTEP can learn how to use the DRCS Graphical User Interface in a matter of minutes. DRCS provides project lifetime tracking and revision control for entire directories as well as files. DRCS directory archives maintain a history of their previous contents, even if component files have been renamed, or deleted. Users can call DRCS shell commands directly from a terminal window or access the full power of the system through the DRCS Graphical User Interface, which resembles the NEXTSTEP Workspace Manager. All SS&S CASE Tools are sold under a floating license for maximum convenience to the user. SS&S has an aggressive multi-license discount program.
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alemibic offers NEXTSTEP leasing solutions Date: 21 Jan 1994 17:21:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hpkht$lp9@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com ALEMBIC SYSTEMS PROVIDES LEASING OPTIONS FOR NEXTSTEP SOFTWARE AND PENTIUM WORKSTATIONS Englewood COLORADO, January 20, 1994 - Alembic Systems International today announced the "Alembic Leasing Program" for Corporate, Educational and Government customers needing NEXTSTEP Hardware and Software. The Program is designed to give greater flexibility to users purchasing Pentium workstations with NEXTSTEP pre-installed. Corporate accounts have welcomed Alembic's commitment to provide a full range of outsourcing services such as this to the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP market. "Numerous customers will take advantage of the Alembic Leasing Program when purchasing software and Pentium machines," said Dale Pratt, Vice President of International Operations. "Alembic has made it easy to approve orders up to $35,000 within 24-hours, and larger orders in as little as four days on three year terms. It's a great benefit to those who do not wish to commit a huge capital investment up front." Alembic currently distributes over 160 NEXTSTEP based software/hardware products worldwide directly as well as through a variety of channels, including resellers and distributors. Alembic is based in the United States, with branch offices in the United Kingdom. _______________________________ ALEMBIC WORKSTATIONS Alembic Systems International provides quality low-cost hardware configurations. Hardware combinations are numerous and readily available running NEXTSTEP 3.2 from the time you turn on the computer - unless you prefer otherwise. Alembic offers a number of service and support options and a limited 2-year warranty on every system. We can even custom configure systems or those with extra-demanding taste. Intel 486 Features & Options: * Intel 486 DX2/66 Mhz. * MiniTower, Desktop or Tower case * 256KB write-back cache. * 2 VESA local bus slots and 6 EISA slots. * Up to 128MB RAM. * 340MB, 540MB, 1.2GB, or 2.4GB hard drive options. * ATI Graphics Ultra Pro video card w/ 2MB VRAM.(1120 x 832 @16-bit w/ Rev 6 card). * Intel Ether Express ethernet card. * 17" high-resolution monitor * Adaptec 1542C SCSI card. * 3.5" floppy drive. * 2 serial and 1 parallel port. * 101 keyboard. * Logitech bus mouse. * Optional 2-year warranty Intel Pentium Features & Options * Intel Pentium/60 MHz. * Tower case. * 256KB write-back cache. * 3 PCI local bus slots and 4 EISA slots. * Up to 128MB RAM. * 340MB, 540MB, 1.2GB or 2.4GB hard drive options. * miro Crystal 32s PCI video card (1280 x 1024 @ 16-bit color 1152 x 864 @32-bit). * 17" high-resolution monitor * DPT 2122/90 SCSI card. * Intel Ether Express ethernet card. * 3.5" floppy drive. * 2 serial and 1 parallel port. * 101 keyboard. * Logitech bus mouse. * Optional 2-year warranty # # # 1993 Alembic Systems International. Pentium and 486/DX2 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Inc.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP-8 reqs-all levels,NYC/CT Date: 23 Jan 1994 22:42:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hvg3b$6f2@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to find eight independent consultants or employees with Nextstep experience for major development projects with one of the best teams in the North East. The contracts are long term at attractive rates/salaries with an industry leader, doubling it's current Next quota to staff some of the largest Next projects worldwide as well as their own Nextstep development data center in NYC. (Next Campus Consultants might qualify). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Ideally you will have at least 2 years experience on the Next, (not necessarily paid experience). If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: market@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING SCHEDULE: East Coast NeXT Developer Conference 1/24-26/94 Date: 23 Jan 1994 22:43:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hvg4p$6f8@digifix.digifix.com> The schedule of events for the NeXT East Coast Developer Conference at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, DC is as follows: Monday, January 24, 1994 7:30am-5:00pm Registration Desks A/B Registration 9:30am-12:00pm Virginia B/C Introduction to NEXTSTEP User Environ-ment 9:30am-12:00pm Delaware Suite Object Oriented Design 1:30pm-4:30pm Virginia B/C Introduction to NEXTSTEP Developer Environment 1:30pm-4:30pm Delaware Suite Introduction to Database Kit 6:30pm-?? *Maryland B/C (ANDI) Birds of Feather Sessions Tuesday, January 25, 1994 7:30am-6:00pm Reg Desks A/B Registration 9:00am-10:30am Sheraton South Keynote: Steve Jobs-NeXT, Ed Zander-Sunsoft 10:45am-11:45am Sheraton South General Session, NeXT and Sunsoft 12:00pm-1:00pm Sheraton South General Session, The Zen of Debugging (Zelenski) 1:15pm-2:15pm Sheraton South Creating Success with NEXTSTEP (Ruby#) 1:15pm-2:15pm Sheraton North NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Q & A (Lawton) 1:15pm-2:15pm Washington Intro to NEXTSTEP Programming (Ritchie) 2:30pm-3:30pm Sheraton South What is PDO & how can it help me (Smith#) 2:30pm-3:30pm Sheraton North Distribution Options in North America & Europe (Marty Culbert) 2:30pm-3:30pm Washington Getting Started with Database Kit (Keiner) 2:30pm-3:30pm Virginia C Intel Presents 3:45pm-4:45pm Sheraton South Education & Support Services for the NEXTSTEP Professional (Tyler) 3:45pm-4:15pm Sheraton North HP Presents 4:15pm-4:45pm Sheraton North NCR Presents 3:45pm-4:45pm Washington Programming with Distributed Objects (Asbury) 5:00pm-6:00pm Sheraton South NeXT's Markets and their Development Opportunities (Ron Weissman) 5:00pm-6:00pm Sheraton North Systems Administration Issues & Answers (Veenan) 5:00pm-6:00pm Washington Using Release 3 Application Kit Features (Ozer) 6:30pm-?? *Maryland B/C (ANDI) Birds of Feather Sessions Wednesday, January 26, 1994 7:30am-6:00pm Reg Desks A/B Registration 9:00am-10:30am Sheraton South Keynote: Paul Strassman 10:45am-11:45am Sheraton South Object Oriented Client/Server Application Design (Menk) 10:45am-11:45am Sheraton North @Programming with Distributed Objects (Asbury) 10:45am-11:45am Washington Driver Kit for NEXTSTEP with Intel Processors (Dibner) 11:45am-1:00pm Midday Break 1:00pm-2:00pm Sheraton South Benefits of an open API (Walters, Shelton, Burrows, Fromhein) 1:00pm-1:30pm Sheraton North NEC Presents 1:30pm-2:00pm Sheraton North DEC Presents 1:00pm-2:00pm Washington Building Better NEXTSTEP Applications (Zazula) 2:15pm-3:15pm Sheraton South Writing Extensible Applications (Martin) 2:15pm-3:15pm Sheraton North @Getting Started with Database Kit (Weiner) 2:15pm-3:15pm Washington A Practical Approach to Database Kit (Nguyen) 2:15pm-3:15pm Virginia C Intel Presents 3:30pm-4:30pm Sheraton South Building Resuable Objects (Athan) 3:30pm-4:30pm Sheraton North Creating Interface Builder Palettes (Burkholder) 3:30pm-4:30pm Washington Borland's Interbase on NEXTSTEP (R. Lahman) 4:45pm-6:00pm Sheraton South Keynote: Getting More out of your Application (Matteson) Note: * Denotes ANDI events; all other events are official scheduled events # indicates moderators name @ indicates repeat of previous session
From: market@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Exhibitors at East Coast NeXT Developer Conference Date: 23 Jan 1994 22:43:42 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2hvg5e$6fe@digifix.digifix.com> The location of vendors for the NeXT East Coast Developer Conference at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, DC is as follows: Maryland B/C (also known as Rockville/Annapolis) Springer Verlag/TELOS NorthStar Technologies, Inc. Stediwatt Synex,Inc. BlackSmith Professional Software, Inc. Thoughtful Software Ocean Software Auspex Systems and Alembic Systems ANDI - The Association of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep Developers Int'l Berkeley Productivity Group Hypersight, Inc Colorado - NCR Idaho - Epson Kansas - NEC Maryland A - NeXT Vermont - Borland Virginia A - Hewlett Packard Virginia B - SHL Systemhouse Wisconsin - DEC Other vendors are known to have hospitality suites. Among them is Software Services and Solutions. Note: ANDI's show hours are: Tuesday and Wednesday: 10:30am-5:30pm Check with other vendors for their hours
From: Liz Statmore <sarrus!liz@uu4.psi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Software Launches Pencil Me In API Date: 24 Jan 1994 15:27:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i1av3$b7o@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Liz Statmore Vice President of Marketing Sarrus Software (415) 345-8950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarrus Software Launches Pencil Me In API First Toolkit to Integrate Group Scheduling and Custom Applications FOSTER CITY, Calif., January 24, 1994 11 Sarrus Software, Inc. today announced that the Application Programming Interface (API) for its popular group scheduling product, Pencil Me In<TM>, is now shipping on NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors and NEXTSTEP for NeXT Computers. The Pencil Me In API and the Pencil Me In Toolkit provide corporate developerswith access to a rich, established base of functionality for integrating, modifying, and maintaining time-based information in NEXTSTEP Mission Critical Custom Application environments, while also allowing end users to access the same information through Pencil Me In's superior calendar interface. "Sarrus has become the leader in managing and presenting corporate scheduling information in NEXTSTEP enterprise environments," said Andrew K. Turk, president of Sarrus. "With the Pencil Me In API, corporate developers can accelerate development of their own custom applications, and at the same time provide their end users with a first-class calendar interface. Pencil Me In is the only scheduling application on any platform that allows this level of integration." *Cutting-edge, shrink-wrap applications on NEXTSTEP, like Pencil Me In, are exposing their APIs so that the enterprise developer can seamlessly integrate them with their custom applications," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This is another reason why object-oriented NEXTSTEP is three to five years ahead of non-object-oriented environments.: About the Pencil Me In API The Pencil Me In API is a software library that gives custom applications the ability to launch and control the Pencil Me In application; create and work with Pencil Me In calendars, appointments, and action items; and set calendar access levels for Pencil Me In users. Because of this close integration and because of Pencil Me In's powerful, multi-user architecture, networked users of both Pencil Me In and custom applications can operate on the same calendar files without interruption or corruption of scheduling data. About Pencil Me In Pencil Me In 1.1, the leading group scheduling application for NEXTSTEP systems, combines a powerful, scalable, network-ready architecture with an easy, intuitive calendar interface. It enables users to integrate personal and group scheduling in enterprise computing environments. For example, users can schedule one-time or repeating appointments, track action items, share calendars over a network and use group calendars to schedule meetings in a single operation. How Customers Are Using the Pencil Me In API The William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California, is working with SHL Systemhouse to develop its custom Talent Management System (TMS). The two organizations are also working closely together to integrate TMS with Pencil Me In calendars using the Pencil Me In API. When the system is done, agents at William Morris will have a total client information management and scheduling system that uses a single calendar interface for both mission-critical client scheduling and group scheduling among the agents. Currently, agents at William Morris use Pencil Me In for their own scheduling needs. They use the application to coordinate meetings, track action items, and manage shared resources. With TMS, agents will be able to book clients for new projects using only TMS and Pencil Me In. TMS will allow agents to access a client's record in the database and create a new booking for their client with all the needed information about the new project. Since client availability is a critical factor in the booking process, TMS will also locate and launch the client's Pencil Me In calendar file. Then the agent will be able to view the client's calendar and coordinate with their own calendars or other project and client calendars using Pencil Me In. "The kinds of scheduling tasks that agents do every day are complicated enough," said Alex Henry, director of MIS for the William Morris Agency. "The integration between TMS and Pencil Me In will help us to simplify the user interface of the whole system. And that integration will help to reduce the complexity of one of the agency's key business processes." System Requirements Pencil Me In 1.1 and the Pencil Me In API run on NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for Intel Processors and NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for NeXT Computers. The same version runs unmodified on either system. Licensing and Support Programs The Pencil Me In API is available now and may be licensed separately by registered Pencil Me In owners at no cost for use in custom application development and deployment. Developer support is not included, although a variety of fee-based support programs for developers are also available. Contact the company for information. About Sarrus Founded in 1991, Sarrus Software, Inc. is a privately held company with the mission of empowering individuals, groups, and organizations to share information in the office environment with integrated, easy-to-use Group Information Management (GIM) software. Sarrus is the leading provider of GIM software on NEXTSTEP systems, with products that include group scheduling and integrated phone and address list management. -30- Sarrus, the Sarrus logo, and Pencil Me In are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other products and brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Gary Ritchie <gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Solitaire and Solitaire Game Development Kit Date: 24 Jan 1994 15:28:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i1b0h$b7u@digifix.digifix.com> Version 2.0 of the free Solitaire application and solitaire game development kit for NEXTSTEP is now available! Solitaire 2.0 has many new features: - much improved card graphics - two card sizes - selectable card backs - dynamic loading of games (.solitaire bundles), a-la BackSpace - full source and documentation; write your favorite solitaire game In addition, we are happy to announce the release of the first three game modules for Solitaire: Klondike, Pyramid, and Spider. The game modules should be installed in either the application wrapper (Solitaire.app), ~/Library/Solitaire, or /LocalLibrary/Solitaire. Naturally, full source code is supplied. Template is an "empty" game module; use this as the starting point for writing new games. These files have been submitted to cs.orst.edu. We have asked that they be moved to: /pub/next/sources/games/Solitaire/ /pub/next/binaries/games/Solitaire/ Solitaire-2.0-MAB.tar.gz Solitaire-2.0-SRC.tar.gz Template-1.0-SRC.tar.gz Klondike-2.0-MAB.tar.gz Klondike-2.0-SRC.tar.gz Pyramid-2.0-MAB.tar.gz Pyramid-2.0-SRC.tar.gz Spider-1.0-SRC.tar.gz Spider-1.0-MAB.tar.gz These are on cs.orst.edu now; expect them to arrive at ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de sometime in the next few days. We have had a lot of fun writing these games. Expect to see many more games soon; while you're waiting, write your own! The free Solitaire application was an Internet collaboration between the following people: Gary Ritchie gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca Michael McCulloch michael@hsv.tybrin.com Blake Stone bstone@acs.ucalgary.ca --- Gary Ritchie : NeXT Programmer Department of Medicine (Neurology) : University of Alberta Hospital gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca : NEXTMAIL Welcome (403) 492-8648
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 3 - 1994 Date: 24 Jan 1994 15:31:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2i1b75$b9r@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 3). Monday January 17 through Monday January 24 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 2 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: Intuitive Systems relocated to the US JOB: anticipated job opening PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Magellan 2.0 PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Objective-C debugging from Alembic Systems NEXTSTEP Developer Conference with SunSoft Presentation PRESS RELEASE: Object Oriented Simulation Analysis on NEXTSTEP! PRESS RELEASE: LipoDoc MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): January 25th NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC at HP's 712 unveiling NeXT Announces 30-Day Free Installation and Configuration Support PRESS RELEASE: WatchMe 1.0 now shipping SUBMISSION: Resound 2.0 beta now on archives MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group Jan. 27 PRESS RELEASE: HyperSense at NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference SUBMISSION: beta2 of some WavesWorld IB Palettes available MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP User Group January Meeting PRESS RELEASE: SS&S at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference PRESS RELEASE: Alemibic offers NEXTSTEP leasing solutions JOB: NEXTSTEP-8 reqs-all levels,NYC/CT MEETING SCHEDULE: East Coast NeXT Developer Conference 1/24-26/94 PRESS RELEASE: Exhibitors at East Coast NeXT Developer Conference PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Software Launches Pencil Me In API SUBMISSION: Solitaire and Solitaire Game Development Kit If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 24 Jan 1994 15:32:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2i1b8g$ba1@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 24 Jan 1994 15:32:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2i1b94$ba7@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. 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To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Andreas Windemuth <windemut@cumbnd.bioc.columbia.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Movie.app with MPEG support Date: 24 Jan 1994 17:55:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i1jku$d8h@digifix.digifix.com> Movie 2.51.1: Even more improved TIFF sequence animator I have dug out the old Movie Application by Patrick J. Flynn and added to it some code from MPEGPlay2.3 by Brian Willoughby to make it MPEG capable. It works on all kinds of NEXTSTEP computers, black and white, color and monochrome, presumably (but not tested) also on NeXTdimensions. Like the old Movie.app, It is quite fast, and for very fast computers (like Pentiums) and small frame sizes I have included a play-from-disk option. Source is available, but not for the mpegDecode filter, that one I don't have anymore, I believe it was developed in Berkely and is available in the public domain. I took it from MPEGPlay2.3 when I compiled it and I now included a fat binary from MPEGPlay2.6. The files are on nova.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu: Movie-2.51.1.README readme file Movie-2.51.1-fat.tar.Z Application with fat mpegDecode Movie-2.51.1-src.tar.Z Source without mpegDecode Here an excerpt from the README New features: reads and plays mpeg encoded videos displays frames, frame size and frame number while loading memory saving play-from-disk mode (no speed control) reenabled tiff-sequence input New user interace elements: Open has been replaced by Load and Play, where Load is just like the old Open, and Play plays the movie directly from disk, with minimum memory usage for arbitrarily large movies, but no control panel, limited speed and no smoothing. An additional switch on the control panel for displaying the frame number in the picture, without the overhead associated with slider update. Some credits: Modifications by Andreas Windemuth Columbia University 630 West 168th St. BB-221 New York, NY 10032 windemut@cumbnd.bioc.columbia.edu Using some code from MPEGPlay2.3 by Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE NCSU BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development NeXTmail welcome Original code (mostly intact) by Patrick J. Flynn, School of EE&CS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 99164-2752. Email: flynn@eecs.wsu.edu Credit also belongs to anybody else who contributed to the code without my knowledge. Enjoy! Andreas Windemuth
From: higgs@mills.edu (Greg Higgs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Computer Music Concert Date: 25 Jan 1994 15:45:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i40cc$hr3@digifix.digifix.com> The Morning Of The Night Of The Morning Before -- For Loudspeakers (1993-94) by Gregory Lenczycki A concert of new computer music to be diffused and manipulated in a quadraphonic sound environment. ~~~~~~~~~~ This work is an occurrence of Lenczycki's ongoing process "to explore and define new soundspace environments with the intent to mediate between the perception and representation of the self as a complicated and diverse area for the event of music." This piece was created using a variety of digital synthesis and processing software for the NeXT and Macintosh computers. ~~~~~~~~~~ FREE admission 8:00 PM, Saturday, 29 January, 1994 MILLS COLLEGE Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA Mills College is located at the Junction of highways 13 and 580. AC Transit route 58 from BART, or route N from Transbay Terminal For more information: gregl@mills.edu / 510-430-2191 / 510-839-7347
From: doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu (Douglas Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Xfe.app (Mouse-X frontend) Version 2.5 Date: 25 Jan 1994 15:45:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i40d9$hrf@digifix.digifix.com> Version 2.5 of Xfe.app, the front end App for running the "Mouse-X" X server on the NeXT, is now available via anonymous ftp from foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu in pub/X11R5. The app by itself can be gotten as: Xfe-v2.5.tar.gz The app plus the Xnext server binaries plus a README can be gotten as: X11R5-MouseX-v2.5.tar.gz New features include: Defaults for: 1) Having X start automatically when the App starts. 2) Having X restart automatically when the App is alt-clicked (i.e., made active again) 3) Having the app auto-hide itself when the X window is hidden 4) Setting alternate paths for your X binaries (for those who dont want them in /usr/bin/X11) These are documented in the help window (which no longer annoyingly shows at startup time) Please note: This app, and the associated Xnext server binaries, will NOT, I repeat NOT, run on Intel machines. Mouse-X is an m68k-specific program. NS/I users will have to use a commercial X server until someone (not I) ports the X server. It WILL run on any m68k machine running NS 3.0 or later. Also note: This new version, along with the compiled X binaries/libraries/headers, may be available on other sites shortly -- but I only take responsibility for versions that have been retrieved from my local ftp site. Only the front end App is new at this time. As always, I may be contacted at: <doug@ccmrc.ucsb.edu> or <doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu> --- Douglas Scott | Senior Development Engineer Tel: (805) 893-8352 | Center for Computer Music Research and Composition Internet (NeXTMail ok): | Music Department <doug@ccmrc.ucsb.edu> | University of California, Santa Barbara
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting - 32bit Development Environments Date: 26 Jan 1994 17:54:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i6saf$opg@digifix.digifix.com> BCS NeXT User Group Meeting (Joint meeting with BCS NT User Group) 32bit Development Environments: OS/2, Windows NT and NEXTSTEP Tuesday, February 1st, 1994 7:00 p.m. MIT Room 1-190 The second part in our series on 32bit Operating Systems. Come learn about the development environments of OS/2 2.1, Windows NT 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2. Learn about the tools available on these platforms that can reduce your development time and produce more reliable applications. Company representatives will be available. We will also have our Rumor of the Month discussion, Q&A and the usual updates on what is new in the NeXT community. For more information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe (NEXTSTEP) at (617) 628-4136 or email jamie@ftp.com Tyler Fosdick (Windows NT) at (617) 492-4636 or email fearless@world.std.com
From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces DataPhile 2.1 Date: 26 Jan 1994 22:38:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i7d06$ppa@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information write to For Immediate Release info@stone.com or call Elena Settanni, (505) 345-4800 STONE DESIGN Announces DataPhile 2.1 ALBUQUERQUE, NM, January 26, 1994 - Stone Design has announced that it will release version 2.1 of its award-winning** flatfile database program, DataPhile, on February 14th. This release represents the successful completion of Stone's efforts to port DataPhile to NEXTSTEP (NS) 3.2. Stone worked with NeXT and Pangea to solve the problems found in NEXTSTEP 3.2's Indexing kit. "We have been working feverishly since NS 3.2 started causing anomalies," said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The folks at NeXT responded promptly to this situation, and we've added some great new features while the Indexing kit problems were being resolved," Stone added. DataPhile 2.1 requires NS 3.1 or higher and is available in multiple-architecture binary form. Multiple-architecture, or fat, binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT hardware and qualified Intel-based systems. DataPhile 2.1 can run on NEXTSTEP networks that mix Motorola and Intel hardware. In addition to NS3.2 compatibility, this upgrade of DataPhile introduces several features that make the program more powerful and easier to use than ever: * Data Well - This NEXTSTEP-style well, available while you're entering and viewing data, contains a draggable text, EPS or PS version of your data that you can drop into another app-for example, into a mail message. * Reorder your View Browser - Hold down the command, alternate or control key to change the order of views. Add this feature to old databases by opening the file with the command, alternate or control key down. Place your most frequently used views at the top! * Smart MERGE - At last, you can merge new records - select "Merge with Records" from Import Records... panel. The Key Field check boxes appear. Select which fields the imported data must match existing records on, and for each record that matches, the imported record updates the first found matching record, otherwise it adds the new record. * The FIND language is even more powerful - Select whether the find should "and" fields (criteria must be met in all the fields) or "or" fields (criteria can meet any one of the specified fields). This allows you to find all records with a state of California or a last name of Stone, for example. Subsequent finds can further refine the found set. * Interrupt Long Un-indexed FINDS - For those times you just can't wait, now you can stop the Find while it is in progress. * Ask before backing file - Now you can turn off Automatic Back-up if it's bogging down your work. The new, modular Preferences Panel will present a dialog box before the backup happens. You can choose to skip this time or backup now. Moreover, you can turn on the backup process for any given open database. * German and French translations are available - Thanks to the efforts of Gerhard Moeller and Andre Lalonde, our International sites will feel more at home with DataPhile2.1. This upgrade also greatly improves DataPhile's stability and fixes several bugs, including but not limited to the following. * 8K limitation for views and fields eliminated (NS) * Finds work properly on any size text field (NS) * Spellcheck/Spelling Panel loads quietly (NS) * Modified entry lists and default values update properly * Graphics in headers/footers orient correctly (NS) * Icons delete properly from file fields * /tmp clears unsaved databases, eps and ps files * Read-only databases open properly. DataPhile is available directly from Stone Design and at the ftp sites orst.edu, sonata.cc.purdue.edu and ftp.cs.unm.edu. Students who ftp the package and submit proof of current student status can purchase DataPhile at a special rate. No manual or support is provided with this purchase option, but easy entry for students is a firm commitment of Stone Design. Call or write for more information about Stone's Student Discount program and for regular prices. Trade-ups to Intel versions of all Stone software p urchased between February 12, 1993 and May 21, 1993 are available free of charge to end users. For current DataPhile 2.0 users, this update is free of charge. **DataPhile was named the "The Best DataBase product of 1992" by a Usenet survey. === Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. DataPhile is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Nick Christopher <nwc%piglet@uunet.uu.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT - Feb 9 Date: 26 Jan 1994 22:39:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i7d17$ppg@digifix.digifix.com> GOTHAM USERS OF NeXT Wednesday, February 9th 1994 I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. TIFFany - 19:00 Garret Lin, a graphic artist and GUN member will demo TIFFany, the powerful graphics editor written up in such places a WIRED magazine. He will show TIFFany's coolest features and bring along some of the work he has done with the product. III. Raffle - End of Meeting We'll find something... Electronic Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems offers Paperless office tools for NEXTSTEP Date: 26 Jan 1994 22:40:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i7d2q$ppo@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com Alembic Systems offers Paperless office tools for NEXTSTEP! Englewood COLORADO, January 26, 1994 - Alembic Systems International today announced U.S. and European distribution of PaperSight for NEXTSTEP. PaperSight takes the paper off your desk, by providing all the tools to make the "paperless office" practical. Beyond scanning, PaperSight has important features such as annotation-based indexing, automatic notification of changes, text and voice annotation, non-destructive markup, and paperless fax receipt and transmission. So you can work as you've always worked only better. Alembic currently distributes over 170 NEXTSTEP based software/hardware products worldwide directly as well as through a variety of channels, including resellers and distributors. Alembic is based in the United States, with branch offices in the United Kingdom. # # # PaperSight Features: * Annotation, markup and redlining. * Voice annotation with autoplay feature * Fast print-Not Used under Intel * Fast copy button. Scanner and printer may function together as a copier-Not Under Intel or 3.2 Motorola. * Background scanning. * 24-bit color scanner support. * Simultaneous multiple document view * Page shuffler when the scanned pages are out of order * Append scan to existing document. * Group workflow control and routing. * E-size scan support. * OCR included (Not included under Intel but available as an Option) * Automatic indexing using OCR on multiple fixed coordinates. * Rotate and flip documents. * Fax receipt and filing. * Document "drop-in" from other applications. * E-mailable document creation. * Time/date stamp on document filing * Zoom view with position indicator * Conventional filing hierarchy * Clip and create TIFF image. * Transformer to create special effects and refine images (Limited Functionality under Intel) * Multiple overlays * Calculator when using digits for markup (valuable in forms completion). * Refile functions (copy and move). * Audit trail for document activity * Document export. * Free-form indexes. * Structured index fields. * Ability to define index-excluded words. * Thesaurus-assisted index searching across entire file system (purchase option). (Not available under Intel at this time) * Optional creation of views for faster batch scanning. * Super threading allows HyperText linking of documents. Requires NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 or higher. Now shipping in Multi-Architecture Binary (MAB) format. # # # 1994 Alembic Systems International. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Inc. All other brand names and trademarks are property of their respective owners.
From: Robert L. Masterson <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: East Coast Developer Conference Case Tool offer Date: 27 Jan 1994 00:24:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2i7j6c$qio@digifix.digifix.com> Fellow NEXTSTEP Developers, Until January 31st, 1994, (Monday!) Software Services and Solutions, Inc., will offer a special bundle of its SS&S CASE Tools products, DRCS and CodeReviewer, for half off our usual price. DRCS, the graphical revision control system (normal price $195), and CodeReviewer, the software project analysis tool (normal price $495), are both being offered in a single developer floating license fat binary version for $345 total. There is a limit of one bundle per organization at this price. SS&S made this offer at the NEXTSTEP East Coast Developer Conference, where we demonstrated these SS&S CASE Tools under NEXTSTEP on NeXT, Intel, and HP hardware. We are repeating the offer on the net to allow developers who were not able to attend the conference to take advantage of this special offer. If you wish to upgrade the number of users in your licenses for these special bundled versions of the CASE Tools, you need only pay the difference in cost between our normal single user license and the multi-user license of your choice, so your savings on the bundle will be preserved as you upgrade your license. To purchase this special bundle, email, fax, or call in your order before the end of Monday, January 31st, 1994, to us at the following: Software Services and Solutions, Inc. email: sss@sss.com phone: (203) 630-2000 fax: (203) 630-2020 Sincerely, Robert L. Masterson, Vice President Software Services and Solutions, Inc.
From: sasbury@NeXT.COM (Stephen Asbury) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Two Open Positions at Next. Date: 28 Jan 1994 23:18:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ico2g$8s1@digifix.digifix.com> POSITION 1: Position: Mentorship Project Leader Location: Redwood City Hiring Manager: Scott Weiner, 415-780-3806 Mentorship project leaders provide a single point of contact for a customer. They are responsible for the management of the customer's education. They work with NEXT's trainers and third- party consulting resources to create a tailored curriculum for each client. Project leaders must possess strong project management, technical and communication skills. The successful candidate will have a mix of software engineering skills, an understanding of education and enjoy working with people and new technology. Specific Responsibilities: - Project management - Provide on site remediation for design and programming problems within the Mentorship program. - Determine requirements, create design documents and deliverable proposal for client. - Teach analysis and design to students. Oversee the development of the class project. - Track status on assigned projects and provide weekly update reports to client and program manager. - Customize the curriculum based on student profiles and client's special interests. - Work with developer trainers to tailor training to the class individuals and class project requirements. - Coordinate with consultants assigned to the project. - Help other Mentor teams with design and implementation issues. A typical Mentorship project leader will spend one- third of their time in requirements analysis, proposal development and customizing curriculum. One- third will be spent in student observation and remediation and training. One- third is project management within the program. Assume 4-5 weeks of travel over a fourteen week Mentorship program Necessary Skills and Requirements: - Solid software engineering background - Ability to articulate technically complex issues to a wide variety of audiences and to train and/or act as consultant for clients - Strong understanding of object oriented development cycles - Demonstrated aptitude for working independently while being a team player - Ability to work with limited supervision in an autonomous, results- oriented environment - Strong problem solving skills - Ability to juggle multiple tasks - Minimum of two years developing in NEXTSTEP - B.S.C.S or 4 years of equivalent experience required; M.S.C.S preferred Relevant Experience: - Object- oriented programming - NeXTSTEP, Objective- C, Mach - Advanced application programming in C, LISP, and FORTRAN (or equivalent) - Windowing application development (Macintosh, X11, MSWindows, etc.) - Database application development (Sybase, Oracle, etc.) - PostScript - Pre- sales support experience - Experience in consulting, training, technical sales and/or technical presentation desired __________________________________________ POSITION 2: Position: Developer Trainer Location: Redwood City Hiring Manager: Ellen Leeb, 415-780-4581 NeXT Computer Inc. is seeking a highly-skilled and energetic person to join the Developer Training team. The role of the Developer Trainer is to deliver and develop courses on programming NeXT computer systems. The Developer Trainer will participate in evaluating the effectiveness of training and course materials, and help evolve the curriculum and programs to meet the needs of NeXT's customers, and track new NeXT software and hardware products. The skills required to fill this position successfully include: + Excellent written and verbal communication skills + Ability to deliver classroom training + Knowledge of object-oriented programming and Objective-C + Knowledge of UNIX and MACH operating systems + Knowledge of PostScript + Knowledge of NeXTstep + Ability to develop and design course curriculum The experience to fill this position successfully includes: + Technical computing, commercial software development, corporate custom application development + Public presentation or training experience. In addition, experience in program and user interface design, hardware troubleshooting, and administering NeXT computers are all desirable. This position requires a person who cares about people, and thrives in a team-oriented environment. Some travel is required. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Resumes can be sent to: Scott Weiner Mentorship Program Manager NeXT Computer, Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 EMAIL:Scott_Weiner@next.com Fax:415-780-4554 PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TeleComm - Telecomminications for NEXTSTEP! Date: 28 Jan 1994 23:18:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ico38$8sh@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44(0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com TeleComm- Telecommunications that link NEXTSTEP to the world! Englewood COLORADO, January 28, 1994 - Alembic Systems International today announced their agreement with Zion Software & Consulting to distribute TeleComm, a telecommunications package for the NEXTSTEP environment. TeleComm will break down the barriers of your stand alone NeXTSTEP computer, allowing you to access computers around the world. Whether you own a NeXT computer or a PC with NeXTSTEP, TeleComm will meet your telecommunications needs. TeleComm comes complete with the most popular terminal emulation and file transfer protocols, so BBS access and file transfer are a snap! FEATURES: * Improved File Transfer Statistics including: Elapsed Time / Est. Time Complete / File Size / Current Size / Bytes per Sec * Easy to use NeXTSTEP Graphical User Interface for serial/Modem communications and file transfer. * File Transfer using XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM with progress indicators. * VT100 terminal emulation. * IBMPC terminal emulation. * ANSI color support. * Terminal Emulation API (for custom data handling). * File Transfer API (for custom data handling). * Scrollback buffer. * Copy/Paste/Find support. * Font Panel support. * User Preferences. * Phone Directory with stored configurations. * Online Help. * UUCP LCK file support. * More... AVAILABILITY: TeleComm is available on Internet archive servers such as cs.orst.edu. and the demo will run for 10 minutes at a time. You may enable the TeleComm demo by obtaining a registration number from Alembic Systems International. See /pub/next/demos/comm/TeleComm1.01.* on cs.orst.edu ftp site. # # # 1993 Alembic Systems International. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Inc. TeleComm is a registered trademark of Zion Software & Consulting.
From: Lorin Rivers III <n1!lorinr@uunet.UU.NET> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST:Virtuoso 2 NEXTSTEP beta Date: 28 Jan 1994 23:27:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2icoil$8tg@digifix.digifix.com> Hi, Altsys will be beginning a beta test program for Virtuoso 2 starting Feb 14, 1994. If you would like to be considered for the program please fill out the following questionaire and return it to : beta-request@altsys.com and put Beta Questionaire in the subject line Testers who actually contribute bugs (with steps to reproduce) will have a chance of receiving free product. Please indicate if there is a size limit at your site as this will be a NeXTMail only cycle! We will be ranking potential Beta Sites over the next couple of weeks. I will contact the sites we choose and provide more information about bug reporting, software distribution and so on as time progresses. Please include samples of your work if possible and anything else you can think of that will set you apart from the other potential Beta test sites. Thank you in advance for your help making Virtuoso the finest graphics software on the planet! Regards, Lorin Rivers lorin_rivers@altsys.com ===================================================================== Altsys Virtuoso Beta Test Questionaire * Please describe the type of work you or your company does--Output, graphics, typography, business communications, etc. * Who is your market? * Will Virtuoso be the final composition tool? What other packages will be used in conjunction with Virtuoso (including those used on other platforms)? * What is your typical job--how complex, what size (physical and in K), how many colors (spot, process and so on)? * How many users are at your site and how much time each will be able to spend per day using Virtuoso? (Goal=Number of testing hours per week). * What is the most difficult/complex operation you perform with your current graphics software? * Also we would like to know about your graphics software knowledge. Include any information you think might be helpful. * What is the configuration of your network? Specifically,at your site, how many NeXTs, what sort they are, their configuration and so on. Also, what other machines (SUN, Mac, PC etc.), network type, printers, imagesetters and other devices are connected to your NeXT network? * Tell us about the service bureau/prepress facility you use. * What other companies have you done Beta Testing for/been under a Non-Disclosure Agreement with and are you currently doing so? Please include product, dates and platform * Other interesting information.
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette.palette Nib Documentor Date: 28 Jan 1994 23:28:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2icolv$8tm@digifix.digifix.com> I have uploaded NibInfoPalette.palette.compressed to cs.orst.edu which will document a nib file. The output is shown below. (Fairly self explanatory) Few things to note. CustomObjects are File's owner or CustomViews and NULL is First Responder. To activate this function. Simply load the palette ensuring that it is the active palette and simply save the nib. A file with the same name as the original nib with a .info extension will be created in the same directory that the nib wrapper existed. Disclaimer: This palette uses private IB API. To my knowledge there's no other way to do this stuff thru the IB protocols as they stand at the moment. This is likely to be updated gradually in the next few days. It has crashed in other environments and I'd be interested in hearing how it performs in yours. My goal is to provide more specific information about the actual Object rather than its class. If anybody wants to send me two icons, one for the palette and one for the object (although the object doesn't really do anything) I will be happy to include them. 2 bit and 12 bits required. Any problems please mail me. (suggestions welcome) robert:/usr/tmp>cat UNTITLED.nib.info MenuCell("Info...") MenuCell("Select All") MenuCell->NULL [selectAll:] MenuCell("Paste") MenuCell->NULL [paste:] MenuCell("Copy") MenuCell->NULL [copy:] MenuTemplate("Edit") WindowTemplate("My Window") WindowTemplate->MenuTemplate [delegate] IBFirstResponder View Button("N/A") MenuCell("Quit") MenuCell->CustomObject [terminate:] MenuCell("Hide") MenuCell->CustomObject [hide:] MenuCell("Edit") Matrix Matrix MenuTemplate("UNTITLED") MenuTemplate->WindowTemplate [delegate] MenuCell("Cut") MenuCell->NULL [cut:] MenuCell("Info...") MenuCell("Select All") MenuCell->NULL [selectAll:] MenuCell("Paste") MenuCell->NULL [paste:] MenuCell("Copy") MenuCell->NULL [copy:] MenuTemplate("Edit") WindowTemplate("My Window") WindowTemplate->MenuTemplate [delegate] IBFirstResponder View Button("N/A") MenuCell("Quit") MenuCell->CustomObject [terminate:] MenuCell("Hide") MenuCell->CustomObject [hide:] MenuCell("Edit") Matrix Matrix MenuTemplate("UNTITLED") MenuTemplate->WindowTemplate [delegate] MenuCell("Cut") MenuCell->NULL [cut:]
From: lapj_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu (J. LaPierre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Modified PAS16 Driver for CD-Audio Date: 29 Jan 1994 23:12:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ifc3j$dsl@digifix.digifix.com> I have just uploaded a modified driver for the PAS16 to cs.orst.edu. It allows CD-Audio to play through the sound card. Here is the README file for the upload which is in /pub/next/submissions/ and is called PAS_ForAudioCD.tar.Z This is part of the NeXT ProAudioSpectrum 16 sound card driver that is modified to allow the Internal CD-Audio jack to let sound through. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to play audio CDs through your PAS16 sound card this is the file you need to do it. I have also included the modified source file in case anyone wants it or knows a better way to do it then what I have done. There are 3 files in this package: PAS_ForAudioCD.README this text file ProAudioSpectrum_reloc the modified part of the driver ProAudioSpectrumInline.h the modified source file The ProAudioSpectrum_reloc file needs to be copied to the /NextLibrary/Devices/ProAudioSpectrum.config/ directory. Then just reboot and the change should take effect. The source file goes in the ProAudioSpectrum_reloc.tproj/ subdirectory of the 3.2 /NextDeveloper/Examples/Driverkit/ProAudioSpectrum directory. Then a make clean, and make to get ProAudioSpectrum_reloc. If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to e-mail me. I have been using this modified driver for several months with no problem and I hope it works as well for you. Jason LaPierre University of Rochester lapj_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu
From: sbender@access.digex.net (Scott Bender) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Another PAS16 AudioCD Driver Date: 29 Jan 1994 23:13:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ifc5n$dsr@digifix.digifix.com> Jason LaPierre wrote in his submission to cs.orst.edu: > This is part of the NeXT ProAudioSpectrum 16 sound card driver >that is modified to allow the Internal CD-Audio jack to let sound >through. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to play audio CDs through >your PAS16 sound card this is the file you need to do it. > I have also included the modified source file in case anyone wants it >or knows a better way to do it then what I have done. There are 3 files >in this package: > With Jasons version I could hardly hear the CD player. So I have madified his changes to include setting the input values for the internal and external inputs to the maximium values. I'm working on a mixer application so the values can be set at runtime. I will post it when it's ready Submitted to cs.orst.edu: pub/next/submission/AnotherPAS_ForAudioCD.tar.Z Scott Bender E-Mail: sbender@access.digex.net Harmony Data Systems
From: Mike Henry <mike@stacken.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: UNSUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor Date: 29 Jan 1994 23:14:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ifc6l$dt1@digifix.digifix.com> Due to conflicting license agreements gdbmAdaptor is hereby withdrawn from distribution. PLEASE DELETE ANY AND ALL COPIES OF GDBMADAPTOR AT YOUR SITE IMMEDIATELY. GDBM is covered by the GNU GPL (and not the GNU Library GPL as was assumed). Any program using GDBM in any way is required by this licensing agreement to distribute the full source code for it. Since I am not at liberty to distribute the adaptor source at this time, I am left with no alternative but to withdraw gdbmAdaptor. HOWEVER, DO NOT DISPAIR! There will be a freely distributable DBKit adaptor and "flat-file" database. I am currently putting the finishing touches to "dbmAdaptor" which will replace gdbmAdaptor. dbmAdaptor is a NEXTSTEP DBKit adaptor based on standard UNIX DBM (actually NDBM) available on most unices (including NEXTSTEP) (and is guaranteed to be totally free of GNU code ;^). Stay tuned to comp.sys.next.announce for more details concerning dbmAdaptor. Thank you for your support for gdbmAdaptor. gdbmAdaptor will continue to be developed in parallel with dbmAdaptor, and might be rereleased in the future. I apologize for the problems this withdrawal may have caused. Mike Henry mike@stacken.kth.se
From: Robert Davis <davis@sonata.cc.purdue.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pastry 0.7 -- A Pasteboard Applet Date: 30 Jan 1994 22:25:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ihtnl$igd@digifix.digifix.com> Pastry 0.7 -- A Pasteboard History Applet Pastry is a simple little app that I put together a while back, and since I use it daily and have become addicted to it I thought someone else my get some use out of it. I'm not releasing the source right now because I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I have plans for many more features. How NeXTSTEP usually works In most NeXTSTEP applications, you can select an item and choose Copy or Cut from the Edit menu -- your selection is placed on the Pasteboard, some sort of netherworld where information exists between applications. And from there your selection can be Pasted into other apps. You can only have one thing on the Pasteboard at a time, and a Copy or Cut replaces whatever is there with your new selection. How NeXTSTEP works with Pastry When Pastry is running, everything above still applies, except that whatever was on the Pasteboard before you did the Copy or Cut is not gone but can be retrieved and Pasted into other apps. Essentially, you can have as many things as you want hovering around on multiple Pasteboards, any one of them available for Pasting into an application. It has been submitted to cs.orst.edu where it is currently in pub/next/submissions but will probably move to pub/next/binaries/next-interface. It has also been submitted to ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de, but I'm not sure where an app like this will end up. Since this app is a MAB binary with fat bundles, it requires NeXTSTEP 3.1. It is provided with no warranty, etc. Enjoy, Rob davis@sonata.cc.purdue.edu NeXT Mail accepted
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: StayInTouch version 2.0 released. Date: 30 Jan 1994 22:26:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ihtof$igj@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release For more information write to: Info@SmartSoft.COM or call SmartSoft at (414)964-8864 SmartSoft Announces The Release Of StayInTouch Version 2.0 MILWAUKEE, WI, January 28, 1994 - SmartSoft has announced the availability of version 2.0 of its personal information manager, StayInTouch. "This release represents a major update of the software. It adds new functionality as well as many improvements to existing features. This upgrade improves StayInTouch's stability and performance. Users of large databases will find a noticeable improvement in performance" said Alberto Ricart, CEO of SmartSoft, Inc. "Many of these improvements were suggestions offered by our customers. We basically did everything that our users asked for, further demonstrating our commitment and our ability to respond to our user's needs" Ricart added. StayInTouch is a sophisticated electronic address book that provides you with powerful features to help you increase your productivity in all your communication tasks. Its major benefits include: * Manage communication and addressing information more efficiently. * Drag and drop documents into address book for quick reference. * Speed through routine mail, email, and phone calling tasks. * Manage multiple recipients effortlessly. * Fully integrated with NEXTSTEP - use your information from any app. * Deliver multiple files by fax, email, or hard copy depending on who is the recipient. StayInTouch requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher and it is available in multiple-architecture binary form. MAB or fat binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT computers and Intel based systems. Some of the new features include: Labels: - Edit labels on the fly. - Drag and drop graphics. - USPS barcodes on labels. - Start label printing anywhere on the sheet Hard copy address books: - Hard copy reports (Address books) - Print individual or multiple entries Deliver feature (Requires Collagist.app) "With our new product Collagist, documents can be delivered via fax, email or printed on the printer, depending on who is the recipient. This greatly simplifies distribution of documents in an efficient and fast way through multiple distribution methods" added Ricart. Collagist allows you to combine PostScript, EPS, TIFF, RTF, RTFD, and TEXT into a single PostScript file for faxing or printing. Collagist.app is available to users upgrading to StayInTouch 2.0 at a special introductory price. View Control (You can now display entries): - Alphabetically (sorted by index name) - With Groups on the top - With Groups at the bottom - Hierarchical Searching: - You can use compound search patterns such as J Sm to match John Smith. Quick Faxes: - Can use .draw fax forms just like the fax panel. Parsers: - Automatic recognition can be turned off. Emacs Key Bindings: - Control-k and Control-y are now supported Database: - Support for home numbers as a specific field. Pasteboard: - Copy and Paste support for records. Preferences: - New font preferences mechanism Accelerators: - Alternate-click an entry to print envelope - Command-click an entry prepares an email window - Control-click dials the phone - Arrow keys are active in the record browser Additional Services: - Create a new record from a selection - Dial a selected phone number - Mail to user - Print Envelope StayInTouch is available directly from SmartSoft and will be at the ftp site cs.orst.edu later this week (in the pub/next/submissions directory). Students who ftp the package and submit proof of full-time student status can purchase StayInTouch at a discounted special rate. SmartSoft, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded in 1993, develops and markets a variety of business productivity and entertainment applications for NEXTSTEP. StayInTouch, collagist and SmartSoft are a trademark of SmartSoft, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 4 - 1994 Date: 30 Jan 1994 22:27:04 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ihtq8$igv@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 4). Monday January 24 through Sunday January 30 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 3 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: Movie.app with MPEG support ANNOUNCEMENT: Computer Music Concert SUBMISSION: Xfe.app (Mouse-X frontend) Version 2.5 MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting - 32bit Development Environments PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces DataPhile 2.1 MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT - Feb 9 PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems offers Paperless office tools for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: East Coast Developer Conference Case Tool offer JOB: Two Open Positions at Next. PRESS RELEASE: TeleComm - Telecomminications for NEXTSTEP! BETA TEST:Virtuoso 2 NEXTSTEP beta SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette.palette Nib Documentor SUBMISSION: Modified PAS16 Driver for CD-Audio SUBMISSION: Another PAS16 AudioCD Driver UNSUBMISSION: gdbmAdaptor SUBMISSION: Pastry 0.7 -- A Pasteboard Applet PRESS RELEASE: StayInTouch version 2.0 released. If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 30 Jan 1994 22:27:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ihtrr$ih5@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 30 Jan 1994 22:27:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ihtrv$ihb@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. 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From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.1.0 Available Date: 31 Jan 1994 12:34:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ijffm$o1i@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.1.0 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, January 31, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It countains many new objects and fixes many of the problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz ftp.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz On all the sites except for byu, the MiscKit will eventually migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs. The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, several button subclasses, clock view, progress pie/bar), and other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors) and even some useful example applications. These are the essential objects that NeXT forgot to provide for developers and now they are yours free! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are two MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman. If you have been using any of Don's freely available objects or the DAYMiscKit, you are encouraged to upgrade to the MiscKit. The MiscKit sports many new features as well as better documentation and several very important bug fixes. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
From: vamparys@litsun.epfl.ch (Franck Vamparys) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION ReversiMaster 1.01 MAB Date: 31 Jan 1994 12:35:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ijfgp$o1o@digifix.digifix.com> Reversi Master is a program which allows you to play at the reversi or othello game (MAB files in this release). Reversi Master is a freeware and can be redistributed freely, no warranty. this is the second release (V1.01). This game has been posted on : - cs.orst.edu - ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de With Reversi Master you can : - play several games at the same time. - choose between computer/computer human/human computer/human games. - differents levels (from 1mn to infiny time for a game). - computer can think when the other player must play. - open library with the names of the opening. - analysis mode (in analysis panel) with generation of a trace file. - two sizes of the board with animation of the discs. - open and save the game files. - take back last move, replay all the game with the retrospection panel. - show Reversi Master advice, show permitted moves. - show and save in a EPS file the figure with all the moves of a game. - modify the board to play a different game than the default othello. - support english and french languages. - help available (more details in the french help in particular on stategie). VERSION 1.01 - MAB files - some sounds - new open library (checked) - more help - some famous games Franck VAMPARYS vamparys@litnext1.epfl.ch
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NewsIndex0.93MAB - a DL indexing tool for news articles Date: 31 Jan 1994 15:50:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ijqu2$ojh@digifix.digifix.com> All these years, since NewsGrazer came into existence, I had not indexed news articles in my news folders for DigitalLibrarian, because indexing didn't work well. I found myself grep'ing through mega-bytes of stuff to look for info I knew I had saved. No more. Here's my solution which I hope will be useful to you. ----- Announcing submission of NewsIndex (NewsFilter) [V0.93] News filtering and description services for DigitalLibrarian indexing of usenet news articles. The following two services are implemented. [1] NewsDescribe Service: Describes news articles based currently on Subject:, From:, and Date: lines. Some effort has been made to extract full name of the poster from the From: line. With this service, when you search in DigitalLibrarian, titles are listed in the format: Re: DigitalLibrarian indexing service -- (Joe R. Poster), Sun Jan 23 1994 12:39 Without this description service, all you see as titles are filenames of news articles and the beginning of the first line, which aren't informative at all, e.g., NeXT-Announce.nfold/comp.sys.next.announce.9823 Path: agate!howland.reston.ans. [2] NewsFilter Service: Starting with Version 0.93, another service -NewsFilter:... has been added. The purpose of this filtering service is to remove junk, such as uuencoded stuff, Path: ..., and Nntp-posting-host: ... lines before the article text is handed over to the indexing scanner. Combined with the stop words specified in .index.swords, this should reduce the size of .index.store (upto 20% compared with Version 0.91). Source + FAT binary package is available from the following FTP archives. It has been compiled and tested on Release 3.2. It will probably work with 3.1 and 3.0 as well. If not, please recompile. This is public domain software, and no copyright or left is attached. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions (This will change eventually.) -r--r--r-- 1 ftp 301 4670 Jan 30 22:11 NewsIndex0.93MAB.README -r--r--r-- 1 ftp 301 28901 Jan 30 22:10 NewsIndex0.93MAB.compresse ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/services -rw-rw-r-- 1 cbaur ftpadm 4670 Jan 31 04:19 NewsIndex.0.93.NI.bs.README -rw-rw-r-- 1 cbaur ftpadm 20469 Jan 31 04:18 NewsIndex.0.93.NI.bs.tar.gz --- Izumi Ohzawa USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (510) 642-6440 Fax: (510) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (NeXTMail OK)
From: Cynthia_Closkey@NeXT.COM (Cynthia Closkey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing Technical Journals for NEXTSTEP Date: 31 Jan 1994 16:00:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ijrhi$olg@digifix.digifix.com> Now available from NeXT Computer--timely technical information for NEXTSTEP developers, users, and system administrators! NeXT publishes two quarterly technical journals: "NEXTSTEP In Focus" and "NXApp." "NXApp--NEXTSTEP Developer Journal" provides technical information for programmers who develop applications for NEXTSTEP. It addresses a variety of NEXTSTEP development topics: high-level overviews of the kit architectures and guidance in their intended use; details about particular kits and tools; object-oriented application design and user interface design; compliance with NEXTSTEP interface guidelines; tips on marketing NEXTSTEP products; programming tools and resources available from NeXT and elsewhere. "NEXTSTEP In Focus--Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators" provides technical information to system and network administrators, to help you better support your network or user community and to let you make the most of NEXTSTEP. In particular, it focuses on managing large networks and heterogeneous computing environments. It's also intended for users who are interested in more technical details about system configuration and operation. A subscription to "NXApp" costs $150 per year, or $200 outside the United States. A subscription to "NEXTSTEP In Focus" costs $100 per year, or $150 outside of the United States. Members of the Registered Developer and Registered Consultant programs receive a subscription to each journal with their program membership. Sites that have Premium System Support receive two subscriptions to "NEXTSTEP In Focus," while sites that have Premium Developer Support receive two subscriptions to "NXApp." In addition, an on-line version of each issue is available through the NeXTanswers information system approximately one month after the issue is sent to subscribers. To find out how to use NeXTanswers, send electronic mail to nextanswers@next.com; include the keywords "help" and "index" in your mail. Or call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone to use NeXTanswers by fax. To subscribe to either journal or inquire about subscriptions, please call 1-800-848-NeXT. (Outside the U.S., please call +1-415-424-8500 or contact your nearest NeXT representative.)
From: Matthew D Waters <matthew@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: co-Xist 3.2 for NS/FIP now shipping Date: 31 Jan 1994 16:26:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ijt2r$orr@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE co-Xist 3.2 for NS/FIP now shipping Allows NEXTSTEP Users to Access Hundreds of X-Based Applications AUSTIN, Texas, January 28, 1994 - Pencom announces a new addition to the market-leading co-Xist product line: co-Xist 3.2/i. This new release allows NEXTSTEP for Intel Processor (NS/FIP) users to run industry standard X-based UNIX applications. co-Xist gives NEXTSTEP users access to the hundreds of popular X-based applications available today, such as the NCSA's Mosaic, a full-featured Internet browser. co-Xist 3.2/i also allows access to applications not currently supported by NS/FIP including xrn, a GUI-based news reader. In the corporate environment, NEXTSTEP users can run any legacy or custom developed, X-based software already used within an organization. For this release Pencom has established introductory pricing which includes new discounts for academic users. Starting list prices begin as low as $195.00 with complete Developer versions for $445.00 co-Xist is available through Pencom, licensed distributors, and authorized resellers. According to Frank King, President of Pencom Software, "co-Xist is providing NS/FIP users with a new level of flexibility. They can now run the same X-based applications as on other UNIX workstations." He continued, "This is critical for the relatively new NEXTSTEP marketplace and will be even more vital as it becomes available on other UNIX platforms such as HP's PA-RISC and Sun's SPARC architechures." STRATUS COMPUTER FIRST TO UTILIZE PERFORMANCE -- Stratus Computer, a leading fault-tolerant systems manufacturer headquartered in Marlboro, Massachusetts, placed one of the first large orders of the new release. "The decision was easy," said Steve Bonsib, Consulting Systems Engineer at Stratus. "We chose co-Xist to access certain tools for our new customer support system because it offered a fast and stable connectivity solution." Without the new release of co-Xist, Stratus would have been required to develop custom software to achieve the needed functionality. As a more cost-effective and immediate solution, the company purchased a co-Xist license for every NS/FIP license being deployed. Support personnel will now have the ability to access an X-based hypertext tool from the NEXTSTEP environment and quickly index support information. THE TECHNOLOGY -- co-Xist 3.2/i is Pencom's latest implementation of the industry standard X11R5 windowing environment for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. Not an emulator but a complete implementation of X11R5, co-Xist allows NEXTSTEP users to run X-based applications natively or remotely on other platforms. Developers can also use co-Xist's complete development environment to port or develop X-based applications on NEXTSTEP. By providing the ability to use hundreds of X and Motif applications on Sun SPARCstations, IBM RS/6000s, HP PA-RISC, and other platforms, co-Xist gives NEXTSTEP users the connectivity critical to functioning within today's multi-vendor networked environments. Pencom's latest version of co-Xist also features a new easy-to-use GUI installation process and CD-ROM distribution for Runtime and Developer configurations. THE FASTEST -- Additionally, recent results of a head-to-head evaluations demonstrate that co-Xist 3.2/i is now the fastest X11R5 implementation available for NEXTSTEP. This is good news to NEXTSTEP users who want to enjoy a level of performance that is near that of running the application native. SPECIFIC BENEFITS & FEATURES: - Eliminate costly development efforts with the ability to run and develop standard X applications on local or remote platforms. - Run X applications in 8-bit greyscale, 8-bit pseudo-color, and 16- or 32-bit color graphics mode. - Exchange data easily between NEXTSTEP and other windowing environments with full cut and paste capability. - Install X11R5 and Motif quickly and easily with new GUI-based installation features and CD-ROM format. - Work with preferred window manager environments including Tab, Motif, and NEXTSTEP. - Rapidly search through X and Motif documentation with Digital Librarian. - Edit and launch frequently-used X applications with a single point and click. FOR SALES INFORMATION -- call 1-800-PENCOM-4 or e-mail co-Xist_info@pencom.com (please confirm if you can receive NeXT Mail). For press information, contact David Keenan, Pencom Software, 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North, Austin, Texas, 78759. Ph: 512-343-6666. Fax: 512-343-9650. e-mail: dkeenan@pencom.com. Pencom Systems Incorporated is a $45 million technical recruiting and software services firm. Pencom is the only company of its kind to provide the entire suite of services necessary for Open Systems computing, inbcluding: technical staffing, systems integration services, and products. co-Xist is a trademark of Pencom Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective owners. ###
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Introduces Mindshare Mail Date: 31 Jan 1994 22:39:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ikiu4$r9e@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Peter J. Park Pangea Corporation 1-800-793-9372 +1-703-256-6871 info@pangea.com PANGEA CORPORATION INTRODUCES MINDSHARE MAIL- ENTERPRISE ELECTRONIC MAIL FOR NEXTSTEP WASHINGTON, D.C.--January 24, 1994--Pangea Corporation today announced it is developing MindShare Mail, an enterprise electronic mail system designed to meet the needs of organizations that generate large volumes of e-mail. MindShare Mail's advanced features let users prioritize important messages, customize message notification, filter incoming messages into appropriate categories, share mailboxes with assistants, execute high-speed searches, encrypt sensitive information, and many other important capabil ities. MindShare Mail reduces network and storage resource utilization by storing only a single copy of a message on a server, no matter how many users received the message. Centralizing messages in a database also reduces administration requirements and improves system capabilities. For instance, users who travel frequently can access their MindShare Mail server from a laptop or another network to send and receive messages. MindShare Mail will be available as a stand-alone mail system or as a fully integrated addition to MindShare 1.0, the group communication software Pangea began shipping today. The integrated version allows users to send messages person-to-person, to a MindShare discussion forum, or both. By combining these technologies, MindShare Mail lets users choose how best to communicate information to maximize its usefulness and reduce information overload. MindShare Mail messages can contain rich text formatting, documents, graphics, and sound. By supporting SMTP mail transport and the MIME, NeXTmail, and ASCII message formats, MindShare Mail enables users to send messages over the Internet to nearly any other e-mail system. Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE) designed for customization and growth MindShare Mail is based on the Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE), an advanced groupware-oriented object database server that also serves as a basis for MindShare. Like a NEXTSTEP software "kit," PGE features a set of groupware objects providing infrastructure for data formats, database replication, security, and administration. Future products from Pangea will also be based on PGE, forming a tightly integrated suite of groupware applications. Various APIs to PGE will be available in 1994. The beta release of the PGE OpenMind Utilities, an interface for UNIX utilities and other NEXTSTEP applications, began shipping January 14th. The OpenMind Development Kit, providing a direct connection to PGE servers, will be available in the second quarter of 1994. MindBridge for Notes, a bridge between Lotus Notes servers and PGE, is expected in the third quarter. Availability MindShare Mail is due to ship in the second quarter of 1994. It will be available as a stand-alone product and as an add-on module for current users of MindShare. For more information contact Pangea Corporation. Pangea is committed to delivering MindShare Mail for all future NEXTSTEP and OpenStep platforms, including Sun's Solaris operating system. Pangea Corporation Pangea Corporation has been developing shrink-wrap and custom groupware applications since 1991. Headquartered in Annandale, Virginia, Pangea serves customers world-wide requiring enterprise communication tools. # # # # Pangea, MindShare, MindShare Mail, Pangea Groupware Engine, OpenMind, and MindBridge are trademarks of Pangea Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: angela@lighthouse.com (Angela Grady) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Acquires Key NEXTSTEP Technology Date: 1 Feb 1994 16:55:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2imj3p$2b6@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736 angela@lighthouse.com LIGHTHOUSE DESIGN ACQUIRES KEY NEXTSTEP TECHNOLOGY FROM APPSOFT, INC. AND PINNACLE RESEARCH February 1, 1994 - San Mateo, CA -- Lighthouse Designi, Ltd. today announced that it has acquired key NEXTSTEP technology from Appsoft, Inc. and Pinnacle Research, including Appsoft's spreadsheet program, Appsoft Solution; Appsoft's next generation word processor, Appsoft Write; and, Pinnacle Research's image processing and paint program, WetPaint. Lighthouse will immediately release WetPaint 1.2 as a beta product, with the shipping version available in April, and will incorporate the acquired Appsoft technology into its current and future productivity applications. Lighthouse has no immediate plans to release Appsoft Solution and Write as separate products. "The technology we have acquired gives us a significant development advantage as we prepare for the broader market OpenStep is creating," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "The Appsoft and Pinnacle programs have been well designed and well tested. We feel fortunate to have acquired such solid technology." Lighthouse plans to release an enhanced version of WetPaint in early April. Customers who purchased WetPaint from Pinnacle Research will receive this upgrade at no additional charge. The product will require NEXTSTEP 3.1 or later. Retail pricing for WetPaint will be set in April, with the standard Lighthouse academic pricing available. WetPaint is a general purpose image manipulation and paint program that features an extensive collection of paint tools, filters and special effects. Designed for scalability, WetPaint provides explicit support for "loadable modules," accepting third-party filters, tools and patterns. WetPaint was used in the creation of application icons and user interface elements found in each of Lighthouse's commercial products (Diagram!, Concurrence and TaskMaster), and is expected to be popular with custom application developers who want to enhance the graphic presentation of their NEXTSTEP products. "WetPaint is a powerful design tool that provides Adobe Photoshop capabilities to the NEXTSTEP environment," commented Garrick Toubassi, a software engineer at Lighthouse Design, and one of the application's original authors. "This program provides easy access to a comprehensive collection of tools and filters, and is a perfect addition to the in-house developer's suite of tools." Founded in 1989, Lighthouse Design is a privately-held software firm based in San Mateo, California, dedicated to delivering high quality, well-integrated productivity solutions to the enterprise desktop. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736. For a beta copy of WetPaint 1.2, send electronic mail to wetpaint@lighthouse.com. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., WetPaint, TaskMaster, Diagram!, and Concurrence are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Kurt-Uwe Hoffmann <hoffmann@fzi.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:NewsArchiver.app Date: 1 Feb 1994 17:00:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2imjeo$2cn@digifix.digifix.com> NewsArchiver.app v.01 beta ----------------------------------------------------- NewsArchiver is yet another way to archive your usenet articles. It stores all articles in one file, makes indexes and lets you query through the archive. You can add ascii files containing many articles, which will be split and stored as records. You can also feed it mbox and nfold directories. ----------------------------------------------------- NewsArchiver is Public Domain. There is no warranty whatsoever. ----------------------------------------------------- Source code and fat version will be available in a future release. ----------------------------------------------------- Where you can get it: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de directory : /pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/usenet files: NewsArchiver.N.b.tar.gz NewsArchiver.README ----------------------------------------------------- Uwe Hoffmann hoffmann@fzi.de
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Corp Ships Mindshare 1.0 Date: 1 Feb 1994 22:56:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2in8a9$3f8@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Peter J. Park Pangea Corporation 1-800-793-9372 +1-703-256-6871 info@pangea.com PANGEA CORPORATION SHIPS MINDSHARE 1.0-- GROUP COMMUNICATION FOR NEXTSTEP BRINGS ADVANCED COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY TO WORKGROUPS WASHINGTON, D.C.--January 24, 1994--Pangea Corporation today announced it is shipping MindShare 1.0, a new NEXTSTEP groupware application designed to meet the needs of sites that make heavy use of electronic messaging. With MindShare, Pangea has combined the ease-of-use of e-mail with the inherent power of a client-server database to create a system that not only relays messages between users but also provides a collaboration environment, an electronic forum for storing, organizing, and retrieving information. MindShare messages are kept in "discussions," data repositories shared across an entire organization. Workgroups use discussions for software development, brainstorming, project tracking, document management, group editing, publication distribution, help desks, and hundreds of other applications. By taking advantage of NEXTSTEP's Distributed Objects technology, MindShare gracefully scales up to the largest LANs without degrading in performance or reliability. MindShare also reduces administrative requirements by allowing sites to grant various maintenance tasks to users. For instance, a department head may be authorized to create new discussions, thereby enabling rapid ad hoc team building while lessening administrative overhead. "As the first to deliver technology akin to Lotus Notes under NEXTSTEP, Pangea is well positioned to be the leading groupware vendor on the platform, " said Peter J. Park, president of Pangea Corporation. "Customers are finding they receive a high return on investment for groupware such as MindShare, putting them well ahead of their competitors." Customers benefit from discussion technology MindShare's impressive feature set ranks it among the most powerful communication tools available on any platform. High-speed searching lets users scan thousands of messages in seconds. Message priorities and flexible notification keep users informed while letting them ignore junk mail. Message threading keeps all information in context. And discussion access control ensures data security. With MindShare's replication technology, servers can contact each other periodically and efficiently synchronize their databases, allowing workgroups to collaborate over networks of any size. Because servers automatically conduct replication in the background, users aren't burdened with complex message routing decisions. Messages simply flow to where they're needed. Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE) designed for customization and growth MindShare 1.0 is the first program to use the Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE), an advanced groupware-oriented object database server. Like a NEXTSTEP software "kit," PGE features a set of groupware objects providing infrastructure for data formats, database replication, security, and administration. Future products from Pangea, including the MindShare Mail electronic mail program also announced today, will be based on PGE, forming a tightly integrated suite of groupware applications. Various APIs to PGE will be available in 1994. The beta release of the PGE OpenMind Utilities, an interface for UNIX utilities and other NEXTSTEP applications, was shipped January 14th. The OpenMind Development Kit, providing a direct connection to PGE servers, will be available in the second quarter of 1994. MindBridge for Notes, a bridge between Lotus Notes servers and PGE, is expected in the third quarter. Availability and Pricing MindShare 1.0 is available today for NeXT and Intel hardware. Pricing is $695 per user, with no additional charge for PGE servers. For the next 30 days, Pangea is offering an introductory price of $495. Volume purchase and academic discounts are available to qualified sites. Pangea is committed to delivering MindShare for all future NEXTSTEP and OpenStep platforms, including Sun's Solaris operating system. Pangea Corporation Pangea Corporation has been developing shrink-wrap and custom groupware applications since 1991. Headquartered in Annandale, Virginia, Pangea serves customers world-wide requiring enterprise communication tools. # # # # Pangea, MindShare, MindShare Mail, Pangea Groupware Engine, OpenMind, and MindBridge are trademarks of Pangea Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing NeXTWORLD Expo '94 Date: 1 Feb 1994 22:58:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2in8cp$3fp@digifix.digifix.com> It is our pleasure to invite you to NeXTWORLD Expo '94, to be held June 20-23 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This year's NeXTWORLD Expo will be bigger and better than ever. Extending last year's successful program, we are combining seven exciting events to create a comprehensive four-day NEXTSTEP experience: NEXTSTEP Developer & User Conference for software engineers, managers, and technical users NEXTSTEP End User Program for non-technical users NEXTSTEP Exposition, featuring over 120 exhibits by PC manufacturers, system integrators, and application and ObjectWare developers NEXTSTEP Tutorials for beginning and advanced users and developers The First Annual Object Summit, an executive panel discussion on object technology moderated by Chris Stone, President of the Object Management Group (OMG) NeXTWORLD Magazine's Best of Breed Awards recognizing and celebrating the best products in the NEXTSTEP market NEXTSTEP International User Group Program for all user-group members Last year, more than 7,000 people attended NeXTWORLD Expo. This year's Expo promises to be even larger, as the NEXTSTEP, Solaris and PA-RISC communities converge to make this the object-oriented event of 1994! This year's Expo will focus on three central themes: Enterprise Objects (TM) is a breakthrough for enabling customers to construct true business objects with persistent storage in industry standard RDBMS, such as Oracle and Sybase. NeXT will announce its new Enterprise Objects Framework at the Expo, and provide all Developer Conference participants an Early Access copy! Enterprise Objects will redefine how business applications are constructed, and set the new benchmark for measuring the capability of object-oriented systems. Portable Distributed Objects(TM) (PDO) enables the distribution of NEXTSTEP objects (including Enterprise Objects) throughout the enterprise - using heterogeneous computers, operating systems, and networks - all totally transparent to the application. Hear about how PDO has been adopted by HP, Sun, DEC, NCR, Data General, and others. OpenStep(TM) is the open specification which NeXT and Sun are driving to make the industry standard object oriented application framework. In addition, Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc., will deliver the second day keynote, and discuss how OpenStep fits into Sun's strategy. To register early for this event or for more information about NeXTWORLD Expo '94, call (800) 767-2336 or (508) 470-3880 and mention your preferred customer code BRBER00. See you at the show! Steven P. Jobs Chairman & CEO NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: stephane@planon.qc.ca (Stephane Savard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FeedBuilder/M, multimedia controller Date: 2 Feb 1994 13:20:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ioqtd$9cr@digifix.digifix.com> FeedBuilder/M is a multimedia version of FeedBuilder, a software used in broadcast television. With FeedBuilder/M you can integrate almost any kind of peripheral (vcr, videodisc player, lighting equipment) and control them to play on multiple channels simultaneously. Start of event can be in real time, sequential, manual or activated by triggers. Multiple trigger source can be managed at the same time. FeedBuilder/M has been written on NeXTSTEP and is fully object-oriented. It can be easily adapted and customized to answer to any situation where automation is required. For more information: Stephane Savard Director R&D Planon Telexpertise Inc. 1370 Joliot-Curie #708 Boucherville, Quebec Canada, J4B 7L9 Phone: 514-449-6481 Fax: 514-449-6484 Email: stephane@planon.qc.ca (NeXTmail accepted and appreciated!)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NXApp Winter 1994 available from ftp.next.com Date: 2 Feb 1994 15:36:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ip2sj$bds@digifix.digifix.com> Just a note to let everyone know that the Winter 1994 issue of NXApp is now available from ftp.next.com and from the NextAnswers server.. 1512 NXApp-info * NXAppWinter1994 1509 Accessing Stored Procedures 1508 appDidInit Winter1994 1499 Automating Testing 1510 Contents Winter1994 1503 Dynamic Loading 1511 InfoPanel Winter1994 1504 Informal OOD 1505 Shrinkwrap Winter1994 1506 Spreading the Wealth 1507 SubscriptionForm * NXAppExtrasWinter1994 1502 CardFile Source 1500 DynaDoodle 1501 Evaluator using ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com.
From: Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Request for String Class Protocol Date: 2 Feb 1994 22:51:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ipsc9$cmg@digifix.digifix.com> REQUEST FOR STRING CLASS PROTOCOL --------------------------------- OPN (ObjectWare Professionals Network) is requesting Protocols for String Classes. Please send submissions to Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> (NeXTmail accepted) and enclose header file (*.h) and documentation as a rich text file format (*.rtf) using NeXT's documentation format. The documents will be reviewed and a draft document proposing the String Class Protocol will be issued for discussion and modifications. Upon sufficient discussion and action, the protocol will be voted upon for approval as a standard String Class Protocol. If approved, the protocol will be published and made available to all developers. Developers can use the protocol to ensure conformance between their String Classes and others third parties. Drafts revisions will be announced on the OPN mailing-list and submitted for review to an ftp site. If you wish to participate in the approval process, subscribe to the OPN mailing-list. We hope to have the first draft document by Feb. 16, 1994. 1) To subscribe to the OPN mailing-list, send email to: To: shiva@vega.stanford.edu (Marcos Javier Polanco) Subject: Subscribe OPN mailing-list Name <your_address> . 2) OPN mailing-list address is OPN@vega.stanford.edu 3) OPN ftp site: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/opn OPN is currently looking for volunteers for help draft, evaluate, and test the protocol. Please send mail to tpugh@oce.orst.edu if you are interested. OPN is looking for a test suite for testing the protocol. If your organization can make an application and source code available, please send mail to tpugh@oce.orst.edu. OPN has not defined any Protocol Standardization procedures, but is attempting to define them. As we move to adopt this protocol, we will draft a procedure for other Protocol Class Standardizations to follow. So please make suggestions when something is amiss. Currently, OPN does not have a membership fee or fees of any kind. This may change in the future. The OPN mission: "To promote the creation of the technical and organizational infrastructures necessary to help customers acquire, integrate, and maintain multivendor component software in support of the user organizations' unique business objectives." -marcos j. polanco -shiva@vega.stanford.edu OPN exists to help OO developers define Object Standards thru protocols for the benefits of the computer industry. We hope you can make use of OPN's organization to strengthen the integration of objectware and applications. STRING CLASS PROTOCOL --------------------- Object: To design a protocol for String Class objects to ensure minimal conformance between future third party String Classes. The String Class is a simple class which encapsulates C strings. The Class provides memory management and standard C string manipulations commonly found in ANSI C, and helps to reduce programming errors, thus reducing development costs and time. What makes the String Class protocol so important is that it is the foundation class for some objectware classes and applications. In order for objectware to work seemlessly between different developers without translations or documentation, there must be an agreement on protocol conformance and behavior. Already there is several String protocols defined by objectware vendors but no conformance between competing protocols. Hence the need for drafting a standard protocol among objectware developers. FOUNDATION CLASSES ------------------ Foundation Classes such as the String Class, need to standardize on a protocol so more independent object classes can be mixed and matched. OPN plans to work to adopt more class protocols, but there needs to be priority list. OPN will be announcing later this month a request for additional foundation classes ready for protocol adoption and standardization. From that list, OPN will ask members to prioritize the list and then work will begin. The idea is to focus members on a few classes at a time and not do everything at once because we are all interested in what classes are being considered and what protocols emerge but our time is finite. Plus OPN resource are limited. To find out more about OPN's membership and corporate support, contact Marcos Javier Polanco at <shiva@vega.stanford.edu>. Sincerely, Tim Pugh Scientific Programmer Oregon State University
From: msb@its.com (Michael S. Barthelemy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ClassMaker v1.06 MAB Date: 3 Feb 1994 10:24:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ir4vm$gp3@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Information Technology Solutions 500 West Madison Street, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 312-474-7700 or 800-394-4ITS 312-474-9361 FAX e-mail: info@its.com Information Technology Solutions Announces the Release of ClassMaker v1.06 Chicago, IL, February 1, 1994 - Information Technology Solutions has announced the first publicly available release of its NEXTSTEP documentation generator. ClassMaker parses header files and writes out both m files and RTF documentation of your classes, protocols and categories. The ClassMaker application allows developers to dramatically reduce the amount of time spent formatting their project documentation. ClassMaker is uniquely suited for API documentation since its formatting is identical to the NeXT documentation thus making it easier for other developers to read and understand. ClassMaker is being released as shareware and is available on sonata.cc.purdue.edu or cs.orst.edu in the file /pub/next/submissions/CM.pkg.compressed the README is available on the same sites in the file /pub/next/submissions/CM-README.rtf.compressed. ClassMaker Features: * Automatically generates RTF documentation for your classes, protocols and categories. * Identical in format to the NeXT documentation for easy understanding. * Preferences for Company Name, Project Version and Year of Production. * Automatically generates m files with the correct return values. Requires NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 or later. Released as Multi-Architecture Binary (MAB) package. Information Technology Solutions ITS has played a key role in launching and expanding successful NEXTSTEP projects at several of NeXT's largest customer sites in the midwest. Additional accomplishments include developing and deploying both "shrinkwrap" and custom applications: commodity trading, office automation and productivity, solutions for work group and work flow needs. "Shrinkwrap" applications include leading edge office automation and document management tools. Through our consulting and mentoring practice, ITS has been instrumental in creating corporate NEXTSTEP development environments and implementing corporate client-server information systems, including ground-breaking electronic mail enhancements and bridges. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/CM.pkg.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/CM-README.rtf.compressed sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/CM.pkg.compressed sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/CM-README.rtf.compressed
From: Eric A. Litman <elitman@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PhoneMemo.app Date: 4 Feb 1994 17:26:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2iui24$p7o@digifix.digifix.com> PhoneMemo v1.0 PhoneMemo provides a simple interface to NeXTMail for composing and delivering phone messages. It should be relatively bug free, but should you find any problems or have any suggestions, send mail to elitman@proxima.com. This app is located on cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/submissions as PhoneMemo.app.compressed, and is provided as a fat binary for Intel and Motorola architectures. Source code is provided separately as PhoneMemo.src.compressed. Enjoy. Eric Litman Proxima, Inc. vox: (703) 506.1661 Systems Engineer McLean, VA elitman+@proxima.com
From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TransSys PNI beta 1.7 Date: 6 Feb 1994 22:33:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j4cpp$8hu@digifix.digifix.com> TransSys PNI Beta 1.7 release TransSys announces the the third beta release of its PNI software package. This software distribution is an intrim release of the TransSys PNI Software package. TransSys PNI is a very flexible and configurable networking product for Motorola- and Intel-based NeXTSTEP platforms. TransSys PNI is intended to be run on Release 3.1 and 3.2 NeXTSTEP systems. TransSys PNI will allow your NeXTSTEP system to communicate with remote systems using SLIP (Serial Line IP) over serial ports and other virtual devices. It has sophisticated packet filtering abilities as well to control access to various services on your system. Due to the incomplete and non-polished state of the package, TransSys recommends that only those users that are already familair with SLIP and IP networking in general attempt to install and use the package. At this time, support is very limited and cannot include configuration or local issues. You should be willing to invest a little bit of time installing this software. The bright side is that it should be easier to install than TransSys DialUp-IP, so don't dispair completely! Due to the high demand for a product to implement SLIP on Intel-based NeXTSTEP systems, TransSys has decided to make an early, intrim release of a product still under development. Some functions are only partially implemented, and the documentation provided is certainly incomplete and not well organized. There are most probably many horrible spelling and grammatical errors as well. The software, does however, substantially work and work very well for those features which have been implemented (and somewhat incompletely) documented. The product has been in use in-house since June 1993 with no significant problems. The primary are which is not yet functional is dial-on-demand to automatically bring up a link. Currently, it is necessary to manually bring up a link using PNI, or to simply have one brought up at system boot time. The intrim version of TransSys PNI is available free of charge, and will implement SLIP and CSLIP as well as IP packet filtering and IP tunnels. A license to use these features is included for 90 days. When the release version of this software is available, a base-SLIP only version will be free of charge, just like TransSys DialUp-IP. Other capabilities (CSLIP, filtering, etc) will be licensed at an additional charge. Users of TransSys DialUp-IP who have purchased a license for the CSLIP version will have a free (or nominal cost if media is required) upgrade to TransSys PNI. Details on the mechanics of the upgrade process will follow with the first non-beta version. If you are a user of previous beta versions of TransSys PNI, you should install this software as soon as possible, or at least update your existing installation with the new license key string to keep your software from expiring. Do the following: # mv /etc/pni/keyfile /etc/pni/keyfile.SAVE # /etc/pni/pnid -R 'rNiqqainp%qkoqKjjVI' This license key string will expire at Sun May 8 11:06:40 1994, and implements SLIP, CSLIP as well as packet filters. With this distribution is a license key string which provides only SLIP (no packet filters, etc) which does not expire. Please read the doc/pni.ps.Z file which contains the documentation which exists to date for TransSys PNI. You should uncompress it and either print the file (about 45 pages) or view it using the NeXTSTEP Preview application. There are also a set of ASCII files (in doc/info-files.tar.Z) which can be extracted and read using the GNU emacs "info" hypertext package or by just paging through it with a text editor. Additional information on TCL and TCL extensions are available in the files doc/Tcl.ps.Z and doc/TclX.ps.Z. Some documentation on the Berkeley Packet Filter used in PNI is provided in doc/PFilter.ps.Z. The expect command is described within the PNI documentation itself. This is a beta release of software. Rather than run a small, limited beta program, TransSys has decided to open it to anyone due to the great desire for some sort of SLIP solution for Intel platforms. Extensive support is just not available at this stage - there is still development to be done, and little time available to do it in. If you've never tried to install SLIP software before and are not sure what it even is, you probably don't want to find out using this beta-quality software at this early stage. Comments, suggestions and feature requests can be sent via email to pni-beta@TransSys.COM. Louis Mamakos TransSys, Inc. TransSys PNI Beta can be obtained from the following sites: FTP.UU.NET:/tmp/TransSys-PNI-1.7-beta.tar.gz (for a short while) CS.ORST.EDU:/pub/next/submissions/TransSys-PNI-1.7-beta.tar.gz SONATA.CC.PURDUE.EDU:/pub/next/submissions/TransSys-PNI-1.7-beta.tar.gz (or where ever the archive maintainers decide to move it to.) Louis Mamakos <louie@TransSys.COM> TransSys, Inc.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 5 - 1994 Date: 6 Feb 1994 23:33:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2j4gbb$8tb@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 5). Sunday January 30 through Sunday February 06 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 4 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.1.0 Available SUBMISSION ReversiMaster 1.01 MAB SUBMISSION: NewsIndex0.93MAB - a DL indexing tool for news articles Announcing Technical Journals for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: co-Xist 3.2 for NS/FIP now shipping PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Introduces Mindshare Mail PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Acquires Key NEXTSTEP Technology SUBMISSION:NewsArchiver.app PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Corp Ships Mindshare 1.0 Announcing NeXTWORLD Expo '94 PRESS RELEASE: FeedBuilder/M, multimedia controller NXApp Winter 1994 available from ftp.next.com PRESS RELEASE: Request for String Class Protocol SUBMISSION: ClassMaker v1.06 MAB SUBMISSION: PhoneMemo.app SUBMISSION: TransSys PNI beta 1.7 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 6 Feb 1994 23:39:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2j4gmi$901@digifix.digifix.com> Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 6 Feb 1994 23:40:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2j4gn6$909@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. 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These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: ctm@ardi.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Macintosh Emulator "Executor" 1.3b on archives Date: 7 Feb 1994 11:41:58 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j5r0m$bmf@digifix.digifix.com> A complete distribution of Executor 1.3b is available via from: ftp.cs.unm.edu pub/ardi/Executor_130b.tar cs.orst.edu pub/next/submissions/Executor_130b.tar nova.cc.purdue.edu pub/next/submissions/Executor_130b.tar Executor is a commercial Macintosh emulator that runs on NEXTSTEP versions 3.0 and greater, on both Motorola and Intel platforms. There are a wide variety of limitations in Executor still, but even at the sale price of $99, you are entitled to ftp free updates to Executor up until and including the release of Executor 2.0 with color support. Before purchasing, you can use Executor in demo mode for ten minutes at a time so that you can see how useful it is in your mixed NEXTSTEP/Mac environment. More information can be found in the README file: ftp.cs.unm.edu pub/ardi/Executor_130b/README cs.orst.edu pub/next/submissions/Executor_130b.README nova.cc.purdue.edu pub/next/submissions/Executor_130b.README NOTE: ftp.cs.unm.edu:pub/ardi contains information about Executor on other platforms (including DOS), while cs.orst.edu and nova.cc.purdue.edu are NEXTSTEP specific sites. Questions answered at: questions@ardi.com ARDI Suite 101 1650 University Blvd., NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: +1 505 766 9115 FAX: +1 505 247 1899 Price: During February, Executor/NEXTSTEP is on sale for $99/machine. Free ground shipping is included within the US.
From: bbum@friday.com (Bill Bumgarner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: tcl7.3 multi-arch binaries available Date: 7 Feb 1994 11:42:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j5r1v$bml@digifix.digifix.com> tcl-7.3-MAB.pkg.tar is available on cs.orstedu:pub/next/submissions Contains tcl v7.3 compiled for both intel and motorola based NEXTSTEP environments. If someone sends me a gecko, I'll support it too. This tcl environment is set to install in /LocalDevleoper under the following directories: lib libtcl.a & tcl library directory bin tclsh Headers tcl.h man tcl (and associated) man pages. TCL_LIBRARY is set to /LocalDeveloper/lib/tcl. The source tree was modified such that the compatibility versions of tmpnam() and strdup() were used (since the NeXT supplied ones are broken or inferior). To avoid name-space conflict, the compatibility functions were renamed, and all references to the functions within the tcl source were changed. This library should work with various third-party products that use Tcl. It definitely works with the WavesWorld palettes/environment. If you would like the patches needed to make the Tcl 7.3 source tree NEXTSTEP compatible, I can supply the patches and instructions in email. If you have been working on Tcl <-> NEXTSTEP interface, please let me know. b.bum <bbum@friday.com>
From: dirk@bocxog.fb10.TU-Berlin.DE (Dirk Schwarzhans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Puzzle 1.1 -- A jigsaw puzzle game Date: 7 Feb 1994 14:51:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j6648$cer@digifix.digifix.com> I have submitted the new version of the program "Puzzle" to the following ftp sites: cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/submissions/Puzzle.1.1.tar.gz (now) /pub/next/binaries/games/Puzzle.1.1.tar.gz (later) ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/Puzzle.1.1.NI.b.tar.gz ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de: /pub/NeXT/games/Puzzle.1.1.tar.gz The file contains the Puzzle application which runs on Nextstep 3.1 and higher on Motorola and Intel hardware. For Intel systems Nextstep 3.2 is recommended! The program is offered free of charge without any warranty. Commercial copying and usage is not allowed (see license panel). About the program: Puzzle cuts a TIFF picture to pieces which the player must put together. Some highlights are: - real looking jigsaw puzzle pieces - comfortable drag and drop interface Feel free to mail me your opinion! Dirk Schwarzhans email: dirk@kalium.physik.tu-berlin.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Compatibility-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.200906.27311@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:09:06 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Compatibility-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:05:30 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ A1. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of X-Windows? A2. Can I run DOS software on NEXTSTEP? A3. Can I run Macintosh Programs on my NeXT? A4. Can I run tcsh, zsh or bash on NEXTSTEP? A5. Can sound files be used on Sun OS and NEXTSTEP interchangeably? A6. Why does talk not work between NEXTSTEP and SUN OS? !A7. How do I get the arrow keys to work in csh? A8. How do I view/convert GIF/TIF/jpeg images? A9. How to transfer data to/from Unix systems with floppy disks? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A1. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of X-Windows? [Douglas Scott <doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu>] A new version of the public-domain monochrome and color "Mouse-X" X server binaries is now available on foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu as ~ftp/pub/X11R5-MouseX.tar.Z. This tarfile contains the binaries for the two servers, a README file, and a new version of the front end App. The new server version will now work on NeXTs with the new ADB keyboard, as well as NeXTs with the original keyboards. As before, these servers will also run on Turbos and non-Turbos. The new front end App allows you to toggle between machine configurations (but you must restart the server to have them take effect). For those who have not used the "Mouse-X" X servers and are interested, read the README.FIRST file in the same directory as the above file for more information about what you will need. ***** For those who are waiting for the MIT X source patch: ***** I should have this ready by the end of the week, and I will be placing it in the submissions directories on orst and sonata as X11R5-source.patch.tar.Z. Pencom Software of Austin, TX is distributing co-Xist, an X11R5 color server that supports all hardware platforms and runs under NEXTSTEP 2.0 or higher. The Motif Window Manager, development libraries and online Digital Librarian documentation are available as options. A demo is available on the archives. For more information: Pencom Software email: co-Xist_info@pencom.com Voice: 1-800-PENCOM4 or Cub'X in Puteaux, France has a commercial X server. A demo is available on the archives. For more information: Cub'x Syst\mes Immeuble Sedgwick 7, Rue E. & A. Peugeot 92563 Rueil Malmaison Cedex France Tel : +33 1 47 08 74 40 Fax : +33 1 47 08 74 41 academic@cubx.com MIT maintains a ftp server for X distribution: export.lcs.mit.edu It currently does not have any NeXT specific servers. If you compile software make sure the libraries are install in the ld path, and that you use the X provided C pre-processor. There is another commercial X product called eXodus. White Pine Software 603-866-9050. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A2. Can I run DOS software on NEXTSTEP? NEXTSTEP systems are able to read, write, and format DOS diskettes in addition to UNIX filesystems. Consult the User Manual. There is a product called Soft-PC available for NEXTSTEP. For more information: Insignia Solutions, Inc. Voice: 408 694 7600 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A3. Can I run Macintosh Programs on my NeXT? NEXTSTEP systems are able to read, write, and format Mac diskettes in addition to UNIX filesystems. Consult the User Manual. Abacus R&D, Inc. offers products called Executor and HFS_XFer that allow some Mac functionality. Executor is a program that allows you to run programs originally written for the Macintosh, on your NeXT computer. Currently the two major applications that we support are Microsoft Word (versions 4.0E, 5.0 and 5.1) and Microsoft Excel (versions 3.0A and 4.0). You must own a copy of these applications in order to use them; Microsoft software does not come with Executor. Executor is actually a full-blown Macintosh emulator, except we have prioritized the bug fixing and fixed all the bugs pertaining to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel so that we can sell this version now to people who want it. Executor works nicely in the NeXT environment, allowing the use of services and cut and paste of ASCII and Rich Text between Executor and other NEXTSTEP applications. Word 5 can read and print .eps and .tiff files. Reverse engineering the Macintosh is a difficult task. There are some pieces of the software yet to do. Consequently, Executor 1.x has the following limitations: No Color, No Sound, No System 7, No AppleTalk, No Script Manage (i.e. no non-US localizations) and limited Desk Accessory support. HFS_XFer is a Desk Accessory that allows you to transfer files between HFS (Hierarchical FileSystem) Macintosh disks and the NeXT, where they're stored in Apple Double format. This allows you to copy files to the NeXT and later back to a Macintosh floppy without having to worry about reassembling the "resource fork". Naturally HFS_XFer and Executor work well together. HFS_XFer is what you use to load your copy of Microsoft Word onto your NeXT in the first place, but it's good for much more than that because you can use it to transfer any information on a Macintosh disk to your NeXT, and vice-versa. The extensions to HFS that were introduced with System 7 are not supported, and files are transferred over directly without any translation in between. HFS_XFer reads and writes Mac floppies and reads Mac hard drives and CD-ROMs. HFS_XFer is limited to disks that the hardware can read, so you can not read 800k disks unless you have special hardware such as the CubeFloppy Plus from DIT. A complete (multi-architecture-binary), time-limited, release of Executor is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.unm.edu for evaluation. ARDI Suite 101 1650 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 PHONE: +1 505 766 9115 FAX: +1 505 247 1899 Email: questions@ardi.com Digital Instrumentation Technology vends software called FloppyWorks which can read and write Macintosh diskettes. DIT also offers an external floppy drive called CubeFloppy Plus that can format, read, and write 400 and 800 KB Mac disks. For more information: Digital Instrumentation Technology email: sales@dit.com Voice: 505 662 1459 Fax: 505 662 0897 Bill Roth has written a program called MacinDisk ToshBrowser which read 1.4 Meg Mac disks. A demo version is available on sonata.cc.purdue.edu. For more information: Impact Software email: impact@impact.shaman.com voice: 1-800-822-3385. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] There is also a program on sonata/orst/compuserve called ResDump.tar.Z that will let you snarf individual resources from Macintosh disks under 3.x. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A4. Can I run tcsh, zsh or bash on NEXTSTEP? If you are simply looking for emacs-like command editing you can do this with the csh distributed by NeXT by typing: set editmode=emacs or set editmode=vi Note that file completion will conflict with vi's use of esc to leave insert mode, so you may want to map file completion to tab by adding the following to your ~/.bindings: bind-to-key FilenameExpansion "\^I" In addition it is possible to bind control keys to commands with a .bindings file. Users should seek the csh(1) man page for more information. People have ported tcsh and bash to NEXTSTEP. bash is available from prep.ai.mit.edu, the current version 1.12.1 makes correctly on NEXTSTEP. tcsh binaries for all kinds of machines are available on tesla.ee.cornell.edu, possibly including binaries for NeXT machines. In addition zsh is also available. Zsh has interactive features very similar to but more extensive than those of tcsh. In addition zsh is based on sh/ksh, not on csh - something which very many even casual shell programmers will consider a great asset. A complete pre-compiled zsh package including documentation is available from the purdue archives. If you install your own shell on NEXTSTEP, you need to add it to the file /etc/shells so that FTP will work. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A5. Can sound files be used on Sun OS and NEXTSTEP interchangeably? Sun OS 4.0.3 stored only raw mulaw files without any extensions. This format is obsolete; however to convert it to a NEXTSTEP snd format you can: sndconvert -o nextified.snd -f 1 -s 8012.8210513 -c 1 -r sun-sound Starting with Sun OS release 4.1 they adopted a file format like NEXTSTEP's: A comparison of <multimedia/audio_filehdr.h> on the Sun and <sound/soundstruct.h> on NEXTSTEP shows the formats to be compatible-- just rename *.au to *.snd for the NeXT. Sun only implements a subset of NEXTSTEP's sound file formats. Currently these seven are interchangeable: SND_FORMAT_MULAW_8 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_8 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_16 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_24 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_32 SND_FORMAT_FLOAT SND_FORMAT_DOUBLE While they are all _meaningful_ to the Sun, the standard SPARCstation hardware only directly supports 8-bit mu-Law at the CODEC sampling rate. If you have raw soundfiles (e.g. from SunOS 4.0.3 systems, or converted from the Macintosh), you can use raw2audio on the Sun or sndconvert -r on the NEXTSTEP system to add a sound header. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A6. Why does talk not work between NEXTSTEP and SUN OS? Sun OS may run an archaic version of talk; install a new version. [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Or try installing 'ytalk' available from sonata and orst. It offers many enhancements over talk among which is compatibility with at least some Sun workstation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A7. How do I get the arrow keys to work in csh? [This is for people who use a terminal app that does vt100 keyboard emulation - pasc] First, add these lines to your ".cshrc" (preferably between the if and endif): set editmode=emacs set macrofiles=.macros Then create a file called ".bindings" and put in it: bind-to-key ExecuteNamedMacro '\e[' And, next, you need to make a file called ".macros". Using an editor like emacs (which can insert control characters using a ^Q prefix), into this file put: A^@^@^@^A^P B^@^@^@^A^N C^@^@^@^A^F D^@^@^@^A^B where ^@ means Control-@ and ^A means Control-A, etc. Also, don't put in the leading spaces. This will set up the left and right arrows to move back and forth on the line, and the up and down arrows will cycle through your history. [From: Dick Silbar <silbar@cantina.lanl.gov>] On Intel machines these sequences are a little different: A^A^@^@^@^P B^A^@^@^@^N C^A^@^@^@^F D^A^@^@^@^B Then source .cshrc and the changes should take effect. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A8. How do I view/convert GIF/TIF/jpeg images? Use ImageViewer by Lennart Lovstrand at Xerox EuroPARC. It can convert between many different image formats. It is available on the archive servers. [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Instead of using the version of the jpeg files shipped with ImageViewer instead use the latest version always to be found on ftp.uu.net in /graphics/jpeg. The latest version compiles easily and is more twice as fast and less memory hungry than the one shipped with ImageViewer (and with jpeg files this makes a big difference). pbmplus tools does most conversions through filters. Another package to look into is The Image Conversion Tools from: sdsc.edu sdscpub.dir/next.dir/graphics.dir.JPEG software en/decoder has been uploaded to the Purdue archives: pub/next/2.0-release/source/jpeg.tar.Z. A commercial application,PixelMagician, is available from Bachus Inc. For more information: 2210 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 330 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Voice: 310 820 9145 Fax: 310 820 5930 Email: info@bacchus.com, bacchus!info@uu2.psi.com Jef Poskanzers portable bitmap tools are also available pre-compiled from the purdue archives. In addition there is ViewGif2 (also available from the purdue archives) which is about 40% faster and less memory-hungry than ImageViewer but only displays gifs. [From: Robert Wong <wrob@unixg.ubc.ca>] ViewGIF3 (version 3.0.1) is available now. It requires NS 3.0 There is also GraphicsWorkshop (also from purdue) which is a front end to a set of graphic converter objects that allow you to load, save, and view images in gif, jpg, tiff, pbm, pgm, ppm, and xbm formats. It will also allow you to do some basic image conversions like color to black and white or color to one bit. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A9. How to transfer data to/from Unix systems with floppy disks? [winter 91 Support Bulletin] When no network connection is possible between workstations, you may want to use floppy disks to transfer data between computers. To transfer files between NeXT computers and other UNIX workstations, you must use an appropriate floppy disk, data format, and device driver. choosing a floppy disk Choose a floppy disk with a formatted density that is common to both platforms. The 2.88 MB floppy disk drive on NeXT computers allows you to use extended-density (ED) 2.88 MB floppy disks. The NeXT floppy disk drive also reads and writes to floppy disks formatted to a lower density, such as 1.44 MB floppy disks. These are called high-density (HD) disks. Since most UNIX workstations cannot yet read and write to ED disks, you may have to use HD disks as the common medium. formatting the floppy disk A floppy disk can be mounted as a UNIX file system only on platforms that have the same type of file system. Because NeXT uses file system type 4.3 and many other UNIX systems use type 4.2, you may not be able to mount a floppy as a file system on both platforms. In that case, you must use a floppy disk that has only been low-level formatted. Such a floppy disk lacks a file system and is called raw. On a NeXT computer, use the disk -F command for low-level formatting. Other UNIX workstations require similar commands, and the results should be the same on any system. Low-level formatting should not be confused with initializing. Low-level formatting refers to creating the low-level header and sector marks required for the device driver to find data blocks. Initialization normally refers to the creation of a file system on top of the low-level formatting. choosing a common data format To transfer files, you must use a data format that both platforms can read and write to. Some of the UNIX commands that use data formats common to file systems 4.2 and 4.3 are tar, dd, and cpio. The tar command will be used in the example procedure in this article because it's more commonly used than cpio and because it works recursively on directory trees (dd works on only one file at a time). choosing the correct device driver The NeXT software releases and other UNIX operating systems have different names for the device drivers used to access floppy disk drives. On most systems, you use a raw device driver to designate that a floppy disk lacks a file system and therefore cannot be mounted. This is similar to the way you copy files to a tape drive. The NeXT device drivers that you use to read or write to raw floppy disks that are (or are intended to be) compatible with other UNIX systems are /dev/rfd0b for an internal floppy disk drive and /dev/rsd1h for an external floppy disk drive connected to a SCSI port. Note that you may need to use different device numbers, depending on your hardware configuration; fd0 indicates the first internal floppy drive, and sd1 is the lowest number for an external SCSI device. The b and h in the driver names specify the "live" device, which will write to the disk without a label. The drivers /dev/rfd0a and /dev/rsd1a also work with a raw disk, but they write a file system label on the disk. You will get an error message such as "device error" or "no such device" when you try to use floppy disks that contain this label on other UNIX workstations. On most other UNIX workstations, /dev/rfd0b refers to the swap partition and can't be used for reading or writing data. In these cases, you can use either /dev/rfd0a or /dev/rfd0c. To access a device driver, you must have privileges to read and write to it. On NeXT computers, only root has these privileges by default. If you wish to access the devices as a user other than root, you'll need to add read and write privileges. transferring files from a NeXT computer to a Sun workstation [**********************************************************] Below is an example procedure for transferring files to a Sunb machine. If you want to transfer files from a Sun workstation, remember to use a different device driver on the Sun computer. If you need to format the floppy disk on the Sun machine, use the fdformat command. Before you transfer your own files, make sure all the files you want to copy will fit on a floppy disk. (Sun machines use 1.44 MB floppy disks.) If all your files won't fit on one floppy disk, copy the files to several disks by using tar (or whatever) repeatedly and specifying subdirectories or files that will fit on one disk each time. The directory copied in this example contains less than 1.44 MB of data. 1. Using the Terminal application on the NeXT computer, open a shell window and become root. 2. If the floppy disk hasn't already been formatted, format it now. Run the following command and then insert the floppy disk into the drive when you are prompted: disk -F /dev/rfd0b 3. Change to the directory that contains the files you want to copy to the floppy disk: cd /me/memos 4. Copy the files to the floppy disk. Don't leave out the period at the end of the command line: tar -cf /dev/rfd0b . 5. Eject the floppy disk from the drive: disk -e /dev/rfd0b 6. Now go to the Sun workstation and open a UNIX shell. 7. Insert the floppy disk into the drive and change to the directory to which you want to copy the files: cd /tmp 8. Extract the files: tar -xf /dev/fd0a 9. Eject the floppy disk: eject ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201019.27371@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:10:19 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:05:30 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ B0. Where can I find additional questions and answers regarding the NeXT computer? B1. Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines? B2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? B3. If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email? B4. What are some good references on Objective C? B5. Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT? !B6. What special interest groups exist? B7. How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event? B8. What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B0. Where can I find additional questions and answers regarding the NeXT computer? Every NeXT machine owner has access to manuals to a degree. Network and System Administration (NSA), for example contains answers to many of the questions asked to comp.sys.next. Some of the important man pages are reproduced in the NSA as appendices. User manuals were shipped with every NeXT. Additional copies available from NeXT (N6002/N6003/N6014/N6026) $25. NeXT Technical documentation. (How to program in the NextStep environment) Order from Addison-Wesley (1-800-447-2226) 0-201-63248-9 NeXTSTEP General Reference CANCELED (split into 2) 0-201-62220 NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol I (date not known) 0-201-62221 NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol II date not known) 0-201-63249-7 NeXTSTEP Development Tools (1 NOV) 0-201-63250-0 NeXTSTEP User Interface Guidelines (1 NOV) 0-201-63251-9 NeXTSTEP OOP and the Objective-C Lng (1 NOV) 0-201-63252-7 NeXTSTEP Operating System Software (3 OCT) 0-201-63253-5 NeXTSTEP Programming Interface Summary (1 NOV) 0-201-63254-3 NeXTSTEP Network and System Admin 3 (OCT) These are packaged ten volumes in two slipcases; the whole stack is 8-1/2 inches high. They look just like the other documents that come with the machine, 8.5x11", perfect-bound paperbacks. Operating System Software NeXTstep Concepts NeXTstep Reference, v. 1 NeXTstep Reference, v. 2 Development Tools Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Concepts Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Reference Writing Loadable Kernel Servers Technical Summaries Supplemental Documentation Get NeXT's Concepts and Tutorial sections electronically from the ftp archives. This is perhaps the single most important reference for people wishing to develop software for the NeXT. Unix man pages, which are included in the online docs. BSD unix documentation (MISC, PS1, PS2, SMM, USD). Available from to USENIX site members. A lot of this has been integrated into the NeXT documentation. Some of this is sorely missing. The SMM Unix System Manager's Manual is really useful! USENIX Association 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 USA +1 510 528 8649 fax +1 510 548 5738 office@usenix.org PS1 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 1 PS2 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 2 SMM = System Manager's Manual USD = User's Supplementary Documents [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: The SMM and the rest of the berkeley documentation are also available directly and for free via anon ftp e.g. from ftp.uu.net /packages/bsd-sources/share/doc. To format them properly for viewing and printing on the NeXT use nroff with the package indicated by the file suffix (e.g. to format the documentation file 0.t use 'nroff -mt 0.t'). Adobe documentation. Available machine-readable by e-mail from ps-file-server@adobe.com. Hardcopy available from Adobe Developer Support Line +1 415 961-4111 for a nominal charge. NeXT last shipped these as part of the 1.0a release; hardcopies appeared in 0.9 Technical Documentation, were omitted in 1.0, and have returned in updated form in _Supplemental Documentation_ of the 2.0 Tech Docs (which is not available on-line). Get NextAnswers for Digital Librarian from NeXT. The current versions are actually on ftp.next.com or available via the mailserver at nextanswers@next.com Get NeXT _Support Bulletin_ from the archives. It is meant for support centers. Another good source of information is the archives of previously posted notes from the comp.sys.next.* newsgroups. Note that since the split of comp.sys.next, it is unclear if anyone is maintaining an archive of all the groups. NeXTstep Advantage book is available electronically from the archive servers: cs.orst.edu: pub/next/documents/NeXT/ sonata.cc.purdue.edu: ? etlport.etl.go.jp: pub/NeXT/documents/NeXTstepAdvantage/ ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de /pub/NeXT/documents/next The file name is NeXTstepAdvantage.tar.Z; (its compressed size is 1.3 megabytes; uncompressed, it's 9.5 megabytes). It is a good introduction to the NeXT programming environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B1. Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines? Yes. There are also many NeXT specific newsletters, many of which are available via ftp from the NeXT specific ftp sites (look in pub/next/newsletters on cs.orst.edu and pub/next/Newsletters on sonata.cc.purdue.edu - purdue seems to carry more newsletters on line than orst.). Some cost money, others don't. Available from purdue: SCaNeWS - Southern California NeXT Users Group Newsletter, first issue came out January 1991. Edited by Mike Mahoney (manhoney@beach.csulb.edu) BaNG - Bay Area NeXT Users Group, one item on-line on Purdue. Edited by Joe Barello (Joe_Barello@bang.org) rmNUG NeWS - Rocky Mountain NeXT Users Group Newsletter, latest issue May 1991 (monthly). Edited by David Bowdish (73340.2146@compuserve.com). VNUS Newsletter - Vancouver NeXT Users Group The last issue was in Nov 91. Edited by three people, including the Chairman of VNUS, Lawrence Clarke (lclarke@next1.wimsey.bc.ca). NeXT Users' Journal, latest issue December/January 1990-1. Edited by Erica Liebman (erica@kong.gatech.edu). Hardcopy: NeXTworld. Published monthly with monthly ad-free newsletters ($23.95). NeXTWORLD, 501 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 415 978 3182 (phone), 415 978 3196 (fax) NeXTworld email address: ddinucci@nextworld.com NeXUS. Published bi-monthly for $36/year. Contact Alfonso Guerra at {emory|gatech}!nanovx!nexus. What's NeXT? The Boston Computer Society NeXT User group produces a NeXT newsletter called "What's NeXT?" edited by Michael Burress (pro-angmar!michaelb@alfalfa.com) and Eric Celeste (efc@athena.mit.edu). The Boston Computer Society, One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139-1562 Phone 617-252-0600, M-F 9:30-5:30 Bulletin - Gotham Users of NeXT, Inc., latest issue May, 1992 (monthly). Edited by Robb Allan (Robb_Allan@gun.com) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few. NeXT: cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu umd5.umd.edu ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de MIT GNU: aeneas.mit.edu MIT X: export.lcs.mit.edu music: princeton.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B3. If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email? cc.purdue.edu is configured as an email archive server. This means you can upload and download files via email. Send mail to: archive-server@cc.purdue.edu mail-server@cs.tu-berlin.de with the subject line help and you will get a complete description of this service. Submissions: Mail should be sent to archive-server@cc.purdue.edu with the subject of 'submission' (no ticks) if a person is submitting material to the archives. They need to include a 1-2 sentence description of the submission, the OS release the product runs on, and if it is source, binary, newsletter, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B4. What are some good references on Objective C? Objective-C and other useful Object-oriented programming references: Budd, Timothy, _An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming_ (Addison-Wesley) [It discusses Smalltalk, Object Pascal, C++ _and_ Objective-C] Cox, Brad J., _Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach_ ISBN 0-201-10393-1. (Addison-Wesley) [Note: 2nd edition - ISBN# is 0-201-54834-8 and has coauthor A.J. Novobilski] Huizenga, Gerrit, "Slides from a short course on Objective-C" available via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu in pub/next/docs/ObjC.frame.Z, ObjC.ps.Z, or OldObjC.wn.tar.Z Meyer, Bertrand, _Object-Oriented Software Construction_ (Prentice-Hall). NeXT Technical Documentation Pinson and Weiner, _Objective-C: Object-Oriented Programming Techniques_ (Addison-Wesley). 350 pages, ISBN 0 201 50828 1, paperback. User Reference Manual for Objective-C which is available from Stepstone Corporation. (203)426-1875. Note: There are some differences between Stepstone's Objective-C and NeXT's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B5. Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT? Since NeXT has become for now the platform of choice for much of the computer music composition and research community, the newsgroup comp.music is one good place to find people with information and interest in music on the NeXT. There is also a mailing list specifically for NeXT music. For posting to the dist list: nextmusic@horowitz.eecs.umich.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change addresses, etc.: nextmusic-request@horowitz.eecs.umich.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B6. What special interest groups exist? Adobe Illustrator NeXT SIG To join, email: jchin@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca AFS NeXT SIG To join, email: info-afs-next-request@transarc.com Berkeley Mathematics Software Group Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu Classroom: NeXT Courseware SIG (next-classroom@gac.edu) To subscribe: send the following text message to MAILSERV@gac.edu --"Subscribe next-classroom <your name>" Communications/TeleCommunications SIG (nextcomm@marble.com) To subscribe: send email to nextcomm-request@marble.com Data GROUP NeXT SIG To join, email: data_group@dazzl.com Create Users To join email: Create-request@mcs.anl.gov DataPhile Users To join email: DataPhile-request@mcs.anl.gov Executor SIG To join, email: executor-request@ictv.com Finnish: FUNeXT (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 User Network - New England (FUNNE) To join, email: funne@srbci.mv.com GIS(Geographical Information Services)SIG (next-gis@deltos.com) To subscribe: send email to next-gis-request@deltos.com Lotus Improv Email User Group To join, email: improv-request@bmt.gun.com Mathematica:Special Interest Group To join. email: mathgroup-request@yoda.physics.unc.edu Medical: NeXTMed SIG (NeXTMed@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu) To subscribe: send email to NeXTMed-request@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu Music: NeXT Music SIG (nextmusic@silvertone.Princeton.edu) To subscribe: send email to nextmusic-request@silvertone.Princeton.edu MusicKit: mkdist@ccrma.stanford.edu is a news group for music kit info. To subscribe, send mail to mkdist-request@ccrma.stanford.edu. NeXT Icon Enthusiasts: next-icon@bmt.gun.com To subscribe: send e-mail to next-icon-request@bmt.gun.com NexLAW: Legal NeXT User Group To join, email: NexLAW-request@techlaw.com NeXTManagers (quick & technical answers) (next-managers@stolaf.edu) To subscribe: send email to next-managers-request@stolaf.edu NeXT Q&A's To join, email the text: "SUBSCRIBE NEXT-L <your> <name>" to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU Network & Security Management for Labs & Large Installations (next-lab@cs.ubc.ca) To subscribe: send email to next-lab-request@cs.ubc.ca Programmers: NeXT Programmers SIG (next-prog@cpac.washington.edu) To subscribe: send email to next-prog-request@cpac.washington.edu Publishing Interest Group To join, email: publish-request@chron.com Japanese: Kanji and Japanese on the NeXT To join - Email: next-nihongo-request@pinoko.berkeley.edu SCIENCE NeXT User Group (SNUG) To join, email: snug-requests@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu United Kingdom SIG To join, email: uk-next-users-request@ohm.york.ac.uk and next-uk-usergroups-request@asmec.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B7. How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event? Please send any announcements of upcoming NeXT-related events to next-announce@digifix.com These events will be posted to comp.sys.next.announce. Be sure to send your announcement in plenty of time to have it posted prior to the event. One to two weeks in advance would be a good idea. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B8. What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce? Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Since postings will be carried across many networks, commercial announcements may be edited down to reflect network usage policies. Look for current guidelines posted weekly in the newsgroup. ____________________________________________________________________________ NeXT-FAQ Editor: Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Intel-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201036.27429@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:10:36 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Intel-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:05:30 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ C1. What is the current status of NEXTSTEP/Intel? C2. What references are available for NEXTSTEP/Intel? C3. How does NEXTSTEP/Intel differ from NEXTSTEP on NeXT Computers? C4. What about support for NeXT Computer specific hardware features such as the DSP? C5. Can I use NEXTSTEP/Intel systems with my existing NeXT Computers? C6. How do I use applications compiled for both NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel on the same network? C7. Do Multi-Architecture Binaries take a lot of extra disk space? C8. How difficult is it to recompile existing NeXT applications over to NEXTSTEP/Intel? C9. When developing programs, are there any portability issues I should be aware of? C10. What is the difference between the NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment and Developer Environment? C11. What are the general requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel on Intel-based Computers? C12. If a specific I/O card is not supported by NeXT, can 3rd parties write drivers for NEXTSTEP/Intel? C13. How is NEXTSTEP/Intel installed? C14. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on 386 machines? C15. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the Cyrix 486SLC? C16. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the future Intel Microprocessors in the x86 family? C17. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on portable computers? C18. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel be able to run Microsoft DOS and Windows programs? C19. Will DOS and Windows compatibility be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel? C20. How will my DOS and Windows applications perform under NEXTSTEP/Intel? C21. Is the window I use to run Microsoft Windows applications resizable? C22. Will this DOS/Windows compatibility system allow me to run several DOS programs at once? C23. Can I cut and paste between DOS/Windows sessions and NEXTSTEP applications? C24. Can I use both DOS and NEXTSTEP/Intel partitions on the same hard disk? C25. Can NEXTSTEP/Intel read, write, and format DOS and Mac floppies? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C1. What is the current status of NEXTSTEP/Intel? The second production version 3.2, has been released. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C2. What references are available for NEXTSTEP/Intel? NeXT, Inc. now operates an automatic email responce system. Send email to "nextanswers@next.com" with the subject "ascii help index" to start. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C3. How does NEXTSTEP/Intel differ from NEXTSTEP on NeXT Computers? It doesn't. NEXTSTEP/Intel is a complete port of the NEXTSTEP 3.1 software environment to Intel-based Computers. NEXTSTEP/Intel has the same User Interface, Development Environment, Applications, Networking (NFS, Novell, Appleshare), State of the Art Color, Mach UNIX, Display Postscript, 3D Renderman etc, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C4. What about support for NeXT Computer specific hardware features such as the DSP? NeXT computers offer additional hardware support not commonly available for Intel systems. This includes the DSP. The DSP in a NeXT Computer is used for a variety of functions including ISDN support and real-time audio compression/de-compression. ISDN support for NEXTSTEP/Intel will be provided via an add-on PC card and ISDN adapter. Real-time audio compression/de-compression support is currently under investigation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C5. Can I use NEXTSTEP/Intel systems with my existing NeXT Computers? Of course! NEXTSTEP/Intel is design to plug and play with existing NeXT installations. NeXT has addressed interoperability between NEXTSTEP systems in the following ways: * NEXTSTEP systems share identical networking capabilities. * NEXTSTEP systems share the same Distributed Objects. * NEXTSTEP systems use the same system and network administration services. * NEXTSTEP systems use the same mass storage format. Yes, you can take a external SCSI drive, removable media (ie Bernoulli etc) or floppy disk and use it interchangeably between NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel systems. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C6. How do I use applications compiled for both NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel on the same network? Simply. NEXTSTEP 3.1 includes a new feature called Multi-Architecture Binaries (so called "Fat" binaries). This capability allows developers to compile NEXTSTEP applications on multiple system architectures, and combine them into a single package. When an application is run, NEXTSTEP will extract the appropriate instructions for the local system, and run the application. This operation is completely transparent to the user, it just works! Most of the NEXTSTEP applications in the future will be delivered as Multi-Architecture Binaries. Tools are also provided to "Slim" binaries for use in a one architecture environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C7. Do Multi-Architecture Binaries take a lot of extra disk space? No. Most applications consist of one or more executable programs (with architecture dependent machine instructions) and a lot of text and data. This machine independent data is typically data files used by the application, help files, examples, internationalization etc. Since only the actual machine dependent portion of the application is duplicated, a two architecture application typically takes only about 20%-30% more disk space than a single architecture application. If disk space is tight, tools are provided to "Slim" binaries for use in a single architecture environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C8. How difficult is it to recompile existing NeXT applications over to NEXTSTEP/Intel? Very easy. Most programs will simply recompile and run, or require few changes. We believe that any application that uses the standard development environment and Object kits provided by NeXT should simply compile and run. Only applications that use architecture specific features or data formats, will require additional time to port. Several developers have already ported applications to NEXTSTEP/Intel. Appsoft Draw simply recompiled and ran, Lighthouse Concurrence took 3 hours, other programs took 1/2 a day to 2 days, and this was all on a very early release of NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.1! ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C9. When developing programs, are there any portability issues I should be aware of? Yes. As stated above, any applications that use the standard tools provided by the NEXTSTEP development environment, should just recompile and work. To make sure developers are aware of portability issues, NeXT is producing a guide to address source code portability between different architectures running NEXTSTEP. This guide should be available in November. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C10. What is the difference between the NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment and Developer Environment? The NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment consists of the entire NEXTSTEP 3.1 environment, minus the developer tools. The Developer Environment includes the developer tools such Interface builder, Project Builder, C compilers, Object Kits, example source code and developer documentation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C11. What are the general requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel on Intel-based Computers? A specific NEXTSTEP/Intel Hardware Compatibility Guide is available from the NeXTanswers service, and as a separate FAQ file. [Eric Hermanson <24gdbq$8hb@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>] I am posting this to clear up the confusion surrounding NEXTSTEP hardware requirements. There have been many incorrect postings as to the requirements for NEXTSTEP. There have also been many people inquiring about the requirements. These are the correct numbers, source: NEXTSTEP CD-ROM. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEXTSTEP 3.1 (Intel and Motorola) NEXTSTEP *Requires* 8 MB Memory for 2-bit Greyscale NEXTSTEP *Requires* 12 MB Memory for 8-bit Greyscale NEXTSTEP *Requires* 16 MB Memory for 16-bit Color NeXT *Recommends* 12 MB Memory for 2-bit Greyscale NeXT *Recommends* 16 MB Memory for 8-bit Greyscale NeXT *Recommends* 24 MB Memory for 16-bit Color *SUMMARY* of NEXTSTEP Hard Drive Space *Requirements*: NEXTSTEP *Requires* 120 MB for User Environment NEXTSTEP *Requires* 330 MB for User Environment + Developer Tools NeXT *Recommends* 200 MB For User Environment (full install) NeXT *Recommends* 400 MB For User Environment + Developer Tools (full install) Full User Environment: 136 MB (NeXT *Recommends* 200 MB for User) Compressed User Environment: 109 MB Bare User Environment: 50 MB All Developer Tools: 100 MB (These numbers are the dev TOOLS only) Compressed Dev. Tools: 78 MB Bare Developer Tools: 66 MB FULL USER + DEVELOPER: **236 MB (NeXT *Recommends* 400 MB for User+Dev) Compressed USER + DEV: 187 MB Bare USER + DEVELOPER: 116 MB THE ENTIRE USER+DEVELOPER RELEASE OF NEXTSTEP TAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 236 MB. *Detailed* Hard Drive Requirements: NEXTSTEP consists of a number of independent packages, some of which can be optionally installed. USER ENVIRONMENT: ** INDICATES OPTIONAL PACKAGE NEXTSTEP Essentials This is the required software, including user environment, UNIX, Renderman, NeXT Software (network stuff, NeXT Mail, etc), root & me accounts. Installed Size 47.1 MB Languages Users can install up to six languages on the system, each one takes up 3 MB English, Italian, Sweedish, German, French, Spanish **DigitalWebster.pkg This package contains the Digital Webster application, the electronic edition of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. InstalledSize 18.8 MB CompressedSize 16.3 MB **Literature.pkg This package contains the complete works of Shakespeare, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and the pictures for Digital Webster. InstalledSize 40.7 MB CompressedSize 29.9 MB **Documentation.pkg This package contains the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual and the UNIX manual pages. It also contains the complete set of PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files. InstalledSize 18 MB CompressedSize 8 MB **NeXTTeX.pkg This is a full implementation of TeX (LaTeX) and METAFONT. InstalledSize 8.1 MB CompressedSize 4.5 MB ============================================================================= TOTAL USER ENVIRONMENT: 136 MB Full Install 109 MB Compressed Optional Stuff 50 MB No Optional Software Installed DEVELOPER TOOLS: ** INDICATES OPTIONAL PACKAGE DeveloperTools.pkg This package contains applications and files you need for NEXTSTEP development. InstalledSize 36.4 MB CompressedSize 18.6 MB DeveloperLibs.pkg This package contains software libraries you need to develop NEXTSTEP software. InstalledSize 30 MB CompressedSize 14.5 MB **DeveloperDoc.pkg This package contains the on-line edition of the NEXTSTEP Developer's Library. InstalledSize 30 MB CompressedSize 10 MB **Demonstrations.pkg This package contains demonstration applications and images. InstalledSize 3 MB CompressedSize 2 MB ============================================================================= TOTAL DEVELOPER TOOLS: 100 MB Size of All Developer Tools 78 MB Size with Optional Stuff Compressed 66 MB Size with no Optional Software Installed ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C12. If a specific I/O card is not supported by NeXT, can 3rd parties write drivers for NEXTSTEP/Intel? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel uses a newly developed object-oriented driver architecture that brings the benefits of object-orientation all the way down to the I/O card driver level. Complete documentation for this new "Driver Kit" architecture will be available later this year. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C13. How is NEXTSTEP/Intel installed? NEXTSTEP/Intel will come with a boot floppy and a CDROM. To install NEXTSTEP/Intel, the system boots from the floppy, and then installs the minimum NEXTSTEP environment from the CDROM (SCSI CDROM drive). The user may then chose from several optional packages depending on the available disk space and user requirements. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C14. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on 386 machines? No. NEXTSTEP/Intel uses several 486 specific features that enhance the performance of NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support any true 486. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C15. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the Cyrix 486SLC? [NeXT states:] No. The Cyrix chip not a true 486. [several other users state:] Yes. Slow performance, though. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C16. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the future Intel Microprocessors in the x86 family? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will not only support them, but will take advantage of any performance enhancements available with future Intel CPU's, just as NeXT has taken advantage of the 486. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C17. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on portable computers? Yes. Many portables and notebooks with 486 CPU's and sufficient system resources (8+MB RAM and 120+MB hard disk space) are available. Since NEXTSTEP/Intel will support 640x480 VGA displays in grayscale, NEXTSTEP 486 can run on these systems. Do be aware that NEXTSTEP's user interface and applications were not designed for low-resolution screens, and consequently will impose limitations on the use of some applications. Also, typical battery management systems do not work with multi-tasking operating systems. Future versions of NEXTSTEP/Intel will provide driver support for portable-oriented peripherals such as pocket Ethernet, SCSI and Sound adapters and PC/MCIA cards. We expect additional device drivers for portable peripherals to be available in Q3-Q4 1993. Until drivers are available for portable SCSI adapters, NEXTSTEP/Intel can be installed on portables by using a docking station with SCSI adapter and CDROM. The docking station can then be used for a local area network card. NeXT is investigating future Intel microprocessors that may provide battery management support for advanced operating systems such as NEXTSTEP. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C18. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel be able to run Microsoft DOS and Windows programs? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support a DOS and Windows compatibility package. This software will allow DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1 programs to run within a NEXTSTEP window. Support will include DOS "Protected" mode and Windows 3.1 "Standard" mode (Win-16). Support for Win-32 applications is planned for the second half of 1993. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C19. Will DOS and Windows compatibility be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel? A demo of SoftPC will be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C20. How will my DOS and Windows applications perform under NEXTSTEP/Intel? Very well. The DOS/Windows compatibility package for NEXTSTEP/Intel takes full advantage of the 486 microprocessor. Depending on system hardware configuration and type of DOS/Windows application, performance should vary between 386 and 486 native DOS/Windows performance. In addition, to enhance the performance of Windows applications, a MS Windows specific Graphics Device Interface (GDI) driver which maps Microsoft Windows calls directly to the NEXTSTEP window server will be part of the system. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C21. Is the window I use to run Microsoft Windows applications resizable? Yes. You can set the Windows session to any size you wish up to the maximum screen size available to the NEXTSTEP/Intel system you are using. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C22. Will this DOS/Windows compatibility system allow me to run several DOS programs at once? Yes. Since NEXTSTEP/Intel is a multi-tasking, virtual memory operating environment, several DOS/Windows sessions can be run at once. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C23. Can I cut and paste between DOS/Windows sessions and NEXTSTEP applications? Yes. You can cut and paste text and graphics between DOS/Windows and NEXTSTEP applications. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C24. Can I use both DOS and NEXTSTEP/Intel partitions on the same hard disk? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support multiple operating systems on the same local hard disk. When the system boots, the user can chose to boot another operating system (such as DOS) or NEXTSTEP. If the local partition contains DOS, NEXTSTEP/Intel will be able to access the local DOS partition and read/write files to it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C25. Can NEXTSTEP/Intel read, write, and format DOS and Mac floppies? Yes. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Intel-Hardware-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201139.27491@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:11:39 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Intel-Hardware-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:05:30 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ D1. What are the specific hardware requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2 on Intel-based Computers? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: D1. What are the specific hardware requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2 on Intel-based Computers? NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 FOR INTEL PROCESSORS Hardware Compatibility Guide January 28, 1994 For easy readability of this Hardware Guide: If you are reading this with Mail.app, be sure to set your font preference for this message to a smaller fixed-pitch font (recommended: Ohlfs 10 point font). This document describes in general terms, the types of PC-compatible hardware that is supported by NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 for Intel Processors. Although many different vendors' systems will work with NEXTSTEP, the systems listed here have been tested and found to be compatible with NEXTSTEP. For any hardware specification or purchase, please contact NeXT for the latest update to this guide. PC compatibles, portables and laptops from the following vendors are now supported: ADVANCED 2000 ALR AST CONTINENTAL COMPUTERS COMPAQ DATA GENERAL DEC DELL ECESYS EPSON GATEWAY GEC COMPUTERS HEWLETT PACKARD IBM INTEL JCIS LOGISYS/LUCKY GOLDSTAR MAG COMPUTERS NCR NEC TOSHIBA UNISYS Vobis ZENITH Driver updates: Information on device driver updates may be obtained by sending email to NeXTAnswers@next.com with the subject of "INDEX HELP". You will receive the master index for NeXTAnswers. NeXT and third parties are constantly developing and enhancing drivers for NEXTSTEP. Updates to existing drivers, or new drivers can be downloaded from the Internet via email or ftp. NeXTAnswers provides an easy method to obtain drivers by e-mail as described above. (Note: you must be able to receive NeXTMail in order to be able to receive drivers via email.) To obtain drivers via ftp: use ftp to access ftp.next.com and login as anonymous with any password and "cd" to /pub. Drivers can be downloaded from the NeXTAnswers directory. ** TABLE OF CONTENTS ** -> NEXTSTEP Desktop Systems Requirements - CERTIFIED SYSTEMS - LISTED SYSTEMS -> NEXTSTEP Portable Systems Requirements - CERTIFIED SYSTEMS - LISTED SYSTEMS -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Graphics Adapters -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP- Desktop System Requirements General Requirements for Desktop Systems: CPU - i486 based or Pentium based PC compatible computer. NEXTSTEP requires a floating point coprocessor. Systems using processors without a built-in floating point coprocessor require an add-on floating point coprocessor, or upgrade to a 486 or Pentium with built-in floating point support. EXPANSION BUS - ISA or EISA, VL, or PCI Expansion Bus. AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE - NEXTSTEP supports multiple partitioned hard disks, allowing the user to install and boot several operating systems from the same local hard disk. Larger local disks are recommended for standalone systems or for systems with a local non-NEXTSTEP partition. NEXTSTEP User Environment - 120 MB (megabyte) partition minimum - 200 MB recommended for standalone systems NEXTSTEP User + Developer Environments - 330 MB partition minimum - 400 MB recommended RAM REQUIREMENTS - Ram requirements vary depending upon selection of graphics adapter. GRAPHICS MINIMUM RAM RECOMMENDED RAM 32 bit color 24 Megabytes 32 Megabytes 16 bit color 16 Megabytes 24 Megabytes 8 bit grayscale 12 Megabytes 16 Megabytes 2 bit grayscale 8 Megabytes 12 Megabytes ** A SCSI CD ROM DRIVE AND A SUPPORTED SCSI ADAPTER CARD ARE REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF NEXTSTEP. See "NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters." ** GRAPHICS ADAPTERS - See "NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors - Graphics" in this Guide for details on graphics support. DISK INTERFACES - IDE and several SCSI Hard Disk Interfaces are supported. NOTE: a SCSI adaptor and SCSI CD ROM DRIVE are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. POINTING DEVICES - Microsoft compatible PS/2 and serial mice. Logitec PS/2, serial and bus mice. PRINTERS - Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING - Several Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND - NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. A Sound card is optional. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP-CERTIFIED Desktop Systems In order to ensure the highest level of compatibility and support, NeXT has developed a process to comprehensively test specific PC-Compatible system configurations with NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. - Each specific system configuration has been subjected to a suite of compatibility tests by the NeXT Quality Assurance group. - A detailed NeXTanswer support document is available listing the specific configuration tested, and any setup information required to configure the system for NEXTSTEP. - Because of the detailed information available to customers and NeXT's Customer Support personnel, NeXT delivers the best technical support on certified configurations. - A system platform is loosely referred to as "Certified" if it has one or more certified configurations, but all the benefits of certification are available only to users of the specific certified configuration. - Only the manufacturing revisions of a system unit and its add-on cards listed in the Nextanswer are certified. Always refer to the latest version of this guide, and the associated NeXTanswer to ensure the specific version of a system is fully certified by NeXT. - NeXT certification does not necessarily mean "error free." Certified systems may contain detected or undetected compatibility problems, please refer to NeXTanswers for the latest information. Below appear the following graphics configurations for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors compatible hardware: I. 32 Bit Color Systems II. 16 Bit Color Systems III. 8 Bit Grayscale Systems IV. 2 Bit Grayscale Systems Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. I. 32 Bit Color Systems COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 2MB VRAM for 640 x 480 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E 1456 DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 DEC MTE-d2 * EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 II. 16 Bit Color Systems COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 1MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Both 486 and Pentium systems require 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E 1456 DATA GENERAL (800) DATA-GEN Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 1MB of VRAM for 800 x 600 Requires 2MB of VRAM for 1024 x 768 DG Dasher LE2* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 w/ Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For 450DE/2 DGX: 2MB of VRAM - 16 bit color resolution is 1120 x 832 For Dimension or OptiPlex requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 For Dimension or OptiPlex requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Dell 450DE/2 DGX* EISA 486 Localbus JAWS 1154 Dell Dimension* EISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/L* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/M* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE EPSON (800) BUY-EPSON Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Epson NX requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 or 1120 x 832 Epson NX* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vectra XM series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Vectra XM series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 [Vectra XM-Series: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra XM* ISA 486 Localbus S3-928 NCR (800) 225 5627 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 NCR 3333* ISA 486 ATI 68800 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Image Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Image Series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Express Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 NEC Image 486es* ISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1466 W32i NEC Express II ST* EISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1467 W32 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. II. 8 Bit Grayscale COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 2 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Dimension or OptiPlex requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 or 1024x768 Dimension or OptiPlex requires 2 MB VRAM for 1152x819 or 1280x1024 Dell Dimension* EISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/L* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/M* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vectra XM series requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 Vectra XM series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 [Vectra XM-Series: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra XM* ISA 486 Localbus S3-928 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Image Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600, or 1024x768, or 1120x832 Express Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 NEC Image 486es* ISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1466 W32i NEC Express II ST* EISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1467 W32 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. III. 2 Bit Grayscale NCR (800) 225 5627 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640 x 480 NCR 3333* ISA 486 ATI 68800 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --> NEXTSTEP Listed Desktop Systems The following systems are "Listed Desktop Systems". Listed systems are those whose NEXTSTEP Compatibility has been reported by a third-party, not determined by NeXT's Quality Assurance department. NeXT lists these systems for informational purposes only, as a convenience to our customers. NeXT does not warrant or monitor the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on Listed systems. II. 16 bit color ADVANCED 2000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 for all systems 2000 NE 486-SUS ISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 2000 NE 486-SUS ISA 486 Metheus S3-928 2000 NE 486-LDS EISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 2000 NE 486-LDS EISA 486 Metheus S3-928 ALR (800) 257-1230 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For ALR: 1MB VRAM is required for 800x600 For ALR: 2MB VRAM is required for 1024x768 ALR Evolution IV/e EISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 1363 AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For AST Power Premium: see NEXTSTEP Graphics Adapter chart For Premmia 4/d requires 1MB VRAM for 800 x 600 AST Power Premium* EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1123 AST Premmia 4/d* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ For Compaq DeskPro/L: see NEXTSTEP Graphics Adapter chart Compaq Deskpro L EISA 486 Add-on EISA card DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Dell ME, L, M Series: 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Dell ME Series* EISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell M Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell L Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 ECESYS (800) 7-eCesys Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Ecesys 2MB VRAM required for 1024 x 768 eCesys 486* ISA 486 LocalBus C&T Wingine EPSON (800) BUY-EPSON Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Epson Progression: 1MB VRAM Version supports 800x600 Epson Progression* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine 1155 GATEWAY (800) 846-2059 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ V Series requires 1MB VRAM for 800x600 V Series requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 Gateway V Series* ISA 486 VL-bus ATI 68800 1120 Note: Please make sure to read the NeXTAnswer about Gateway chipsets. HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ HP N and NI series require 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 [Vectra NI: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra U EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1121 HP Vectra N ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 HP Vectra NI ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 IBM (800) 426-2468 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ IBM Value Point systems require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 (Please contact NeXT for an application note on installation) IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/S VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/D VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/T VL-BUS INTEL (800) 628-8686 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Intel GX/Prof requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768. Intel GX/Prof* EISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68800 1209 LOGISYS/LUCKY GOLDSTAR (510) 657 2229 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Lucky Goldstar requires 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. Logisys LG 486NX* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine 1207 MAG COMPUTERS Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ MAG Computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. MAG MAG 4000 NSTEP EISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68875 MAG MAG 4000 NSTEP ISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68875 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ NEC requires either add on EISA Graphics card or requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x600. NEC PowerMate Express DX/2* EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1333 NEC Image 466* ISA 486 LocalBus ET 4000W32 UNISYS (800) 874-8647 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ UNISYS requires 1MB VRAM for 800x600 UNISYS requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 UNISYS U6000 DT2* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 ZENITH (800) 888-3058 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Zenith systems require add-on EISA cards. ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Add-on EISA CONTINENTAL COMPUTERS (800) 776-8649 Integrator Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Continental systems require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 Continental systems require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 CONTINENTAL 3800 NeXT EISA* EISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 CONTINENTAL 3800 NeXT ISA* ISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 GEC COMPUTERS (800) 486-1500 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ GEC computers require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 GEC computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 GEC Jet F86 ISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 GEC Jet F86 EISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 JCIS Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ JCIS computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 JCIS JC/NX 466/2C ISA 486 C & T Wingine JCIS JC/NX 466/2N ISA 486 C & T Wingine JCIS JC/NX 480/2C ISA 486 C & T Wingine Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. III. 8 Bit Grayscale COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ For all Compaq systems: see Graphics Adapter chart Compaq Deskpro L EISA 486 EISA QVision DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Dell ME, M, and L Series require 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 Dell ME Series* EISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell M Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell L Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ HP N and NI systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024x768. HP U systems require add-on EISA graphics card. [Vectra NI : LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra U ISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1121 HP Vectra NI ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 HP Vectra N ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 IBM (800) 426-2468 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ All IBM Value Point systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024x768. IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/S VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/D VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/T VL-BUS NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ NEC systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. NEC Image 466* EISA 486 LocalBus ET4000 W32 ZENITH (800) 888-3058 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Zenith systems require add-on EISA graphics adapter. ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Add-on EISA Adapter Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. IV. 2 Bit Grayscale AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480. AST Power Premium* EISA 486 Built-in VGA 1123 HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480. HP Vectra U* EISA 486 Built-in VGA 1121 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640 x 480. NEC I series, and Image 466 require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 NEC PowerMate* ISA 486 Built-in VGA 1333 NEC I-series ISA 486 LocalBus ET4000AX NEC Image 466* ISA 486 LocalBus ET4000W32 ZENITH Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Built-in VGA Vobis Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vobis systems require .5MB VRAM for 1024x768. Vobis 486 DX2-66 ISA 486 Cirrus Logic VGA-542V Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP Portable System Requirements OVERVIEW CPU - i486 based, or Pentium based PC compatible portable computer. NEXTSTEP requires a floating point coprocessor. Systems using processors without a built-in floating point coprocessor require an add-on floating point coprocessor, or upgrade to a 486 or Pentium with built-in floating point support. AC-Powered Portables - AC powered portables require at least one ISA or EISA slot for a SCSI adapter to install NEXTSTEP from CD-ROM. BATTERY-POWERED PORTABLES AND DOCKING STATIONS - Battery powered portables require a docking station with at least one ISA slot for a SCSI adapter to install NEXTSTEP from a SCSI CD-ROM. Once NEXTSTEP is installed, the portable may be used away from the docking station. AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE - NEXTSTEP supports multiple partitioned hard disks, allowing the user to install and boot several operating systems from the same local hard disk. Larger local disks are recommended for standalone systems or for systems with a local non-NEXTSTEP partition: NEXTSTEP User Environment - 120 MB (megabyte) partition minimum - 200 MB recommended for standalone systems NEXTSTEP User + Developer Environments - 330 MB partition minimum - 400 MB recommended RAM REQUIREMENTS - RAM requirements vary depending upon selection of graphics adapter: GRAPHICS MINIMUM RAM RECOMMENDED RAM 32 bit color 24 Megabytes 32 Megabytes 16 bit color 16 Megabytes 24 Megabytes 8 bit grayscale 12 Megabytes 16 Megabytes 2 bit grayscale 8 Megabytes 12 Megabytes(+) Note: Since 32 bit, 16 bit color and 8 bit color grayscale support require LocalBus, VL-Bus, PCI, or EISA graphics adapters, only AC-powered portables with EISA slots can support 16 bit color or 8 bit grayscale. (+) - NeXT recommends a minimum of 12MB or RAM for acceptable performance on portables. GRAPHICS ADAPTERS - Current display panel technology in popular PC-compatibles does not yet support the linear buffer NEXTSTEP requires for 16 bit color or 8 bit grayscale.Therefore, NEXTSTEP supports these systems with 2-bit grayscale at 640x480. Active matrix or plasma panels are recommended for better cursor tracking response. ISA systems (AC-powered or through a docking station) can support add-on, high resolution 2-bit grayscale graphics adapters and EISA-based AC-powered portables can support 16-bit color or 8-bit grayscale graphics with an add-on EISA graphics adapter. DISK INTERFACES - Both built-in IDE and add-on SCSI Hard Disk Interfaces are supported. Battery powered portables require a docking station to install a SCSI hard disk interface card. POINTING DEVICES - Microsoft and Logitec compatible PS/2 and serial mice are supported. PRINTERS - Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING - Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. Battery-powered portables require a docking station to install a networking adapter. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND - NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. Battery-powered portables require a docking station to install a sound card. A Sound card is optional. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP-CERTIFIED Portable Systems In order to ensure the highest level of compatibility and support, NeXT has developed a process to comprehensively test specific PC-Compatible system configurations with NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. - Each specific system configuration has been subjected to a suite of compatibility tests by the NeXT Quality Assurance group. - A detailed NeXTAnswer support document is available listing the specific configuration tested, and any setup information required to configure the system for NEXTSTEP. - Because of the detailed information available to customers and NeXT's Customer Support personnel, NeXT delivers the best technical support on certified configurations. - A system platform is loosely referred to as "Certified" if it has one or more certified configurations, but all the benefits of certification are available only to users of the specific certified configuration. - Only the manufacturing revisions of a system unit and its add-on cards listed in the NeXTAnswer are certified. Always refer to the latest version of this guide, and the associated NeXTAnswer to ensure the specific version of a system is fully certified by NeXT. - NeXT certification does not necessarily mean "error free." Certified systems may contain detected or undetected compatibility problems, please refer to NeXTAnswers for the latest information. Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. A docking station, SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ LTE Battery Active 486 ISA 200/20 Lite Matrix KMM 4/25c Color MS Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ NEC Ultra- Battery Active 486 ISA 340/20 lite Matrix MS Versa C Color KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: PCMCIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --> NEXTSTEP Listed Portable Systems The following systems are "Listed Portable Systems". Listed systems are those whose NEXTSTEP Compatibility has been reported by a third-party, not determined by NeXT's Quality Assurance department. NeXT lists these systems for informational purposes only, as a convenience to our customers. NeXT does not warrant or monitor the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on Listed systems. Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. A docking station, SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ AST Power- Battery Passive 486SL ISA 200/32 Exec Color KMM 4SL or Mono MS AST Power- Battery Active 486SL ISA 200/32 Exec Matrix KMM 4SL Mono MS Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ 486/M AC Passive 486DX 525/32 Port. Matrix Mono COMPAQ 486/C AC Active 486DX 525/32 Port. Matrix Color Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (EISA expansion for 486/C and 486/M) NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk NA# Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ NEC Pro- AC Active 486SX 200/20 Speed Port. Matrix 486C Color 486SL NEC Ultra- Battery Passive 486SL ISA 340/20 1477 lite Matrix MS Versa M Mono KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (EISA expansion for ProSpeed 486C) Built-in expansion: PCMCIA for Ultralite Versa M models ProSpeed 486C requires floating point upgrade. TOSHIBA (800) 999-4273 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk NA# Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ TOSHIBA T6400DX AC Passive 486DX 200/32 1116 Mono or Plasma TOSHIBA T6400DXC AC Active 486DX 200/32 1116 Matrix Color TOSHIBA T4400SX Battery Passive 486SX ISA 120/20 Mono or MS Plasma KMM TOSHIBA T4400 Battery Active 486SX ISA 120/20 SXC Matrix MS Color KMM TOSHIBA T4400C Battery Active 486DX ISA 200/20 Matrix MS Color KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (ISA expansion for T6400DX and T6400DXC models) T4400SX and T4400SXC require floating point upgrades. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Graphics Adapters NEXTSTEP GRAPHICS SYSTEM NEXTSTEP Display Postscript graphic system supports such advanced capabilities as scalable fonts, unified imaging model for both screen display and printing, image transparency (also known as alpha channel), Pantone color matching,and Pixar Interactive Renderman 3D imaging. NEXTSTEP's window server composites multiple layers of images, and allows the user to work with images of any quality with any supported imaging model, in other words, users can work with a 32 bit color image even on a 2-bit grayscale system! In order to provide these sophisticated capabilities NEXTSTEP requires a "workstation"-style linear frame buffer graphics system and a high performance 32-bit data path to the frame buffer. The number of colors or shades of gray, depth of transparency, etc., varies depending on the image model supported. ** TABLE FOR NEXTSTEP IMAGING ** Imaging Model Colors or Transparency Shades of (alpha channel) Gray ______________________________________________________ 32-bit color 24-bit (16M colors) 8-bit (256 levels) 16-bit color 12-bit (4096 colors) 4-bit (16 levels) 8-bit gray 8-bit (256 grays) 8-bit (256 levels) 2-bit gray 2-bit (4 grays) 2-bit (4 levels) 32-BIT COLOR NEXTSTEP supports 32-bit color on a variety of graphics controller chips that support linear frame buffer access. Due to the performance requirements of 32-bit color, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data path, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 32-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 16-BIT COLOR NEXTSTEP supports 32-bit color on a variety of graphics controller chips that support linear frame buffer access. Due to the performance requirements of 16-bit color, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data path, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 16-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 8-BIT GRAYSCALE Due to the performance requirements of 8-bit grayscale, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 8-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 2-BIT GRAYSCALE NeXT has developed a special driver that simulates the linear frame buffer required by NEXTSTEP's graphics system on segmented frame buffer graphics adapters such as standard VGA and Super VGA cards. This allows NEXTSTEP to support most standard VGA cards as well as certain Super VGA cards. These graphics adapters can be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-BUS), PCI, EISA or ISA. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that this card supports SoftPC in full-screen mode. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP - Other Devices and Adapters - Graphics ATI 68800 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ ATI Ultra- EISA or ATI 16 bit color: 1122 Pro VL-Bus Ultra- 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Pro 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 Rev. 3* 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 ATI Ultra- EISA or ATI 16 bit color: 1122 Pro VL-Bus Ultra- 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Pro 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 Rev. 6* 2 MB VRAM supports 1120x832 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 ATI 68800 PCI Planned Q1 1994 AX COMPAQ QVISION Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ QVision EISA Compaq 16 bit color: 1024/E QVision 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 COMPAQ QVision EISA Compaq 32 bit color: 1280/E QVision 2 MB VRAM supports 640x480 16 bit color: 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 CIRRUS LOGIC GD542X Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ STB Horizon* ISA Cirrus 2 bit grayscale: Logic .5 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 GD542X JAWS Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ DELL 450DE/2 Local- DELL 16 bit color: DGX* bus JAWS 2 MB VRAM supports 1120x832 DGX Note: Upgrade for Dell 450DE only. TSENG LABS ET-4000AX Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ Several Several ISA Tseng 2 bit grayscale: Labs .5 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 ET4000 TSENG LABS ET-4000W32i * Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ Several Several VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 STANDARD VGA Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions _____________________________________________________________________ various various ISA VGA 2 bit grayscale Adapter 640x480 resolution (default) S3-805 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ miro miro VL-Bus S3 16 bit color: Computer Crystal 800x600 resolution Products 8S 8 bit grayscale: AG 1024x768 resolution 800x600 resolution S3-928 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Number GXE/VL* VL-Bus #9GXE 16 bit color: Nine Level 11 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 or 12 2MB VRAM supports 1024x768 8 bit grayscale: 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 1MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2MB VRAM supports 1152x819 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 Number GXE-VL Planned Q1 1994 Nine Level 13 STB Pegasus VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 miro miro PCI miro928 1486 Computer Crystal VL-Bus 32 bit color: Products 32S EISA 4MB VRAM supports 1024x768 AG 16 bit color: 4MB VRAM supports 1408x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1152x864 2MB VRAM supports 1024x768 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 8 bit grayscale: 2MB VRAM supports 1408x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1152x864 1MB VRAM supports 1024x768 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 Weitek Power 9000 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Diamond Viper VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters NEXTSTEP supports a variety of additional devices and add-on adapters: DISK INTERFACES Both IDE and several SCSI hard disk interfaces are supported. POINTING DEVICES Microsoft compatible PS/2 and serial mice. Logitec PS/2, serial, and bus mice. PRINTERS Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING Several Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. A Sound card is optional. ADDITIONAL DEVICES Other popular PC peripherals such as FAX/Modems will be supported. DRIVERKIT NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors incorporates a newly developed object-oriented driver architecture called DriverKit. DriverKit allows the quick development of device drivers for new peripherals and add-on cards for Intel-based PCs running NEXTSTEP. DriverKit's architecture allows drivers to be loaded at run-time, thereby allowing users to add additional cards or devices to their systems without re-installing the main operating system. Loadable device drivers also allow NeXT and third parties to easily distribute additional drivers as they become available. In order to promote the availability of drivers for NEXTSTEP, NeXT includes the DriverKit development tools, and source code examples of several drivers on the NEXTSTEP Developer CD ROM. NeXT is actively working with hardware manufacturers and third parties to provide additional drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. Developers interested in becoming a registered driver developer should contact NeXT Developer Relations at (1-800-TRY-NEXT) and join the registered developer program. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors ADDITIONAL DEVICE SUPPORT PRODUCTS Note: When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. FLOPPY DISK Vendor Model Bus Driver _____________________________________________________________________ 3.5 inch Floppy Disk 1.44MB floppy Controller IDE HARD DISK INTERFACE Vendor Model Bus Driver _____________________________________________________________________ IDE IDE Disk Controller SCSI HARD DISK INTERFACE Note on Adaptec 1542, 1742, & 2742 DPT 2012/95, 2022/95 & 2122/95: Built-in floppy disk interface is not supported. Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Adaptec 1540B, C, CF ISA Adaptec 1542B SCSI adapter Adaptec 1542B, C, CF ISA Adaptec 1542B Built-in floppy disk SCSI adapter not supported Adaptec 1740 EISA Adaptec 1742 EISA Built-in floppy disk not supported Adaptec 2740 EISA Planned for Q1 1994 Adaptec 2742 EISA Planned for Q1 1994 Bus 542B ISA Adaptec 1542B Logic SCSI adapter Bus 747S EISA Adaptec 1542B Logic SCSI adapter Bus 445S VL-Bus Planned for Q1 1994 Logic DPT 2012/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2012/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2021/90 ISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2021/95 ISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2022/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2022/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2122/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2122/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) NeXTAnswers: Adaptec B cards: 1107 Adaptec C cards: 1108 Adaptec 1700's : 1475 Bus Logic 542B : 1362 Bus Logic 747S : 1118 DPT 2012 series: 1358 DPT 2021 series: 1476 DPT 2022 series: 1457 SCSI TAPE Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ SCSI SCSI tape tape driver PARALLEL PORT Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Standard On-board Add-on parallel cards Parallel Port Parallel port not supported. NeXTAnswer # 1330 SERIAL PORT Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Standard On-board Supports COM1 & COM2 Serial Ports serial ports NeXTAnswer # 1208 LOCAL AREA NETWORK ADAPTERS Note on Intel Etherlink: support of TP port requires Driver update Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features NA# __________________________________________________________________________ 3COM Etherlink III ISA 3COM Ethernet coax (3C509) Etherlink III (twisted pair - ethernet adapt. not supported) 3COM Etherlink III EISA 3COM Ethernet coax (3C579) Etherlink III (twisted pair - ethernet adapt. not supported) SMC EtherCard Plus ISA SMC 16 Ethernet coax or 1110 Elite 16(8013) ethernet twisted pair adapter INTEL EtherExpress 16 ISA Intel Ether- Ethernet coax or 1206 (TP, Coax or Combo) Express twisted pair ethernet adapter INTEL TokenExpress ISA Intel Token- Token ring ISA/16s Express ISA Token Ring IBM Token Ring ISA IBM 16/4 Token Ring 16/4 Adapter Adapter 16/4 Mbps 8 bit I/O 64k buffer Share RAM Note: IBM Driver planned for Q1 1994 POINTING DEVICES Vendor Model Bus Driver NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Microsoft MS mouse serial mouse serial mouse 1360 Microsoft MS mouse PS/2 mouse port PS/2 mouse Logitec Mouse Man serial mouse serial mouse 1360 (Right or adapter Left) Logitec Mouse Man PS/2 mouse PS/2 mouse 1360 (Right or adapter Left) Logitec Mouse Man Bus Bus mouse Bus mouse 1360 adapter AUDIO DEVICES Vendor Model Bus Driver Features NA# _________________________________________________________________________ Standard PC CPU System beep System audio alerts speaker board driver only support Media ProAudio ISA ProAudio Up to CD quality 1158 Vision Spectrum 16 Spectrum 16 stereo record & play Media Pro ISA ProAudio Up to CD quality Vision Studio 16 Spectrum 16 stereo record & play Intel GX/Professional CPU Up to CD quality board stereo record & play Compaq Business Audio CPU Up to CD quality board stereo record & play Microsoft 1471 Sound System ISA Up to CD quality PRINTERS Vendor Model Bus Interface _____________________________________________________________________ NeXT Color Printer SCSI Standard Adobe Postscript Serial or parallel Printers (Postscript Level II recommended for proper color support.) CD ROM DRIVES Vendor Model Notes _____________________________________________________________________ NEC CDR - 74 External NeXT Sony 541 External TAPE BACKUPS Vendor Model Notes _____________________________________________________________________ Archive Viper 150 QIC, 512 byte blocks Archive Python DAT, 512 byte blocks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 28, 1994 NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 FOR INTEL PROCESSORS Hardware Compatibility Guide - end - -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Languages-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201153.27549@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:11:53 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Languages-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:05:30 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ E1. What Fortran compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E2. What Lisps are there for NEXTSTEP? E3. What Pascal compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E4. What should I know about c++ shipped with NEXTSTEP? E5. What Ada compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E6. Is Perl available for NEXTSTEP? E7. Where can I get gawk? E8. Where can I get Eiffel? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E1. What Fortran compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? There is a fortran to c translator called f2c available via anonymous ftp from the archives. Check the sources directory. Absoft FORTRAN 77 Object Oriented FORTRAN compiler; fully compatible w/ NEXTSTEP's Interface Builder toolkit, allows programmers to add a GUI to any FORTRAN program. They have a screen oriented source level debugger designed by and for FORTRAN programmers, and IMSL FORTRAN Libraries. They have versions for NEXTSTEP/m68k and NEXTSTEP/FIP. 313-853-0050 Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) FORTRAN 90 for NeXT Modern Fortran fully compliant with ISO/IEC 1539:1991 and ANSI X3.198-1991 standards. (708) 971-2337 OASYS OASYS Native Compilers, OASYS Optimizing 680x0 Cross Compilers, OASYS Optimizing 88000 Cross Compilers (C, C++, Fortran, Pascal available for each) Highly optimized Fortran, Pascal., C and C++ compilers and cross compilers. 617-862-2002. Diab Data (415) 571-1700 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E2. What Lisps are there for NEXTSTEP? Scheme is available from: altdorf.ai.mit.edu. Schematik is a front-end to MIT Scheme for NEXTSTEP; it comes complete with MIT Scheme, so that installing it is in fact also the simplest way to install MIT Scheme. It is available from: ftp.gac.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (European users). There is also a commercial Scheme implementation that supposedly conforms to an IEEE Scheme standard. Cadence Research Systems 812-333-9269 Xlisp is available from bikini.cis.ufl.edu. Changes To make it work with NEXTSTEP: in unixstuf.c: #define BSD in function init_tty: declare extern char xltoplevel() in function read_keybd: change char buf[1] to char buf[100] change sizeof(buf) to sizeof(char) AKCL is available from: sonata.cc.purdue.edu. [bvrotney@ads.com (Bill Vrotney)] adds: But you can actually get a later version from: rascal.ics.utexas.edu pub/NeXT-akcl-1-615.tar.Z Scheme->C Compiler is available from sonata.cc.purdue.edu and gatekeeper.dec.com. ACL (allegro common lisp) used to be bundled with 1.0, now it is available directly from: Franz Inc. 1995 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-3600, FAX: (510) 548-8252 email info@franz.com. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E3. What Pascal compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? uvapc/NeXT is an ISO standard Pascal compiler developed by the University of Virginia's Academic Computing Center and the Department of Computer Science. uvapc/NeXT passes the ISO standard Pascal validation suite. The compiler is written in C and has been ported to several other Unix platforms. uvapc/NeXT can generate the necessary information so that the GNU source-level symbolic debugger, gdb, can be used (see Caveats below). It also supports obtaining gprof type profiles. Contact is: Mr. Jack Davidson University of Virginia Department of Computer Science, Thornton Hall Charlottesville CA 22903 (804) 982-2209 (804) 982-2214 FAX jwd@virginia.edu [From: sanguish@digifix.com] I'm pretty sure that this pascal was dropped when 3.0 came onto the scene. Definately when hardware was dropped. I have sent e-mail to the contact, but no answer as yet. p2c, David Gillespie's Pascal to C translator, can be obtained from: csvax.cs.caltech.edu: pub/p2c-1.20.tar.Z. It translates many dialects of Pascal including Turbo, VAX, Sun/Berkeley. But there is a very serious problem in that %g and %lg are used to read reals in the translated code, and these formats are not supported by NeXT in scanf. Gillespie maintains that this is a bug in NeXT's compiler. A fix is to make the following change in funcs.c: [Old code] case TK_REAL: if (var->val.type == tp_longreal) ex = makeexpr_string("%lg"); else ex = makeexpr_string("%g"); break; [New code] case TK_REAL: if (var->val.type == tp_longreal) ex = makeexpr_string("%lf"); else ex = makeexpr_string("%f"); break; Here is a very disturbing example. %lg gives garbage, and %lf even gives garbage when it follows %lg: ariel% more test.c main() { double x, y, z; scanf("%lf%lg%lf%*[^\n]", &x, &y, &z); getchar(); printf("% .5E % .5E % .5E\n", x, y, z); } ariel% cc test.c ariel% a.out 3.14 3.14 3.14 3.14000E+00 6.36599E-314 1.40000E-01 ariel% ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E4. What should I know about c++ shipped with NEXTSTEP? Two things to note about the cc++ on NeXT. Any C include files have to be specified as below: extern "C" { #include <libc.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> } This tells that the code is C, so you won't have problems with the standard libraries thinking your program is Objective C. Also the /usr/include/stdio.h in line 75 has a variable "new" that conflicts with a g++ keyword. You can redefine it using #define new __new__ #include "stdio.h" #undef new After the above two fixes, g++ programs that do not use the g++ class library (and therefore do not need libg++ to be available) work. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] The currently available lib g++ is on ftp.next.com [From: Magnus Nordborg <magnus@fisher.Stanford.EDU>] The cc++ shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.0 is a modified version of gcc-1.93. As shipped, 3.0 does not have the standard C++ headers and library functions (like iostream.h). It is therefore of no use as a C++ compiler (unless you want to write your own i/o routines, etc). There are basically two things you can do to remedy the situation. 1.) Get libg++-1.39.0 and build it using cc++ (some patches are needed, see below). 2.) Get the latest version of gcc and libg++ and build them. They (gcc-2.3.3 and libg++-2.3 that is) compile without problems (you need GNU make and bison, plus at least 40 MB of disk space to build gcc). The second alternative is clearly preferable in that you get a more stable C++ compiler that support "recent" additions to C++. This makes it much more likely that you will be able to use packages from other sources, etc There are two disadvantages: gcc takes up more than 10 MB of disk space, and the version of gdb that comes with 3.0 works less well with it. You should probably not get rid of cc even if you get gcc as the support for NeXT's Objective-C in gcc is not reliable. Here are the instructions for getting libg++-1.39.0: Create a folder, say /me/tmp. % mkdir tmp % cd tmp Get libg++-1.39.0.tar.Z via anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu from the directory pub/gnu. % ftp prep.ai.mit.edu ... Get NeXTmods-rls3.tar.Z via anonymous ftp from next242.ece.orst.edu from the directory pub. % ftp next242.ece.orst.edu ... Unpack the gnu stuff, and cd to the newly created directory. % zcat libg++-1.39.0.tar.Z | tar xf - % cd libg++-1.39.0 Unpack the mods file while in the newly created libg++-1.39.0 folder. % zcat ../NeXTmods-rls3.tar.Z | tar xf - Create /usr/gnu, and /usr/gnu/lib (writable by whoever is doing this). % mkdir /usr/gnu % mkdir /usr/gnu/lib Change Makefile line 32 to "PWD=/me/tmp/libg++-1.39.0" ^^^^^^^ may need changing Then % make src (takes a while--ignore the warnings) % make install-lib" (puts libg++.a in /usr/gnu/lib) % make install-include-files" (this puts the include files in /usr/gnu/lib/g++-include) % make tests" (this takes rather a lot of disk space). There are differences from the expected output, most likely due to finite precision effects. Make a test program, x.cc, containing: #include <stream.h> main() { cout << " Hello world!\n"; } Compile it. % cc++ -I/usr/gnu/lib/g++-include -O x.cc -L/usr/gnu/lib -lg++ Run it. % a.out It should print Hello world! ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E5. What Ada compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? Meridian Software offers a NEXTSTEP Ada compiler. Meridian Software Voice: (800)221-2522 FAX: (714)727-3583 Get adaed. It works like a real ada, with libraries, etc. Gopher/archie gives four pages of locations, but cs.nyu.edu is home base. There seem to be pc and amiga versions as well as unix. cs.nyu.edu:/pub/adaed/Adaed-1.11.0a.tar.Z ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E6. Is Perl available for NEXTSTEP? Take most of the features of C, csh, awk, and add a sprinkling from sed, and you get Perl. Practical Extraction & Reporting Language. Perl is very much of a kitchen sink language, in that it has almost all the features of everything. This results in it being easy to write programs in perl (because all your favorite constructs are there) but difficult to read perl. (Because other people have used their favorite constructs, not yours) Perl's strength is in scripting. Anything that would take more than 20 lines in a csh script is a candidate. Anything that isn't a straight pass through, chew on each line, program for awk is a candidate. Current version: 4.036 Perl is available from: jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (128.148.1.143) tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.60) uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2) While Perl does come with a 70 page man-book, an easier way to learn the language is from "Programming Perl" Larry Wall & Randal Schwartz. O'Reilly & Associates 632 Petaluma Ave Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: 800-338-6887 Voice: (707) 829-0515 uunet!ora!nuts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E7. Where can I get gawk? Gawk, as with all FSF GNU software is available in source form from: prep.ai.mit.edu Gawk is the Gnu version of Awk. Like most of the other GNU programs Gawk has more features than does awk. Further unlike the wretched man page for awk that comes with NEXTSTEP, Gawk comes with a 140 page manual/tutorial. Gawk is a text processing language. In this respect it is similar to sed. However Gawk adds to sed conditional execution (if) subroutines, and the ability to execute a block of instructions before and after the file itself is processed. gawk is not the only public-code awk. Mawk version 1.1, published through comp.sources.reviewed in February, 1992, by Mike Brennan <brennan@boeing.com>, should be mentioned as an alternative. References for Gawk/awk: Sed & Awk, Dale Dougherty, O'Reilly & Associates The Awk Programming Language Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, & Peter J. Weinberger Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. ISBN 0-201-07981-X ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E8. Where can I get Eiffel? A port of the Eiffel language and development environment is available for NEXTSTEP. The company is: Interactive Software Engineering, Inc. Voice: (805)685-1006 FAX: (805)685-6869 eiffel@eiffel.com The port is for Eiffel version 2.3 and includes their standard class libraries as well as some additional NeXT-specific classes and facilities for integration with the Interface Builder. A free eiffel-like language called Sather is available via ftp from icsi-ftp.berkeley.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Misc-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201357.27624@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:13:57 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Misc-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ F1. Is there any way to change the text in the title bar of a terminal window? !F2. Can I put both a 68030 and a 68040 system board in a single NeXT cube? F3. Where is libc.a under 2.0? F4. How do I get pictures of people from remote sites to appear in Mail.app and NewsGrazer? F5. How do I access the "help" facilities in Mathematica 1.0? !F6. How do I find out what are the defaults for a NeXT application? F7. How do I run NextApps remotely? F8. Why does UUCP hangs on outgoing connections after sending the password, but other communications software do not have a problem with it? F9. How do I access the NeXT's Digital Websters Dictionary from a program? F10. How do I remap the \ and | keys on my keyboard? F11. Why doesn't email registration to Mathematica work? F12. How do I stop NeXTMail/Sendmail adding\ ^Ms onto the end of lines? F13. Where can I get black spray paint for my NeXT? F14. What default affects menu location? F15. How to get Gourmet to boot up the Mathematica 2.0 kernel? F16. What dwrites affect the loginwindow? F17: How does one set UNIX man pages to be viewed in nroff format with DL like the standard manual pages? F18: Can I automatically have my ~/.signature file appended to mail I send with Mail.app? F19: How can I quickly find a file if I don't know its directory? F20: Mail.app suddenly stopped working. When I double-click the Mail.app icon it loads and seems to start but then just terminates. How can I fix this ? F21: For some reason, after moving my home directory, my recyler no longer works? F22: How to hear sound from CDPlayer.app thought NEXTSTEP system? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F1. Is there any way to change the text in the title bar of a terminal window? There is no way of changing the title bar of a Terminal.app window in 2.x; in 3.0 there is. Check Preferences (Title Bar): set CustomTitle, type in the title, and hit CR (or Set Window) and voila! [andre@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Andre Roberge)] adds: Actually, there is a way to change the title bar of a Terminal.app window in 2.x (at least in 2.1 which is what I am using). It is somewhat limited but it might be useful to some. The trick is to make a symbolic link between /bin/csh (or whichever shell one wishes to use) and a file in / named "Whatever_you_want_to_appear_in_the_title_bar". Then select this new "shell" in the terminal preference and, voila!, you'll have your terminal window with /Whatever_you..... in the title bar. You can edit Stuart's titlebar interactively from the "Window..." Inspector (Command-3). Stuart provides emulation of certain Operating System Command (OSC) sequences which can be used to modify the titlebar under subprocess control. Stuart can change the title of the current window from the command line. In Stuart is possible to get more descriptive titles by linking /usr/ucb/rsh to /usr/hosts/<hostname>. Then by adding /usr/hosts to your Stuart ShellPath you can then get the hostname into the title bar: $ dwrite StuartShellPaths <various dirs>:/usr/hosts You should then type in the hostname as the shell to invoke (disable the "Shell reads .login file" for this. You can also add hosts to your .Stuartrc file: Shell=golem.ps.uci.edu SourceDotLogin=NO WinLocX=545 WinLocY=563 Lines=24 | WinLocX=76 WinLocY=833 For the localhost, link /bin/csh to /usr/hosts/<name>, or even better /usr/local/bin/tcsh instead of using rsh. [Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu>] adds: For what it's worth, I do this with a script called "telnet_to" and a (bash) function called "telnet_window". The function simply does a local soil_pars="-Lines 32 -Keypad YES -Reverse YES -Strict YES -TestExit YES"; soil -Shell "telnet_to $1" $soil_pars and the script is just: #!bin/sh /usr/ucb/telnet $* echo ' ' echo ' --> telnet exited, press enter to close window.' read -r Waste_Var exit 0 This has a number of advantages, not the least of which being that I can pop up a "telnet_window" to anywhere. I don't have to create links for each host (though I do create aliases for the most common hosts), and I can type "telnet_window" (or, e.g., "tel_aix") as a unix command. Also, if I lose the connection suddenly then the window stays around until I get a chance to see what happened. I use telnet instead of rsh because I generally connect to hosts which won't accept rsh's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F2. Can I put both a 68030 and a 68040 system board in a single NeXT cube? See NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ. There is a company which offered hardware (extra CPU boards) and software support solutions for the OD with Turbo NeXTcubes. For more information: Sam Goldberger Spherical Solutions smg@orb.com 415-383-7512 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F3. Where is libc.a under 2.0? From the developer's release notes concerning the 2.0 NeXT Operating System Software available on-line with 2.0 extended: /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/ReleaseNotes/OperatingSystem.rtf - libc.a is not shipped with release 2.0. All routines contained in libc.a are also contained in the shared library libsys.a which should be used instead of libc.a. libc.a is not shipped because as a normal archive it is impossible for improvements and system interface changes made to library routines to be applicable to existing applications without those applications being relinked. Applications referencing shared libraries, because they are bound at runtime, always access the most recent release. Release 1.0 applications linked against libc.a may not be compatible with release 2.0 until they are relinked with libsys.a. Subject: F4. How do I get pictures of people from remote sites to appear in Mail.app and NewsGrazer? Mail.app: In /LocalLibrary/Images/People put a tiff (64x64) in the form of person@remote.site.domain.tiff (all lowercase). In /LocalLibrary/Images/People/passwd add an entry for the person: person@remote.site.domain:*:-2:-2::/nodir:/noshell (person and sitename need to be all lowercase as well)... In the future anytime you get mail from the person their picture should appear. You can include an "aliases" file in /LocalLibrary/Images/People too. This allows you to use the same picture for somebody that might send you mail from accounts on many different sites, or for those people whose letters use several different routings. To do this, you include entries in this local aliases file like so: bkohler@ucrac1.ucr.edu:bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu gonzo.ucr.edu!bkohler@uupsi2.uucp:bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu There should then be a .tiff file called bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu.tiff. There can be no CAPITAL LETTERS in this file. So even if the address in the From: field looks like gonzo.ucr.edu!bkohler@uupsi2.UUCP, keep the letters lowercase in the aliases file. As always, you have to restart Mail.app before these changes take effect. NewsGrazer: In /LocalLibrary/NewsGrazer/People put a tiff (64x64) in the form of person.remote.site.domain (all lowercase). This is a different naming convention from what Mail.app uses. There is a large archive of some 4000 or 5000 pictures prepared for this purpose. The name of this archive is Faces3.tar.Z and it is about 4.1 MBytes large. Currently it is available from several anon ftp sites (e.g. sonata.cc.purdue.edu) in: /pub/next/graphics/Images/icons/people. That image archive also contains a script which automatically creates proper alias and passwd files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F5. How do I access the "help" facilities in Mathematica 1.0? While the help dialog doesn't show anything, you can get the help info by clicking on the place where the slider bar should be. This tidbit doesn't seem to work on all systems though, and will be irrelevant once the new version of Mathematica comes out. [Which it has]. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F6. How do I find out what are the defaults for a NeXT application? A command line utility for examining defaults is available from: sutro.sfsu.edu:/pub/wmdefaults1.0.tar.Z. A PD App, DefaultMgr.app, is available on the NeXT ftp archives. A more brute approach (done by DefaultMgr.app): Start the application under gdb, and then try the following sequence of commands: break *0x500976a commands 1 silent printf "%s: ", *$a2 output {char *}(4+$a2) echo \n cont end run [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: DefaultMgr.app doesn't any longer work properly under 3.0. It still is able to manipulate defaults but can't any longer "investigate" apps to find out which defaults they use. [eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)] adds: Needs to be revised for 3.x systems. wmdefaults is only for 2.x; it's not needed for 3.0 and later. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F7. How do I run NextApps remotely? On the local machine make sure you have public window server access, this is set from the Preferences application. On the foreign NeXT machine run the application from a terminal window with the -NXHost <local_machine_name>. Both machines should be running the same version of NeXTstep. [shayman@Objectario.com (Steve Hayman)] NeXTSTEP 3.1 includes a demo application called OpenSesame that simplifies this. You can select a program in Workspace and use Service > Open Sesame > Open on Another Host ...to launch a program on a remote machine. This is a way to run old, non-fat-binary software on new NeXTSTEP/Intel machines. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F8. Why does UUCP hangs on outgoing connections after sending the password, but other communications software do not have a problem with it? What is happening is that the remote machine is waiting for you to end your login or password by typing a "Return" (aka ^M or CR or CARRIAGE RETURN). UUCP ends a line by sending a LineFeed (aka ^J or LF). Since UUCP doesn't send the CR, the login sequence is never completed, and you will usually get one of two error messages: wanted "password:" (means that username needs to end with a CR) imsg waiting for SYNC< (means that password needs to end with CR) So how do you get UUCP to send CR, instead of LF? End the send string with the sequence \n\c. For instance this line in L.sys will send a LF after login, but a CR after password. myfeed Any DIR 9600 cub "" ATTD19095551212 9600 \ "" ogin:--ogin: Unext ssword: secret\n\c ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F9. How do I access the NeXT's Digital Websters Dictionary from a program? Get Jiro Nakamura's define program from the archiver servers: define.tar.Z. This will allow you to access the database from the command line. [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: 'define' breaks under 3.0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F10. How do I remap the \ and | keys on my keyboard? NeXT introduced a new keyboard configuration with the 040 products. The \| keys which had been located on the main keyboard was moved to the numeric keypad. Many users have since complained about it, and a work around is to remap these keys using the demo application Keyboard (/NextDeveloper/Demos/Keyboard), Mike Carlton's keyboardfix program: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/next-interface/keyboardfix.tar.Z ...which lets you put these keys on shift-return or shift-delete. One can hope that there will be a choice of keyboards in the future. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F11. Why doesn't email registration to Mathematica work? There is a bug with this option where the mail instead of being sent to Wolfram is stored in /tmp/email.message. This file seems to be suitable for mailing to register@wri.com ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F12. How do I stop NeXTMail/Sendmail adding\ ^Ms onto the end of lines? In /etc/sendmail.cf make this change: [old code] ##### UUCP Mailer specification ##### Muucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=msDFMhuU, S=13, R=23, [new code] ##### UUCP Mailer specification ##### Muucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=msDFMhuU, S=13, R=23, E=\n, [From: sanguish@digifix.com] This has been fixed in 3.1, and the default mailhost sendmail is UUCP oriented. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F13. Where can I get black spray paint for my NeXT? Sprayon Paint Omni-Packblend 4Next-Black (icon black) LAV-16 25216 Call 1-800-777-2966 for the name of a dealer near you. It's nominally $2.75/16 oz. can. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F14. What default affects menu location? dwrite GLOBAL NXMenuX <value> dwrite GLOBAL NXMenuY <value> ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F15. How to get Gourmet to boot up the Mathematica 2.0 kernel? Login as root, or get root privileges running 'su', and execute the following five commands: mkdirs /NextApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel/NeXT cd /NextApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel ln -s uuuuu/Mathematica.app/Kernel/Display Utilities cd NeXT ln -s vvvvv/math mathexe where uuuuu is the directory where Mathematica.app was placed (typically, /LocalApps) and vvvvv is the directory where the executable 'math' was placed (typically, /usr/local/bin) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F16. What dwrites affect the loginwindow? [Jess Anderson writes:] Here, I hope, is the quasi-definitive story on dwrites that affect the loginwindow. I'm indebted to several people, notably Art Isbell, Kristian Koehntopp, Dan Danz, Louie Mamakos, John Kheit, Felix Lugo, and Paul Sears, for some of the information presented here. Remember that dwrites are not supported by NeXT; they may change with any subsequent system release. These I've checked out using 3.0; some or all may work with earlier releases, but I can't vouch for most of them. All these dwrites must be done as root. You can also run as root and use DefaultMgr to set them (which is a whole lot more convenient if you're intending to fiddle with some of them). After setting the things you want, restart the WindowServer by logging out of the current session and typing exit <cr> on the login panel. OK, here's what we know (or think we do :-): dwrite loginwindow DefaultUser <login-name> Most new machines have <login_name> set to me. This dwrite logs in user <login_name> automatically. User <login_name> must not have a password set, hence *don't* use this in a networked environment! dwrite loginwindow HostName "<host_name>" dwrite loginwindow HostName localhost These cause your host name to appear on the login panel. You need quote marks only if there's a space in the name. The first form hard-codes the name into root's defaults database. The second form uses whatever name has been set as localhost in NetInfo, which is convenient for networked machines. The font, size, color, and position of the printed string are not accessible (drat!). dwrite loginwindow ImageFile <path/to/a/suitable.tiff> This uses the tiff image pointed to instead of the standard one (in /usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/English.lproj/nextlogin.tiff, <language>.lproj as appropriate for your main language) as the login panel. Be sure you get the pointer right, though, or you'll have to boot single-user to fix it. In practical terms, the image is constrained in various ways I won't detail here. dwrite loginwindow TimeToDim <integer_number> No relation to the dim time set by Preferences. The units are odd, I think. Felix reported them as 1/34 second. However, when I changed it to 1020, I got 15 seconds to dimming, and 680 gives 10 seconds, that I'm sure of. So I think the units are 1/68 second. Maybe Felix just thought it was too damn long! We all know it *seems* longer when you're not having fun waiting. :-) Whatever, the login screen dims to about half after this length of time. dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES This causes the panel to move around approximately in Backspace bouncing-off-the-walls-tiff fashion. The point is to avoid burning the screen phosphors, as a static image would tend to do. The animation is controlled by the next couple dwrites. dwrite loginwindow MovementTimeout <real_number> The units are seconds. The panel starts moving (assuming the preceding is set to YES) after this time. If you set it to be less than the TimeToDim time, the movement starts before the dimming occurs. I did not try zero. I can't stand waiting around for things to happen, so I use 10 seconds for both times. The default appears to be 5 minutes. dwrite loginwindow MovementScale <integer_number> No movement occurs if this is set to 1. But it looks like the units might be approximately pixels for each change of position (the frequency of which is controlled by the next dwrite). If you put a big number here, say 200, the image moves in big jumps, but I don't know if the 200 is divided up somehow between change in x- and y-coordinates. I wouldn't worry about it much, just set it to something you like. Since my image contains readable text, I want it to scroll smoothly around, so I use the apparently minimum value, 2. The default appears to be 10. dwrite loginwindow MovementRate <real_number> The units are seconds. The image jumps by the amount above every this many seconds. The default is 0.0666 seconds. Bigger numbers mean slower motion. Since I don't like things being too jumpy or zooming around, I set this to 0.1 seconds. This makes my image ooze at a pace befitting an elderly person like me. dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled YES This makes it a little harder to turn the machine off; you have to use the monitor or the minimonitor (<right-command>-~) if it's set, rather than the <power> key. dwrite loginwindow LoginHook <path/to/loginhook/executable> dwrite loginwindow LogoutHook <path/to/logouthook/executable> Pointers to the login and logout hooks, if used. It should be pointed out that some of these things (login/logout hooks, for example) are maybe more logically set where the loginwindow is invoked by the WindowServer, namely /etc/ttys. There are yet others. Here's the full list (thanks, Art): NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "DebugHook") => 0x0 NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "DryRun") => 0x0 NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "WindowServerTimeout") => 0x0 NXRegisterDefaults("loginwindow", 0x16024) KeyMapPath: 0x12d97 "~/Library/Keyboards:/LocalLibrary/Keyboards:/NextLibrary/Keyboards" Keymap: 0x12de1 "/NextLibrary/Keyboards/USA" SwappedKeymap: 0x12e0a "No" LoginHook: 0x0 LogoutHook: 0x0 HostName: 0x0 ImageFile: 0x0 DefaultUser: 0x12e41 "me" PowerOffDisabled: 0x0 TimeToDim: 0x12e69 "2040" MoveWhenIdle: 0x12e0a "No" MovementTimeout: 0x12e8b "300.0" MovementRate: 0x12e9e "0.06666" MovementScale: 0x12eb4 "10" [Christopher J. Kane kane@cs.purdue.edu] Under NeXTSTEP 3.1, the login window has two buttons labeled "Reboot" and "Power" that allow a user to reboot and power down from the login window. In a public lab, this feature may be undesirable. The PowerOffDisabled default can be used to disable the buttons, but they are still shown in the window and push in when clicked (a bad user interface decision, IMHO). The program below patches the loginwindow.app to eradicate the restart and power buttons. It makes the loginwindow.app's LoginButton class instance method initWithImage:altImage:andString: a no-op (just return nil). This patch has been applied to the machines in the NeXT lab at Purdue (like sonata.cc.purdue.edu for instance), and no adverse effects have been noted. This program must be run as root, since it writes to the file /usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/loginwindow. An archive with a compiled executable has been submitted to sonata.cc.purdue.edu. -----cut here----------cut here----------cut here----- /* * Patches the loginwindow.app to eradicate the restart and power * buttons from the login window. * * Christopher J. Kane (kane@cs.purdue.edu) * Released into public domain; August 13, 1993. */ #include <libc.h> #include <errno.h> void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { unsigned char patch[8] = {0x0, 0x0, 0x42, 0x80, 0x4e, 0x5e, 0x4e, 0x75}; int file = open("/usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/loginwindow", O_WRONLY); if (-1==file) goto error; if (-1==lseek(file, 21170, SEEK_SET)) goto error; if (-1==write(file, patch, 8)) goto error; if (-1==close(file)) goto error; exit(0); error: fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno)); exit(1); } ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F17: How does one set UNIX man pages to be viewed in nroff format with DL like the standard manual pages? M17 is only applicable to NeXTStep 2.x. Beyond looking in the man pages under ixBuild, etc., what you want to do is put a few files (contents listed below file name) the .index directory: .roffArgs: -man displayCommand: tbl %s | nroff -man ixBuildOptions: -fman -Nwhatis -Ncat[1-8ln] -V Other options that people suggested for ixBuildOptions: -fman -Nwhatis -Ncat[1-8] -V /usr/local/man -fman -Nwhatis -V /usr/local/man/man* I don't think you need to explicitly name the directory in the first alternative, but you do in the second unless you want the cat* directories indexed as well. Note: Do NOT leave a trailing return after the line in ixBuildOptions; DL will barf. (I think someone said that, as shipped, the standard man .index/ ixBuildOptions had this problem.) [From: Eric D. Engstrom <eric%basilisk@src.honeywell.com>] Can anyone tell me what the command line for this might be under NS 3.0? Short answer: RTM on ixbuild(1) - specifically the parameter "-g". In addition, I'd like to inform the newsgroup of a simple hack I setup on my own machine to create a unified DL target for all UN*X Manual pages (including system, local, gnu, whatever). This was easier under 2.x because IXBuild (pre IXKit) had more hacks in it... Basically, you need to setup a directory with sym-links to the various man-page directories; For example: (397)basilisk% pwd /LocalLibrary/Documentation/ManPages (398)basilisk% ls -alg total 728 drwxrwxr-x 2 eric wheel 1024 Mar 28 18:03 ./ drwxrwxr-x 11 root wheel 1024 Mar 27 00:41 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 eric wheel 370 Feb 27 22:01 .README -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 872 Feb 27 17:11 .dir.tiff -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 20 Feb 27 17:11 .displayCommand -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 47 Feb 27 17:10 .index.iname -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 6 Feb 27 17:10 .index.itype -rw-r--r-- 1 eric wheel 729088 Mar 28 18:44 .index.store -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 5 Feb 27 17:11 .roffArgs lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 18 Feb 27 17:53 gnu -> /usr/local/gnu/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 14 Feb 27 17:53 local -> /usr/local/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 9 Feb 27 17:53 news -> /news/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 35 Feb 27 17:53 system -> /usr/man/@ (399)basilisk% Notice that I also copied all the ".[a-z]*" files from the /usr/man/ directory as well. Then, use ixbuild -gl to (re)build the index. If your any of the links point to directories on other devices, add "d" to "-gl". "-v" will give you verbose output (like my writing style ;-). RTM under ixbuild(1) for more info. Unfortunantly, once the index is built, I've never successfully gotten DL to update it correctly. Instead I have to do it by hand using "ixbuild -ogldvc" (actualy, I setup a cron job to reindex weekly.) If you have troubles, try removing the .index.store file and rebuilding the entire database. I've had intermittent problems with ixbuild under 3.0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F18: Can I automatically have my ~/.signature file appended to mail I send with Mail.app? I want to automatically add additional header lines to mail going out from Mail.app (such as Reply-To or X-faces headers). Can this be done? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Yes, on both counts. First create a simple text file the following content: #!/bin/sh { if test -r ${HOME}/.add-header; then cat ${HOME}/.add-header; fi cat - if test -r ${HOME}/.signature; then echo "--"; cat ${HOME}/.signature; fi }| /usr/lib/sendmail "$@" A good name for this file would be "sendmail-addheader". If you want to and can install it for system-wide use put this file in e.g. /usr/lib. Otherwise your private ~/Unix/bin directory is also fine. Make certain that this file has execute permission. To set that, use e.g. "chmod 755 /usr/lib/sendmail-addheader". Next, open up the preferences panel in Mail.app. Switch to the expert options. Change the Mailer option from "/usr/lib/sendmail" (which it should originally be) to "/usr/lib/sendmail-addheader" (or whatever the name of the file you created is). OK this and you should be set. From now on your ~/.signature file should always be appended to all mail sent out with Mail.app. In addition if you have a file called add-header in your home-directory it should automatically be prepended to your outgoing mail. To implement a reply-to line, you would simply give it the following content: Reply-to: My Real Human Name <name@my.real.address> IMPORTANT: Make certain that you have one and exactly one newline at the end of ~/.add-header. Anything might break outgoing mail. Beware ! BUG: The ~/.signature file is not added properly for NeXT mail containing attachments. The headers will still be added properly. This could be fixed but probably is more of a hassle than it is worth. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F19: How can I quickly find a file if I don't know its directory? The Unix 'find' command on the NeXT has the capability of quickly searching a database of all the files. This database is located in /etc/find.codes and has to be generated periodically. You can automatically generate this database, say twice a week at 3:15 a.m., by adding this line to your file /etc/crontab.local (you might have to create this file). 15 03 * * 2,5 root /usr/lib/find/updatedb > /usr/adm/updatedb.err After this has run, you can quickly find any file from a terminal by typing find pattern where pattern is a part of the file name you want (it is case-sensitive). [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Find still works under 3.0, but 'pattern' now has to match the entire filename (including the path) for a match to be recognized i.e. where under 2.x you would have: % find foobar Under 3.0 you: % find '*foobar*' (The "'" are neccessary to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards itself). [From: sanguish@digifix.com] There is also a Find panel in 3.1 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F20: Mail.app suddenly stopped working. When I double-click the Mail.app icon it loads and seems to start but then just terminates. How can I fix this ? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Usually the problem is caused by Mail.app being terminated with extreme prejudice such as by a power outage or 'kill -9'. Under those circumstances Mail.app may leave a lock file in your active mailbox. Due to a bug 3.0 Mail.app doesn't ask for permission to override this lock when started up again but just dies. Open a shell and look in ~/Mailboxes/Active.mbox. If this directory contains a file called .lock you have found the culprit. You can safely remove this file. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F21: For some reason, after moving my home directory, my recyler no longer works? [From: eric%basilisk@src.honeywell.com (Eric D. Engstrom)] Basically, when you dump a file in the recycler, the workspace manager (attempts) to move it to one of the following locations: (note: no order implied here, 'cause I'm unsure of the actual order used) - $HOME/.NeXT/.NextTrash (Should always exist; unsure what happens if it doesn't) - /tmp/.NextTrash_$USER Automatically created if non-existent) - $MNT-POINT/.NextTrash/$USER (.NextTrash NOT automatically created if non-existent) Also, the workspace requires that the trash directory into which it puts the to-be-deleted file be on the same disk partition that the file originally came from (for speed, I assume). Also, an example of the permissions for the external disk .NextTrash directory (which is not automatically created) should be : (52)basilisk% ls -aldg /private/mnt2/local/.NextTrash drwxrwxrwt 3 root 1024 Dec 5 09:36 /private/mnt2/local/.NextTrash/ Notes: - /private/mnt2/local is the mount point. - do "chmod 1777 .NextTrash" to get the permissions right. Thus, if you moved your home directory from one partition to another, the one you left may not have a "recycler-repository" to use. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F22: How to hear sound from CDPlayer.app thought NEXTSTEP system? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Hearing the sound directly on the NeXT can be done with the play3401 program from the archives if you have a Toshiba 3401 series drive. Theoretically this can also be done with NEC [78]4-1s and Apple CD 300s, though I know of no NeXT program which supports them. Most other drives (including the NeXT CD-ROM) just don't have the hardware to do it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-OS-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201409.27690@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:14:09 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-OS-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ G1. What information is there about NEXTSTEP/FIP (For Intel Processors)? G2. Why does NEXTSTEP 1.0 hang a few seconds after attempting to boot? G3. Can I delete /odmach or /sdmach and save 700K? G4. NEXTSTEP 2.0 systems report an error on the console: "loginwindow: netinfo problem - No such directory." Is this a problem? G5. Under NEXTSTEP 2.0 running UUCP and other incoming connections hangs the modem serial line: what can I do? G6. Applications installed in /LocalApps are not being found on my NEXTSTEP 2.0 system. G7. Why can't root login onto client machines? G8. How to boot NEXTSTEP from the second (higher SCSI ID) HD? G9. How to make swapfile shrink to the "normal" size? G10. Does netinfo work between machines running NEXTSTEP 2.n and 3.n? G11. Why does the console user "own" the external disk filesystem? G12. How to limit coredump sizes? G13. Will a 68030 NeXT Computer run NEXTSTEP 3.0? !G14. What happens to the OD drive in NeXTcubes under NEXTSTEP 3.0? G15. What equipment do I need to load 3.0? G16. What is the maximum value of nbuf that I can specify on bootup? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G1. What information is there about NEXTSTEP/FIP (For Intel Processors)? See the separate FAQ files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G2. Why does NEXTSTEP 1.0 hang a few seconds after attempting to boot? Release 1.0 contains a bug that can corrupt the kernel /odmach if a user attempts to launch /odmach from the browser. The solution is to copy a clean /odmach from another NeXT system. Be sure to change the permissions of the newly installed /odmach to remove execute permissions to prevent future occurrences of the same problem. Release 1.0a and beyond do not have this problem. It is possible for the sdmach to get corrupted in the same way. Boot from the OD, copy an uncorrupted version of the kernel to the hard disk, and remove the execute bits from sdmach. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G3. Can I delete /odmach or /sdmach and save 700K? Go ahead and delete it if you want. However, you might as well leave it there since sdmach and odmach are links to the same file (i.e. you won't save much space by deleting it). Better to look for random core files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G4. NEXTSTEP 2.0 systems report an error on the console: "loginwindow: netinfo problem - No such directory." Is this a problem? The netinfo problem is because the /keyboard directory is missing. It's benign... [EPS adds] "But annoying. niutil -create . /keyboard" Fixed in 2.1. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G5. Under NEXTSTEP 2.0 running UUCP and other incoming connections hangs the modem serial line: what can I do? There is a bug in the serial driver which causes getty to get stuck. The situation arises after a successful uucico connection, subsequent connections via modem will get a connection with the modem, but no login prompt. This is caused by getty hanging. A simple work around is to have a process run in cron to reset the getty every 15 minutes: #! /bin/sh -u PIDS=`ps -ax | bm getty | grep -v bm | awk '{print $1}'` kill -TERM $PIDS Of course trying to connect when the script is running will not allow you to connect, try again a minute later. This fix will not affect on-going UUCP or interactive connections. This will probably be fixed in the next kernel release. This bug is corrected in NEXTSTEP 2.1 and later releases. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G6. Applications installed in /LocalApps are not being found on my NEXTSTEP 2.0 system. Workspace has its own internal application path. In 2.0 /LocalApps was omitted. Improv needs to have /LocalApps in the Workspace path if you have Improve installed in /LocalApps. The work around in 2.0 only is: dwrite Workspace ApplicationPaths "~/Apps:/LocalApps:/NextApps:/NextDeveloper/Apps:/NextAdmin:/NextDeveloper/Demos (one continuous line! - pasc) This bug is corrected in NEXTSTEP 2.1 and later releases. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G7. Why can't root login onto client machines? A number of people have complained about the situation where root can log onto the configuration server, but not its clients. Login proceeds normally, then a window with "Workspace error Internal error (signal 10)" pops up. Other users are not affected. This scenario occurs with NetBooted clients that are not permitted root access to / via the server's /etc/exports file, either via an explicit root= option or [the most heinous] anon=0. For security reasons many sites will NOT want to permit such access. Note that what you're up against is only a Workspace Manager misfeature; there's no problem logging in as root on the real UNIX console, or logging in as a non-root user and then using "su" to obtain root privileges. Root access is needed to: - Log in a root Workspace. - Perform BuildDisk on a client. - Run the GuidedTour demo for the first time subsequent invocations will not autologin, but they will run just fine if you log in as NextTour (no password). It is not required to perform updates on the local NetInfo database, for any normal user operations, nor to run programs requiring root access on the server using -NXHost. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G8. How to boot NEXTSTEP from the second (higher SCSI ID) HD? bsd(1,0,0) -a which will then ask you for the drive to use as the root disk, or still easier, bsd(1,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd1 [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: In the boot command the name of the bootfile can be replaced by '-'. This is very useful as the length of the bootcommand which can be stored in the permanent memory is very limited. So the only way to eg. increase the number of buffers permanently to 128 in the boot command is to use the following boot command: sd- nbu=128 (sdsdmach nbu=128 would have been too long). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G9. How to make swapfile shrink to the "normal" size? The swapfile is located in /private/vm. The only current way to make it shrink is to reboot the machine. Putting a space after the comma in /etc/swaptab (lowat=###,hiwat=###) makes swapon ignore the hiwat entry. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G10. Does netinfo work between machines running NEXTSTEP 2.n and 3.n? Yes. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G11. Why does the console user "own" the external disk filesystem? You need an entry in /etc/fstab so the disk will be mounted at boot time, rather than being "automounted" when somebody logs in. Automounted disks are owned by whoever logged in, fstab-mounted disks are owned by root. Something like this: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /Disk 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 (assuming the external disk is to be mounted as /Disk) fstab should be niloaded into the Netinfo database if it contains any NFS mounts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G12. How to limit coredump sizes? [dylan@midiline.la.ca.us (Comrade D)]: This will work for apps running from a shell. limit coredumpsize 0 If your dock or workspace apps are dumping core, there's also: dwrite Workspace CoreLimit 0 [or whatever byte limit you want] ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G13. Will a 68030 NeXT Computer run NEXTSTEP 3.0? Yes, but note that NeXTstep 3.0 will be optimized for the 68040 CPUs. NeXTstep 1.0 and 2.x were optimized for the 68030 CPU, 68882 FPU machines. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G14. What happens to the OD drive in NeXTcubes under NEXTSTEP 3.0? Release 3.0 will work fine with the OD that you have. You cannot buy release 3.0 on optical disk (you can only get it on CD-ROM. Release 3.0 will not require that you drop the optical, but if you want to upgrade to the latest 68040 board (the 33-MHz Turbo), then you lose hardware support for the optical. There is a company which offers hardware (extra CPU boards) and software support solutions for the OD with Turbo NeXTcubes. For more information: Sam Goldberger Spherical Solutions smg@orb.com 415-383-7512 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G15. What equipment do I need to load 3.0? A CDrom drive and a means of getting an upgrade-prep app onto your disk. This means having your own floppy drive, being on the net, having someone with a floppy drive put it onto OD, kermitting it over with a serial line... you get the idea. You do not need a special boot ROM for 3.0. [From: Jimmie_Quan@NeXT.COM (Jimmie Quan)] There's actually 3 levels of upgrades. a) For early NeXT Computers, you'll need an external Floppy drive (PLI) and the upgrade-prep floppy disk. b) For 040 machines with ROMs v58-v66, you'll need the upgrade-prep floppy. c) For all 040's with v70-v74 ROM. The CD ROM is directly bootable. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G16. What is the maximum value of nbuf that I can specify on bootup? I know the ROM monitor only allows twelve characters, but I use something like this: bsd sdmach nbuf=xxx Is there a way to make it default? [Charles William Swiger infidel@cmu.edu] Enter the hardware monitor. Hit 'p' to adjust the configuration parameters. It will respond "Boot command: <something>? " Enter "sd- nbu=xxx", where xxx is a number less than 256. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Printing-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201446.27749@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:14:46 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Printing-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ H1. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? !H2. What fonts can I use with NEXTSTEP? H3. How can I save my printable documents to a postscript file? H4. How can I print only the even or odd pages of a document? I wish print on both sides by feeding the paper through twice. H5. How do I get banner pages on my printer output? H6. How do I get [la]TeX files to print correctly on non-NeXT printers? H7. What if I have a PostScript font has not been ported to NEXTSTEP? H8. What color printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? H9. How can I make the Page Layout default to A4 in all applications? H10. /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: syntax error at line 31: `end of file' unexpected? H11 How to get TeX with NEXTSTEP to make proper fonts for a 600 dpi laserwriter? H12 How to get printer description files (PPD)? +H13 What are the Canon part numbers for ink cartridges equivalent to those NeXT's Color Printer uses? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H1. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? Adding supported postscript printers is rather simple: 1. Get a serial cable (e.g., Macintosh to LaserWriter Plus), but check whether that works with your printer 2. Configure using Print Manager 3. Configure printer communication according to manufacturer's recommendations. (9600 baud software flow control). A sample printcap entry needs to be loaded into the netinfo database. You can use either "niload printcap . < myprintcap", or use NetInfoManager to change the br and lp properties of your LaserJet. Using the default baud rate and /dev/ttya will also work, for most print jobs. LaserJet_III: \ :note=LaserJet_III:ty=HP LaserJet III PostScript: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_III:lp=/dev/ttyfa: \ :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br=19200:rw:fc#0000374: \ :fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb:if=/usr/lib/transcript/psif: \ :of=/usr/lib/transcript/psof:gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf: \ :nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf: \ :rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf: \ :cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf:df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf: HP printer configuration: auto cont = off (doesn't matter) I/O = serial serial=rs-232 (for LJ III only) baud rate = 19200 (or whatever baud rate you have in ni database/printcap) robust xon = on (doesn't matter) dtr polarity = hi startpage = off (doesn't matter) language=english ret = med (you choose for LJ III only) Note that if you modify the printcap this way you cannot reconfigure this particular printer entry with PrintManager. If you are using NEXTSTEP 2.0 and you use remote non-next printers, there is a bug that can be simply corrected by doing "dwrite system PrinterResolution 1" for each user trying to access non-next printers on the network. This not a problem in later NEXTSTEP versions. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H2. What fonts can I use with NEXTSTEP? Properly packaged Type 1 or 3 PostScript fonts will work with NEXTSTEP, but certain conversions may be necessary to get them to work. Freeware and shareware fonts are available on various ftp archives. There are utilities with NEXTSTEP to download fonts into postscript printers. Freeware and shareware Type 1 and 3 fonts in files Fonts-1.0-free.tar.Z and Fonts-2.0-sw.tar.Z. Each file unpacks into it's own directory. Within each directory is a ReadMe.rtf and a Makefile. See the ReadMe.rtf for more font descriptions and installation instructions. (You may also find comments in the Makefile of interest.) These packages were prepared by Doug Brenner <dbrenner@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>. The same directory contains fonts Shalom (Hebrew and Yiddish in Old Style, Stick and Script typefaces, by Jonathan Brecher, shareware) and CyrillicGothic (san serif, by Jay Sekora). These were packaged by Jacob Gore <jacob@gore.com> to work with the Installer application. WSI-Fonts for NEXTSTEP #1 Abstract Software POB 25045 Seattle, WA 98125-1945 Voice: 206 361 5080 info@abstractsoft.com Trilithon Software is an Adobe-authorised reseller for Adobe Type 1 fonts. Trilithon Software, Two Ohlone Portola Valley, California 94028. Telephone: (415) 325-0767 FAX: (415) 325-0768 E-mail: info@trilithon.com Some fonts in Type 1 format for NEXTSTEP are also available from Y&Y: Y&Y, 106 Indian Hill, Carlisle MA 01741 USA Voice: 800 742 4059 Voice: 508 371 3286 Fax: 508 371 2004 71172,524 on CompuServe 71172.524@compuserve.com from InterNet [henry@trilithon.com (Henry McGilton)] Trilithon Software supplies utilities to convert and install Macintosh or PC fonts to NEXTSTEP format. MacToPfa -- a Mac to NeXT font converter and installer. PfbToPfa -- a PC to NeXT font converter and installer. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H3. How can I save my printable documents to a postscript file? Select PRINT from the main menu, then select SAVE from the resulting print panel. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H4. How can I print only the even or odd pages of a document? I wish print on both sides by feeding the paper through twice. We must recommend against re-using laser printed paper in your printers. The reason is that the toner which is used is not very robust, in that when heated again (which happens when you print) it can come off the other side of the paper. This causes a mess to accumulate in your printer, and probably some pretty rude things to happen. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] psutils from comp.sources.misc is a much better solution, and includes alot more capabilities, plus it is being updated constantly. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H5. How do I get banner pages on my printer output? There is a sample banner prologue file in /usr/lib/NextPrinter that is sent to the printer before or after the print job depending on what printer attributes are set in NetInfo. Sounds gross, but it isn't. Start up NetInfo on your printer machine. Go to the printer directory, and open up your local printer by double clicking it. Select the append property from Directory menu. Replace the name with BannerAfter (or BannerBefore if you want the banner page printed first). The select the New Value option, and put in the name of the banner prologue file. If you do not wish to do fancy customization of the file, simply put the path to the NeXT sample banner file: /usr/lib/NextPrinter/banner.pro Save out the netinfo modifications. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H6. How do I get [la]TeX files to print correctly on non-NeXT printers? If you are printing to a non-NeXT printer from NeXT TeX using dvips, make sure you specify the correct resolution (300 dpi, usually), either on the command line with -D300, or in the /usr/lib/tex/config.ps file with a line that looks like : D 300 If you are printing from within TeXView, you will have to choose CustomResolution and enter the correct number (300, usually) because of the way DefaultResolution defaults to 0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H7. What if I have a PostScript font has not been ported to NEXTSTEP? Many PostScript fonts port to NEXTSTEP with little effort. The easiest case is a font generated by Fontographer version 3.2 or above (a comment near the top of the file should say which program generated the font). This version of Fontographer can generate fonts "for NEXTSTEP". This means that no hacking of the font is needed, but you may need to make some adjustments to make it appear in your font panel. Suppose you were porting the font family Shalom, which consists of three faces: Old Style, Stick and Script. Here is the procedure to follow: 1. In a working folder of yours, create folders called: Shalom-OldStyle.font Shalom-Script.font Shalom-Stick.font Note that the font family name is to the left of the hyphen ("-"), and the typeface name is to the right and with no spaces in it. 2. Copy the outline font file for each typeface from wherever it is into its folder, and give it the name of the folder minus the ".font". For example, if you are doing this in a Terminal window: cp /Floppy/ShalomOldStyle.NeXT Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle cp /Floppy/ShalomScript.NeXT Shalom-Script.font/Shalom-Script cp /Floppy/ShalomStick.NeXT Shalom-Stick.font/Shalom-Stick If you are working in Workspace Manager's File Viewer, double-click on the big fat F icon to open the font directory as a folder, then you'll be able to rename files in it. 3. Do the same thing with the font metric files, but make the suffix ".afm": cp /Floppy/ShalomOldStyle.AFM Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle.afm cp /Floppy/ShalomScript.AFM Shalom-Script.font/Shalom-Script.afm cp /Floppy/ShalomStick.AFM Shalom-Stick.font/Shalom-Stick.afm 4. If there is a "read me" file with the font, or any other documentation, copy it into the .font folder too. For example, each of the Shalom font folders contains files ReadMe, CheatSheet.wn and Sample.wn specific to the typeface. 5. Edit the outline and font metric files to make them fit the NeXT AppKit's Font Panel, which is what most NextStep applications use to let you choose your font. a. Editing the outline file, e.g., Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle: The original used "ShalomOldStyle" as the font's name, full name, and family name. We want the name to be "Shalom-OldStyle", the full name "Shalom Old Style", and family name just "Shalom". First, find the lines: /FullName (ShalomOldStyle) readonly def /FamilyName (ShalomOldStyle) readonly def and change them to /FullName (Shalom Old Style) readonly def /FamilyName (Shalom) readonly def Then, replace all remaining occurrences of the string "ShalomOldStyle" with "Shalom-OldStyle". b. Editing the AFM file, e.g., Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle.afm. Find the lines: FullName ShalomOldStyle FamilyName ShalomOldStyle and change them to FullName Shalom Old Style FamilyName Shalom Replace all remaining occurrences of the string "ShalomOldStyle" with "Shalom-OldStyle". Repeat this procedure for the remaining typefaces. 6. You now have a font family ready to be installed. If the font family is to be used by your account only, place it in ~/Library/Fonts (creating it if necessary): mkdirs ~/Library/Fonts mv Shalom-*.font ~/Library/Fonts buildafmdir ~/Library/Fonts If everybody on your system should have access to this font family, place it (as superuser) in /LocalLibary/Fonts: su mkdirs /LocalLibrary/Fonts mv Shalom-*.font /LocalLibrary/Fonts buildafmdir /LocalLibrary/Fonts exit That's all you need to do for fonts generated by Fontographer version 3.2 or above. This will work with all applications that use AppKit's FontPanel. FrameMaker does not, so other changes may need to be done to keep FrameMaker happy [does anybody have something to add here?]. Fonts generated by Fontographer version 3.1 or below don't work in Display PostScript as they are, because they use a memory management trick that screws everything up in a multitasking environment like DPS. However, there is a simple, though kludgy, way to make them work. The problematic trick uses a dictionary with a name like "Fog3.1" ("Casa1" in Casady & Green's fonts) in which most of the font resides. The problem is that Fontographer puts that whole dictionary into dictionary 'userdict' and expects it to stay there. DPS, however, clears out 'userdict' between tasks, including the task that loads the font and the task that uses it. This makes the font useless on the screen, and printable only by prepending the outline font file to the file you want to print and sending the result to print in one task. The fix is to move the troublesome dictionary from 'userdict' into the font dictionary itself (unlike 'userdict', the font dictionary does stick around between tasks). Perform the following changes in the outline font file (the font CyrillicGothic is used as the example): 1. Find the line "%%EndProlog". It will be followed by the line like this: /$CyrillicGothic 23 dict def $CyrillicGothic begin Write down the number before 'dict' (in this case, 23). You will need it in the following step. Delete the dict definition, making the line look like this: $CyrillicGothic begin 2. Go back to the beginning of the file. near the top of the font program, find the following lines: userdict/Fog3.1 known{{currentfile( )readstring {(%%%)eq{exit}if}{pop exit}ifelse}loop}if userdict begin/Fog3.1 45 dict def Fog3.1 begin and replace them with these: /$CyrillicGothic 24 dict def $CyrillicGothic begin/Fog3.1 45 dict def Fog3.1 begin The number before 'dict' (in this case, 24) is one greater than the number you wrote down in the previous step. 3. Find the line that defines procedure BuildChar: /BuildChar{Fog3.1/BuildChar get exec}def and change it as follows: /BuildChar{1 index begin Fog3.1/BuildChar get exec end}def 4. Go to the end of the file. The last line looks like this: /CyrillicGothic findfont/EFN get Fog3.1 begin{RF}forall end Delete it (or comment it out by placing one or more "%" in the beginning of it). The AFM file requires one adjustment. Change the line EncodingScheme AppleStandard to EncodingScheme AdobeStandardEncoding This concludes conversion of a font generated by Fontographer version 3.1 or lower to work with NEXTSTEP. You may still need to make the changes described for version 3.2 and above, to make the font fit the NEXTSTEP font panel. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H8. What color printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? The (no longer sold) NeXT/Canon SCSI color printer, of course! [heinz.in-berlin.de]: With Dots Color, the HP DeskJet 500C can print in color *today*, under NEXTSTEP 2.1, and it costs significantly less than $1000 (in Germany at least). You can get more information from d'ART Software GmbH Virchowstr. 17-19 W-2000 Hamburg 50 Germany Voice: +49 40 380 23 0 Fax: +49 40 380 23 290 software@dart.de ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H9. How can I make the Page Layout default to A4 in all applications? Add "NXPaperType A4" in the "GLOBAL" preferences. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H10. /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: syntax error at line 31: `end of file' unexpected? [Richard Tilley writes:] Using lpr -t, or lpr -d causes this problem. eg: [...] cat /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf [...] Christopher Lane <lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> has pointed out 3 (three!) errors in the distributed NEXTSTEP 3.0 lpd.comm file The last change is my own. It worked for the 1 (one!) dvi file I tried. tilley%diff lpd.comm.DIST lpd.comm 11,12c11,12 < while "x$1" != x do < case "$1" in --- > while test $# != 0 > do case "$1" in 16c16 < -h) HOST=$"; shift;; --- > -h) HOST=$2; shift;; 17a18 > esac 21c22 < PRSERVER="/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver -p $PRINTER -n $USER -h HOST -f -" --- > PRSERVER="/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver -p $PRINTER -n $USER -h $HOST -f -" 27c28 < psdf) psbad $FILTER $PRINTER $USER $HOST | $PRSERVER;; --- > psdf) dvips -f -D 400 -r | $PRSERVER ;; ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H11 How to get TeX with NEXTSTEP to make proper fonts for a 600 dpi laserwriter? [From: Dr. T. L. Marchioro II <tlm@tantalus.scl.ameslab.gov>] If you upgrade to a 600 dpi laserwriter then the version of TeX that ships with NEXTSTEP (either 2.X or 3.0) does not know about 600 dpi fonts, i.e. does not know how to make them and will instead use scaled 400 dpi ones (which look significantly worse at 600 dpi than they do at 400 dpi). Some simple modifications to a few Metafont files and rebuilding the metafont bases are all that is needed. What to do to get the 600 dpi stuff working is as follows: 1. Edit /usr/lib/mf/inputs/next.mf and add a laserjetIV mode. Simply copy the entire imagen mode, change the name to laserjetIV, and change the pixels_per_inch to 600. Save the changed file. 2. Build a new mf.base file by executing the following commands: inimf "plain; input next; dump" (as superuser): cp plain.base /usr/lib/mf/bases/mf.base 3. Edit /usr/lib/tex/ps/config.ps and change the `D 400' line to `D 600' (you may have `D 300' or something else if you've set up a different printer.) 4. Edit /usr/bin/MakeTeXPK (as superuser), adding the lines elif test $BDPI = 600 then MODE=laserjetIV right before the second `else' in the file. That should do it! You might have to (depending on how you configure NEXTSTEP for the LaserJet IV) select `custom resolution' and set the gadget to 600 in the TeXview print panel, and save Preferences. These instructions are written for an HP Laserjet IV, but they should also work for a QMS printer just fine. Finally, if you have one of these printers and work in a "mixed" environment with perhaps 400 dpi and/or 300 dpi printers that you also print to on a regular basis then you might want to consider getting Type 1 PS version of the Computer Modern fonts instead. They obviate the need for the instructions above, and the savings in disc space will be considerable since having printer fonts for several printers takes lots of room, and the file sizes for 600 dpi are quite large (the files grow roughly as D logD, where D is the resolution). These fonts are made by Blue Sky Research, and work beautifully. Y & Y software is a reseller for BSR and sells a "NEXTSTEP specific" version of them which comes with appropriate instructions and installation scripts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H12 How to get printer description files (PPD)? [From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis)] Adobe has a mail server and ftp site where you can get .PPD files. They are: ps-file-server@adobe.com (put "send help" in the mail body) and ftp.mv.us.adobe.com respectively. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H13 What are the Canon part numbers for ink cartridges equivalent to those NeXT's Color Printer uses? [from: <Matthias Weber> mono@schweber.rhein-main.de] Red: BJI-643 M Yellow: BJI-643 Y Blue: BJI-643 C Black: BJI-643 Bk ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Utilities-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201458.27808@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:14:58 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Utilities-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ I1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit? !I2. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of SLIP or PPP? I3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for NEXTSTEP? I4. Where can I get a NEXTSTEP Usenet reader? I5. Where can I get plotting software? I6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs? I7. Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)? I8. What are these ".z" files which appear all over the archives ? Should I just rename them to ".Z" so that compress can uncompress them ? I9. How do I decompress a file with the extension .compressed? I10. How do I change the Workspace compression app? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit? The source for the latest version is available via ftp from: cs.dartmouth.edu kermit/sw. Get the file ckaaaa.hlp to get started and see what files are required. Note that this version of Kermit does have a NEXTSTEP specific compile option. Kermit can also be found on... The Purdue archive: pub/next/2.0-release/source/ pub/next/2.0-release/binaries/ The Oregon archive: pub/next/sources/comm/ pub/next/binaries/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I2. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of SLIP or PPP? The free version of SLIP available from purdue was written by Louis Mamakos and is an excellent implementation. Basic SLIP is free, but VJ TCP header compression requires a license which is available inexpensively from Mr Mamakos. Morning Star Technologies offers a commercial version. For more information: email: marketing@morningstar.com ftp: ftp.morningstar.com (anonymous FTP archive of docs & literature) phone: +1 614 451 1883, +1 800 558 7827. [From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)] Louis Mamakos' TransSys-PNI-1.6-beta.tar.gz is available for anonymous FTP as of 29-Nov-93. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for NEXTSTEP? Patch is a utility that allows people to distribute updates to sources without resending the whole packages. This is done by detecting changes between the last release and the new one and creating a file of differences to each source file in the release. Patches need to be applied sequentially. The distribution can be found on the Purdue NeXT archives. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I4. Where can I get a NEXTSTEP Usenet reader? By far the most versatile NEXTSTEP-specific newsreader application is NewsGrazer by Jayson Adams, formerly of NeXT. It is on the archive servers. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] NewsGrazer is not available as an MAB. NewsGrazer Pro will be released this fall as a commercial product. Many non-NEXTSTEP-specific newsreaders have been ported to the NEXTSTEP environment providing the flexibility and familiarity existing on other platforms. Most of these may be obtained via anonymouse ftp: ftp.uu.net:~ftp/news ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I5. Where can I get plotting software? nxyplot by Tom Pulliam is available from cs.orst.edu graph is available in source form from 4.3BSD systems. It is useful for dealing with pairs of numbers that need to be viewed. psplot comes with NEXTSTEP, it takes the output of the graph program and generates a .ps file that can be previewed with Preview or Yap. gnuplot is available from prep.ai.mit.edu. Very useful patches for gnuplot are available from Purdue which allow it to open NEXTSTEP windows and output its graphs on them. jsplot clone of graph that generates ps files directly. plplot is a library of c routines that generate 2D, 3D and contour plots. It is available on purdue archive, plplot.tar.Z contains the source, and NXplplot.tar.Z contains the library, example programs and documentation. Mathematica The ReadList command will bring in files containing sample values and produces a plot on the fly. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs? You can get ObjC mode for Emacs, by Douglas Worthington and Kenneth Persson from cs.orst.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I7. Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)? GNU tar has a number of features not found in the tar delivered with NEXTSTEP, and in some cases it may be a better choice for backups than rdump and rrestore. The NEXTSTEP supplied rdump/rrestore don't work when using multiple volumes to non-NEXTSTEP systems (see the man page for rdump/rrestore). GNU tar will also allow a dump of a portion of a file system as well as an entire file system. Other useful features of GNU tar include: incremental dump capability like BSD dump/restore, scripts for backing up heterogeneous workstations across the network automatically, multivolume tape and floppy disk support (it can't do multivolume compressed unfortunately), long filename support, and scripts for integrating floppy disks into a three level backup scheme. Source and binary for NEXTSTEP is available on the purdue and orst archives in tar-1.10.tar.Z. [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] GNU tar 1.10 (which lacks many bugs which 1.11 introduced) is also shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.0. Just look in /usr/bin/gnutar. An inexpensive commercial application for backup to DAT and SCSI tape is available from Impact Software publishing. The app automatically configures your tape drive and gives a NEXTSTEP browser interface for selecting files to save or restore. The program is distributed electronically, and a demo version can be obtained from nova.cc.purdue.edu or sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the pathname: /pub/next/2.0-release/demos/enTar1.4.tar.Z [From: sanguish@digifix.com] SafetyNet. It is commerical, but an excellent app. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I8. What are these ".z" files which appear all over the archives ? Should I just rename them to ".Z" so that compress can uncompress them ? [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] These files were created with GNU gzip. Gzip is a replacement for compress which achieves about 30% better compression rates and uncompresses faster. Gzip can also uncompress ".Z" file. Unfortunately compress can not uncompress ".z" files, so you will have to get and compile gzip on your machine before you can read any ".z" files. Gzip is available via anon ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu and should configure, compile and install without problem on any NEXTSTEP system. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] Needs to be updated to address the .gz file change. There are also precompiled MAB versions of gzip available on cs.orst.edu. [Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.uucp OR bill@bilver.oau.org] Be warned however that not all .z files are gzip. The .gz extension was adopted after someone discovered that the .z was used by the pack utility in Unix. The .Z is used by compress. However - gzip is nice in that it will extract pack, compress and gzip files. It's a universal decoder. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I9. How do I decompress a file with the extension .compressed? [From: sanguish@digifix.com] .compressed files have been compressed in the Workspace Manager. Basically, they are just .tar.Z files. Even single files are tarred as well as compressed. There are several methods of decompressing these files. -They can be decompressed by selecting them in the Workspace, and Selecting uncompress from the file menu. -They can be decompressed by selecting them in the Workspace, and bringing up the Workspace Inspector. (You can double click to get there faster) -You can rename them to be .tar.Z and handle them the way you do them. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I10. How do I change the Workspace compression app? [Stephen Peters <SPETERS.93Aug23144549@samsun.us.oracle.com>] You can change the tools that the Workspace uses to create and read its .compressed files by using, for example: Workspace compress /usr/bin/gzip Workspace uncompress /usr/bin/gunzip Workspace AlwaysTarForCompress YES [Reuven M. Lerner reuven@the-tech.mit.edu] This is generally a good thing, except that people might follow your advice and then try to send NeXTmail to someone who is still using compress/uncompress. Changing Workspace/uncompress to gunzip isn't a problem, since it uncompresses all sorts of files, but people should be very careful not to change Workspace/compress to gzip unless they will only be dealing with other gzip-equipped users. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201509.27867@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:15:09 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? NeXT, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Voice: 800-848-NeXT (Redwood City #) Voice: (415)-366-0900 NeXT marketing div. of Canon - Japan Phone: 81-44-549-5295 Fax: 81-44-549-5462 NeXT Europe Stockholm: 46-7-068-8930 Netherlands: 31-20-653-0333 Denmark: 45-45-41-2200 London: 44-81-565-0005 Italy/Milan: 39-2-95302510 Munich: 49-89-996-5310 Paris: (331) 46-45-1414 Japan: 81-44-549-5555 Note: numbers abroad are listed with the country codes first. You will need to dial the international access number of your long distance carrier before proceeding to dialing the country code, area code and phone number. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? To start a user group, just send email to "user_groups@next.com". ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few. NEXTSTEP: cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu umd5.umd.edu ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de MIT GNU: aeneas.mit.edu MIT X: export.lcs.mit.edu music: princeton.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? NeXT T-shirts Classic NeXT logo on front $6.95 each (S-XL) 3.1 NEXTSTEP logo on front $7.95 each (M-XXL) NeXT Pencils $20.30 box of 100 NeXT Cross Pen $21.15 each NeXT Decals $75.00 box of 100 NeXT T-shirt $ 5.65 each - sizes S, M, L, XL (pre-shrunk) Turtle Neck $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Glass Mug $ 1.70 each Leather Folder $54.50 each NeXT Sweatshirt $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Tote-bag $ 6.25 each NeXT Mouse pad $ 9.67 each Orders can be taken 24 hours a day for domestic and overseas orders Contact: Hermann Marketing 1400 North Price Road St. Louis, MO 63132-2308 Phone: 1 800 972 1331, 314 432 1800 Fax: 314 432 1818 Method of payment: Purchase order, check, money order, or credit card ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201547.27925@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:15:47 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ K0. Where can I purchase a NeXT machine? K1. Where to obtain hardware service? K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K0. Where can I purchase a NeXT machine? NeXT discontinued manufacturing hardware in Feb, 1993. Used systems are often advertized in comp.sys.next.marketplace. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K1. Where to obtain hardware service? [Jeff Hite jeffh@ludwig.cc.uoregon.edu] USA hardware service has been purchased by Bell Atlantic. They will be supporting the Authorized Service Centers and are selling extended warranty contracts. Bell Atlantic Computing Technology Services Voice: 800 499 6398, or 800 848 NeXT Fax: 510 732 3078 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? There are two packagings: a cube, and a station. NeXTcube systems: 1. 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) 2. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) 3. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) 4. NeXTdimension board adds 32-bit color (i860) to any of above systems Cube systems can use any of the boards. With hacks, multiple independent CPU boards can run in one cube. NeXT Computer systems have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive(s) in either position. NeXTcube systems also have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive in the lower position, but have additional mounting holes for 1/2-height devices, and have a floppy slot at the top position. NeXTstation systems: 1. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) 2. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) 1. 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) 2. 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) NeXTstation systems have room for two 1/2-height 3.5" devices, with a floppy slot at the side. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201559.27984@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:15:59 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ L1. What can be done about older 030 NeXT cubes that have a fan that turns in the "wrong" direction? L2. Can I connect SONY MPX-111N to my 68030 NeXT Computer? L3. Why does the OD continually spin up and spin down? L4. How many colors can NeXT machines display? L5. Why is my machine so slow when I run the monochrome and NeXTdimension displays? L6. Where to obtain replacement mouse parts? L7. Where to obtain extra batteries? L8. How to convert a Turbo system to use ADB? L9. How to put a 68030 board in the same NeXTcube as a 68040 board? +L10. How to expand DSP memory? +L11. How to boot a NeXT without a monitor? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L1. What can be done about older 030 NeXT cubes that have a fan that turns in the "wrong" direction? The fan on older 030 NeXTs cubes sucks air out of the back of the cube which means that it draws unfiltered air in through the optical disk on the front of the cube. This causes optical disks to succumb to dust must sooner than cubes with the new-style fan which turns in the opposite direction. NeXT has apparently reversed their decision regarding fan reversal in the case of machines that have been upgraded to 040 processor boards. It is now considered okay to reverse the direction of fans in these machines. If you have many third-party cards installed in your cube or an older processor board, you may wish to consider not reversing fan direction (overheating could become a problem). In any case, do not reverse the fan's polarity, only reverse the fan assembly itself. Perhaps the best solution is obtain the cleaning kit and OD filter from NeXT. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L2. Can I connect SONY MPX-111N to my 68030 NeXT Computer? The SONY MPX-111N internal 2.88 MB floppy drive which was shipped with all the 68040 NeXT machines is *not* a SCSI device, therefore there is no way of connecting that particular drive internally on a 68030 system. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L3. Why does the OD continually spin up and spin down? A big problem with the Canon optical drives is that air flows through the drive to cool it. Dust accumulates inside the drive causing it to fail with the continuous spin-up spin-down syndrome. NeXT as part of it's 040 upgrades provided a dust filter to prevent this. If your drive has this problem it usually can be fixed simply by cleaning out dust from the drive. NeXT sold a cleaning kit for both the drives and the optical disks. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L4. How many colors can NeXT machines display? The monochrome machines can display 4 gray levels. You can use color apps on a monochrome machine, they will converted into monochrome images and dithered accordingly. Color NeXTstations can combine 4 bits of red, green and blue primaries for a total of 4096 "pure" colors. The imaging functions dither the image to produce intermediate colors. NeXTdimension can combine 8 bits of red, green and blue for 16,777,216. There are not 16 million points on the display so all can not be displayed at once. Further display technology limits the usable color space. None of the NeXT products support color look up tables where the user can define their own color palette on a per window basis. This feature is useful for displaying images which have adaptive lookup tables, and display pure grayscale images on the color NeXTstation. On the NeXTdimension images can be converted to full 24 bit representation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L5. Why is my machine so slow when I run the monochrome and NeXTdimension displays? There is a bug with the window system in which if you select the monochrome display as your primary display the server will be much much slower. The solution for those wishing to use both displays is to select the color (NeXTdimension) display as the primary display. The most optimal configuration at present with the NeXTdimension is to run only the color display. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L6. Where to obtain replacement mouse parts? [jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu] For those who have need of a new button in their mouse, and don't want to pay for the whole mouse when it is only the button that has gone bad, we have recently discovered a satisfactory replacement for the Omron switch. It is in the Digikey catalog, # 931, Jan-Feb 1993, page 141, under Cherry switches D4, DG, and DH series. Digikey part # CH164-ND, Cherry part # DG1C-B1AA. We ordered one of these, and just received it today. Tried it out, and it sems to be working flawlessly so far. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L7. Where to obtain extra batteries? Battery part number: BR 2/3A 3V Lithium Battery (Panasonic) Source: Engineered Assemblies & Components Corporation 5204 Green's Dairy Road Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: 919-790-9700 (ask for Debra) Price: $16.71 for 2 batteries incl. shipping & C.O.D. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L8. How to convert a Turbo system to use ADB? [From: Brad_Sime@NeXT.COM (Brad Sime)] If ADB equipment are used with older NeXT systems they won't work properly. Here are the ADB requiments: a) A Turbo computer. b) CPU eprom version 74. c) New revision computer to soundbox/monitor cable. The part number is molded at both ends of the connector: Cable NEW OLD (Non ADB) NeXTcube 4534 150 NeXTstation 4535 1532 NeXTstation color 4536 2286 d) New revision monitor which uses a vertical scan rate of 72hz instead of 68hz, except on NeXTdimension systems color monitor stays 68hz. Monitor NEW (72hz) OLD (68hz) 17" mono ACX (N4000b) AAA (N4000a & N4000) 17" color ADF (N4006) ABG (N4001) 21" color ADB (N4005a) ABH (N4005) e) ADB soundbox for color sytems. S/N prefix ADD instead of ABN. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L9. How to put a 68030 board in the same NeXTcube as a 68040 board? [Felix_A_Lugo@ATT.COM] ********************** DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER ************************** The following procedure is not supported by NeXT, Inc. and will definitely void the warranty on your NeXT computer. Follow it at your own risk. I disclaim all responsibilities for damages caused by negligence in following the procedure. There is no guarantee that the procedure will work on all versions(?) of the NeXT cube hardware. All I know is that it worked on the NeXT cube I was working on!!!! SO BEWARE! ********************** DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER ************************** Here we go! I'll first provide a description of the hardware I was using and comment on what I accomplished and how I got the information on how to do it! The hardware included a NeXT cube with 660 MB drive, OD, etc., a 68040 upgrade board, and a 68030 motherboard. I successfully installed both the 68040 and 68030 boards on a SINGLE NeXT cube and linked them together through their ethernet ports. The 68040 was configured as a boot server and the 68030 was used as its client (booting off the network for lack of an additional hard drive). The procedure reconfigures slot #2 on the cube's back-plane as slot #0. This provides two slots configured as #0, required for booting the two motherboards. Once I determined what the slot pin-outs were (thanks to my good friend John Chmielewski), it was a matter of time before the two boards happily co-existed. The procedure: 1. First, follow the procedure on the NeXT User's Reference manual for removing the system board (Appendix C: Opening the Cube, page 291 of the 2.0 manual). 2. Using the NeXT supplied screwdriver, remove the two screws that attach the power-supply housing to the cube (the screws are located on the lower part of the housing) and gently pull the housing out. Set it aside in a safe place (away from kids and nosey friends!) 3. Remove the two plastic grooved plates (used to slide the system boards in) at each side of the inside bottom of the cube. (For each plate, lift the side closest to the rear opening and gently pull them out). Set them aside. 4. Using the NeXT tool, remove three screws holding the back-plane to the cube and then take the back-plane out of the cube. Let the cube rest for a while. Inspect the back-plane. You will see five bus slots (four vertical and one horizontal). The horizontal slot connects the back-plane to the power supply housing. We're only interested in the four vertical slots. From the factory these slots are configured as 6, 2, 0, and 4 (starting from the left and going right with the horizontal slot at the bottom). The system board connects to slot #0 (which you've probably noticed). Each slot contains three columns of 32 pins. Following is an ASCII representation of one of the slots: x y z C B A o-o o 32 . . . o-o o 31 . . . o-o o 30 . . . o-o o 29 . . . 28 . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . ...where x, y, and z are labeled GND, SID, and VCC, respectively. The GND, SID, and VCC "holes" are used to configure the slot number using simple binary encoding, where GND is logical zero, VCC is logical one, and SID (for Slot-ID I guess) determines the current bit state (one or zero). Notice the four rows of GND, SID, VCC triads; each row is equivalent to one bit position in the slot number, the bottom row bit position 0, the top row bit position 3. This gives a total of four bit positions, or 16 possible slot numbers. To encode a slot number, you need to connect an SID row to its corresponding GND or VCC row. For example, the diagram below shows the configuration of the slots in my cube's back-plane (you'll have to look very closely to see the actual connections): SLOT #6 SLOT #2 SLOT #0 SLOT #4 BIT 3: o-o o o-o o o-o o o-o o BIT 2: o o-o o-o o o-o o o o-o BIT 1: o o-o * o o-o * o-o o o-o o BIT 0: o-o o o-o o o-o o o-o o ... Now on with the procedure: 5. To reconfigure slot #2 as slot #0, cut the trace between SID and VCC for bit position 1 (see * o o-o * above) and connect SID to GND on the same row. I used the SIMM removal tool supplied by NeXT in the 040 upgrade (talk about multi-purpose) to cut the trace! Very gently, scrape the solder off between the two holes. Take a paperclip, shape it to fit between the holes in SID and GND, and trim it down to an even 1/4 inch (perfect fit)! That's all there is to it. If for some reason you ever want to revert to slot #2, just remove the paperclip from GND-SID and reconnect it to SID-VCC. 6. Now put the cube back together. First, re-install the back-plane using its three connecting screws, then snap on the plastic plates, and finally insert the power-supply housing and secure with its two screws. At this point the cube is ready to take on the two system boards (it is up to you to determine where/how you want to use the two boards; I'll explain how I used mine) ... 7. I installed the 68040 in the original slot #0 and the 68030 in the reconfigured slot #0 (previously slot #2). The 68040 was used as the main processor board. I connected the 660 MB drive, the OD, and the monitor to it. NOTE: Before beginning the procedure, I went into the NeXT Monitor on the 68030 and disabled the Sound out, SCSI tests and verbose test mode and enabled serial port A as a console terminal. I also made "en" the default boot device. I setup the 68040 as a boot server and taught it about the 68030 (which took some time in getting it setup properly). 8. I connected the 68040 to the 68030 using a thin-ethernet cable and I booted. First thing I noticed was that the 030 timed-out a couple of times waiting for the 040 to tell it to boot. But after the 040 was up, the 030 booted nicely. That's all folks. Hope all this made some sense and people find it useful. Comments: - To power off the cube, I have to first shutdown the 030 (I run "halt -p" as root from a telnet connection and wait for the 030 to go down), and I then power-down the 040. If you shut down the 040 before the 030, you'll have to pull the power plug to turn the machine off. The cube will not power off if either of the two boards is providing a load to the power-supply. - Remember, I've only performed this procedure on one system. I do not know what will happen on your system. So make sure you plan ahead what your going to do and that you understand the procedure. - I don't know what problems may arise when you add a board that uses the NeXTbus, such as the NeXTdimension, or how it will behave. If someone is courageous enough to perform the procedure and intalls another board, please post your results to the net. - If you think this procedure has done any good for you, please feel free to send in donations. 8^) (think of it as "hardshare") ________________________ UPDATE TO PREVIOUS ARTICLE __________________________ To clear up some misunderstandings with the settings in the "p" command of the NeXT monitor (these settings are only required for the system board that doesn't have the NeXT display monitor connected): 1. Sound out test must be "no"; the boot process will not proceed if the monitor isn't connected to the board and this is set to "yes" (the sound out tests will fail, aborting the boot procedure). 2. SCSI tests should be "no" if you don't have SCSI devices attached to the board (SCSI tests will fail otherwise, aborting the boot procedure). 3. Verbose test mode must be "no" for booting from the network. If set to "yes", the boot process will timeout waiting for a BOOTP and you'll be left in the monitor with no means of restarting the board (except pulling the power plug)! This is probably true also for booting from an OD that hasn't been inserted (assuming the OD was attached to the board). 4. Allow serial port A as alternate console if you want to view the boot process (for problems and peace-of-mind). 5. Other settings were not modified from their factory defaults or had no effect on the procedure. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L10. How to expand DSP memory? The Speech Recognition Lab at San Francisco State University has developed a DSP memory expansion board for the NeXT computer that provides the maximum memory supported by the DSP56001 processor. We are now offering this board to those whose are interested in high-performance custom DSP development. -- The board is a 576KB DSP expansion memory board organized as three non-overlapping 192KB banks: X-data, Y-data and Program. The board uses relatively fast (<35ns) SRAM. This board compares with NeXT's DSP memory expansion board, which offers only 96KB in an imaged memory configuration. -- The board is a high-quality, 4-layer board, open-circuit tested prior to assembly. It fits into the DSP memory daughterboard slot on all NeXT machines. -- The price will be $600. Please let us know if you are interested. Delivery will be in about 3-4 weeks. -- Contact Tom Holton (th@ernie.sfsu.edu). E-mail is prefered. The address is: Tom Holton Division of Engineering San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 415 338 1529 (phone) 415 338 0525 (fax) Note: Because we've organized our memory as three separate (non-overlapping) banks (X, Y and P) of 192KB apiece, none of the DSP memory image functionality provided by NeXT with its existing 8K base configuration, or its 96KB DSP expansion module is supported. While we cannot guarantee that every existing DSP application ever written will be plug-and-play compatable with our DSP expansion memory, we are not aware of any existing applications that use the image functionality. The MusicKit, and demo programs that use the DSP, such as Mandlebrot and ScorePlayer, work fine with our memory module. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L11. How to boot a NeXT without a monitor? [From: The Onyx Kitten <onyxcat@vesta.unm.edu>] The procedure is to just touch pins 6 and GND on the DB-19 NeXT monitor out with a 470 Ohm resistor (450 is the actual resistance, but 470 ohms is more commonly found in resistors). Pin 6 is the power sense, and pins 13-19 (and the DB shell) are the GND. Just say "pin 19", it may be easier. There's a pinout diagram of the DB-19 in the NeXT Users Reference Manual. If you have an old Cube, the power supply needs to have more power drawn from it than an 030 (and 040?) board uses to stay on. So: On the DB-19, attach a Power Resistor (20 Ohm, at least 20 Watt) between pins 12 and GND. (Pin 12 is -12V, pin 13 works well for GND). Then just "touch" the 470 ohm resistor as described above, and you're set. The 20 Ohm resistor draws an old 030 running monitorless in an old CUBE), but it isn't necessary - just don't touch it (*HOT!* ;-) To power off, type "halt -p" as root on the machine (either through a terminal connected to port A, or over the eithernet connection). Also, you have to have the Rom Monitor settings done correctly. The important ones are: Wait until keypress? N Sound out tests? N Port A as alternate Console? Y (if you have one, it's nice) Verbose mode? N (I think this may need to be N to work, don't remember). ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-Peripherals-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201733.28043@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:17:33 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-Peripherals-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ M1. What disk drives will work with the NeXT? M2. How do I customize BuildDisk to create a bootable disk of my own configuration? M3. How much disk space is lost due to formatting and file system overhead? M4. Can I run my SCSI-2 disks in synchronous mode? M5. How do I configure my HP 660 to boot properly? M6. What is the procedure for installing a Fujitsu M2263SA/SB SCSI Disk as the NeXT Boot Disk? M7. How do mount a corrupted OD that won't automount? M8. What non-NeXT CD Players that work with a NeXT? M9. What are some other sources of toner cartridges and trays for the NeXT laser printer? M10. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with a NeXT? M11. What can I do to prevent my NeXT printer from running all the time? M12. What type of microphones will work with the NeXT? M13. How do I connect a modem to the NeXT? M14. Are there any alternative sources for the SCSI-II to SCSI-I cable required to attach external SCSI devices to the 040 NeXTs? M15. What fax modems will work with the NeXT? M16. How may I attach more than two serial ports to the NeXT? M17. What is the best and/or cheapest way to connect a NeXT to a thick Ethernet? M18. How can I connect my NeXT to the telephone line and use it like an answering Machine? M19. What color monitors can I use with the Color NeXT machines? !M20. Where can I get 13W3 to BNC adapters to connect third party color monitors? M21. How may I attach Centronics or 16 bit wide parallel ports to the NeXT? M22. Why does an unused serial port consume cpu? M23. How to adjust MegaPixel Display brightness and focus? M24. How to set up the HP LaserJet 4M? M25. My NeXT laser printer fails to fully eject the sheet - how to fix? +M26. I'm trying to initialize a QUANTUM ELS170S on a NeXTStation and get sd2: Incomplete disk transfer? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M1. What disk drives will work with the NeXT? Most SCSI disk drives will work without modifying /etc/disktab. There are problems with the installation of boot blocks and badly formed fstab generated by BuildDisk of NEXTSTEP 2.0. A disk connected to the NeXT will need to have a NeXT specific label written to it before it can be properly recognized by the system. If you get an error message "Invalid Label..." this indicates that the drive was successfully seen by the NeXT machine but it does not have the proper label, to install a label use the /usr/etc/disk program on the raw disk device that the system assigned to the device and use the label command to write the label onto the disk. [how the NeXT assigns disk devices is explained in the N&SA manual] NEXTSTEP releases 2.0 and up provide a low level disk formatter, sdform, which does not offer much flexibility, but gets the job done. Most drives are already formatted at the factory. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M2. How do I customize BuildDisk to create a bootable disk of my own configuration? The BuildDisk application is extremely limited in terms of the types of disks configuration it knows how to build. Essentially it "knows" about swapdisks, optical disks, 330 and 660 MB SCSI disks. If you wish to do custom configurations you should look at existing BLD script files in /etc/BLD.* There is a script which you can use to specify which BLD script you are using, which disktab entry, and other useful parameters in /usr/etc/builddisk Some things to note: - the fstab installed on the target disk is specified in the newclient command in the BLD script. standard fstabs are extracted from /usr/template/client/fstab.* - the BLD scripts do not put down a new boot block on the scsi disk, you may want to install one by hand using the /usr/etc/disk program. - some disks boot fine but NeXTstep comes up with a blank window and no login window. This is due sometimes to forgetting to install an accessible /NextLibrary/{Fonts,Sounds} In general you need quite a lot of things to make a bootable disk. Mike Carlton adds - you can build a minimally usable bootable floppy (for crash recovery purposes). There is a modified version of builddisk (to make it support building floppies, a minimal change) and a BLD script to build the boot floppy available at cs.orst.edu in next/sources/Bootfloppy.tar.Z. (I put this together in response to several requests.) A newer version of Bootfloppy for 2.1 is on the archives as next/sources/util/Bootfloppy2.1.tar.Z [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Also available from the archives is BootFloopy 3.0 (for -- you guessed it -- NEXTSTEP 3.0). I might also add that one can improve on disk usage while enhancing functionality. BuildDisk (which is used by the various BootFloppy scripts) just copies the standard binaries for ls, mv, cp aso. from /bin. These binaries are statically linked as shipped by NeXT which makes them huge. (e.g. /bin/ls is 106496 bytes large. /usr/local/bin/gls with more features is just 16268 bytes). If you replace these binaries by the BSD or GNU equivalents you can save several hundred kBytes on your boot floppy. This extra diskspace can be used for tar, dump and more tools which makes the boot floppy actually usable. Tested. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M3. How much disk space is lost due to formatting and file system overhead? [From: Rex Pruess (rpruess@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu)] Let's assume you bought a disk drive advertised with 400 MB unformatted capacity. Vendors are not consistent with the MB definition. You may have much less space less than you think you have. Which of the following did you buy? 400 * 1000 * 1000 = 400,000,000 bytes 400 * 1024 * 1000 = 409,600,000 bytes 400 * 1024 * 1024 = 419,430,400 bytes The disk must be formatted. This is often done by the vendor, but occasionally by the user. Formatting maps the disk into sectors. Space is reserved for the disk geometry and bad sectors. Formatting can take 10-20% of the capacity depending on the sector size. Common sector sizes are 512 and 1024. Generally, bigger sectors mean less waste. Once formatted, the UNIX file system must be created. On the NeXT, this is one of the steps performed by the BuildDisk application. It invokes the mkfs command to make a file system. This reserves space for the UNIX file system (e.g., superblocks, inode tables). This overhead can take another 2-3% of the available disk space. If you issue the df command, you may be surprised to see another 10% the available disk space has disappeared. The df command shows the total, used, and available disk space. The df units are in kbytes (1024 bytes). The sum of the used and available numbers will generally be about 10% less than the total kbytes. This space is reserved to allow the UNIX file system to be efficient in its storage allocation. If your disk fills up, only the superuser can store files in the remaining 10%. To complete the picture, here's a snapshot of what may occur: Capacity Lost/Used/Reserved Reason (in bytes) (in bytes) 419,430,000 19,430,000 Marketing hype (~5%) 400,000,000 60,000,000 Formatting (~15%) 340,000,000 6,800,000 UNIX file system (~2%) 333,200,000 33,320,000 Efficiency & superuser (~10%) 299,880,000 For more information, refer to the df and mkfs man pages. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M4. Can I run my SCSI-2 disks in synchronous mode? Quick answer is: No. The reason is that the NeXT does not support synchronous transfers from the SCSI bus. It does support SCSI-2 disks running in asynchronous mode, which all SCSI-2 disks must do. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M5. How do I configure my HP 660 to boot properly? It has been reported that HP drives fail to autoboot on power on or while other devices are on the scsi bus. The problem seems to be with drives configured to spin-up automatically on power on do not get recognized at boot time. To remedy this problem reliably with HP 660Mb (HP97548) and 1Gbyte (HP 97549) drives remove the auto spinup jumper on the back of the drive. Looking at the disk from the back with the power connector on the lower left, it is the sixth jumper. [From: Jimmie_Quan@NeXT.COM (Jimmie Quan)] The offical fix was an EPROM change to the HP drive from HP. The HP drives took too long to wait up, so the system wasn't happy with the other drives coming ready first especially when the HP was suppose to be the boot device. (The EPROM is no longer available from NeXT). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M6. What is the procedure for installing a Fujitsu M2263SA/SB SCSI Disk as the NeXT Boot Disk? See Izumi Ohzawa's note in /pub/next/docs/fujitsu.recipe available via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M7. How do mount a corrupted OD that won't automount? If you can't automount an OD, and you can't fix it, you can still manually mount it. Log in as root. Type "/usr/etc/mount /dev/od0a /FoO". It will ask you to insert the disk. Insert it. It is mounted. This method WILL mount a corrupted OD so you can read its contents. Since it is corrupted, it is not recommended to write to it. You should copy the important files to something else, then reformat it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M8. What non-NeXT CD Players that work with a NeXT? A USENET survey summary: Apple CD-150 PLI 1035N for NeXT SUN CD-ROM drive (Sony CDU-8012, Rev. 3.1a) NEC 73M and 74 (transfer rates > of 300 KB/sec.) Apple CD-SC (Sony 541-22 mechanism) Chinon CDS-431 (with new drivers) Eclipse CD-ROM from Microtech Toshiba 3201 Toshiba 3301 Toshiba 3401 Toshiba TXM3301E1 Toshiba XM-2200A external DENON DRD-253 external (data only, no music) HP's LaserROM drive (Toshiba XM-3301TA drive in HP's box) Texel 3024 (required a firmware upgrade to version was 1.11) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M9. What are some other sources of toner cartridges and trays for the NeXT laser printer? The toner cartridge is a standard EP-S cartridge, the same that fits the HP LaserJet III and some other printers. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] Any HP LaserJet II or III will fit. HPLJ4mSI cartridges do NOT fit. Any HP LJII or LJIII paper tray will fit. IIISI and 4 trays will not. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M10. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with a NeXT? If you plan to connect an HP LaserJet (II, IIP, III, etc.) you need to make a special cable in order for the NeXT 040 and HP to get the hardware handshaking correct. This is true for whatever version of the OS you are running. NeXT 68040 to HP LaserJet III Cable (not a Null-modem cable): Mini-Din HP DB-25 1 (DTR) nc 2 (DCD) 4 (RTS) 3 (TXD) 3 (RXD) 4 (GND) 7 (GND) 5 (RXD) 2 (TXD) 6 (RTS) 5 (CTS) 7 (RTXC) nc 8 (CTS) 20 (DTR) You may want to use hardware flow control for reliability (ie /dev/ttyfa). If you have problems with other printers, check the cable pinouts in the printer's manual against the one recommended in the zs man-page! Refer to Chapter 13 in Network and System Administration. See the FAQ-NEXTSTEP-Printing for software config FAQs. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M11. What can I do to prevent my NeXT printer from running all the time? The NeXT 400dpi printer powers up every time you boot up when the print daemon is started (/usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd in /etc/rc). Apart from not running the daemon at boot time (commenting it out and having to run it by hand later), you can add the following lines to /etc/rc.local: if [ -f /usr/etc/nppower ]; then sleep 3 /usr/etc/nppower off (echo 'powering off NeXTprinter') >/dev/console fi Once you queue a print job the printer daemon will automatically power up the NeXT printer for you. The printer daemon will not automatically power off the machine after a print job, you will need to turn off the printer by typing /usr/etc/nppower off. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M12. What type of microphones will work with the NeXT? Some NeXT owners use the RadioShack (Realistic) Tie Clip Microphone ($19.95) cat 33-1052. NeXT Computer, Inc. uses the "Sony Electret Condenser Microphone ECM-K7" in-house (available for ~$60). Some use Sony Tie-Clip microphone, #ECM-144, which costs around $40. Others have successfully used a WalMart brand microphone (available for ~$6). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M13. How do I connect a modem to the NeXT? Previously, we suggested that people use Mac modem cables; however, it has come to our attention that there is no one standard Mac modem cable. Since correct modem operation on a NeXT depends upon a correctly wired modem cable, buying a Mac cable is not a good idea. Some Mac cables do not allow dial-in and no Mac cable allows the use of hardware flow control. For these reasons, we are recommending that only cables that meet NeXT specifications be used. [however, if you have a Mac modem cable lying around and don't care about dial-in or hardware flow control, then by all means....] These cables are available commercially from NextConnection, and from Computer Cables and Devices, or can be custom built. Note that no off- the-shelf Mac cable will allow hardware flow control. It is however possible to make a such a cable from an Imagewriter II cable by replacing one of the mini-8 ends with a DB-25 connector. Hardware flow control is absolutely essential for all serial port connections with speeds of 9600 bps and above. Make certain that you cable supports it, your modem is configured to use it and you are using the hardware flowcontrol devices /dev/cuf[ab], /dev/ttydf[ab] and /dev/ttyf[ab], respectively. Most people use tip or kermit to control the modem. SLIP and/or UUCP may also be used (but are more complicated to set up and require the remote machine to also have SLIP and/or UUCP (respectively)). The 2.0 Network and System Administration Manual, which is available in hard-copy (shipped with each machine) contains an extensive description of how to use modems with the NeXT machine. Additionally NeXT in their TechSupportNotes series called SerialPortDoc.wn and UUCP for 1.0/1.0a systems . This document is available from most FTP sites that carry NextAnswers. Also, try to obtain the about.modem.Z file by Mark Adler in the pub/next/lore directory on sonata.cc.purdue.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M14. Are there any alternative sources for the SCSI-II to SCSI-I cable required to attach external SCSI devices to the 040 NeXTs? Yes. This cable is the same as the one used by Sun SparcStations and DecStation 5000's (but not DecStation 3100's which use 68-pin micro rather than the 50pin micro connector used on NeXT 040, Suns and DecStation 5000). [Carl Lowenstein adds] The implication that a Sun SparcStation cable can be used with NeXT peripherals is generally false. NeXT themselves, and DEC, and nearly everyone else who makes SCSI peripherals, puts Telco-50 (centronics) connectors on their devices. Sun in their infinite wisdom uses DD50 which are quite different. Telco-50 is an approved connector type in the SCSI spec. Probably the original point was that the 50-pin microSCSI on the NeXT and Sun and some DecStations was different from the 68-pin microSCSI on the DecStation 5000. But this does not address the other end of the cable. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M15. What fax modems will work with the NeXT? The following fax modems are currently available for the NeXT Computer: Manufacturer, Model Supplier, Phone Avail. Type ---------------------------------------------------------------- DoveFax for NeXT, Dove Computer, ??? Now Class 1 HSD FaxMaster, HSD Microcomputer, 800-828-5522 Now Class 2* mix fax, i7link GmbH, +49 30 216 20 48 Now Class 2** [From: Robert Wong <wrob@unixg.ubc.ca>] SupraFAXModem V.32bis, Supra Corp., 1-800-727-3564, Now, Class 2 (requires DFax driver or NXFax driver) ZyXEL U-1496E/E+/S/S+, ZyXEL USA, 1-800-255-4101, Now, Class 2 (requires NXFax driver) Telebit T3000 with fax option / Telebit WorldBlazer with fax option (requires NXFax driver) Neuron 1414 / 1414+ with ZyXEL ROM upgrade (requires NXFax driver) (Neuron 1414 and Neuron 1414+ modems are relabelled ZyXEL modems. Contact ZyXEL USA for ROM upgrades. Neuron modems with 512K ROMs should upgrade their ROMs and ROM sockets to 1 Mb ROMs. People with 1Mb ROMs should just order the new ROMs.) (*)Note that the Class 2 is not yet approved; it is still out for ballot, after having failed in an October 1990 round. The Abaton InterFax 24/96 NX driver supports Class 2 as it was in that draft; there are expected to be very few changes prior to approval. (**)Note that mix fax works with both the October 1990 and October 1991 draft versions of Class 2, especially with the NeXT supplied Class 2 modem driver. Upgrading to an approved version of Class 2 would be a matter of just a software update (holds true for any forthcoming (class 3?) standard, for that matter). In order to use a fax modem with the NeXT Computer, a NeXT compatible fax driver must be available to operate the modem. Modem control procedures may be proprietary or conform to one of the following EIA/TIA standards: Class 1: CCITT T.30 session management and CCITT T.4 image data handling are controlled by the driver. Class 2*: CCITT T.30 session management and image data transport are handled by the modem. CCITT T.4 image data preparation and interpretation are controlled by the driver. Release 2.0 of the NeXT system software includes a Class 2 modem driver which will work with any fax modem which meets the EIA/TIA Asynchronous Facsimile Control standard. Other fax modems must supply a NeXT compatible driver. The following are notes by Alan Marcum of NeXT Tech Support concerning the Class 2 modem driver: Note that there's a small bug in 2.0 (fixed in 2.1): a symbolic link is missing for the file Class2_Fax_Modem_Driver in /usr/lib/NextPrinter. The simple fix: create the link; it should reference Interfax_Fax_Modem_Driver, also in the /usr/lib/NextPrinter directory. An alternative workaround for Class 2, especially useful for novices: just use InterFax as the modem type in PrintManager, rather than Class 2*. After installing a fax modem using PrintManager one must repeat setting things in the Fax Options panel in order for them to be stored correctly. In particular, these include the Rings to Answer and Number of Times to Retry. This affects all fax modems being installed. If one uses illegal characters in the Modems Number field in the Fax Options when configuring an InterFax modem then the modem will not answer the phone. Legal characters are digits, spaces, and plus signs (+). This does not affect the Dove modem. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M16. How may I attach more than two serial ports to the NeXT? TTYDSP From Yrrid converts the DSP port into an additional serial port. Yrrid Incorporated 507 Monroe St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Voice: 919-968-7858 Fax: 919-968-7856 Email: yrrid@world.std.com Unitnet has a device, the SLAT, that will connect to the scsi bus. Uninet Perhipherals, Inc. Voice: 714-263-4222 Fax: 714-263-4299 [mike@cd.com (Mike Heins)] Central Data Corporation makes the scsiTerminal Server family of products. Drivers for NextStep 3.0 and 3.1 are available for both the 68K-based and Intel-based platforms. The products available for NeXT include: Product DESCRIPTION ST-1002+ 2 serial, 1 paralllel SP-1003 3 parallel ST-1008+ 8 serial, 1 parallel ST-1016 16 serial You can also mix and match multiple units. Phone: 217/359-8010 Toll-free: 800/482-0315 FAX: 217-359-6904 Email: info@cd.com support@cd.com sales@cd.com VISA, Master Card, and American Express orders are accepted, as well as purchase orders from accredited corporations and institutions. We are on a GSA schedule, and there is a 25% educational discount. [Jacob Gore adds:] Also, one can use an IP terminal server. In a non-Internet environment, inexpensive terminal servers, which don't control access to the network securely, can be used. If your network is an Internet subnet, you must use a terminal server that controls either: (1) who can log into the terminal server, or (2) which machines the terminal server will access. These tend to be more expensive (around $250/port, but in 8-port increments), but it may be quite economical means of sharing ports among many NeXTs (or other computers) on the network. [Eric P. Scott adds:] Particularly if one has a NeXT network, an Ethernet terminal server may be the way to go. One that supports Linemode Telnet (such as the Xylogics Annex III) will offer the best performance. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M17. What is the best and/or cheapest way to connect a NeXT to a thick Ethernet? There are many possible solutions. For example, here are three: 1) The University of Waterloo [Audio Research Group] uses an old door-stop PC XT clone with two Western Digital cards (WD8003E Ethercard Plus, $250 CDN each; you should be able to get them for under $200 (US$)) running Vance Morrison's PCRoute (available from accuvax.nwu.edu). You will also need a thickwire transceiver and a drop cable (about $300). In addition, you will need Internet addresses for the NeXT and both PC Ethernet cards (and a subnet address). The documentation for PCRoute contains quite a bit of information on the performance of this setup. This solution requires two subnets. There is another program called PCbridge that allows the machines on the thin and thick wires to be part of the same subnet. This product also does packet filtering, so that packets destined to machines on the same side of the net do not cross over. 2) Cabletron sells a MR-2000C Singleport Repeater for $695 that does exactly what you need minus drop cable and transceiver. Their number is (408) 441-9900. 3) The march 1992 INMAC networking and connectivity products catalog lists thicknet to thinnet convertors. Product number Z903071 price $445. Claims full ieee 802.3 comaptibility and diagnostic LED's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M18. How can I connect my NeXT to the telephone line and use it like an answering Machine? A company that is selling both hardware and software to allow you to do this: SES Computing 13206 Jenner Lane Austin, Texas 78729 Voice: (512) 219-9468 (Demo system number) i.link, a european company, has a combined data/fax modem and telephone answering machine. It uses the DSP port and is implemented mainly in software on the DSP with a little bit of hardware to interface to the phone line. i.link GmbH Nollendorfstrasse 11-12 D-1000 Berlin 30 Germany Tel: +49 30 216 20 48 Fax: +49 30 215 82 74 Email: info@ilink.de ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M19. What color monitors can I use with the Color NeXT machines? The important specs for the color monitor are: Horz Scan Rate: 61 KHz Vertical Scan Rate: 68 Hz Resolution: 1280x1024 (NeXT uses 1120x832) NON-INTERLACED Displays may require alignment to adjust for the scan rate of NeXT machines. Sony GDM-1601 were demonstrated with the NeXT color products. NeXT is not shipping these monitors. Sony no longer makes them, however there is a replacement GDM-1606. The Nanao T560i 17" color display has been used with NeXTstation Color machines, and seems to work well. Some larger NEC displays have also worked. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M20. Where can I get 13W3 to BNC adapters to connect third party color monitors? From NeXT/Bell Atlantic(?): part number S4025. NuData in New Jersey carries 13W3 female to 4 BNC male connectors. The price is about $100. NuData Voice: 908-842-5757 [From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk>] DISCLAIMER: I take no responsiblity for the following. If you can source the bits yourself here's how it's built. 1 female 13W3 connector 3 Male BNC connectors 3 mini coax ie. the pins to the coaxials are male and the regular pins are female. Looks like this. . o o o o o . . 13W3 FEMALE A1 o o o o o A2 A3 | | | Red Green Blue 3 BNC's That's the coax part. The outer shielding of the coax's are grounded on both pin 10 and the case. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M21. How may I attach Centronics or 16 bit wide parallel ports to the NeXT? Uninet has devices, the SLAT-2 and the SLAT-DRV11, that will connect to the scsi bus. Uninet Peripherals, Inc. Voice: 714-263-4222 Fax: 714-263-4299 zardoz!sales@ics.uci.edu or uunet!ucivax!zardoz!sales ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M22. Why does an unused serial port consume cpu? Perhaps you've got a (probably fairly long) unshielded serial cable attached to it, with either nothing at the other end or a powered-off device at the other end. EE's call this an antenna. it's probably picking up most of the radio stations in your area, which the serial chip is interpreting as a continuous stream of garbage bytes, which it feeds to getty, which tries to interpret them as login attempts. How do you avoid this problem? - leave the device at the other end switched on (even when it's not transmitting, it will assert a voltage that overrides the noise) - unplug the cable from the next when you're not using it - use 'kill -STOP' & 'kill -CONT' to stop & resume the getty process as needed - buy an adequately shielded serial cable ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M23. How to adjust MegaPixel Display brightness and focus? [From: Charles William Swiger <infidel@cmu.edu>] I have adjusted several monitors with no problems, but make sure you know what you are doing before opening anything. I expressly disclaim responsibility for any ill results that may occur. In order to adjust NeXT's MegaPixel display (called 'the monitor' hereafter), you'll need (a) the NeXTtool (or a 3mm Allen wrench), (b) a plastic adjustment tool (preferred) or a thin bladed screwdriver, and possibly (c) a Phillips-head screwdriver. (NB: A similar procedure will work for color monitors, but you should either know what you're doing or you'll probably be better off letting a pro deal with it.) Turn off the computer. Disconnect all cables to the monitor. Look at the back of the monitor. There will be 4 screws there; use the NeXTtool (or Allen wrench) to remove them. Remove the plastic back of the monitor and put it out of your way. Reconnect the cables and turn the computer back on. As the machine powers up, examine the back of the monitor. You'll see a metallic box (usually silver, though some are black) surrounding the monitor's vitals. This protects you against the dangerous voltages inside, and also insulates the monitor from electromagnetic noise. On the back of this box are several holes for performing adjustments. There are two focus controls (labeled 'focus' and 'dynamic focus'), a brightness control (labeled 'brightness' or possibly 'black level') and several others that adjust various things like screen size and position. Depending on the exact placement of the controls on the circuit board of your specific monitor, some of these controls may be difficult (or impossible) to adjust from the back. If this is the case, I will describe what's necessary below. Otherwise, adjust the appropriate controls using either an adjustment tool or a screwdriver. Be warned that a screwdriver probably will cause some interesting video effects when it enters the case. Ignore this the best you can, or find a plastic adjustment tool, which is what you *really* should be using anyway. Using a flashlight will help you see into the hole so that you can align the business end of the tool correctly. Focus and position controls are fairly obvious. Adjust them slowly until you're happy with the results. Don't muck with anything you don't need to; the factory settings are usually pretty decent. To correctly adjust the brightness, follow this procedure: Turn the brightness of the monitor all the way down using the keyboard. Adjust the brightness control on the back of the monitor until a barely noticeable picture forms. Then turn the brightness down a little so this picture disappears completely. Check that you can get adequate brightness by using the keyboard to brighten the screen. If the display isn't bright enough, adjust the brightness control on the rear of the monitor high enough so that the monitor display is adequate. Note that you won't be able to dim the screen completely from the keyboard...sorry. Once you're finished, shut down the computer, take off the cables, reattach the back of the monitor, and reconnect the cables. You're done. If the control you need to adjust proves to be difficult, you may need to enter the metal case. This happened on one monitor's focus control and another's brightness. WARNING: THE VOLTAGES INSIDE THE MONITOR'S CASE ARE VERY DANGEROUS, EVEN WHEN THE MONITOR IS OFF. BE VERY CAREFUL, OR YOU CAN SERIOUSLY INJURE OR EVEN KILL YOURSELF. Do not perform the next instructions unless you are confident that you know what you are doing. You'll have to power off the computer again, and disconnect the cables. Looking at the monitor from the back, notice a section of metallic shielding on the right side of the metal box that extends to the picture tube. This is where the flyback transformer is connected. It shields a wire that is charged to about 25,000 V. DO NOT TOUCH THIS WIRE, IT CAN SHOCK YOU THROUGH ITS INSULATION. Being very careful of this, remove the metal case by unscrewing the Philip's head screws that hold the case on. Don't touch the screws that hold the picture tube into the front of the monitor's case. Once you've gotten the metal box off, reconnect the cables. Figure out what control you're going to adjust, and make sure that you can do so without touching anything else inside. Again, *watch out* for the wire that connects to the picture tube on the right side. Power up the computer. I recommend that you use only one hand to make the adjustment, and that your other hand be placed in your pocket (or similar equivalent, if you're wearing clothes lacking pockets). This precaution reduces the chances that you'll make a short circuit between one hand, your heart, and the other hand-- a good idea. Perform the necessary adjustment(s), being very careful not to touch anything inside. Then shut down and reassemble the monitor, following the directions given above. Hopefully, these instructions will prove useful. Once again, please be very careful...I don't want your death and/or injury on my conscience (or a lawsuit, for that matter, either :-) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M24. How to set up the HP LaserJet 4M? [Samuel M. Goldberger smg@orb.com] I solved the problem by building a serial cable based upon the pinouts supplied by HP in their manual. Please note that the LJIII cable *does not work*. In particular, pin 1 from the DIN plug must be connected to pin 6 of the DB25. I used 38500 bps on both sides, and the 600 dpi ppd. Emulex offers the NETJet network interface which speaks lpd protocol, unlike the HP unit. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M25. My NeXT laser printer fails to fully eject the sheet - how to fix? [From: stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Jerry Stubbs)] If you continually get messages like, "sorry, the printer is jammed" and you have to pull each page out the last inch, you probably need to replace the 14 tooth gear in the output stage(fuser ass'y). You can see this gear before you disassemble the printer, so that is a good first step. Then read these instructions all the way through and see if you want to attempt it. Next recommends replacing the entire fuser assy ( big bucks) if the gear is damaged, but Chenesko, Inc., of Ronkonkoma, NY sells the gears for $2.31. The part number is RS1-0132. They recommended I also replace the 20 tooth gear, number RS1-0116, but I don't know if it is really necessary. Their phone number is 800-221-3516. To examine your gear, open the rear (delivery ) door and undo the screw attaching the strap that keeps the door from opening down all the way. The gear is on the side nearest the power input to the printer. THere are two gears on the part of the delivery ass'y that swings down. The suspect gear engages the top one, but is mounted on the fixed portion of the fuser. Ours had several teeth missing and/or damaged. To get the gear off you have to remove the fuser ass'y. TO remove the fuser you must open the printer lid fully, so it is straight up. To open the lid fully you must remove the case. To remove the case you must remove the plastic cover on the lid. Are you getting the idea now? THis will be a lot of fun, and take most of the afternoon. I hope you have a spacious, well-lit area, because there are a lot of screws, and a lot of them are painted black, so they are hard to see when you drop them, unless you drop them inside of the printer, where you might NEVER see them again. Fortunately, as with all computer equipment, they seem to put lots of extras in, so just make sure there aren't any where they might do damage, like short out the mega KILOVOLT corona power supply, or grind into the REGISTRATION rollers. You do want your printouts to be straight, don't you? So, if you're ready, here we go. PREPARATION Most mere mortals will want to power down everything and disconnect the cables, etc. Remove the cartridge and paper trays, etc. REMOVE THE LID COVER open the lid and remove 3 screws. They DO NOT have any red paint on them. REMOVE THE BACK DOOR there is one screw that holds the strap. When you can swing it clear down, you can squeeze the hinges together and remove the door. REMOVE THE CASE There are maybe seven screws that hold the case on. Four are right on top. Two are just inside the rear door area. Two are down inside where you store that green cleaning tool. 4 + 2 + 2 = 7, right? Say, who was the last guy that worked on this printer anyway? The case has to be convinced that you really need to remove it, even when it is loose and all the screws are out. REMOVE THE FUSER ASS'Y You will need a PHILLIPS screwdriver for this, as with the previous steps. But you will need a LONG one this time. Three of the screws are pretty easy to find. Just study the lower part of the fuser, as it is screwed onto the bottom case. Two of the screws are inside. One is under the lid next to the gears, the other near the green cleaning tool. On the outside, in back, there is one on each side. One is under the white wires that connect the fuser to the 10 AMP circuit breaker,which is pretty near that gear, and close to the power input. Unplug that cable. Then remove the small black screw that holds the black plastic gear cover so you will have better access to the last screw. Then you will have to wrestle the fuser out the back of the printer. Be careful with it. DISASSEMBLE THE FUSER There are several screws and a spring. It's not too hard to take apart. You can see the gear, so you just have to take off the covers on that end of the ass'y to get to it. I should caution you that I had trouble putting them back on, because they have funny shapes and don't make a lot of sense. Plus I was tired, so I went home, ate dinner, played with the dog, went to bed, got up and ate breakfast before I put it back together. You might want to label some parts, make some drawings, etc. to reassure yourself that you can put the parts back just like they were. REMOVE THE GEAR You can remove the gear pretty easily with a small screwdriver by unspringing the "E"-ring that holds it on the shaft. Try not to bend the e-ring. PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER Sorry, I can't help you with this part (HA HA!) I told you you should read the instructions first. Maybe you should buy a new printer, or try to attach some third party printer via the serial port! Well, if you got this far I hope you dropped little crumbs of bread so you can find your way back. I try to save all the little screws by putting them back in the holes they came from, or putting them in some small container. You might clean some of the gears or the paper path while you have it open. You can also install a new OZONE filter. Remember OZONE is hazardous to your health, so you don't want to inhale it. ***DISCLAIMER*** Be careful if you try this procedure. There are dangerous voltages present, and even if you are too chicken to work on it powered up, you could cut yourself, or drop the whole thing on your foot, thus voiding the warranty. Also, the printer won't work without the covers, because there are two secret switches that inform the NeXT cpu that someone "is fooling around with the printer again". Yet another update to reflect that Jacob Gore received gears for an Apple Laserwriter from Chenesko, which are similar enough to work, but with some modification.Also, if the original gear is in fair condition, it can be reversed on the shaft until a replacement is ordered. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M26. I'm trying to initialize a QUANTUM ELS170S on a NeXTStation and get sd2: Incomplete disk transfer? [From: max@Kolmogorov.gac.edu (Max Hailperin)] The Quantum ELSxxxS drives only work with NeXTs if they are the only SCSI device. If alone, they work fine, but if there are other SCSI devices you get "incomplete disk transfer" messages. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-RAM-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Feb7.201744.28102@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@jacobi Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:17:44 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-RAM-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Feb 7 14:17:40 EST 1994 Version: 3.01 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ N1. What type of memory may be installed in a NeXT? N2. What is the NeXT SIMM tool? N3. Where can I purchase memory for a NeXT? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N1. What type of memory may be installed in a NeXT? References: NeXTanswers' hardware.620, 92_spring_bulletin "Announcing NeXTstation Turbo and NeXTcube Turbo" NeXT Computer (68030-25MHz/68040-25MHz), NeXTcube (68040-25MHz): Number SIMM slots: 16 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 30-pin low profile SIMM access rating: 100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (1x8/1x9, 4x8/4x9) Maximum RAM: 64 MB The low-profile vertically mounted 4 MB SIMMs are easier to install in the NeXTcube than the horizontally mounted 4 MB SIMMs because of the small height clearance above the SIMM slots. It is possible to install the horizontally mounted 4 MB SIMMs, but you will be required to slide the CPU board and the center tower in simultaneously. Parity (9-bit) SIMMs can be used in both 68030 and 68040 NeXT machines, but should not be mixed with non-parity SIMMs. Only 68040 boards with ROM levels of 2.2 (v63) and higher can use the parity memory to detect parity errors. [One user adds the following unverified claims:] It is OK to mix parity and non-parity memory, but the system will not boot unattended. Cubes with early boot ROMs will not work with 4 Mb parity ram, unless at least 3 banks are used. The system gives an exception error on power up. The fix is to get a new boot rom from Next. You can pay $30, or you may be able to squawk and get one for free. I have found Next to be pretty responsive, once I find the right person. [Jimmie Quan, NeXT Hardware Service, adds:] The correct version is v66 which was the last or final rev for this series of 040 boards. This version also fixed the problem in the second paragraph. NeXTdimension boards (i860): Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 80 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4, 8 MB (256Kx32, 1Mx32, 2Mx32) Maximum RAM: 64 MB (32 MB official NeXT) NeXT didn't officially bless the use of 8 MB SIMMs, but they seem to fit and work. NeXTstations (68040-25MHz) serial numbers below ABB 002 6300: Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 30-pin SIMM access rating: 100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (1x8/1x9, 4x8/4x9) Maximum RAM: 32 MB Faster SIMMS (70/80 ns) don't make the memory system work any faster than the 100 ns units. NeXTstation Color (68040-25MHz): Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 2 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 80 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (256Kx32/256Kx36, 1Mx32/1Mx36) Maximum RAM: 32 MB NeXTcube Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstation Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstation Color Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstations (68040-25MHz) serial numbers above ABB 002 6300: Number SIMM slots: 4 SIMM group size: 2 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 70/100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 ,8, 16, 32 MB (256Kx32/256Kx36, 1Mx32/1Mx36) Maximum RAM: 128 MB For maximum performance use 70 ns SIMMs: SIMMs rated at 80 or 100 ns will be detected upon powerup and the memory system clock slowed to 100 ns. NeXT manufacturing introduced the new 25 MHz NeXTstation CPU board into production in late June '92. To verify which SIMM type your machine uses, check the system's memory configuration. You can do this by using the ROM monitor)s print memory configuration command m. Start with your machine powered down. Press the Power key to power on. As soon as the message *Testing system...: disappears, press command-command-tilde (~ on the numeric keyboard). Under these circumstances, this will access the ROM monitor. In the ROM monitor, type m and press return. Turbo-designed boardsPincluding new 25 MHz NeXTstations and all Turbo systemsPwill return messages reporting the memory configuration contained in four sockets (sockets 0 -3); old 25 MHz boards will return messages for more than four sockets (usually 8). You can tell a Turbo-designed board, and the accompanying 72 pin, 70 nanosecond SIMMs, by the fact it only reports information for only four sockets. [John Graves, Hardware Engineering, NeXT Computer, Inc. adds] The memory system has programmable memory timing such that the number of processor clocks needed to access a given amount of data can be tailored to the speed of the memory installed. 70 ns memory is just enough faster than 80 ns memory to allow the cpu to access the data with fewer clock cycles. This improves memory system performance. "70 ns" memory is faster than "80 ns" memory in many parameters other than just RAS access time. The faster CAS access time in particular allows the memory system to respond quicker to burst (16 bytes) bus transfers. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N2. What is the NeXT SIMM tool? The tool came with 68040 upgrade kits for NeXTcubes. It really makes removing SIMMs easy. It looks like a dental tool: about six inches long with a 1/2" long head offset at 90 degrees. To remove SIMMs, you slip the head into the hole on one side of the SIMM, rest the head on the SIMM socket next to the SIMM you are pulling, and pivot the tool back, using the simple fulcrum to gently pry the SIMM up about 1/8" from the socket on that side. Repeat on the other side, and the SIMM can be then removed by hand. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N3. Where can I purchase memory for a NeXT? This list contains only a few vendors; prices listed may change and are provided as examples only. There is significant day-to-day fluctuation in prices, especially since the destruction of a factory in Japan in July that manufactured resin used in chips. Prices are currently very high. First Tech Stratum Technologies Austin, TX 800-533-1744 512-258-3570 512-258-3689 (fax) [Prices current as of 12-Oct-93] 30 Pin SIMMs 1x8-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 49.50 4x8-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 136 1x9-80ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 54.50 4x9-80ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 153 72 Pin SIMMs 1x32-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 163 2x32-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 320 4x32-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 570 1x36-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 178.50 2x36-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 357 4x36-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 643 Lifetime Warranty. Marco International 800-621-4668 (Within US/Canada) 303-449-9191 800 447 8448 (CT Office) [Prices current as of 12-Oct-93] 30 Pin SIMMs 1x8-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 53 4x8-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 129 1x9-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 57.50 4x9-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 157 72 Pin SIMMs 1x32-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 161 1x36-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 211 2x32-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 309 2x36-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 381 4x32-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 644 4x36-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 654 8x32-70ns 32 Mb SIMM $1655 (no parity) Lifetime Warranty, toll-free support, 24hr RMA. "NeXT certified". Chip Merchant 9541 Ridgehaven Court San Diego, CA 92123 (800) 426-6375 South Coast Electronics Tustin, CA (800) 289-8801 714-669-9503 Impediment (617) 837-8877 ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
From: Barry Beal <bdbeal@libre.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group - Feb 10 Date: 7 Feb 1994 22:12:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j6vub$m81@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: The next meeting of the Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group will be Thursday, Feb 10th at Mesa Community College. Continuing our series of Internet application demos, we will have a demonstration of Mosaic. Mosaic is a hypertext multi-media browser application that talks to Mosaic servers all over the Internet. This is a very interesting application that demonstrates some of the potential for the Information Super Highway. We will also have a tutorial on how to build Help Links and markers in Edit documents. This is a technique used in most NeXTSTEP application's online Help systems, but can be used for building useful general NeXTSTEP documents. An example of this is found in /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/ReleaseNotes/Contents.rtf. Believe it or not, we are still trying to get an Intel GX machine to demo at this meeting. Please call on Thursday, for a status update on this. We will also have some great NeXTSTEP software to raffle off. Doors open at 7:00, come early and get acquainted with the other members. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30. Location: Thursday, Feb 10th at 7:30 PM Mesa Community College Kirk Student Center (the clock tower building) Kiva Room on the lower level 1833 W. Southern Ave, Mesa Agenda: * Announcements. * Q & A - a chance to ask your NeXTSTEP related questions. * Demonstration of Mosaic. * Tutorial on building Help links and markers in Edit documents. For more information about the meeting or the User Group, please call Barry Beal at (602)834-3262
From: Valerie Birk <birk@Logibec.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ESPRESSO! Developer Demo Date: 7 Feb 1994 22:14:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j703b$m8u@digifix.digifix.com> Professional Software 591 North Avenue Suite 4 Wakefield, MA 01880 (617) 246 2425 (617) 246 1443 1-800-246-4664 U.S. & Canada espresso@logibec.com ESPRESSO! Developer represents a new generation of development tools that puts the delivery of mission critical custom applications within the reach of any developer. ESPRESSO! Developer is a third party Interface Builder object palette that provides a suite of extensions to existing App Kit and DB Kit objects, as well as providing new objects that increase the object-oriented development capabilities of the environment. ESPRESSO!Developer supports Objective C methods under Test Interface mode but also provides its own language that is very easy to learn and can be mastered in days. Companies looking at changing over to NEXTSTEP will value the speed at which their development staff will be able to get up to speed on this new environment, while more experienced NEXTSTEP programmers will appreciate the features and flexibility added to the NeXT environment by ESPRESSO! Developer. FEATURES INCLUDE: ESPRESSO! Developer is an object palette integrated into NeXT's Interface Builder. Programmers learn about NEXTSTEP as they develop custom apps which translates into tremendous savings in time and money Support of DB Kit's database independence; apps developed with ESPRESSO! Developer will recompile on any database with a DB Kit adaptor. Developing applications with ESPRESSO! requires no knowledge of the App Kit; a complex kit that can take up to six months to master No royalties or licensing fees; applications developed with ESPRESSO! Developer compile into independent applications that do not require ESPRESSO! Developer to run. TEMPLATES: Templates for NEXTSTEP text fields: Data validation and view formatting without code money date/time character field text field floating point field integer field OBJECTS! OBJECTS! OBJECTS!: ODModule lets you easily define the following: qualifiers sort order sequencing ODPickList is a convenient object that lets users choose from a large number of items without cluttering the screen or slowing down the application since it loads data only upon request and keeps it in memory ODDragView provides the icon-dragging behavior that a number of graphical applications include (move or copy data from one location to another) but is not explicitly supplied in Interface Builder ODMultiView saves screen space by allowing the display of various windows over the same window area. Used extensively throughout NEXTSTEP (switch view, e.g. Inspector Panel), ESPRESSO! offers an object that enables designers to create overlaid views graphically LANGUAGE ESPRESSO! Developer provides a fourth generation language. It is easy to learn, can be mastered in days. An API is available for further customization. Objective C methods and ESL (ESPRESSO! Script Language) functions can be used jointly in the development of apps and much more... A demo version of this software, ESPRESSO.Demo.pkg.compressed, is available at the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ESPRESSO.Demo.pkg.compressed nova.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next.submissions/ESPRESSO.Demo.pkg.compressed -------------------------------------- Professional Software, based in Wakefield, MA has been dedicated since 1989 to providing and promoting innovative development tools such as ESPRESSO! for the NeXT marketplace. ESPRESSO! and ESPRESSO!Developer are trademarks of Professional Software, Inc. All other trademarks, registered trademarks are not the property of Professional Software, and belong to their respective owners.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP - Multiple Opportunities-2/8 Date: 7 Feb 1994 23:37:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j74v0$mi3@digifix.digifix.com> WSI is working closely with one of the leading international Nextstep software developers to staff multiple projects nationwide, with additional requirements developing almost weekly. This is a partial listing. Nextstep Developers (9 spots) - 2yrs paid Nextstep development experience with Objective C in business, building production systems required. The enviroment includes C++, C, Sybase, Smalltalk & Eiffel. Leadership and analytical skills a must. These positions are in the New York tristate area. Base salaries - $40K to $100K plus bonus. Nextstep Troubleshooters/Systems Integrators/Internal Consultants-(9 spots) P/A's & Sys Admin's with Objective C, Sybase & communications. Plusses include commodities trading, Smalltalk, Eiffel, OOD & OOA with strong leadership, analytical capability and diplomatic skills. These spots are in Texas and Mexico and one roving International Troubleshooter which includes travel to South America. Base salaries $40K to $75K plus bonus. Project Managers / Engagement Manager - Nextstep, Objective C, independent thinker with client Management skills. Must be a strong leader with exceptional analytical capability and good interpersonal skills with diplomacy. Plusses include Sybase, communications, trading, Smalltalk & Eiffel. Five parallel teams of 3-4, growing to 8-10 in the New York tristate area. Base salary $100K - $120K plus bonus. Director - Broker/Trading systems. Former Big 6 partner ideal. Manage an OOD team on a 15 million dollar project. NYC, possibly moving to Texas. Base salary to $200K plus bonus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 3 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects Worldwide.
From: John Carmack <johnc@idcube.idsoftware.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DOOM 1.2 FAT Date: 8 Feb 1994 12:21:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j8hmt$ptc@digifix.digifix.com> A fat binary version of DOOM 1.2 is at cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Doom1_2_FAT.compressed It has support for two bit gray, eight bit gray, and twelve bit color. Network games are supported, including between black and white hardware. John Carmack Technical Director Id Software
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@piglet.ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: UUCon.app and GISO.app upgrade releases Date: 8 Feb 1994 12:24:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j8hsg$pu2@digifix.digifix.com> Upgrade releases of UUCon.app and GISO.app have been placed in: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/UUCon.MAB.tar.gz is the binary cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/UUCon.tar.gz is the source cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/GISO.MAB.tar.gz is the binary cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/GISO.tar.gz is the source These releases fix reported bugs and compile cleanly as MAB on NS3.2. UUCon UUCon is just a front end to existing uucp monitoring commands. However it does centralize them and it may use commands you were not aware of. I wrote it one day to help me do the things I tend to do to maintain my link: queue, poll, delete jobs. GISO What's GISO? GISO provides an easy way to convert sounds to and from different sound formats and also preview NEXTSTEP sounds. GISO is actually just a wrapper for sox. What's sox? Sox is a filter program with the ability to convert in and out of many (all that I know of) sound formats. It will move in and out of .au, .aiff, .voc, .hcom, .wav and any raw format you can describe with its parameters. Its interface is very complicated and so that is why I wrote GISO.
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MetroTools 2.1 API Date: 8 Feb 1994 12:26:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2j8i07$pua@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Donnelly (619) 488-9411 Fax: (619) 488-3045 E-mail: info@metrosoft.com Metrosoft Announces New API Kit for MetroTools 2.1 San Diego, February 7, 1994 - Metrosoft announced it has significantly enhanced its API to MetroTools and is making it available via anonymous FTP. In addition to being a full-featured bundle of utilities, MetroTools 2.1 allows you to create commercial-grade GUI utilities with unprecedented speed. "With MetroTools and our 2.1 API, people can turn their utilities - even command-line utilities - into commercial-grade NEXTSTEP apps with features like multi-folder drag-and-drop, error logging into scrolling text views, and more in record time.", said Gordon Van Huizen, President, Metrosoft. "In fact, the MetroTools version of MetroSuction was created from start to finish in under two days." The MetroTools shell is extensible so that you can create your own tools and add them to the MetroTools panel and use the same powerful support objects that the bundled modules do. MetroTools also contains a full-featured screen saver (that can run during the Login Window) which you can write modules for using the API. "A number of individuals and organizations have anxiously been awaiting our new API so that they can create their own NiteLite modules as well as MetroTools modules for their in-house and end-user utilities.", said Ron Miller, Vice President of Development, Metrosoft. "We're really excited about that." The API kit contains full documentation of the MetroTools and NiteLite screen saver APIs in RTF format, pre-indexed for Digital Librarian. It also contains header files, and full source code for a sample MetroTools module (a MetroTools version of the MetroSuction utility for examining and manipulating fat binaries) and the NiteLite module "Eyes". Hilights of the source code examples: - Shows how to develop sophisticated drag-and-drop utilities extremely quickly - Example of synchronous use of UNIX command line utilities from NEXTSTEP apps - Example of how to use DBTableView to easily display data without using DBkit or IXkit - Example of NXSplitView - Shows how to examine fat binaries - Shows use of sound capabilities in NiteLite modules The API is available via anonymous FTP at sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Be sure to get the new version of the API - MetroToolsAPI2.1.compressed. The API is also available directly from Metrosoft on disk for a $10 materials and handling charge. Metrosoft is a San Diego based company specializing in the development and publishing of NEXTSTEP applications such as MetroKeys, SimonSays, MetroSuction, and Squash. -30- cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MetroToolsAPI2.1.compressed sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MetroToolsAPI2.1.compressed
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Telesales Position with Alembic Systems Date: 9 Feb 1994 13:38:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jbak0$3l6@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: Alembic Systems International, the largest distributor of software to the NeXT community, has an immediate opening in their telesales/customer service department. The position entails outbound telesales for an individual with 3 years (minimum and verifiable) telesales experience. This individual would also be responsible for processing demand activity generated by extensive advertising campaign. $15,000 base + commissions + benefits. $30K-50K potential. Respond to Tom Young in Denver, CO at (303) 799-6223.
From: tws@mrc.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Connecticut Sun Local User Group meeting February 16th featuring NEXTSTEP Date: 9 Feb 1994 23:40:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jcdsc$6f4@digifix.digifix.com> Dear Sun (or non-Sun) user, The Connecticut Sun Local User Group will meet on February 16th (Wednesday) at 7:00pm. (SLUG meets the 3rd Wednesday of every other month.) It will be at the Miles Maritime Center (545 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven). Nathan Janette, System Manager of the Brunger Lab in the Department Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics at Yale University, will present an introduction to NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, the object-oriented environment Sun has adopted. NeXT Computer, in conjunction with Sun, Hewlett Packard, and a variety of other manufacturers, is rolling out what many believe will be the new standard for object-oriented development across a wide array of Unix platforms. NEXTSTEP, PDO (Portable Distributed Objects), and OpenStep are among the core technologies that are spearheading this initiative. Mr. Janette will cover this new technology and what it will mean for developers and users of Suns and other platforms. Here are the directions: From the North: Take exit 46 off I-95. Make a right turn at the off-ramp. Come to the first light and turn right. At a T-intersection turn left. Skip the next paragraph and read on. From the South: Take exit 46 off I-95. Make a left turn at the off-ramp. Go through a light. There is a restaurant called the Rusty Scupper on the right, and the Maritime Center is immediately beyond the restaurant. The doors to 545 Long Wharf Drive will be locked in the evening, and one must enter through 555 Long Wharf Drive. Signs with arrows will be indicating the way to get to the conference room. If you have any questions, please contact Tenna Sakai as follows: Tenna Sakai tws@mrc.com (203) 937-2856
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette 2B - Nib Documentation Palette Date: 10 Feb 1994 16:17:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2je89c$c20@digifix.digifix.com> I have just uploaded a new beta version of NibInfoPalette to cs.orst.edu NibInfoPalette 2.0B NibInfoPalette allows you to document your nibs. It sits in IB as a passive palette object and is activated automatically when it is the activePalette when you save your Nib file. The report is written to a file with the same name as the nib wrapper but with a ".info" extension. This version allows you to customize the report format through the NIBINFO API to suit your needs. See the supplied NibInfoMethods.bundle for more information. NibInfoMethods.bundle's are located in the following. ~/Library/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle /LocalLibrary/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle The user's bundle takes precedence over the one in /LocalLibrary Suggestions/Comments to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Alliance with Andersen Consulting Announced Date: 10 Feb 1994 18:31:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jeg3u$dfs@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NeXT Computer, Inc. Karen Logsdon (415) 780-3786 Andersen Consulting, Canada Hal Koblin (416) 695-5050 ANDERSEN CONSULTING, CANADA AND NeXT FORM OBJECT TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE TORONTO, February 10, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Andersen Consulting, Canada today announced a joint initiative to deliver advanced business solutions through the use of object-oriented technology. Specifically targeting mission critical applications, NeXT and Andersen will initially focus on Canadian customers in healthcare, telecommunications and financial services. As part of this alliance, Andersen will join NeXT's Object Channel. NeXT becomes a key technology supplier in Andersen's Business Integration Partnership (BIP) Program. Andersen's BIP Program is a comprehensive portfolio on hardware and software supplier relationships critical to delivering value added business systems. Key suppliers in the Canadian program include Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Sybase and Symbol Technologies. Significance of This Alliance NeXT's Object Channel is designed specifically for strategic systems integrators and value-added resellers who want to offer their customers advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems and custom software solutions. "We recognize that client/server computing is difficult and that customers transitioning to the object-oriented approach to software developer need additional resources from system integrators and value-added resellers," said Bill Wesemann, Vice President of North American sales at NeXT. "Our alliance with Andersen Consulting, Canada will enable NeXT to work together with one of the leading systems integrators in the Canadian marketplace to deliver the benefits of object technology, such as improved time-to-market and easier to maintain custom systems." Object Channel members help customers solve business problems using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. In the future, Object Channel members will also take advantage of OpenStep, the open specification that defines NEXTSTEP's Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and its implementation in SunSoft's Solaris. "Our mission is to help our clients to change to be more successful," said Stephen Elliott, Managing Partner, Technology Integration Services, Andersen Consulting, Canada. "And effectively introducing proven leading edge technologies into client solutions is critical." "Andersen Consulting is a leader in applying object technology. Our relationship with NeXT allows us to work closely with a creative technology provider to serve our Canadian clients," Mr. Elliott also remarked. Andersen Consulting Andersen Consulting is an international management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from every industry to integrate their people, processes, strategies and technologies. Andersen Consulting has more than 26,000 people in 151 offices in 47 countries. The Canadian practice has over 700 professional in Canada with offices in Halifax, Fredericton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. Editor's note: Andersen Consulting is not a division of the firm Arthur Andersen.
From: shayman@hookup.net (Steve Hayman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: receiptfilter, fax and rtf2ps submitted to the archives. Date: 11 Feb 1994 00:00:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jf3dn$fbq@digifix.digifix.com> I have uploaded three programs to the archives on sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/receiptfilter.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/fax-0.22.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/receiptfilter.tar.Z is a tool that lets you keep an eye on the Read Receipts that Mail.app may be generating when you read certain mail messages. This program will pop up an alert panel every time Mail.app tries to generate a read receipt, and you can allow or disallow individual receipts depending on your mood. /pub/next/submissions/fax-0.22.tar.Z contains two programs, "fax" (a shell script) and "rtf2ps" (an Objective-C program.) About "fax" ---------- "fax" is a shell script that will let you fax files from the command line. It works by converting the file to PostScript, inserting some special PostScript comments into the file (destination phone number and so on) and submitting the document to "lpr" to be faxed. This script will also fill in the NeXT fax cover sheet of your choice if you wish. You can use this filter to fax plain text files (which will be run through "enscript" to convert them to postscript), postscript files, or rich text files. rtf or rtfd files can be converted to postscript via the "rtf2ps" program included in this distribution. With the right email addresses, you could even set up an email alias that could receive NeXTmail and fax it out to a specified phone number! (Left as an exercise to the reader, although I may get around to writing this script some day.) About "rtf2ps" ------------- rtf2ps is a commandline program that will convert rtf or rtfd files to postscript. It does this by creating a Text object on the fly and loading the rtf or rtfd into that object, and then asking the object to print itself. Various tricks are used to get the postscript code to go to standard output rather than the printer, and to allow this program to work at all, without a UI, even if nobody is logged in. We are all be indebted to Eric P. Scott who made this idea work via some amazing trickery. I merely took his code and fiddled with it to handle both .rtf and .rtfd files, and to output postscript on standard output. It really is remarkably clever in the way it fakes out NXApp into not caring that the Text object isn't actually in a Window. You can use this program together with the fax script to fax rtf files from the command line. For instance, rtf2ps MyRtfFile.rtf | fax -p 5551212 I hope others find these little utilities as useful as I do. Steve Hayman shayman@Objectario.com Steve Hayman & Associates, Toronto, Ontario (416) 769-8995 NeXTSTEP Consulting
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Metrosoft and HSD Form Partnership Date: 11 Feb 1994 14:03:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jgkpr$it3@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Peter HSD Inc. 1 (619) 632-9700 Phone 1 (619) 632-9702 Fax Email: info@hsd.com Contact: Mary Donnelly Metrosoft Inc. 1 (619) 488-9411 Phone 1 (619) 488-3045 Fax Email: info@metrosoft.com METROSOFT AND HSD FORM PARTNERSHIP METROSOFT TO PUBLISH HSD PRODUCTS / HSD TO OFFER CONSULTING SERVICES SAN DIEGO, California, February 10, 1994 -- Metrosoft and HSD today announced that they have formed a partnership to publish software products and offer consulting services to NEXTSTEP customers. Under the agreement Metrosoft will immediately begin publishing HSD's complete line of software products for NEXTSTEP, including OCR Servant, HSD Spell and PowerScan. HSD has relocated its offices to San Diego and will be providing consulting services to Metrosoft during the transition, and to other large customers that require custom development, engineering, or sales and marketing assistance in the NEXTSTEP market. "We are very excited about this partnership" said David Peter, President of HSD Microcomputer U.S. "Metrosoft has been extremely successful selling into large NEXTSTEP sites, and because we share a common vision of the NEXTSTEP market, they are the perfect partner to publish HSD's existing software products". Peter further stated that HSD has a growing base of clients that require contract development and consulting services, including integration of high-speed scanner drivers and optical character recognition into their custom apps. "The partnership with Metrosoft allows us to focus on further building of an already successful consulting business providing services to large NEXTSTEP customers" During the transition, which will take place over the next 90 days, HSD will continue to offer sales and technical support for its products directly to customers, but all orders for HSD products will be shipped through Metrosoft. HSD has permanently relocated its offices to San Diego and can be reached at (619) 632-9700 or via email at info@hsd.com. Metrosoft publishes MetroTools and is getting ready to release its new product, MetroKeys, and a fat version of SimonSays. Added to the list now are the HSD products OCR Servant, PowerScan and HSD Spell. Metrosoft and HSD will collaborate to bring OCR Servant Professional and MetroForms to market. "Metrosoft products are being installed at many large NEXTSTEP sites. The addition of the HSD products to our line-up will solidify us as the clear market leader in NEXTSTEP utilities and system enhancements. The top-notch team of Dave Peter and Mary Donnelly will surely establish Metrosoft as a leading third party developer, in what we see as a rapidly-growing market " said Gordon Van Huizen, President of Metrosoft. "HSD has always been a leader on this platform; it's extremely exciting to partner with them." Metrosoft was founded in 1990 and is a San Diego based company specializing in the development and publishing of NEXTSTEP applications such as MetroTools, MetroKeys, SimonSays and Squash. Metrosoft is located at 710 Thirteenth Street, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92101 and can reached at : Phone 619-488-9411, Fax 619-488-3045 Email: info@metrosoft.com HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. was founded in 1989 and is a leading supplier of hardware and software products for NEXTSTEP and Macintosh. HSD's main office is located at 345 First St., Suite "O", Encinitas, CA 92024. Phone (619) 632-9700, Fax (619) 632-9702, Email: info@hsd.com.
From: bryce_jasmer@NeXT.COM (Bryce Jasmer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MAB NewsGrazer Available Via The Net Date: 11 Feb 1994 22:56:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jhk13$mls@digifix.digifix.com> In response to customer requests, NeXT Computer, Inc. has placed a MAB version of NewsGrazer.app on the net. The binary can be found as... ftp site: cs.orst.edu filename: /pub/next/submissions/NewsGrazer75.tar.Z checksum: 35838 408 This version supports both Intel and Motorola platforms and is unsupported. NeXT disclaims any warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the fitness of NewsGrazer.app for any particular use. [Moderators Note: Thanks NeXT!]
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases DiskMaker v.1.75 Date: 12 Feb 1994 22:45:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jk7pa$1ls@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release DiskMaker 1.75(TM) copyright 1993, 1994, SmartSoft, Inc. 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Voice: 414 964.8864 Fax: 414 964.4672 Email: Info@SmartSoft.COM For more information write to: Info@SmartSoft.COM or call SmartSoft at (414)964-8864 SmartSoft Announces The Release Of DiskMaker Version 1.75 MILWAUKEE, WI, February 11, 1994 - SmartSoft has announced the availability of version 1.75 of its disk duplication software, DiskMaker. "This release brings Intel compatibility to the software. DiskMaker has been available for many months for NeXT hardware, users of NS Intel machines or users in mixed networks can now use the software anywhere they like." said Alberto Ricart, CEO of SmartSoft, Inc. "Performance has been maximized as much as possible for the Intel hardware, but end-user results depend heavily on the configuration of Intel machine. NeXT computers with their integrated hardware, provided constant time in disk duplication, Intel machines don't provide for this" Ricart added. DiskMaker is the fastest disk duplication software for NEXTSTEP. With it you can duplicate disks faster than is possible by any of the standard manual methods. DiskMaker gives you 39-88% speedup in your mass duplicating efforts**. Manually duplicating ten 2.8ED disks takes anywhere from 43 to 90 minutes depending on the sizes of files and other factors. With DiskMaker you can reduce this task to 10 minutes (20 minutes if also performing a verification pass). Duplication times are linear and independent of the number of files on the disk. DiskMaker supports industry standard 720K, 1.4MB and 2.8MB disk densities. Its powerful verification technology insures that defective media is not distributed to your customers. DiskMaker will automatically format the disk (if needed), name it, and fill it up for you in a single step. "DiskMaker helped us out in a pinch... It provided us with the capability to make multiple copies of each disk in record time. Leave it SmartSoft to come up with a better way!" Andrew Stone of Stone Design. Its major benefits include: * DiskImages are saved on the disk allowing you to archive your releases. * Disk duplication and formatting are performed in the background, freeing your computer to do other things. * 32-bit checksums provide reassurance that your copies match your original disks bit by bit. * DiskMaker is able to reuse low level disk formats. Readily available pre-formatted DOS disks can be used to build NEXTSTEP volumes in a fraction of the time. * Free unlimited tech support via SmartSoft's 800 number. System Requirements * NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher * 8MB of Memory * Hard Disk * NeXT computers with a NeXT supplied 3-1/2" floppy drive. * Intel computer running NEXTSTEP with a 3-1/2" floppy drive. For more information, call 800-424-8864 or 414-964-8864. (c)1993, 1994 SmartSoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SmartSoft, and DiskMaker are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. ** Disk duplication performance benchmarks performed on NeXT computers. Performance on INTEL configurations vary.
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases Collagist v.1.0 Date: 12 Feb 1994 22:45:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jk7pj$1m2@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release Collagist 1.00(TM) copyright 1993, 1994, SmartSoft, Inc. 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Voice: 414 964.8864 Fax: 414 964.4672 Email: Info@SmartSoft.COM For more information write to: Info@SmartSoft.COM or call SmartSoft at (414)964-8864 SmartSoft Announces The Release Of Collagist Version 1.00 MILWAUKEE, WI, February 11, 1994 - SmartSoft has announced the availability of version 1.00 of its electronic file glue software, Collagist. Collagist allows you to 'collage' many files of different types (TEXT, RFT, RFTD, EPS, PS, TIFF, FAX, AI, TYPE) into a single PostScript file that you can fax or print or email with ease. "We developed Collagist to be an add-on product to StayInTouch, our personal information manager software. Collagist allows StayInTouch to fax, print, or email many documents in a single transaction" said Alberto Ricart, CEO of SmartSoft, Inc. "Because some StayInTouch users don't have a need for this functionality, we isolated it into a separate stand-alone utility. StayInTouch uses the Collagist API to communicate requests to the utility. Users of Collagist can use its simple drag-and-drop interface to build collages. Once the collage is created, they can use the Preview application, bundled with NEXTSTEP, to fax or print the combined documents. Developers can incorporate the functionality of Collagist into their own custom or commercial applications with ease, all they need to do is use a simple API and have Collagist do the work" Ricart added. Its major benefits include: * Ability to combine multiple files of different types into a single file PostScript file that can be printed, faxed or emailed with ease. * A full feature Application Programmers Interface (API) for integrating the functionality of Collagist into custom applications. * Free unlimited tech support via SmartSoft's 800 line. A demonstration version of the software is available for ftp at cs.orst.edu (originally placed in pub/next/submissions/) For more information, call 800-424-8864 or 414-964-8864. (c)1993, 1994 SmartSoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SmartSoft, StayInTouch and Collagist are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases StayInTouch v.2.01 Date: 12 Feb 1994 22:46:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jk7q7$1n2@digifix.digifix.com> StayInTouch 2.01(TM) copyright 1993, 1994, SmartSoft, Inc. 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Voice: 414 964.8864 Fax: 414 964.4672 Email: Info@SmartSoft.COM StayInTouch is a sophisticated electronic address book that provides you with powerful features to help you increase your productivity in all your communication tasks. Its major benefits include: * Manage communication and addressing information more efficiently. * Drag and drop documents into address book for quick reference. * Speed through routine mail, email, and phone calling tasks. * Manage multiple recipients effortlessly. * Fully integrated with NEXTSTEP - use your information from any app. * Deliver multiple files by fax, email, or hard copy depending on who is the recipient. StayInTouch requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher and it is available in multiple-architecture binary form. MAB or fat binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT computers and Intel based systems. FIXES in 2.01 A bug that caused SIT to crash when updating certain mail aliases was eliminated. Group fax coversheets generated by StayInTouch now behave identically to those generated by the AppKit - The coversheets are private; the recipient only sees his/her name on the coversheet. A demonstration version of the software is available for ftp at cs.orst.edu (originally placed in pub/next/submissions/) The demo of the software is a fully licensable demo. Although all functionality is demonstrable within the demo, the demonstration time is only a few minutes long. The StayInTouch package contains a complete built-in help system that you can use to guide you through its many features. To access the help system, just choose the Help command, available under the Info menu in StayInTouch. (c)1993, 1994 SmartSoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SmartSoft, StayInTouch and Collagist are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 6 - 1994 Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:44:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2jokbn$gpt@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 6). Sunday February 06 through Monday February 14 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 5 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: Macintosh Emulator "Executor" 1.3b on archives SUBMISSION: tcl7.3 multi-arch binaries available SUBMISSION: Puzzle 1.1 -- A jigsaw puzzle game MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group - Feb 10 SUBMISSION: ESPRESSO! Developer Demo JOB: NEXTSTEP - Multiple Opportunities-2/8 SUBMISSION: DOOM 1.2 FAT SUBMISSION: UUCon.app and GISO.app upgrade releases PRESS RELEASE: MetroTools 2.1 API JOB: Telesales Position with Alembic Systems MEETING: Connecticut Sun Local User Group meeting February 16th featuring NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette 2B - Nib Documentation Palette Alliance with Andersen Consulting Announced SUBMISSION: receiptfilter, fax and rtf2ps submitted to the archives. SUBMISSION: Metrosoft and HSD Form Partnership SUBMISSION: MAB NewsGrazer Available Via The Net PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases DiskMaker v.1.75 PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases Collagist v.1.0 PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Releases StayInTouch v.2.01 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:45:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2jokcf$gq9@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:45:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2jokct$gqf@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: don@isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP Transputer Driver Available Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:46:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2joken$grh@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Nicolas Droux Engineering College of Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Rue de la Source 21 CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Switzerland +41 273 315 phone +41 234 377 fax droux@isbiel.ch A first version of the EIB-ISB NEXTSTEP driver for Transputer based massively parallel computers is now available on cs.orst.edu: pub/next/submissions/nxtrans.tar.Z ftp.isbiel.ch: parallel/tools/next/nxtrans.taz It allows B004 compatible Transputer systems to be used from NEXTSTEP running on Intel based computers. It has been tested with the INMOS D7205 occam toolkit and the PACT-C v92.1 compiler. Using other development environment is made possible by a NEXTSTEP version of the iserver program delivered with this package. This driver is based on two main components: a Loadable Kernel Server which controls the hardware, and a daemon which allows user programs to communicate with the LKS. The driver package includes: - the driver LKS - the driver daemon - a NEXTSTEP version of the INMOS iserver with sources - a NEXTSTEP version of the PACT-C pserver and pcc - a driver installation note - an INMOS D7205 and a PACT-C installation notes Copyright (c) 1994 Engineering College of Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. The EIB-ISB Transputer Driver is free software; you can redistribute it for free together with this license agreement. It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Nicolas Droux Engineering College of Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. ------ More information about the PACT-C compiler can be obtained from PACT, Foulkeslaan 87, 2625 RB Delft, The Netherlands. Phone +31 15 616864, Fax +31 15 610032, info@pact.nl. More information about INMOS products can be obtained from INMOS Ltd, 1000 Aztec West, Almonds bury, Brisol BS12 4SQ, UK. Phone (0454) 616616, Fax (0454) 617910.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Healthcare MCCAs shown at HIMSS Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:47:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jokfv$grn@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 CUSTOMERS BUILD ADVANCED HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS USING NEXT'S OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY Object-oriented NEXTSTEP increases productivity of health information environments PHOENIX-February 14, 1994-At hospitals, HMOs, clinics and private practices around the world, healthcare professionals are choosing NEXTSTEP technology to turn information management into a competitive advantage and effective decision making tool. NEXTSTEP, the premier object-oriented operating environment available from NeXT Computer, Inc., as well as newly developed, mission-critical custom healthcare applications are being demonstrated at HIMSS this week in booth #835. With NEXTSTEP, programmers and developers at leading medical institutions are creating a new generation of healthcare solutions. For example, Mt. Clemens Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, has developed an object-oriented, patient-care system whereby the computerized system tracks and manages patient's demographic records, clinical information, appointment scheduling, order entry for tests and medication and referral management. This system took less than two years to build from concept to deployment. "We built logic into our new system, allowing it to function like an executive assistant, alerting caregivers to items such as duplicate tests and automatically updating nursing care plans for interventions," said Vimal Chowdhry, chief financial officer at Mt. Clemens Hospital. "Our bottom line is to improve patient care, but we expect the new system will also increase overall hospital efficiency, uniformity of care, quality documentation and provide an improved use of tests, procedures and supplies." Many healthcare organizations have discovered that building custom applications is one of their key competitive advantages. Using object-oriented NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer, complex and dynamic applications can be written with far fewer lines of code, five to ten times faster than with traditional methods, and can be modified and maintained easily throughout their life cycle. Object-orientation enables an organization to build a library of reusable objects, improving programmer productivity and ensuring a higher degree of consistency, robustness and reliability across all applications in a client/server computing environment. The NEXTSTEP object advantage enabled customer Alberta Children's Hospital and its value-added reseller Logibec Information Group to develop and deploy mission-critical applications faster and at a lower cost than with traditional systems. According to Sam Tse of the Alberta Children's Hospital, "The most attractive thing about NEXTSTEP is the reduced cost of developing a system-about three to five times less than if we worked with another system. Plus, we think that NEXTSTEP is much more mature than tools in other environments." Advanced systems provide links to legacy data Healthcare customers are building these new, advanced systems without abandoning their links to existing systems and data. Where applications require legacy data integration or information system resources, NEXTSTEP provides seamless integration. Through a combination of advanced ObjectWare technology and emulation services, users are able to access PC and workstation-based applications from MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and X-Windows. IBM mainframe and AS/400 systems are also supported with development tools that allow legacy data to be directly integrated into custom NEXTSTEP user interfaces. For customers who require support for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, NEXTSTEP comes bundled with a 30-day evaluation license of SoftPC from Insignia Solutions of Mountain View, Calif. Users can run their DOS/Windows applications in either full-screen mode or in a NEXTSTEP window with full support for copy and paste of graphics and text between DOS/Windows and NEXTSTEP applications. SoftPC also includes network support for applications that require Novell Netware (SPX/IPX) and Novell LAN Workplace (TCP/IP) network access. Where customers have large-scale legacy systems installed, 3270Builder from Conextions, Inc. of North Andover, Mass. offers an unprecedented ability to connect directly to mainframe applications. By providing a non-invasive data access schema, customers can access data that has historically been restricted to proprietary user interfaces or complex software development efforts through an intuitive database interface. As a result, information systems professionals can build sophisticated graphic user interfaces to mainframe applications or provide research access to legacy data without making any changes to the mainframe software. Availability and Pricing NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 and NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 are available today. Pricing for NEXTSTEP for Intel processors and NEXTSTEP Developer is $795 and $1,995 respectively. Pricing for upgrades to NEXTSTEP for NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP Developer for NeXT Computers is $195 and $495 respectively. They also are shipping today. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: rjp@netcom.com (Richard Plevin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Stopwatch2.5 posted to cs.orst.edu Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:48:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2joki8$grt@digifix.digifix.com> Stopwatch version 2.5 is now available via anonymous ftp cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.MAB.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.src.tar.gz This version includes a number of new features and fixes the known bugs in the previously posted release (version 2.3). Stopwatch is a time tracking and invoice generation application which automates client billing. It should be of interest to anyone who bills hourly for their time. Stopwatch allows you to track time and expenses by entering them manually, and to automatically track time spent on the computer, by simply clicking a start/stop button. Invoice generation is remarkably simple. You create RTF "template" files for invoice detail, expenses and overall invoice, using simple pre-defined keywords, such as [rate] and [hours]. New RTF files are generated by passing the information from the time and expense database through these templates. In inspector window allows you to define client information (e.g. contact name, address, billing rate) and to view and edit data on working sessions or expenses. The app includes on-line help. -rjp
From: chuck@BenaTong.COM (Charles Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE:PowerGuardian adds support for TrippLite/UNISON UPS Date: 14 Feb 1994 14:48:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jokj3$gs3@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles Bennett, BenaTong (614) 276-7859 info@bentong.com Availability: Now Pricing: $149.95 with cable. BenaTong adds support for TrippLite and UNISON UPS's to PowerGuardian for NEXTSTEP: Monitors Uninterruptible Power Supplies/Performs Orderly System Shutdown Columbus, OH, February 14, 19941BenaTong, today announced the addition of TrippLite to the list of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) supported by PowerGuardian, The premier NEXTSTEP application for network wide power monitoring and control. By supporting UPS's manufactured by TrippLite, in addition to those manufactured by American Power Conversion, PowerGuardian now works with the majority of UPS's used by small and medium sized networks. "This is one more step in providing seamless power monitoring and control for all platforms running NEXTSTEP" said Chuck Bennett, President of BenaTong, "We intend to rapidly add support for other vendors UPS's and to integrate PowerGuardian with future alarm and notification products." BenaTong, based in Columbus, Ohio is a consulting firm that specializes in providing software for computers running NEXTSTEP.
From: Jolly.alias.Patrick.Stein@informatik.uni-muenchen.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: AM.1.14 ( voice/fax/data for ZyXEL modems ) Date: 14 Feb 1994 15:56:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jooik$it6@digifix.digifix.com> For all those impatiently waiting NeXT-users - time has come for a new release of the fabulous AM. AM is an answering machine ( programmable voicemailbox ) for the ZyXEL voice modem with automagically detection of fax and data-calls. Voice calls will be handled the way you want ( e.g. like an answering- machine ). You can write your own voicemailbox system that mails you the recorded sounds, your imagination is the limit ! Fax-calls will be handled so that the incoming faxes can be read with the FaxReader. Data calls get simply a login so that there is no problem with uucp,SL/IP, etc. Outgoing calls won't recognize the difference - they just call out. New features : better soundconversion ( zyxel<->snd ) better faxrecognition code cleaned up for NSfI ( probably work only on 38.4 kbaud ) Available via ftp from: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/programs/am.1.14.s.tar.gz
From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Edmonton NeXTSTEP user group - Feb 17 Date: 14 Feb 1994 23:17:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jpid7$n6s@digifix.digifix.com> The next meeting of NEON, the Edmonton NeXT user group will be Thursday, Feb 17th at the University of Alberta. We will hopefully have some demos of recently released NeXTSTEP software. Location: Thursday, Feb 17th at 7:30 PM University of Alberta General Services Building Room 315 For more information about the meeting or the user group, please call Peter Karbaliotis at (403) 492-9927 (during the day) or e-mail at peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail ok).
From: erictremblay@genie.geis.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Nova CDROM Scond Edition Date: 14 Feb 1994 23:20:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jpiie$n73@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Walnut Creek CDROM 1-800-786-9907 Nova Second Edition for NeXT Computers now available. Walnut Creek, Calif., February 14, 1994 - Finally it's here the much awaited update to the Nova CDROM for NeXT computers. Walnut Creek CDROM is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Nova CDROM Second Edition. This new totally revised edition of the Nova will give you more applications, more source code, more fun and information. On this disc you will find more then 600 MB of files including a large selection of public domain and shareware applications. The NEXTSTEP programmer will be happy to note that the Nova contains more source code then ever before which also includes many Interface Builder palette's which are ready to integrate into your own applications. The NEXTSTEP community has made what the Nova is today. The quality of the applications found on this disc is a good reflection of the talent and expertise that the NEXTSTEP community represents. Walnut Creek CDROM would like to thank the NEXTSTEP community for making the Nova a success. Nova Second Edition is available immediately from Walnut Creek CDROM at a retail price of $59.95. For more information contact: Walnut Creek CDROM 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 1 800 786-9907 +1 510 947-5996 +1 510 947-1644 FAX info@cdrom.com or eric@cdrom.com (Electronic Mail) Walnut Creek CDROM markets a wide range of CDROM products for a variety of platforms such as NeXT, Sun, MS-DOS/Windows, Macintosh and Amiga. All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners
From: ak272@freenet.acsu.buffalo.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Echelon Demo Date: 15 Feb 1994 11:54:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jqunp$q6u@digifix.digifix.com> This is to announce the phase one availibility of Echelon, a MIME compliant graphical mail program (UA) for NEXTSTEP written by Douglas Boyce. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Echelon_1.0.tar.gz Accompanying this is a MAB compiled with 3.1 on Intel. It is a permanently crippled version that will only read mailboxes and terminates after 10 minutes. Consult the ordering file for pricing and order procedures. If you don't have ftp access or would like more information contact the author via telephone or email, or regular mail. What is MIME MIME or (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extentions defined in RFC1521) is the Internet version of NeXTmail that extendes its capability to allow enriched text with non US-ASCII character sets, video, images, audio, and very large messages to sent over 7bit links. It does this without depending on standard UNIX programs or encodings. Capabilities of Echelon NeXTmail Echelon can decode, display, and compose NeXTmail. MIME Echelon understands the following MIME content/subtype pairs Type Subtype Note ---- ------- ---- text plain richtext enriched ** US-ASCII and ISO-8859-1 are fully supported. ISO-8859-2 is paritially supported (all characters not found in the NEXTSTEP encoding are substituted with the plain Latin character, i.e. Zcaron will be replaced with 'Z') multipart mixed alternative Currently the user must choose which alternate type to viewed. Some type of heuristic approach is forthcoming. digest parallel Treated as multipart/mixed header-set Treated as multipart/mixed message rfc822 partial Reassembles the fragmented messages iff the mailbox isn't readonly ** message/external-body is forthcoming application octet-stream Regarding graphic files: If your system can render the named file 'ball.rle' because you have filters installed, and you also have set the 'render graphics' preferences, It will be rendered as if it were image/x-rle. postscript Placed an a '.ps' file to be rendered by Preview. rtf Placed in a '.rtf' file. zip Placed in a '.zip' file. It is assumed that the user has already retrieved a program with the capabilities of Opener 3.1 so the user can double click to extract. image jpeg gif tiff ** There are a number of MIME composers that produce illegal image subtypes such as image/pgm as opposed to image/x-pgm. However, if the appropriate filtering service is installed (i.e. ImageViewer) it can be rendered audio basic Relys on Sound.app to play 8000 hertz mono sounds. video mpeg Placed in a '.mpg' file. The author used MPEGPlay 2.3 to display mpeg's. Echelon is filter-friendly. Echelon supports changing the check-for-newmail from the spool mailfile to local files. This allows it to coexist with publicly available packages such as procmail. It also uses the appropriate lockfile which the user must set. Echelon also support Berkeley flat file mailboxes The caveat is that currently all berkeley mailboxes you wish to use must be in the same directory (i.e. $(HOME)/Mail). NeXTmail, and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT, Inc. ImageViewer is a copyright of Lennart Lovstrand MPEGPlay written and/or improved by Brian Wilougby and William A. Rozzi Opener 3.1 written by Michael Hawley, copyright MIT Media Laboratory Aug 1993
From: pulliam@nas.nasa.gov (Thomas H Pulliam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSON: NeXTcontour1.7 Date: 15 Feb 1994 11:54:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jqunu$q74@digifix.digifix.com> This latest version of NeXTcontour (1.7) should compile and work on black and white hardware. I have not taken the tiem to update Help or anything else. THP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NeXTcontour V1.7 A contour plot program for the NeXT based on Pieter Bunings' PLOT3D package for Computational Fluid Dynamics. The code has a pretty extensive help selectable from the interface. The code has been written on a 68040 Cube running NeXTStep 2.1 and using the InterfaceBuilder. After you have uncompressed and untarred the files just type "make" to create a new version of the executable If you don't have all the things you need to make a new executable or don't want to bother, the executable NeXTcontour.app is provided and doesn't need any of the other files provided. This program may or maynot work under 1.0, but should work for 2.0 or higher systems. Version 1.7 will work and compile under NS 3.2 on either Black or White Hardware. The code contour_plot.c was generated using f2c from contour_plot.f . A sample 2D grid: test_xy.bin and data file: test_sol.bin are provided. To use you must first set "2D Data" on control panel. This is a two-dimensional solution of the Euler equations for transonic flow past a NACA 0012 airfoil. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NeXTcontour_1.7.tar.Z
From: david_spitzler@NeXT.COM (David Spitzler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Wolfram Research, Inc needs NEXTSTEP programmer Date: 15 Feb 1994 23:02:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2js5ru$227@digifix.digifix.com> Wolfram Research, Inc., maker of Mathematica software, seeks a NEXTSTEP Programmer. Reporting to the Director of Engineering and working closely with the development staff, the NEXTSTEP Programmer will be responsible for working on the NEXTSTEP implementation of the Mathematica Notebook front end. The NEXTSTEP interface is to run on NeXTs and NEXTSTEP for Intel and in the future on SPARC and HP platforms. Significant experience programming for the NEXTSTEP interface and objective C required. Experience with User Interface programming on a Mac, Windows or X and experience with User Interface Design preferred. Interested candidates should send a resume to: Attn: Personnel Wolfram Research, Inc. 100 Trade Center Drive Champaign, IL 61820 Or send email to: resumes@wri.com. AA/EOE
From: "Scott A. McIntyre" <S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mosaic 2.2 for Cub'X 16 bit mode Date: 16 Feb 1994 14:50:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jttea$5uj@digifix.digifix.com> I have finally gotten Mosaic 2.2 to work with Cub'X in 16bit screen depth mode (aka 4096 colours). The binary has been placed on: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Mosaic2.2_CubX.gz This is for BLACK ONLY. I don't know if this will work on Co-Xist or not; people are welcome to try of course. If anyone wants to know exactly what I did to get this to work, feel free to mail me. Scott McIntyre
From: gt8855a@prism.gatech.edu (Bert Lindgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta Users Group meeting Date: 17 Feb 1994 00:50:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jv0j6$9d8@digifix.digifix.com> MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta February 17th Different time and place: Date: Thursday, February 17, 1994 Time: 7:30pm Place: College of Computing, room 16 Georgia Tech (Atlanta, USA) Agenda: Demo of two NEXTSTEP graphics applications - solidThinking MODELER (3D modeler: skinning, morphing, editable 3D text, generation of shadows and reflection maps, etc.) - ZZ Volume (architectural CAD program: create 3D spaces, including entire buildings, and visually tour those spaces) - Overview of East Coast Developer Conference topics *OpenStep/Solaris *NEXTSTEP on H-P Gecko *and more! Directions to College of Computing, Georgia Tech I75/85 to 10th Street exit 10th west to Atlantic (on the left, before traffic light at 10th and State) Continue on Atlantic, going through traffic light (at Ferst) The College of Computing is the second building on the left after this light. You may park further up on the right.
From: stopwatch@plevin.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Stopwatch 2.5.1 Date: 17 Feb 1994 01:00:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jv162$9f7@digifix.digifix.com> Stopwatch is a time tracking and invoice generation application currently in use by a number of NEXTSTEP consultants to automate their client billing. It should be of interest to anyone who bills hourly for their time. Bug Fixes for 2.5.1 (2/16/94) ----------------------------- * Performed upload again to repair unexplained bug in the Help.store file which caused the Help command to dump. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.1.MAB.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.1.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Stopwatch2.5.1.src.tar.gz
From: info@pangea.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mindshare Demo Date: 17 Feb 1994 01:02:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2jv1ac$9gj@digifix.digifix.com> MindShare Demo 1.0 MindShareDemo.app is a single-user demo version of MindShare 1.0 (see the press release below). It runs on NEXTSTEP 3.1 or later, Intel and Motorola hardware. To use the demo, simply ftp MindShareDemo.app.compressed to your machine, uncompress the file, and run it. If you have any difficulties with the demo or would like more information, please contact us. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sumissions/MindShareDemo.app.compressed size: 1433237 bytes PANGEA CORPORATION SHIPS MINDSHARE 1.0-- GROUP COMMUNICATION FOR NEXTSTEP BRINGS ADVANCED COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY TO WORKGROUPS WASHINGTON, D.C.--January 24, 1994--Pangea Corporation today announced it is shipping MindShare 1.0, a new NEXTSTEP groupware application designed to meet the needs of sites that make heavy use of electronic messaging. With MindShare, Pangea has combined the ease-of-use of e-mail with the inherent power of a client-server database to create a system that not only relays messages between users but also provides a collaboration environment, an electronic forum for storing, organizing, and retrieving information. MindShare messages are kept in "discussions," data repositories shared across an entire organization. Workgroups use discussions for software development, brainstorming, project tracking, document management, group editing, publication distribution, help desks, and hundreds of other applications. By taking advantage of NEXTSTEP's Distributed Objects technology, MindShare gracefully scales up to the largest LANs without degrading in performance or reliability. MindShare also reduces administrative requirements by allowing sites to grant various maintenance tasks to users. For instance, a department head may be authorized to create new discussions, thereby enabling rapid ad hoc team building while lessening administrative overhead. "As the first to deliver technology akin to Lotus Notes under NEXTSTEP, Pangea is well positioned to be the leading groupware vendor on the platform," said Peter J. Park, president of Pangea Corporation. "Customers are finding they receive a high return on investment for groupware such as MindShare, putting them well ahead of their competitors." Customers benefit from discussion technology MindShare's impressive feature set ranks it among the most powerful communication tools available on any platform. High-speed searching lets users scan thousands of messages in seconds. Message priorities and flexible notification keep users informed while letting them ignore junk mail. Message threading keeps all information in context. And discussion access control ensures data security. With MindShare's replication technology, servers can contact each other periodically and efficiently synchronize their databases, allowing workgroups to collaborate over networks of any size. Because servers automatically conduct replication in the background, users aren't burdened with complex message routing decisions. Messages simply flow to where they're needed. Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE) designed for customization and growth MindShare 1.0 is the first program to use the Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE), an advanced groupware-oriented object database server. Like a NEXTSTEP software "kit," PGE features a set of groupware objects providing infrastructure for data formats, database replication, security, and administration. Future products from Pangea, including the MindShare Mail electronic mail program also announced today, will be based on PGE, forming a tightly integrated suite of groupware applications. Various APIs to PGE will be available in 1994. The beta release of the PGE Utilities, an interface for UNIX utilities and other NEXTSTEP applications, was shipped January 14th. The PGE Development Kit, providing a direct connection to PGE servers, will be available in the second quarter of 1994. MindBridge for Notes, a bridge between Lotus Notes servers and PGE, is expected in the third quarter. Availability and Pricing MindShare 1.0 is available today for NeXT and Intel hardware. Pricing is $695 per user, with no additional charge for PGE servers. For the next 30 days, Pangea is offering an introductory price of $495. Volume purchase and academic discounts are available to qualified sites. Pangea is committed to delivering MindShare for all future NEXTSTEP and OpenStep platforms, including Sun's Solaris operating system. Pangea Corporation Pangea Corporation has been developing shrink-wrap and custom groupware applications since 1991. Headquartered in Annandale, Virginia, Pangea serves customers world-wide requiring enterprise communication tools. # # # # Pangea, MindShare, MindShare Mail, Pangea Groupware Engine, PGE, and MindBridge are trademarks of Pangea Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SimonSays and HSD Spell Date: 17 Feb 1994 15:21:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k0jk9$ii0@digifix.digifix.com> *** SimonSays and HSD Spell for $195.00-"BLACK" HARDWARE--ONLY *** Metrosoft and HSD have formed a partnership to publish software products. To kick off this agreement they announced a one-time opportunity to purchase the leading voice recognition program and spell checker for NEXTSTEP at an incredibly low price. Usually a $440 value, now until the end of February it is only $195, over a 50% discount ! *** SIMONSAYS *** Simon's back! The ever-popular program has been updated to run on NEXTSTEP 3.1 and higher. Control your computer by voice commands. Trainable to your voice, no matter what your language, dialect or accent. One voice command can execute a sequence of actions. A user can launch applications, send mail, copy and past text or graphics, change font attributes and sizes, page through a document, pick tools off a palette and more. And that's not all you can even build sophisticated macros by dropping action icons into Simon's action list, then activate your macros by speaking a single voice command. Simon includes built-in actions for creating macros that include keystrokes, pasteboard libraries, sound libraries, UNIX shell commands, NeXTmail, and mouse events. *HSD SPELL-INCLUDES ENGLISH AND ONE OTHER LANGUAGE* HSD Spell is the international spelling software for NEXTSTEP that automatically integrates multiple language spelling capabilities into your existing applications. HSD spell can also be used as a stand-alone application or accessed as a "Service" from other applications. HSD Spell supports 11 international languages including Danish, Dutch, English (U.S. and U.K), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. This version of HSD SPELL is shipped on two extended density (2.8MB each) disks, which can only be used in a NeXT computer. *** ORDERING *** Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. To order, complete the information below and mail or fax your order to Metrosoft at: Email: info@metrosoft.com Fax: (619) 488-9411 Metrosoft 710 13th Street, Suite 310 San Diego, CA 92101
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Dow Jones Information Retriever Date: 17 Feb 1994 15:23:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k0jo9$ilm@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax ALEMBIC OFFERS NEWSMAN - A POWERFUL DOW JONES INFORMATION RETRIEVER Englewood Colorado, February 16, 1994 - Alembic Systems International announced today that it is shipping NewsMan, a powerful Dow Jones information retriever for NEXTSTEP. With a flexible and unique way of retrieving information, NewsMan will connect to more than 14 Dow Jones Industrial databases for investment analysis and news gathering. NewsMan was designed to offer the most efficient information retrieval tools for stock market investment. Simply drag-and-drop your investment securities onto a Database window and let NewsMan retrieve the information for you. NewsMan can also be used to automatically retrieve batches of requested information periodically and either post the information on your computer, save it onto your disk, e-mail, print, or fax it. With API functionality, NewsMan also allows you to develop personal applications for testing analytical theories and strategies. NewsMan allows you to collect more than stock market information. With just one menu selection, you can create a folder containing all the Dow Jones industry, government, or miscellaneous codes, and retrieve news from various topics such as airlines to high tech medical equipment. NewsMan features include: * Latest Industry, and Government News * Latest Company News * Latest Business and Financial News * Latest Press Release News * Latest Commodity, and International News * Latest Bond, Futures, Option, Stock, and Treasury Quotes * Historical Stock Quotes * Historical Graphs * Latest Mutual Funds Performances * Latest Mutual Funds Comparisons * Innovest Technical Analysis Report * Standard & Poor's Profiles and Earnings * Media General Financial Services * Insiders Trading * Insiders Ownership * Symbol Finder * Article Searcher * Option Builder * Futures Builder * Encyclopedia * Portfolio Folder for easy storage of securities * Image Folder for easy storage of Historical Graphs * News Folder for easy storage of news articles * Automatic data retrieval # # # (ASI) Alembic, is a registered trademark of Alembic Systems International Ltd., All trademarks herein are property of their respective owners.
From: omeyer@Mozart.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (Oliver Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ICAO (an Aviation Utility) for NeXTStep Date: 17 Feb 1994 15:24:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k0jq6$ils@digifix.digifix.com> Hi! We are proud to present: ICAO for NEXTSTEP v0.60b ICAO is an interactive program. Its input is a so called "icaomap file", which is an ASCII file containing descriptions of objects such as airports, roads, towns, radio beacons and the like. ICAO will use either Lambert or Mercator projection to generate a map from this icaomap file. Some of you probably know that there is a map aviation utility out for LINUX and other platforms running an X-window environment. Now we have implemented the NEXTSTEP release, which is available at Server: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de Path: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Science/Cartography Server: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Path: /pub/packages/icao/icao_4_NeXTSTEP Here is the latest version of the ICAO.app readme: ICAO Map - An Aviation Utility (c) 1993 Martin Pauly NeXTSTEP Version (c) 1994 Stefan Leuker & Oliver Meyer (Corrected version of README, see annotations at the end!) This file contains a brief description of ICAO Version 0.60b for NeXTSTEP, which has been released in January 1994. It is the NeXTSTEP Version of the well known ICAO for X11/Motif. ICAO is an interactive program running under NeXTSTEP. Its input is a so called "icaomap file", which is an ASCII file containing descriptions of objects such as airports, roads, towns, radio beacons and the like. ICAO will use either Lambert or Mercator projection to generate a map from this icaomap file. ICAO allows you to interactively work with the map on the screen, i.e. scroll it, use a rubber line to measure distances and tracks etc. Additional features are available for both motorized flights and soaring. Version 0.60b (the 'b' meaning beta) is the first version that is released. Though ICAO is copyrighted software, it may be copied and used free of charge. See the licencing information in the ICAO manual that is distributed with ICAO. The following files have been uploaded to a number of FTP servers: * icao.README: You are currently reading this file. * ICAO.0.6b.I.bd.compressed: ICAO.0.6b.N.bd.compressed: ICAO.0.6b.NI.bd.compressed: These are compressed executables for NSfIP(=I), black hardware(=N) and both(=NI). They contain a binary(=b) and some data(=d) for ICAO. This is an icaomapfile of Germany and a manual. * ICAO.0.6b.s.compressed: This is the source code Version of ICAO for NeXTSTEP. It contains everything you need to successfully compile and run ICAO. Feel free to use this Version and enhance the program. omeyer@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de leuker@pool.infromatik.rwth-aachen.de ANNOTATIONS ****************************************************** There is a bug in the PrefController class as well as in the Preferences nib file. If you click the Set... button in the Preferences panel, ICAO.app will crash. You can avoid this by typing in a shell (Terminal.app New Shell): dwrite Icao "Default Mapfile" "/foo.imf" It doesn't matter if or if not /foo.imf exists. This is just a workaround. Now the steps described in the manual should work! If you want to compile ICAO.app, you need GNU's flex. The NeXT lex will not work with ICAO's scanner.l file. ******************************************************
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Security Bulletin 94:001-sendmail Date: 18 Feb 1994 18:22:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k3iio$old@digifix.digifix.com> -------------------------------------------------------------- NeXT SECURITY BULLETIN: NeXT-94:001-sendmail, 16 February 94 -------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM: A security vulnerability has been identified in all versions of NEXTSTEP up to and including Release 3.2. This vulnerability, described in CERT advisories CA-93:16 and CA-93:16a, may allow unauthorized remote or authorized local users to gain unauthorized privileges. All sendmail recipient machines within a domain could potentially be vulnerable. SOLUTION: NeXT has corrected this vulnerability and provided a patch containing new binaries for both NeXT and Intel-based computers running NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 or Release 3.2. DETAILS: This patch is available via anonymous FTP from FTP.NEXT.COM in the directory "/pub/NeXTanswers/Files/Patches/SendmailPatch.23950.1". Filename Checksum --------------------------------- --------- 1513_SendmailPatch.ReadMe.rtf 63963 4 1514_SendmailPatch.pkg.compressed 02962 290 This patch is also available via electronic mail by sending a message to NeXTanswers@NeXT.com with a subject line of "1513 1514". The two files noted above will be returned as NeXTmail attachments. This patch is for NEXTSTEP 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2. Instructions for installing this patch are included in the ReadMe file. Note: At the present time, NeXT has no plans to make a patch available for releases of NEXTSTEP prior to Release 3.1. COMMENTS: NeXT recommends that all customers concerned with the security of their NEXTSTEP systems either apply the patch or edit the sendmail configuration files as soon as possible. Questions about this patch should be directed to NeXT's Technical Support Hotline at 1-800-848-NeXT (+1-415-424-8500 if outside the U.S.) or via email to ask_next@NeXT.com.
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Perl 4.036 MAB Date: 18 Feb 1994 18:23:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k3ilc$oll@digifix.digifix.com> For Glenn Reid and friends I've submitted PERL-4.036.MAB.pkg.tar to cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions/PERL-4.036.MAB.pkg.tar which is perl 4.036 compiled with -DDEBUGGING for both NeXT and Intel platforms. Currently the directories are as follows. bin /usr/local/bin man /usr/local/man/man1 lib /usr/local/lib/perl See List in Installer.app for more details. Suggestions/Problems to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk I will try to fix any problems found. Hopefully this shall curtail the weekly perl build requests. Enjoy the wonderful world of perl.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Updated Adaptec 154x driver now available on NeXTanswers Date: 18 Feb 1994 22:47:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k423l$pk9@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NeXT announces the availability of the updated Adaptec 154x driver. This update 1 of the Adaptec 154x series SCSI adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following SCSI adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus Notes Adaptec 1540B ISA Adaptec 1542B ISA Adaptec 1540C ISA Adaptec 1542C ISA Adaptec 1540CF ISA Adaptec 1542CF ISA Adaptec 1740 EISA in standard 154x mode only Adaptec 1742 EISA in standard 154x mode only Bus Logic 542B ISA Bus Logic 747S EISA Bus Logic 445S VL-Bus The updated driver now lets you use a hard disk larger than 1 gigabyte as a startup disk, if your SCSI adapter features extended BIOS translation (previously, this was only possible with the Adaptec 154xC adapter). The updated driver also improves support for the Adaptec 154xC and 154xCF adapters, particularly in cases where these adapters weren't always detected when starting up the computer. This driver is available through NeXTanswers, in the following places: Email: nextanswers@next.com 1520 Adaptec154xDriver.ReadMe 1521 Adaptec154xDriver.pkg Ftp: ftp.next.com: pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1520.compressed pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1521.compressed pub/NeXTanswers/Files/Drivers/3.2_Drivers/Adaptec154xDriver.54520.1 1520_Adaptec154xDriver.ReadMe 1521_Adaptec154xDriver.pkg.compressed pub/NeXTanswers/AsciiFiles/Drivers/3.2_Drivers/Adaptec154xDriver.54520.1 1520_Adaptec154xDriver.ReadMe.txt
From: blanford@gemstone.com (Ron Blanford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Emerald Image Tool 1.0 Date: 20 Feb 1994 23:04:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k9brm$6ol@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lyndon Hardy Gemstone Systems, Inc. 310-370-4557 info@gemstone.com GEMSTONE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES EMERALD IMAGE TOOL TORRANCE, Calif. - 21 February 1994 - Gemstone Systems, Inc. today introduced Emerald Image Tool 1.0. Designed explicitly to manipulate very large images with high quality operations at interactive speed, Emerald Image Tool represents a new level of power for desktop image processing. Version 1.0 runs on NeXT, Inc.'s NEXTSTEP operating environment for Motorola Processors, release 2.0 or greater. Emerald Image Tool is designed to handle large images from high resolution photography, satellites, and radiology. Controls are designed for high precision and ease of use. Emerald's part-to-whole approach allows users to quickly and interactively determine the right manipulation on a piece of the image (or a reduced resolution version of the image) and then apply that manipulation as a background process to the entire image, freeing the interactive controls for other tasks. ``We were dissatisfied with image processing software on the market and recognized that the new generation of desktop computers had the power to meet our needs,'' according to Dr. Lyndon Hardy, Gemstone co-founder, ``So we wrote our own software. It came out so well that we decided to polish it as a product for others who have demanding requirements.'' Images may be imported from TIFF, raw, Landsat, and other formats into an interaction-optimized format. Image size can vary from the smallest icons to images of 100's of megabytes. Image types can range from black and white to 24 or 48-bit color, to multiband satellite imagery (such as 7-band Landsat). The Emerald pipeline architecture allows the user to apply operations without regard to order, and a user can go back to earlier operations to change the settings or undo the changes without affecting later operations. This order independence provides a tremendous productivity boost by reducing trial dead ends. ``We chose NEXTSTEP because of the attention to color, imaging, and the expansive architecture that NeXT put into their products,'' says Mark Thomsen, Gemstone co-founder. ``The environment did not force us to make compromises, allowing our engineers to produce a clean and intuitive product.'' Emerald Image Tool is available for $400 per user license. Gemstone Systems is a privately-held software and consulting company in Torrance, CA. Emerald Image Tool is the first product. Consulting is provided on NEXTSTEP software, distributed systems, real-time systems, object-oriented programming, and analytic designs. Gemstone Systems, the Gemstone Systems logo, and Emerald Image Tool are trademarks of Gemstone Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 7 - 1994 Date: 20 Feb 1994 23:05:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2k9bu4$6pc@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 7). Monday February 14 through Sunday February 20 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 6 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP Transputer Driver Available NEXTSTEP Healthcare MCCAs shown at HIMSS SUBMISSION: Stopwatch2.5 posted to cs.orst.edu PRESS RELEASE:PowerGuardian adds support for TrippLite/UNISON UPS SUBMISSION: AM.1.14 ( voice/fax/data for ZyXEL modems ) MEETING: Edmonton NeXTSTEP user group - Feb 17 PRESS RELEASE: Nova CDROM Scond Edition SUBMISSION: Echelon Demo SUBMISSON: NeXTcontour1.7 JOB: Wolfram Research, Inc needs NEXTSTEP programmer SUBMISSION: Mosaic 2.2 for Cub'X 16 bit mode MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta Users Group meeting SUBMISSION: Stopwatch 2.5.1 SUBMISSION: Mindshare Demo PRESS RELEASE: SimonSays and HSD Spell PRESS RELEASE: Dow Jones Information Retriever SUBMISSION: ICAO (an Aviation Utility) for NeXTStep NeXT Security Bulletin 94:001-sendmail SUBMISSION: Perl 4.036 MAB Updated Adaptec 154x driver now available on NeXTanswers PRESS RELEASE: Emerald Image Tool 1.0 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 20 Feb 1994 23:05:58 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2k9bv6$6pi@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 20 Feb 1994 23:06:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2k9bvf$6po@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Mike Ferris <mike@lorax.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MOKit 1.0.0 available for ftp at cs.orst.edu Date: 20 Feb 1994 23:19:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k9coc$700@digifix.digifix.com> MOKit Version 1.0.0 has been submitted to cs.orst.edu. It is currently in the submissions directory, but it should eventually migrate to where ever in the source directory object kits go. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MOKit_1.0.0.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MOKit_1.0.0_README The README file for the kit is included below... --------------------README file starts here--------------- MOKit docs, Copyright c1992, 1993, 1994 by Mike Ferris. All Rights Reserved. By Mike Ferris -- February 19th, 1994 MOKit Version 1.0 Welcome to the 1.0 release of MOKit! There have been a number of minor changes, some new objects, and a few bug fixes. See the file README_ChangeLog.rtf for details on the differences from the first release. The most exciting new stuff (the document architecture) is described more fully in the Documentation. What is MOKit? MOKit is a set of objects which I have written. I am making it available for use by whoever wants to use it. Full source is provided for all the classes, palettes, and examples. The following notice appears in each source file in the kit. // ABOUT MOKit // by Mike Ferris (mike@lorax.com) // // MOKit is a collection of useful and general objects. Permission is // granted by the author to use MOKit in your own programs in any way // you see fit. All other rights pertaining to the kit are reserved by the // author including the right to sell these objects as objects, as part // of a LIBRARY, or as SOURCE CODE. In plain English, I wish to retain // rights to these objects as objects, but allow the use of the objects // as pieces in a fully functional program. Permission is also granted to // redistribute the source code of MOKit for FREE as long as this copyright // notice is left intact and unchanged. NO WARRANTY is expressed or implied. // The author will under no circumstances be held responsible for ANY // consequences from the use of these objects. Since you don't have to pay // for them, and full source is provided, I think this is perfectly fair. As outlined above, anyone is free to use these objects in their own applications. There is NO WARRANTY of any kind. Now on to more interesting details. What classes are in MOKit? MOKit currently contains 10 classes, 2 palettes, and 2 example apps and other assorted goodies. There is full Next-style class documentation for each class. Most of MOKit should be ready for this to be version 1.0 (although, remember, no warranty is provided, see above). However, starting in this release, there will be two grades of classes in the kit: Release level objects and Pre-release level objects. Release level objects are those that have been in the kit for several versions and are considered stable (although remember there is no warranty :-). Pre-release level objects are new to the kit. Pre-release level objects have not had a lot of people besides myself using them, and thus are more likely to contain oversights in implementation or (heaven forbid) bugs. Below is a summary of the classes in this release. Release Level MOString MOSybaseString MOPathString MORegexFormCell MORegexTextCell MODateFormCell MODateTextCell MOMatrix MODocumentWell Pre-release level MOClassVariable MOController MODocController MODocManager MODocType Here's a brief description of each class included in this release: Release level MOString - yet another string class. This class basically provides a wrapper for a c-style null-terminated string. The class knows about Next-style unique strings as well. Many methods for accessing and modifying the string are provided including a fairly complete set of covers for the regular ANSI string library functions. MOSybaseString - a subclass of MOString which adds a few methods for dealing with string's that will be used to build qualifiers for Sybase. Primarily the class provides a way to make a given string case-insensitive SQL-style (eg. changing "a" to "[aA]"). It also provides a method for converting unix style wildcard characters into their SQL equivalents. MOPathString - a subclass of MOString which is good for treating strings as pathnames (especially file pathnames). It provides a lot of methods for accessing pieces of paths. MORegexFormCell - a subclass of FormCell which adds input validation via regular expression pattern matching. Each cell can have a list of regular expressions associated with it. When the user tabs out of the field, the entry is checked against the regular expressions. The entry must match at least one of the cell's expressions or it is not accepted and the field does not allow editing to end. It is possible to check a wide variety of input formats via regular expressions. MORegexTextCell - a subclass of TextFieldCell which is to TextFieldCell what MORegexFormCell is to FormCell. MODateFormCell - a subclass of MORegexFormCell specifically set up to check dates. Dates cannot be checked completely by regular expression matching, so this class lets regular expressions do what they can and then finishes validating the date. The class also allows customizable reformatting of entered dates via a printf style format string. MODateTextCell - a subclass of MORegexTextCell similar to MODateFormCell except that it is a TextFieldCell by ancestry. MOMatrix - a subclass of Matrix that allows variably sized rows and columns. MODocumentWell - a subclass of View that implements a document well that can be the destination and/or source of file drags. It can open its file by double-clicking too. Pre-release level MOClassVariable - this object can be used to implement class variables that have a separate value for each subclass. Internally this is done by having the class which is attempting to set or get a value, provide its class pointer. A hashtable is used to keep separate values for each different class that tries to use the variable. This object's use is demonstrated in MOController. Although this is the 1.0 release, this class should be treated as pre-release. MOController - this object manages a nib file with a window in it. It is meant to be used as the file's owner of a nib that contains basically a single window which an application only ever has one instance of. For document windows see below. This is an abstract superclass. Although this is the 1.0 release, this class should be treated as pre-release. MODocController - this object is a subclass of MOController which extends MOController for use with document windows. It supports all the standard document stuff. MODocControllers are generally managed by a MODocManager. This is an abstract superclass. Although this is the 1.0 release, this class should be treated as pre-release. MODocManager - controls a set of MODocController subclass instances (potentially from different MODocController subclasses). Although this is the 1.0 release, this class should be treated as pre-release. MODocType - used internally by MODocController to keep track of save and open types that a particular MODocController subclass supports. Although this is the 1.0 release, this class should be treated as pre-release. What else is in MOKit? As well as the class sources, headers, and documentation, MOKit contains several other peices. Palettes MORegexPalette - a palette containing many MORegexFormCells, MORegexTextCells, MODateFormCells, and MODateTextCells within Forms or Matrices. A Form/FormCell and Matrix/TextCell combination are provided for each of the following data types: integer, float, time, date, and generic (no preset expressions). MODocWellPalette - a palette containing a MODocumentWell. Examples MOMatrixTest - an example of the use of MOMatrix. MOStringTest - an example and test harness for MOString and its subclasses. MODocArchitecture - an example of how to use the document architecture classes to build a document based app with multiple document types. Bundles A class-bundle for each individual class is included with MOKit. These bundles are primarily of use to palette designers. See the README in the Bundle directory for details. Also, a MOKitBundle is provided that contains all non-code resources used by classes in the library. Currently this is just two nib files used by the document architecture classes. If you use MOKit in a project you should copy the MOKitBundle.bundle to your project directory and add it to "Other Resources" in your project. DocTemplates A set of templates for producing documentation consistent with Next's developer docs. Makefiles There is a library makefile which extends the Project Builder Tool type project to support libraries. It depends on several of the makefiles in /NextDeveloper/Makefiles/app. There is also a makefile for dealing with some annoying Next/CVS issues. Thanks are due to Art Isbell for both these makefiles. These two files are in the Makefiles directory along with other minor stuff. There is also a top-level makefile for making and installing the whole project. How do I install it? There is a master Makefile in the top-level MOKit directory (the directory where this README file was). The default install location is various directories under /LocalDeveloper. If you want to change this, override INSTALLROOT on the command line to make or edit the first few lines of the master Makefile. When installed, MOKit will leave files in four places. All of them will be under INSTALLROOT. It installs the library (or libraries) in $(INSTALLROOT)/Libraries. The headers go in $(INSTALLROOT)/Headers/MOKit. The docs go in $(INSTALLROOT)/Documentation/MOKit. The palettes go in $(INSTALLROOT)/Palettes. Once the installation locations are set up like you want, cd into the MOKit directory and type make install. This will build all the necessary binaries and install everything you need (library, headers, documentation, and palettes). The normal install process builds binaries for the machine you compile it on only. Fat binaries can be made for all the different projects, but you'll have to do it individually. How do I uninstall it? To remove all traces of MOKit from the installation location, cd into the top-level MOKit directory and do a make uninstall. How do I clean out the object code and binaries and such? To remove all derived files from the MOKit project hierarchy, cd into the top-level MOKit directory and do a make distclean. What else can the top-level Makefile do? These are the supported targets... lib builds the optimized library debuglib builds the debugging library profilelib builds the profiling library bundles builds the individual class bundles examples builds the example apps (depends on lib) palettes builds the IB palettes (depends on bundles) all build the lib, bundles, examples, and palettes targets install installs the library, docs, headers, and palettes (depends on lib and palettes) uninstall removes all traces of MOKit from the installation area distclean removes all derived and backup files from the MOKit distribution directory cvspack finds and archives all CVS administrative directories within file-packages (ie nib files and rtfd files). This target is used in conjunction with maintaining MOKit with the CVS revision control system. cvsunpack restores the CVS administrative directories previously archived with the cvsco target. This target is used in conjunction with maintaining MOKit with the CVS revision control system. cvstrim finds and removes all CVS administrative directories from MOKit's compiled products. Maiking this target after bulding MOKit will strip the unneeded CVS directories from all the apps, palettes, bundles, etc... This target is used in conjunction with maintaining MOKit with the CVS revision control system. More specialized control over building can be accomplished by using the Makefiles in the individual directories. Future Directions This is the 1.0 release, and it will be the last release of MOKit. MOKit will be merged with MiscKit, a similarly free kit of objects with many contributors administered by Don Yacktman. I urge all MOKit users to migrate eventually to MiscKit. I am hoping the transition will be relatively painless. I especially urge you to go to MiscKit, once we've merged, if you want to use the new document architecture. This version of MOKit contains new classes to support a document based application architecture which does a lot of work for you. Currently it is the first release. There are bound to be problems. They will not be fixed in MOKit, but it is certain that active improvement of these classes will occur in MiscKit. Well, that's all for now. Please let me know if you use the kit. Bugs, comments, and suggestions can be sent to: Mike Ferris mike@lorax.com
From: gerben@rna.indiv.nluug.nl (Gerben Wierda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Establishing a Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group (Mar 5) Date: 21 Feb 1994 00:29:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k9gr4$a06@digifix.digifix.com> SATURDAY MARCH 5: MEETING TO ESTABLISH A DUTCH NEXTSTEP USER GROUP Place: Holiday Inn, Utrecht Time: 14:00 A few years ago when NeXT computers and the NEXTSTEP operating system were introduced in The Netherlands, an employee of the Dutch NeXT reseller IC Group organized a user group called NoW (NeXT One World). This group held a few meetings and slowly died. We (see below) are convinced that users and developers will benefit from a user group and we have therefore decided the time is ripe to found a user group for NEXTSTEP in The Netherlands. Attached below is the letter that was sent with a survey to all people so far. We expect that this posting will reach some more people, who are hereby invited to contact us. We have reached around 140 persons/institutes so far (partly through the addresses of the old group) and surveyed them about our idea of a new user group. The result of those activities is that a date and time has been set (March 5th, 14:00) and a place has been found (Holiday Inn, Utrecht) and around 30 people have pledged their support for the new group. Already two mailing lists are in operation: NeGeN-developer@NeGeN.TWI.TUDelft.NL NeGeN-user@NeGeN.TWI.TUDelft.NL To subscribe, send a message to either NeGeN-developer-request@NeGeN.TWI.TUDelft.NL NeGeN-user-request@NeGeN.TWI.TUDelft.NL with a subject line: Subscribe The meeting will consist of a formal and an informal part. During the formal part, the user group will be officially founded and a name will be decided upon. For the time being we currently are working under the name NeGeN. After that, we are planning some NEXTSTEP-related activities (including a kind of an expo), what they exactly will be is not definite, but we are trying very hard to organize something special... (HP has pledged to support a Gecko, but it will probably run HP-UX). We are looking for volunteers to support our efforts (we can't do everything, we also have jobs ;-) to make the first meeting and the user group a big success. What we are looking for: - People who will help to set up the room and the materials (bring extension cords!) - People with interesting software. If your institution or company has developed commercial or non-commercial software which is interesting for a broad range of people, let us know! We can organize a demo stand. - People with interesting hardware. We are looking for people, willing to bring NEXTSTEP hardware to demo. Especially, Intel Pentium-based workstations and notebooks. Cheap Motorola (black) hardware is also interesting. - People with interesting ideas. Any ideas and help are welcome! Please react as soon as possible! Since we have planned it to be a group (and thus a) meeting of users for users and not a meeting of commercial institutions for prospects we will apply some rules with respect to commercial activities: Commercial activities during the expo are allowed. Each company which demonstrates hardware or software for the expo can organize a stand and is invited to bring leaflets, brochures and other promotional material. Commercial presentations will not be allowed, but (of course) every commercial organization is free to try to sell anything to anyone on the "trade floor". We hope to hear from many of you and to see you all. Dimitri Tischenko, TU Delft D.B.Tischenko@TWI.TUDelft.NL Gerben Wierda, BSO gerben@rna.indiv.nluug.nl Thanks to IC Group for the addresses of the old user group and the funding of the room where the first meeting will be held.
From: blanford@gemstone.com (Ron Blanford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION - Emerald Image Tool 1.0 demo on archives Date: 21 Feb 1994 00:47:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2k9hsm$a3s@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION A demonstration version of Emerald Image Tool 1.0 has been placed on the archives at sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/submissions/Emerald_1.0D.tar.Z. The demonstration version implements Emerald's full suite of image processing functions, except for those which export finished products. The tar archive contains the Emerald application, a complete set of documentation, sample filters, and an introductory tutorial. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Emerald_1.0D.tar.Z Emerald Image Tool is available for $400 per user license. Gemstone Systems is a privately-held software and consulting company in Torrance, CA. Emerald Image Tool is the first product. Consulting is provided on NEXTSTEP software, distributed systems, real-time systems, object-oriented programming, and analytic designs. For more information contact: Lyndon Hardy Gemstone Systems, Inc. 310-370-4557 info@gemstone.com Gemstone Systems, the Gemstone Systems logo, and Emerald Image Tool are trademarks of Gemstone Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Daniel LaChance <lachance@scheme.cs.ubc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Vancouver NeXT Users Society (VNUS) - Feb 23 Date: 21 Feb 1994 18:24:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kbfr6$e5i@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing the upcoming February meeting of the Vancouver NeXT Users Society (VNUS). LOCATION: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Center for Integrated Computer Systems and Research/Computer Science Room 208 2366 Mall Mall TIME: Wednesday, February 23, 1994 7:00pm to 8:30pm TOPICS: "Being Wired To The Net" (general informal discussion) CONTACT: Daniel LaChance Membership Administrator Phone: (604) 228 4646 E-mail: lachance@scheme.cs.ubc.ca
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NXplot3d v3.0 (FAT binaries and sources) Date: 21 Feb 1994 18:48:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kbh8r$edh@digifix.digifix.com> NXplot3d v3.0 for NeXTStep ion.rice.edu:/pub/NXplot3d.3.0.FAT.tar.gz ion.rice.edu:/pub/NXplot3d.3.0.sample.tar.gz ion.rice.edu:/pub/NXplot3d.3.0.src.tar.gz This is actually a new version of plot3d for the NeXT. I changed the name in this release to avoid confusion with another program called plot3d used primarily for 3d fluid dynamics. For those of you who missed the earlier releases, NXplot3d is a 3d function/data plotting program. In the past it was primarily used for interactive viewing/modification of surface data. This version finally incorporates features for producing publication quality (or nearly publication quality) plots. This includes tick marks, labels, contour overlays, etc ... This version also supports spherical plots. This means you can now plot atomic orbitals, etc ... This version is distributed in 3 separate archive files. NXplot3d.3.0.FAT.tar.gz - The FAT executable. Be sure to read the enclosed installation file. NXplot3d.3.0.sample.tar.gz - Sample plots and animations with instructions for producing them yourself. This shows off some of the neater features of the program without having to wait for a lot of rendering to finish. You'll need Movie.app or a similar program to view the animations. NXplot3d.3.0.src.tar.gz - Complete source for NXplot3d. It is moderately well commented, and its structure no longer follows ideal Objective C app design, but it's there for those who want to make changes. Online help contains some info on making simple changes. The main distribution site is ion.rice.edu. I will also try to keep updated versions at sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Here's a list of some of the new features: - MUCH improved color support. Now supports altitude based color mapping with a palette of up to 5 colors. - Display options now include: Floor, backs, axes, ticks, "slicing planes", and labels. - Support for user defined tick marks and labels. - Contour plots with user settable number of levels, spacing, etc ... - Surface mapping of contour plots, density plots, data meshes and tick meshes on final, photorealistic, output (no interactive support). - High quality text support for scales and axis labels in photorealistic output. Interactive mode supports low quality scales only. - Spherical plots with full surface mapping/contour support. - More functions in equation parser including bessel functions and s-f spherical harmonics. - Variable support. 4 misc variables (a,b,c,d) and time sliders supported for use as parameters in equations. - Better data file support. Data files may now be in arbitrary order, and may be "incomplete" meshes. - Animation support. Program will automatically generate "Movie" compatible tiff animations. Bug reports and suggestions should be directed to : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Ludtke | steve@ion.rice.edu | AppleII -> Amiga -> NeXT -> ???? stevel@alumni.caltech.edu | What does the future hold ... 72335,1537 @ compuserve |
From: bali@leland.Stanford.EDU (Valentina Andrea Bali) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: OPN Question: ObjectWare Licensing Date: 21 Feb 1994 18:49:25 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kbha5$edn@digifix.digifix.com> OPN Question: ObjectWare Licensing The ObjectWare Professionals Network is in the process of putting together a set of guidelines and principles which should govern the licensing of ObjectWare. With this purpose in mind, we would like to ask the developer community to inform us of their war stories, both as purchasers and providers of ObjectWare. What clauses in the agreements are non-starters? What kinds of protection would you like to see as a purchaser? What ObjectWare vendors have policies you like? As an ObjectWare vendor, what kind of protections, technological or otherwise, do you use to avoid the illegal use of your components? As an ObjectWare consumer, what kinds of guarantees do you feel are adequate to the ObjectWare vendor? When submitting opinions, e-mail them to: opn-licensing@vega.stanford.edu and please state the role your organization plays in the ObjectWare universe in the form: Organization Name : Role1, Role2, .... as the first line in the message. This will allow us to group ideas according to your perspective. The possible roles are: ObjectWare Vendor Consultant Systems Integrator Corporate Developer Independent Software Vendor (Applications) System Software Vendor (NeXT?) and Other, of course. If your organization plays more than one role, please list them. Your submissions will serve to frame the discussions in OPN's licensing mailing list. - marcos j. polanco - shiva@vega.stanford.edu - 415-328-6826
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group 2/24 Date: 21 Feb 1994 22:37:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kbulh$f69@digifix.digifix.com> -= Meeting Announcement =- D a l l a s A r e a N e X T G r o u p THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994 7:00pm to 9:00pm The December meeting of the Dallas Area NeXT Group features a demonstration of MindShare, from Pangaea Software. Come and see the group-based software that's been compared to Lotus(R) Notes(TM). In addition, we will be showing the excellent game DOOM, and providing the means for some networked DOOMplay! Dallas Area NeXT Group MEETING LOCATION THE SECOND FLOOR THEATRE Offices of Temerlin McClain 201 East Carpenter Freeway (114) Near 114 and O'Connor Road LAS COLINAS >From Downtown Dallas Take I-35 west to 183, then to 114 westbound (at Texas Stadium split). Exit O'Connor Rd., continue on westbound feeder road past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From North Dallas Take I-635 (LBJ frwy) west. Exit Valley View Lane (turn left under 635 overpass) and make first left onto O'Connor. Cross Northwest Highway (Spur 348) and continue into Las Colinas. Pass Williams Square (with horse fountain). Make left on Las Colinas Blvd, then first right on Mandalay. Right again on 114 West feeder, past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From Fort Worth Drive to D/FW Airport, North Entrance. Take 114 eastbound to O'Connor exit. Cross O'Connor on eastbound service road and turn left at Wingren Rd., then left again at the 114 westbound service road. Go past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. --- FOR MORE INFORMATION Chris Bradley cbradley@bozell.com (214) 830-2273 (M-F, 9-5 CDT)
From: "WSI Nationwide" <> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP - Multiple Opportunities-2/22 Date: 22 Feb 1994 00:06:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kc3t0$gdv@digifix.digifix.com> WSI is working closely with one of the leading international Nextstep software developers to staff multiple projects nationwide, with additional requirements developing almost weekly. This is a partial listing, consulting possible on these positions if the candidate has specific commodity trading experience. Nextstep Developers (4 spots) - 2yrs paid Nextstep development experience with Objective-C in business, building production systems required. The enviroment includes C++, C, Sybase, Smalltalk & Eiffel. Leadership and analytical skills a must. These positions are in the New York tristate area. Base salaries - $40K to $100K plus bonus. Nextstep Troubleshooters/Systems Integrators/Internal Consultants-(2 spots) P/A's & Sys Admin's with Objective-C, Sybase & communications. Plusses include commodities trading, Smalltalk, Eiffel, OOD & OOA with strong leadership, analytical capability and diplomatic skills. These spots are in Texas and Mexico and one roving International Troubleshooter which includes travel to South America. Base salaries $40K to $75K plus bonus. Project Manager / Engagement Manager - Nextstep, Objective C, independent thinker with client Management skills. Must be a strong leader with exceptional analytical capability and good interpersonal skills with diplomacy. Plusses include Sybase, communications, trading, Smalltalk & Eiffel. Five parallel teams of 3-4, growing to 8-10 in the New York tristate area. All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 3 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects Worldwide.
From: noemailavailable@digifix.com (Can not be contacted by email) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: VVI, Inc. introduces The Graph Object Library Date: 22 Feb 1994 15:14:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kdp2k$jk5@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax VVI, Inc. introduces The Graph Object Library(TM). The Graph Object Library represents a significant investment in terms of object design and total graph library architecture. When you purchase the Graph Object Library you receive: - A standard graphing client. We deliver a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via our Graph Object Library. This is a comprehensive solution which gives immediate and reliable graphing power to any application. Your users will enjoy the resulting quality and standard features, documentation, and user interface. - The applications GraphBuilder and VVpP. GraphBuilder is the reliable, easy to use, powerful, and optimized graphing application. VVpP is a container prototype preprocessor. GraphBuilder, the application, is a few lines long P *The objects do all the work:. - On-site instruction, technical support, and service. - Documentation. The libraries come with complete online documentation and header files. GraphBuilder comes with extensive online manuals, online help, unique inspector overviews, and context sensitive help. - Our commitment. We have been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and deliver comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we don't stop there. We are currently working on version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features through the Graph Object library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. Its like having your own graph software development department. VVI customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in these following areas: Expertise: - Real time, production, and presentation quality data display and analysis. - Database and data acquisition integration. - Data modeling and simulation. - Cross platform development and integrity of data in a heterogeneous environment. - Object library architecture, object design, and integration between Objective-C and C++. - Transitioning to NEXTSTEP. Industries: - Financial Services; display of financial data. - Medical Services; hospital related clinical data. - Petroleum Services; exploration related data. - Corporate R&D laboratories; data analysis and display. - Government laboratories; data analysis and display. We are interested in assisting you in a fashion which is appropriate to your circumstances so please contact us for specific information.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New IBM Token Ring driver available on NeXTanswers Date: 22 Feb 1994 22:28:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2keig9$l6g@digifix.digifix.com> The new IBM Token Ring Driver is available. With this updated driver, you can connect your computer to your network using your IBM Token-Ring network adapter's UTP or STP connector. The IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter has been tested and works with this driver. In addition, the following network adapters have not been tested, but may work with this driver: * IBM Token-Ring Network PC Adapter II * IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 ISA-16 Adapter This driver is in NeXTanswers, and can be found in the following places: Email: nextanswers@next.com 1523 IBMTokenRingDriver.ReadMe 1524 IBMTokenRingDriver.pkg Ftp: ftp.next.com: pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1523.compressed pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1524.compressed or by fax at (415) 780-3990.
From: michelle@meaddata.com (Michelle Buck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the first in a new series of games for NeXTstep! Date: 23 Feb 1994 14:54:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kgcae$40p@digifix.digifix.com> Press Release: Announcing the first in a new series of games for NeXTstep! EMB & Associates is proud to present - "Cultural Evolution: Noblesse Oblige" Why is it that some cultures thrive while others fade? Why is it that some cultures irrigate the desert while others pray for rain? Great cultures rise and then fall. Cultures inevitably clash. The culture that can adapt will survive. That is Cultural Evolution. This game is based on the premise that very few people rise above the crowd to steer the destiny of the human race. The movers and shakers of every age are remembered for their achievements and their failures. "Cultural Evolution: Nobles oblige" is a strategy simulation. Choose just one of over one hundred cultures and guide it through the ages. Manage the classes or try to build a classless society. Explore the world! Repel invaders and bring swift retribution to your foes! Assimilate other cultures or destroy them! This is a game like no other! You will control the fate of an entire people and witness the exploits of those few, the noble, who dedicate their lives to the benefit of humanity. Adjust the ratios of priests to soldiers to craftsmen to merchants in your society. You will have to cope with labor shortages and mass unemployment. Will your cities thrive or will they stagnate ? Will your people even survive in a world crowded with competing civilizations? To control your world, you are given three graphical vantages from which to view it. You can see the known world at a glance, or explore detailed 3D landscapes. You are also presented with advice from your people, but watch out for hidden agendas. This simulation will surprise you. Your people will manipulate their environment to suit their needs. Sophisticated artificial intelligence guides their every move. - Availability: April 1994 Orders received before April 1, 1994 will be charged $32.95 when the product is shipped. After April 1, the price will be raised to $55.95. We are opening our "Play test club" to the general public. If you are interested in play testing this game, please fax your name, address, email address, and a brief description of your game playing experience to EMB & Associates at (513) 748-0067. If accepted into the "club", you will receive discounts on EMB & Associates' products, advance notice of new releases, a complimentary copy of "Cultural Evolution: Noblesse Oblige", and mention in the final game credits. EMB & Associates Order now and take advantage 35 Saddlebrook Ct. of the pre-release discount: Springboro, OH 45066 Call (513) 748-3567 (513) 748-0067 Fax 9:00 - 5:00 EST (Please specify Intel or Motorola when you order)
From: Leonard Manzara < manzara@trillium.ab.ca > Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TextToSpeech Kit 1.07 now shipping Date: 23 Feb 1994 14:55:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kgcc4$411@digifix.digifix.com> Press Release: For immediate distribution. February 21st, 1994. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Trillium Sound Research Inc. is now shipping Version 1.07 of the User and Developer TextToSpeech Kits for the NeXT Computer. This is primarily a maintenance release, allowing the Kits to run under NEXTSTEP 3.2. Current owners of the Version 1.0 TextToSpeech Kit can upgrade to Version 1.07 for a nominal $15 CDN charge ($35 CDN for overnight delivery) to cover media, shipping and handling. The Developer TextToSpeech Kit enables developers to incorporate text-to-speech capabilities into their applications quickly and easily. The Kit offers unrestricted text-to-speech conversion from arbitrary text of any length. The speech is synthesized on the DSP chip in real-time, with full control over speaking rate, pitch, intonation, volume, and stereo balance. The User TextToSpeech Kit provides the functionality to support any application which incorporates text-to-speech, on the end user's computer. It also includes PrEditor, an application which allows users to customize pronunciations, and BigMouth, an application which provides a text-to-speech service to any application which has a Services menu. The TextToSpeech Kit is integrated seamlessly into the NeXTSTEP environment (both 2.x and 3.x). It is implemented with a client-server structure, which means that applications need link in only a small amount of code for text-to-speech capability. The TextToSpeech Server supports up to 50 client connections at one time. Since each connection can be configured differently, several different sounding voices can co-exist together. Pronunciations are provided by a large Main Dictionary, plus optional custom dictionaries created by the user and/or application developer. A letter-to-sound algorithm gives pronunciations for neologisms and rare or misspelled words. Numbers, symbols, and abbreviations are handled intelligently. The Developer Kit costs $350 CDN (approx. $290 US), plus shipping. The User Kit costs $175 CDN (approx. $145 US), plus shipping, in single quantities. Site licenses and discounts on quantity purchases are available for the User Kit. The User Kit can be upgraded to the full Developer Kit for $175 CDN (approx. $145 US). Current owners of Version 1.0 of the TextToSpeech Kit can upgrade to Version 1.07 for nominal the charge of $15 CDN ($35 CDN for overnight delivery) to cover media, shipping and handling. A demo of the Kit is not available, but we do offer a 30 day money-back guarantee on single quantity purchases. New Kits are shipped via air courier ($20 charge to North American destinations, $40 to overseas destinations). Currently, the TextToSpeech Kits run only on NeXT Computers---ports to other platforms are planned once the problems associated with NeXTSTEP drivers for compatible DSP boards have been sorted out. Developers may incorporate the TextToSpeech Object into their application without any licensing fee. Users must acquire a User (or Developer) Kit along with the application. This may be supplied by the developer, or purchased by the user directly from Trillium. Discounts are available to developers for bulk purchases of the necessary Kits. For a brochure, price schedule, and order form, contact Trillium Sound Research at: email: TTSInfo@trillium.ab.ca tel: (403)284-9278 fax: (403)282-6778 mail: Trillium Sound Research Inc. 1500, 112 - 4th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0H3 Be sure to include your name and surface mail address. ------ TextToSpeech Kit, PrEditor, and BigMouth are trademarks of Trillium Sound Research Inc. NeXT, and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: gerben@rna.indiv.nluug.nl (Gerben Wierda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Dutch Usergroup meeting at 12:00 instead of 14:00 Date: 23 Feb 1994 14:56:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kgcdh$417@digifix.digifix.com> Murphy hits again... The Dutch User Group foundation meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn on March 5th 1994, starting 12:00, instead of the erroneously mentioned 14:00 in the announcement. The program is as follows: 12:00 - Begin (kennismaken + koffie) 12:20 - 13:30 Officieel deel (vergadering) AGENDA: 1. Registratie leden en uitdelen stembiljetten 2. Verkiezing van het bestuur, bestaande uit - voorzitter - penningmeester - persoon, verantwoordelijk voor de ledenadministratie - persoon, verantwoordelijk voor de nieuwsbrief Alleen de eerste twee zijn wettelijk verplicht en afzonderlijk. NOTA BENE: WIJ HEBBEN KANDIDATEN NODIG VOOR DEZE POSITIES. (Het is niet veel werk, dus stel uzelf beschikbaar, ontmoet interessante mensen, zie de laatste hardware als eerste, etc.) Waarschijnlijk is het niet verstandig werknemers van leveranciers in het bestuur te hebben wegens mogelijke belangentegenstellingen. 3. Goedkeuring van de statuten Wij hebben de standaard statuten van de Kamer van Koophandel nog niet ontvangen. Daarom zullen kopieen aanwezig zijn tijdens de bijeenkomst. 4. Vaststelling van de jaarcontributie voor particulier- en bedrijfslidmaatschap. 5. Verdeling overige taken. 6. Planning van de volgende bijeenkomst. 13:30 - 13:45 Korte pauze (verder kennismaken) 13:45 - 14:45 Een inleiding in het ontwikkelen van software met NEXTSTEP Hugo Burm van Commedia, Amsterdam 14:45 - 15:15 NEXTSTEP in dagelijks werk 15:15 - 15:45 Thee / koffie pauze 15:45 - 17:45 Beurs. HP heeft een Gecko (nieuwe HP PA-RISC machine) toegezegd. Daar zal helaas geen NEXTSTEP op draaien.
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: 3DKit talk & demo Date: 24 Feb 1994 17:50:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kjb07$d4m@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, March 1st, 1994 7:00 p.m. MIT Room 1-190 A View in 3D Michael Johnson (wave@media.mit.edu), will be speaking about NeXT's 3DKit and what he's done with it. The talk will be in two parts: the first part will be tutorial; talking about about 3D in general, RenderMan in a bit more specificly, and finally about NeXT's 3DKit. The second half of the talk will be a demonstration and discussion of what Michael has done with the 3DKit. This involves a hot topic in the NeXT community these days: how to integrate an interpreted scripting language (like tcl) into NeXTSTEP in general, and Interface Builder in particular. For those who want to do a little homework before the talk, Michael encourages you to ftp to media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld and grab the latest copies of some of his software he's made available. The software is basically what he'll be demoing at the talk: two of the IB palettes from his PhD thesis, WavesWorld. Please note: a new version just went up last week (beta3), and you are encouraged to be looking at the latest. Call or email for directions. More Information: Jamie O'Keefe phone: (617) 628-4136 or email: jamie@ftp.com
From: "C. Scott Keith" <scott@sdc.MV.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: QuickBase 4.0 Professional - Database Trade In Promotion Date: 24 Feb 1994 23:08:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kjtkm$f7e@digifix.digifix.com> QUICKBASE 4.0 PROFESSIONAL SofDesign Corporation 1004 Millen Pond Road Washington, N.H. 03280 (603) 495-4100 / Fax: (603) 495-4111 info@sdc.mv.com Washington, New Hampshire, February 24, 1994, SofDesign Corporation, a database technology firm, announces shipment of QuickBase-SQL version 4.0 for NeXTSTEP 3.2 on Intel and Motorola platforms. QuickBase now supports the Advanced Transaction Language (ATL), a structured database transaction language that is straightforward and easy to learn. In addition to supporting standard transaction features such as commit and rollback, ATL provides commands for broadcasting messages to end-user applications, executing system calls and reading/writing UNIX files. QuickBase employs the fastest techniques for concurrent multi-user access and SQL transaction processing, making your applications shine in multi-user environments. Designed to serve the special needs of graphically based NEXTSTEP applications, QuickBase comes with graphical tools for security management, schema design, application code generation and database manipulation. It includes a DBKit adaptor, Objective-C library and example applications with source code. QuickBase is a powerful database server for your NEXTSTEP applications. TRADE-IN YOUR DATABASE FOR QUICKBASE (upgrade for $69 per database user) Washington, New Hampshire, February 24, 1994, SofDesign Corporation announces that it will exchange your old database server for an equivalent copy of QuickBase at a cost of $69 per database user for up to five users. Please send your old database package, including disks and documentation to SofDesign before April 1, 1994 with a check for the correct amount and they will return a copy QuickBase 4.0 Professional. For NeXT customers who would like to trade in the SYBASE license bundled with early versions of NEXTSTEP, you must provide the SYBASE upgrade disks that came with NeXTSTEP version 2.0 and the serial number of your NeXT computer. Other database servers must be NeXTSTEP based, installable from the disks provided and must come with all original documentation. You must also include a signed letter stating that you have removed all copies of the software from your possession and that you are transferring the software license to SofDesign Corporation. Please inquire about payment options and additional shipping charges for international orders.
From: Kris_Younger@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Ships WriteUp(tm), Low Cost Word Processor for NEXTSTEP Date: 25 Feb 1994 23:21:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kmioj$klo@digifix.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 207 Springhouse, PA 19477 215 653 0911 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Kristofer Younger 215 653 0911 Kris_Younger@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SHIPS WRITEUP(tm), LOW COST WORD PROCESSOR FOR NEXTSTEP SPRINGHOUSE, PA, February 28, 1994 -- Anderson Financial Systems Inc. (AFS) today announced that WriteUp 1.0, the first word processor written from scratch for the NEXTSTEP operating environment, is shipping as of Monday, February 28, 1994. "It was a longer road than we anticipated when we announced the product back in October," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO of AFS, "but the result exceeds our original expectations. After two months of strenuous beta testing, we are very confident that it's ready to ship." WriteUp 1.0 is a full featured word processor for NEXTSTEP. It is supplied as a Multi-Architecure Binary (MAB) to run on both NeXT hardware and NEXTSTEP For Intel Processors. "Other architectures will be available as soon as NeXT ships them," said Michael Matlack, president of AFS, referring to the anticipated HP and Sun ports of NEXTSTEP. "We compiled and ran a pre-beta release of WriteUp in less than an hour on an alpha version of NEXTSTEP/PA-RISC at a recent HP product introduction. WriteUp will support all future hardware platforms and OpenStep implementations." WriteUp 1.0 Feature List Text Processing Fonts: multiple faces and sizes Attributes: bold, italic, superscript, subscript Justification: left, center, right, full Line spacing: preset or variable Paragraph Spacing: above, below Hyphenation: automatic Color: drag-and-drop from standard color panel Paragraph Styles Case change operations (lower, upper, capitalize) Date/time codes Inline graphics, with baseline support View and insertion of all available characters User Interface Emacs keybindings Text Selection from mouse and keyboard Forward delete and transpose operations Full Intel keyboard support: e.g. Home, PageUp, Function keys Graphics Processing Drag-and-drop files, or paste from other applications Page-based graphics at fixed location Automatic text runaround or overlay Frame and fill color Graphic layering Embedded graphics in text Object Link (Paste-and-Link) support for live updating Certified with ImageAgent filter service support Certified with EquationBuilder %%Baseline directives Document Processing Full WYSIWYG display, including headers, footers, and graphics Page navigator: thumbnail view for easy maneuvering through documents Multiple document views: different pages and/or zoom factors Margins: document and paragraph-specific Text Ruler: tab, margin, and indentation settings Headers/Footers: single or odd/even pages, option to exclude first page Zoom in/out: 10% to 1600% Automatic page numbering, Roman or Arabic style Manual page breaks Document Management/Other Standard file handling: new, open, save, save as, revert to saved, etc. Default "New document" preference Template documents: load/save Import formats: ASCII, RTFD, TIFF, EPS, WriteNow (Motorola HW only) Export formats: ASCII, RTF, RTFD Spell checking On-line help Internationalization User-selectable decimal align character Hyphenation for English, German, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Dutch English dictionary standard, others available All program messages in easily modified string tables User interface (nib) files available for editing WriteUp 1.0 is available for suggested retail price of $199 ($99 student). Five-packs are available for $795. Site licenses for over 100 seats are available at negotiated prices. In addition to previously announced features, WriteUp 1.0 fully supports destination Object Links, allowing embedded objects from other applications to be pasted-and-linked into WriteUp documents. "For those who are curious, yes, we did make good on our promise to rebate early adopters at the rate of $1 a day." said Anderson. "But the increased quality and robustness of the application was worth the wait." ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on IBM PCs and NeXT workstations. Representative clients include Citicorp, First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, Dean Witter, American Capital Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###
From: <Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Axone : A NeuralNets simulator for NeXTSTEP Date: 27 Feb 1994 23:01:14 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2krqaa$23v@digifix.digifix.com> Peter Ritter Director XENON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 16 Rue Christophe Colomb 75008 Paris, France Tel. (33) 59 2415 27 Fax.(33) 59 03 66 30 EMail: Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr Axone is a general purpose Neural Network application for the NeXTSTEP platform. It was conceived to work with the MESA spreadsheet application from Athena Design, Inc. and allows the user to build neural networks and spreadsheet models in an interactive manner. Axone was designed to take full advantage of the NeXTSTEP environment with its Mach messaging and its easy to use graphical user interface. Axone is thus able to offer several advantages over products on other platforms: * Axone and MESA are designed to run simultaneously, and changes in Mesa are instantaneously reflected in Axone with the push of a "Refresh" button. This ease of use offers tremendous flexibility and makes neural network development very fast. Most neural network programs on other software platforms access their data from closed spreadsheet files, whereas Axone directly gets its data from the opened and running MESA spreadsheet. Any mistakes can thus be corrected instantaneously. * Axone's graphical user interface allows easy selection and normalization of Input and Output variables. Further, it allows the user to visually inspect his Neural Networks, and, with the `click' of a button, control almost every aspect of Network construction. You can connect and disconnect connections, add and delete neurons, add and delete hidden layers, and you can even set the learning rate for each neuron individually, all with the simple click of a button. The user also has control over the colors with which the Neuron Threshold values and the Connection Strengths are displayed. Important connections and data relationships can thus be recognized very easily. * Axone accesses its data through the use of Mesa LABELS. A Mesa Label is a Mesa facility that lets you name a data range on your spreadsheet. Each Label thus represents an INPUT or OUTPUT variable. For each Input or Output variable, Axone gives you a choice of four normalization functions: LINEAR1(0,1), LINEAR2(-1,1), LOGISTIC(0,1), and the TANH(-1,1) normalization functions. * Axone was initially designed to allow for more sophisticated Financial Market Forecasting. During the Training phase, the user can specify the TRAINING period, but also the TESTING period. For example, if you have ten years of price history, you could tell Axone to train your network on only eight years of daily historical data, and, at the same time, test the network on the last two years of out of sample data. This is an excellent way of avoiding overlearning. * All calculations necessary for neural network training are performed by a platform independent calculation server. Should only one machine be available, then this machine may naturally also serve as its own calculation server. However, if learning speed beyond that offered by the host computer is required, then the calculation server may transparently run on any other machine of a network. Axone.app and Axone_server are multitasking, which means that you can train one neural network file, while at the same time working on another. * Once you are satisfied with the performance of your neural network, you may chose to output the neural network as either a C-function, which you can then integrate into your own custom applications, or, you may tell Axone to create a Mesa spreadsheet AddIn for you. By choosing the AddIn option, you may transparently use your neural network just like any other innate Mesa function. For example, should you have trained a networks that predicts the Deutsche Mark markets 5 and 10 days from now, your network has two output variables. Assuming the network has 5 input variables located in columns A,B,C, D, and E, then your Mesa formula would look like this (assuming you named the network "DeutscheMark"): =DeutscheMark_OUT1(A1,B1,C1,D1,E1) and for the second output: =DeutscheMark_OUT2(A1,B1,C1,D1,E1) Note: You need the NeXTSTEP developers kit to compile the networks. If you don't have the developers kit, you can just send the network files back to us for compilation. * Version 1.0 of Axone is based on the BackProp learning algorithm. This algorithm offers excellent learning behavior on a wide spectrum of problems and is today thought to be in use in almost all neural networks. Nonetheless, future versions of Axone, currently in development, will offer the possibility to use several other learning algorithms. _______________________________________________________________ Axone is priced at 495.00US$ +15US$ for shipping. Should you be interested in receiving a 'Demo' version of Axone, just communicate us your name and address at: Xenon Technologies Corp. 16 Rue Christophe Colomb 75008 Paris, France Tel. (33) 59 2415 27 Fax.(33) 59 03 66 30 EMail: Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft Announces Bundle with Abbott Laboratories Date: 27 Feb 1994 23:34:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2krs8f$2nr@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Donnelly (619) 488-9411 Fax: (619) 488-3045 E-mail: info@metrosoft.com Metrosoft Announces Bundle agreement with Abbott Laboratories San Diego, February 27, 1994 - Metrosoft announced today that it has contracted with Abbott Laboratories to bundle MetroTools with Maestro, a new intelligent workstation. Abbott Maestro is an "Intelligent Workstation" which manages information between laboratory instruments and the Laboratory Information System designed to improve workflow and productivity in the clinical laboratory. Abbott Maestro provides laboratories with the capability to make important decisions faster by providing them with easy access to real-time quality control, patient demographics and patient history MetroTools is the premier utilities package for NEXTSTEP computers. It includes the most requested utilities in one inexpensive and easy-to-use bundle.The dock extender operates as a natural extension of the NeXT dock. You can create groups of applications and documents, show their names, use miniature icons, launch complete groups with a single double-click and much, much more. NiteLite has screen-locking and backdrop features, run multiple modules simultaneously and run while the NEXTSTEP login window is up. MetroTools has become the standard tool set for NEXTSTEP users "Maestro is already a powerful solution." said John Hill, Senior Software Engineer,Abbott Laboratories,"Adding MetroTools to each unit will give our users even greater flexibility. Metrosoft is a San Diego based company specializing in the development and publishing of NEXTSTEP applications such as MetroKeys, SimonSays, MetroSuction, and Squash. Abbott Laboratories is a worldwide manufacturer of health care products employing 49,000 people. In 1992, company sales and net earnings were $7.9 billion and $1.2 billion respectively, with earnings per share of $1.47. -30-
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 8 - 1994 Date: 28 Feb 1994 01:32:27 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ks35r$716@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 8). Sunday February 20 through Monday February 28 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 7 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: MOKit 1.0.0 available for ftp at cs.orst.edu MEETING: Establishing a Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group (Mar 5) SUBMISSION - Emerald Image Tool 1.0 demo on archives MEETING: Vancouver NeXT Users Society (VNUS) - Feb 23 SUBMISSION: NXplot3d v3.0 (FAT binaries and sources) OPN Question: ObjectWare Licensing MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group 2/24 JOB: NEXTSTEP - Multiple Opportunities-2/22 PRESS RELEASE: VVI, Inc. introduces The Graph Object Library New IBM Token Ring driver available on NeXTanswers PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the first in a new series of games for NeXTstep! PRESS RELEASE: TextToSpeech Kit 1.07 now shipping MEETING: Dutch Usergroup meeting at 12:00 instead of 14:00 MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: 3DKit talk & demo PRESS RELEASE: QuickBase 4.0 Professional - Database Trade In Promotion PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Ships WriteUp(tm), Low Cost Word Processor for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Axone : A NeuralNets simulator for NeXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft Announces Bundle with Abbott Laboratories If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 28 Feb 1994 01:34:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ks3a0$71d@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 28 Feb 1994 01:34:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ks3ae$71j@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: noemailavailable@digifix.com (Poster not available by email) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder 3.2 ships Date: 28 Feb 1994 01:37:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ks3g4$71u@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax VVI, Inc. ships version 3.2 of GraphBuilder - the application for graph layout, data display, and data control and offers a limited time introductory price, upgrade path, and ftp demo copy. -- INTRODUCTORY OFFER ---------------------------------------------- This is an introductory offer which will not be available once GraphBuilder version 3.3 ships. - $89.00 Academic - GraphBuilder3.2 - $198.00 Other - GraphBuilder3.2 - Free upgrade to GraphBuilder3.3. Will include log axes, pie charts, generalized marker editor, and many more improvements already being implemented. -- FOR PRODUCTION PLOTTING ----------------------------------------- Production plotting has never been easier. An example program module shows how to program GraphBuilder and iterate over ANY AMOUNT of data files by (1) reading them in, (2) setting the axes titles, (3) displaying the results on the screen, (4) printing the results. All without user intervention, and fast, fast, fast! Now the good news ... The axes are set up via an end user mode by drag, and click methods -- quick and efficient and you know it's right the first time because you see it on the screen. Now the really good news ... All your end user interactive axes setups, labeling, font changes, grid, ticks, color, (and many more) and any other graphic additions - eps, images, bezier art, are saved in the document along with the program module. When the document is double clicked from the workspace manager the axes, all your labeling, and art comes up, and the module is loaded. The program is executed by one button. This is the best synergism between and end user interface and programming available. -- ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ----------------------------------------- (1) The Program Module Support Program. Includes: - Support lines. FAX, e-mail, and a dedicated support phone number to call. - Program Module Mailings. Automatic receipt of the GraphBuilder Program Module Newsletter. This includes a disk containing program modules as well as useful GraphBuilder example documents and general information which will help you become familiar with new ways to use GraphBuilder. - Discount Opportunities. You will receive a 20% discount when ordering The Graph Object Library. This library comes complete with documentation, library archive files (similar to the NEXTSTEP appkit), and technical support. (2) Custom graph type - We'll write the axes or graph type specifically for your needs. (3) We are interested in assisting you in a fashion which is appropriate to your circumstances so please contact us for more specific information. -- DATABASE INTEGRATION ----------------------------------------- If you have graphing needs for data stored on a database server (Sybase, Oracle, or InterBase) please contact us for integration. We can, for example, distribute a special version of GraphBuilder including the database client side library so you can write client side program modules and load them dynamically to access data on your database server. This way you can take your own views and other database specific code and graph the results using GraphBuilder. You can even use GraphBuilder as a graphical database editor. -- ANIMATED SIGNALS OR COMPUTATIONS ------------------------------- Just compute it and plot it. Several programming examples are included. -- MARKERS ------------------------------------------------------- Markers for data points are one of the unsung heros of data presentation. A marker in GraphBuilder is any of the following: ellipse, line, curve, cubic bezier joined segments, RTF, or any group containing these types. All graphic attributes for markers can be altered, such as: smoothness, color, thickness, affine and point transformation, etc... Markers are created by making the graphic - just like any other graphic, point and click methods - and then coping it, and pasting it the the marker matrix, and finally clicking the matrix cell which was pasted to (which, by the way, shows the marker just added). Generally this type of flexibility is a compromise of speed - but not in GraphBuilder! But, this is not fast enough for us! The next marker editor will be even more efficient and more general -- and it is implemented in the version you get, just latent until it passes final QA. The documents you create now will be able to take full advantage of our next generation marker technology. -- FTP DEMO VERSION ----------------------------------------- A demo version is located on cs.orst.edu in the /pub/next/submissions/GraphBuilder3.2b directory or the /pub/next/binaries/graphics/GraphBuilder3.2b directory. Get the file GraphBuilderREADME for further details. This demo version includes: 1) Fully programmable GraphBuilder application. 2) Full online documentation. 3) About 200 header files for programming GraphBuilder -- That is what is called a COMPLETE API. 4) Example documents, including complete program examples. 5) All the goodies you expect from a NEXTSTEP application. CAVEAT (and late note): The ftp demo version is a pre-ship beta version and has one significant bug which is fixed in the shipping version. The bug is a roaming postscript bug which can show its ugly head at seemingly unpredictable times. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This bug required our largest can of RAID. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- - Immediate ship. (Fed-X or UPS) - VISA/Mastercard/Company P.O. accepted. - Free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions. - 100% compatible with previous document versions. - Runs on NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Motorola or Intel. - Full support, documentation, and complete API. For ordering and product information please contact VVI at 814-234-9613. Please read the notes below for further information. See below for information regarding the ftp demo version. Also, see our ads in NeXTWORLD magazine, the Object Based Computing newsletter from ITS, and the Paget Press Electronic AppWrapper CD-ROM. -- ABOUT VVI -------------------------------------------------- VVI delivers comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products which include: GraphBuilder3.2(TM) - Reliable, powerful, optimized, and fully published programming interface. The VVI Graph Object Library(TM) - A comprehensive solution which gives immediate and reliable graphing power to any application. GraphBuilder, the application, is a few lines long - "The objects do all the work." On-site instruction, technical support, and service. We explain how to use our libraries in a straightforward way. System Integration. We integrate our software and NEXTSTEP into your operations. VVI has been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and has expertise in real time/presentation quality data analysis and plotting, embedded systems, digital signal processing, computer simulation of systems for radar, general electromagnetics, sound propagation, homing algorithms, signal filtering and expertise in Objective-C, C++, appkit, postscript, Sun, IBM, VAX, CRAY, and of course, NEXTSTEP based computers, along with expertise which can assist in object library architecture, design of object classes both in Objective-C and C++, and general software project management. -- GRAPHBUILDER FEATURE LIST ---------------------------------- GraphBuilder has extensive features including: - Easy to Use and Fast. Point, click, drag, and paste. Inspector controls are efficiently refocused to deliver important information. - Data Graphics. Any number and combination of histogram, line, smoothed curve, areas, scatter, contours, and signals on multiple coordinate systems. Since graphics, such as arbitrary connected spline graphics, maintain their data attributes they can be used to display data appropriate to that format. - Axes. Rectangular, polar, and semi-log axes (Version 3.3). Just drag out axes like any other graphic, double click within the axes frame, and start dragging and pasting data, enter data using mouse point and click methods, or program calculations using the program module editor. All labels and titles can be altered using familiar mouse and inspector methods. Here is a list of some of the adjustable axis attributes: x and y label values, scientific, fixed, and free label format, label accuracy, labels on/off, grids and subgrids on or off, data axes type, grid, tick, sub-grid, sub-tick widths, colors and number, tick length, label rotation angle, axes size, fill type, label and tick placement on left, center, top, right, in and out, and a whole host of other attributes. - Error Bars. Symmetric and non-symmetric error bars, lines with caps, or straight line error bar types. Attributes include thickness, width, and color. Create almost any data point marker by drag and copy/paste methods. - General Graphics. Bezier curves, lines, ellipses, ovals, parallelograms, polygons, rectangles, rtf, eps, images, wrapped text, groups are included. These graphics can undergo changes in attributes such as smoothness, shadows, interpolated fill, translation, scaling, skewing, rotation, line width, dash pattern, color, etc. - Extensive Documentation. Online help using NEXTSTEP online help facilities. Online manual using the digital librarian. Several example documents regarding general drawing, graphing, target/action control loops, and program generated animated data. - Data Entry. Data can be entered by drag/drop of file icons, palettes, pasteboard, program module hooks, or mouse editing. Program modules can be used for custom database and data acquisition server integration. Includes dragging from .eps, .tiff, .arrayData, and .matrixData type files. - Document System. Documents are stored as multi-level UNIX directories. Internal document file and program module links maintain relations for large data sets and relocatable object code. Source code, notes, and other information can be put into the documents and edited using standard applications. - Controllers. The graphics issue owner and target messages so your system can react to changes in graphic attributes and editing. For example graphics can be used to control auxiliary devices. - Palettes. Any graphic, and hence data or database interface, may be stored and retrieved from palettes. This includes entire graphs. Any GraphBuilder document can be made a palette for easy dragging of data and graphs. Palettes are loaded to a menu from system and user defined folders for easy access. - Point and Click. Every graphic implements a full complement of point and click mouse control. - Inspectors. Graphic attribute can be modified directly from inspectors. Inspector-Editors maintain inspector user interface controls and relations between the associated graphic attributes. Inspector-Editors are linked to the graphics and between each other in a general network by a set of inspector-editor links. - Program Modules. Control loops, animation, drawing and most other features can be controlled programmatically using relocatable object modules accessible through the program module editor which supports RTF formatted Objective-C, c++, postscript, and server source code as input. Almost any computation can be performed with program modules. - Complete API. All header files (API) for programming GraphBuilder are provided. About 200 header files and 50 Objective-C objects in the top level library and many more Objective-C objects and c++ objects in the lower level libraries. This is a COMPLETE API with complete programming capabilities. - Optimized Drawing. Drawing is optimized and takes full advantage of the most advanced postscript optimization techniques as well as bitmap caching and minimum bound clipping. Plot 16,000 point (x-y pairs) contour plot (10 levels) in 3 seconds. Plot 1024 points a few times per second. - Standard Conversions. Conversion to eps, tiff, and ascii formats are included and supported in the pasteboard and file dragging mechanisms of NEXTSTEP. - Full use of NEXTSTEP Features. Standard NEXTSTEP utilities such as the color, font, print, and fax panel, services, save and open panels, and pasteboard are seamlessly incorporated and used to their full extent. - Geometric Transformations. All graphics, including data graphics, can be controlled through mouse and key commands. Rotation, translation, skewing, selecting, focusing, and point editing are but a few operations available. - Document Page Layout. Multiple plots per page, labels, titles, and overlapping plots or graphing areas may be arranged using familiar click and drag methods. - Document Notes. Notes regarding the document can be accessed by pressing Document/Notes... from the main menu or by selecting the appropriate inspector link. - Prototyping. The graphics, document, and control loops can be developed and tested using GraphBuilder. This methodology is similar to the NEXTSTEP Interface Builder. For use with the Graph Object Library. - Scaled Drawing. The cross hairs and inspectors give information which aid in lining up graphics and placing them at a particular coordinate. Coordinate information is retained for most operations. - Quick launch. Secondary resources are deferred until needed resulting in a launch time of 5 seconds (Motorola '040) or less. - Our progressive Beta program. All customers are invited to participate in defining the next generation of graphing software. For two years we have tested and designed GraphBuilder. Beta testers have had enormous input from version 0.9 to version 3.2. Our emphasis is in providing well integrated and thought out tools which offer substantial improvement over existing tools and are easy to use, albeit not always easy to implement. We are currently defining and implementing the next generation graphing tool - GraphBuilder4.0. -- TM ---------------------------------- RAID is a trademark of SC Johnson & Son, Inc. - We buy the industrial size cans. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Seminar Schedule Date: 28 Feb 1994 17:27:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ktr3p$a66@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release This is the updated schedule for NEXTSTEP: The Object Advantage Seminar for the first two quarters of 1994. The seminar will cover: - How Object Oriented Technology can give your organization the competitive edge. - How mission critical customer applications can be integrated into your current environment. - OpenStep information, and the future of NEXTSTEP and Solaris in the Sun/NeXT relationship. Attend the seminar and be eligible to win a free copy of NEXTSTEP, a $2,800 value! To register, or for further information, please call (800) TRY-NeXT. All seminars are half-day events. Registration begins at 8:30am and the seminar runs from 9am to noon. City Location Date -------------------------------------------------------------- Charlotte Adam's Marc Hotel March 8th 555 South McDowell Charlotte, NC Vancouver Pan Pacific Hotel March 10th 300-999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC Minneapolis Hyatt Regency March 15th 1300 Nicollett Mall Minneapolis, MN Chicago Marriott O'Hare March 16th 8535 W. Higgins Chicago, IL Los Angeles The Westin LAX March 22nd 5400 W. Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Santa Clara The St. Clair Hotel March 24th 302 S. Market St. San Jose, CA New Jersey Woodbridge Sheraton March 29th 515 Rt. One South Iselin, NJ New York Salomon Bros. Exec. Ctr. March 30th 7 World Trade Center New York, NY 2nd Quarter City Location Date -------------------------------------------------------------- Washington DC Marriott, Tysons Ctr. April 5th 8028 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA Tampa Not yet confirmed April 7th Please call for details Dallas Stouffer Hotel Dallas April 12th 2222 Stemmons Dallas, TX Phoenix Hyatt Regency April 13th 122 N. 2nd Street Phoenix, AZ Boston Westin Hotel, Copley April 19th 10 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA Philadelphia Sheraton, Valley Forge April 21st 1150 N. Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA Atlanta The Hotel Nikko April 26th 3300 Peachtree Road Atlanta, GA This information is subject to change without notice, please confirm your registration through (800) TRY-NeXT. Darren Smith NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: "So. Cal. NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Users Group" <scan@csulb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: SCaN meeting: March 8 in Santa Monica Date: 28 Feb 1994 22:42:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kudih$b8u@digifix.digifix.com> SCaN is a users' group for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep users in Southern California. NEXTSTEP is the operating environment used on all NeXT Computers. It is also available for Pentium and 80486 PCs, and will soon be available for HP workstations. OpenStep is the new proposed open standard being promoted by Sun Microsystems and NeXT. It will run on Sun's SPARC hardware on top of Sun's Solaris operating system. All are welcome to come to the meetings and participate. When: Tuesday 8 March 1994 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. social (food and drink) 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. meeting Where: Communicate: a multimedia resource company 3201 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 998-9228 Meeting: The planned events are as follows: -Demonstration of Author! Author! by Zacharias Beckman of Dolphin Technologies -Demonstration of DayDream (turns a NeXT into a Mac!) by a friend from the William Morris Talent Agency Directions: Take the San Diego (405) freeway to Wilshire Blvd. and go West on Wilshire Blvd. Go a few blocks until you get to Communicate, which is on the right side of Wilshire. Dues: $2.00 Contact: Michael K. Mahoney, SCaN President (310) 985-1550 Computer Engineering and Computer Science mahoney@csulb.edu California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA90840 or: Walt Duflock, SCaN Program Director (714) 730-8057 walt@integrate.com
From: Robert Davis <davis@sonata.cc.purdue.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.0 -- A Multiple Pasteboard App Date: 28 Feb 1994 22:42:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2kudjb$b92@digifix.digifix.com> Well, there was enough interest in the early version of Pastry that I've turned it into a full-blown app. Here's the quick and simple description, followed by a list of the improvements (for people familiar with earlier versions). -- How NeXTSTEP usually works In most NeXTSTEP applications, you can select an item and choose Copy or Cut from the Edit menu -- your selection is placed on the pasteboard, some sort of netherworld where information exists between applications. And from there your selection can be pasted into other apps. You can only have one thing on the pasteboard at a time, and a Copy or Cut replaces whatever is there with your new selection. -- How NeXTSTEP works with Pastry When Pastry is running, everything above still applies, except that whatever was on the pasteboard before you did the Copy or Cut is not gone but can be retrieved and pasted into other apps. Essentially, you can have as many things as you want on the pasteboard, any one of them available for pasting into an application. For some ideas on how to use Pastry, I strongly suggest reading the "Ideas and Possible Uses" section of the online help. ------------------- Improvements in 1.0: o Buttons that represent text-based information can optionally show some of the text on the buttons themselves. o Buttons representing the pasteboards are resizable -- make them as big, small, fat, or skinny as you want. o Shortcuts for bringing up the Inspector Panel: click an already-selected pasteboard and the inspector appears, click again and it goes away. No need to leave the app you are working in. o Inspector Panel is resizable. Pastry remembers its size and location between invocations. o "Combine" feature lets you combine several text pasteboards into one text or rich text pasteboard, in any order. o "Delete All" menu item, which deletes all of the pasteboards, or all but the most recent one. o Command-key equivalents (doh!) for commonly used menu options. o Pastry now allows services to be performed on any of its pasteboards via the Services menu. o Complete online help, in English. o Support for NeXTSTEP Data Links. o The Inspector Panel can show the types of data written to a particular pasteboard. o My favorite: Pastry can now monitor not only Cut and Copy actions, but also Copy Font, Copy Ruler, and searches conducted from the Find Panels of conforming NeXTSTEP apps. (See the Ideas section of the online help for some tips on how to use these features.) o The inspector can inspect fonts (for use with the Copy Font/Paste Font feature) and rulers (for use with the Copy Ruler/Paste Ruler feature). o Pastry now has a public API for dynamically-loaded inspectors and includes developer notes for people who want to develop their own inspectors for types not supported by Pastry, such as sound and custom application-specific types or who want to replace Pastry's default inspectors. Adding new inspectors, developed by me or anybody else, is as simple as dropping them into ~/Library/Pastry or /LocalLibrary/Pastry. Pastry will find them when it is launched. o THE BUG that sometimes caused all the buttons to appear in a scruntched up little space at the bottom of a vertical window has been, thankfully, eradicated. --------------------------- Because I've put quite a bit into this version, Pastry 1.0 is shareware (see the online help for details). Please try out the new features -- if you don't think they're worth it, feel free to use any version earlier than 1.0 free. IMPORTANT: Because Pastry is a Multi-Architecture Binary (Motorola and Intel) and uses MAB bundles, it requires NeXTSTEP 3.1 or newer (it will work with 3.0 ONLY if you thin the fat bundles). You can find an uncrippled, fully-functional demo at one of the following sites: Site: cs.orst.edu Currently in pub/next/submissions Probably moving to pub/next/demos/next-interface Site: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de Currently in pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions Probably moving to pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/tools/workspace Site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu Currently in pub/next/submissions Probably staying there As usual, send correspondence to davis@sonata.cc.purdue.edu (use the Suggestion menu option in Pastry). MANY THANKS to the net people who have taken the time to mail suggestions, ideas, bugs, and kudos. I hope you find (most of) your requested features in the list above. Enjoy, Rob davis@sonata.cc.purdue.edu
From: michael@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Michael Brouwer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Tenpile Solitaire module Date: 1 Mar 1994 15:44:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l09fm$f7j@digifix.digifix.com> I had some spare time last week, so I wrote a new solitaire module called Tenpile (I don't know the real name for this game, but I've played it somewhere before). A MAB compiled on NS3.2 for i386 and m68k, and a source distribution have been uploaded to the following archive sites: ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl /pub/next/Software/Games/Solitaire/Tenpile_1.0.README /pub/next/Software/Games/Solitaire/Tenpile_1.0.tar.gz /pub/next/Software/Games/Sources/Solitaire/Tenpile_1.0.README /pub/next/Software/Games/Sources/Solitaire/Tenpile_1.0.tar.gz cs.orst.edu /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-MAB.README /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-MAB.tar.gz /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-SRC.README /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-SRC.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-MAB.README /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-MAB.tar.gz /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-SRC.README /pub/next/submissions/Tenpile-1.0-SRC.tar.gz Get this game from your nearest site now! Michael
From: Mike Hovan <goldberg!mhovan@uu5.psi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: RDR's @IMAGE Presentation Software Ships! Date: 1 Mar 1994 16:12:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l0b32$fch@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denise Britti or Mike Hovan, RDR Software Group, 10600 Arrowhead Drive, Suite 350, Fairfax, VA 22030 703-591-8713, 1-800-523-2874, info@rdr.com. RDR SOFTWARE GROUP SHIPS @IMAGE, NEXTSTEP'S FIRST NETWORK PRESENTATION PACKAGE Fairfax, VA, March 1, 1994 - RDR Software Group announced today its release of @imageTM, a NEXTSTEP presentation graphics package that is one of the first commercially available applications to use distributed objects to maximize the true potential of object-oriented technology. As a graphics package, @image offers a wide assortment of tools and functions that enable NEXTSTEP users to author briefings and documents that rival those produced by professional artists. A library of drawing objects, colors, backgrounds and templates are provided to assist even the not-so-creative speakers in developing visually interesting and memorable documents. @image has made even the more advanced drawing features like object rotation and skewing, per-page sounds, and image importing simple so that all professionals can build an exciting slide presentation or document. As a presentation package, @image offers a number of unique features that make on-line presentations an effective communication tool. For example, @image allows speakers to attach personal notes and reminders to each slide which can be printed separately or viewed as an on-screen window. @image's dynamic slide transitions including wipes, fades and random particles engage audiences more effectively than 35mm slides in a projector. And its most impressive features, unique only to @image, utilizes the power of distributed objects and allows the speaker to deliver a presentation live over a network to other NEXTSTEP workstations. The audience can be around the corner or around the world and receive the same live presentation simultaneously. "@image is one of the few NEXTSTEP products that really takes full advantage of all the great NEXTSTEP features," said Bob Ward, Senior Vice President of RDR Software Group. "We've incorporated some very sophisticated functions into @image, like network presentation, and made them incredibly easy to use for the typical professional who can't waste time learning a drawing and presentation package." NeXT's distributed objects, introduced with NEXTSTEP 3.0, allows objects residing on different workstations to communicate easily over a network. @image utilizes the technology by sending presentations as objects over a network to receiving workstations running @image. In this way the speaker can control the actual delivery of the on-line presentation. @image has been demonstrated to very receptive audiences at NeXTWorld Expo '93, Comdex/Fall and the NEXTSTEP Developers' Conference this past January. @image is available for $399 list price with government and educational discounts. Until April 1, 1994, @image is offered at an introductory price of $359. Orders for @image are currently being accepted with a ship date of March 28th. ABOUT RDR RDR Software Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of RDR, Inc. and headquartered in Fairfax, VA. RDR specializes in system engineering and integration, software development, training, and commercial product development for the NEXTSTEP software environment. RDR's professional services customers include both commercial and federal clients. Other RDR products include PowerPalettesTM, a family of development tools for NEXTSTEP programmers.
From: sbender@access.digex.net (Scott Bender) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MovieShow - animation player Date: 2 Mar 1994 01:16:18 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l1avi$iic@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing the release of MovieShow 1.0: MovieShow is a simple animation player for NeXTStep. MovieShow plays Autodesk Animator FLC and FLI files on Intel and Motorola hardware. MovieShow is free! MovieShow has been submitted to cs.orst.edu in pub/next/submissions. Please read the Introduction via Info -> Help.
From: Karl Kraft <Karl_Kraft@ensuing.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Ensuing Technologies ships MenuTiffs Date: 2 Mar 1994 12:26:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l2i8m$kqq@digifix.digifix.com> [ If you want more information, you can send email to info@andi.org with the subject "send Ensuing MenuTiffs" ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ensuing Technologies Announces MenuTiffs 1.0: A Time-Saving Utility for NEXTSTEP Documentation Publishing The first NEXTSTEP utility specifically created with the needs of technical documentation writers in mind, MenuTiffs 1.0 easily extracts graphic images of the menu command possibilities from most any NeXT Interface Builder nib file. Menu command images are saved as standard TIFF files on your hard drive and are immediately available to word processors and other publishing software saving time and efforts. This facility will prove very helpful to anyone illustrating NEXTSTEP technical documentation. MenuTiffs 1.0 is now shipping on 1.4 MB NeXT-formatted floppy disks at the low price of $55. MenuTiffs 1.0 is available directly from Ensuing Technologies. "I applaud Ensuing Technologies for setting a new, lower pricepoint for NEXTSTEP development tools," said Bill Strehl, Executive Director of ANDI, the Association of NEXTSTEP Developers International. Ensuing Technologies developes NEXTSTEP productivity applications, utilities, and tools for custom development. PapyrusForms is the leading NEXTSTEP intelligent forms package. Ensuing Technologies, the Ensuing Technologies logo, MenuTiffs, and PapyrusForms are trademarks of Ensuing Technologies. NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and Interface Builder are trademarks of NeXT Computer Inc. Ensuing Technologies 4220 S. Maryland Parkway 406B * Las Vegas, NV 89119 (800) 788-2466 * (702) 792-6799 * (702) 792-6794 FAX menutiffs@ensuing.com
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT UG Meeting: Location change Date: 2 Mar 1994 15:07:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l2rle$laf@digifix.digifix.com> The new location of the Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting is: Bartos Theatre on the basement floor of The Weisner Building, aka The Media Lab, aka E15. 20 Ames St, MIT. See you tonight at 7PM. jamie
From: iconkit@cs.stanford.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSSION: IconKit object classes Date: 2 Mar 1994 15:48:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l2u2f$lij@digifix.digifix.com> IconKit is an Objective-C class library for building drag-and-drop applications. It recreates the shelves, browsers, folders, and suitcases that are present throughout the basic NEXTSTEP applications: - The file browser and shelf in Workspace. - The bookshelves in Librarian. - The project browser in ProjectBuilder. - The suitcases in InterfaceBuilder. - The feature browser used to configure a DBTableView. IconKit contains all the objects one needs to build new applications of this kind. It is fully integrated with InterfaceBuilder, providing a palette and inspectors for all the IconKit classes. It comes complete with source code, documentation, and an example application that mimics the NEXTSTEP Workspace file viewer. IconKit is freely distributable and free for noncommercial use. It costs money for a commercial license, but you are allowed to use IconKit get your application working before deciding whether to purchase it. The General Objectware License that covers this policy is broadly applicable, and other developers are encouraged to adopt it for their own software. IconKit should work on any system running NEXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Distribution ------------ IconKit may be freely distributed, in whole or in part, provided only that the included ReadMe file and the General Objectware License are neither removed nor altered in any way. The complete kit is available from either of the two archive locations, cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/IconKit-1.0.compressed (source/kit) cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/IconKit-1.0.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FileViewer-1.0.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FileViewer-1.0.compressed (example app) cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ObjectwareLicense.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ObjectwareLicense.ascii cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ObjectwareLicense.rtf ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Germany) In the event that you cannot locate IconKit at either of these two locations, you should contact the author to receive the complete distribution. All questions and correspondence are welcome! H. Scott Roy 2573 Stowe Ct. Northbrook, IL 60062-8103
From: hsr@cs.stanford.edu (Scott Roy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: General Objectware License Date: 2 Mar 1994 22:31:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l3lms$nh2@digifix.digifix.com> I've submitted the General Objectware License that covers IconKit to the following archive sites: cs.orst.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de Look for the files, ObjectwareLicense.README (reproduced below) ObjectwareLicense.ascii ObjectwareLicense.rtf The ASCII and RTF versions are identical in content. Send questions and comments to Scott Roy, hsr@cs.stanford.edu. All correspondence is welcome! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL OBJECTWARE LICENSE License v. 2.1, February 8th, 1994 (C) 1994 by H. Scott Roy The General Objectware License is designed to overcome shortcomings in the current way that objectware is written and distributed. It provides a way for developers to use objectware to get their programs working before deciding whether to purchase it. The license agreement is freely distributable in the fashion of the GNU General Public License, and developers are encouraged to adopt it for their own software libraries.
From: Michael McCulloch <michael@hsv.tybrin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: McFilter 2.0 -- GIF and JPEG Image Filtering Services Date: 2 Mar 1994 22:32:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l3lp8$nh8@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Michael McCulloch 443 Oakland Road Madison, Alabama 35758 michael@hsv.tybrin.com McFilter 2.0 -- GIF and JPEG Image Filtering Service w/ Gamma Correction (Available NOW) MADISON, AL - March 1, 1994 - A new version of McFilter is available on the NEXTSTEP archives. McFilter 2.0 adds a JPEG (JFIF) image filtering service to the previous GIF filtering capabilities. Source code is provided, as well as fat binaries for NEXTSTEP 3.1/3.2. (3.0 binaries were not included since I don't have access to any machines running 3.0.) A detailed README file is included to answer most installation questions. Please note that services conflicts will need to be resolved if you have ImageViewer.app 0.9i installed. McFilter provides a Preferences.app bundle for controlling the gamma correction factor during conversion. Gamma correction can significantly improve the color saturation/contrast of converted images under NEXTSTEP. (See the Using Photo Album -> Preferences explanation in the help for /NextDeveloper/Demos/PhotoAlbum.app for an explanation of why gamma correction is even necessary.) McFilter can be found on the cs.orst.edu and ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de archive sites. McFilter is freeware. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/McFilter.2.0.NI.bs.tar.gz The Graphics Interchange Format is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorporated. GIF is a Service Mark property of CompuServe Incorporated. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects Released Date: 3 Mar 1994 14:48:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l5etv$t4@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release For more information write to: Info@SmartSoft.COM or 2220 East Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211-3321 Or call SmartSoft at 800/424-8864 (in the US) or 414/964-8864 from anywhere Fax requests can be sent to 414/964-8879 (new number) SmartSoft Announces The Release SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects MILWAUKEE, WI, March 1, 1994 - SmartSoft has announced the availability of version 1.0 of SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects. "SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects allow any developer to easily integrate telephone number dialing intelligence into any application they develop. The objects perform an intelligent analysis of a number (to determine if the telephone number is a local call, a long distance or an international call) and properly dial it from anywhere around the world using a modem or by playing DTMF sounds through the computer's speaker. The kit automatically handles all device locks and serial communications with the modem", said Alberto Ricart, CEO of SmartSoft, Inc. "These objects grew in response to the many requests that we had by other developers for the phone dialing functionality found in our personal information manager StayInTouch", Ricart added. SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects, is the first set of SmartObjects published by SmartSoft, Inc. The objects are sold in library form, and include sample source code to an application that uses the kit. Online documentation is also included. SmartSoft performs systems engineering, mission critical development, and object oriented consulting services in addition to development of its shrink wrap product line, currently including: StayInTouch, DiskMaker, Collagist, NIST Synchronicity, Rocks!, DotFiles, and PhoneDialerObjects. SmartSoft, SmartObjects, StayInTouch, DiskMaker, Collagist, NIST Synchronicity, Rocks!, DotFiles, and PhoneDialerObjects are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. (c) 1993, 1994 SmartSoft, Inc.
From: info@absystems.com (Paradigm Shift, Inc.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Paradigm Shift to Demonstrate NSFIP at Several Regional Shows Date: 3 Mar 1994 14:49:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l5evd$ta@digifix.digifix.com> Paradigm Shift, a new member in the NeXT Object Channel, announces that we will be showing NeXTSTEP for Intel Processors along with other exhibitors on the following dates through the 2nd Quarter of 1994: Admission to the Shows (we are purchasing booth space in these shows) are $6.00 for adults with children under 12 admitted free. We expect to exhibit black hardware, but in addition we will be displaying systems from Digital, Data General, HP and NEC. Email about specifics can be directed to info@absystems.com Saturday, 12 March 1994, 10AM - 4PM Raleigh Area Computer Show and Sale Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina State Fairgrounds Governor Kerr Scott Building - Gate 11 Sunday, 20 March 1994, 10AM - 4PM Virginia Brach, Virginia Area Computer Show and Sale Virginia Beach, Virginia Location to be Announced Saturday, 2 April 1994, 10AM - 4PM Richmond Area Computer Show and Sale Richmond, Virginia Location to be Announced Saturday, 16 April 1994, 10AM - 4PM Hampton/Langley Air Force Base Area Computer Show Hampton, Virginia Location to be Announced Saturday, 4 June 1994, 10AM - 4PM Raleigh Area Computer Show and Sale Raleigh, North Carolina Location to be Announced Sunday, 26 June 1994, 10AM - 4PM Virginia Brach, Virginia Area Computer Show and Sale Virginia Beach, Virginia Location to be Announced Paradigm Shift, Inc. (919) 682-8553 [Voice] (919) 682-1126 [Fax] A NeXT Object Channel Member info@absystems.com
From: benstn@olivetti.nl (Ben Stuyts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: rsynth speech synthesizer Date: 3 Mar 1994 16:43:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l5lml$1in@digifix.digifix.com> I have put a port to the NeXT of rsynth on cs.orst.edu. It has only been tested on black hardware. This is a text to speech system produced by integrating various pieces of code and tables of data, which are all (I believe) in the public domain. The bulk of the integration was done by Nick Ing-Simmons. See the file README for more info. The port to the NeXT was done by Ben Stuyts. (benstn@olivetti.nl -- NeXT Mail Welcome.) Getting started Simply type "make -f makefile.next" and "say Welcome to the NeXT world" A summary Command line options: -r # set the sampling rate in Hz. Default is 8 KHz. -q turns on warnings -c num-cascade Switches to CASCADE_PARALLEL with number of cascaded formants -f mSec-per-frame Sets frame length -I Impulsive source (default is "NATURAL") -F number f0_flutter value -t number voicing spectral tilt in dB, 0 to 24 -p file file to save holmes parameters to. -S number speed, default = 1, larger means slower -K number umm... say "words words and more words". say "[phonemes]". say < file say type words from stdin. A dot ends a sentence and starts the conversion. Don't expect too much speed: on my 25 MHz cube the generation of 8 KHz speech takes as long as the speech itself. The bottleneck seems to be in nsynth.c, where most of the computation is done in floating point. Dictionary You can get the (optional) pronunciation dictionary that is used in dict.c at: ota.ox.ac.uk:/pub/ota/dicts/710/text710.dat Be warned that it is 9 MB. With compress it goes down to about 1 MB though. This file is expected at /usr/local/lib/text710.dat. (See dict.c) Services: Here's a Tickle-service you can use to say any text.: # Begin TickleServices Version 1.01 Data "Menu Item" = "Tickle Services/Say"; "Send Type" = "NXAsciiPboardType"; "Tcl" = "\ # Speak the selection exec say << [pasteboard read] "; # End TickleServices Data Known bugs: A fixed size buffer is used (in hplay.c) as a sound buffer. It is 1 MB, so you probably won't notice it. It might dump core on you though: This happens if you give it a very long sentence, and/or a high sample rate. History: 22-feb-94 Ben Stuyts Initial port to NeXT. The files are located in the following location: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/rsynth-0.9-NeXT.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/rsynth-0.9-NeXT.README Have fun! --- Ben Stuyts Stuyts Engineering BV benstn@olivetti.nl -- NeXT Mail OK
From: Nick Christopher <nwc%piglet@uunet.uu.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: GUN March Meeting Schedule Change Date: 3 Mar 1994 22:08:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l68nd$2j3@digifix.digifix.com> Gotham Users of NeXT Monday, March 28th <===*****NEW TIME!!!!!!**** I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. Impress - 19:00 Objective Technologies, Inc. a NYC based NEXTSTEP development house, will demonstrate Impress, the DBKit report writer. Creates reports from any DBKit accessible database. Provides the tools you really need to generate quality reports: WYSIWYG layout, hierarchical documents, a scripting language. III. Changes in GUN - End of Meeting GUN is changing more than just when it meets! Hear about the new proposed meeting format and structure changes - give your opinion - help shape GUN's future. Electronic Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: cedman@princeton.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: play3401 release 1.2 Date: 3 Mar 1994 22:08:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l68nu$2j9@digifix.digifix.com> Earlier today the latest release of play3401 was uploaded to cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions. The files are: -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp 301 2062 Mar 3 14:20 play3401-1.2.README -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp 301 15478 Mar 3 14:20 play3401-1.2.tar.gz Here is the README file from that release. ==================================================================== NOTE: This archive was compressed using GNU gzip. Gzip achieves considerably better compression rates and higher decompression speeds than compress, but it is not installed on machines running operating system versions older than NeXTstep 3.1. You can get it from prep.ai.mit.edu and many other fine anon ftp sites. Play3401 1.2 ============ This is the third public release of play3401. Play3401 is a program which reads the contents of audio CDs, transfers them digitally over the SCSI bus to the NeXT itself and then plays them on the host system. As currently there is not yet a standard set of SCSI commands for this task, all the CD ROM drives which can do this do it in mutually incompatible ways. As a consequence this reader works only with the Toshiba 3401 series of CD ROM drives. Play3401 needs to access the raw CD which on NeXTs is only possible for root. As a consequence it needs to be run either by root himself, or has to be installed SUID root. "make install" by root will install play3401 properly for general usage. Play3401 has been heavily optimized to use as little CPU time as possible to the point that virtually all its CPU load is caused by system call overhead. This still leaves a CPU load of about 15% on a 25 MHz mono slab in addition to an unspecified load on the SCSI bus. So probably you'll not want to run play3401 while recompiling the operating system or doing 3D animation , but for use with low-impact tasks like news/mail reading/writing, text editing or an occasional compile, it'll work just fine. If you find any bugs or have any problems feel free to email me. Carl Edman 2-3-93 <cedman@princeton.edu> Changes between V1.2 and V1.1: ============================== - There is a slightly better chance that play3401 will work on NS/FIP hardware. - Play3401 will now also record samples directly off the CD to a standard NS sound file. - A number of minor bugs were fixed including one which made play3401s track numbering unreliable.
From: brandeau@NeXT.COM (Greg Brandeau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: UNIX Network/System Administrator (Redwood City, CA) Date: 4 Mar 1994 21:31:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l8qts$7tb@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer, Inc. has an opening for a Network/System Administrator. We are located in sunny Redwood City, CA (Silicon Valley). PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY: Administration of a network of NEXTSTEP machines and other UNIX hosts; administration of the company wide TCP/IP network. DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES: * Responsible for analyzing and tuning network performance * Troubleshooting network problems * Maintenance of user accounts * Administration of an Auspex NFS server * Network backup * Managing secure dial-in remote access * UUCP * eMail administration * Wide-area networking (Frame-Relay, leased lines, ISDN, ATM, etc.) * Software upgrade of networked machines * Knowledge of DNS * Maintenance of Usenet News REQUIRED BACKGROUND: Minimum of 3 years experience as a UNIX system administrator with proven competence in the following: * BSD 4.3 UNIX operating system and tools * Shell scripting (Bourne,Perl) Education: 4-year degree in Computer Science OR equivalent experience Excellent communication skills - written and verbal Process-oriented problem-solver Adaptable to dynamic business conditions and environment; can-do attitude Ability to prioritize and respond to multiple customer requests in a dynamic work environment Ability to identify system and/or network problems and propose solutions via existing systems Reply to: Greg Brandeau NeXT Computer, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 greg_brandeau@next.com (NeXT mail accepted) 415-780-3963 FAX
From: benstn@olivetti.nl (Ben Stuyts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: updated rsynth speech synthesizer Date: 4 Mar 1994 21:31:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l8qul$7th@digifix.digifix.com> Rsynth is a text to speech system. Unfortunately, the file I put on cs.orst.edu of rsynth-0.9 was corrupt. It ended up exactly one byte larger than my original. Strange, huh? After I received a ton of email about that, I've put a correct version there. To all those that emailed me about this, I am sorry that I'm not able to reply to everybody individually. Anyway, there is now a new version of rsynth available: rsynth-1.0.tar.gz. This version basically merges all the different ports (Linux, WWW, SGI, Sparc and NeXT), and fixes a few minor problems. I have only tested it on NEXTSTEP 3.2 on black hardware. It is available in: svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk:/comp.speech/sources/rsynth-1.0.tar.gz and cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/rsynth-1.0.tar.gz If you have specific questions and/or bug reports about the NeXT port, please contact me (benstn@olivetti.nl). Otherwise, please contact the original author: nicki@lobby.ti.com. Have fun! Ben Stuyts Stuyts Engineering BV benstn@olivetti.nl -- NeXT Mail OK
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: CCSI To Build Computers for NEXTSTEP Platform Date: 4 Mar 1994 21:32:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l8qv7$7tn@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Lisa McLean Canon Computer Systems, Inc. 310-821-9916 CANON COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC. TO BUILD COMPUTERS FOR NEXTSTEP PLATFORM COSTA MESA, Calif.-March 4, 1994-Canon Computer System, Inc. (CCSI) and NeXT Computer, Inc. announced that CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation will build NEXTSTEP optimized personal workstations. As part of the arrangement, NeXT has granted CCSI the use of the NeXTstation trademark and will be working with CCSI as a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM). CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation will integrate new Canon-developed technologies for personal workstations at the company's 190,000 square-foot distribution, assembly and testing facility in Memphis, Tenn. CCSI will build personal workstations specifically designed and optimized for supporting NEXTSTEP. The company hopes to ship its first 486-based Canon NeXTstation in the second quarter of this year. CCSI also plans to build a Pentium-based machine, but at this time, has no plans to produce a PowerPC-based machine optimized for NEXTSTEP in 1994. "The relationship between the two companies signals an initiative to satisfy the client/server computing mandate for compatibility and cost-efficiencies in personal workstations," said Al Thomason, executive director of the Advanced Technologies Operation for CCSI. CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation business unit has already begun to initiate direct sales efforts with Fortune 1000 customer sites together with NeXT's direct sales force and Object Channel members. "We welcome CCSI's dedication and focus on the NEXTSTEP platform," said Paul Vais, director of Strategic Alliances at NeXT. "And we are confident that CCSI will build powerful systems tailored to the NeXT marketplace." "When the information delivered to the desktop becomes a strategic asset for how a business serves its customers, it is important to have the right hardware to support those needs," said Brett Gutzka, Director of Sales and Strategic Relationships for CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation. "Canon's design objective is to develop personal workstations to meet customers needs for NEXTSTEP's object-orientated software." About Canon Computer Systems, Inc. (CCSI) Founded in 1992, CCSI is the entrepreneurial management organization chartered to lead Canon's efforts in the U.S. computing market. CCSI's innovative computing and information technology products are differentiated by Canon-developed and applied market-strategic technologies. The company serves the enterprise and work group computing markets for Fortune 500 customers and the personal computing mass market for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) customers. The company's SOHO products are available through distributors and 4,800 retail computer store outlets nationwide. CCSI's Advanced Technologies Operation (ATO) is located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Phone: 503-643-0700. CCSI is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXTstation is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: lapj_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu (J. LaPierre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PAS16Driver_vJ2 for CD_Audio Date: 4 Mar 1994 23:17:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2l914o$8oa@digifix.digifix.com> I just submitted another version of the PAS16 driver. This one will allow the volume of other sources (external, internal) to be changed with the Preferences.app volume control (note that this is a master volume, unable to do mixing). This version supercedes PAS_ForAudioCD.compressed which should not be distributed anymore. This new package is a complete driver and can be found at cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/PAS16Driver_vJ2.compressed Here is a copy of the README: /* PAS16Driver_vJ2.README * Jason LaPierre * March 3 1994 */ Files: PAS16Driver_vJ2.README this file ProAudioSpectrum.config a slightly modified driver bundle What it is: I have made some more changes to the PAS16 Driver to allow CD audio to play through the internal line-in jack of the PAS sound card. I'm not sure if the original driver played sounds from the external line-in jack, but this one does that now. I have also changed the driver so that it will allow the Preferences.app volume control (presumably by way of the SoundKit) to affect these additional lines. To Install: Copy the config bundle into your /NextLibrary/Devices/ directory (after backing up the original). Run configure.app, add a PAS16 sound driver, and configure it for your system. If all goes well, you should just need to reboot and the new capabilities will be there. If it doesn't go well, let me know and I'll see if we can work it out. License: All I ask is that you let me know if you are using it so I can get an idea of how many people find this useful (to encourage me to write a mixer and finish my CD-ROM audio player). I'd also like to hear what kind of hardware you're using too. Thanks. Contact Info: snail-mail: Jason LaPierre University of Rochester CPU Box 276392 Rochester, NY 14627-6392 e-mail: lapj_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu
From: konrad@smc.univie.ac.at (Konrad Neuwirth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NuGAT (Austria) Yearly Assembly MAR 9TH Date: 5 Mar 1994 23:15:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lbldj$d7u@digifix.digifix.com> N U G A T -- NeXT Users Group Austria invites it's members to the yearly general assembly on March 9th, 1994 at 18:30. The meeting will take place at the University of Technology, Vienna (TU Wien), Main Building (Karlsplatz), Lecture Hall HS13. As the current president has already resigned, elections will take place at that meeting. Also, discussions are scheduled about the DEC PCs that NUGAT helped organize to buy cheaply. A change of name has been proposed, from NeXT User Group Austria to NeXTstep User Group Austria. The meeting is commencing at 18.30. For the President, Dr. Werner Staringer, Konrad Neuwirth
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 9 - 1994 Date: 6 Mar 1994 23:08:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2le9bh$i6f@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 9). Monday February 28 through Sunday March 06 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 8 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder 3.2 ships NEXTSTEP Seminar Schedule MEETING: SCaN meeting: March 8 in Santa Monica SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.0 -- A Multiple Pasteboard App SUBMISSION: Tenpile Solitaire module PRESS RELEASE: RDR's @IMAGE Presentation Software Ships! SUBMISSION: MovieShow - animation player PRESS RELEASE: Ensuing Technologies ships MenuTiffs MEETING: BCS NeXT UG Meeting: Location change SUBMISSSION: IconKit object classes SUBMISSION: General Objectware License SUBMISSION: McFilter 2.0 -- GIF and JPEG Image Filtering Services PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft's PhoneDialerObjects Released PRESS RELEASE: Paradigm Shift to Demonstrate NSFIP at Several Regional Shows SUBMISSION: rsynth speech synthesizer MEETING: GUN March Meeting Schedule Change SUBMISSION: play3401 release 1.2 JOB: UNIX Network/System Administrator (Redwood City, CA) SUBMISSION: updated rsynth speech synthesizer CCSI To Build Computers for NEXTSTEP Platform SUBMISSION: PAS16Driver_vJ2 for CD_Audio MEETING: NuGAT (Austria) Yearly Assembly MAR 9TH If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 6 Mar 1994 23:08:50 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2le9ci$i6l@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 6 Mar 1994 23:09:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2le9cs$i6r@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. 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From: MCANJI@vaxb.acs.unt.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Software Plus Announces Shipping Containers Date: 7 Mar 1994 16:18:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lg5m9$lcs@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mirko Canji SoftwarePlus (817) 566-5565 voice (817) 566-6743 FAX or Design Department Advanced Computing/SoftwarePlus 1-800-ALL-NeXT (US) 1-817-387-NeXT (International) SOFTWARE PLUS ANNOUNCES SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR WORKSTATIONS AND PERIPHERALS DENTON, Texas -- March 7, 1994. SoftwarePlus announced the design and distribution of A.T.A. (Air Transport Association) approved hard-shell shipping containers for professional workstations and peripherals. All containers designed and sold by SoftwarePlus are manufactured by Keal Cases Inc., the largest manufacturer of shipping and storage containers in the Southwest. These rugged, reusable containers were originally designed for the U.S. Army Tactical Units computer systems, and are now used extensively by the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marines, and other branches of the military for the defense-critical equipment used in field operations. "Some businesses have learned the importance of good equipment protection the hard way..." Mirko Canji, SoftwarePlus' spokeperson said, "...In an attempt to be penny-wise they ended up a "dollar-short" after their equipment failed to boot at showtime! A shipping container for the whole workstation costs about the same as replacing a damaged hard drive." Each shipping container conforms to the A.T.A. Specification 300, Category 1 and pertinent MIL-STD 810 C and D specifications. Following the strict standards of the United States Government, these containers are of superior quality and durability, which makes them perfect for commercial companies or individuals who transport sensitive or valuable equipment.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Announces Shipment of Pages by Pages(tm) Date: 7 Mar 1994 16:18:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lg5mr$ld2@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92124 619/492-9050 X 225 619/492-9124 fax susan@pages.com Ann Kohut Manning, Selvage & Lee 10 Universal City Plaza Suite 2600 Universal City, CA 91608-1084 818/509-1840 818/509-1972 fax PAGES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FIRST WORLDWIDE SHIPMENTS OF PAGES by PAGES(tm) OBJECTBASED PROGRAM REPRESENTS SHIFT IN DOCUMENT CREATION PARADIGM SAN DIEGO,CA, March 7, 1994 _ Pages Software Inc today announced it has begun worldwide customer shipments of Pages by Pages(tm), the company's much lauded ObjectBased(tm) software application that allows users - including those with little or no layout or design expertise - to write, publish, and present information easily and effectively. Pages by Pages, as both company executives and publishing industry observers agree, represents a complete shift in the document and presentation creation paradigm. Because the program is object-oriented throughout, it transcends existing page layout and desktop publishing programs. "Pages is one of the few new software products that is not evolutionary," said Larry Spelhaug, Pages CEO. " Pages is rule-based and is driven by Design Models(tm), which are the heart of its uniqueness. What we do is separate a document's content from its format, allowing the user to concentrate on writing the document." "During the development process we had always committed to delivering a product that was stable and productive; we now have that and much more," stated Bruce Webster, Pages' chief technical officer. "Pages by Pages is a product that's more elegant, mature, and feature-rich than we had planned. It's a complete product, and I'm confident that those who viewed it during development as well as those trying it for the first time will be favorably impressed." Pages by Pages, which operates on both Motorola and Intel- based processor systems running NEXTSTEP(tm) - the industry acclaimed object-oriented operating system - is targeted to all levels of users in corporate, government, and education markets. Recent agreements between NeXT and Hewlett-Packard will soon enable Pages to run on HP's PA-RISC based machines running NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP will run on Sun's SPARC stations this year, and NeXT and Sun have jointly agreed to publish the OPENSTEP(tm) specification by mid-1994. "We believe that Pages by Pages is such an outstanding product, it will expand the market for both NEXTSTEP(tm) and OPENSTEP. Pages' success on these platforms will create a bow wave that the company will ride into other markets," Spelhaug stated. Pages by Pages is based on the philosophy that document processing applications should let the person writing the document focus on the content, and details of the style of the document should be built into the application. Styles and rules for the document have been created for the user in Design Models, which let the user choose the style of any element of a document in the icon-based element inspector. Users can also easily re-format or change the look of the entire document at the click of a button. Pages can be used for single-page letters and memos or for multi-page reports, newsletters, manuals or presentations. Because Pages is so simple to use and offers so much functionality, it makes users more productive by allowing them more time to concentrate on the content of their work. Design Models are the unique part of the Pages system. Design Models use the expertise of a professional designer and production person into rules and priorities, that ensure effective page layout. These rules govern the behavior of elements that make up documents or presentations. Users will be able to select from a number of standard Design Models that are included with Pages. Bundled Design Models will meet the needs of users who produce a wide variety of documents: letters, reports, proposals, newsletters, manuals, and presentations. Additional Design Models will be available and will be priced separately. Design Models for professional markets such as financial services, legal, and medical are planned. The company also said that a Designer Toolkit(tm) enhancement to Pages by Pages will soon be made available to qualified customers. The Designer Toolkit will provide tools that allow users to adapt existing Design Models or to create new Design Models to fill a specific need. The tools will translate a designer's concepts and intentions into rules and priorities. Pages Designer Toolkit will be available at the end of the year. An introductory special of $595 (a $200 savings off the standard retail price of $795) is offered for the first 90 days, with discounts for site licenses and educational institutions. The introductory price includes the product, four Design Models, one year free support, one additional Design Model (as they become available), and a free Pages upgrade. A 30-day license evaluation unit is available for $14.95. Pages will be sold through authorized resellers worldwide, as well as directly from Pages Software Inc. Orders can be placed by calling 1-800-772-5335. System requirements are NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher with a minimum 20MB of hard disk space and 16 MB of RAM. For NEXTSTEP Intel platforms, 1024 x 768 or greater resolution is recommended, with a minimum of 20MB of hard disk space and 16MB of RAM. The product is available initially on magnetic media, and will soon be released on CD-ROM . Pages Software Inc was founded in June,1990 with the intent to lead the document processing software industry with easy-to-use, productive solutions for all levels of office professionals. The company's products, initially being developed on NEXTSTEP, are planned for multiple computer platforms and operating systems. Pages Version 1.0 Feature List Architecture Completely object-oriented document processor Design elements (such as font, columns, tables, graphics) all are objects. Design Models provide design intelligence embedded into every document. Object-link compatible Support for short, easy documents as well as long, complex documents full support of NeXTSTEP 3.0+ environment. User interface moveable tool bar, with tear-off sub-bars WYSIWYG display various display levels, including full page, facing pages, multiple pages, thumbnails. ability to scale display between 25% and 200% ability to edit and layout at all display and magnification levels. unlimited windows and documents open at any time Documents unlimited pages, sections, stories per document unlimited number of documents open simultaneously automatic creation of backup document automatic document save at user-selected interval open document defaults set at user or network level manual page breaks document management subsystem thumbnail representations for quick document re-arrangement. zoom and page arrangement feature allows for continued editing. single page, 2 page, or book arrangement gutter control for binding letter, legal, landscape, A4, overhead and 35mm slide page sizes pre-set. full find/replace functionality multiple levels of Undo/Redo Design models 3 Design models with shipping release, 1 to follow post-release 1.0 rule-based style choices for a wide range of design elements multiple design models open simultaneously Design Model transformations Stylesheets separate stylesheets for each section stylesheets and style sets can be saved, edited, protected, named, viewed, re-used unlimited number of stylesheets per document style sets with multiple stylesheets available Styles Styles defined in Design Models System of automatic style coordination automatic global paragraph styles support for bulleted lists, outlines, and TOC leaders alternate and exception styles pre-set or user created embellishments controlled by user and/or system administration Templates pre-defined and user-defined templates network or local distribution Import/Export of text export text to ASCII, RTF, PostScript import text from ASCII, RTF, MIF, WordPerfect 5.0, WriteNow Typographic functions adjustable point size, leading automatic kerning patented copyfitting feature automatic handling of "smart quotes" user-selectable text justification full support for the ISO Latin-1 character set automatic fit matching during font substitution text emphasis includes underline, strikethrough, super- and subscripts, bold, italic, more widows and orphan control automatic generation of drop caps case change (all caps, lower caps, etc.) Color and fills full screen color support ability to apply spot color to titles, heads, text, background, headers, footers, graphics, borders, and more separate selection of stroke and fill colors for text Graphics ability to import and place EPS and TIFF graphics fixed or floating placement ability to scale, rotate, flip graphic images user-selectable text wrap around graphics, frames Object manipulation drag-and-drop placement of objects on page ability to move objects throughout document ability to cut, copy and paste objects ability to add decorative borders to object object linking for live links with other next applications Layout fixed and floating frames for headings, graphics, tables, rules and more display column guides, grid lines snap to column lines, grid lines display and print crop and registration marks user-selectable units, including points, picas, inches, centimeters, ciceros, didots Preferences Global or document preferences at the user or network level show or hide columns, text symbols, graphics, grid Columns unlimited number of columns [based on design model] manual column breaks book or magazine flow Headers and footers automatic insertion, including different styles for facing pages ability to set up and edit text fields with variables multiple numbering styles multiple numbering sequences for sections, documents Footnotes supports bottom-of-page footnotes user-selectable numbering and format styles automatic renumbering full copy and paste supported Tables ability to copy tab-delimited data from other spreadsheets pre-set table styles with user editing and formatting features dynamic layout and manipulation of table elements ability to join, split, and grow cells full emphasis capability, including text justification direct text entry and deletion, with automatic reformatting of document full support of cut, copy and paste ability to edit across column Auto numbering variables (marker language) date and time markers automatic numbering of captions, including multiple sequences automatic numbering of sections, chapters automatic page numbers across sections, documents multiple numbering styles Hyphenation automatic hyphenation control with exception words ability to limit consecutive hyphens in a paragraph Spell check ability to add and delete words in user dictionaries ability to select custom dictionaries on-line access to definition/thesaurus dictionary Documentation, help and tutorial full user and reference manuals on-line context-sensitive help system on-line "resident expert" information for style selections Printing supports all NeXT-compatible output devices, including imagesetters, film recorders, third-party PostScript printers supports both monochrome and color output crop and registration mark printing option # # # Pages by Pages, ObjectBased, Design Models, and Designer Toolkit are trademarks of Pages Software Inc. NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and OPENSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: neil@bMD.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany I discount on network and site licenses Date: 7 Mar 1994 16:18:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lg5n7$ldb@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: benchMark Developments, Inc. 120 East Main Street, Suite 1101 Lexington, KY 40507 Phone: 606-231-6599 Fax: 606-254-4864 Email: Info@bMD.com TIFFany I discount on network and site licenses Professional Image Processing Software for NEXTSTEP LEXINGTON, KY - March 7, 1994 - benchMark Developments (bMD) announces the availability of TIFFany I, by Caffeine Software (CS), for network installations needing multi-user access. Through the end of March, businesses looking to take advantage of in house image processing tools may purchase network licenses of TIFFany I at a 25% discount off the commercial retail value of $395.00. "A number of our customers requested support for a multi-user floating licenses and this was one of the first features Caffeine Software added to TIFFany II. We (bMD/CS) thought it would be best to include this feature in TIFFany I for our current customers," said Neil Greene, president of benchMark Developments. "TIFFany II has become a stable and complete application with numerous enhancements over TIFFany I. We are offering this discount prior to TIFFany II's release to let TIFFany I customers take advantage of the same multi-user access as TIFFany II, while benefiting as a TIFFany I user," says Greene. All TIFFany I users are eligible for upgrade paths to TIFFany II when released. Upgraded demos of both TIFFany I and TIFFany II should be available via anonymous ftp in the next few weeks. TIFFany incorporates a set of tools for image manipulation and enhancement. Select from dozens of actions, linear filters, geometry, halftoning, motion, contrast, brightness, retouching, color correction, masking, image morphing and much more to create award winning images. If TIFFany I still does not meet your business needs, extended the functionality of the application by developing your own specialized tools, filters or actions with TIFFany's Developer API. The TIFFany logo is a trademark of Caffeine Software, the bMD logo is a trademark of benchMark Developments, Inc. and NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc, All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: StayInTouch version 2.02 Date: 7 Mar 1994 23:09:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lgtou$mo1@digifix.digifix.com> SmartSoft Announces The Release Of StayInTouch Version 2.02 We have posted version 2.02 of StayInTouch to the ftp archive cs.orst.edu to: pub/next/submissions/StayInTouch_2.02.Demo.tar.gz This new version corrects minor problems with the Font Preferences control and the font preference setting for the HomePhone field. It also adds the ability to talk to the serial port at any speed (Previous versions of StayInTouch communicated with the serial port at 300 bps). StayInTouch is a sophisticated electronic address book that provides you with powerful features to help you increase your productivity in all your communication tasks. Its major benefits include: * Manage communication and addressing information more efficiently. * Drag and drop documents into address book for quick reference. * Speed through routine mail, email, and phone calling tasks. * Manage multiple recipients effortlessly. * Fully integrated with NEXTSTEP - use your information from any app. * Deliver multiple files by fax, email, or hard copy depending on who is the recipient. StayInTouch requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher and it is available in multiple-architecture binary form. MAB or fat binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT computers and Intel based systems. This maintenance release is free to all registered users of version 2.0 if retreived from ftp. Users that don't have access to ftp, can order a set of disks for a nominal shipping and handling fee by calling 800/424-8864 or 414/964-8864. SmartSoft, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded in 1993, develops and markets a variety of business productivity and entertainment applications for NEXTSTEP. StayInTouch and SmartSoft are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For more information write to: Info@SmartSoft.COM or call SmartSoft at (414)964-8864
From: "So. Cal. NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Users Group" <scan@csulb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Tuesday SCaN meeting to include WriteUp Demo Date: 7 Mar 1994 23:09:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lgtq4$mo7@digifix.digifix.com> SCaN just got a copy of the "low cost" WriteUp wordprocessor and will demonstrate it at the SCaN meeting at "Communicate" in Santa Monica. Communicate is a multimedia resource company and an interesting place to visit even without a SCaN meeting. SCaN is a users' group for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep users in Southern California. NEXTSTEP is the operating environment used on all NeXT Computers. It is also available for Pentium and 80486 PCs, and will soon be available for HP and Sun workstations. OpenStep is the new proposed open standard being promoted by Sun Microsystems and NeXT. It will run on Sun's SPARC hardware on top of Sun's Solaris operating system. All are welcome to come to the meetings and participate. When: Tuesday 8 March 1994 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. social (food and drink) 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. meeting Where: Communicate: a multimedia resource company 3201 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 998-9228 Meeting: The planned events are as follows: -Demonstration of Author! Author! by Zacharias Beckman of Dolphin Technologies -Demonstration of DayDream (turns a NeXT into a Mac!) by a friend from the William Morris Talent Agency -Demonstration of WriteUp by Mike Mahoney Directions: Take the San Diego (405) freeway to Wilshire Blvd. and go West on Wilshire Blvd. Go a few blocks until you get to Communicate, which is on the right side of Wilshire. Dues: $2.00 Contact: Michael K. Mahoney, SCaN President (310) 985-1550 Computer Engineering and Computer Science mahoney@csulb.edu California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA90840 or: Walt Duflock, SCaN Program Director (714) 730-8057 walt@integrate.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing NEXTSTEP Expo Date: 8 Mar 1994 16:15:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lipss$rmq@digifix.digifix.com> THIRD ANNUAL NEXTSTEP EXPO IN SAN FRANCISCO NeXT to launch Enterprise Objects(tm) Framework REDWOOD CITY, CA-March 7, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Digital Consulting, Inc. today announced that the third annual NEXTSTEP(tm) Expo (formerly NeXTWORLD Expo(tm)) will be held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco on June 20-23, 1994. More than 10,000 developers and users from Fortune 1000 and government organizations are expected to attend this year's Expo which will be focused on NEXTSTEP and OpenStep(tm), the open object-oriented application layer which NeXT and SunSoft are driving to make the volume industry standard. At the Expo, NeXT will announce its new Enterprise Objects(tm) Framework, a technology that enables customers to construct true business objects that utilize industry-standard relational databases to provide persistent storage. Enterprise Objects Framework is also the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network. Enterprise Objects will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT, will give the opening keynote address on Tuesday, June 21. Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc. will give the second day keynote on June 22. Both are expected to address the benefits of object technology for enterprise-wide client/server computing environments, with McNealy discussing more specifically how OpenStep fits into Sun's corporate strategy. "This year's Expo promises to be larger than ever before, as the NEXTSTEP, Solaris(tm) and PA-RISC(tm) communities converge to make this the object-oriented event of 1994," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT. "Enterprise Objects advance object-orientation to the next level of corporate computing. Using Enterprise Objects, organizations can build reusable objects that model their business information." Expo a must for organizations investigating object technology This year's program components include: - The first annual Object Summit, an industry panel discussion on object technology; - NEXTSTEP Developer and User Conference for software developers, managers and technical users interested in information on object-oriented software technology and market decisions; - NEXTSTEP End User Program for non-technical users interested in learning more about the business benefits of object technology for Fortune 1000 and government computing environments; - NEXTSTEP Exposition featuring more than 120 exhibits by leading PC manufacturers, systems integrators, and application and ObjectWare(tm) developers; - NEXTSTEP Tutorials for beginning and advanced developers and system administrators who want in-depth education on NEXTSTEP; - NEXTSTEP International User Group Program for all user-group members. In addition, all Developer & User Conference attendees will receive an Early Access Copy of the Enterprise Objects Framework. Expo Registration and Pricing Those wishing to receive more information or register early for this once-a-year event can call 800-767-2336 or 508-470-3880. The costs are as follows: * NEXTSTEP Expo Developer & User Conference: Pre-registration $895; on-site $995 * NEXTSTEP Expo End User Program: Pre-registration $295; on-site $395 * NEXTSTEP Tutorials: Pre-registration $160; on-site $200 * NEXTSTEP Expo Exhibits Only: Pre-registration $25; on-site $40 NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, NeXTWORLD Expo, OpenStep, Enterprise Objects, ObjectWare, PDO, Portable Distributed Objects and the PDO logo are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Oregon State NUG meeting Thursday, March 10th at 5pm Date: 8 Mar 1994 16:15:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2liptg$rn2@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT USER GROUP MEETING: Thursday, March 10th at 5:00pm ---------------------------------------------------------------- Demonstration of Epson NX and 21" monitor with NEXTSTEP 3.2. We'll be demoing Tailor, a postscript editor, and Cub'X windows. And... Demonstration of OTI's Impress's database report writer, for NEXTSTEP. When: Thursday March. 10th at 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Where: Strand Hall, Room 324 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR; Phone: (503) 737-2270 Strand (old Ag.) Hall - you walk past it going from the Library to the OSU bookstore, the south end of Strand Hall faces the bookstore pay lot. Room 324 is a large classroom where we will meet, then go to the different rooms where the NeXTs are. Come by and see the fast Epson NX running NEXTSTEP. The Epson NX is a 486/DX2 66MHz with the fast wingine graphics chip. The machine will be used to demonstrate Tailor, the postscript editing program and Cub'X windows for X window terminal emulation. In addition to the the Intel machine demo, there will a demonstration of Impress. Impress is a database report writer for NeXTSTEP which makes designing database report layouts and applications easy. The demo will use a Sybase database. For more information, please contact John Sechrest <sechrest@cs.orst.edu> or Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> --
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Revised NEXTSTEP Seminar Schedule Date: 8 Mar 1994 22:46:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ljgpr$ss0@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release This is the revised schedule for NEXTSTEP: The Object Advantage Seminar for the first two quarters of 1994, please check the schedule for any changes. The seminar will cover: - How Object Oriented Technology can give your organization the competitive edge. - How mission critical customer applications can be integrated into your current environment. - OpenStep information, and the future of NEXTSTEP and Solaris in the Sun/NeXT relationship. Attend the seminar and be eligible to win a free copy of NEXTSTEP, a $2,800 value! To register, or for further information, please call (800) TRY-NeXT. All seminars are half-day events. Registration begins at 8:30am and the seminar runs from 9am to noon. City Location Date -------------------------------------------------------------- Los Angeles The Westin LAX March 22nd 5400 W. Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Santa Clara The St. Clair Hotel March 24th 302 S. Market St. San Jose, CA New Jersey Woodbridge Sheraton March 29th 515 Route One South Iselin, NJ 2nd Quarter City Location Date -------------------------------------------------------------- Washington DC Marriott, Tysons Corner April 5th 8028 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA Tampa Grand Sheraton April 7th 4860 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL Dallas Stouffer Hotel Dallas April 12th 2222 Stemmons Dallas, TX Phoenix Hyatt Regency April 13th 122 N. 2nd Street Phoenix, AZ Boston Westin Hotel, Copley April 19th 10 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA New York Salomon Bros. Exec. Ctr. April 20th 7 World Trade Center New York, NY Philadelphia Sheraton, Valley Forge April 21st 1150 N. Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA Atlanta The Hotel Nikko April 26th 3300 Peachtree Road Atlanta, GA Minneapolis Hyatt Regency April 28th 1300 Nicollett Mall Minneapolis, MN Chicago Marriott O'Hare May 3rd 8535 W. Higgins Chicago, IL Vancouver Pan Pacific Hotel May 5th 300-999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC Charlotte Adam's Marc Hotel May 12th 555 South McDowell Charlotte, NC This information is subject to change without notice, please confirm your registration through (800) TRY-NeXT. Darren Smith NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Denise Blakeley <blake015@bullnext.mc.duke.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Opener.app v3.1.2 now available at archive sites Date: 8 Mar 1994 23:17:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ljilj$t2q@digifix.digifix.com> The new version (3.1.2, Mar 1994) of "Opener" is available by anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu, cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Opener.app_3.1.2_FAT.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Opener.app_3.1.2_FAT.README and will migrate to cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/Opener.app_3.1.2_FAT.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/Opener.app_3.1.2_FAT.README Following is the README: Opener v3.1.2 is a Multi-Architecture Binary (i.e., fat). It runs on machines running NeXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Differences from Opener 3.1.1: - Revised icons for .bin, .hqx, .sit (correct Apple colors) - Corrected Joe Reiss' e-mail address - Added support for .compressed filetype - Eliminated use of 'unsit' when unpacking .hqx files - Munged mcvert to create only the data fork of a MacBinary file instead of all resource forks, since this is the only portion needed to open these files on a NeXT (this concerns .hqx files) - New versions of 'zip', 'unzip', 'gzip' and 'gunzip' Opener is a utility that is indispensible for unpacking or creating common kinds of archived files (.tar, .tar.Z, .shar, .zip, .arc, .arj, .zoo, .gz, etc.). See Opener.app/README.rtfd for details. The package includes all source and test files. The executable, Opener.app/Opener is present, so to install, unpack and drop Opener.app into an Apps folder. You may wish to remove Opener.app/{test*,utils}, the test files and the source to archiving utilities (like zoo, arc, xlharc, etc) which consume about a megabyte. (Look at the Makefile.postamble for hints about minimal installation steps.) If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions for future updates, please contact one of us: Michael Hawley (original author) MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 mike@media-lab.mit.edu Denise Blakeley (current maintainer) Duke University Medical Center Information Systems blake015@mc.duke.edu Subrata Sircar (collaborator for v3.1) NeXT, Inc. Subrata_Sircar@next.com
From: Aris Theocharides <aris@xedoc.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: NetInfo discussion list Date: 8 Mar 1994 23:50:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ljkic$t99@digifix.digifix.com> NetInfo DISCUSSION LIST Melbourne, Australia -- March 9, 1994. netinfo-talk@xedoc.com.au is now a moderated technical discussion forum for specificaly NetInfo issues. To join, send mail to netinfo-talk-request@xedoc.com.au Aris Theocharides <aris@xedoc.com.au> Xedoc Melbourne, Australia
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit version 1.2.2 available Date: 9 Mar 1994 12:29:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ll11v$59o@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.2 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, March 8, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It countains many new objects and fixes many of the problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.2.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.2.tar.gz ftp.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.2.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.2.tar.gz On all the sites except for byu, the MiscKit will eventually migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs. The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield subclasses, button subclasses, clock view, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscSwapKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications. These are the essential objects that NeXT forgot to provide for developers and now they are yours free! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are two MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman. If you have been using any of Don's freely available objects or the DAYMiscKit, you are encouraged to upgrade to the MiscKit. The MiscKit sports many new features as well as better documentation and several very important bug fixes. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
From: Peter Eisch <peter@corsica.umhc.umn.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Capture.app and source on archives Date: 9 Mar 1994 15:06:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lla8k$5u3@digifix.digifix.com> Earlier today (9 Mar 94) the latest release of Capture was uploaded to cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions and sonata.cc.purdue:pub/next/submissions. The files are: cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions/Capture.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions/Capture.tar.gz.README -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp 301 105449 Mar 9 12:30 Capture.tar.gz -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp 301 2298 Mar 9 12:31 Capture.tar.gz.README Here is the README file from that release. -- Capture is a program that allows you to use your video in on a NeXTdimension to grab an animation. It does not implictly have the abilty to sync it's grabbing to any internal or external clocks. Does this sound like a reasonable feature for you to add? -- the app is roughly 385k -- This is a simple animation builder. The idea is neat, the implementation is almost slick, but the end result is generally disappointing. The idea is to hook up to your video in and select a region that you want to grab, then select Grab. After it grabs all the images, it will ask you for a filename and then create the *anim: directory with each image properly named. Then double-click on the animation and Icon.app or Movie.app can handle the rest. Remember that if you want to do something stupid, something stupid will happen 1 keep in mind your system resources. How fast can I grab? Under optimal circumstances this will grab about 6 frames per second. (Optimal = small image area and gobs of memory.) Icon.app only allows for 99 frames, and even a moderate system will grab that. My development system has enough RAM to hold 22 640x480 frames in Icon without swapping, but Capture only manages to grab about 3 frames per second. Thus the output is far from smooth. My sincerest apologies to PAL users. You'll have to use dwrite's and set the following: dwrite Capture MaximumXOrigin xxx dwrite Capture MaximumYOrigin xxx dwrite Capture MaximumWidth xxx dwrite Capture MaximumHeight xxx where 'xxx' is some number useful. The default values are: MaximumXOrigin 590 MaximumYOrigin 492 MaximumWidth 640 MaximumHeight 480 Peter Eisch peter@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu peisch@snac.cfa.org 214 North Seventh Street River Falls, WI 54022-2503 USA VOX: (715) 425-8636 FAX: (715) 425-2999 Remember that this software is provided free and without any guarantees or implied fit for use. It is known to wreak havoc on swapfiles. Further NeXT seems to have broken something in the NXLiveVideo view or the NDdriver with 3.2 which makes me less than confident about it's reliabilty. Check your console if you're in doubt. ** If you're running with 2.1 or 2.2, send me email and I'll send you a project that can be build for that OS. It runs better there anyway. If you have 2.0, catch a clue. **
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GraphBuilder Source Level Program Module Date: 9 Mar 1994 17:23:27 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lli8v$7o0@digifix.digifix.com> GraphBuilder Source Level Program Module Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com Some users of GraphBuilder have noted that they currently have data file formats not supported by GraphBuilder's copy/paste conventions. Instead of limiting users to a particular format we have written a source level module which loads into GraphBuilder. The source code shows exactly how to read data into GraphBuilder in an automated way and describes options for a custom user interface in the comments. Also included are a few lines which programmatically change line width and format from line plot to histogram - easy one liners. There is no need for file drags, copy/paste, or link to spreadsheets and you can decode virtually any format be it binary, ASCII, different endian, comma, space, tab delimited, x only or x-y pairs, etc. If you are bold you can use it to decode data directly from an acquisition kernel server or daemon (it is not that hard). The files are located on cs.orst.edu in the /pub/next/submissions directory and are named: 1) GraphBuilderCompleteParse.VVdraft.compressed 2) GraphBuilderCompleteParseREADME Even if you do not have GraphBuilder you can get these files and view the nicely formatted rtf notes and source code to see what it is all about. Thanks for your interest. VVI PS: The formats suggested are somewhat diverse. We are planning to incorporate many of the suggestions into the GraphBuilder3.3 file drag and user interface. Our main objective is to permit data importing unencumbered by option panels. For those who didn't see it here is an excerpt of our previous post. EXCERPT FROM PREVIOUS POST: VVI, Inc. ships version 3.2 of GraphBuilder - the application for graph layout, data display, and data control and offers a limited time introductory price, upgrade path, and ftp demo copy. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- - Immediate ship. (Fed-X or UPS) - VISA/Mastercard/Company P.O. accepted. - Free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions. - 100% compatible with previous document versions. - Runs on NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Motorola or Intel. - Full support, documentation, and complete API. For ordering and product information please contact VVI at 814-234-9613. Please read the notes below for further information. See below for information regarding the ftp demo version. Also, see our ads in NeXTWORLD magazine, the Object Based Computing newsletter from ITS, and the Paget Press Electronic AppWrapper CD-ROM. -- INTRODUCTORY OFFER ---------------------------------------------- This is an introductory offer which will not be available once GraphBuilder version 3.3 ships. - $89.00 Academic - GraphBuilder3.2 - $198.00 Other - GraphBuilder3.2 - Free upgrade to GraphBuilder3.3. Will include log axes, pie charts, generalized marker editor, and many more improvements already being implemented. -- FTP DEMO VERSION ----------------------------------------- A demo version is located on cs.orst.edu in the /pub/next/submissions/GraphBuilder3.2b directory or the /pub/next/binaries/graphics/GraphBuilder3.2b directory. Get the file GraphBuilderREADME for further details. This demo version includes: 1) Fully programmable GraphBuilder application. 2) Full online documentation. 3) About 200 header files for programming GraphBuilder -- That is what is called a COMPLETE API. 4) Example documents, including complete program examples. 5) All the goodies you expect from a NEXTSTEP application. CAVEAT (and late note): The ftp demo version is a pre-ship beta version and has one significant bug which is fixed in the shipping version. The bug is a roaming postscript bug which can show its ugly head at seemingly unpredictable times. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
From: drew@jupiter.fnbc.com (Drew Davidson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: nxman - command line NeXT documentation viewer Date: 10 Mar 1994 16:29:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lo3ev$dda@digifix.digifix.com> nxman has been uploaded to: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/nxman.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/put/next/submission/nxman.tar.gz Here is the README file associated with it: --------------------------------------------------------------------- nxman is a utility to get NeXT documentation from the command line. It has the following usage: nxman [-nf] [-pager <pagerpath>] [-searchdir <dir>] <object> ... -nf Don't filter the resultant files through rtf-ascii -pager Set the pager used to <pagerpath>. Useful for using openfile(1) in conjunction with -nf to open the file in Edit -searchdir By default it will search /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/GeneralRef <object> List of names to search for. Examples: nxman NXBrowser Will write the documentation file of NXBrowser to the terminal after stripping RTF information and pipe through the user's default PAGER (or more if that doesn't exist). nxman -nf -pager openfile NXBrowser Opens the NXBrowser documentation file in Edit Originally written by Darcy Brockbank (darcy@hasc.ca), modified March 1994 by Drew Davidson (drew@fnbc.com).
From: susan@pages.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Academic and Developer Promotions for Pages by Pages Date: 11 Mar 1994 22:54:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lredq$mud@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92124 619/492-9050 X 225 619/492-9124 fax susan@pages.com SPECIAL ACADEMIC AND DEVELOPER PRICING AVAILABLE FOR PAGES by PAGES(tm) SAN DIEGO,CA, March 10, 1994 _ Pages Software Inc today announced special pricing offers for the academic and developer communities. Pages began worldwide customer shipments of Pages by Pages(tm) on Monday March 7, 1994, and announced a special introductory price of $595.00. Today, Pages is announcing pricing promotions for students, faculty members, organizations affiliated with educational institutions, and NeXT Registered Developers. Pages is offering an academic price of $195.00. "This price is significantly reduced from the standard retail price of $795.00, but we feel the product is well-suited for the academic market and want to make it available to you at a reasonable price," said Larry Spelhaug, Pages CEO. The price includes the full product and documentation, but does not include the product box, the tech support, the additional Design Model, or the Pages upgrade offered in the $595.00 Introductory Special. To qualify for the academic pricing, please send proof that you are a student, faculty member, or affiliated with an educational institution to Pages corporate headquarters. You can fax this material, along with your order to 619-492-9124, attn: Susan Peterson, or call 1-800-772-5335. Pages is also offering a special discount to NEXTSTEP Registered Developers (Commercial developers only). Qualified developers can purchase Pages for $295.00 per license. Quantity discounts do not apply to this special pricing, and an RD number must be supplied to qualify for this promotion. Pages accepts Visa, MasterCard, purchase orders, and checks. Shipping and handling charges are additional. Please allow orders two days for fulfillment and delivery. All orders will be shipped via Federal Express. Pages will not be putting a copy of the product on an FTP site. However, an evaluation copy of the product is available for $14.95 + shipping. The evaluation copy has a built-in 30-day time bomb. If customers choose to buy the full product after the evaluation period has expired, they may apply the $14.95 to the product purchase. Pages has a 30-day money-back guarantee. ###
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SofDesign offers Quickbase Runtime bundle Date: 11 Mar 1994 22:55:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lrefk$mum@digifix.digifix.com> BUNDLE QUICKBASE 4.0 FOR $49 USE AN SQL DATABASE AND PROVIDE OPEN SOLUTIONS SofDesign Corporation 1004 Millen Pond Road Washington, N.H. 03280 (603) 495-4100 / Fax: (603) 495-4111 info@sdc.mv.com Washington, New Hampshire, March 10, 1994, SofDesign Corporation announces a $49 bundle price for single-user run-time versions of QuickBase 4.0 Professional, an SQL database server for NEXTSTEP. Some restrictions apply. To encourage software developers to build widely applicable database solutions, SofDesign offers a single-user run-time version of its popular SQL database server for $49 to be bundled with third party applications. The single-user licenses are sold in quantities of fifty (50). To qualify, you must send SofDesign a fully enabled version of your database product, as well as information on how you plan to market it. QuickBase 4.0 Professional provides advanced features and graphically based tools to accelerate application development. QuickBase comes with tools for security management, schema design, code generation and database manipulation to make database development and maintenance easy. The single-user version of QuickBase includes a DBKit adaptor and graphical tools for security management. QuickBase is a powerful database server for your NEXTSTEP applications. Use QuickBase and provide customers with open multi-user applications that can be easily integrated and extended.
From: hsr@cs.stanford.edu (Scott Roy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Filter, makes Workspace recognize files it can translate Date: 12 Mar 1994 00:14:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lrj3s$n8k@digifix.digifix.com> Filter ... making Workspace and filter services live together in harmony. Motivation ---------- The Workspace does a poor job of recognizing filter services. That is, even after you install a filter to convert one file type to another, say GIF->TIFF, the workspace doesn't register any applications as capable of opening GIF files. Hence, you must manually command-drag a file to the desired application in order to open it. Alternatively, there might be an application that opens GIF files, but you prefer to use your filter service instead. As a simple example, the McFilter services perform on the fly gamma correction (highly desirable when importing images created on graphics challenged hardware), whereas the default GIF viewer does not. Filter provides a way to configure things so that GIF files automatically open using the application of your choice. Availability ------------ Filter has been uploaded to the standard archive locations: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Filter.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Filter.README ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de It comes configured to handle GIF and JPEG images and can easily be extended to other document types. --- Scott Roy Department of Computer Science Stanford University
From: kris@alpine.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Salt Lake area NeXT Group - March 16 Date: 13 Mar 1994 16:12:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2lvvkn$3e2@digifix.digifix.com> The Salt Lake area NeXT Group (SLaNG) will meet at 7 p.m., 16 March 1994, at Alpine Computing MicroAge, Salt Lake City, Utah. The theme of the meeting will be: "NEXTSTEP: The ultimate sport-utility cyberspace cruiser" We will demonstrate the features and benefits of Internet connectivity under NEXTSTEP using tools such as: * TransSys PNI 1.7 running CSLIP * Omni Development's native NEXTSTEP Mosaic browser, OmniWeb * NCSA Mosaic running under Co-Xist 3.2 and Cub'X-Window 4.21 * Alpine powerNX, a Pentium 60 VL/EISA NEXTSTEP workstation Afterward, the meeting will degenerate into a discussion about the latest Doom strategies, the general state of game playing under NEXTSTEP, and abject whining about the lack of a Newton Connection Kit for NEXTSTEP. Of course, we will order Domino's Pizza to lubricate the conversation (and perhaps the keyboard--makes for faster hacking). SLaNG can be contacted by email at <slang@alpine.com> (NeXTmail OK), by telephone at +1 801 268 8877, or by fax at +1 801 268 9096. SLaNG is a registered NeXT users group and a member of the Utah Computer Society, a non- profit organization dedicated to promoting computer skills and literacy among Utah citizenry. Alpine Computing MicroAge, the host of SLaNG meetings, is located at 6066 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT, just northwest of the Fashion Place Mall on State Street. Members are encouraged to R.S.V.P. -30-
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 14 Mar 1994 14:22:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2m2dhd$9uk@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 14 Mar 1994 14:22:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2m2dhs$9uq@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. 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To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 Price Increase Date: 14 Mar 1994 14:22:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m2die$9v0@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 Price Increase As of April 1, the price of NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 will increase to $2995, and the price of the upgrade to NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 will increase to $749. These price increases reflect the true value of NeXT's software development environment, and places NEXTSTEP Developer's price in line with other client/server development environments available for other operating systems, such as Windows and UNIX. NeXT's original price of $1995 was purposely set at the low-end of the pricing scale for development tools to introduce the new NEXTSTEP Developer product to the market. Now that NEXTSTEP has been shipping for almost a year and received positive reviews as being an outstanding product in the software development market, as well as the leader in object-oriented technology, NeXT is appropriately setting NEXTSTEP Developer's price point to match it's value. NeXT is currently running a special promotion through the TeleSales Department that includes both NEXTSTEP User and NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 for only $995. This promotion, originally scheduled to end March 31st, has been extended through the end of June. For more information, or to order the special NEXTSTEP promotion, please call (800) 848-NeXT. ---------------- NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 10 - 1994 Date: 14 Mar 1994 14:24:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2m2dli$9v7@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 10). Sunday March 06 through Monday March 14 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 9 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: Software Plus Announces Shipping Containers PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Announces Shipment of Pages by Pages(tm) PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany I discount on network and site licenses SUBMISSION: StayInTouch version 2.02 MEETING: Tuesday SCaN meeting to include WriteUp Demo Announcing NEXTSTEP Expo MEETING: Oregon State NUG meeting Thursday, March 10th at 5pm Revised NEXTSTEP Seminar Schedule SUBMISSION: Opener.app v3.1.2 now available at archive sites MAILING LIST: NetInfo discussion list SUBMISSION: MiscKit version 1.2.2 available SUBMISSION: Capture.app and source on archives SUBMISSION: GraphBuilder Source Level Program Module SUBMISSION: nxman - command line NeXT documentation viewer PRESS RELEASE: Academic and Developer Promotions for Pages by Pages PRESS RELEASE: SofDesign offers Quickbase Runtime bundle SUBMISSION: Filter, makes Workspace recognize files it can translate MEETING: Salt Lake area NeXT Group - March 16 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: Guido Quaroni <guido@gestel.it> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: solidThinking Evolution Date: 14 Mar 1994 16:40:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m2ljp$afs@digifix.digifix.com> "solidThinking evolution" Vicenza, March 7th 1994 - GESTEL Italia announces today that May the 1st, 1994 will ship "solidThinking RELEASE 2", a completely modular 3D environment running on every NEXTSTEP supporting platform (Motorola, Intel, PA-RISC, SPARC, etc...). It will include modules for Modelling, Animation, Import/Export and API (Application Programming Interface). With all the power of the first release, and even more, "solidThinking RELEASE 2" will introduce a new charming interface (iconified interface, drag'n'drop, multiple ortographic and perspective views, etc...) as well as unique features. Until that date GESTEL Italia continues to ship the powerful 3D modeler and renderer "solidThinking MODELER" shipping in its 1.2 release for both Intel and NeXT hardware (fat binaries). Winner of the NeXTWORLD Best of Breed Award as best application in the "3D and CAD" category during the 93 NeXTWORLD EXPO in San Francisco, "solidThinking MODELER" v.1.2 includes the following features: - DXF, TIFF, Wavefront, TDDD, OpenCAD and RIB file formats support - Complex primitives generator with quadric, patch and NURBS support. - Morphing. - Motion Blur. - Advanced 2D profile editor with Bezier curves. - Editable 3D text. - Multiple lofting and deformations on extruder or rotated objects. - Editing of every surface's points by simply using the mouse. - An extremely powerful "skin"feature" makes possible to create surfaces that fit across a number of cross-sectionals. - Boolean operations of addition, subtraction and intersection. - Advanced shading controls (shaders can be customized). - Powerful icons based attributes library. - Every bitmapped images can be converted into textures. - Preview of textures. - Object hierarchy browser. - Unlimited number of light sources. - Automatic generation of shadows and reflection maps. - Unlimited output resolution. If you aren't a registered user of "solidThinking MODELER", please consider this unrepeatable opportunity we offer you: "PURCHASE THE EVALUATION COPY OF "solidThinking MODELER" 1.2 NOW, AND SAVE UP TO 250 USD ON solidThinking RELEASE 2!" The evaluation copy of solidThinking MODELER v.1.2 has a price of 390 USD (end user price is 1400 USD) and 200 USD for students and Educational Institutions (academic price is 700 USD). The offer is valid until April 15th, 1994 Prices do not include shipping charge. The above mentioned conditions can be obtained exclusively by placing direct orders to GESTEL Italia Contact us for more informations, prices of "solidThinking RELEASE 2" modules and the special introductory offer for "solidThinking RELEASE 2" reserved to registered users of "solidThinking MODELER" GESTEL Italia srl Attn.: Alex Mazzardo, Sales Manager Viale dell'Oreficeria 30/P, I - 36100 VICENZA Tel. ++39 444 964974 / Fax ++39 444 964984 Email: info@solid.gestel.it
From: dbruce@gonzo.cs.uoguelph.ca (Dave Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Toronto Area NeXT user Group (TANG) - March 30 Date: 14 Mar 1994 22:37:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m3ahv$bqu@digifix.digifix.com> The Toronto Area NeXT user Group (TANG) will meet on Wednesday, March 30. 1994 at the Montana bar and grill, 145 John St. (south east corner of John and Richmond St.). Cocktails: 6:00pm Dinner: 6:30pm This will be the inaugural meeting of the resurrection of the recently dormant TANG. The format will be pretty informal as the purpose of the meeting is to renew old acquaintances and meet new NeXT enthusiasts. Curtis Griffin of NeXT sales will be on hand to talk about Nextstep and its future. Steve Hayman of Hayman & Associates will fill us in on the Developers Conference. For further information please contact: Dave Bruce Computing and Communications Services University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario dbruce@gonzo.cs.uoguelph.ca 519/824-4120, ext. 6352 Please R.S.V.P. so that I have an idea of how many will attend. Thanks.
From: joe@FreemanSoft.com (Joe Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FSGreyBoard available on cs.orst.edu Date: 14 Mar 1994 22:38:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m3ajl$br4@digifix.digifix.com> A version of the FSGroupWare set of collaborative application programs is now available on archive servers. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FSGroupWare.Feb-94.tar cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FSGroupWare.README.Feb-94 * FSGroupware is a set of applications that allow users to share real-time information based on NeXT Distributed Objects. All information that is made available to the conference is immediately made visible to all attendees. The application set is made up of several simple programs that add up to something powerful. * FSGreyBoard is a multi-user concurrent drawing program that allows a group of people to share a common drawing space. This application follows a moderated discussion model with one user allocating the control of the markup resources. Each user's face appears in the conference along with a set of indicators,showing those wishing to use the marker, and the user currently holding the marker. FSGreyBoard supports the full NEXTSTEP feature set including the ability to Object Link graphics into the conference. * FSVote is a simple conference voting application. This application gives attendees in a conference the ability to rate different areas of the current presentation, from presentation style to content to the level of agreement. FSVote continually monitors all users opinions and displays running summaries of all the voting categories. * FSShareSheet is a simple shared grid, similar to a spreadsheet, that is shared among users. This application supplies a little more structured drawing surface than the free form FSGreyBoard. It also has the ability to run in either a moderated or unmoderated format. * FSMessage is a "chat" message board. FSMessage gives displays a time sorted Rich Text listing of a conversation. This listing is also retained by the server so that any "late joiners" can get a full transcript. Users can enter both text and graphics at any time they want. * FacilitiesManager is a Distributed Object based conference server. The server is capable of supporting different types of conferences. This application has built in support for many common conference features as well as the ability to dynamically load any conference specific code that may be required. FacilitiesManager has configuration settings that let the system administrator pick which conferences to run as well as conference names. FacilitisManager also has the ability to start new conferences "on the fly". * FSGroupware conferencing demonstration package available as on cs.orst.edu archive server. The files are cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FSGroupWare.Feb-94.tar and cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/FSGroupWare.README.Feb-94. The tar file unarchives into a installer package that includes FAT binaries of all the applications. These applications run on Motorola and Intel processors and require 3.1 or later to run. The application and README may be moved to a binaries directory by the time of this announcement. FreemanSoft can be reached via Email at info@FreemanSoft.com or by phone at 919-783-7033. (11/15/93) NEXTSTEP is a treadmark of NeXT Inc. -- Joe Freeman FreemanSoft Inc. A NEXTSTEP software and consulting services company. Electronic Mail: Joe@FreemanSoft.com (NeXT Mail) Voice: 919.783.7033
From: tjt@dtw.com (Terrence Talbot) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: EquationBuilder Update Provides WriteUp Compatibility Date: 15 Mar 1994 12:52:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m4sk5$3of@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information, contact: Terrence Talbot Digital Tool Works Email: info@dtw.com Phone: (617) 742-4057 Digital Tool Works Announces Maintenance Release of EquationBuilder, Ensures Full Compatibility With WriteUp BOSTON, March 10, 1994 - Digital Tool Works(TM) today announced the availibility of EquationBuilder(TM) 3.1v305, a maintenance release designed to ensure full compatibility with NEXTSTEP(TM) applications that support the PostScript(TM) %%Baseline directive, such as Anderson Financial Systems Inc.'s new WriteUp(TM) word processor. "This is a maintenance release that fixes a subtle positioning bug when using EquationBuilder with applications that support the %%Baseline directive," said Terrence Talbot of Digital Tool Works. "The good news is that, with the arrival of WriteUp, we finally have an application we can test against! In particular, WriteUp's support for both the %%Baseline directive and Object Links make the combination of EquationBuilder and WriteUp a very powerful solution for people writing technical documentation. The level of integration between these applications is impressive." This maintenance release is available via anonymous ftp from cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu. As always, the ftp archive release of EquationBuilder(TM) 3.1v305 is a fully functional, fully documented demonstration version. EquationBuilder licenses are available from several NEXTSTEP resellers, including PCConnection, Alembic Systems International, and Paget Press. Educational discounts are available. For information regarding large network licenses, please contact Digital Tool Works directly. EquationBuilder remains the first and only fully WYSIWYG technical equation editor for all hardware platforms that run NEXTSTEP. Using a distributed, object-oriented approach to typesetting, EquationBuilder expressions are dynamically recomposed each time the expression is edited, assuring typographic consistency and professional quality results. With EquationBuilder, mathematical expressions are easily constructed from a palette of common elements such as Fractions, Matrices, and Delimiters. Each element is an object and can be inspected quickly, allowing you to change its form in obvious and intuitive ways. EquationBuilder automatically follows standard professional typesetting rules, although manual kerning of arbitrary elements is also possible through inspectors. EquationBuilder's intuitive graphical interface takes full advantage of NEXTSTEP's object-oriented environment, offering true WYSIWYG typesetting. Using Encapsulated PostScript(TM) as its native file format, EquationBuilder expressions can easily be included in any page layout or word processing application by simple drag-and-drop. In addition, EquationBuilder fully supports NEXTSTEP, including support for Object Links, filter services, and universal drag-and-drop. EquationBuilder also features powerful and accurate translation to the TEX(TM) typesetting language, giving TEX users a simple, intuitive equation composition environment. Digital Tool Works is a privately funded software start-up dedicated to the development of productivity and authoring tools running under NeXTSTEP. All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Karl Kraft <Karl_Kraft@ensuing.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: Beta testers for sendmail hi-jinks Date: 16 Mar 1994 00:59:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m6775$8cs@digifix.digifix.com> In much the same fashion as the document "Icon and NeXTSTEP 3.0", I have just finished a new document to help people setup outgoing mail aliases. While not in words of one syllable, it should be simple enough that someone who has used successfully used Simple Network Starter can get it working. Step by step, with 16 pages of explanation, it answers the question: Q: How can I translate from a login name to a canonical alias on outgoing mail (e.g., from *jdoe: to *Jane_Doe:)? Since this document is even more dangerous than "Icon and 3.0", and contains even more fun hi-jinks, I'm looking for a few brave souls to risk it all so that others don't have to. A quick snippet from page 1 ------------- If you have ever sent or received email from someone at NeXT, you may have noticed that NeXT Computer email addresses consist of the first and last name separated by an underscore. As an example, a user name John Doe would login as jdoe, but have an email address of John_Doe@NeXT.com This consistent naming scheme makes it easy to know a persons address provided you know their name. It also create a less "gibberishy" email alias, and one that is easier to remember. This document describes how to create a First_Last mapping for all the users at your site. ------------ If you: are the sysadmin, or at least have the root password, want this feature badly enough, have read sysadmin.296, but are still dazed and confused, know enough about netinfo and/or sendmail to be dangerous, or at least scary, can receive 150 K NeXTMAIL messages, and are willing to: be on the bleeding edge with scars to prove it, risk watching your email disappear into never-never land, try out the document and software ASAP, and provide substantial feedback and comments, so that I can feel comfortable releasing it, well then, send email to Karl_Kraft@ensuing.com, and ask for a beta copy. If you just want a copy to look at but aren't serious about testing it, then please don't ask. Just wait for the finished product. If you want the finished product, don't send me email asking for it. As soon as it is released, it will be announced and made available via NeXTMAIL. _________ Karl Kraft Karl_Kraft@ensuing.com
From: Rick Damon <rick@bandw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Black & White Software Ships NXFax 1.04 Date: 16 Mar 1994 11:17:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m7bed$ahi@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sue Carlson Black & White Software, Inc Bridge Street Marketplace Waitsfield, VT 05673-12120 802-496-8500, 802-496-5112 (fax), nxfax@bandw.com. Waitsfield, VT, March 15, 1994 BLACK & WHITE SOFTWARE SHIPS NXFAX 1.04 Black & White Software is pleased to announce the release of NXFax 1.04 for NEXTSTEP running on both Intel and NeXT hardware. NXFax is a reliable, high speed, fax solution which integrates perfectly with NEXTSTEP on Motorola and Intel based computers. Anything you can print you can fax just by pressing the Fax button on the Print Panel. You read, log, assign, and archive your faxes with the NEXTSTEP FaxReader. NXFax works perfectly with your favorite data communications programs like UUCP, SLIP, PPP, tip, Kermit, and Microphone. Winner of the Best of Breed award for Communications, NXFax is at work in thousands of locations world-wide. NEXTWORLD "highly recommends" NXFax, calling it "our favorite fax-driver software". PURCHASING NXFAX You can purchase NXFax directly from Black & White Software for $135. You will receive the award winning NXFax software plus extensive on-line documentation and a password. Ordering information appears at the end of this announcement. DEMO You can test NXFax before you decide to purchase. Without a password, NXFax runs in demo mode allowing you to send (but not receive) any number of single page faxes. To obtain a demonstration copy of NXFax, please refer to the instructions at the end of this announcement. SUPPORTED MODEMS NXFax has been tested with the following Class 2 fax modems: Boca Research - Boca 14.4 Intel - Intel144/144E MultiTech - MT1432BA Practical Peripherals - FXSA, FXMT, FXPKT Supra - SupraFAX 14.4 v32.bis Telebit - WorldBlazer, T3000 Zoom - VFX ZyXEL - all U-1496 models Note that NXFax does not support Class 1 modems. ZYXEL MODEMS ZyXEL builds some of the best and most reliable fax modems available. NEXTWORLD agrees saying that the "ZyXEL modem is the best we've seen". Black & White sells specially priced NXFax and ZyXEL packages starting at $470 US. Packages include the NXFax software, 1496E high-speed fax/data modem, serial and phone cables. Shipping is free in the U.S. UPGRADING FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF NXFAX NXFax version 1.04 runs on Intel hardware and supports more different brands of modems than NXFax 1.03. If you are still using a NeXTstation or Cube and not changing modems, you can keep using version 1.03. Upgrades to NXFax 1.04 are free for registered customers who can retrieve the software from an FTP site or archive site (refer to the section "Where To Get NXFax Electronically"). There is a $15 handling charge for receiving an upgrade via U.S. mail. NXFax 1.02 users who want to upgrade to NXFax 1.04 must be running version 3.0 or higher of NEXTSTEP. Everyone who upgrades from a prior version of NXFax will require a new password. Password updates are free for registered users who provide us with a previously registered Host ID. To request a password update, send First and last name Voice phone E-mail address System Host id NEXTSTEP Version Modem type and model Customers with e-mail access are asked to send password update requests to nxfax@bandw.com. If you do not have e-mail access, please fax your update request to 802-496-5112 or call 802-496-8500. MULTI-ARCHITECTURE FORMAT NXFax 1.04 is shipped in Multi-Architecture Binary format so that it works with NEXTSTEP on both NeXT and Intel hardware. NEXTSTEP 3.1 (or later) is required to use this version of NXFax 1.04. NEXTSTEP 3.0 users should request a special "NeXT only" version of NXFax 1.04 directly from Black & White. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTEL USERS NEXTSTEP 3.1 for Intel shipped with a serial driver that does not work for high speed data and fax communications. If you want to install NXFax 1.04 on Intel hardware, you must either use NEXTSTEP 3.2 or obtain an updated serial driver directly from NeXT. WHERE TO GET NXFAX ELECTRONICALLY NXFax will be available publicly in a few days. If you have FTP access or can receive VERY large NeXTMail (about 1.3 meg), you can get NXFax 1.04 electronically. * Via FTP NXFax (multi-architecture version only) can be obtained at Purdue (sonata.cc.purdue.edu) and at Oregon State (cs.orst.edu). The files are: NXFax1.04.tar NXFax1.04.README.txt * ANDI Info Server We are currently waiting for NXFax to appear on the ANDI InfoServer. It has been submitted and should appear there in a few days. Until NXFax 1.04 is posted on the InfoServer, any request mailings will return NXFax 1.03. NXFax can be sent to you automatically via NeXTMail from the ANDI info server. To obtain NXFax this way, send mail to info@andi.org. The subject you specify will determine what gets sent to you. Type the subject exactly as shown in the chart below: NXFax 1.04 Subject ---------- ------- Multi-architecture Send BlackandWhite NXFaxInstaller.app NeXT only Send BlackandWhite NXFaxInstaller.app.m68k README file Send BlackandWhite NXFax1.04.README.rtf If you get the "NeXT only" version, be sure to rename it to NXFaxInstaller.app before you try to launch it. TO PLACE AN ORDER OR GET MORE INFORMATION When placing an order or requesting a demo diskette please include: First and last name Company name Address Voice phone Fax phone E-mail address NEXTSTEP Version Hardware platform (NeXT or manufacturer name) Modem type and model Modem color (black or white if ordering) Master Card or VISA number and expiration (if ordering) Black & White Software, Inc. Bridge Street Marketplace Waitsfield VT 05673-1210 Call: 802-496-8500 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. Monday - Friday Fax: 802-496-5112 Email: nxfax@bandw.com (NeXTMail OK) ---
From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Edmonton NeXT user group (NEON) - March 17 Date: 16 Mar 1994 13:36:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2m7jjp$atg@digifix.digifix.com> The next meeting of NEON, the Edmonton NeXT user group will be Thursday, Mar 17th at the University of Alberta. This month we will be demonstrating Pangea's Mindshare Mail. Location: Thursday, Feb 17th at 7:30 PM University of Alberta General Services Building Room 315 For more information about the meeting or the user group, please call Peter Karbaliotis at (403) 492-9927 (during the day) or e-mail at peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail ok).
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: P/A-NEXTSTEP,OBJ-C,1yr,to $70hr,NYC Date: 17 Mar 1994 14:49:50 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mac8u$ht8@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to find an independent consultant P/A with Nextstep, Objective-C and good Object Oriented Methodology & any DB experience a plus (Sybase is in the environment) for a six month to one year in-house project in Midtown, NY for a major NEXTSTEP software developer either as a consultant with rates between $45/hr & $75/hr (expenses are included in these rates) or as an employee as part of this expert, growing NEXTSTEP development team in their NYC NEXTSTEP development center at an attractive salary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 2 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems and must be a US citizen or not require sponsorship, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage)
From: info@paradigm-shift.com (Paradigm Shift, Inc.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXTSTEP Goes to the Tidewater, Virginia area this Sunday Date: 17 Mar 1994 23:45:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mbbkr$l9n@digifix.digifix.com> Paradigm Shift is taking NeXTSTEP on the road this weekend again...this time it's to Virginia Beach and the Virginia Beach Computer Show. Location: The Virginia Beach Pavilion Hours: 10AM to 4PM Cost: $6.00, children under 12 free (it's not only our show, sorry) Directions: From Washington, DC take I-95 south to I-64 east. When you get into the City of Norfolk, take Route 44 east (toll road) to the end. At the first traffic light (Parks Avenue) turn right and go to the next corner (19th Street) and turn right again. Take a final right into the Pavilion Parking Lot. We expect a crowd from the military populations from Langley AFB, the Norfolk Naval Air Bases, Ft. Monroe, so come on out and see NeXTSTEP.
From: jeffblum@flagstaff.princeton.edu (Jeffrey Robert Blum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ScrapFinder 1.4 uploaded Date: 18 Mar 1994 00:06:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mbcs1$lf0@digifix.digifix.com> ScrapFinder version 1.4 is now on the archives. Although this application is rather outdated at this point, and I do not really have the time to do major revisions, a few people have asked about a MAB release. Unfortunately, I have not tested it on white hardware, since I do not have any white hardware to test it on. I hope it works. :-) For those unfamiliar with ScrapFinder, the README can be found at the end of this message. It is currently in the pub/next/submissions directory on sonata and orst.. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ScrapFinder1.4.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ScrapFinder.README it will migrate to cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/productivity/ScrapFinder1.4.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/productivity/ScrapFinder.README If you encounter any bugs in ScrapFinder, especially on white hardware, please send me email. If the problem involves data loss, please let me know as soon as possible so I can get a fix out or at least warn other users of the problem. Thanks much, especially to those who have registered ScrapFinder and/or provided input and bug reports. -jeff ScrapFinder version 1.4 README: ScrapFinder is a NeXT app that will help you to keep track of small scraps of data that don't seem to fit anywhere else; it is a computer scratchpad. I use it instead of a huge pile of random paper - it is easy to organize, easy to find stuff, and helps me avoid clutter. If you could see my desk, you would know how important this is. This is version 1.4. If you have registered for a previous version, you can use this version for free. If not, look at the licensing information under the Info panel. The major revision in this version is that it is compiled MAB, so will not run on a system running less than 3.1. (Or maybe 3.0, I am running 3.1 on my machine.) Enjoy! Questions? Comments? Contact Jeff Blum at: <jeffblum@phoenix.princeton.edu>
From: tracy@athena.com (Tracy Kugelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Thomas C. Mullaney Joins Athena Design Date: 18 Mar 1994 17:11:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2md8ts$peu@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE Release:Immediate Contact: Tracy Kugelman Sarah Garnsey (617) 734-6372 Mullaney Joins Athena Design, Inc. as Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer March 21, 1994 P Athena Design, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has hired Thomas C. Mullaney as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mullaney, from Crownsville, Md., comes to Athena Design, Inc. with an impressive background. At MCI Communications Corporation, Tom served in a number of senior management positions between 1973 and 1990, helping MCI grow from a startup venture to a $7 billion company. Among Tom's most significant contributions at MCI, was the development and implementation of sales strategies and organizational structures resulting in an increase in revenues from $200 million to $2 billion over a four year period. He played a key role in establishing strong national account relationships with major customers, including the three largest American car manufacturers, General Electric and Rockwell International. *Tom is the executive I have been searching for for more than a year,: says Athena Design President David Pollak. *His combination of talent and experience will help grow Athena Design, Inc. At MCI, he was part of a team that took on AT&T and won. Athena Design, Inc. is taking on the largest software companies in the world, and with Tom on our team we will succeed.: In his new position, Tom will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations at Athena Design, Inc.. He will be responsible for expanding the sales team and for achieving the company's marketing objectives. *It is especially important for a young company like Athena Design, Inc. to add a talented senior executive to help during this critical growth stage,: said Warren Weiss, vice president of sales and marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. Tom's experience also includes serving as vice president of sales for Graphic Sciences, Inc. of Danbury, Conn., a startup company which, at the end of his four years there, was worth $20 million. Most recently, Tom has been an independent consultant for a wide range of firms, including manufacturing and real estate, sharing his expertise in sales and marketing. Athena Design, Inc. was founded in 1989 by David Pollak to produce Mesa <TM> spreadsheet software for 32-bit operating environments. Mesa is currently the best-selling spreadsheet for the NEXTSTEPR operating system. Mesa 2 for OS/2 will be released in August of 1994. For more information about Mesa or Athena Design, Inc., please contact us at (617)-734-6372 or info@athena.com. - 30 - Trademarks and Registrations belong to their respective companies.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GraphBuilder - Printing Online Manual Date: 18 Mar 1994 17:24:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2md9m3$ppp@digifix.digifix.com> GraphBuilder - Printing Online Manual Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com Now users of GraphBuilder can print the online manual at the press of a button, even if you obtained GraphBuilder from an ftp site, by using the application "printOnlineDocs". This application is located on the ftp archive site cs.orst.edu, please see below for details. Thanks for your interest. VVI To get this program: ftp cs.orst.edu cd /pub/next/submissions binary get GraphBuilderPrintOnlineDocs.app.compressed quit Then double click GraphBuilderPrintOnlineDocs.app.compressed from the workspace manager and decompress. The result is an application named printOnlineDocs.app. Launch this application and follow the easy steps to print the manual.
From: "Wesley C. Smith" <wes@arissoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Take Three Releases Eloquent - Mail and News App Date: 19 Mar 1994 16:16:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mfq2r$1i7@digifix.digifix.com> CONTACT: Take Three P.O. Box 203852 Austin, TX 78720-3852 (512) 837-9784 (512) 837-8102 (fax) Eloquent_info@arissoft.com TAKE THREE RELEASES ELOQUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL AND NEWS APP, OFFERS INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $150 Austin, TX March 19, 1994 - Take Three is pleased to announce the release of Eloquent(TM) version 1.0. Eloquent is a replacement for Mail.app that supports NeXTmail and MIME. It also has features like sorting incoming messages, searching, and automatic reply that make Eloquent a great application for managing e-mail and news communications better. Order before April 15, 1994 and take advantage of Eloquent's introductory price of $150. Eloquent regularly licenses for $175. Licenses must be purchased directly from Take Three. Those who license version 1.0 will receive a free upgrade to version 1.1. Eloquent is available for black or white hardware running NS 3.1 or 3.2. Eloquent's features include: Sending mail - Create messages in NeXTMail, MIME and ASCII formats. - Save newly composed messages for later editing and delivery. - Customize a template for new mail messages. - Insert RTF, RTFD, or ASCII signatures into mail messages. Receiving mail - Read Berkeley and NeXTmail mailboxes. - Receive NeXTmail, MIME and ASCII messages. - Sort incoming mail to different mailboxes. - Set up mailboxes to automatically print, reply to, resend or destroy messages received. - Create and access remote mailboxes from an IMAP server. - Search for messages in a mailbox or across multiple mailboxes - Drag and drop messages between mailboxes to transfer or copy them. News - Access news via local host, NNTP or IMAP servers. - Read news in MIME, Newsgrazer, and ASCII formats. - Drag and drop news messages from newsgroups into mailboxes. - Search newsgroups for messages. An evaluation copy of Eloquent can be obtained via anonymous ftp from edwin.bga.com [198.3.118.22] (We recommend using ftp before 7 p.m. or after 10 p.m., as the server is generally slow during this time period.) The Eloquent application and its associated files are: /take3/Eloquent.1.01.compressed /take3/README Evaluation copies of Eloquent may be obtained through e-mail. A demo diskette shipped via first class mail may be purchased for $7 (air mail costs are additional). Send requests for e-mail or diskette copies to Eloquent_sales@arissoft.com, or call Take Three directly at (512) 837-9784. E-mail recipients must be able to receive 2 MB NeXTmail messages.
From: "christopher (c.j.) rath" <crath@bnr.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NPoff - Utility to turn off NeXT laser printer. Date: 20 Mar 1994 15:52:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mid1p$8so@digifix.digifix.com> I have uploaded this to cs.orst.edu: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NPoff.README.txt cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NPoff.Source.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/NPoff.tar.gz Application: NPoff Purpose: To power down an attached NeXT laser printer. Author: Christopher Rath crath@bnr.ca (613) 824-4584 Box 15781, Station 'F' Ottawa, ON CANADA K1C 3S7 Bugs: Doesn't advertise itself as a service. Copyright: None. Released to the public domain.
From: <Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE : Axone, a general purpose Neural Network application for the NeXTSTEP platform. Date: 20 Mar 1994 15:53:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mid4d$8su@digifix.digifix.com> Peter Ritter Director XENON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 16 Rue Christophe Colomb 75008 Paris, France Tel. (33) 59 2415 27 Fax.(33) 59 03 66 30 EMail: Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr Axone1.01 : Axone is a general purpose Neural Network application for the NeXTSTEP platform. It was conceived to work with the MESA spreadsheet application from Athena Design, Inc. and allows the user to build neural networks and spreadsheet models in an interactive manner. Axone was designed to take full advantage of the NeXTSTEP environment with its Mach messaging and its easy to use graphical user interface. Axone is thus able to offer several advantages over products on other platforms: - Axone and MESA are designed to run simultaneously, and changes in Mesa are instantaneously reflected in Axone with the push of a "Refresh" button. This ease of use offers tremendous flexibility and makes neural network development very fast. Most neural network programs on other software platforms access their data from closed spreadsheet files, whereas Axone directly gets its data from the opened and running MESA spreadsheet. Any mistakes can thus be corrected instantaneously. - Axone's graphical user interface allows easy selection and normalization of Input and Output variables. Further, it allows the user to visually inspect his Neural Networks, and, with the `click' of a button, control almost every aspect of Network construction. You can connect and disconnect connections, add and delete neurons, add and delete hidden layers, and you can even set the learning rate for each neuron individually, all with the simple click of a button. The user also has control over the colors with which the Neuron Threshold values and the Connection Strengths are displayed. Important connections and data relationships can thus be recognized very easily. - Axone accesses its data through the use of Mesa LABELS ( you can also access data by Column or by Row, or from ASCII files). A Mesa Label is a Mesa facility that lets you name a data range on your spreadsheet. Each Label thus represents an INPUT or OUTPUT variable. For each Input or Output variable, Axone gives you a choice of four normalization functions: LINEAR1(0,1), LINEAR2(-1,1), LOGISTIC(0,1), and the TANH(-1,1) normalization functions. You also have the option of not normalizing your data. - Axone was initially designed to allow for more sophisticated Financial Market Forecasting. During the Training phase, the user can thus specify a TRAINING period, but also a TESTING period. For example, if you have ten years of price history, you could tell Axone to train your network on only eight years of daily historical data, and, at the same time, test the network on the last two years of out of sample data. This is an excellent way of avoiding 'overlearning' (learning by heart). - All calculations necessary for neural network training are performed by a platform independent calculation server. Should only one machine be available, then this machine may naturally also serve as its own calculation server. However, if learning speed beyond that offered by the host computer is required, then the calculation server may transparently run on any other machine of a network. Axone.app and Axone_server are multitasking, which means that you can simultaneously train one or more neural network files, while at the same time work on another. - Once you are satisfied with the performance of your neural network, you may chose to output the neural network as either a C-function, which you can then integrate into your own custom applications, or, you may tell Axone to create a Mesa spreadsheet AddIn for you. By choosing the AddIn option, you may transparently use your neural network just like any other innate Mesa function. For example, should you have trained a networks that predicts the Deutsche Mark market 5 and 10 days from now, then your network has two output variables. Assuming the network has 5 input variables located in columns A,B,C, D, and E, then your Mesa formula would look like this (assuming you named the network "DeutscheMark"): =DeutscheMark_OUT1(A1,B1,C1,D1,E1) and for the second output: =DeutscheMark_OUT2(A1,B1,C1,D1,E1) Note: You need the NeXTSTEP developers kit to compile the networks. If you don't have the developers kit, you can just send the network files back to us for compilation. - Version 1.0 of Axone is based on the BackProp learning algorithm. This algorithm offers excellent learning behavior on a wide spectrum of problems and is today thought to be in use in almost all neural networks. Nonetheless, future versions of Axone, currently in development, will offer the possibility to use several other learning algorithms. - Axone runs on Intel as well as Motorala NeXTSTEP platforms. - To run Axone, you must have access to a computer that runs the NeXTSTEP operating system. NeXTSTEP is a state of the art, object oriented, computer platform made by NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeak Drive, Redwood City, Ca 94063, USA _______________________________________________________________ Axone is priced at 495.00US$ +15US$ for shipping. Should you be interested in receiving a 'Demo' version of Axone, just communicate us your name and address at: Xenon Technologies Corp. 16 Rue Christophe Colomb 75008 Paris, France Tel. (33) 59 2415 27 Fax.(33) 59 03 66 30 EMail: Axone@ia5.u-strasbg.fr
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing PDO on DEC OSF/1 for Alpha AXP Date: 21 Mar 1994 15:27:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mkvvi$hjs@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Karen Quatromoni Digital Equipment Corporation 508-264-5358 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT AND NeXT ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO RELEASE PDO SOFTWARE ON DEC OSF/1 FOR ALPHA AXP Maynard, MA-March 21, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc.'s new release of its PDO software, the portable version of of NeXT's distributed objects framework, will be available on Digital Equipment Corporation's DEC OSF/1 operating system, Digital and NeXT announced today. Portable Distributed Objects software enables creation of a powerful client/server framework based on objects by extending the seamless object model and messaging architecture used by NEXTSTEP customers to Digital's Alpha AXP family of 64-bit servers. Currently, NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software, is certified on members of Digital's Intel-based DECpc personal computer family. The addition of PDO on the DEC OSF/1 operating system will enable Digital to deliver entire client/server configurations using NeXT programming environment, and to participate in heterogeneous networks using PDO and NEXTSTEP products. Industry's Most Powerful Servers "Having the PDO object-based framework on DEC OSF/1 and Alpha AXP will enable NEXTSTEP users to take advantage of the industry's most powerful servers," said Bob Supnik, vice president and technical director of engineering at Digital. "This agreement strengthens our capability to meet our customers' client/server needs. We look forward to integrating this with our COM/OLE environment." "We are excited that Digital is joining NeXT's growing list of enterprise partners," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This demonstrates further market acceptance of NEXTSTEP as the industry-standard, object-oriented platform." Availability of PDO Release of 2.0 software on the DEC OSF/1 operating system is planned for mid-1994. PDO software extends NeXT's object-oriented programming system to servers from difference manufacturers, giving application developers in mixed-vendor, client/server environments all of the benefits of object-oriented technology of software, and improved maintainability and reliability of applications. Alpha AXP is Digital's family of 64-bit workstations and servers, based on the world's most powerful series of RISC-based microprocessors. Ranging from workstations and personal computers under $5,000 to large, multiprocessing enterprise servers, Alpha AXP systems are competitive at every price point. About Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha AXP platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # DEC, DECpc, and AXP are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, PDO and Portable Distributed Objects are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. OSF is a registered trademark of the Open Software Foundation, Inc.
From: noemailavailable@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Systems Administration Position Available Date: 22 Mar 1994 15:41:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mnl6i$mm2@digifix.digifix.com> Position: System Administrator A communications firm located in the New York City area is currently looking for a system administrator, specifically one who has had 1-3 years in managing NeXT networks. The firm presently owns sever black boxes as well as Macintoshes and PCs. However, they would like very much in the future to phase out the Macintoshes and PCs and move on to possibly Intel machines, Hewlett Packards, etc. running NeXTSTEP. Tasks include day to day maintenance of the network, data backups, system security, testing and installing software and hardware, etc. Future plans also include setting up a connection to the internet. In addition, the applicant should be quite familiar with NetInfo. Salary: $45,000 - $50,000. For more information, call Dr. Sam Berr at 1-800-221-1326 or fax a resume to 212-704-0444.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 11 - 1994 Date: 23 Mar 1994 14:37:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2mq5pr$eu@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 11). Monday March 14 through Wednesday March 23 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 Price Increase SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 10 - 1994 PRESS RELEASE: solidThinking Evolution MEETING: Toronto Area NeXT user Group (TANG) - March 30 SUBMISSION: FSGreyBoard available on cs.orst.edu PRESS RELEASE: EquationBuilder Update Provides WriteUp Compatibility BETA TEST: Beta testers for sendmail hi-jinks PRESS RELEASE: Black & White Software Ships NXFax 1.04 MEETING: Edmonton NeXT user group (NEON) - March 17 JOB: P/A-NEXTSTEP,OBJ-C,1yr,to $70hr,NYC PRESS RELEASE: NeXTSTEP Goes to the Tidewater, Virginia area this Sunday SUBMISSION: ScrapFinder 1.4 uploaded PRESS RELEASE: Thomas C. Mullaney Joins Athena Design SUBMISSION: GraphBuilder - Printing Online Manual PRESS RELEASE: Take Three Releases Eloquent - Mail and News App SUBMISSION: NPoff - Utility to turn off NeXT laser printer. PRESS RELEASE : Axone, a general purpose Neural Network application for the NeXTSTEP platform. Announcing PDO on DEC OSF/1 for Alpha AXP JOB: Systems Administration Position Available If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 23 Mar 1994 14:42:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2mq63h$gg@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 23 Mar 1994 14:42:45 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2mq63l$gm@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Expo Concerns Date: 23 Mar 1994 16:35:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mqcn5$13i@digifix.digifix.com> The brochure for NEXTSTEP EXPO will mail next Monday (March 28th) so watch for it! Because the Expo happened in May last year, the information/brochure was available by March...but since this year's Expo is in June, the brochure is mailing that one month later. It's right on schedule, giving everyone time (twelve weeks) to review it and make their decisions. Calling 1-800-767-2336 will put your name on the mailing list to get the brochure, though if you attended Expo last year, you're already on it. I will be posting an ASCII version of the brochure as soon as it is ready. Many people are asking questions about NeXTWORLD Magazine and how the magazine's decision to suspend publication will affect the Expo. NeXT and its show management partner, DCI, are committed to making this year's Expo the best ever, and we think that when you get a look at the Conference program, you'll agree. NeXT still hopes to enlist the talents some of the magazine's staffers, for the End User Program and for an Awards Presentation to outstanding third party applications, because we respect what they know about NEXTSTEP and its customers. Thanks for your patience and see you at NEXTSTEP EXPO! Darren Smith Marketing Communications User Group Coordinator NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Russell Bryant <russell.bryant@mccaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEPdevelopers for Consulting Team Date: 23 Mar 1994 23:14:14 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mr42m$2ds@digifix.digifix.com> Connect with the BEST System Integrators in the Northwest! We are proud to announce that BEST Consulting is the NeXT Object Channel Partner for the Puget Sound Region. We are currently looking for NEXTSTEP developers to augment our already outstanding Consulting Team. BEST consulting is a three year old, 12 million dollar success story. BEST has become a leader by providing the BEST place to work, the BEST staff, the BEST service. Our success has been recognized in a number of ways other than employing almost 200 consultants. Immediate employment opportunities are available with the premier systems integration firm in the Northwest. Call or send your resume today: BEST Consulting 1940 116th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 98004 (206) 637-0130 (206) 637-9550 (fax) russell.bryant@mccaw.com Russell Bryant Software Engineer, BEST Consulting
From: Eric A. Litman <elitman@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: System Administrator with Proxima in Washington, DC Date: 24 Mar 1994 12:28:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2msijq$888@digifix.digifix.com> Proxima, Inc., has an immediate opening for a NeXT system administrator. Duties will include system performance tuning, maintenance of wide-area links, system backups, and user support. The ideal candidate will have at least one year of NeXT System Administration experience, strong communications skills, and a working knowledge of perl, C, and IP networking. This is an entry-level position with growth opportunities for the motivated. The position as announced here is full-time, although part-time offers will be considered. Candidates currently in the Washington, DC area will be given preference. Please call me at (703) 506-1661, fax your resume to (703) 848-0804, or email it (NeXT Mail and MIME OK) to elitman@proxima.com. As always, Proxima offers competitive salaries in a stimulating work environment. We are located in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan area, with easy access from Maryland and Northern Virginia. Eric A. Litman Proxima, Inc.
From: ericw@its.com (Eric Wespestad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Experienced NEXTSTEP/UNIX/C Developer Required Immediately Date: 24 Mar 1994 12:29:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2msil3$88e@digifix.digifix.com> Information Technology Solutions, Inc. is currently seeking a highly motivated individual to work in Chicago on ongoing in-house NEXTSTEP projects. Essential position requirements are as follows: 3-5 Years C and/or C++ 3-5 Years UNIX. 1-2 Years Full Time NEXSTEP/AppKit Experience 1-2 Years Objective-C Applicants must have a Computer Science (or related) Degree, possess excellent design and analysis skills, and be able to demonstrate a solid background of software engineering methods. Good written and verbals communications skills are critical, as is the ability to work without close supervision. Must be adaptable to dynamic business conditions and have a can-do attitude. ** Principals only please ** Contact: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 500 West Madison Street Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 312-474-7700 or 800-394-4ITS 312-474-9361 FAX e-mail: resume@its.com ITS has played a key role in launching and expanding successful NEXTSTEP projects at several of NeXT's largest customer sites in the midwest. Additional accomplishments include developing and deploying both "shrinkwrap" and custom applications: commodity trading, office automation and productivity, solutions for work group and work flow needs. "Shrinkwrap" applications include leading edge office automation and document management tools. Through our consulting and mentoring practice, ITS has been instrumental in creating corporate NEXTSTEP development environments and implementing corporate client-server information systems, including ground-breaking electronic mail enhancements and bridges. ITS's offices are located in the heart of downtown Chicago, Illinois.
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@piglet.ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailEnclosure.app on archives Date: 24 Mar 1994 16:42:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mt1gf$91l@digifix.digifix.com> MailEnclusure was designed to allow me to ship files around the net. I don't always deal with NEXTSTEP users and in particular I have friends using MIME and MSMail. The goal of this app is not to replace Mail.app but to allow the user just to handle other types of mail enclosures (NeXTMail, Unix Script, MIME, MSMail). Currently the app only generates other enclosure types but future revs should parse them as well. It has been placed in: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MailEnclosure.app.v05.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MailEnclosure.v05.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MailEnclosure.src.v05.tar.gz And nova.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions As: MailEnclosure.app.v05.tar.gz - MAB compiled MailEnclosure.src.v05.tar.gz - Source MailEnclosure.v05.README - README Note, from the 0.05 version number that this is a very minimal release. Works, bug free as fare as I know, but will not make your coffee in the morning. Version 0.05: 3/24/94 Supports outgoing enclosures only. Supports: ASCII, NeXTMail, Script, MIME, MSMail. Minimal Help. No Preferences. Note Worthy: Info.subproj A nice, clean and useful info panel subproject. Has version number and mail to maintainer support. StringStorage/Filename Clean simple string subclass of storage and filename category. FileViewShelf Simple but nice implementation of a drag and drop file shelf. \n nwc@gun.com
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@wsc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Hackers 1.2 Date: 24 Mar 1994 22:12:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mtkr5$9v8@digifix.digifix.com> Hello, I've recently placed Hackers-1.2.tar.Z on the archives. It's a digital-webster clone using the Jargon file as its back-end data source. It received 4 cubes from the late NeXTWORLD magazine, so it's worth your while to check it out. It's funny, cool, and best of all, provided to you, the end user, totally free by Hutchison Avenue Software. The newest version has some bugs fixed, has some color in the interface, and has our email address corrected. It's an Intel/Moto mab as well. Please download from the cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu archives, rather than ftping to hasc.ca, as our poor 14.4k link has been totally saturated. sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Hackers-1.2.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Hackers-1.2.tar.Z Enjoy! - darcy
From: Matthew Stecker <matthew@marble.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Marble Founder and Officers Killed in Plane Crash Date: 24 Mar 1994 22:13:42 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mtkt6$9ve@digifix.digifix.com> Press Release For Immediate Release For More Information: Daniel Kehoe Marble Associates, Inc. 38 Edge Hill Road Waltham, MA 02154 617-891-5555 617-891-5226 fax kehoe@marble.com Founder, Two Officers of Consulting Firm in Plane Crash; Founder a Leading Figure in Networking Technology Waltham, MA; March 21, 1994 -- On Wednesday, March 16th, a small plane carrying senior executives of Marble Associates, Inc., crashed near Dulce, in northern New Mexico. Raymond S. Bloom II, the company's Chief Technology Officer, and Kirk A. Elvy, Vice President for Finance and Administration, were killed. Marc A. Elvy, the President of Marble Associates, Inc., survived the crash and fought valiantly for his life for nearly five days. He ultimately succumbed to devastating injuries on the evening of Sunday, March 20, at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He fought for life for himself, for his family, and for his friends, with the same spirit with which he created the organization he loved. Richard (Rick) J. Chavez, the firm's Chief Operating Officer, now serves as Acting President of Marble Associates, Inc. The company anticipates continued growth despite the tragedy. Marc Elvy and two fellow Harvard University students founded Marble Associates in 1983, dispensing advice about computers and networks, writing documentation and books, and developing software. Working from a Harvard dorm room and the trunk of 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine, they won contracts with clients as large as AT&T and Digital Equipment Corporation. An early interest in the UNIX operating system led Marc Elvy to develop remote connectivity solutions for TCP/IP, the UNIX network protocol. In co-inventing the Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), Marc Elvy established the technological basis for much of today's telecommuting, making possible low-cost connections to the Internet, and cemented a reputation as a leading figure in information science and networking technology. As President of Marble Associates, Inc., Marc Elvy selected as his associates students, scientists, and computer professionals who tackled information systems problems with the same intelligence, enthusiasm and creativity that embodied Marc Elvy's own approach. By 1989, clients were asking Marble Associates, Inc., to train their own software engineering teams in the methodologies of rapid-cycle application development and joint (technologist and business user) development that Marc Elvy advocated. With the help of Marc Elvy's younger brother, Kirk Elvy, who managed the company's rapidly growing financial and administrative needs; Ray Bloom, who established relationships with leading technology firms from the company's San Jose, California office; and Rick Chavez, Chief Operating Officer and a former Coopers & Lybrand strategic consultant, by 1993 Marble Associates, Inc. completed a transition from a software development firm to a position of leadership in the emerging field of information systems transformation. As a technology partner with management consulting firms such as CSC Index, Marble Associates, Inc. has made key contributions to the business re-engineering projects of the world's largest industrial and service corporations. Six months ago, under Marc Elvy's leadership, Marble Associates, Inc. began a reorganization effort intended to shift authority from the firm's officers to its most experienced associates, in the interests of empowering project teams to accommodate client needs and support the company's continued significant growth. Rick Chavez, the Acting President of Marble Associates, Inc., comments, "We are fortunate that Marc had the foresight to encourage our transition to a stronger and more sustainable operating structure. Though Marc intended the reorganization to support our company's rapid growth, we are well served by Marc's intelligence despite our loss." The company will complete a reorganization as planned. Chavez states, "Marc Elvy understood that technology never stands on its own -- despite its intellectual appeal -- if people, organizations, and the society they belong to do not progress in values of the spirit. We will continue to execute our mission: to help our clients and business partners accommodate both radical flux in technology and wrenching change in the global business environment. Marc, Ray, and Kirk taught us to always be truthful about what we can and cannot accomplish. They knew that more significant than this company's talent, more critical than knowledge of emerging technologies or relationships with vendors, more valuable than any single individual or a single project team is our reputation for honesty and perseverance. "We acknowledge the emotional, personal pain we feel because of this tragedy. At the same time, as a company, we know that we can best honor the spirit of our three friends and colleagues by continuing on the path we established together. "Our entire practice, our methodology, our reusable Business Objects, our architectural precepts, our fast-cycle approaches and tools are all geared to the work of achieving breakthrough results in business transformation. This focus has not changed and it will not change in the face of tragedy. We are saddened by our loss and we will mourn our friends. But we will honor them best by continuing this work and reaching the next plateau in transformation thinking and transformative results." Marble has significant relationships and a growing reputation in the Boston business community and beyond. Chavez adds, "We will meet our commitments to current and future clients and partners because of the strong foundation that we established in past years. Our circle of corporate advisors, including the law firm Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar; the accountants Schwartz & Katz; and our investment banker, State Street Bank; have told us they have full confidence in our ability to continue to grow, despite this tragedy. Coupled with the extraordinary loyalty of our clients and business partners, we fully expect the future Marble Associates to be a manifest vision of Marc Elvy's ambition and principles." Marble Associates, Inc., is a privately-held consulting firm that works with the world's largest industrial and service corporations, introducing information technology strategies that accommodate adaptive change. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, MA and San Jose, CA and employs 50 people. ## end ##
From: lamb@eqt.ch (Alexander Lamb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP/SUN programming in Switzerland Date: 25 Mar 1994 14:45:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mvf0p$evu@digifix.digifix.com> We are a small financial company located in Geneva / Switzerland. We need to increase our development team with a programmer who would be responsible for : 1. Maintaining and developping some C programs on SUN 2. Maintaining and developping databases running on Sybase 3. Help on the new developments on NEXTSTEP. The canditates will need to be Swiss nationals OR have a valid work permit for Switzerland. For more information, you may contact : Alexander Lamb Expert Quantitative Trading Geneva / Switzerland Tel. ++41-22 738.31.80 Fax. ++41-22 741.00.20 E-mail : lamb@eqt.ch
From: jyoon@woodstock.abbott.com (Joseph Yoon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Abbott Laboratories in Chicago Area Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:21:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mvh3i$f78@digifix.digifix.com> Abbott Laboratories has two openings for the following: 1 Sr. Software Engineer (3-5 years experience) 1 Software Engineer (1-3 years experience) Candidates must have expertise in the following areas: NEXTSTEP development Objective C UNIX RDBMS/SQL Abbott Labs is located in North Chicago, IL about 30 miles north of the Windy City. We are one of the largest NeXT sites in the Midwest. Please email/NeXTmail your resumes to Nader Sahyouni at nader@woodstock.abbott.com All information will be kept confidential.
From: gerti@tms-gmbh.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PASPlus Driver Beta release Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:55:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2mvj37$fi9@digifix.digifix.com> The Pro Audio Spectrum Plus driver makes full use of the mixer on a PAS16 board. The mixer can be operated through a preferences module. Highlights: o All input and output levels are adjustable. o All input and output balance levels are adjustable. o Treble and Bass levels are adjustable. o Stereo enhance filter. o Loudness filter. o Six user-definable presets with definable fading times. The packet is available via ftp: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/drivers/PASPlus.0.99.I.b.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/drivers/PASPlus.0.99.I.b.README and in Europe: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/i486/audio/PASPlus.0.99.I.b.tar.gz BITart Gerd Knops Cranachweg 4 93051 Regensburg Germany FAX : +941 999750 EMail: gerti@tms-gmbh.de
From: hsr@cs.stanford.edu (Scott Roy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Filter v1.1 adds spiffy new icons Date: 27 Mar 1994 22:02:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n5hd0$6pm@digifix.digifix.com> Michael McCulloch and Thomas Engel (and his brother!) contributed spiffy icons for use with Filter.app; I've uploaded a new version with their handiwork. There are now appropriate icons for GIF and JPG images, as well as a more distinctive app icon. The code itself is unchanged. Filter-1.1.compressed can be found on, cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/tools/Filter-1.1.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/tools/Filter-1.1.compressed ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de
From: ericw@its.com (Eric Wespestad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): March 29th Date: 27 Mar 1994 22:21:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n5ieu$6tv@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing LoopGroup March 29th Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 29th 1994 Time: 6:30pm Place: Information Technology Solutions 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 Agenda: State of the Marketplace -- A NEXTSTEP Perspective - Ted Shelton, CEO & President, ITS An NEXTSTEP marketplace retrospective, an analysis of its current status, and a vision of the market's new opportunities. Questions & Answers. Shareware Jamboree -- Pastry and ClassMaker - William Swats, ITS - Mike Barthelemy, ITS Two new shareware applications, Pastry and ClassMaker, both targeted for NEXTSTEP developers, will be presented. The author of ClassMaker will be present to answer any questions and take suggestions. Attendees are invited to bring along a disk and acquire copies at the meeting. Demonstration and overview of Pages by Pages - Eric Wespestad, ITS A quick demonstration/tour of the new document processing application from Pages Software. Pages is a completely different approach to document processing, providing an extremely powerful object-based paradigm for creating documents. The presentation will highlight the concept of Pages Design Models, outlining the benefits to both users and organizations. In addition, Pages will be contrasted with products such as WriteUp(tm), and FrameMaker(tm). Anyone who would like to try out the application for a short period is welcome to do so at the end of the meeting. Contact: Eric Wespestad LoopGroup: Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group c/o Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, Illinois 60661 Email: loopgroup@its.com Phone: 312-474-7700
From: graphing@mttam.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder - new version - ftp demo Date: 28 Mar 1994 14:55:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n7cod$cqh@digifix.digifix.com> GraphBuilder - Even Better - And New ftp Demo Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com VVI responds to customers and makes GraphBuilder even better and easier to use. The GraphBuilder file drag and launch, contour facilities, and documentation have been improved with the features listed below. For more information please see below, or see our ads in: The Alembic Systems International Ltd. CD-ROM. The Object Based Computing newsletter from ITS, Inc. The Paget Press Electronic AppWrapper CD-ROM. NeXTWORLD magazine (??). Best Regards, - VVI -- FILE DRAG ------------------------------------------------------- -- Select multiple data files from the workspace manager and double click the resulting icon to bring up multiple graphs and documents for each data file. The axes title is set to the data file name and the axes are autoscaled and ready to go. -- Drag the selection onto a GraphBuilder document to create an axes and graph the data on the axes. The data is on the same axes and the axes are autoscaled and ready to go. -- Drag any data file onto a focused axes to add data without rescaling the axes or making a new one. -- Table data in the format x1 y11 y12 y13 ... x2 y21 y22 y23 ... . . xn yn1 yn2 yn3 ... has been added as a file type primitive (tabledata extension) and has the same easy launch and drag use as above. -- Any combination of the above can be used so you can display results from many types of tests on the same graph by simple drag and drop methods. -- CONTOURS ------------------------------------------------------- -- Improved documentation. -- Additional file formats. -- Variable x-y grid points (and orthogonal) as is often the case in oceanography, seismology, atmospheric science, layered fluid problems, non-uniform statistics, certain financial data, hospital clinical data, etc. -- Overlay contours of different data set by dragging in new matrix data. You can compare your data sets in precise and intuitive ways. The exampleDrag file shows an eps of this feature and explains exactly how to do it. -- Plus all the NEXTSTEP features you expect, for example drag a color swath over a contour curve defined at a particular level and see all contours at that level (only) change to that color. -- 10 contours levels, many more contours, and 16,000 data points computed and displayed in 3-4 seconds, or in half a second on a PA-RISC machine (estimated). -- MISC ------------------------------------------------------- -- GraphBuilder is shipped as Multiple Architecture Binaries, m68k only, and i386 only versions. -- As always, GraphBuilder is completely programmable for production and custom plotting so you can print out 1000's of graphs without clicking any buttons, but you can lay out the initial graph with a nice user interface. -- Example data files are provided which you can instantly click and modify to get you going. -- Integrated Digital Librarian Reference Guide and automatic printing of online manual. -- Better support for external and internal-document data links. -- Hints of upcoming collaborative efforts. -- Since our API is fully published third party applications can be readily interfaced. We fully support and encourage collaborative efforts. For those who didn't see it here is an excerpt of our previous post. EXCERPT FROM PREVIOUS POST: VVI, Inc. ships version 3.2 of GraphBuilder - the application for graph layout, data display, and data control and offers a limited time introductory price, upgrade path, and ftp demo copy. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- VVI customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in these following areas: Expertise: - Real time, production, and presentation quality data display and analysis. - Database and data acquisition integration. - Data modeling and simulation. - Cross platform development and integrity of data in a heterogeneous environment. - Object library architecture, object design, and integration between Objective-C and C++. - Transitioning to NEXTSTEP. Industries: - Financial Services; display of financial data. - Medical Services; hospital related clinical data. - Petroleum Services; exploration related data. - Corporate R&D laboratories; data analysis and display. - Government laboratories; data analysis and display. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- - Immediate ship. (Fed-X or UPS) - VISA/Mastercard/Company P.O. accepted. - Free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions. - 100% compatible with previous document versions. - Runs on NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Motorola or Intel. - Full support, documentation, and complete API. For ordering and product information please contact VVI at 814-234-9613. Please read the notes below for further information. See below for information regarding the ftp demo version. -- INTRODUCTORY OFFER ---------------------------------------------- This is an introductory offer which will not be available once GraphBuilder version 3.3 ships. - $89.00 Academic - GraphBuilder3.2 - $198.00 Other - GraphBuilder3.2 - Free upgrade to GraphBuilder3.3. Will include log axes, pie charts, generalized marker editor, and many more improvements already being implemented. -- FTP DEMO VERSION ----------------------------------------- Documentation and a demo version is located on cs.orst.edu in the cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/graphics directory. Get the file GraphBuilder3.2d.README for further details. This demo version includes: 1) Fully programmable GraphBuilder application. 2) Full online documentation and printing of manual. 3) About 200 header files for programming GraphBuilder -- That is what is called a COMPLETE API. 4) Example documents, including complete program examples. 5) All the goodies you expect from a NEXTSTEP application.
From: simsong@media.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXTWORLD Press Announcement Date: 28 Mar 1994 14:56:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n7cpd$cqn@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan Ruby 415-978-3191 NeXTWORLD MAGAZINE SUSPENDS PUBLICATION San Francisco, March 21, 1994 - Integrated Media Inc. (IMI) announced today that it has suspended publication of NeXTWORLD, its three-year-old magazine that was dedicated to the market for NEXTSTEP products and services. The April issue of NeXTWORLD will be printed and distributed on schedule. However, work has ceased on future issues as well as on the NeXTWORLD Expo trade show, which IMI formerly produced in association with NeXT Inc. and Digital Consulting Inc. "This is a sad day for those of us who have worked hard to produce a quality magazine in support of the NEXTSTEP market," said Dan Ruby, NeXTWORLD's Editor and Publisher. "However, market conditions are such that it is no longer viable for IMI to continue publishing a magazine dedicated to NEXTSTEP." Pending negotiations with other publishers for a possible sale of NeXTWORLD's assets, paid subscribers to NeXTWORLD will be served with issues of Advanced Systems, IMI's monthly magazine for Unix professionals. Integrated Media, Inc., is a wholly owned business unit of the International Data Group. Based in San Francisco, it publishes Advanced Systems magazine and Publish magazine. -30-
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXSTEP WWW Product Information Server/Mail Server Date: 28 Mar 1994 15:27:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2n7ekd$cuh@digifix.digifix.com> Two new ways to let the NEXTSTEP world know about your products! - NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server - NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server General Information ------------------- When the NEXTSTEP community lost NextWorld Magazine, we lost a vital link between our developers and the customers. However, these two undertakings should help to fill the gap. Please remember that currently both of these are just coming online, and as a result, there is the possiblity that things could be a little rough for a while. However, soon they should be running as smoothly as comp.sys.next.announce does. If you are a NEXTSTEP Developer and would like to have your products listed on these services you can send email to sanguish@digifix.com to find out what is involved. Additionally, you can expect email at some point soon outlining what is involved in getting your information available. NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server -------------------------------------------------- A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server ---------------------------------------- For those who are not hooked up to the Internet directly, this server will provide much the same information as the NEXTSTEP WWW Product Information Server, via email. Indexes of available products as well as information on the products themselves will be available via NextMail. Send email to ns-products@digifix.com with the subject "Help" for further information on how to format your requests. This mailing alias is available now, however until we actually have some information to distribute, there is nothing to request. Periodic postings to comp.sys.next.announce will list what products and companies have information available via this server. The Fine Print -------------- These services are available to both the developer and user at no cost. I'll strive to keep them up and running as best as I can. Currently we are tight on hard disk space, so that might impact on how much information we can keep online... that should change soon enough though. As well, we are connected to the Net via a SLIP interface, so please be kind and don't abuse the Mail Server. I'll be more than happy to keep a mirror of the available files on cs.orst.edu, so if you want everything, there will be a higher bandwidth option available. Finally, any donations or kind words from developers and users would be much appreciated.
From: sbeck@marais.math.lsu.edu (Stephen David Beck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Csnd.app for NeXT Date: 28 Mar 1994 15:34:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n7f0n$d1i@digifix.digifix.com> Csnd.app for NeXT Available by anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.orst.edu Csnd.app is a graphic interface to Csound, the Unix sound synthesis program by Barry Vercoe at MIT. Csnd.app was written by Stephen David Beck of the School of Music at Louisiana State University. It is inspired in large part by the earlier Csound interface, Snd.app by Peter Yadlowski of the University of Virginia. Csnd.app has several distinct differences from Snd.app: - It compiles orc & sco files using the February 1994 csound binary; - The Csound binary's NeXT MIDI driver has been rewritten to handle the newer NS3.0 midi driver (not that that is of any use on NeXTs) - Csnd.app creates a separate subprocess to compile files, returning control to the user as soon as the compiling begins; - It uses services to send the following messages from any program to Csnd.app: - recompile last orc & sco file - import file to project - search MIT Csound Quick Reference for selection - The MIT Csound Manual has been incorporated into the standard Next Help. - Double-click on file browser calls appropriate edit program Csnd.app also takes advantage of the built-in analysis programs in MIT Csound, and provides an intuitive interface to them. Some of the analysis features are: - Soundfile display and playback - Analysing all or only visually selected portion of soundfile - Analysis generated by Csound are automatically imported to projects upon completion. Csnd.app was compiled under NS 3.0 and should work on any black hardware running 3.x system software. It is in the final stages of beta testing. A full 1.0 should be ready by late April. Please forward any bugs or suggestions directly to the author. Csnd.app is available via ftp: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/sound/NeXT_Csnd.app.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/sound/NeXT_Csnd.app.tar.Z For more information, e-mail: sbeck@math.lsu.edu Stephen David Beck School of Music Louisiana State University
From: "Robert L. Masterson" <bob@laplace.csb.yale.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: CodeReviewer 2.7.2 Date: 28 Mar 1994 01:39:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n5u2r$9mt@digifix.digifix.com> A demonstration version of the CodeReviewer software analysis tool from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is now available via email and FTP. CodeReviewer allows developers and project managers to analyze the state of a software project, as well as its history of development over time, and to reduce development and maintenance costs by uncovering potential trouble spots in code. CodeReviewer is one of the SS&S CASE Tools, a line of applications for developers of custom applications that also includes the DRCS graphical, directory capable revision control system. The demonstration version of CodeReviewer 2.7.2 limits its analysis of source code to the first 150 lines of a file, printing and saving the results of analyses are disabled, and the application times out ten minutes after launch. The production version of CodeReviewer can be purchased directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., or through Paget Press. See the bottom of this message for ordering information. The demonstration package, CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz, which includes an online version of the CodeReviewer manual, is 500 Kb, and it is available via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com, or via direct FTP from the following locations: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_Demo.README sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/commercial/apps The demo will run under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 on NeXT and Intel hardware. Contact SS&S via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com if you require a demo that will run under NEXTSTEP 3.0. The following excerpt from the Overview section of the CodeReviewer manual gives more details about CodeReviewer: CodeReviewer is a software analysis tool designed to increase the productivity of developers, get new developers up to speed on a project quickly, and provide information to guide project managers in preventing trouble spots. CodeReviewer helps track and manage changes to objects and other code in multi-person development efforts. CodeReviewer allows project managers and developers to analyze versions of code visually and formally, according to industry-standard software metrics. Visual analysis is supported for any type of code, while software metrics can be computed, compared, and graphed for C, C++, Objective-C, and YACC code. CodeReviewer integrates well with source code management systems, if they are in use on a project. CodeReviewer is compatible with the DRCS graphical revision management system and the RCS revision control system, as well as any source code management system build on RCS. With CodeReviewer, project managers can gain control of changes to code and avoid the morass of object incompatibilities that can plague large object-oriented development efforts. Progress on goals can be tracked down to the level of changes in methods and functions in an individual source file. Development can proceed with greater efficiency toward its goals with CodeReviewer. Developers can use CodeReviewer to quickly appraise the state of legacy code and the work that has been done on it in the past. The complexity analysis functions of CodeReviewer can point developers to problem spots in code before they become bugs or maintenance headaches. Also, CodeReviewer can get developers up to speed on an unfamiliar project in a fraction of the time it would take them without it. CodeReviewer is fully integrated with NEXTSTEP, and its user interface is immediately familiar to users of standard NEXTSTEP applications. CodeReviewer provides its analysis capabilities via services, as well, to allow easy integration with the current development environment, e.g. CodeReviewer can be invoked on a class file from within ProjectBuilder through its services menu. CodeReviewer allows multiple source code files to be analyzed at one time, and CodeReviewer can perform historical analysis on each of the files. An entire project's source code can be loaded into CodeReviewer and analyzed by broad or fine statistical measures; CodeReviewer will then allow drill down visual analysis in terms of detailed code fragments. Results of analyses can be stored for further analysis in other tools, or for later review in CodeReviewer. CodeReviewer creates and reads .CodeReviewer documents, which can also be read by spreadsheets and a variety of other tools. CodeReviewer also exports the results of its analyses in a variety of other formats. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., a consulting and product development firm, can be reached via email to sss@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020.
From: "Robert L. Masterson" <bob@laplace.csb.yale.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: CodeReviewer 2.7.2 Date: 28 Mar 1994 01:42:14 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n5u86$9o1@digifix.digifix.com> A demonstration version of the CodeReviewer software analysis tool from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is now available via email and FTP. CodeReviewer allows developers and project managers to analyze the state of a software project, as well as its history of development over time, and to reduce development and maintenance costs by uncovering potential trouble spots in code. CodeReviewer is one of the SS&S CASE Tools, a line of applications for developers of custom applications that also includes the DRCS graphical, directory capable revision control system. The demonstration version of CodeReviewer 2.7.2 limits its analysis of source code to the first 150 lines of a file, printing and saving the results of analyses are disabled, and the application times out ten minutes after launch. The production version of CodeReviewer can be purchased directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., or through Paget Press. See the bottom of this message for ordering information. The demonstration package, CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz, which includes an online version of the CodeReviewer manual, is 500 Kb, and it is available via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com, or via direct FTP from the following locations: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_Demo.README sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/commercial/apps The demo will run under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 on NeXT and Intel hardware. Contact SS&S via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com if you require a demo that will run under NEXTSTEP 3.0. The following excerpt from the Overview section of the CodeReviewer manual gives more details about CodeReviewer: CodeReviewer is a software analysis tool designed to increase the productivity of developers, get new developers up to speed on a project quickly, and provide information to guide project managers in preventing trouble spots. CodeReviewer helps track and manage changes to objects and other code in multi-person development efforts. CodeReviewer allows project managers and developers to analyze versions of code visually and formally, according to industry-standard software metrics. Visual analysis is supported for any type of code, while software metrics can be computed, compared, and graphed for C, C++, Objective-C, and YACC code. CodeReviewer integrates well with source code management systems, if they are in use on a project. CodeReviewer is compatible with the DRCS graphical revision management system and the RCS revision control system, as well as any source code management system build on RCS. With CodeReviewer, project managers can gain control of changes to code and avoid the morass of object incompatibilities that can plague large object-oriented development efforts. Progress on goals can be tracked down to the level of changes in methods and functions in an individual source file. Development can proceed with greater efficiency toward its goals with CodeReviewer. Developers can use CodeReviewer to quickly appraise the state of legacy code and the work that has been done on it in the past. The complexity analysis functions of CodeReviewer can point developers to problem spots in code before they become bugs or maintenance headaches. Also, CodeReviewer can get developers up to speed on an unfamiliar project in a fraction of the time it would take them without it. CodeReviewer is fully integrated with NEXTSTEP, and its user interface is immediately familiar to users of standard NEXTSTEP applications. CodeReviewer provides its analysis capabilities via services, as well, to allow easy integration with the current development environment, e.g. CodeReviewer can be invoked on a class file from within ProjectBuilder through its services menu. CodeReviewer allows multiple source code files to be analyzed at one time, and CodeReviewer can perform historical analysis on each of the files. An entire project's source code can be loaded into CodeReviewer and analyzed by broad or fine statistical measures; CodeReviewer will then allow drill down visual analysis in terms of detailed code fragments. Results of analyses can be stored for further analysis in other tools, or for later review in CodeReviewer. CodeReviewer creates and reads .CodeReviewer documents, which can also be read by spreadsheets and a variety of other tools. CodeReviewer also exports the results of its analyses in a variety of other formats. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., a consulting and product development firm, can be reached via email to sss@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 12 - 1994 Date: 28 Mar 1994 01:42:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2n5u9e$9od@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 12). Wednesday March 23 through Monday March 28 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 11 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet NEXTSTEP Expo Concerns JOB: NEXTSTEPdevelopers for Consulting Team JOB: System Administrator with Proxima in Washington, DC JOB: Experienced NEXTSTEP/UNIX/C Developer Required Immediately SUBMISSION: MailEnclosure.app on archives SUBMISSION: Backspace Modules SUBMISSION: Hackers 1.2 PRESS RELEASE: Marble Founder and Officers Killed in Plane Crash JOB: NEXTSTEP/SUN programming in Switzerland JOB: Abbott Laboratories in Chicago Area SUBMISSION: PASPlus Driver Beta release SUBMISSION: Filter v1.1 adds spiffy new icons MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): March 29th PRESS RELEASE: CodeReviewer 2.7.2 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 28 Mar 1994 01:43:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2n5uag$9oj@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 28 Mar 1994 01:43:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2n5uav$9op@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: michelle@meaddata.com (Michelle Buck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: EMB & Associates Date: 29 Mar 1994 14:28:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2n9vhr$kss@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erik M. Buck 513-748-3567 EMB & Associates suspends distribution of "Cultural Evolution: Noblesse Oblige" Springboro Ohio, March 29, 1994 - EMB & Associates announced today that it has suspended publication its NEXTSTEP game, "Cultural Evolution: Noblesse Oblige". Customers who have ordered this product by credit card should receive a letter notifying them that their orders have been canceled and all credit card information has been destroyed. Numerous factors beyond our control have convinced us that there is no market for the kind of high end game that EMB & Associates would like to publish. In particular, the extremely poor response to our announcements of the game and the lack of any reasonable method of reaching the greater NEXTSTEP community have convinced our financial backers to "pull the plug". EMB & Associates regrets this unfortunate situation. Although EMB & Associates has been forced to alter its business plan and absorb a huge financial loss, this announcement will not effect the availability of other EMB & Associates products. EMB & Associates is an independent software manufacturer based in Springboro Ohio. EMB & Associates offers a range of products and services dedicated to the NEXTSTEP community.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Expo Brochure in ASCII (long) Date: 29 Mar 1994 23:41:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2navt2$p2l@digifix.digifix.com> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO June 20 -23 Moscone Center, San Francisco +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The third annual NEXTSTEP EXPO is the place to experience how objects are enabling enterprise-wide, client/server computing and changing the future of the corporate desktop. NEXTSTEP Expo spans four days, combining informative NEXTSTEP Tutorials, a comprehensive Developer and User Conference, an End-User Program designed specifically for non-technical users, and the largest NEXTSTEP Exposition in the world. Designed for corporate and commercial software developers, system integrators, IS managers and VARs, this is the premier international event to learn more about object-oriented technology and the development of mission-critical custom applications with NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP EXPO '94 is the opportunity to see the NEXTSTEP communities converge, with the broad base of products and solutions for NEXTSTEP for Intel, as well as Object-Enterprise solutions from Hewlett-Packard and NeXT. This is also the chance for Sun developers to explore the world of objects with the availability of the first open object specification from Sun Microsystems and NeXT: OpenStep. If objects are in your future, don't miss this important event. Highlights include: Enterprise Objects Framework: NeXT will announce Enterprise Objects Framework, a technology that enables customers to construct true business objects that utilize industry-standard relational databases to provide persistent storage. As the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network, Enterprise Objects will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. All attendees of the Developer and User Conference will receive a free early-access copy! OpenStep: Learn more about how NeXT and SunSoft are working to make OpenStep the volume industry standard for object-oriented technology. NEXTSTEP EXPO will be your first opportunity to receive more details about the OpenStep specification and hear from others adopting OpenStep. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DEVELOPER AND USER CONFERENCE The NEXTSTEP Developer and User Conference program has been designed to mirror the NEXTSTEP adoption process, offering developers an opportunity to learn more in every phase of development, from evaluation to design and development, through deployment and use. Sessions will be aimed at beginning and advanced developers in both commercial and corporate markets, technical evaluators, system administrators and MIS managers, systems integrators and VARs. To benefit most from the breadth of the sessions, you are encouraged to review and select within your primary area of interest. The general sessions will feature business and technical presentations on Enterprise Objects, plus OpenStep and Portable Distributed Objects. END-USER PROGRAM A subset of the full Conference, this curriculum is geared to non-technical users from Fortune 1000 companies and includes the sessions in "View from the Ground", the keynote addresses and the general sessions. NEXTSTEP TUTORIALS On June 20, attendees will have the opportunity to take in a day of optional tutorials, in lecture format, designed to help them both prepare for the conference and bring back a more in-depth understanding of NEXTSTEP programming and system administration concepts. The Tutorials are delivered by NeXT Developer Trainers. NEXTSTEP EXPOSITION Over 120 exhibits from leading PC and workstation manufacturers, application and ObjectWare developers, and systems integrators will give attendees a view of real-world solutions with NEXTSTEP. The NeXT booth will feature live presentations and show the range of NeXT technology from NEXTSTEP User and Developer, to PDO, Enterprise Objects Frameworks, NEXTIME, and NEXTSTEP-J, the Japanese version of NEXTSTEP. USER GROUP PROGRAM User Group sessions focus on user group leadership and member services. If you want ideas to take back to your group, this program is for you. With the explosion of new NEXTSTEP users, this program helps you prepare your NeXT User Group for growth and success in 1994 and beyond. All user group members attending either the exposition or the conferences are invited to register for the User Group Program free of charge. AWARDS PRESENTATION The best of the NEXTSTEP third-party development community will be recognized at the Expo. A special awards event will be held, with admission by ticket only. This is your chance to see what are the outstanding software and peripheral products for NEXTSTEP! Call 1-800-767-2336 to reserve your place now. ++++++++++++++++++ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ++++++++++++++++++ Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer, Inc. Steven P. Jobs, NeXT's Chairman and CEO, will deliver the opening day keynote on June 21, focusing on the "three horse race" in objects between Microsoft, OpenStep, and Taligent. He will also unveil NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework; a breakthrough technology that enables customers to construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases. Scott McNealy, Chairman, CEO, and President, Sun Microsystems Scott McNealy will discuss OpenStep and how it fits into Sun's corporate strategy. Richard W. Sevick, General Manager, Systems and Servers Group, Hewlett-Packard Rich Sevick will discuss HP and NeXT's Object-Enterprise initiative which distributes NeXT's object technology across HP's client/server systems and gives customers the ability to reengineer their IT environments. ------------------------- NOTE: Please plan to be seated at 9 am for all keynotes sessions. To avoid disruption, the doors will be closed at 9 am and will not be reopened until the session is over. ------------------------- PRODUCTS AVAILABLE: Developer and User Conference attendees will receive an early-access copy of NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework. All Expo attendees will be able to visit NeXT's sales station to purchase NEXTSTEP User and NEXTSTEP Developer bundled together for the special starter kit price of $995. Other show specials on NEXTSTEP products and services will be offered. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO: >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE # BRDER02 PRICING: Early-bird Developer and User Conference (until Aprill 22) $795 Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Half-Day Tutorials: June 20 +++++++++++++++++++++ Introduction to the NEXTSTEP Development Environment Kelly Toshach, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer This tutorial will walk attendees through the steps of building a simple NEXTSTEP application. Topics include using ProjectBuilder to manage your project; using InterfaceBuilder to create a user interface; debugging your code with GDB, the gnu Debugger; using Edit as a developer's tool; and how Digital Librarian can help you search and read on-line technical documentation. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to identify the developer applications that are available, their features, how they work together, and how they help you create a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a simple understanding of the NEXTSTEP user environment and C programming language. Advanced NEXTSTEP Programming: Transporting Objects Between Applications Ralph Zazula, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer Cooperation between applications allows users to reuse their work across multiple applications and allows developers to leverage the functionality provided in other applications. Learn how the Application Kit supports several approaches to object sharing, how to choose the right approach for a problem, and how to implement object-sharing in your application. Topics covered in this tutorial include implementing pasteboard and interapplication services, drag-and-drop interfaces, Distributed Objects, and object links. This tutorial is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Object-Oriented Design Stephen Asbury, Mentorship Project Leader, NeXT Computer This tutorial will cover many of the concepts needed to do analysis and design for object-oriented programming. Rather than focus on a particular methodology, it presents the basic concepts required by all analysts and designers. These concepts include discovering the classes and objects needed in your application; identifying relationships between classes and objects in your application; and designing applications that take advantage of NEXTSTEP. Following the introduction of each concept, the instructor will work with the group to apply that concept to several specific examples. Attendees are encouraged to bring examples that they would like to have discussed. Tutorial attendees will learn the major steps needed to analyze and design a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for the tutorial is the ability to create a simple NEXTSTEP application or have other experience with object-oriented programming. This tutorial will not cover the basic concepts of object-oriented programming. Attendees will be expected to understand the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FULL - DAY TUTORIAL: June 20 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Advanced NetInfo Alan Marcum, Technical Support, NeXT Computer This tutorial is intended for system administrators who manage large and complex networks and who want to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of the NetInfo administrative database system. Topics will include review of NetInfo design and terminology; NetInfo database servers, clients, and related system processes; NetInfo communications protocols; examination of the server binding and client connection processes; update propagation; and troubleshooting NetInfo configuration problems. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to design, configure, and manage advanced NetInfo hierarchies. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a good understanding of the NetInfo system. A review of the NetInfo sections of the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual and the Summer 1993 issue of NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS is recommended before attending the tutorial. ++++++++++++++++++ GENERAL SESSIONS ++++++++++++++++++ The Enterprise Objects Framework: Modeling Your Business with Objects Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, and Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework enables customers to create and reuse business objects that process information stored in industry-standard relational databases or other data sources. The Enterprise Objects Framework is also the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network. Enterprise Objects advance object orientation to the next level of corporate computing by enabling developers to construct applications using software components that directly implement the business model. These objects tightly couple business information with the business processes required to properly manage that information. The Framework's flexibility enables you to design business objects that incorporate business process logic once and to use those objects to manage enterprise-wide operations, even when the data is represented differently in different divisions of your organization. You'll even be able to use this technology to reuse customizable, vertical industry business objects supplied by specialists, even if your business stores data differently than your competitors do. The Enterprise Objects Framework will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. This session will describe the technology and help you explore the possibilities. A Technical Overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework Stephen Asbury, Mentorship Project Leader, NeXT Computer This session will provide a technical introduction to NeXT's technology for Enterprise Objects. The Enterprise Objects Framework provides developers with a unified approach to object persistence. The Framework is designed to support relational databases and other data sources and allow developers to create objects that are independent of user interface and persistence mechanisms. This session will provide an overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework, including overall architecture, moving data between Enterprise Objects and the user interface and moving data between Enterprise Objects and the data sources. To make the most of this session, plan to attend these related Conference sessions: Designing Enterprise Objects, A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework and Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework. OpenStep: The Details Revealed Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer and Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, NeXT Computer; and Jim Green, DOE Marketing Manager, SunSoft As announced in November 1993, the OpenStep specification will be published on June 30, 1994. This session will officially introduce the OpenStep specification and discuss its similarities and differences with NEXTSTEP Release 3.2. Come hear further details of how NeXT and Sun will be providing OpenStep-compliant software. Scaling Your Enterprise with PDO Ralph Zazula, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) provides libraries, tools, and user runtime for developing integrated Objective-C and C++ applications on non-NEXTSTEP host operating systems that can share objects virtually transparently with NEXTSTEP applications and each other. This session will provide a technical introduction to writing PDO applications and will highlight what's new in PDO 2.0. The technical presentation will be followed by a PDO customer presenting a case study of a large-scale deployment of PDO applications in a heterogeneous network. This session is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Familiarity with Distributed Objects is helpful but not required. +++++++++++++++++++++ Track 1: Strategic Thinking +++++++++++++++++++++ At this stage in the NEXTSTEP adoption process, corporate customers assess object-oriented technologies and plan their IS strategies. Commercial developers look for information relating to the business case for developing a NEXTSTEP application. Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Dr. Michael K. Mahoney, California State University, Long Beach This session will begin by showing how programming has evolved over the years and where we are today: objects. The speaker will identify the main characteristics of the object-oriented programming approach and describe how these characteristics can translate into distinct development advantages. The session will include a brief demonstration of real-time NEXTSTEP application development and is especially recommended for technical evaluators who desire more knowledge about object-oriented development and NEXTSTEP. Dr. Mahoney is co-author of NEXTSTEP Programming, Step One: Object-Oriented Applications. European Customer Panel Moderator: Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer A group of major European customers will present their projects and describe their experience working with NEXTSTEP and with third-party developers. This will help U.S.-based developers and systems integrators to learn first-hand what European customers require from their partners. Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Ken Andersen, President, and David Ehrlich, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Biztech This session will present you with all the facts regarding porting your applications from the Windows world to the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep development environment. Many software companies make the mistake of approaching OO development through traditional practices, and their productivity falls short. These pitfalls can be avoided. Topics will include the differences between languages, graphics, tools, and operating system services. A comparison of InterfaceBuilder, NeXT's object management tool, to products such as Microsoft's Visual Basic will also be included. Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up Vince Jordan, Vice President and General Manager, Object Technology Center, SHL Systemhouse Enterprise Objects represents a quantum leap for NEXTSTEP application developers, with a collection of classes and functions that provide a solution for object persistence. But how does it relate to what's happening in other environments? This session will compare and contrast the frameworks concept, as implemented in other development environments, such as Windows. Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards Dr. Arvind Deogirikar, Manager, Market Development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Distributed Objects is an important paradigm for software development, providing efficient utilization of the network's resources. This session will provide a comprehensive look at approaches to distributed objects from a variety of vendors including NeXT and Sun. The standards involved in each approach will be discussed, and a perspective will be given on the role and the importance of the Object Management Group. CIO Roundtable Moderator: Bob Metcalfe, Publisher, InfoWorld A panel of Chief Information Officers from a variety of NEXTSTEP customer sites will discuss the difference NEXTSTEP makes in their organizations. These people have had to "bet their job" on NEXTSTEP, and this will be an opportunity to hear why it's worth the risk, what choices they had, and why they ultimately selected NEXTSTEP. Real-World Rightsizing Filippo de Fernex, MIS Director, and Manuel Giambonini, Development Manager, Ticino Life Ticino Life is a Swiss insurance company that has rightsized with NeXTSTEP. This session will describe what went into this large-scale integration, including working with existing systems components, security, feasibility of the development schedule, special requirements for mass printing, user acceptance, and the impact on the organization and its workflow. This session will share the results of one year of production experience with NEXTSTEP and is especially recommended for technical evaluators and systems integrators. Developing an OOP Organization from a Former COBOL Shop Doug LaFontaine, MIS Manager, Chrysler Financial Corporation Migrating to object-oriented programming can be a leap of faith and a test of mettle. Hear what goes into transitioning from a COBOL-based mainframe environment to NEXTSTEP, including how rearranging the MIS personnel can allow you to more fully take advantage of object-oriented programming. European Success Story: AMG Michael Gobran, President, AMG Industries Consulting GmbH AMG has used NEXTSTEP to implement a comprehensive product information and billing cycle solution for VME, an association of 180 furniture stores across Germany. Despite 3.5 billion DM revenue in 1992, VME was laboring under the constraints of manual systems for orders and invoices. With NEXTSTEP as a front-end to a Sybase server and NEXTSTEP machines in each store, AMG designed a system to network and automate all order processing and billing. They gave VME more flexibility and control over lead times and invoice methods, and planned for the ability to integrate other formats, such as still- and motion-video, into the databases. This session is geared to developers and integrators interested in large-scale database solutions with NEXTSTEP. Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions Today's corporations need to rethink the way in which they organize and manage programming projects to fully take advantage of object-oriented programming and design. This is a paradigm shift from the lowest-rung programmer all the way to the CIO. This session will address the issues related to making use of OO technology in the corporation and describe how embracing a culture of change will provide a critical edge to companies building a competitive information infrastructure. Shrink-Wrap Development: Business and Beyond Scott Opitz, Director of Sales and Marketing, Conextions, Inc. and Brendan Larson, President, WeatherLabs, Inc. Developing products for NEXTSTEP provides developers with a unique opportunity: to pursue their passion for creating the most innovative software on the planet, while building successful software businesses. The presenters will discuss how two companies developing shrinkwrapped products were able to get the best of both worlds by choosing NEXTSTEP as their development platform. This session is geared to current and prospective commercial developers and consultants. How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation The decision to choose NEXTSTEP for Chrysler Financial's client/server applications was the result of a comprehensive evaluation process. This session will describe that process, including criteria for selecting tools and critical success factors. Chrysler will share data that positions NEXTSTEP relative to its competition and will identify the factors that persuaded them that NEXTSTEP was the right choice. Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP Marty Rhodes, Vice President Systems Integration, SingleSource Systems Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is on the minds of corporate IS executives. Find out why! This session will provide a definition of BPR, explain why corporations are focused on changing the way they do business, give a general understanding of BPR techniques, describe how NEXTSTEP can enable BPR, and recap successful projects that implemented NEXTSTEP. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 2 - The Drawing Board +++++++++++++++++++++++ Planning and prototyping are critical to the success of any object-oriented development project. Various methodologies will be described, including how to model and measure your development efforts. Understanding Object-Oriented Client/Server Application Design Patricia A. Monk, Director, NeXT Business Unit, Data General Corporation This presentation will compare designing and developing NEXTSTEP applications on the desktop, NEXTSTEP client/server applications using PDO, and server-only object-oriented applications. The presentation will include insights on when each of these application types is appropriate, what tools can be used and strengths and weaknesses of each. Detailed examples will be given. This session will be valuable for beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP programmers, who will gain a broad understanding of how to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of object-oriented application design and development. Guide to Building Better Objects and Applications Adam Swift, Bill Bumgarner, Charles Swiger; Developers, WhiteLight Systems Good up-front object design saves time during software design and retains that advantage through development and maintenance. These engineers will describe a methodology for consistently designing highly reusable, robust objects in extensible architectures. The presentation will include both software analysis and design examples. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Designing a Network-Efficient Distributed Objects Application Brian Raymor, Premium Support Engineer, NeXT Computer Optimizing the overall performance of a client/server application requires different tools and techniques than a standalone application. This session will teach you how to monitor and measure network performance, understand design tradeoffs, and point out common bottlenecks to avoid. Topics will include new Objective-C keywords, protocols and proxies; object copies and proxies; smart proxies; the nmserver; the underlying MACH mechanisms; and multi-threaded servers. This session is targeted at the beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP developer wanting to become more familiar with Distributed Objects. Designing Enterprise Objects Moderator: Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer The Enterprise Objects Framework heralds a new era of productivity in developing mission-critical custom database applications. Libraries of vertical industry business objects that incorporate standard business practices can now be created and used to construct applications that can store data in different databases or data structures. In this session, a panel of leading systems integrators will present techniques for designing Enterprise Objects to maximize reuse. They will also describe how these software components can be integrated with existing business information systems or be assembled to form new applications. Achieving Excellence in User Interface Design Moderator: Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer, NeXT Computer Is creating a user interface (UI) an art or a science? How best can engineers and artists work together on UI projects? Do commercial and corporate developers wrestle with the same problems to create better interfaces for their users? A panel of UI designers and NEXTSTEP engineers, including Jay Capela of Bitwise Consulting and Bryan Yamamoto of NeXT, will discuss approaches to UI and how sound planning can have a dramatic impact on the outcome of interface design. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Legal Matters: Contracting for Custom Software Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational, Attorneys-at-Law Whether you contract for custom software or produce it, this is an opportunity to learn what goes into a good software contract and what stays out. Learn who owns the code and what to do if the contractor refuses to service the code or goes bankrupt. Learn how to design specifications and metrics that work and will keep both parties happy and out of court. Mr. Selineas talk was one of the highest rated sessions at last year's Conference; the money you could save in legal fees by attending this session could pay for the cost of attending this Conference. Icon Design: Getting the Most Out of Your Pixels Robert W. Kieffer, NEXTSTEP Developer and Icon Designer, Gemstone Systems, Inc. With a few exceptions, icon design is being done by developers with little or no training in art or computer art. This presentation offers some basic guidelines for icon design, presents some useful techniques, and discusses some of the resources available to designers. Techniques to improve an icon's impact, such as transparency, shadows and anti-aliasing, will be discussed. This session will be valuable for all NEXTSTEP programmers who wish to create crisp, clean, and intuitive icons. Model-View-Controller: A Paradigm for Object-Oriented Design Kristofer Younger, Member of Technical Staff, Anderson Financial Systems Model-View-Controller (MVC) has been a preeminent design paradigm in the SmallTalk community for many years and has maintained a lead in the way object-oriented systems are put together. This session will give a clear picture of how MVC fits into the current trends in NEXTSTEP development and will discuss how MVC needs to be customized to fit the NEXTSTEP environment. Several examples of good MVC design will be covered, as well as a brief set of references for further understanding. Analysis, Design and Development of Reusable Business Objects Roger Coates, Coordinator of Technology Management, PanCanadian Based on real-world experience of a department of 40 developers, this session will discuss issues surrounding building a library of reusable business objects. PanCanadian, a billion-dollar oil company, adopted object technology as its primary development environment in 1992. Development of a NEXTSTEP-based object-oriented infrastructure began in January 1993. Mr. Coates is a member of the team that has reshaped the IT infrastructure from mainframe-centric to TCP/IP network-centric. Metrics and Management for Object-Oriented Programming Mark Thomsen, Co-founder, Gemstone Systems, Inc. What metrics should be used to assess the size of an OO development project? How are reusable objects incorporated in an estimate? What methodologies for measuring software over the past 20 years are applicable to OO? How do we organize an OO project and enterprise-wide OO development? This session will present experiences from a series of projects. Focus will be on projects of 5-25 people, lasting from 2-18 months. It will describe some metrics and management techniques that have been found to work through the trial of actual projects and point to those which appear not to work. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 3 - Gaining the Development Advantage ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Detailed aspects of engineering an object-oriented application or system are explored, including code reusability, performance tuning, and new features of NEXTSTEP. Masters Panel Moderator: Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer A seasoned panel of NEXTSTEP developers - including Andrew Stone of Stone Design, Josh Doenias of NeXT, and Henry Krempel, consultant - will reveal their favorite tricks, tips, techniques, hints, hacks, and secrets (and maybe an anecdote or two), which you can use to make your NEXTSTEP development faster, more productive, and a lot more fun. IB Palettes: Leveraging the Power of InterfaceBuilder Thomas K. Burkholder, Premium Support Engineer, NeXT Computer IB Palettes provide an applications developer with a powerful tool for extending InterfaceBuilder and shortening development time by creating easily reusable UI objects. This session will explore the added value available through exploiting the advanced features of InterfaceBuilder. Topics will include connection inspectors, editors, palette project management, tips, and bugs. This session will be valuable for both intermediate and advanced NEXTSTEP programmers. Mr. Burkholder is the author of the TTools MiniExample. What's New: NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3 Steve Naroff, Manager, Development Environment Group, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 represents a significant enhancement to the overall development environment for NEXTSTEP. This presentation will include demonstrations of the new integrated tool set to be provided in Release 3.3, as well as descriptions of improvements in the environment geared to large-scale development projects. Creating and Marketing Customer-Driven NEXTSTEP Applications Margaret Grover, Director of Developer Relations, NeXT Computer This session will be an opportunity to learn strategies for designing and marketing NEXTSTEP applications to ensure the best chances for success. Specific topics covered include identifying and researching a market, building products that meet customer needs, and offering functionality that makes a product stand out from its competitors. The panel will also discuss the new opportunities that OpenStep provides to developers and how to take advantage of those today. This session will be valuable to current and prospective NEXTSTEP commercial developers. Integrating Objective-C and C++ Alan R. Losoff, Senior Systems Engineer, NationsBanc-CRT C++ and Objective-C can coexist peacefully. In fact, the strong points of each can make an integrated application very powerful. This presentation will cover issues involved with mixing Objective-C and C++ in a real-world development environment by a real world developer. Nuts-and-bolts details - such as useful compile flags, location of relevant files (for both NEXTSTEP 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2), makefile subtleties, and common pitfalls to avoid - will be covered. Various approaches for mixing Objective-C and C++ will be discussed. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Source Code Control Moderator: Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The panelists will discuss experiences managing source code and other resources on NEXTSTEP development projects. Attendees will come away understanding the benefits and drawbacks of existing source code control systems, and related issues such as available tools, defect tracking systems, and project management. This session will be of interest to managers and engineers working on NEXTSTEP development projects. NEXTSTEP experience is useful but not required. Shared Libraries and Real Dynamic Linking Kevin Enderby, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Learn about the new dynamically linked shared libraries and the dynamic link editor that will be available in NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3. This talk will cover how to build and use dynamically linked shared libraries and how to build and load bundles so that they automatically load the shared libraries they depend on. Hear how the new dynamic link editor will make the developer's life easier. The target audience is the developer of NEXTSTEP library or bundle code. Good understanding of the issues of building programs and their dependencies is needed. A Mechanism for Automatic Message-Based Undo Jeff Martin, Director of Software Engineering, Bozell, Inc. This presentation will introduce an object that allows the developer to quickly add multilevel undo/redo functionality to any application. The object requires only that the user send it the message that will reset an action. A demonstration that automatically adds undo to AppKit UI objects and the Text object will be shown. This mechanism also lends itself to an easy animation strategy in which the same messages that are registered for undo can be used to animate attributes from their old values to their new values. A demonstration of this using NeXTime and 3DKit will be shown. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. NEXTIME Technical Overview Peter Graffignino, Manager, Media Software, and Mike Paquette, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer A technical overview of the NEXTIME Media Framework will be presented, including the high-level design of NEXTIME and details on how to incorporate NEXTIME into applications. Three areas of interest will be addressed: how to play movies from your application, how to build applications to manipulate movies, and how to build NEXTIME components. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Thanks for the Memory: Understanding, Optimizing, and Debugging Your Use of Memory Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer Here's a chance to gain a better understanding of memory allocation and organization and how to put that knowledge to use developing apps that are efficient and careful about use of memory. Particular emphasis will be placed on debugging memory misuses. Topics will include the workings of vm_allocate and malloc, gathering statistics on memory usage and locality of reference, and techniques for identifying and fixing memory smashers. This session is designed for the intermediate to advanced NEXTSTEP developer. Familiarity with development tools such as gdb, MallocDebug, and ProcessMonitor will be helpful. NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit Bertrand Serlet, Ali Ozer; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Two of the key designers present the new NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit, which defines a new base layer of Objective-C classes. Two major components of the Foundation Kit are strings and collections. The string class supports multiple character sets, notably Unicode, and provides a rich set of manipulations. New collection classes represent the logical evolution of the current collections, featuring a consistent API and greater functionality. The Foundation Kit also introduces paradigms for new functionality in NEXTSTEP. The presenters will cover these new classes and paradigms in detail and describe how they affect the NEXTSTEP APIs. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework Kelly Toshach, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer This session will examine the architecture of the Enterprise Objects Framework, NeXT's collection of classes and functions providing a solution to object persistence. The first part of this session will be devoted to a brief conceptual overview of the framework and the persistence mechanisms it provides. The second part of the session, an architectural survey of framework components, will focus on "hooks" into the framework. Enterprise Objects Framework is more than just a collection of classes and functions. It defines relationships between its components and other classes. Attendees of this session will learn to use relationships defined in the framework to integrate NEXTSTEP, third-party, and other custom classes with framework components. This session is intended for object-oriented programmers. Familiarity with Objective-C and NEXTSTEP concepts and terminology is helpful. Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework Mai Nguyen, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer This session will take you through the creation of an application with the Enterprise Objects Framework. Topics covered by this session include building an object model with BusinessModeler, debugging via delegation methods, and extending the adaptor capabilities. This session is intended for the developers who have attended the Conference's other technical sessions on the Enterprise Objects Framework and want to see some examples of its implementation. It is assumed that developers are familiar with AppKit, ProjectBuilder, and InterfaceBuilder. Database experience is helpful but not mandatory. Advanced Objective-C: Beyond the Basics Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Attendees will gain a better understanding of the Objective-C runtime system and the flexibility it can add to their applications. Topics include implementing private methods, maintaining class compatibility, using categories, constructing classes at runtime, interfacing with C++, and emulating multiple inheritance. The session is targeted at developers who wish to learn the lesser-known features of Objective-C and the runtime system. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. ObjectWare Realities Has ObjectWare lived up to its promise? Or are there still unresolved issues that prevent it from "taking off" as a commercial business? A panel of objectware experts, including Greg Anderson of AFS, Alex Cone of OTI, William Parkhurst of ObjectHouse, and Vince Jordan of Systemhouse, will identify and discuss the issues, including licensing, evaluation, standardization, documentation, and distribution. Drivers Ed: A Head Start on Writing Major Types of Drivers Phillip Dibner, John Immordino; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Learn the essentials for writing the most popular types of drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel using DriverKit. Discussion will cover basic functionality of major driver family abstract superclasses, functionality required for driver subclasses, common pitfalls to avoid during development, and debugging tips and techniques. A brief discussion of custom device inspector development will be given. This session assumes kernel-level development experience writing device drivers and/or loadable kernel servers and familiarity with Objective-C, AppKit, and DriverKit. Branching Out with Dynamic Loading Andrew Vyrros, Director of Development, Codeworks Dynamic loading is a powerful technique for creating extensible NEXTSTEP applications. This session will explore the technical issues involved in building extensible applications with dynamic loading and reviews the high-level architecture of dynamic programs. It also will cover the implementation details necessary to make dynamic loading work. A sample project will be demonstrated. This session is valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Meet the Engineers In keeping with a fine Conference tradition, NeXT offers a Q and A session with members of its engineering staff. This is an excellent opportunity to hear the engineers' perspective on what they do and why they do it that way and to meet some of the people who build the tools you rely upon. Representatives from the Development Environment, Foundation Kit, Enterprise Objects Framework, and NEXTIME teams will be on hand. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 4 - Deployment and System Administration ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The issues of administrating a NEXTSTEP network, connecting with legacy systems, choosing hardware and application testing are all part of the developer's deployment experience. Several sessions will be geared to increasing a system administrator's knowledge. Further, commercial developers will receive information to help them successfully bring their third-party product to market. Debugging NetInfo Networks Alan Marcum, Technical Support, NeXT Computer NetInfo has many idiosyncrasies that make it challenging to diagnose problems. This session will delve into those idiosyncrasies, including what the dreaded "netinfo timeout, sleeping" command really means! This session will be valuable to anyone who maintains a NetInfo network, and it assumes some experience. Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation This session will cover a variety of deployment issues, including the human factors and training issues associated with a new GUI; how to prepare for and manage change; what are the hardware, software and networking requirements for large-scale deployment; and how to measure the effectiveness of your deployment. This session will be valuable for technical evaluators and MIS and project managers. Test Case: Validating Your Mission-Critical Custom Application James F. Walsh, Ph.D., Director of Software Quality, NeXT Computer This session will examine the nuts and bolts of testing a mission-critical custom application from the ground up. Using an actual "mini" custom app, the speaker will demonstrate testing at the object (API) level and at the user-application level. He will also discuss procedures for validating your requirements, design, and implementation. Special attention will be given to problems that are likely to occur or hard to catch in a NEXTSTEP development environment. This session is aimed at developers and development managers. NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Eric Chu, Product Manager and Marc Majka, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Release 3.3 offers several enhancements to make administering large networks easier. Hear about the improvements to UserManager, HostManager, NetInfoManager and to the command-line NetInfo tools. This session is geared to NEXTSTEP system administrators. Redundancy and Network Design Mark Dadgar, NeXT Systems Administrator, William Morris Agency In today's mission-critical application environments, 100 percent uptime is the network manager's Holy Grail. To build a truly fault-tolerant network requires a certain amount of redundancy factored in at the design stage. All aspects of the network should be considered, including physical network infrastructure redundancy, file-server mirroring, administration-server cloning, and WAN-link backups. Learn how these components must be assembled synergistically if a truly stable network is to be the result. This session is geared to system administrators moving from one domain (up to 30 machines) to multiple subnets and WAN links. Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Moderator: Dan Herchenroether, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Panelists: Dan Riemer, Vice President, Riemer Reporting, Chris Bradley, Network Engineer and Bruce Walters, Systems Engineer, Bozell, Inc. Here is an opportunity to gain perspectives on both small-scale and large-scale NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will discuss specific issues encountered as NEXTSTEP-based solutions are implemented across the enterprise. Riemer Reporting is a private regional credit reporting service in the Midwest and Bozell is the tenth largest advertising agency in the world. Elements of Demand Creation for Commercial Developers Liz Statmore, Vice President of Marketing, Sarrus Software, Inc. NEXTSTEP's object technology makes it possible for third-party software developers to create uniquely powerful, integrated applications, but even the hottest products won't sell if you don't create the demand for them. This one-hour session will offer a "marketing boot camp" in the elements of demand creation for third-party developers who are new to marketing or who want a short refresher course in the unique opportunities and challenges of creating demand in the NEXTSTEP market. Topics to be covered include finding the customer, advertising, working with the press and partners, marketing collateral and programs, and launching your product. Legal Matters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law Maximizing profit and protecting intellectual property are vital concerns for every developer. The second of the Conference's two "Legal Matters" presentations will explore the fundamental issues of copyright, patent, trademark, and trade-secret law as they pertain to software development and distribution. Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Simson L. Garfinkel, Senior Contributing Editor, NeXTWORLD "Open systems" aren't necessarily a good thing - especially if the system that's open is spilling your confidential information onto the global Internet. This session will start with an overview of computer security and threat analysis and then look at specific strategies for making NEXTSTEP systems more secure. Mr. Garfinkel is co-author of Practical UNIX Security. This session will be valuable for MIS managers, system administrators, and advanced users. Strategies for Licensing and Protecting Software Moderator: David Spitzler, Developer Advocate, NeXT Computer A panel of developers and customers will present strategies and tactics for implementing flexible, effective schemes to protect NEXTSTEP applications. Topics will include floating license managers, single-user license servers, copy security, time-bombed applications, and what licensing schemes are scalable to large networks. This session will be valuable for both corporate and commercial developers and assumes some NEXTSTEP experience. Using Defect Tracking to Improve Application Development Kris Oosting, Technical Director, Shared Objectives, and Janet Coursey, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The scenario: your data indicates that most of the bugs were caused by engineers who misunderstood the spec. So you decide to bring the developers together with the spec writers to agree on vocabulary. This is a process improvement brought about through defect tracking! Defect tracking is capturing information about software development and using it to improve the development process. This session will describe the practical use of defect tracking and identify the benefits that can be gained, such as profiling bugs in order to determine release readiness. Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network John Karabaic, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Starting with a short history of workstation-style and PC-style networking, the speaker will show what happened When Worlds Collided with NEXTSTEP. This session will cover the why's and how's of NetInfo and the Network File System. It will also give pointers about NetWare on NEXTSTEP, integrating SoftPC with your network environment, and third-party connectivity options. Network Upgrade Strategies Norm Meluch, Chrysler Financial Corp., and Bill Young, Trident Data Systems As two of NeXT's largest long-term customers, Chrysler and Trident have had to face upgrading large, complex networks. This session will be an opportunity to share real-world knowledge of what works and what to avoid. The speakers will describe the upgrade strategies they have put in place and the business decisions that necessitate them. Question-and-answer time will be provided. Choosing Hardware Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer, and Dan Lavin, Senior Reviews Editor, NeXTWORLD With the thousands of possible configurations in the PC world, how do you choose a system that both is compatible with NEXTSTEP and performs well for your chosen application? This session will focus on the NeXT compatibility testing process, benchmarking systems, and general recommendations on how to build a system for a chosen application. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 5 - View from the Ground (END-USER PROGRAM) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It's time to explore the tools, applications, and issues related to NEXTSTEP on the desktop, including previews of new NeXT and third-party technologies, practical suggestions for enhancing productivity, and solutions to far-reaching issues such as information overload and empowerment of users within the corporate information systems strategy. Mail Interoperability Moderator: Francois Koutchouk, Product Manager, NeXT Computer This session will introduce users to the new NeXTmail, a world-class user agent interoperating in a world without standards. NeXT will show its dazzling array of multimedia messages penetrating the obscure world of Windows-based mail. The presentation will also include a review of the existing standards and a connectivity matrix. Increasing Enterprise Productivity with Groupware Moderator: John I. Stephen, Barclays Bank Plc. Panelists: Peter J. Park, President, Pangea Corporation Andrew K. Turk, President, Sarrus Software Increasing the productivity of groups is a major goal of many NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will address groupware, not as a buzzword, but as a viable set of shrink-wrapped and custom solutions available both today and in the near future. Specific emphasis will be on the measurable benefits of groupware for a corporation. What to Expect in Hardware Moderator: Linley Gwennap, Editor In Chief, The Microprocessor Report What's the best platform for NEXTSTEP? As NEXTSTEP finds its way onto other microprocessor platforms such as Pentium, PA-RISC, and SPARC, the range of hardware options is expanding dramatically. A panel of industry analysts will examine the choices available now and in the future. NEXTSTEP Power Tips Moderator: Lee Sherman, Senior Contributing Editor, NeXTWORLD Did you know that pressing the Command key while starting up an app will hide all other running applications? Or that pressing the Alternate key while clicking the workspace icon will bring all windows above the dock? NeXTSTEP is so rich in capabilities that many users only scratch its surface. To get maximum benefit from NeXTSTEP, you need to know the shortcuts and hidden features available in the system. A panel of power users will show you this and more. Office Acrobatics: Document Interchange Between NEXTSTEP and the Outside World Moderator: Peter Camps, CEO, FirstClass In today's "open" world, viewing and reusing documents generated on other platforms in a mixed environment is of paramount importance for office productivity. A panel will explore how third-party applications exploit NEXTSTEP's unique features to deal with foreign-document formats in a variety of ways. Covering document types ranging from simple memos to spreadsheets to presentations with high graphical contents, panelists will discuss a suite of concrete solutions, including automatic format conversions, PostScript editing, and more. Ten Most Wanted Moderator: Dan Ruby, Editor In Chief, NeXTWORLD NeXTWORLD Editor In Chief Dan Ruby will lead a panel representing every segment of the NeXT market in a discussion that will review NeXT's accomplishments during the last year and set the agenda for the year ahead. NEXTSTEP on the Road: From Notebooks to PDAs Moderators: Dan Lavin, Senior Reviews Editor, NeXTWORLD, and Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer With new screen technology and increasing power, NEXTSTEP portability options are coming into their own. A panel will discuss the current state of the art and what is expected for the coming year, including color-portable options. Special software options for smaller screens and synchronizing with desktop machines will also be addressed. Culture Clash: Users and MIS Managers Moderator: Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions NEXTSTEP is most often applied as a mission-critical technology managed by the information systems departments of corporations. But it is also a powerful tool for individual use as a productivity environment. This session addresses the sometimes conflicting aims of NEXTSTEP use by individuals and by corporate IS departments and seeks to find a middle ground where individual and departmental needs can be accommodated within the overall corporate NEXTSTEP strategy. Net Results: Taking Advantage of the Internet Moderator: Simson Garfinkel, Senior Contributing Editor, NeXTWORLD All of the talk about the nation's burgeoning Information Data Highway leaves many NEXTSTEP users with three questions: How do I get on, what will I find, and who is paying for all of this? In this session, a panel of experts discusses how you connect NEXTSTEP computers to the nation's information infrastructure, looks at the some of the state-of-the-art software for cruising the highways and byways, and contemplates the long-range implications for publishing and privacy. Managing Information Overload Moderator: Chris Cuilla, Software Engineer, Information Technology Solutions Between e-mail, Internet news groups, and other forms of electronic communication, NEXTSTEP users face a flood of information that threatens to overload their ability to process it efficiently. This session will address the products and technologies that can help users resolve problems of information overload. It will also consider how these tools can help individuals, workgroups, and organizations to improve communications at all levels. Bringing NEXTIME to the Enterprise Moderator: Amir Gharaat, NEXTIME Product Manager, NeXT Computer NEXTIME is NeXT's new object-oriented multimedia framework, enriching communication through the addition of time-based digital media, such as video clips or teleconferencing into the NEXTSTEP environment. This session will provide an introduction to using NEXTIME in the corporate environment through both custom and shrink-wrapped solutions. A panel of NEXTIME beta developers will present an overview of NEXTIME's features, capabilities, and limitations and explore some real-world examples. Trends in Productivity Software Moderator: Dan Lavin, Senior Reviews Editor, NeXTWORLD Productivity software on NEXTSTEP has been evolving to interact with and accommodate custom software solutions. There is also a trend to create close programmatic links between traditional shrink-wrapped software and custom software. This panel will give an overview of the current situation and a road map for the future. It will also provide an overview of the most interesting commercial applications that have reached the market during the past year. Publishing with NEXTSTEP Moderator: Rick Reynolds, Contributing Editor, NeXTWORLD and Publish NEXTSTEP's unified imaging model, powerful software tools, and workgroup connectivity are ideally suited for graphic design and electronic publishing. A panel of experts, including Lorin Rivers of Altsys and Lauren Flanegan of GS Corporation, will explore the growing list of available tools for NEXTSTEP publishing. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International User Group Program +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ These sessions will energize user-group members and provide them the information they need to stay active in the NEXTSTEP community. Whether your platform is Intel, Motorola, or PA-RISC, there is benefit in joining the user groups. Find out what they have to offer! Starting a Corporate Group Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP users are increasingly found centered in large corporations; therefore much of the future growth of NEXTSTEP user groups will occur within these corporations. In this session, you will learn how to become a product champion and internal guru in your company. If you are part of an existing user group, you'll learn how to form chapters at local corporations. Providing Services to User Groups Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer This session will focus on the support that NeXT is lending user groups, both in starting up new groups and in keeping existing groups informed and active in the NeXT community. In addition, there will be success stories, tips, and ideas from some of the larger user groups. The session will finish with a discussion of future programs and a question-and-answer session. User Group Auction Dan Lavin, NOIR Plan to attend this fun event! A range of products and services from the NeXT community will go to the highest bidder. Proceeds go toward the User Group Program at the Expo. A Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer Steve's visit to the user group assembly at NeXTSTEP EXPO is an exciting annual tradition. As in previous years, there will be plenty to talk about. Find out where NeXT is going, who they are going with, and how you can come along for the ride. ____________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION Suggested Curriculums: Digital Webster defines curriculum as "a set of courses constituting an area of specialization." NeXT is paying attention to the needs of technical evaluators and system administrators by recommending the following sessions, in addition to keynotes and general sessions, as a Conference curriculum for these specialties. Technical Evaluator Curriculum: Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up CIO Roundtable Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards System Administrator Curriculum: Debugging NetInfo Networks Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Redundancy and Network Design Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network Network Upgrade Strategies HANDS-ON WITH NEXTSTEP The NEXTSTEP Hands-On Tutorial area, located on the Exposition floor, provides instruction and mini-sessions for end users and developers. During Exposition hours, NeXT's training staff will conduct a variety of introductory user Tutorials for those new to NEXTSTEP. If you're a seasoned developer, this is your opportunity to sign up for popular one-on-one sessions, giving you the chance to spend some time with the subject matter expert of your choice. ORACLE TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING: Oracle will conduct a special technology briefing and demonstration on Monday, June 20, at 1:00 pm. The briefing is open to all Expo attendees, and is an opportunity to see Oracle's latest products and solutions, including products of special interest to NEXTSTEP users and developers. REPEAT SESSIONS: It is possible that some sessions at NEXTSTEP EXPO will be very popular and will be standing room only. To handle this contingency, the 6:00-7:00 pm time slot on Tuesday and Wednesday evening is reserved for repeats. The information desk at the Conference will have up-to-the-minute information about scheduled repeat sessions. Please check there and plan accordingly. BIRDS OF A FEATHER MEETINGS: Special interest groups meetings will take place on Wednesday, June 22, beginning at 7:00 pm. Meetings include: Healthcare Solutions with NEXTSTEP 3D Developers Forum Integrating Auspex into your NEXTSTEP Environment Build it on NEXTSTEP, Deploy it on Windows Designing with Oracle CASE Tools for NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP South of the Border A complete list of meetings will be available on site. FOCUS ON EUROPE Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer All visitors from Europe, from end users to developers, along with interested U.S. developers, are invited to attend this special session on Thursday at 10:15 am. NeXT's European sales organization and sales strategy will be presented, and European reference customers will be introduced. Popular third-party applications from European developer partners will be highlighted. This is an excellent chance to gain greater understanding of how NeXT is creating success in Europe. NeXT JEOPARDY! (R) Here's a fun way to spend the lunch hour on Thursday, June 23, starting at 11:30 am. Join your host Bill Wesemann, NeXT's Vice President of North American Sales, for NeXT Jeopardy! Using a NEXTSTEP custom application, two teams will test their knowledge in categories like object-oriented technology, the computer industry, and NeXT history and trivia. You may even have a chance to be selected to join one of the teams, so brush up on your acronyms and get ready for NeXT Jeopardy! __________________________________________________________ Payment/cancellation policy: Payments, both domestic and international, must be received on or before June 21, 1994. No attendee will be admitted into the conference without payment by either check, cash, travelers' check, credit card, training document or purchase order number. Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations made by June 6, 1994, will be accepted subject to a cancellation service charge of $100. Confirmed registrants who do not attend the conference or who cancel after June 6, 1994, are liable for the entire registration fee. All cancellations must be made in writing. (Please note: non-payment does not constitute cancellations.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Companies participating in NEXTSTEP EXPO: Abstract Software Advance 2000, Inc. Alembic Systems International Ltd AMG Industries Consulting GmbH Anderson Financial Systems Bacchus, Inc. Barclays Bank Plc. Bell Atlantic-BSS BenaTong benchMark Developments Berkeley Productivity Group Biztech BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Black & White Software Inc. Blue Rose Systems, Inc. Bozell, Inc. Canon Computer Systems Inc., Advanced Technology Operation Chrysler Financial Corporation Codeworks Cogent Data Technologies Conextions, Inc. Cube Informationssystemes GmbH Dancing Bear Enterprises Data General Corporation Dolphin Technologies, Inc. DELL Computer eCesys, inc FirstClass Formosa Transnational Gemstone Systems, Inc. GS Corporation Hewlett-Packard Hypersight, Inc. i_link GmbH Impact Software Publishing, Inc. Infoworld Insight Software Information Technology Solutions Intuitive Systems JANA Publishing Legent Corporation Lighthouse Design miro Computer Products NationsBanc-CRT NEC Technologies, Inc. Ocean Software, Inc. Oracle Corp. Otherwise Pages Software Inc PanCanadian Pangea Corporation Pencom Peripheral Solutions Pinnacle Research, Inc. Professional Software Proxima Inc. RDR Inc. Ridgeback Solutions Riemer Reporting Shared Objectives SHL Systemhouse SingleSource Systems Sarrus Software, Inc. Sirius Solutions Inc. Skylee Press SmartSoft Inc. Sofdesign Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft Swiss Bank Co. Systemix Software, Inc. TELOS/Springer-Verlag The Microprocessor Report Ticino Life Walnut Creek CD-ROM WeatherLabs, Inc. WhiteLight Systems William Morris Agency Workstation 2000 Yrrid Incorporated Plus many more... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO : >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE BRDER02 PRICING: Early-bird Developer and User Conference (until Aprill 22) $795 Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Looking forward to seeing you at NEXTSTEP EXPO '94!
From: jtayler@paget.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Paget's CDROM Catalog Begins 2nd Year Date: 30 Mar 1994 14:27:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ncjqh$96@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Peggy Thompson, Paget Press, Inc. (206) 448-0845 Richard Carey, Paget Press, Inc. (206) 448-0845 Paget's CDROM Catalog Begins 2nd Year SEATTLE, WA, March 30, 1994-Paget Press will release Vol. 2, issue #1 of the Electronic AppWrapper in early April, kicking off the EAW's 2nd year with hundreds of products and software demos for NEXTSTEP users. Just one year ago, Paget introduced this breakthrough technology for the marketing and distribution of software applications and objects to NEXTSTEP users. "The audience response has been overwhelmingly positive," says Peggy Thompson, Paget's CEO and the AppWrapper's chief publisher. "We've been strongly encouraged by the rapid growth in our subscriber base and by a steady increase in sales. We are winning more and more business from both individual users and corporate accounts." "There's just no better way to buy software for NEXTSTEP," added Jesse Tayler, Paget's Technology Manager. "We've got some surprises coming this year - More speed and a more interactive interface." Paget has also announced that electronic ad space is now available to the producers and manufacturers of NEXTSTEP products, along with traditional ad space in the printed catalog. "We know it's a difficult market," says Ms. Thompson, commenting on the recent withdrawal of NeXTWORLD magazine, "but we want folks to know that we remain a viable marketing platform within this community, and that we remain fully committed to the NEXTSTEP platform as we begin our second year." The AppWrapper is a CD-ROM-based catalog published quarterly to subscribers worldwide. Subscriptions are $48 in N. America, $60 outside, available from Paget at 1-800-733-2031 or 206-448-0845. Paget Press, Inc. is a multimedia catalog producer and reseller of NEXTSTEP applications, headquartered in Seattle, WA. Paget, Paget Press, the Electronic AppWrapper and the Paget logo are trademarks of Paget Press, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Benoit Grange <ben@fizz.fdn.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Webster-alpha5, interim release of the Webster server for NS 3.x Date: 30 Mar 1994 14:41:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nckld$ei@digifix.digifix.com> Here is the fifth alpha release of the webster access library and associated server & clients. This library allows to search words in the webster dictionary and thesaurus on NeXT computers. It works for NeXTStep version 3.0 and greater. Today, it has been tested with 3.0 and 3.2 on black hardware, but it should also work under NS/I. The clients under the Clients directory may be used or compiled under other Unix systems. Except the CommandLine one... which requires this library. This work was started some months ago, after updating to version 3.0 and looking at the old (pre 3.0) servers. The old servers are made to use some kind of flat Webster dictionary file. The new Webster files (since 3.0) use the Indexing Kit. It was of course inspired by the work of Steve Hayman, one of the previous writers of the Webster server. To install, read the INSTALL file. Please note : ************* 1. Work still in progress. Some BUGS are expected to show up. All the functions are not written yet and the interface may change. Little documentation has been written. See the STATUS file for information about what I am writing. 2. READ the copyright for the dictionary and the thesaurus below. I am still searching to see who is allowed to use the dictionary, how can it be used remotely, etc. Currently I am writing this for my own use, and as is has been asked for in the news, I am publishing the sources to some people. You may want to browse the news articles in the file 'About Webster Servers'. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. ***************************************************************************** * Webster dictionary& thesaurus Copyright (C) 1983-1989 Merriam-Webster Inc.* ***************************************************************************** Therefore, you are not allowed to copy or make available by any mean the webster dictionary to people not having a license to it. Because of this copyright, by compiling and using this piece of software, you take the full responsability of it. Being more precise, by making a server available (on your network, or maybe netwide), YOU! take the full responsability of it. 3) This program is distributed under the GNU General Public License. Read the file COPYING for more information. Benoit Grange ben@fizz.fdn.org PS: It is available at : cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Webster-alpha5.tar.gz or nova.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Webster-alpha5.tar.gz
From: Robert L. Masterson <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Corrected Demo of CodeReviewer Software Date: 30 Mar 1994 22:16:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ndfak$34f@digifix.digifix.com> The CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz file that was placed on the archives on Sunday would not install as it was. It has been replaced by a version that will install properly. If you tried to install the demo and had problems, please get the current version and try again. CodeReviewer is an analysis tool for software projects that supports visual and formal analysis of source code. See the CodeReviewer_Demo.README file on the archives for more information. The demonstration package, CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz, which includes an online version of the CodeReviewer manual, is 500 Kb, and it is available via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com, or via direct FTP from the following locations: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/ ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/incoming and eventually /pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/commercial/apps The demo will run under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 on NeXT and Intel hardware. Contact SS&S via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com if you require a demo that will run under NEXTSTEP 3.0. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., a consulting and product development firm, can be reached via email to sss@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020.
From: Jonathan M. Lehr <jlehr@synex_hq.andi.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Synex offers NEXTSTEP Training Date: 31 Mar 1994 17:52:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nfk7c$8hg@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jonathan M. Lehr Director of Training Synex, Inc. 8601 Georgia Ave. Suite 505 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301-608-2144 Fax: 301-495-3036 email: jlehr@andi.org Synex, Inc. will be offering its unique NEXTSTEP developer training curriculum at its new training facility in Silver Spring, Md. These courses have been taught on-site for customers such as Mobil and Fannie Mae, but this is the first time they have been offered for open enrollment. The first two NEXTSTEP courses to be offered at the training center are Objective C Programming and AppKit Programming. These courses take a more practical, hands-on, skill-building approach than those offered by NeXT's training group. Each course is designed around a series of exercises in which students build a complete application from scratch. The exercises are designed to represent typical real-world applications. They are designed to enable students to learn first-hand how to link the various components of Objective C and the AppKit together. Synex is offering a 10% discount on all April classes. Each five-day course is priced at $1495, so the discounted price will be $1345. The Objective C Programming course will be held the week of April 11, and AppKit Programming the week of April 18. Please call or email for a complete schedule and registration information.
From: Chris Saldanha <csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting, April 7 Date: 31 Mar 1994 22:08:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ng36i$9ev@digifix.digifix.com> Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, April 7, 1994 ========================================================= Where: computerActive inc. 15 Capella Court Unit 128 Nepean Contact: Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst computerActive inc. (613) 225-4824 Voice (613) 225-1670 FAX chris@computerActive.on.ca csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca NeXTMail cheerfully accepted! When: 7:00pm, Thursday, April 7 Topics: -Software Demonstrations: -Cub'X-Windows XWindows & Motif for NeXTSTEP/Intel. -Pages Powerful document processing -TIFFany Excellent graphics program -ScreenMachine II Latest version of the live video system -News about NeXTWorld Expo -Gossip as always :-) Hope to see you there! Chris -- Chris Saldanha, Carleton University chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME)
From: NUG@intuisys.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2ng357$9ep@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2ng357$9ep@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 1 Apr 1994 00:21:01 -0500 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ngavt$9r5@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelling article for comp.sys.next.announce Scott Anguish, moderator -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: NUG@intuisys.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Intuitive Systems offers Cub'X-Window to NeXT User Groups Date: 1 Apr 1994 00:22:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ngb29$9rc@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: NUG@intuisys.com For Immediate Release. !!! Intuitive Systems offers a free copy of Cub'X-Window to the first 30 NeXT User Groups to respond to this survey !!! Palo Alto, CA, March 22nd, 1994 -- Intuitive Systems Inc.today announced that it will offer a free copy of Cub'X-Window to the first 30 NuGs to respond to this survey. The activity of the NeXT User Groups is essential in the promotion of NEXTSTEP and we believe they should receive all the help third parties can give them to extend their evaluations and recommendations on the variety of third-party products available for NEXTSTEP. By this action, we want to motivate all third parties in the NEXTSTEP community to help the NuGs get a free copy of their software products. NuGs will receive the complete Cub'X-Window v4.4 package for computers under the NEXTSTEP o.s. This includes the Cub'X-Window Run-time and Development tools, and comes on CD-ROM with the complete X11R5 sources form the MIT. The following request must be completed by the President of the NeXT User Group and NeXT-mailed to : NUG@intuisys. com Do not hesitate to present the image of your NuG the best as possible by sending a NeXTMail illustrating the imagination and the dynamism of your NuG. Do not hesitate neither to present charts, if you have them, which could summarize your association. I/ Logo : Name : Address : Phone : Fax : Email : Name of the NuG: II/ Are you linked to a university (name it and describe its implication with NEXTSTEP if yes) : III/ We'd like to know more about you, your influence in the NEXTSTEP market, your adherents and your activities. Number of adherents: Number of customers if applicable: Your influence in the NEXTSTEP community (describe the impact of your promotional activity) : Products/services you offer : Intuitive Systems, Inc. is a software editor dedicated to the development of high-quality software products for NEXTSTEP. Intuitive Systems has developped Cub'X-Window, X-Window client/server architecture for the NEXTSTEP and intuitiv'3d, a complete 3-D creation environment. Cub'X-Window and intuitiv'3d are trademarks of Intuitive Systems, Inc. X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From: "Wesley C. Smith" <wes@arissoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Eloquent version 1.01b now available Date: 1 Apr 1994 14:39:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nht99$e02@digifix.digifix.com> Eloquent(TM) version 1.01b is now available. It can be obtained by ftp from edwin.bga.com [198.3.118.22] /take3/Eloquent.1.01b.compressed We recommend reading the release notes included in the compressed file before running the new version. If you have used a previous version of Eloquent, you will need to remove the file ~/.Eloquent/.viewers before starting up version 1.01b. New features in version 1.01b: -Archiving outgoing mail and news posts. -Emacs key bindings. -Support for the same API supported by NeXTmail. -User can set the news spool and active news file. -Bug fixes For more info about Eloquent send a message to eloquent_info@arissoft.com. Send requests to receive a copy of the new version by e-mail(1.7 MB) to eloquent_support@arissoft.com. Eloquent requires NEXTSTEP version 3.1 or higher for Intel or Motorola CPUs. Contact: Wesley C. Smith wes@arissoft.com MIME and NeXTmail ok Take Three P.O. Box 203852 (512) 837-9784 Austin, TX 78720-3852 (512) 837-8102 (fax)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Compatibility-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195725.24803@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:57:25 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Compatibility-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ A1. ! Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of X-Windows? A2. Can I run DOS software on NEXTSTEP? A3. Can I run Macintosh Programs on my NeXT? A4. Can I run tcsh, zsh or bash on NEXTSTEP? A5. Can sound files be used on Sun OS and NEXTSTEP interchangeably? A6. Why does talk not work between NEXTSTEP and SUN OS? A7. How do I get the arrow keys to work in csh? A8. How do I view/convert GIF/TIF/jpeg images? A9. How to transfer data to/from Unix systems with floppy disks? A10. + SCSI quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) tape drive variable block size I/O error? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A1. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of X-Windows? [Douglas Scott <doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu>] A new version of the public-domain monochrome and color "Mouse-X" X server binaries is now available on foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu as ~ftp/pub/X11R5-MouseX.tar.Z. This tarfile contains the binaries for the two servers, a README file, and a new version of the front end App. The new server version will now work on NeXTs with the new ADB keyboard, as well as NeXTs with the original keyboards. As before, these servers will also run on Turbos and non-Turbos. The new front end App allows you to toggle between machine configurations (but you must restart the server to have them take effect). For those who have not used the "Mouse-X" X servers and are interested, read the README.FIRST file in the same directory as the above file for more information about what you will need. ***** For those who are waiting for the MIT X source patch: ***** I should have this ready by the end of the week, and I will be placing it in the submissions directories on orst and sonata as X11R5-source.patch.tar.Z. Pencom Software of Austin, TX is distributing co-Xist, an X11R5 color server that supports all hardware platforms and runs under NEXTSTEP 2.0 or higher. The Motif Window Manager, development libraries and online Digital Librarian documentation are available as options. A demo is available on the archives. For more information: Pencom Software email: co-Xist_info@pencom.com Voice: 1-800-PENCOM4 or Intuitive Systems-Cub'X has a commercial X server. A demo is available on the archives. For more information: Intuitive Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 60849 Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA 415 852 0245 415 852 1271 claire%intuitiv.uucp@netcom.com or eric_t@cs.uiuc.edu (for academic) Orders cannot be mailed electronically. MIT maintains a ftp server for X distribution: export.lcs.mit.edu It currently does not have any NeXT specific servers. If you compile software make sure the libraries are install in the ld path, and that you use the X provided C pre-processor. There is another commercial X product called eXodus. White Pine Software 603-866-9050. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A2. Can I run DOS software on NEXTSTEP? NEXTSTEP systems are able to read, write, and format DOS diskettes in addition to UNIX filesystems. Consult the User Manual. There is a product called Soft-PC available for NEXTSTEP. For more information: Insignia Solutions, Inc. Voice: 408 694 7600 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A3. Can I run Macintosh Programs on my NeXT? NEXTSTEP systems are able to read, write, and format Mac diskettes in addition to UNIX filesystems. Consult the User Manual. Abacus R&D, Inc. offers products called Executor and HFS_XFer that allow some Mac functionality. Executor is a program that allows you to run programs originally written for the Macintosh, on your NeXT computer. Currently the two major applications that we support are Microsoft Word (versions 4.0E, 5.0 and 5.1) and Microsoft Excel (versions 3.0A and 4.0). You must own a copy of these applications in order to use them; Microsoft software does not come with Executor. Executor is actually a full-blown Macintosh emulator, except we have prioritized the bug fixing and fixed all the bugs pertaining to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel so that we can sell this version now to people who want it. Executor works nicely in the NeXT environment, allowing the use of services and cut and paste of ASCII and Rich Text between Executor and other NEXTSTEP applications. Word 5 can read and print .eps and .tiff files. Reverse engineering the Macintosh is a difficult task. There are some pieces of the software yet to do. Consequently, Executor 1.x has the following limitations: No Color, No Sound, No System 7, No AppleTalk, No Script Manage (i.e. no non-US localizations) and limited Desk Accessory support. HFS_XFer is a Desk Accessory that allows you to transfer files between HFS (Hierarchical FileSystem) Macintosh disks and the NeXT, where they're stored in Apple Double format. This allows you to copy files to the NeXT and later back to a Macintosh floppy without having to worry about reassembling the "resource fork". Naturally HFS_XFer and Executor work well together. HFS_XFer is what you use to load your copy of Microsoft Word onto your NeXT in the first place, but it's good for much more than that because you can use it to transfer any information on a Macintosh disk to your NeXT, and vice-versa. The extensions to HFS that were introduced with System 7 are not supported, and files are transferred over directly without any translation in between. HFS_XFer reads and writes Mac floppies and reads Mac hard drives and CD-ROMs. HFS_XFer is limited to disks that the hardware can read, so you can not read 800k disks unless you have special hardware such as the CubeFloppy Plus from DIT. A complete (multi-architecture-binary), time-limited, release of Executor is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.unm.edu for evaluation. ARDI Suite 101 1650 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 PHONE: +1 505 766 9115 FAX: +1 505 247 1899 Email: questions@ardi.com Digital Instrumentation Technology vends software called FloppyWorks which can read and write Macintosh diskettes. DIT also offers an external floppy drive called CubeFloppy Plus that can format, read, and write 400 and 800 KB Mac disks. For more information: Digital Instrumentation Technology email: sales@dit.com Voice: 505 662 1459 Fax: 505 662 0897 Bill Roth has written a program called MacinDisk ToshBrowser which read 1.4 Meg Mac disks. A demo version is available on sonata.cc.purdue.edu. For more information: Impact Software email: impact@impact.shaman.com voice: 1-800-822-3385. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] There is also a program on sonata/orst/compuserve called ResDump.tar.Z that will let you snarf individual resources from Macintosh disks under 3.x. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A4. Can I run tcsh, zsh or bash on NEXTSTEP? If you are simply looking for emacs-like command editing you can do this with the csh distributed by NeXT by typing: set editmode=emacs or set editmode=vi Note that file completion will conflict with vi's use of esc to leave insert mode, so you may want to map file completion to tab by adding the following to your ~/.bindings: bind-to-key FilenameExpansion "\^I" In addition it is possible to bind control keys to commands with a .bindings file. Users should seek the csh(1) man page for more information. People have ported tcsh and bash to NEXTSTEP. bash is available from prep.ai.mit.edu, the current version 1.12.1 makes correctly on NEXTSTEP. tcsh binaries for all kinds of machines are available on tesla.ee.cornell.edu, possibly including binaries for NeXT machines. In addition zsh is also available. Zsh has interactive features very similar to but more extensive than those of tcsh. In addition zsh is based on sh/ksh, not on csh - something which very many even casual shell programmers will consider a great asset. A complete pre-compiled zsh package including documentation is available from the purdue archives. If you install your own shell on NEXTSTEP, you need to add it to the file /etc/shells so that FTP will work. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A5. Can sound files be used on Sun OS and NEXTSTEP interchangeably? Sun OS 4.0.3 stored only raw mulaw files without any extensions. This format is obsolete; however to convert it to a NEXTSTEP snd format you can: sndconvert -o nextified.snd -f 1 -s 8012.8210513 -c 1 -r sun-sound Starting with Sun OS release 4.1 they adopted a file format like NEXTSTEP's: A comparison of <multimedia/audio_filehdr.h> on the Sun and <sound/soundstruct.h> on NEXTSTEP shows the formats to be compatible-- just rename *.au to *.snd for the NeXT. Sun only implements a subset of NEXTSTEP's sound file formats. Currently these seven are interchangeable: SND_FORMAT_MULAW_8 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_8 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_16 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_24 SND_FORMAT_LINEAR_32 SND_FORMAT_FLOAT SND_FORMAT_DOUBLE While they are all _meaningful_ to the Sun, the standard SPARCstation hardware only directly supports 8-bit mu-Law at the CODEC sampling rate. If you have raw soundfiles (e.g. from SunOS 4.0.3 systems, or converted from the Macintosh), you can use raw2audio on the Sun or sndconvert -r on the NEXTSTEP system to add a sound header. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A6. Why does talk not work between NEXTSTEP and SUN OS? Sun OS may run an archaic version of talk; install a new version. [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Or try installing 'ytalk' available from sonata and orst. It offers many enhancements over talk among which is compatibility with at least some Sun workstation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A7. How do I get the arrow keys to work in csh? [This is for people who use a terminal app that does vt100 keyboard emulation - pasc] First, add these lines to your ".cshrc" (preferably between the if and endif): set editmode=emacs set macrofiles=.macros Then create a file called ".bindings" and put in it: bind-to-key ExecuteNamedMacro '\e[' And, next, you need to make a file called ".macros". Using an editor like emacs (which can insert control characters using a ^Q prefix), into this file put: A^@^@^@^A^P B^@^@^@^A^N C^@^@^@^A^F D^@^@^@^A^B where ^@ means Control-@ and ^A means Control-A, etc. Also, don't put in the leading spaces. This will set up the left and right arrows to move back and forth on the line, and the up and down arrows will cycle through your history. [From: Dick Silbar <silbar@cantina.lanl.gov>] On Intel machines these sequences are a little different: A^A^@^@^@^P B^A^@^@^@^N C^A^@^@^@^F D^A^@^@^@^B Then source .cshrc and the changes should take effect. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A8. How do I view/convert GIF/TIF/jpeg images? Use ImageViewer by Lennart Lovstrand at Xerox EuroPARC. It can convert between many different image formats. It is available on the archive servers. [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Instead of using the version of the jpeg files shipped with ImageViewer instead use the latest version always to be found on ftp.uu.net in /graphics/jpeg. The latest version compiles easily and is more twice as fast and less memory hungry than the one shipped with ImageViewer (and with jpeg files this makes a big difference). pbmplus tools does most conversions through filters. Another package to look into is The Image Conversion Tools from: sdsc.edu sdscpub.dir/next.dir/graphics.dir.JPEG software en/decoder has been uploaded to the Purdue archives: pub/next/2.0-release/source/jpeg.tar.Z. A commercial application,PixelMagician, is available from Bachus Inc. For more information: 2210 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 330 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Voice: 310 820 9145 Fax: 310 820 5930 Email: info@bacchus.com, bacchus!info@uu2.psi.com Jef Poskanzers portable bitmap tools are also available pre-compiled from the purdue archives. In addition there is ViewGif2 (also available from the purdue archives) which is about 40% faster and less memory-hungry than ImageViewer but only displays gifs. [From: Robert Wong <wrob@unixg.ubc.ca>] ViewGIF3 (version 3.0.1) is available now. It requires NS 3.0 There is also GraphicsWorkshop (also from purdue) which is a front end to a set of graphic converter objects that allow you to load, save, and view images in gif, jpg, tiff, pbm, pgm, ppm, and xbm formats. It will also allow you to do some basic image conversions like color to black and white or color to one bit. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A9. How to transfer data to/from Unix systems with floppy disks? [winter 91 Support Bulletin] When no network connection is possible between workstations, you may want to use floppy disks to transfer data between computers. To transfer files between NeXT computers and other UNIX workstations, you must use an appropriate floppy disk, data format, and device driver. choosing a floppy disk Choose a floppy disk with a formatted density that is common to both platforms. The 2.88 MB floppy disk drive on NeXT computers allows you to use extended-density (ED) 2.88 MB floppy disks. The NeXT floppy disk drive also reads and writes to floppy disks formatted to a lower density, such as 1.44 MB floppy disks. These are called high-density (HD) disks. Since most UNIX workstations cannot yet read and write to ED disks, you may have to use HD disks as the common medium. formatting the floppy disk A floppy disk can be mounted as a UNIX file system only on platforms that have the same type of file system. Because NeXT uses file system type 4.3 and many other UNIX systems use type 4.2, you may not be able to mount a floppy as a file system on both platforms. In that case, you must use a floppy disk that has only been low-level formatted. Such a floppy disk lacks a file system and is called raw. On a NeXT computer, use the disk -F command for low-level formatting. Other UNIX workstations require similar commands, and the results should be the same on any system. Low-level formatting should not be confused with initializing. Low-level formatting refers to creating the low-level header and sector marks required for the device driver to find data blocks. Initialization normally refers to the creation of a file system on top of the low-level formatting. choosing a common data format To transfer files, you must use a data format that both platforms can read and write to. Some of the UNIX commands that use data formats common to file systems 4.2 and 4.3 are tar, dd, and cpio. The tar command will be used in the example procedure in this article because it's more commonly used than cpio and because it works recursively on directory trees (dd works on only one file at a time). choosing the correct device driver The NeXT software releases and other UNIX operating systems have different names for the device drivers used to access floppy disk drives. On most systems, you use a raw device driver to designate that a floppy disk lacks a file system and therefore cannot be mounted. This is similar to the way you copy files to a tape drive. The NeXT device drivers that you use to read or write to raw floppy disks that are (or are intended to be) compatible with other UNIX systems are /dev/rfd0b for an internal floppy disk drive and /dev/rsd1h for an external floppy disk drive connected to a SCSI port. Note that you may need to use different device numbers, depending on your hardware configuration; fd0 indicates the first internal floppy drive, and sd1 is the lowest number for an external SCSI device. The b and h in the driver names specify the "live" device, which will write to the disk without a label. The drivers /dev/rfd0a and /dev/rsd1a also work with a raw disk, but they write a file system label on the disk. You will get an error message such as "device error" or "no such device" when you try to use floppy disks that contain this label on other UNIX workstations. On most other UNIX workstations, /dev/rfd0b refers to the swap partition and can't be used for reading or writing data. In these cases, you can use either /dev/rfd0a or /dev/rfd0c. To access a device driver, you must have privileges to read and write to it. On NeXT computers, only root has these privileges by default. If you wish to access the devices as a user other than root, you'll need to add read and write privileges. transferring files from a NeXT computer to a Sun workstation [**********************************************************] Below is an example procedure for transferring files to a Sun machine. If you want to transfer files from a Sun workstation, remember to use a different device driver on the Sun computer. If you need to format the floppy disk on the Sun machine, use the fdformat command. Before you transfer your own files, make sure all the files you want to copy will fit on a floppy disk. (Sun machines use 1.44 MB floppy disks.) If all your files won't fit on one floppy disk, copy the files to several disks by using tar (or whatever) repeatedly and specifying subdirectories or files that will fit on one disk each time. The directory copied in this example contains less than 1.44 MB of data. 1. Using the Terminal application on the NeXT computer, open a shell window and become root. 2. If the floppy disk hasn't already been formatted, format it now. Run the following command and then insert the floppy disk into the drive when you are prompted: disk -F /dev/rfd0b 3. Change to the directory that contains the files you want to copy to the floppy disk: cd /me/memos 4. Copy the files to the floppy disk. Don't leave out the period at the end of the command line: tar -cf /dev/rfd0b . 5. Eject the floppy disk from the drive: disk -e /dev/rfd0b 6. Now go to the Sun workstation and open a UNIX shell. 7. Insert the floppy disk into the drive and change to the directory to which you want to copy the files: cd /tmp 8. Extract the files: tar -xf /dev/fd0a 9. Eject the floppy disk: eject ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: A10. + SCSI quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) tape drive variable block size I/O error? [From: Perry Caro <caro@mv.us.adobe.com>] Straight from NeXT in response to a bug report I sent regarding my QIC tape drive not working. I've tried the patch program, and it fixed my problem beautifully. --- SCSI quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) tape drive variable block size I/O error Q: I am trying to connect a quarter-inch SCSI tape drive to my system. According to the messages on the console, the system recognizes it at bootup. It seems to respond properly to the mt rewind command. However, when I try to read from it or write to it, it fails with the following message: tar: tape read error: I/O error The system console shows an error like the following: st: cmd = 0x8 sr_io_status = 2H Sense key = 0x5 Sense Code = 0x0 Can I use this drive or not? What do I need to do? A: Quarter-inch cartridge tape drives typically transfer data in fixed-size blocks. However, the default for the NeXT SCSI tape driver is variable block size. If a fixed-block-size device receives a command that requests a transfer that is not a multiple of its block size, it will issue an error. The sense key of "5" in the console error message above means that the device received an illegal request, in this case a request for a transfer of a size that it could not perform. For programs that allow it (e.g., dd), you can work around this by specifying transfers that are a multiple of the device's native block size. For more general use, it is necessary to configure the driver for a fixed-block-size device with the MTIOCFIXBLK ioctl system call. Below is a short program that will configure the driver for a device that supports transfers of 512-byte blocks. The device file name and bytes per block are specified on the command line. For example: % setblocksize /dev/rst0 512 The program must run with root permissions. The driver will remain configured across login sessions, until it is explicitly changed or the machine is rebooted. You can configure the driver on bootup by running the program in rc.local. To reconfigure the driver for variable-sized transfers, use the MTIOCVARBLK ioctl. See the st man page for more detail. /* setblocksize.c */ /* * The following code configures the SCSI tape driver * to support fixed-sized data transfers. */ #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/file.h> #include <bsd/dev/scsireg.h> #include <bsd/libc.h> #include <bsd/sys/fcntl.h> main(int argc, char **argv) { int fd, error; int blocksize; if (argc != 3) { printf ("Usage: setblocksize <dev-full-pathname> <block-size>\n"); printf (" Block size of 0 means variable block size\n"); return -1; } if ((fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR, 777)) < 0) { printf ("Cannot open %s\n", argv[1]); return -1; } blocksize = atoi (argv[2]); if (ioctl(fd, MTIOCFIXBLK, &blocksize)) { printf ("Cannot set block size for %s\n", argv[1]); return -1; } close (fd); return 0; } ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195746.24861@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:57:46 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ B0. ! Where can I find additional questions and answers regarding the NeXT computer? B1. Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines? B2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? B3. If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email? B4. What are some good references on Objective C? B5. Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT? B6. What special interest groups exist? B7. How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event? B8. What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B0. Where can I find additional questions and answers regarding the NeXT computer? Every NeXT machine owner has access to manuals to a degree. Network and System Administration (NSA), for example contains answers to many of the questions asked to comp.sys.next. Some of the important man pages are reproduced in the NSA as appendices. User manuals were shipped with every NeXT. Additional copies available from NeXT (N6002/N6003/N6014/N6026) $25. NeXT Technical documentation. (How to program in the NextStep environment) Order from Addison-Wesley (1-800-447-2226) 0-201-63248-9 NeXTSTEP General Reference CANCELED (split into 2) 0-201-62220 NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol I (date not known) 0-201-62221 NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol II date not known) 0-201-63249-7 NeXTSTEP Development Tools (1 NOV) 0-201-63250-0 NeXTSTEP User Interface Guidelines (1 NOV) 0-201-63251-9 NeXTSTEP OOP and the Objective-C Lng (1 NOV) 0-201-63252-7 NeXTSTEP Operating System Software (3 OCT) 0-201-63253-5 NeXTSTEP Programming Interface Summary (1 NOV) 0-201-63254-3 NeXTSTEP Network and System Admin 3 (OCT) These are packaged ten volumes in two slipcases; the whole stack is 8-1/2 inches high. They look just like the other documents that come with the machine, 8.5x11", perfect-bound paperbacks. Operating System Software NeXTstep Concepts NeXTstep Reference, v. 1 NeXTstep Reference, v. 2 Development Tools Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Concepts Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Reference Writing Loadable Kernel Servers Technical Summaries Supplemental Documentation [From: R. Craig Woods <rcw@caspian.cc.vt.edu>] In the NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ it states that the NeXT Technical documentation can be ordered from Addison-Wesley. I called Addison-Wesley yesterday and found out that that is no longer true. I finally tracked down Brian Zacko at NeXT (415-780-2703) and found out that the documentation is available directly from NeXT. Cost of the set for educational people (personal and departmental) is $133.50. He said that there are different part numbers for the docs for black hardware and the docs for Intel. Get NeXT's Concepts and Tutorial sections electronically from the ftp archives. This is perhaps the single most important reference for people wishing to develop software for the NeXT. Unix man pages, which are included in the online docs. BSD unix documentation (MISC, PS1, PS2, SMM, USD). Available from to USENIX site members. A lot of this has been integrated into the NeXT documentation. Some of this is sorely missing. The SMM Unix System Manager's Manual is really useful! USENIX Association 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 USA +1 510 528 8649 fax +1 510 548 5738 office@usenix.org PS1 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 1 PS2 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 2 SMM = System Manager's Manual USD = User's Supplementary Documents [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: The SMM and the rest of the berkeley documentation are also available directly and for free via anon ftp e.g. from ftp.uu.net /packages/bsd-sources/share/doc. To format them properly for viewing and printing on the NeXT use nroff with the package indicated by the file suffix (e.g. to format the documentation file 0.t use 'nroff -mt 0.t'). Adobe documentation. Available machine-readable by e-mail from ps-file-server@adobe.com. Hardcopy available from Adobe Developer Support Line +1 415 961-4111 for a nominal charge. NeXT last shipped these as part of the 1.0a release; hardcopies appeared in 0.9 Technical Documentation, were omitted in 1.0, and have returned in updated form in _Supplemental Documentation_ of the 2.0 Tech Docs (which is not available on-line). Get NextAnswers for Digital Librarian from NeXT. The current versions are actually on ftp.next.com or available via the mailserver at nextanswers@next.com Get NeXT _Support Bulletin_ from the archives. It is meant for support centers. Another good source of information is the archives of previously posted notes from the comp.sys.next.* newsgroups. Note that since the split of comp.sys.next, it is unclear if anyone is maintaining an archive of all the groups. NeXTstep Advantage book is available electronically from the archive servers: cs.orst.edu: pub/next/documents/NeXT/ sonata.cc.purdue.edu: ? etlport.etl.go.jp: pub/NeXT/documents/NeXTstepAdvantage/ ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de /pub/NeXT/documents/next The file name is NeXTstepAdvantage.tar.Z; (its compressed size is 1.3 megabytes; uncompressed, it's 9.5 megabytes). It is a good introduction to the NeXT programming environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B1. Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines? Yes. There are also many NeXT specific newsletters, many of which are available via ftp from the NeXT specific ftp sites (look in pub/next/newsletters on cs.orst.edu and pub/next/Newsletters on sonata.cc.purdue.edu - purdue seems to carry more newsletters on line than orst.). Some cost money, others don't. Available from purdue: SCaNeWS - Southern California NeXT Users Group Newsletter, first issue came out January 1991. Edited by Mike Mahoney (manhoney@beach.csulb.edu) BaNG - Bay Area NeXT Users Group, one item on-line on Purdue. Edited by Joe Barello (Joe_Barello@bang.org) rmNUG NeWS - Rocky Mountain NeXT Users Group Newsletter, latest issue May 1991 (monthly). Edited by David Bowdish (73340.2146@compuserve.com). VNUS Newsletter - Vancouver NeXT Users Group The last issue was in Nov 91. Edited by three people, including the Chairman of VNUS, Lawrence Clarke (lclarke@next1.wimsey.bc.ca). NeXT Users' Journal, latest issue December/January 1990-1. Edited by Erica Liebman (erica@kong.gatech.edu). Hardcopy: NeXTworld. Published monthly with monthly ad-free newsletters ($23.95). NeXTWORLD, 501 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 415 978 3182 (phone), 415 978 3196 (fax) NeXTworld email address: ddinucci@nextworld.com NeXUS. Published bi-monthly for $36/year. Contact Alfonso Guerra at {emory|gatech}!nanovx!nexus. What's NeXT? The Boston Computer Society NeXT User group produces a NeXT newsletter called "What's NeXT?" edited by Michael Burress (pro-angmar!michaelb@alfalfa.com) and Eric Celeste (efc@athena.mit.edu). The Boston Computer Society, One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139-1562 Phone 617-252-0600, M-F 9:30-5:30 Bulletin - Gotham Users of NeXT, Inc., latest issue May, 1992 (monthly). Edited by Robb Allan (Robb_Allan@gun.com) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few. NeXT: cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu umd5.umd.edu ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de MIT GNU: aeneas.mit.edu MIT X: export.lcs.mit.edu music: princeton.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B3. If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email? cc.purdue.edu is configured as an email archive server. This means you can upload and download files via email. Send mail to: archive-server@cc.purdue.edu mail-server@cs.tu-berlin.de with the subject line help and you will get a complete description of this service. Submissions: Mail should be sent to archive-server@cc.purdue.edu with the subject of 'submission' (no ticks) if a person is submitting material to the archives. They need to include a 1-2 sentence description of the submission, the OS release the product runs on, and if it is source, binary, newsletter, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B4. What are some good references on Objective C? Objective-C and other useful Object-oriented programming references: Budd, Timothy, _An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming_ (Addison-Wesley) [It discusses Smalltalk, Object Pascal, C++ _and_ Objective-C] Cox, Brad J., _Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach_ ISBN 0-201-10393-1. (Addison-Wesley) [Note: 2nd edition - ISBN# is 0-201-54834-8 and has coauthor A.J. Novobilski] Huizenga, Gerrit, "Slides from a short course on Objective-C" available via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu in pub/next/docs/ObjC.frame.Z, ObjC.ps.Z, or OldObjC.wn.tar.Z Meyer, Bertrand, _Object-Oriented Software Construction_ (Prentice-Hall). NeXT Technical Documentation Pinson and Weiner, _Objective-C: Object-Oriented Programming Techniques_ (Addison-Wesley). 350 pages, ISBN 0 201 50828 1, paperback. User Reference Manual for Objective-C which is available from Stepstone Corporation. (203)426-1875. Note: There are some differences between Stepstone's Objective-C and NeXT's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B5. Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT? Since NeXT has become for now the platform of choice for much of the computer music composition and research community, the newsgroup comp.music is one good place to find people with information and interest in music on the NeXT. There is also a mailing list specifically for NeXT music. For posting to the dist list: nextmusic@horowitz.eecs.umich.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change addresses, etc.: nextmusic-request@horowitz.eecs.umich.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B6. What special interest groups exist? Adobe Illustrator NeXT SIG To join, email: jchin@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca AFS NeXT SIG To join, email: info-afs-next-request@transarc.com Berkeley Mathematics Software Group Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu Classroom: NeXT Courseware SIG (next-classroom@gac.edu) To subscribe: send the following text message to MAILSERV@gac.edu --"Subscribe next-classroom <your name>" Communications/TeleCommunications SIG (nextcomm@marble.com) To subscribe: send email to nextcomm-request@marble.com Data GROUP NeXT SIG To join, email: data_group@dazzl.com Create Users To join email: Create-request@mcs.anl.gov DataPhile Users To join email: DataPhile-request@mcs.anl.gov Executor SIG To join, email: executor-request@ictv.com Finnish: FUNeXT (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 User Network - New England (FUNNE) To join, email: funne@srbci.mv.com GIS(Geographical Information Services)SIG (next-gis@deltos.com) To subscribe: send email to next-gis-request@deltos.com Lotus Improv Email User Group To join, email: improv-request@bmt.gun.com Mathematica:Special Interest Group To join. email: mathgroup-request@yoda.physics.unc.edu Medical: NeXTMed SIG (NeXTMed@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu) To subscribe: send email to NeXTMed-request@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu Music: NeXT Music SIG (nextmusic@silvertone.Princeton.edu) To subscribe: send email to nextmusic-request@silvertone.Princeton.edu MusicKit: mkdist@ccrma.stanford.edu is a news group for music kit info. To subscribe, send mail to mkdist-request@ccrma.stanford.edu. NeXT Icon Enthusiasts: next-icon@bmt.gun.com To subscribe: send e-mail to next-icon-request@bmt.gun.com NexLAW: Legal NeXT User Group To join, email: NexLAW-request@techlaw.com NeXTManagers (quick & technical answers) (next-managers@stolaf.edu) To subscribe: send email to next-managers-request@stolaf.edu NeXT Q&A's To join, email the text: "SUBSCRIBE NEXT-L <your> <name>" to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU Network & Security Management for Labs & Large Installations (next-lab@cs.ubc.ca) To subscribe: send email to next-lab-request@cs.ubc.ca Programmers: NeXT Programmers SIG (next-prog@cpac.washington.edu) To subscribe: send email to next-prog-request@cpac.washington.edu Publishing Interest Group To join, email: publish-request@chron.com Japanese: Kanji and Japanese on the NeXT To join - Email: next-nihongo-request@pinoko.berkeley.edu SCIENCE NeXT User Group (SNUG) To join, email: snug-requests@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu United Kingdom SIG To join, email: uk-next-users-request@ohm.york.ac.uk and next-uk-usergroups-request@asmec.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B7. How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event? Please send any announcements of upcoming NeXT-related events to next-announce@digifix.com These events will be posted to comp.sys.next.announce. Be sure to send your announcement in plenty of time to have it posted prior to the event. One to two weeks in advance would be a good idea. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: B8. What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce? Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Since postings will be carried across many networks, commercial announcements may be edited down to reflect network usage policies. Look for current guidelines posted weekly in the newsgroup. ____________________________________________________________________________ NeXT-FAQ Editor: Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Intel-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195805.24920@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:58:05 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Intel-General-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ C1. What is the current status of NEXTSTEP/Intel? C2. What references are available for NEXTSTEP/Intel? C3. How does NEXTSTEP/Intel differ from NEXTSTEP on NeXT Computers? C4. What about support for NeXT Computer specific hardware features such as the DSP? C5. Can I use NEXTSTEP/Intel systems with my existing NeXT Computers? C6. How do I use applications compiled for both NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel on the same network? C7. Do Multi-Architecture Binaries take a lot of extra disk space? C8. How difficult is it to recompile existing NeXT applications over to NEXTSTEP/Intel? C9. When developing programs, are there any portability issues I should be aware of? C10. What is the difference between the NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment and Developer Environment? C11. What are the general requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel on Intel-based Computers? C12. If a specific I/O card is not supported by NeXT, can 3rd parties write drivers for NEXTSTEP/Intel? C13. How is NEXTSTEP/Intel installed? C14. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on 386 machines? C15. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the Cyrix 486SLC? C16. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the future Intel Microprocessors in the x86 family? C17. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on portable computers? C18. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel be able to run Microsoft DOS and Windows programs? C19. Will DOS and Windows compatibility be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel? C20. How will my DOS and Windows applications perform under NEXTSTEP/Intel? C21. Is the window I use to run Microsoft Windows applications resizable? C22. Will this DOS/Windows compatibility system allow me to run several DOS programs at once? C23. Can I cut and paste between DOS/Windows sessions and NEXTSTEP applications? C24. ! Can I use both DOS and NEXTSTEP/Intel partitions on the same hard disk? C25. Can NEXTSTEP/Intel read, write, and format DOS and Mac floppies? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C1. What is the current status of NEXTSTEP/Intel? The second production version 3.2, has been released. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C2. What references are available for NEXTSTEP/Intel? NeXT, Inc. now operates an automatic email responce system. Send email to "nextanswers@next.com" with the subject "ascii help index" to start. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C3. How does NEXTSTEP/Intel differ from NEXTSTEP on NeXT Computers? It doesn't. NEXTSTEP/Intel is a complete port of the NEXTSTEP 3.1 software environment to Intel-based Computers. NEXTSTEP/Intel has the same User Interface, Development Environment, Applications, Networking (NFS, Novell, Appleshare), State of the Art Color, Mach UNIX, Display Postscript, 3D Renderman etc, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C4. What about support for NeXT Computer specific hardware features such as the DSP? NeXT computers offer additional hardware support not commonly available for Intel systems. This includes the DSP. The DSP in a NeXT Computer is used for a variety of functions including ISDN support and real-time audio compression/de-compression. ISDN support for NEXTSTEP/Intel will be provided via an add-on PC card and ISDN adapter. Real-time audio compression/de-compression support is currently under investigation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C5. Can I use NEXTSTEP/Intel systems with my existing NeXT Computers? Of course! NEXTSTEP/Intel is design to plug and play with existing NeXT installations. NeXT has addressed interoperability between NEXTSTEP systems in the following ways: * NEXTSTEP systems share identical networking capabilities. * NEXTSTEP systems share the same Distributed Objects. * NEXTSTEP systems use the same system and network administration services. * NEXTSTEP systems use the same mass storage format. Yes, you can take a external SCSI drive, removable media (ie Bernoulli etc) or floppy disk and use it interchangeably between NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel systems. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C6. How do I use applications compiled for both NeXT Computers and NEXTSTEP/Intel on the same network? Simply. NEXTSTEP 3.1 includes a new feature called Multi-Architecture Binaries (so called "Fat" binaries). This capability allows developers to compile NEXTSTEP applications on multiple system architectures, and combine them into a single package. When an application is run, NEXTSTEP will extract the appropriate instructions for the local system, and run the application. This operation is completely transparent to the user, it just works! Most of the NEXTSTEP applications in the future will be delivered as Multi-Architecture Binaries. Tools are also provided to "Slim" binaries for use in a one architecture environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C7. Do Multi-Architecture Binaries take a lot of extra disk space? No. Most applications consist of one or more executable programs (with architecture dependent machine instructions) and a lot of text and data. This machine independent data is typically data files used by the application, help files, examples, internationalization etc. Since only the actual machine dependent portion of the application is duplicated, a two architecture application typically takes only about 20%-30% more disk space than a single architecture application. If disk space is tight, tools are provided to "Slim" binaries for use in a single architecture environment. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C8. How difficult is it to recompile existing NeXT applications over to NEXTSTEP/Intel? Very easy. Most programs will simply recompile and run, or require few changes. We believe that any application that uses the standard development environment and Object kits provided by NeXT should simply compile and run. Only applications that use architecture specific features or data formats, will require additional time to port. Several developers have already ported applications to NEXTSTEP/Intel. Appsoft Draw simply recompiled and ran, Lighthouse Concurrence took 3 hours, other programs took 1/2 a day to 2 days, and this was all on a very early release of NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.1! ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C9. When developing programs, are there any portability issues I should be aware of? Yes. As stated above, any applications that use the standard tools provided by the NEXTSTEP development environment, should just recompile and work. To make sure developers are aware of portability issues, NeXT is producing a guide to address source code portability between different architectures running NEXTSTEP. This guide should be available in November. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C10. What is the difference between the NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment and Developer Environment? The NEXTSTEP/Intel User Environment consists of the entire NEXTSTEP 3.1 environment, minus the developer tools. The Developer Environment includes the developer tools such Interface builder, Project Builder, C compilers, Object Kits, example source code and developer documentation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C11. What are the general requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel on Intel-based Computers? A specific NEXTSTEP/Intel Hardware Compatibility Guide is available from the NeXTanswers service, and as a separate FAQ file. [Eric Hermanson <24gdbq$8hb@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>] I am posting this to clear up the confusion surrounding NEXTSTEP hardware requirements. There have been many incorrect postings as to the requirements for NEXTSTEP. There have also been many people inquiring about the requirements. These are the correct numbers, source: NEXTSTEP CD-ROM. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEXTSTEP 3.1 (Intel and Motorola) NEXTSTEP *Requires* 8 MB Memory for 2-bit Greyscale NEXTSTEP *Requires* 12 MB Memory for 8-bit Greyscale NEXTSTEP *Requires* 16 MB Memory for 16-bit Color NeXT *Recommends* 12 MB Memory for 2-bit Greyscale NeXT *Recommends* 16 MB Memory for 8-bit Greyscale NeXT *Recommends* 24 MB Memory for 16-bit Color *SUMMARY* of NEXTSTEP Hard Drive Space *Requirements*: NEXTSTEP *Requires* 120 MB for User Environment NEXTSTEP *Requires* 330 MB for User Environment + Developer Tools NeXT *Recommends* 200 MB For User Environment (full install) NeXT *Recommends* 400 MB For User Environment + Developer Tools (full install) Full User Environment: 136 MB (NeXT *Recommends* 200 MB for User) Compressed User Environment: 109 MB Bare User Environment: 50 MB All Developer Tools: 100 MB (These numbers are the dev TOOLS only) Compressed Dev. Tools: 78 MB Bare Developer Tools: 66 MB FULL USER + DEVELOPER: **236 MB (NeXT *Recommends* 400 MB for User+Dev) Compressed USER + DEV: 187 MB Bare USER + DEVELOPER: 116 MB THE ENTIRE USER+DEVELOPER RELEASE OF NEXTSTEP TAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 236 MB. *Detailed* Hard Drive Requirements: NEXTSTEP consists of a number of independent packages, some of which can be optionally installed. USER ENVIRONMENT: ** INDICATES OPTIONAL PACKAGE NEXTSTEP Essentials This is the required software, including user environment, UNIX, Renderman, NeXT Software (network stuff, NeXT Mail, etc), root & me accounts. Installed Size 47.1 MB Languages Users can install up to six languages on the system, each one takes up 3 MB English, Italian, Sweedish, German, French, Spanish **DigitalWebster.pkg This package contains the Digital Webster application, the electronic edition of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. InstalledSize 18.8 MB CompressedSize 16.3 MB **Literature.pkg This package contains the complete works of Shakespeare, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and the pictures for Digital Webster. InstalledSize 40.7 MB CompressedSize 29.9 MB **Documentation.pkg This package contains the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual and the UNIX manual pages. It also contains the complete set of PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files. InstalledSize 18 MB CompressedSize 8 MB **NeXTTeX.pkg This is a full implementation of TeX (LaTeX) and METAFONT. InstalledSize 8.1 MB CompressedSize 4.5 MB ============================================================================= TOTAL USER ENVIRONMENT: 136 MB Full Install 109 MB Compressed Optional Stuff 50 MB No Optional Software Installed DEVELOPER TOOLS: ** INDICATES OPTIONAL PACKAGE DeveloperTools.pkg This package contains applications and files you need for NEXTSTEP development. InstalledSize 36.4 MB CompressedSize 18.6 MB DeveloperLibs.pkg This package contains software libraries you need to develop NEXTSTEP software. InstalledSize 30 MB CompressedSize 14.5 MB **DeveloperDoc.pkg This package contains the on-line edition of the NEXTSTEP Developer's Library. InstalledSize 30 MB CompressedSize 10 MB **Demonstrations.pkg This package contains demonstration applications and images. InstalledSize 3 MB CompressedSize 2 MB ============================================================================= TOTAL DEVELOPER TOOLS: 100 MB Size of All Developer Tools 78 MB Size with Optional Stuff Compressed 66 MB Size with no Optional Software Installed ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C12. If a specific I/O card is not supported by NeXT, can 3rd parties write drivers for NEXTSTEP/Intel? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel uses a newly developed object-oriented driver architecture that brings the benefits of object-orientation all the way down to the I/O card driver level. Complete documentation for this new "Driver Kit" architecture will be available later this year. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C13. How is NEXTSTEP/Intel installed? NEXTSTEP/Intel will come with a boot floppy and a CDROM. To install NEXTSTEP/Intel, the system boots from the floppy, and then installs the minimum NEXTSTEP environment from the CDROM (SCSI CDROM drive). The user may then chose from several optional packages depending on the available disk space and user requirements. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C14. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on 386 machines? No. NEXTSTEP/Intel uses several 486 specific features that enhance the performance of NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support any true 486. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C15. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the Cyrix 486SLC? [NeXT states:] No. The Cyrix chip not a true 486. [several other users state:] Yes. Slow performance, though. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C16. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on the future Intel Microprocessors in the x86 family? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will not only support them, but will take advantage of any performance enhancements available with future Intel CPU's, just as NeXT has taken advantage of the 486. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C17. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel run on portable computers? Yes. Many portables and notebooks with 486 CPU's and sufficient system resources (8+MB RAM and 120+MB hard disk space) are available. Since NEXTSTEP/Intel will support 640x480 VGA displays in grayscale, NEXTSTEP 486 can run on these systems. Do be aware that NEXTSTEP's user interface and applications were not designed for low-resolution screens, and consequently will impose limitations on the use of some applications. Also, typical battery management systems do not work with multi-tasking operating systems. Future versions of NEXTSTEP/Intel will provide driver support for portable-oriented peripherals such as pocket Ethernet, SCSI and Sound adapters and PC/MCIA cards. We expect additional device drivers for portable peripherals to be available in Q3-Q4 1993. Until drivers are available for portable SCSI adapters, NEXTSTEP/Intel can be installed on portables by using a docking station with SCSI adapter and CDROM. The docking station can then be used for a local area network card. NeXT is investigating future Intel microprocessors that may provide battery management support for advanced operating systems such as NEXTSTEP. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C18. Will NEXTSTEP/Intel be able to run Microsoft DOS and Windows programs? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support a DOS and Windows compatibility package. This software will allow DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1 programs to run within a NEXTSTEP window. Support will include DOS "Protected" mode and Windows 3.1 "Standard" mode (Win-16). Support for Win-32 applications is planned for the second half of 1993. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C19. Will DOS and Windows compatibility be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel? A demo of SoftPC will be included with NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C20. How will my DOS and Windows applications perform under NEXTSTEP/Intel? Very well. The DOS/Windows compatibility package for NEXTSTEP/Intel takes full advantage of the 486 microprocessor. Depending on system hardware configuration and type of DOS/Windows application, performance should vary between 386 and 486 native DOS/Windows performance. In addition, to enhance the performance of Windows applications, a MS Windows specific Graphics Device Interface (GDI) driver which maps Microsoft Windows calls directly to the NEXTSTEP window server will be part of the system. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C21. Is the window I use to run Microsoft Windows applications resizable? Yes. You can set the Windows session to any size you wish up to the maximum screen size available to the NEXTSTEP/Intel system you are using. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C22. Will this DOS/Windows compatibility system allow me to run several DOS programs at once? Yes. Since NEXTSTEP/Intel is a multi-tasking, virtual memory operating environment, several DOS/Windows sessions can be run at once. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C23. Can I cut and paste between DOS/Windows sessions and NEXTSTEP applications? Yes. You can cut and paste text and graphics between DOS/Windows and NEXTSTEP applications. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C24. Can I use both DOS and NEXTSTEP/Intel partitions on the same hard disk? Yes. NEXTSTEP/Intel will support multiple operating systems on the same local hard disk. When the system boots, the user can chose to boot another operating system (such as DOS) or NEXTSTEP. If the local partition contains DOS, NEXTSTEP/Intel will be able to access the local DOS partition and read/write files to it. [From: caro@mv.us.adobe.com] Executive Summary: It is possible to install DOS, Windows NT with NTFS, and NEXTSTEP/FIP on the same disk, and select which partition is booted at boot time. I spent some time experimenting with a 200MB SCSI disk. I wanted to see if the following configuration would be possible: Partition 1 Primary DOS Partition 2 Extended DOS Partition 3 Windows NT NTFS Partition 4 NS/FIP 3.2 Since Windows NT requires at least 70MB for installation, and NS/FIP requires at least 120MB, there wasn't much room for DOS! Ultimately, I only tested a three partition system (DOS, NTFS, NS/FIP), but I have no reason to believe that the extended DOS wouldn't also work. The recipe is as follows: * Preparation. You need a bootable DOS floppy that has FORMAT.COM on it. You need another (blank) floppy for installing NT. * Start with the NS/FIP installation. When it asks you how you want to configure your disk, it gives you three choices, which are basically 1) erase the whole disk and use it all for NS/FIP, 2) save some room for DOS, 3) advanced. Choose the advanced option, which places you in NS/FIP fdisk (not to be confused with DOS FDISK.EXE). * Create three partitions in this order: 1) Primary DOS (if more than 32MB desired, use the "large" FAT option) 2) HPFS (this is a placeholder for NT, and can be any non-DOS format) 3) NEXTSTEP * Proceed with the rest of the NEXTSTEP installation. * When NEXTSTEP is safely installed and tested out, boot DOS from your bootable DOS floppy. * FORMAT the DOS partition (which should be Drive C if you made it the first partition). You want to FORMAT C:/S, to install the boot code to make the DOS partition bootable. * Once DOS is safely formated and tested out, insert the NT installation floppy and reboot. * Proceed with the NT installation. Tell Setup to install NT in the second partition (which shows up as "Unformatted"). You can select NTFS for FAT format. * Insert the blank floppy when asked. Don't bother to format it, NT unconditionally formats it. * If you select NTFS, there is a scary part of the installation that makes it seem like NT can't reboot. In fact, it is converting the installed files from FAT to NTFS in place. Just let it keep rebooting until it finishes, don't interrupt it like I did. * Finish setting up NT and test it out. It should be able to see the DOS partition in FileManager. * Likewise, there should be a DOS filesystem in / on NS/FIP. If you configured NT for FAT instead of NTFS, there should be two DOS filesystems in /. That's it. When you boot, you see the familiar NS/FIP multibooter. If you select DOS, it boots NT, which in turn offers you a chance to boot DOS or NT (not NS/FIP, of course). Kinda weird that you have this two tiered boot, but it's probably because the bootsector has been modified by NT. I haven't tried setting the active partition to DOS -- that might avoid the two tiers. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: C25. Can NEXTSTEP/Intel read, write, and format DOS and Mac floppies? Yes. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Intel-Hardware-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195817.24978@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:58:17 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Intel-Hardware-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ D1. What are the specific hardware requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2 on Intel-based Computers? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: D1. What are the specific hardware requirements to run NEXTSTEP/Intel 3.2 on Intel-based Computers? NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 FOR INTEL PROCESSORS Hardware Compatibility Guide January 28, 1994 For easy readability of this Hardware Guide: If you are reading this with Mail.app, be sure to set your font preference for this message to a smaller fixed-pitch font (recommended: Ohlfs 10 point font). This document describes in general terms, the types of PC-compatible hardware that is supported by NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 for Intel Processors. Although many different vendors' systems will work with NEXTSTEP, the systems listed here have been tested and found to be compatible with NEXTSTEP. For any hardware specification or purchase, please contact NeXT for the latest update to this guide. PC compatibles, portables and laptops from the following vendors are now supported: ADVANCED 2000 ALR AST CONTINENTAL COMPUTERS COMPAQ DATA GENERAL DEC DELL ECESYS EPSON GATEWAY GEC COMPUTERS HEWLETT PACKARD IBM INTEL JCIS LOGISYS/LUCKY GOLDSTAR MAG COMPUTERS NCR NEC TOSHIBA UNISYS Vobis ZENITH Driver updates: Information on device driver updates may be obtained by sending email to NeXTAnswers@next.com with the subject of "INDEX HELP". You will receive the master index for NeXTAnswers. NeXT and third parties are constantly developing and enhancing drivers for NEXTSTEP. Updates to existing drivers, or new drivers can be downloaded from the Internet via email or ftp. NeXTAnswers provides an easy method to obtain drivers by e-mail as described above. (Note: you must be able to receive NeXTMail in order to be able to receive drivers via email.) To obtain drivers via ftp: use ftp to access ftp.next.com and login as anonymous with any password and "cd" to /pub. Drivers can be downloaded from the NeXTAnswers directory. ** TABLE OF CONTENTS ** -> NEXTSTEP Desktop Systems Requirements - CERTIFIED SYSTEMS - LISTED SYSTEMS -> NEXTSTEP Portable Systems Requirements - CERTIFIED SYSTEMS - LISTED SYSTEMS -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Graphics Adapters -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP- Desktop System Requirements General Requirements for Desktop Systems: CPU - i486 based or Pentium based PC compatible computer. NEXTSTEP requires a floating point coprocessor. Systems using processors without a built-in floating point coprocessor require an add-on floating point coprocessor, or upgrade to a 486 or Pentium with built-in floating point support. EXPANSION BUS - ISA or EISA, VL, or PCI Expansion Bus. AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE - NEXTSTEP supports multiple partitioned hard disks, allowing the user to install and boot several operating systems from the same local hard disk. Larger local disks are recommended for standalone systems or for systems with a local non-NEXTSTEP partition. NEXTSTEP User Environment - 120 MB (megabyte) partition minimum - 200 MB recommended for standalone systems NEXTSTEP User + Developer Environments - 330 MB partition minimum - 400 MB recommended RAM REQUIREMENTS - Ram requirements vary depending upon selection of graphics adapter. GRAPHICS MINIMUM RAM RECOMMENDED RAM 32 bit color 24 Megabytes 32 Megabytes 16 bit color 16 Megabytes 24 Megabytes 8 bit grayscale 12 Megabytes 16 Megabytes 2 bit grayscale 8 Megabytes 12 Megabytes ** A SCSI CD ROM DRIVE AND A SUPPORTED SCSI ADAPTER CARD ARE REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF NEXTSTEP. See "NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters." ** GRAPHICS ADAPTERS - See "NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors - Graphics" in this Guide for details on graphics support. DISK INTERFACES - IDE and several SCSI Hard Disk Interfaces are supported. NOTE: a SCSI adaptor and SCSI CD ROM DRIVE are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. POINTING DEVICES - Microsoft compatible PS/2 and serial mice. Logitec PS/2, serial and bus mice. PRINTERS - Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING - Several Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND - NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. A Sound card is optional. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP-CERTIFIED Desktop Systems In order to ensure the highest level of compatibility and support, NeXT has developed a process to comprehensively test specific PC-Compatible system configurations with NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. - Each specific system configuration has been subjected to a suite of compatibility tests by the NeXT Quality Assurance group. - A detailed NeXTanswer support document is available listing the specific configuration tested, and any setup information required to configure the system for NEXTSTEP. - Because of the detailed information available to customers and NeXT's Customer Support personnel, NeXT delivers the best technical support on certified configurations. - A system platform is loosely referred to as "Certified" if it has one or more certified configurations, but all the benefits of certification are available only to users of the specific certified configuration. - Only the manufacturing revisions of a system unit and its add-on cards listed in the Nextanswer are certified. Always refer to the latest version of this guide, and the associated NeXTanswer to ensure the specific version of a system is fully certified by NeXT. - NeXT certification does not necessarily mean "error free." Certified systems may contain detected or undetected compatibility problems, please refer to NeXTanswers for the latest information. Below appear the following graphics configurations for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors compatible hardware: I. 32 Bit Color Systems II. 16 Bit Color Systems III. 8 Bit Grayscale Systems IV. 2 Bit Grayscale Systems Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. I. 32 Bit Color Systems COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 2MB VRAM for 640 x 480 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E 1456 DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 DEC MTE-d2 * EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 II. 16 Bit Color Systems COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 1MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Both 486 and Pentium systems require 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E 1456 DATA GENERAL (800) DATA-GEN Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 1MB of VRAM for 800 x 600 Requires 2MB of VRAM for 1024 x 768 DG Dasher LE2* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 w/ Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 4 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For 450DE/2 DGX: 2MB of VRAM - 16 bit color resolution is 1120 x 832 For Dimension or OptiPlex requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 For Dimension or OptiPlex requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Dell 450DE/2 DGX* EISA 486 Localbus JAWS 1154 Dell Dimension* EISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/L* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/M* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE EPSON (800) BUY-EPSON Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Epson NX requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 or 1120 x 832 Epson NX* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vectra XM series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Vectra XM series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 [Vectra XM-Series: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra XM* ISA 486 Localbus S3-928 NCR (800) 225 5627 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 NCR 3333* ISA 486 ATI 68800 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Image Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 Image Series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Express Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x 600 NEC Image 486es* ISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1466 W32i NEC Express II ST* EISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1467 W32 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. II. 8 Bit Grayscale COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ Both 486 and Pentium systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 Compaq Deskpro M EISA 486 QVision 1280/E Compaq Deskpro 5M EISA Pentium QVision 1280/E DEC (800) 438-4316 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2 system: requires 2 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 w/ Localbus S3-928 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-805 DEC MTE-d2* EISA 486 Localbus S3-928 DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Dimension or OptiPlex requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 or 1024x768 Dimension or OptiPlex requires 2 MB VRAM for 1152x819 or 1280x1024 Dell Dimension* EISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/L* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE Dell OptiPlex/M* ISA 486 LocalBus #9/GXE HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vectra XM series requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 Vectra XM series requires 2 MB VRAM for 1280x1024 [Vectra XM-Series: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra XM* ISA 486 Localbus S3-928 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Image Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 800x600, or 1024x768, or 1120x832 Express Series requires 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 NEC Image 486es* ISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1466 W32i NEC Express II ST* EISA 486 Local Bus ET4000 1467 W32 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. III. 2 Bit Grayscale NCR (800) 225 5627 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640 x 480 NCR 3333* ISA 486 ATI 68800 Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --> NEXTSTEP Listed Desktop Systems The following systems are "Listed Desktop Systems". Listed systems are those whose NEXTSTEP Compatibility has been reported by a third-party, not determined by NeXT's Quality Assurance department. NeXT lists these systems for informational purposes only, as a convenience to our customers. NeXT does not warrant or monitor the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on Listed systems. II. 16 bit color ADVANCED 2000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 for all systems 2000 NE 486-SUS ISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 2000 NE 486-SUS ISA 486 Metheus S3-928 2000 NE 486-LDS EISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 2000 NE 486-LDS EISA 486 Metheus S3-928 ALR (800) 257-1230 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For ALR: 1MB VRAM is required for 800x600 For ALR: 2MB VRAM is required for 1024x768 ALR Evolution IV/e EISA 486 Local Bus ATI 68800 1363 AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For AST Power Premium: see NEXTSTEP Graphics Adapter chart For Premmia 4/d requires 1MB VRAM for 800 x 600 AST Power Premium* EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1123 AST Premmia 4/d* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ For Compaq DeskPro/L: see NEXTSTEP Graphics Adapter chart Compaq Deskpro L EISA 486 Add-on EISA card DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Dell ME, L, M Series: 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Dell ME Series* EISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell M Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell L Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 ECESYS (800) 7-eCesys Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Ecesys 2MB VRAM required for 1024 x 768 eCesys 486* ISA 486 LocalBus C&T Wingine EPSON (800) BUY-EPSON Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ For Epson Progression: 1MB VRAM Version supports 800x600 Epson Progression* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine 1155 GATEWAY (800) 846-2059 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ V Series requires 1MB VRAM for 800x600 V Series requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 Gateway V Series* ISA 486 VL-bus ATI 68800 1120 Note: Please make sure to read the NeXTAnswer about Gateway chipsets. HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ HP N and NI series require 1 MB VRAM for 800x600 [Vectra NI: LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra U EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1121 HP Vectra N ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 HP Vectra NI ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 IBM (800) 426-2468 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ IBM Value Point systems require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 (Please contact NeXT for an application note on installation) IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/S VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/D VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/T VL-BUS INTEL (800) 628-8686 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Intel GX/Prof requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768. Intel GX/Prof* EISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68800 1209 LOGISYS/LUCKY GOLDSTAR (510) 657 2229 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Lucky Goldstar requires 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. Logisys LG 486NX* ISA 486 Localbus C&T Wingine 1207 MAG COMPUTERS Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ MAG Computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. MAG MAG 4000 NSTEP EISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68875 MAG MAG 4000 NSTEP ISA 486 LocalBus ATI 68875 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ NEC requires either add on EISA Graphics card or requires 1 MB VRAM for 800 x600. NEC PowerMate Express DX/2* EISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1333 NEC Image 466* ISA 486 LocalBus ET 4000W32 UNISYS (800) 874-8647 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ UNISYS requires 1MB VRAM for 800x600 UNISYS requires 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 UNISYS U6000 DT2* EISA 486 Localbus ATI 68800 ZENITH (800) 888-3058 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Zenith systems require add-on EISA cards. ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Add-on EISA CONTINENTAL COMPUTERS (800) 776-8649 Integrator Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Continental systems require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 Continental systems require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 CONTINENTAL 3800 NeXT EISA* EISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 CONTINENTAL 3800 NeXT ISA* ISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 GEC COMPUTERS (800) 486-1500 Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ GEC computers require 1MB VRAM for 800x600 GEC computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 GEC Jet F86 ISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 GEC Jet F86 EISA 486 VL-Bus ATI 68800 JCIS Vendor Model Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ JCIS computers require 2MB VRAM for 1024x768 JCIS JC/NX 466/2C ISA 486 C & T Wingine JCIS JC/NX 466/2N ISA 486 C & T Wingine JCIS JC/NX 480/2C ISA 486 C & T Wingine Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. III. 8 Bit Grayscale COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# ____________________________________________________________________ For all Compaq systems: see Graphics Adapter chart Compaq Deskpro L EISA 486 EISA QVision DELL (800) 247-6821 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Dell ME, M, and L Series require 1 MB VRAM for 1024x768 Dell ME Series* EISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell M Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 Dell L Series* ISA 486 LocalBus S3-805 HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ HP N and NI systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024x768. HP U systems require add-on EISA graphics card. [Vectra NI : LAN adapter not yet supported.] HP Vectra U ISA 486 Add-on EISA card 1121 HP Vectra NI ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 HP Vectra N ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 IBM (800) 426-2468 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ All IBM Value Point systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024x768. IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/S VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/D VL-BUS IBM ValuePoint ISA 486 Localbus S3-805 466DX2/T VL-BUS NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ NEC systems require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768. NEC Image 466* EISA 486 LocalBus ET4000 W32 ZENITH (800) 888-3058 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Zenith systems require add-on EISA graphics adapter. ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Add-on EISA Adapter Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. An asterisk (*) indicates that this particular system supports SoftPC in Full-Screen Mode. IV. 2 Bit Grayscale AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480. AST Power Premium* EISA 486 Built-in VGA 1123 HEWLETT PACKARD (800) 752-0900 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480. HP Vectra U* EISA 486 Built-in VGA 1121 NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640 x 480. NEC I series, and Image 466 require 1MB VRAM for 1024 x 768 NEC PowerMate* ISA 486 Built-in VGA 1333 NEC I-series ISA 486 LocalBus ET4000AX NEC Image 466* ISA 486 LocalBus ET4000W32 ZENITH Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Built-in VGA supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale ZENITH Z-station XEn EISA 486 Built-in VGA Vobis Vendor Model name Bus CPU Graphics Arch. NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Vobis systems require .5MB VRAM for 1024x768. Vobis 486 DX2-66 ISA 486 Cirrus Logic VGA-542V Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP Portable System Requirements OVERVIEW CPU - i486 based, or Pentium based PC compatible portable computer. NEXTSTEP requires a floating point coprocessor. Systems using processors without a built-in floating point coprocessor require an add-on floating point coprocessor, or upgrade to a 486 or Pentium with built-in floating point support. AC-Powered Portables - AC powered portables require at least one ISA or EISA slot for a SCSI adapter to install NEXTSTEP from CD-ROM. BATTERY-POWERED PORTABLES AND DOCKING STATIONS - Battery powered portables require a docking station with at least one ISA slot for a SCSI adapter to install NEXTSTEP from a SCSI CD-ROM. Once NEXTSTEP is installed, the portable may be used away from the docking station. AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE - NEXTSTEP supports multiple partitioned hard disks, allowing the user to install and boot several operating systems from the same local hard disk. Larger local disks are recommended for standalone systems or for systems with a local non-NEXTSTEP partition: NEXTSTEP User Environment - 120 MB (megabyte) partition minimum - 200 MB recommended for standalone systems NEXTSTEP User + Developer Environments - 330 MB partition minimum - 400 MB recommended RAM REQUIREMENTS - RAM requirements vary depending upon selection of graphics adapter: GRAPHICS MINIMUM RAM RECOMMENDED RAM 32 bit color 24 Megabytes 32 Megabytes 16 bit color 16 Megabytes 24 Megabytes 8 bit grayscale 12 Megabytes 16 Megabytes 2 bit grayscale 8 Megabytes 12 Megabytes(+) Note: Since 32 bit, 16 bit color and 8 bit color grayscale support require LocalBus, VL-Bus, PCI, or EISA graphics adapters, only AC-powered portables with EISA slots can support 16 bit color or 8 bit grayscale. (+) - NeXT recommends a minimum of 12MB or RAM for acceptable performance on portables. GRAPHICS ADAPTERS - Current display panel technology in popular PC-compatibles does not yet support the linear buffer NEXTSTEP requires for 16 bit color or 8 bit grayscale.Therefore, NEXTSTEP supports these systems with 2-bit grayscale at 640x480. Active matrix or plasma panels are recommended for better cursor tracking response. ISA systems (AC-powered or through a docking station) can support add-on, high resolution 2-bit grayscale graphics adapters and EISA-based AC-powered portables can support 16-bit color or 8-bit grayscale graphics with an add-on EISA graphics adapter. DISK INTERFACES - Both built-in IDE and add-on SCSI Hard Disk Interfaces are supported. Battery powered portables require a docking station to install a SCSI hard disk interface card. POINTING DEVICES - Microsoft and Logitec compatible PS/2 and serial mice are supported. PRINTERS - Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING - Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. Battery-powered portables require a docking station to install a networking adapter. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND - NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. Battery-powered portables require a docking station to install a sound card. A Sound card is optional. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP-CERTIFIED Portable Systems In order to ensure the highest level of compatibility and support, NeXT has developed a process to comprehensively test specific PC-Compatible system configurations with NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. - Each specific system configuration has been subjected to a suite of compatibility tests by the NeXT Quality Assurance group. - A detailed NeXTAnswer support document is available listing the specific configuration tested, and any setup information required to configure the system for NEXTSTEP. - Because of the detailed information available to customers and NeXT's Customer Support personnel, NeXT delivers the best technical support on certified configurations. - A system platform is loosely referred to as "Certified" if it has one or more certified configurations, but all the benefits of certification are available only to users of the specific certified configuration. - Only the manufacturing revisions of a system unit and its add-on cards listed in the NeXTAnswer are certified. Always refer to the latest version of this guide, and the associated NeXTAnswer to ensure the specific version of a system is fully certified by NeXT. - NeXT certification does not necessarily mean "error free." Certified systems may contain detected or undetected compatibility problems, please refer to NeXTAnswers for the latest information. Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. A docking station, SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ LTE Battery Active 486 ISA 200/20 Lite Matrix KMM 4/25c Color MS Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ NEC Ultra- Battery Active 486 ISA 340/20 lite Matrix MS Versa C Color KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: PCMCIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --> NEXTSTEP Listed Portable Systems The following systems are "Listed Portable Systems". Listed systems are those whose NEXTSTEP Compatibility has been reported by a third-party, not determined by NeXT's Quality Assurance department. NeXT lists these systems for informational purposes only, as a convenience to our customers. NeXT does not warrant or monitor the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on Listed systems. Note: 1. When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. 2. A SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. 3. A docking station, SCSI adapter and SCSI CD ROM Drive are required for installation of NEXTSTEP. AST (800) 876 4278 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ AST Power- Battery Passive 486SL ISA 200/32 Exec Color KMM 4SL or Mono MS AST Power- Battery Active 486SL ISA 200/32 Exec Matrix KMM 4SL Mono MS Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem COMPAQ (800) 345-1518 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ 486/M AC Passive 486DX 525/32 Port. Matrix Mono COMPAQ 486/C AC Active 486DX 525/32 Port. Matrix Color Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (EISA expansion for 486/C and 486/M) NEC (800) 374-8000 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk NA# Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ NEC Pro- AC Active 486SX 200/20 Speed Port. Matrix 486C Color 486SL NEC Ultra- Battery Passive 486SL ISA 340/20 1477 lite Matrix MS Versa M Mono KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (EISA expansion for ProSpeed 486C) Built-in expansion: PCMCIA for Ultralite Versa M models ProSpeed 486C requires floating point upgrade. TOSHIBA (800) 999-4273 Vendor Model Power Panel CPU Dock. Max disk NA# Source type Exp. /RAM _____________________________________________________________________ TOSHIBA T6400DX AC Passive 486DX 200/32 1116 Mono or Plasma TOSHIBA T6400DXC AC Active 486DX 200/32 1116 Matrix Color TOSHIBA T4400SX Battery Passive 486SX ISA 120/20 Mono or MS Plasma KMM TOSHIBA T4400 Battery Active 486SX ISA 120/20 SXC Matrix MS Color KMM TOSHIBA T4400C Battery Active 486DX ISA 200/20 Matrix MS Color KMM Built-in panel supports 640x480 2-bit grayscale Built-in expansion: Fax/modem (ISA expansion for T6400DX and T6400DXC models) T4400SX and T4400SXC require floating point upgrades. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Graphics Adapters NEXTSTEP GRAPHICS SYSTEM NEXTSTEP Display Postscript graphic system supports such advanced capabilities as scalable fonts, unified imaging model for both screen display and printing, image transparency (also known as alpha channel), Pantone color matching,and Pixar Interactive Renderman 3D imaging. NEXTSTEP's window server composites multiple layers of images, and allows the user to work with images of any quality with any supported imaging model, in other words, users can work with a 32 bit color image even on a 2-bit grayscale system! In order to provide these sophisticated capabilities NEXTSTEP requires a "workstation"-style linear frame buffer graphics system and a high performance 32-bit data path to the frame buffer. The number of colors or shades of gray, depth of transparency, etc., varies depending on the image model supported. ** TABLE FOR NEXTSTEP IMAGING ** Imaging Model Colors or Transparency Shades of (alpha channel) Gray ______________________________________________________ 32-bit color 24-bit (16M colors) 8-bit (256 levels) 16-bit color 12-bit (4096 colors) 4-bit (16 levels) 8-bit gray 8-bit (256 grays) 8-bit (256 levels) 2-bit gray 2-bit (4 grays) 2-bit (4 levels) 32-BIT COLOR NEXTSTEP supports 32-bit color on a variety of graphics controller chips that support linear frame buffer access. Due to the performance requirements of 32-bit color, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data path, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 32-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 16-BIT COLOR NEXTSTEP supports 32-bit color on a variety of graphics controller chips that support linear frame buffer access. Due to the performance requirements of 16-bit color, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data path, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 16-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 8-BIT GRAYSCALE Due to the performance requirements of 8-bit grayscale, these graphics adapters must be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-Bus), PCI or EISA. The ISA expansion bus does not provide the 32-bit data, or adequate performance to support NEXTSTEP 8-bit color. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. 2-BIT GRAYSCALE NeXT has developed a special driver that simulates the linear frame buffer required by NEXTSTEP's graphics system on segmented frame buffer graphics adapters such as standard VGA and Super VGA cards. This allows NEXTSTEP to support most standard VGA cards as well as certain Super VGA cards. These graphics adapters can be connected via LocalBus, VESA LocalBus (VL-BUS), PCI, EISA or ISA. Refer to the Desktop Systems and Add-on Graphics Adapter charts for specific adapter support. Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that this card supports SoftPC in full-screen mode. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP - Other Devices and Adapters - Graphics ATI 68800 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ ATI Ultra- EISA or ATI 16 bit color: 1122 Pro VL-Bus Ultra- 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Pro 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 Rev. 3* 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 ATI Ultra- EISA or ATI 16 bit color: 1122 Pro VL-Bus Ultra- 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 Pro 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 Rev. 6* 2 MB VRAM supports 1120x832 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 ATI 68800 PCI Planned Q1 1994 AX COMPAQ QVISION Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ COMPAQ QVision EISA Compaq 16 bit color: 1024/E QVision 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 COMPAQ QVision EISA Compaq 32 bit color: 1280/E QVision 2 MB VRAM supports 640x480 16 bit color: 1 MB VRAM supports 800x600 2 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 8 bit grayscale: 1 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2 MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 CIRRUS LOGIC GD542X Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ STB Horizon* ISA Cirrus 2 bit grayscale: Logic .5 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 GD542X JAWS Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ DELL 450DE/2 Local- DELL 16 bit color: DGX* bus JAWS 2 MB VRAM supports 1120x832 DGX Note: Upgrade for Dell 450DE only. TSENG LABS ET-4000AX Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ Several Several ISA Tseng 2 bit grayscale: Labs .5 MB VRAM supports 1024x768 ET4000 TSENG LABS ET-4000W32i * Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions Supported _____________________________________________________________________ Several Several VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 STANDARD VGA Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions _____________________________________________________________________ various various ISA VGA 2 bit grayscale Adapter 640x480 resolution (default) S3-805 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ miro miro VL-Bus S3 16 bit color: Computer Crystal 800x600 resolution Products 8S 8 bit grayscale: AG 1024x768 resolution 800x600 resolution S3-928 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Number GXE/VL* VL-Bus #9GXE 16 bit color: Nine Level 11 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 or 12 2MB VRAM supports 1024x768 8 bit grayscale: 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 1MB VRAM supports 1024x768 2MB VRAM supports 1152x819 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 Number GXE-VL Planned Q1 1994 Nine Level 13 STB Pegasus VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 miro miro PCI miro928 1486 Computer Crystal VL-Bus 32 bit color: Products 32S EISA 4MB VRAM supports 1024x768 AG 16 bit color: 4MB VRAM supports 1408x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1152x864 2MB VRAM supports 1024x768 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 8 bit grayscale: 2MB VRAM supports 1408x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1280x1024 2MB VRAM supports 1152x864 1MB VRAM supports 1024x768 1MB VRAM supports 800x600 Weitek Power 9000 Vendor Model Bus Driver Graphics Resolutions NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Diamond Viper VL-Bus Planned Q1 1994 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors: Other Devices and Adapters NEXTSTEP supports a variety of additional devices and add-on adapters: DISK INTERFACES Both IDE and several SCSI hard disk interfaces are supported. POINTING DEVICES Microsoft compatible PS/2 and serial mice. Logitec PS/2, serial, and bus mice. PRINTERS Any Postscript printer connected via a serial or parallel port, including the NeXT Color Printer (connected via a SCSI port). NeXT recommends color Postscript printers with Postscript Level II for proper color support. NETWORKING Several Ethernet and Token Ring networking adapters are supported. A networking adapter is optional. SOUND NEXTSTEP can support certain PC sound cards for both playback and recording. A Sound card is optional. ADDITIONAL DEVICES Other popular PC peripherals such as FAX/Modems will be supported. DRIVERKIT NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors incorporates a newly developed object-oriented driver architecture called DriverKit. DriverKit allows the quick development of device drivers for new peripherals and add-on cards for Intel-based PCs running NEXTSTEP. DriverKit's architecture allows drivers to be loaded at run-time, thereby allowing users to add additional cards or devices to their systems without re-installing the main operating system. Loadable device drivers also allow NeXT and third parties to easily distribute additional drivers as they become available. In order to promote the availability of drivers for NEXTSTEP, NeXT includes the DriverKit development tools, and source code examples of several drivers on the NEXTSTEP Developer CD ROM. NeXT is actively working with hardware manufacturers and third parties to provide additional drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. Developers interested in becoming a registered driver developer should contact NeXT Developer Relations at (1-800-TRY-NEXT) and join the registered developer program. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors ADDITIONAL DEVICE SUPPORT PRODUCTS Note: When considering a complete system or add-on card, please refer to any available NeXTanswers before purchasing equipment. To contact NeXTanswers, see the fourth paragraph (page 1) of this document for instructions. FLOPPY DISK Vendor Model Bus Driver _____________________________________________________________________ 3.5 inch Floppy Disk 1.44MB floppy Controller IDE HARD DISK INTERFACE Vendor Model Bus Driver _____________________________________________________________________ IDE IDE Disk Controller SCSI HARD DISK INTERFACE Note on Adaptec 1542, 1742, & 2742 DPT 2012/95, 2022/95 & 2122/95: Built-in floppy disk interface is not supported. Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Adaptec 1540B, C, CF ISA Adaptec 1542B SCSI adapter Adaptec 1542B, C, CF ISA Adaptec 1542B Built-in floppy disk SCSI adapter not supported Adaptec 1740 EISA Adaptec 1742 EISA Built-in floppy disk not supported Adaptec 2740 EISA Planned for Q1 1994 Adaptec 2742 EISA Planned for Q1 1994 Bus 542B ISA Adaptec 1542B Logic SCSI adapter Bus 747S EISA Adaptec 1542B Logic SCSI adapter Bus 445S VL-Bus Planned for Q1 1994 Logic DPT 2012/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2012/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2021/90 ISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2021/95 ISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2022/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2022/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) DPT 2122/90 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable DPT 2122/95 EISA DPT 2012B EISA 512K-16.5MB cache SCSI Adapter upgradable (Built-in floppy not supported) NeXTAnswers: Adaptec B cards: 1107 Adaptec C cards: 1108 Adaptec 1700's : 1475 Bus Logic 542B : 1362 Bus Logic 747S : 1118 DPT 2012 series: 1358 DPT 2021 series: 1476 DPT 2022 series: 1457 SCSI TAPE Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ SCSI SCSI tape tape driver PARALLEL PORT Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Standard On-board Add-on parallel cards Parallel Port Parallel port not supported. NeXTAnswer # 1330 SERIAL PORT Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features _____________________________________________________________________ Standard On-board Supports COM1 & COM2 Serial Ports serial ports NeXTAnswer # 1208 LOCAL AREA NETWORK ADAPTERS Note on Intel Etherlink: support of TP port requires Driver update Vendor Model Bus Driver Additional Features NA# __________________________________________________________________________ 3COM Etherlink III ISA 3COM Ethernet coax (3C509) Etherlink III (twisted pair - ethernet adapt. not supported) 3COM Etherlink III EISA 3COM Ethernet coax (3C579) Etherlink III (twisted pair - ethernet adapt. not supported) SMC EtherCard Plus ISA SMC 16 Ethernet coax or 1110 Elite 16(8013) ethernet twisted pair adapter INTEL EtherExpress 16 ISA Intel Ether- Ethernet coax or 1206 (TP, Coax or Combo) Express twisted pair ethernet adapter INTEL TokenExpress ISA Intel Token- Token ring ISA/16s Express ISA Token Ring IBM Token Ring ISA IBM 16/4 Token Ring 16/4 Adapter Adapter 16/4 Mbps 8 bit I/O 64k buffer Share RAM Note: IBM Driver planned for Q1 1994 POINTING DEVICES Vendor Model Bus Driver NA# _____________________________________________________________________ Microsoft MS mouse serial mouse serial mouse 1360 Microsoft MS mouse PS/2 mouse port PS/2 mouse Logitec Mouse Man serial mouse serial mouse 1360 (Right or adapter Left) Logitec Mouse Man PS/2 mouse PS/2 mouse 1360 (Right or adapter Left) Logitec Mouse Man Bus Bus mouse Bus mouse 1360 adapter AUDIO DEVICES Vendor Model Bus Driver Features NA# _________________________________________________________________________ Standard PC CPU System beep System audio alerts speaker board driver only support Media ProAudio ISA ProAudio Up to CD quality 1158 Vision Spectrum 16 Spectrum 16 stereo record & play Media Pro ISA ProAudio Up to CD quality Vision Studio 16 Spectrum 16 stereo record & play Intel GX/Professional CPU Up to CD quality board stereo record & play Compaq Business Audio CPU Up to CD quality board stereo record & play Microsoft 1471 Sound System ISA Up to CD quality PRINTERS Vendor Model Bus Interface _____________________________________________________________________ NeXT Color Printer SCSI Standard Adobe Postscript Serial or parallel Printers (Postscript Level II recommended for proper color support.) CD ROM DRIVES Vendor Model Notes _____________________________________________________________________ NEC CDR - 74 External NeXT Sony 541 External TAPE BACKUPS Vendor Model Notes _____________________________________________________________________ Archive Viper 150 QIC, 512 byte blocks Archive Python DAT, 512 byte blocks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 28, 1994 NEXTSTEP RELEASE 3.2 FOR INTEL PROCESSORS Hardware Compatibility Guide - end - -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Languages-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195855.25093@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:58:55 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Languages-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ E1. What Fortran compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E2. What Lisps are there for NEXTSTEP? E3. What Pascal compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E4. What should I know about c++ shipped with NEXTSTEP? E5. What Ada compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? E6. Is Perl available for NEXTSTEP? E7. Where can I get gawk? E8. Where can I get Eiffel? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E1. What Fortran compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? There is a fortran to c translator called f2c available via anonymous ftp from the archives. Check the sources directory. Absoft FORTRAN 77 Object Oriented FORTRAN compiler; fully compatible w/ NEXTSTEP's Interface Builder toolkit, allows programmers to add a GUI to any FORTRAN program. They have a screen oriented source level debugger designed by and for FORTRAN programmers, and IMSL FORTRAN Libraries. They have versions for NEXTSTEP/m68k and NEXTSTEP/FIP. 313-853-0050 Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) FORTRAN 90 for NeXT Modern Fortran fully compliant with ISO/IEC 1539:1991 and ANSI X3.198-1991 standards. (708) 971-2337 OASYS OASYS Native Compilers, OASYS Optimizing 680x0 Cross Compilers, OASYS Optimizing 88000 Cross Compilers (C, C++, Fortran, Pascal available for each) Highly optimized Fortran, Pascal., C and C++ compilers and cross compilers. 617-862-2002. Diab Data (415) 571-1700 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E2. What Lisps are there for NEXTSTEP? Scheme is available from: altdorf.ai.mit.edu. Schematik is a front-end to MIT Scheme for NEXTSTEP; it comes complete with MIT Scheme, so that installing it is in fact also the simplest way to install MIT Scheme. It is available from: ftp.gac.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (European users). There is also a commercial Scheme implementation that supposedly conforms to an IEEE Scheme standard. Cadence Research Systems 812-333-9269 Xlisp is available from bikini.cis.ufl.edu. Changes To make it work with NEXTSTEP: in unixstuf.c: #define BSD in function init_tty: declare extern char xltoplevel() in function read_keybd: change char buf[1] to char buf[100] change sizeof(buf) to sizeof(char) AKCL is available from: sonata.cc.purdue.edu. [bvrotney@ads.com (Bill Vrotney)] adds: But you can actually get a later version from: rascal.ics.utexas.edu pub/NeXT-akcl-1-615.tar.Z Scheme->C Compiler is available from sonata.cc.purdue.edu and gatekeeper.dec.com. ACL (allegro common lisp) used to be bundled with 1.0, now it is available directly from: Franz Inc. 1995 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-3600, FAX: (510) 548-8252 email info@franz.com. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E3. What Pascal compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? uvapc/NeXT is an ISO standard Pascal compiler developed by the University of Virginia's Academic Computing Center and the Department of Computer Science. uvapc/NeXT passes the ISO standard Pascal validation suite. The compiler is written in C and has been ported to several other Unix platforms. uvapc/NeXT can generate the necessary information so that the GNU source-level symbolic debugger, gdb, can be used (see Caveats below). It also supports obtaining gprof type profiles. Contact is: Mr. Jack Davidson University of Virginia Department of Computer Science, Thornton Hall Charlottesville CA 22903 (804) 982-2209 (804) 982-2214 FAX jwd@virginia.edu [From: sanguish@digifix.com] I'm pretty sure that this pascal was dropped when 3.0 came onto the scene. Definately when hardware was dropped. I have sent e-mail to the contact, but no answer as yet. p2c, David Gillespie's Pascal to C translator, can be obtained from: csvax.cs.caltech.edu: pub/p2c-1.20.tar.Z. It translates many dialects of Pascal including Turbo, VAX, Sun/Berkeley. But there is a very serious problem in that %g and %lg are used to read reals in the translated code, and these formats are not supported by NeXT in scanf. Gillespie maintains that this is a bug in NeXT's compiler. A fix is to make the following change in funcs.c: [Old code] case TK_REAL: if (var->val.type == tp_longreal) ex = makeexpr_string("%lg"); else ex = makeexpr_string("%g"); break; [New code] case TK_REAL: if (var->val.type == tp_longreal) ex = makeexpr_string("%lf"); else ex = makeexpr_string("%f"); break; Here is a very disturbing example. %lg gives garbage, and %lf even gives garbage when it follows %lg: ariel% more test.c main() { double x, y, z; scanf("%lf%lg%lf%*[^\n]", &x, &y, &z); getchar(); printf("% .5E % .5E % .5E\n", x, y, z); } ariel% cc test.c ariel% a.out 3.14 3.14 3.14 3.14000E+00 6.36599E-314 1.40000E-01 ariel% ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E4. What should I know about c++ shipped with NEXTSTEP? Two things to note about the cc++ on NeXT. Any C include files have to be specified as below: extern "C" { #include <libc.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> } This tells that the code is C, so you won't have problems with the standard libraries thinking your program is Objective C. Also the /usr/include/stdio.h in line 75 has a variable "new" that conflicts with a g++ keyword. You can redefine it using #define new __new__ #include "stdio.h" #undef new After the above two fixes, g++ programs that do not use the g++ class library (and therefore do not need libg++ to be available) work. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] The currently available lib g++ is on ftp.next.com [From: Magnus Nordborg <magnus@fisher.Stanford.EDU>] The cc++ shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.0 is a modified version of gcc-1.93. As shipped, 3.0 does not have the standard C++ headers and library functions (like iostream.h). It is therefore of no use as a C++ compiler (unless you want to write your own i/o routines, etc). There are basically two things you can do to remedy the situation. 1.) Get libg++-1.39.0 and build it using cc++ (some patches are needed, see below). 2.) Get the latest version of gcc and libg++ and build them. They (gcc-2.3.3 and libg++-2.3 that is) compile without problems (you need GNU make and bison, plus at least 40 MB of disk space to build gcc). The second alternative is clearly preferable in that you get a more stable C++ compiler that support "recent" additions to C++. This makes it much more likely that you will be able to use packages from other sources, etc There are two disadvantages: gcc takes up more than 10 MB of disk space, and the version of gdb that comes with 3.0 works less well with it. You should probably not get rid of cc even if you get gcc as the support for NeXT's Objective-C in gcc is not reliable. Here are the instructions for getting libg++-1.39.0: Create a folder, say /me/tmp. % mkdir tmp % cd tmp Get libg++-1.39.0.tar.Z via anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu from the directory pub/gnu. % ftp prep.ai.mit.edu ... Get NeXTmods-rls3.tar.Z via anonymous ftp from next242.ece.orst.edu from the directory pub. % ftp next242.ece.orst.edu ... Unpack the gnu stuff, and cd to the newly created directory. % zcat libg++-1.39.0.tar.Z | tar xf - % cd libg++-1.39.0 Unpack the mods file while in the newly created libg++-1.39.0 folder. % zcat ../NeXTmods-rls3.tar.Z | tar xf - Create /usr/gnu, and /usr/gnu/lib (writable by whoever is doing this). % mkdir /usr/gnu % mkdir /usr/gnu/lib Change Makefile line 32 to "PWD=/me/tmp/libg++-1.39.0" ^^^^^^^ may need changing Then % make src (takes a while--ignore the warnings) % make install-lib" (puts libg++.a in /usr/gnu/lib) % make install-include-files" (this puts the include files in /usr/gnu/lib/g++-include) % make tests" (this takes rather a lot of disk space). There are differences from the expected output, most likely due to finite precision effects. Make a test program, x.cc, containing: #include <stream.h> main() { cout << " Hello world!\n"; } Compile it. % cc++ -I/usr/gnu/lib/g++-include -O x.cc -L/usr/gnu/lib -lg++ Run it. % a.out It should print Hello world! ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E5. What Ada compilers are available for NEXTSTEP? Meridian Software offers a NEXTSTEP Ada compiler. Meridian Software Voice: (800)221-2522 FAX: (714)727-3583 Get adaed. It works like a real ada, with libraries, etc. Gopher/archie gives four pages of locations, but cs.nyu.edu is home base. There seem to be pc and amiga versions as well as unix. cs.nyu.edu:/pub/adaed/Adaed-1.11.0a.tar.Z ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E6. Is Perl available for NEXTSTEP? Take most of the features of C, csh, awk, and add a sprinkling from sed, and you get Perl. Practical Extraction & Reporting Language. Perl is very much of a kitchen sink language, in that it has almost all the features of everything. This results in it being easy to write programs in perl (because all your favorite constructs are there) but difficult to read perl. (Because other people have used their favorite constructs, not yours) Perl's strength is in scripting. Anything that would take more than 20 lines in a csh script is a candidate. Anything that isn't a straight pass through, chew on each line, program for awk is a candidate. Current version: 4.036 Perl is available from: jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (128.148.1.143) tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.60) uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2) While Perl does come with a 70 page man-book, an easier way to learn the language is from "Programming Perl" Larry Wall & Randal Schwartz. O'Reilly & Associates 632 Petaluma Ave Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: 800-338-6887 Voice: (707) 829-0515 uunet!ora!nuts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E7. Where can I get gawk? Gawk, as with all FSF GNU software is available in source form from: prep.ai.mit.edu Gawk is the Gnu version of Awk. Like most of the other GNU programs Gawk has more features than does awk. Further unlike the wretched man page for awk that comes with NEXTSTEP, Gawk comes with a 140 page manual/tutorial. Gawk is a text processing language. In this respect it is similar to sed. However Gawk adds to sed conditional execution (if) subroutines, and the ability to execute a block of instructions before and after the file itself is processed. gawk is not the only public-code awk. Mawk version 1.1, published through comp.sources.reviewed in February, 1992, by Mike Brennan <brennan@boeing.com>, should be mentioned as an alternative. References for Gawk/awk: Sed & Awk, Dale Dougherty, O'Reilly & Associates The Awk Programming Language Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, & Peter J. Weinberger Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. ISBN 0-201-07981-X ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: E8. Where can I get Eiffel? A port of the Eiffel language and development environment is available for NEXTSTEP. The company is: Interactive Software Engineering, Inc. Voice: (805)685-1006 FAX: (805)685-6869 eiffel@eiffel.com The port is for Eiffel version 2.3 and includes their standard class libraries as well as some additional NeXT-specific classes and facilities for integration with the Interface Builder. A free eiffel-like language called Sather is available via ftp from icsi-ftp.berkeley.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Misc-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195911.25153@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:59:11 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Misc-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ F1. Is there any way to change the text in the title bar of a terminal window? F2. Can I put both a 68030 and a 68040 system board in a single NeXT cube? F3. - Where is libc.a under NEXTSTEP 2.0? F4. How do I get pictures of people from remote sites to appear in Mail.app and NewsGrazer? F5. - How do I access the "help" facilities in Mathematica 1.0? F6. How do I find out what are the defaults for a NeXT application? F7. How do I run NextApps remotely? F8. Why does UUCP hangs on outgoing connections after sending the password, but other communications software do not have a problem with it? F9. How do I access the NeXT's Digital Websters Dictionary from a program? F10. How do I remap the \ and | keys on my keyboard? F11. - Why doesn't email registration to Mathematica work? F12. How do I stop NeXTMail/Sendmail adding\ ^Ms onto the end of lines? F13. Where can I get black spray paint for my NeXT? F14. What default affects menu location? F15. How to get Gourmet to boot up the Mathematica 2.0 kernel? F16. What dwrites affect the loginwindow? F17: How does one set UNIX man pages to be viewed in nroff format with DL like the standard manual pages? F18: ! Can I automatically have my ~/.signature file appended to mail I send with Mail.app? F19: ! How can I quickly find a file if I don't know its directory? F20: Mail.app suddenly stopped working. When I double-click the Mail.app icon it loads and seems to start but then just terminates. How can I fix this ? F21: For some reason, after moving my home directory, my recyler no longer works? F22: How to hear sound from CDPlayer.app thought NEXTSTEP system? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F1. Is there any way to change the text in the title bar of a terminal window? There is no way of changing the title bar of a Terminal.app window in 2.x; in 3.0 there is. Check Preferences (Title Bar): set CustomTitle, type in the title, and hit CR (or Set Window) and voila! [From: andre@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Andre Roberge)] Actually, there is a way to change the title bar of a Terminal.app window in 2.x (at least in 2.1 which is what I am using). It is somewhat limited but it might be useful to some. The trick is to make a symbolic link between /bin/csh (or whichever shell one wishes to use) and a file in / named "Whatever_you_want_to_appear_in_the_title_bar". Then select this new "shell" in the terminal preference and, voila!, you'll have your terminal window with /Whatever_you..... in the title bar. You can edit Stuart's titlebar interactively from the "Window..." Inspector (Command-3). Stuart provides emulation of certain Operating System Command (OSC) sequences which can be used to modify the titlebar under subprocess control. Stuart can change the title of the current window from the command line. In Stuart is possible to get more descriptive titles by linking /usr/ucb/rsh to /usr/hosts/<hostname>. Then by adding /usr/hosts to your Stuart ShellPath you can then get the hostname into the title bar: $ dwrite StuartShellPaths <various dirs>:/usr/hosts You should then type in the hostname as the shell to invoke (disable the "Shell reads .login file" for this. You can also add hosts to your .Stuartrc file: Shell=golem.ps.uci.edu SourceDotLogin=NO WinLocX=545 WinLocY=563 Lines=24 | WinLocX=76 WinLocY=833 For the localhost, link /bin/csh to /usr/hosts/<name>, or even better /usr/local/bin/tcsh instead of using rsh. [From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu>] For what it's worth, I do this with a script called "telnet_to" and a (bash) function called "telnet_window". The function simply does a local soil_pars="-Lines 32 -Keypad YES -Reverse YES -Strict YES -TestExit YES"; soil -Shell "telnet_to $1" $soil_pars and the script is just: #!bin/sh /usr/ucb/telnet $* echo ' ' echo ' --> telnet exited, press enter to close window.' read -r Waste_Var exit 0 This has a number of advantages, not the least of which being that I can pop up a "telnet_window" to anywhere. I don't have to create links for each host (though I do create aliases for the most common hosts), and I can type "telnet_window" (or, e.g., "tel_aix") as a unix command. Also, if I lose the connection suddenly then the window stays around until I get a chance to see what happened. I use telnet instead of rsh because I generally connect to hosts which won't accept rsh's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F2. Can I put both a 68030 and a 68040 system board in a single NeXT cube? See NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ. There is a company which offered hardware (extra CPU boards) and software support solutions for the OD with Turbo NeXTcubes. For more information: Sam Goldberger Spherical Solutions smg@orb.com 415-383-7512 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F4. How do I get pictures of people from remote sites to appear in Mail.app and NewsGrazer? Mail.app: In /LocalLibrary/Images/People put a tiff (64x64) in the form of person@remote.site.domain.tiff (all lowercase). In /LocalLibrary/Images/People/passwd add an entry for the person: person@remote.site.domain:*:-2:-2::/nodir:/noshell (person and sitename need to be all lowercase as well)... In the future anytime you get mail from the person their picture should appear. You can include an "aliases" file in /LocalLibrary/Images/People too. This allows you to use the same picture for somebody that might send you mail from accounts on many different sites, or for those people whose letters use several different routings. To do this, you include entries in this local aliases file like so: bkohler@ucrac1.ucr.edu:bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu gonzo.ucr.edu!bkohler@uupsi2.uucp:bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu There should then be a .tiff file called bkohler.gonzo.ucr.edu.tiff. There can be no CAPITAL LETTERS in this file. So even if the address in the From: field looks like gonzo.ucr.edu!bkohler@uupsi2.UUCP, keep the letters lowercase in the aliases file. As always, you have to restart Mail.app before these changes take effect. NewsGrazer: In /LocalLibrary/NewsGrazer/People put a tiff (64x64) in the form of person.remote.site.domain (all lowercase). This is a different naming convention from what Mail.app uses. There is a large archive of some 4000 or 5000 pictures prepared for this purpose. The name of this archive is Faces3.tar.Z and it is about 4.1 MBytes large. Currently it is available from several anon ftp sites (e.g. sonata.cc.purdue.edu) in: /pub/next/graphics/Images/icons/people. That image archive also contains a script which automatically creates proper alias and passwd files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F6. How do I find out what are the defaults for a NeXT application? A command line utility for examining defaults is available from: sutro.sfsu.edu:/pub/wmdefaults1.0.tar.Z. A PD App, DefaultMgr.app, is available on the NeXT ftp archives. A more brute approach (done by DefaultMgr.app): Start the application under gdb, and then try the following sequence of commands: break *0x500976a commands 1 silent printf "%s: ", *$a2 output {char *}(4+$a2) echo \n cont end run [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: DefaultMgr.app doesn't any longer work properly under 3.0. It still is able to manipulate defaults but can't any longer "investigate" apps to find out which defaults they use. [eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)] adds: Needs to be revised for 3.x systems. wmdefaults is only for 2.x; it's not needed for 3.0 and later. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F7. How do I run NextApps remotely? On the local machine make sure you have public window server access, this is set from the Preferences application. On the foreign NeXT machine run the application from a terminal window with the -NXHost <local_machine_name>. Both machines should be running the same version of NeXTstep. [shayman@Objectario.com (Steve Hayman)] NeXTSTEP 3.1 includes a demo application called OpenSesame that simplifies this. You can select a program in Workspace and use Service > Open Sesame > Open on Another Host ...to launch a program on a remote machine. This is a way to run old, non-fat-binary software on new NeXTSTEP/Intel machines. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F8. Why does UUCP hangs on outgoing connections after sending the password, but other communications software do not have a problem with it? What is happening is that the remote machine is waiting for you to end your login or password by typing a "Return" (aka ^M or CR or CARRIAGE RETURN). UUCP ends a line by sending a LineFeed (aka ^J or LF). Since UUCP doesn't send the CR, the login sequence is never completed, and you will usually get one of two error messages: wanted "password:" (means that username needs to end with a CR) imsg waiting for SYNC< (means that password needs to end with CR) So how do you get UUCP to send CR, instead of LF? End the send string with the sequence \n\c. For instance this line in L.sys will send a LF after login, but a CR after password. myfeed Any DIR 9600 cub "" ATTD19095551212 9600 \ "" ogin:--ogin: Unext ssword: secret\n\c ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F9. How do I access the NeXT's Digital Websters Dictionary from a program? Get Jiro Nakamura's define program from the archiver servers: define.tar.Z. This will allow you to access the database from the command line. [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: 'define' breaks under 3.0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F10. How do I remap the \ and | keys on my keyboard? NeXT introduced a new keyboard configuration with the 040 products. The \| keys which had been located on the main keyboard was moved to the numeric keypad. Many users have since complained about it, and a work around is to remap these keys using the demo application Keyboard (/NextDeveloper/Demos/Keyboard), Mike Carlton's keyboardfix program: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/next-interface/keyboardfix.tar.Z ...which lets you put these keys on shift-return or shift-delete. One can hope that there will be a choice of keyboards in the future. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F12. How do I stop NeXTMail/Sendmail adding\ ^Ms onto the end of lines? In /etc/sendmail.cf make this change: [old code] ##### UUCP Mailer specification ##### Muucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=msDFMhuU, S=13, R=23, [new code] ##### UUCP Mailer specification ##### Muucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=msDFMhuU, S=13, R=23, E=\n, [From: sanguish@digifix.com] This has been fixed in 3.1, and the default mailhost sendmail is UUCP oriented. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F13. Where can I get black spray paint for my NeXT? Sprayon Paint Omni-Packblend 4Next-Black (icon black) LAV-16 25216 Call 1-800-777-2966 for the name of a dealer near you. It's nominally $2.75/16 oz. can. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F14. What default affects menu location? dwrite GLOBAL NXMenuX <value> dwrite GLOBAL NXMenuY <value> ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F15. How to get Gourmet to boot up the Mathematica 2.0 kernel? Login as root, or get root privileges running 'su', and execute the following five commands: mkdirs /NextApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel/NeXT cd /NextApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel ln -s uuuuu/Mathematica.app/Kernel/Display Utilities cd NeXT ln -s vvvvv/math mathexe where uuuuu is the directory where Mathematica.app was placed (typically, /LocalApps) and vvvvv is the directory where the executable 'math' was placed (typically, /usr/local/bin) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F16. What dwrites affect the loginwindow? [Jess Anderson writes:] Here, I hope, is the quasi-definitive story on dwrites that affect the loginwindow. I'm indebted to several people, notably Art Isbell, Kristian Koehntopp, Dan Danz, Louie Mamakos, John Kheit, Felix Lugo, and Paul Sears, for some of the information presented here. Remember that dwrites are not supported by NeXT; they may change with any subsequent system release. These I've checked out using 3.0; some or all may work with earlier releases, but I can't vouch for most of them. All these dwrites must be done as root. You can also run as root and use DefaultMgr to set them (which is a whole lot more convenient if you're intending to fiddle with some of them). After setting the things you want, restart the WindowServer by logging out of the current session and typing exit <cr> on the login panel. OK, here's what we know (or think we do :-): dwrite loginwindow DefaultUser <login-name> Most new machines have <login_name> set to me. This dwrite logs in user <login_name> automatically. User <login_name> must not have a password set, hence *don't* use this in a networked environment! dwrite loginwindow HostName "<host_name>" dwrite loginwindow HostName localhost These cause your host name to appear on the login panel. You need quote marks only if there's a space in the name. The first form hard-codes the name into root's defaults database. The second form uses whatever name has been set as localhost in NetInfo, which is convenient for networked machines. The font, size, color, and position of the printed string are not accessible (drat!). dwrite loginwindow ImageFile <path/to/a/suitable.tiff> This uses the tiff image pointed to instead of the standard one (in /usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/English.lproj/nextlogin.tiff, <language>.lproj as appropriate for your main language) as the login panel. Be sure you get the pointer right, though, or you'll have to boot single-user to fix it. In practical terms, the image is constrained in various ways I won't detail here. dwrite loginwindow TimeToDim <integer_number> No relation to the dim time set by Preferences. The units are odd, I think. Felix reported them as 1/34 second. However, when I changed it to 1020, I got 15 seconds to dimming, and 680 gives 10 seconds, that I'm sure of. So I think the units are 1/68 second. Maybe Felix just thought it was too damn long! We all know it *seems* longer when you're not having fun waiting. :-) Whatever, the login screen dims to about half after this length of time. dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES This causes the panel to move around approximately in Backspace bouncing-off-the-walls-tiff fashion. The point is to avoid burning the screen phosphors, as a static image would tend to do. The animation is controlled by the next couple dwrites. dwrite loginwindow MovementTimeout <real_number> The units are seconds. The panel starts moving (assuming the preceding is set to YES) after this time. If you set it to be less than the TimeToDim time, the movement starts before the dimming occurs. I did not try zero. I can't stand waiting around for things to happen, so I use 10 seconds for both times. The default appears to be 5 minutes. dwrite loginwindow MovementScale <integer_number> No movement occurs if this is set to 1. But it looks like the units might be approximately pixels for each change of position (the frequency of which is controlled by the next dwrite). If you put a big number here, say 200, the image moves in big jumps, but I don't know if the 200 is divided up somehow between change in x- and y-coordinates. I wouldn't worry about it much, just set it to something you like. Since my image contains readable text, I want it to scroll smoothly around, so I use the apparently minimum value, 2. The default appears to be 10. dwrite loginwindow MovementRate <real_number> The units are seconds. The image jumps by the amount above every this many seconds. The default is 0.0666 seconds. Bigger numbers mean slower motion. Since I don't like things being too jumpy or zooming around, I set this to 0.1 seconds. This makes my image ooze at a pace befitting an elderly person like me. dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled YES This makes it a little harder to turn the machine off; you have to use the monitor or the minimonitor (<right-command>-~) if it's set, rather than the <power> key. dwrite loginwindow LoginHook <path/to/loginhook/executable> dwrite loginwindow LogoutHook <path/to/logouthook/executable> Pointers to the login and logout hooks, if used. It should be pointed out that some of these things (login/logout hooks, for example) are maybe more logically set where the loginwindow is invoked by the WindowServer, namely /etc/ttys. There are yet others. Here's the full list (thanks, Art): NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "DebugHook") => 0x0 NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "DryRun") => 0x0 NXGetDefaultValue("loginwindow", "WindowServerTimeout") => 0x0 NXRegisterDefaults("loginwindow", 0x16024) KeyMapPath: 0x12d97 "~/Library/Keyboards:/LocalLibrary/Keyboards:/NextLibrary/Keyboards" Keymap: 0x12de1 "/NextLibrary/Keyboards/USA" SwappedKeymap: 0x12e0a "No" LoginHook: 0x0 LogoutHook: 0x0 HostName: 0x0 ImageFile: 0x0 DefaultUser: 0x12e41 "me" PowerOffDisabled: 0x0 TimeToDim: 0x12e69 "2040" MoveWhenIdle: 0x12e0a "No" MovementTimeout: 0x12e8b "300.0" MovementRate: 0x12e9e "0.06666" MovementScale: 0x12eb4 "10" [Christopher J. Kane kane@cs.purdue.edu] Under NeXTSTEP 3.1, the login window has two buttons labeled "Reboot" and "Power" that allow a user to reboot and power down from the login window. In a public lab, this feature may be undesirable. The PowerOffDisabled default can be used to disable the buttons, but they are still shown in the window and push in when clicked (a bad user interface decision, IMHO). The program below patches the loginwindow.app to eradicate the restart and power buttons. It makes the loginwindow.app's LoginButton class instance method initWithImage:altImage:andString: a no-op (just return nil). This patch has been applied to the machines in the NeXT lab at Purdue (like sonata.cc.purdue.edu for instance), and no adverse effects have been noted. This program must be run as root, since it writes to the file /usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/loginwindow. An archive with a compiled executable has been submitted to sonata.cc.purdue.edu. -----cut here----------cut here----------cut here----- /* * Patches the loginwindow.app to eradicate the restart and power * buttons from the login window. * * Christopher J. Kane (kane@cs.purdue.edu) * Released into public domain; August 13, 1993. */ #include <libc.h> #include <errno.h> void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { unsigned char patch[8] = {0x0, 0x0, 0x42, 0x80, 0x4e, 0x5e, 0x4e, 0x75}; int file = open("/usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/loginwindow", O_WRONLY); if (-1==file) goto error; if (-1==lseek(file, 21170, SEEK_SET)) goto error; if (-1==write(file, patch, 8)) goto error; if (-1==close(file)) goto error; exit(0); error: fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno)); exit(1); } ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F17: How does one set UNIX man pages to be viewed in nroff format with DL like the standard manual pages? M17 is only applicable to NeXTStep 2.x. Beyond looking in the man pages under ixBuild, etc., what you want to do is put a few files (contents listed below file name) the .index directory: .roffArgs: -man displayCommand: tbl %s | nroff -man ixBuildOptions: -fman -Nwhatis -Ncat[1-8ln] -V Other options that people suggested for ixBuildOptions: -fman -Nwhatis -Ncat[1-8] -V /usr/local/man -fman -Nwhatis -V /usr/local/man/man* I don't think you need to explicitly name the directory in the first alternative, but you do in the second unless you want the cat* directories indexed as well. Note: Do NOT leave a trailing return after the line in ixBuildOptions; DL will barf. (I think someone said that, as shipped, the standard man .index/ ixBuildOptions had this problem.) [From: Eric D. Engstrom <eric%basilisk@src.honeywell.com>] Can anyone tell me what the command line for this might be under NS 3.0? Short answer: RTM on ixbuild(1) - specifically the parameter "-g". In addition, I'd like to inform the newsgroup of a simple hack I setup on my own machine to create a unified DL target for all UN*X Manual pages (including system, local, gnu, whatever). This was easier under 2.x because IXBuild (pre IXKit) had more hacks in it... Basically, you need to setup a directory with sym-links to the various man-page directories; For example: (397)basilisk% pwd /LocalLibrary/Documentation/ManPages (398)basilisk% ls -alg total 728 drwxrwxr-x 2 eric wheel 1024 Mar 28 18:03 ./ drwxrwxr-x 11 root wheel 1024 Mar 27 00:41 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 eric wheel 370 Feb 27 22:01 .README -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 872 Feb 27 17:11 .dir.tiff -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 20 Feb 27 17:11 .displayCommand -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 47 Feb 27 17:10 .index.iname -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 6 Feb 27 17:10 .index.itype -rw-r--r-- 1 eric wheel 729088 Mar 28 18:44 .index.store -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric wheel 5 Feb 27 17:11 .roffArgs lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 18 Feb 27 17:53 gnu -> /usr/local/gnu/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 14 Feb 27 17:53 local -> /usr/local/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 9 Feb 27 17:53 news -> /news/man/@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 eric wheel 35 Feb 27 17:53 system -> /usr/man/@ (399)basilisk% Notice that I also copied all the ".[a-z]*" files from the /usr/man/ directory as well. Then, use ixbuild -gl to (re)build the index. If your any of the links point to directories on other devices, add "d" to "-gl". "-v" will give you verbose output (like my writing style ;-). RTM under ixbuild(1) for more info. Unfortunantly, once the index is built, I've never successfully gotten DL to update it correctly. Instead I have to do it by hand using "ixbuild -ogldvc" (actualy, I setup a cron job to reindex weekly.) If you have troubles, try removing the .index.store file and rebuilding the entire database. I've had intermittent problems with ixbuild under 3.0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F18: Can I automatically have my ~/.signature file appended to mail I send with Mail.app? I want to automatically add additional header lines to mail going out from Mail.app (such as Reply-To or X-faces headers). Can this be done? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Yes, on both counts. First create a simple text file the following content: #!/bin/sh { if test -r ${HOME}/.add-header; then cat ${HOME}/.add-header; fi cat - if test -r ${HOME}/.signature; then echo "--"; cat ${HOME}/.signature; fi }| /usr/lib/sendmail "$@" A good name for this file would be "sendmail-addheader". If you want to and can install it for system-wide use put this file in e.g. /usr/lib. Otherwise your private ~/Unix/bin directory is also fine. Make certain that this file has execute permission. To set that, use e.g. "chmod 755 /usr/lib/sendmail-addheader". Next, open up the preferences panel in Mail.app. Switch to the expert options. Change the Mailer option from "/usr/lib/sendmail" (which it should originally be) to "/usr/lib/sendmail-addheader" (or whatever the name of the file you created is). OK this and you should be set. From now on your ~/.signature file should always be appended to all mail sent out with Mail.app. In addition if you have a file called add-header in your home-directory it should automatically be prepended to your outgoing mail. To implement a reply-to line, you would simply give it the following content: Reply-to: My Real Human Name <name@my.real.address> IMPORTANT: Make certain that you have one and exactly one newline at the end of ~/.add-header. Anything might break outgoing mail. Beware! BUG: The ~/.signature file is not added properly for NeXT mail containing attachments. The headers will still be added properly. This could be fixed but probably is more of a hassle than it is worth. [From: jbrow@radical1.radical.com (Jim Brownfield)] I have added a Terminal Service to terminal to add a signature file whenever I type <command> "0" (command/zero), and I thought this might be of interest to people who read your FAQ. I have used this technique for over a year with no problems, and it has the advantage of working both with non-NeXT and NeXT Mail. First, you must create a file with your signature containing the characters "--" on the first line (there has been some discussion as to whether this should be "-- " ("--" followed by a blank), but my file only has the "--" as the first line. The rest of the file should contain your normal signature. If you place the file in your home directory, I recommend NOT using the filename ".signature" for this file since it may conflict with other programs (like NewsGrazer). I use the filename ".fullSignature". The file used for the signature should be ascii and not RTF to allow the file to be used for NeXT and non-NeXT mail. You can create a "Get signature" service by launching Terminal and accessing the "Terminal Services" window through the "Info/Terminal Services..." menu item. Then perform the following: - Create a new service by clicking on the "New" button. Change the service name to "Get signature". - Add the command "cat <full-path-name-to-your-signature-file>" and "0" (zero) to the "Command and Key Equivalent" entry. The "0" is obviously arbitrary, but I've found that it doesn't conflict with any of the commands I normally use. - De-select any items checked within the "Accept" grouping. - Select the "As Input" radio button under the "Use Selection" section. - Change the "Execution" popup to "Run Service in the Background". Select the "Return Output" and "No Shell" radio buttons. - Click the "Save" button. Now, when you type <command> "0" (actually, from any application), your signature will be added wherever your cursor is located (be careful not to have text selected as it will replace the selected text with your signature). I have found this to be very convenient for adding my .sig to outgoing mail. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F19: How can I quickly find a file if I don't know its directory? The Unix 'find' command on the NeXT has the capability of quickly searching a database of all the files. This database is located in /etc/find.codes and has to be generated periodically. You can automatically generate this database, say twice a week at 3:15 a.m., by adding this line to your file /etc/crontab.local (you might have to create this file). 15 03 * * 2,5 root /usr/lib/find/updatedb > /usr/adm/updatedb.err After this has run, you can quickly find any file from a terminal by typing find pattern where pattern is a part of the file name you want (it is case-sensitive). [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: Find still works under 3.0, but 'pattern' now has to match the entire filename (including the path) for a match to be recognized i.e. where under 2.x you would have: % find foobar Under 3.0 you: % find '*foobar*' (The "'" are neccessary to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards itself). [From: Geert Jan van Oldenborgh <gj@csun.psi.ch>] I find the following script in /usr/local/bin very handy to bring back the behaviour that God Intended 'find' to have: #!/bin/csh if ( $#argv == 1 ) then /usr/bin/find \*$1\* else set noglob /usr/bin/find $argv[1-] unset noglob endif [From: sanguish@digifix.com] There is also a Find panel in 3.1 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F20: Mail.app suddenly stopped working. When I double-click the Mail.app icon it loads and seems to start but then just terminates. How can I fix this ? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Usually the problem is caused by Mail.app being terminated with extreme prejudice such as by a power outage or 'kill -9'. Under those circumstances Mail.app may leave a lock file in your active mailbox. Due to a bug 3.0 Mail.app doesn't ask for permission to override this lock when started up again but just dies. Open a shell and look in ~/Mailboxes/Active.mbox. If this directory contains a file called .lock you have found the culprit. You can safely remove this file. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F21: For some reason, after moving my home directory, my recyler no longer works? [From: eric%basilisk@src.honeywell.com (Eric D. Engstrom)] Basically, when you dump a file in the recycler, the workspace manager (attempts) to move it to one of the following locations: (note: no order implied here, 'cause I'm unsure of the actual order used) - $HOME/.NeXT/.NextTrash (Should always exist; unsure what happens if it doesn't) - /tmp/.NextTrash_$USER Automatically created if non-existent) - $MNT-POINT/.NextTrash/$USER (.NextTrash NOT automatically created if non-existent) Also, the workspace requires that the trash directory into which it puts the to-be-deleted file be on the same disk partition that the file originally came from (for speed, I assume). Also, an example of the permissions for the external disk .NextTrash directory (which is not automatically created) should be : (52)basilisk% ls -aldg /private/mnt2/local/.NextTrash drwxrwxrwt 3 root 1024 Dec 5 09:36 /private/mnt2/local/.NextTrash/ Notes: - /private/mnt2/local is the mount point. - do "chmod 1777 .NextTrash" to get the permissions right. Thus, if you moved your home directory from one partition to another, the one you left may not have a "recycler-repository" to use. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: F22: How to hear sound from CDPlayer.app thought NEXTSTEP system? [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Hearing the sound directly on the NeXT can be done with the play3401 program from the archives if you have a Toshiba 3401 series drive. Theoretically this can also be done with NEC [78]4-1s and Apple CD 300s, though I know of no NeXT program which supports them. Most other drives (including the NeXT CD-ROM) just don't have the hardware to do it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-OS-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195948.25212@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:59:48 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-OS-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ G1. What information is there about NEXTSTEP/FIP (For Intel Processors)? G2. Why does NEXTSTEP 1.0 hang a few seconds after attempting to boot? G3. Can I delete /odmach or /sdmach and save 700K? G4. NEXTSTEP 2.0 systems report an error on the console: "loginwindow: netinfo problem - No such directory." Is this a problem? G5. Under NEXTSTEP 2.0 running UUCP and other incoming connections hangs the modem serial line: what can I do? G6. Applications installed in /LocalApps are not being found on my NEXTSTEP 2.0 system. G7. Why can't root login onto client machines? G8. How to boot NEXTSTEP from the second (higher SCSI ID) HD? G9. How to make swapfile shrink to the "normal" size? G10. Does netinfo work between machines running NEXTSTEP 2.n and 3.n? G11. Why does the console user "own" the external disk filesystem? G12. How to limit coredump sizes? G13. Will a 68030 NeXT Computer run NEXTSTEP 3.0? G14. What happens to the OD drive in NeXTcubes under NEXTSTEP 3.0? G15. What equipment do I need to load 3.0? G16. What is the maximum value of nbuf that I can specify on bootup? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G1. What information is there about NEXTSTEP/FIP (For Intel Processors)? See the separate FAQ files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G2. Why does NEXTSTEP 1.0 hang a few seconds after attempting to boot? Release 1.0 contains a bug that can corrupt the kernel /odmach if a user attempts to launch /odmach from the browser. The solution is to copy a clean /odmach from another NeXT system. Be sure to change the permissions of the newly installed /odmach to remove execute permissions to prevent future occurrences of the same problem. Release 1.0a and beyond do not have this problem. It is possible for the sdmach to get corrupted in the same way. Boot from the OD, copy an uncorrupted version of the kernel to the hard disk, and remove the execute bits from sdmach. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G3. Can I delete /odmach or /sdmach and save 700K? Go ahead and delete it if you want. However, you might as well leave it there since sdmach and odmach are links to the same file (i.e. you won't save much space by deleting it). Better to look for random core files. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G4. NEXTSTEP 2.0 systems report an error on the console: "loginwindow: netinfo problem - No such directory." Is this a problem? The netinfo problem is because the /keyboard directory is missing. It's benign... [EPS adds] "But annoying. niutil -create . /keyboard" Fixed in 2.1. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G5. Under NEXTSTEP 2.0 running UUCP and other incoming connections hangs the modem serial line: what can I do? There is a bug in the serial driver which causes getty to get stuck. The situation arises after a successful uucico connection, subsequent connections via modem will get a connection with the modem, but no login prompt. This is caused by getty hanging. A simple work around is to have a process run in cron to reset the getty every 15 minutes: #! /bin/sh -u PIDS=`ps -ax | bm getty | grep -v bm | awk '{print $1}'` kill -TERM $PIDS Of course trying to connect when the script is running will not allow you to connect, try again a minute later. This fix will not affect on-going UUCP or interactive connections. This will probably be fixed in the next kernel release. This bug is corrected in NEXTSTEP 2.1 and later releases. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G6. Applications installed in /LocalApps are not being found on my NEXTSTEP 2.0 system. Workspace has its own internal application path. In 2.0 /LocalApps was omitted. Improv needs to have /LocalApps in the Workspace path if you have Improve installed in /LocalApps. The work around in 2.0 only is: dwrite Workspace ApplicationPaths "~/Apps:/LocalApps:/NextApps:/NextDeveloper/Apps:/NextAdmin:/NextDeveloper/Demos (one continuous line! - pasc) This bug is corrected in NEXTSTEP 2.1 and later releases. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G7. Why can't root login onto client machines? A number of people have complained about the situation where root can log onto the configuration server, but not its clients. Login proceeds normally, then a window with "Workspace error Internal error (signal 10)" pops up. Other users are not affected. This scenario occurs with NetBooted clients that are not permitted root access to / via the server's /etc/exports file, either via an explicit root= option or [the most heinous] anon=0. For security reasons many sites will NOT want to permit such access. Note that what you're up against is only a Workspace Manager misfeature; there's no problem logging in as root on the real UNIX console, or logging in as a non-root user and then using "su" to obtain root privileges. Root access is needed to: - Log in a root Workspace. - Perform BuildDisk on a client. - Run the GuidedTour demo for the first time subsequent invocations will not autologin, but they will run just fine if you log in as NextTour (no password). It is not required to perform updates on the local NetInfo database, for any normal user operations, nor to run programs requiring root access on the server using -NXHost. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G8. How to boot NEXTSTEP from the second (higher SCSI ID) HD? bsd(1,0,0) -a which will then ask you for the drive to use as the root disk, or still easier, bsd(1,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd1 [Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] adds: In the boot command the name of the bootfile can be replaced by '-'. This is very useful as the length of the bootcommand which can be stored in the permanent memory is very limited. So the only way to eg. increase the number of buffers permanently to 128 in the boot command is to use the following boot command: sd- nbu=128 (sdsdmach nbu=128 would have been too long). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G9. How to make swapfile shrink to the "normal" size? The swapfile is located in /private/vm. The only current way to make it shrink is to reboot the machine. Putting a space after the comma in /etc/swaptab (lowat=###,hiwat=###) makes swapon ignore the hiwat entry. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G10. Does netinfo work between machines running NEXTSTEP 2.n and 3.n? Yes. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G11. Why does the console user "own" the external disk filesystem? You need an entry in /etc/fstab so the disk will be mounted at boot time, rather than being "automounted" when somebody logs in. Automounted disks are owned by whoever logged in, fstab-mounted disks are owned by root. Something like this: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /Disk 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 (assuming the external disk is to be mounted as /Disk) fstab should be niloaded into the Netinfo database if it contains any NFS mounts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G12. How to limit coredump sizes? [dylan@midiline.la.ca.us (Comrade D)]: This will work for apps running from a shell. limit coredumpsize 0 If your dock or workspace apps are dumping core, there's also: dwrite Workspace CoreLimit 0 [or whatever byte limit you want] ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G13. Will a 68030 NeXT Computer run NEXTSTEP 3.0? Yes, but note that NeXTstep 3.0 will be optimized for the 68040 CPUs. NeXTstep 1.0 and 2.x were optimized for the 68030 CPU, 68882 FPU machines. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G14. What happens to the OD drive in NeXTcubes under NEXTSTEP 3.0? Release 3.0 will work fine with the OD that you have. You cannot buy release 3.0 on optical disk (you can only get it on CD-ROM. Release 3.0 will not require that you drop the optical, but if you want to upgrade to the latest 68040 board (the 33-MHz Turbo), then you lose hardware support for the optical. There is a company which offers hardware (extra CPU boards) and software support solutions for the OD with Turbo NeXTcubes. For more information: Sam Goldberger Spherical Solutions smg@orb.com 415-383-7512 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G15. What equipment do I need to load 3.0? A CDrom drive and a means of getting an upgrade-prep app onto your disk. This means having your own floppy drive, being on the net, having someone with a floppy drive put it onto OD, kermitting it over with a serial line... you get the idea. You do not need a special boot ROM for 3.0. [From: Jimmie_Quan@NeXT.COM (Jimmie Quan)] There's actually 3 levels of upgrades. a) For early NeXT Computers, you'll need an external Floppy drive (PLI) and the upgrade-prep floppy disk. b) For 040 machines with ROMs v58-v66, you'll need the upgrade-prep floppy. c) For all 040's with v70-v74 ROM. The CD ROM is directly bootable. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: G16. What is the maximum value of nbuf that I can specify on bootup? I know the ROM monitor only allows twelve characters, but I use something like this: bsd sdmach nbuf=xxx Is there a way to make it default? [Charles William Swiger infidel@cmu.edu] Enter the hardware monitor. Hit 'p' to adjust the configuration parameters. It will respond "Boot command: <something>? " Enter "sd- nbu=xxx", where xxx is a number less than 256. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Utilities-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200009.25329@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:00:09 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Utilities-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ I1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit? I2. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of SLIP or PPP? I3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for NEXTSTEP? I4. ! Where can I get a NEXTSTEP Usenet reader? I5. ! Where can I get plotting software? I6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs? I7. Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)? I8. What are these ".z" files which appear all over the archives ? Should I just rename them to ".Z" so that compress can uncompress them ? I9. How do I decompress a file with the extension .compressed? I10. How do I change the Workspace compression app? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit? The source for the latest version is available via ftp from: cs.dartmouth.edu kermit/sw. Get the file ckaaaa.hlp to get started and see what files are required. Note that this version of Kermit does have a NEXTSTEP specific compile option. Kermit can also be found on... The Purdue archive: pub/next/2.0-release/source/ pub/next/2.0-release/binaries/ The Oregon archive: pub/next/sources/comm/ pub/next/binaries/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I2. Where can I obtain a NEXTSTEP version of SLIP or PPP? The free version of SLIP available from purdue was written by Louis Mamakos and is an excellent implementation. Basic SLIP is free, but VJ TCP header compression requires a license which is available inexpensively from Mr Mamakos. Morning Star Technologies offers a commercial version. For more information: email: marketing@morningstar.com ftp: ftp.morningstar.com (anonymous FTP archive of docs & literature) phone: +1 614 451 1883, +1 800 558 7827. [From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)] Louis Mamakos' TransSys-PNI-1.7-beta.tar.gz is available for anonymous FTP. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for NEXTSTEP? Patch is a utility that allows people to distribute updates to sources without resending the whole packages. This is done by detecting changes between the last release and the new one and creating a file of differences to each source file in the release. Patches need to be applied sequentially. The distribution can be found on the Purdue NeXT archives. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I4. Where can I get a NEXTSTEP Usenet reader? By far the most versatile NEXTSTEP-specific newsreader application is NewsGrazer by Jayson Adams, formerly of NeXT. It is on the archive servers. NewsGrazer is now available as an MAB for both m68k and Intel NEXTSTEP systems! Many non-NEXTSTEP-specific newsreaders have been ported to the NEXTSTEP environment providing the flexibility and familiarity existing on other platforms. Most of these may be obtained via anonymouse ftp: ftp.uu.net:~ftp/news ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I5. Where can I get plotting software? nxyplot by Tom Pulliam is available from cs.orst.edu graph is available in source form from 4.3BSD systems. It is useful for dealing with pairs of numbers that need to be viewed. psplot comes with NEXTSTEP, it takes the output of the graph program and generates a .ps file that can be previewed with Preview or Yap. gnuplot is available from prep.ai.mit.edu. [From: boyan@tmnxt1.iit.edu (Boyan I. Boyanov)] The latest distributions of gnuplot (3.5 or later) include the NeXT patches. It is not necessary to get them from sonata. This has the additional advantage that the arrow keys can be used to recall commands from the history list (I could not make this work with the Purdue patches). jsplot clone of graph that generates ps files directly. plplot is a library of c routines that generate 2D, 3D and contour plots. It is available on purdue archive, plplot.tar.Z contains the source, and NXplplot.tar.Z contains the library, example programs and documentation. Mathematica The ReadList command will bring in files containing sample values and produces a plot on the fly. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs? You can get ObjC mode for Emacs, by Douglas Worthington and Kenneth Persson from cs.orst.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I7. Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)? GNU tar has a number of features not found in the tar delivered with NEXTSTEP, and in some cases it may be a better choice for backups than rdump and rrestore. The NEXTSTEP supplied rdump/rrestore don't work when using multiple volumes to non-NEXTSTEP systems (see the man page for rdump/rrestore). GNU tar will also allow a dump of a portion of a file system as well as an entire file system. Other useful features of GNU tar include: incremental dump capability like BSD dump/restore, scripts for backing up heterogeneous workstations across the network automatically, multivolume tape and floppy disk support (it can't do multivolume compressed unfortunately), long filename support, and scripts for integrating floppy disks into a three level backup scheme. Source and binary for NEXTSTEP is available on the purdue and orst archives in tar-1.10.tar.Z. [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] GNU tar 1.10 (which lacks many bugs which 1.11 introduced) is also shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.0. Just look in /usr/bin/gnutar. An inexpensive commercial application for backup to DAT and SCSI tape is available from Impact Software publishing. The app automatically configures your tape drive and gives a NEXTSTEP browser interface for selecting files to save or restore. The program is distributed electronically, and a demo version can be obtained from nova.cc.purdue.edu or sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the pathname: /pub/next/2.0-release/demos/enTar1.4.tar.Z [From: sanguish@digifix.com] SafetyNet. It is commerical, but an excellent app. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I8. What are these ".z" files which appear all over the archives ? Should I just rename them to ".Z" so that compress can uncompress them ? [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] These files were created with GNU gzip. Gzip is a replacement for compress which achieves about 30% better compression rates and uncompresses faster. Gzip can also uncompress ".Z" file. Unfortunately compress can not uncompress ".z" files, so you will have to get and compile gzip on your machine before you can read any ".z" files. Gzip is available via anon ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu and should configure, compile and install without problem on any NEXTSTEP system. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] Needs to be updated to address the .gz file change. There are also precompiled MAB versions of gzip available on cs.orst.edu. [Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.uucp OR bill@bilver.oau.org] Be warned however that not all .z files are gzip. The .gz extension was adopted after someone discovered that the .z was used by the pack utility in Unix. The .Z is used by compress. However - gzip is nice in that it will extract pack, compress and gzip files. It's a universal decoder. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I9. How do I decompress a file with the extension .compressed? [From: sanguish@digifix.com] .compressed files have been compressed in the Workspace Manager. Basically, they are just .tar.Z files. Even single files are tarred as well as compressed. There are several methods of decompressing these files. -They can be decompressed by selecting them in the Workspace, and Selecting uncompress from the file menu. -They can be decompressed by selecting them in the Workspace, and bringing up the Workspace Inspector. (You can double click to get there faster) -You can rename them to be .tar.Z and handle them the way you do them. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: I10. How do I change the Workspace compression app? [Stephen Peters <SPETERS.93Aug23144549@samsun.us.oracle.com>] You can change the tools that the Workspace uses to create and read its .compressed files by issueing the following commands in a terminal window: dwrite Workspace compress /usr/bin/gzip dwrite Workspace uncompress /usr/bin/gunzip dwrite Workspace AlwaysTarForCompress YES [Reuven M. Lerner reuven@the-tech.mit.edu] This is generally a good thing, except that people might follow your advice and then try to send NeXTmail to someone who is still using compress/uncompress. Changing Workspace/uncompress to gunzip isn't a problem, since it uncompresses all sorts of files, but people should be very careful not to change Workspace/compress to gzip unless they will only be dealing with other gzip-equipped users. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200022.25387@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:00:22 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-General-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? NeXT, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Voice: 800-848-NeXT (Redwood City #) Voice: (415)-366-0900 NeXT marketing div. of Canon - Japan Phone: 81-44-549-5295 Fax: 81-44-549-5462 NeXT Europe Stockholm: 46-7-068-8930 Netherlands: 31-20-653-0333 Denmark: 45-45-41-2200 London: 44-81-565-0005 Italy/Milan: 39-2-95302510 Munich: 49-89-996-5310 Paris: (331) 46-45-1414 Japan: 81-44-549-5555 Note: numbers abroad are listed with the country codes first. You will need to dial the international access number of your long distance carrier before proceeding to dialing the country code, area code and phone number. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? To start a user group, just send email to "user_groups@next.com". ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few. NEXTSTEP: cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu umd5.umd.edu ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de MIT GNU: aeneas.mit.edu MIT X: export.lcs.mit.edu music: princeton.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? NeXT T-shirts Classic NeXT logo on front $6.95 each (S-XL) 3.1 NEXTSTEP logo on front $7.95 each (M-XXL) NeXT Pencils $20.30 box of 100 NeXT Cross Pen $21.15 each NeXT Decals $75.00 box of 100 NeXT T-shirt $ 5.65 each - sizes S, M, L, XL (pre-shrunk) Turtle Neck $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Glass Mug $ 1.70 each Leather Folder $54.50 each NeXT Sweatshirt $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Tote-bag $ 6.25 each NeXT Mouse pad $ 9.67 each Orders can be taken 24 hours a day for domestic and overseas orders Contact: Hermann Marketing 1400 North Price Road St. Louis, MO 63132-2308 Phone: 1 800 972 1331, 314 432 1800 Fax: 314 432 1818 Method of payment: Purchase order, check, money order, or credit card ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NEXTSTEP-Printing-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.195958.25271@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 19:59:58 GMT Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-Printing-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ H1. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? H2. What fonts can I use with NEXTSTEP? H3. How can I save my printable documents to a postscript file? H4. How can I print only the even or odd pages of a document? I wish print on both sides by feeding the paper through twice. H5. How do I get banner pages on my printer output? H6. How do I get [la]TeX files to print correctly on non-NeXT printers? H7. What if I have a PostScript font has not been ported to NEXTSTEP? H8. What color printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? H9. How can I make the Page Layout default to A4 in all applications? H10. /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: syntax error at line 31: `end of file' unexpected? H11 How to get TeX with NEXTSTEP to make proper fonts for a 600 dpi laserwriter? H12 How to get printer description files (PPD)? H13 What are the Canon part numbers for ink cartridges equivalent to those NeXT's Color Printer uses? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H1. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? Adding supported postscript printers is rather simple: 1. Get a serial cable (e.g., Macintosh to LaserWriter Plus), but check whether that works with your printer 2. Configure using Print Manager 3. Configure printer communication according to manufacturer's recommendations. (9600 baud software flow control). A sample printcap entry needs to be loaded into the netinfo database. You can use either "niload printcap . < myprintcap", or use NetInfoManager to change the br and lp properties of your LaserJet. Using the default baud rate and /dev/ttya will also work, for most print jobs. LaserJet_III: \ :note=LaserJet_III:ty=HP LaserJet III PostScript: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_III:lp=/dev/ttyfa: \ :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br=19200:rw:fc#0000374: \ :fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb:if=/usr/lib/transcript/psif: \ :of=/usr/lib/transcript/psof:gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf: \ :nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf: \ :rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf: \ :cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf:df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf: HP printer configuration: auto cont = off (doesn't matter) I/O = serial serial=rs-232 (for LJ III only) baud rate = 19200 (or whatever baud rate you have in ni database/printcap) robust xon = on (doesn't matter) dtr polarity = hi startpage = off (doesn't matter) language=english ret = med (you choose for LJ III only) Note that if you modify the printcap this way you cannot reconfigure this particular printer entry with PrintManager. If you are using NEXTSTEP 2.0 and you use remote non-next printers, there is a bug that can be simply corrected by doing "dwrite system PrinterResolution 1" for each user trying to access non-next printers on the network. This not a problem in later NEXTSTEP versions. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H2. What fonts can I use with NEXTSTEP? Properly packaged Type 1 or 3 PostScript fonts will work with NEXTSTEP, but certain conversions may be necessary to get them to work. Freeware and shareware fonts are available on various ftp archives. There are utilities with NEXTSTEP to download fonts into postscript printers. Freeware and shareware Type 1 and 3 fonts in files Fonts-1.0-free.tar.Z and Fonts-2.0-sw.tar.Z. Each file unpacks into it's own directory. Within each directory is a ReadMe.rtf and a Makefile. See the ReadMe.rtf for more font descriptions and installation instructions. (You may also find comments in the Makefile of interest.) These packages were prepared by Doug Brenner <dbrenner@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>. The same directory contains fonts Shalom (Hebrew and Yiddish in Old Style, Stick and Script typefaces, by Jonathan Brecher, shareware) and CyrillicGothic (san serif, by Jay Sekora). These were packaged by Jacob Gore <jacob@gore.com> to work with the Installer application. WSI-Fonts for NEXTSTEP #1 Abstract Software POB 25045 Seattle, WA 98125-1945 Voice: 206 361 5080 info@abstractsoft.com Trilithon Software is an Adobe-authorised reseller for Adobe Type 1 fonts. Trilithon Software, Two Ohlone Portola Valley, California 94028. Telephone: (415) 325-0767 FAX: (415) 325-0768 E-mail: info@trilithon.com Some fonts in Type 1 format for NEXTSTEP are also available from Y&Y: Y&Y, 106 Indian Hill, Carlisle MA 01741 USA Voice: 800 742 4059 Voice: 508 371 3286 Fax: 508 371 2004 71172,524 on CompuServe 71172.524@compuserve.com from InterNet [henry@trilithon.com (Henry McGilton)] Trilithon Software supplies utilities to convert and install Macintosh or PC fonts to NEXTSTEP format. MacToPfa -- a Mac to NeXT font converter and installer. PfbToPfa -- a PC to NeXT font converter and installer. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H3. How can I save my printable documents to a postscript file? Select PRINT from the main menu, then select SAVE from the resulting print panel. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H4. How can I print only the even or odd pages of a document? I wish print on both sides by feeding the paper through twice. We must recommend against re-using laser printed paper in your printers. The reason is that the toner which is used is not very robust, in that when heated again (which happens when you print) it can come off the other side of the paper. This causes a mess to accumulate in your printer, and probably some pretty rude things to happen. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] psutils from comp.sources.misc is a much better solution, and includes alot more capabilities, plus it is being updated constantly. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H5. How do I get banner pages on my printer output? There is a sample banner prologue file in /usr/lib/NextPrinter that is sent to the printer before or after the print job depending on what printer attributes are set in NetInfo. Sounds gross, but it isn't. Start up NetInfo on your printer machine. Go to the printer directory, and open up your local printer by double clicking it. Select the append property from Directory menu. Replace the name with BannerAfter (or BannerBefore if you want the banner page printed first). The select the New Value option, and put in the name of the banner prologue file. If you do not wish to do fancy customization of the file, simply put the path to the NeXT sample banner file: /usr/lib/NextPrinter/banner.pro Save out the netinfo modifications. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H6. How do I get [la]TeX files to print correctly on non-NeXT printers? If you are printing to a non-NeXT printer from NeXT TeX using dvips, make sure you specify the correct resolution (300 dpi, usually), either on the command line with -D300, or in the /usr/lib/tex/config.ps file with a line that looks like : D 300 If you are printing from within TeXView, you will have to choose CustomResolution and enter the correct number (300, usually) because of the way DefaultResolution defaults to 0. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H7. What if I have a PostScript font has not been ported to NEXTSTEP? Many PostScript fonts port to NEXTSTEP with little effort. The easiest case is a font generated by Fontographer version 3.2 or above (a comment near the top of the file should say which program generated the font). This version of Fontographer can generate fonts "for NEXTSTEP". This means that no hacking of the font is needed, but you may need to make some adjustments to make it appear in your font panel. Suppose you were porting the font family Shalom, which consists of three faces: Old Style, Stick and Script. Here is the procedure to follow: 1. In a working folder of yours, create folders called: Shalom-OldStyle.font Shalom-Script.font Shalom-Stick.font Note that the font family name is to the left of the hyphen ("-"), and the typeface name is to the right and with no spaces in it. 2. Copy the outline font file for each typeface from wherever it is into its folder, and give it the name of the folder minus the ".font". For example, if you are doing this in a Terminal window: cp /Floppy/ShalomOldStyle.NeXT Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle cp /Floppy/ShalomScript.NeXT Shalom-Script.font/Shalom-Script cp /Floppy/ShalomStick.NeXT Shalom-Stick.font/Shalom-Stick If you are working in Workspace Manager's File Viewer, double-click on the big fat F icon to open the font directory as a folder, then you'll be able to rename files in it. 3. Do the same thing with the font metric files, but make the suffix ".afm": cp /Floppy/ShalomOldStyle.AFM Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle.afm cp /Floppy/ShalomScript.AFM Shalom-Script.font/Shalom-Script.afm cp /Floppy/ShalomStick.AFM Shalom-Stick.font/Shalom-Stick.afm 4. If there is a "read me" file with the font, or any other documentation, copy it into the .font folder too. For example, each of the Shalom font folders contains files ReadMe, CheatSheet.wn and Sample.wn specific to the typeface. 5. Edit the outline and font metric files to make them fit the NeXT AppKit's Font Panel, which is what most NextStep applications use to let you choose your font. a. Editing the outline file, e.g., Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle: The original used "ShalomOldStyle" as the font's name, full name, and family name. We want the name to be "Shalom-OldStyle", the full name "Shalom Old Style", and family name just "Shalom". First, find the lines: /FullName (ShalomOldStyle) readonly def /FamilyName (ShalomOldStyle) readonly def and change them to /FullName (Shalom Old Style) readonly def /FamilyName (Shalom) readonly def Then, replace all remaining occurrences of the string "ShalomOldStyle" with "Shalom-OldStyle". b. Editing the AFM file, e.g., Shalom-OldStyle.font/Shalom-OldStyle.afm. Find the lines: FullName ShalomOldStyle FamilyName ShalomOldStyle and change them to FullName Shalom Old Style FamilyName Shalom Replace all remaining occurrences of the string "ShalomOldStyle" with "Shalom-OldStyle". Repeat this procedure for the remaining typefaces. 6. You now have a font family ready to be installed. If the font family is to be used by your account only, place it in ~/Library/Fonts (creating it if necessary): mkdirs ~/Library/Fonts mv Shalom-*.font ~/Library/Fonts buildafmdir ~/Library/Fonts If everybody on your system should have access to this font family, place it (as superuser) in /LocalLibary/Fonts: su mkdirs /LocalLibrary/Fonts mv Shalom-*.font /LocalLibrary/Fonts buildafmdir /LocalLibrary/Fonts exit That's all you need to do for fonts generated by Fontographer version 3.2 or above. This will work with all applications that use AppKit's FontPanel. FrameMaker does not, so other changes may need to be done to keep FrameMaker happy [does anybody have something to add here?]. Fonts generated by Fontographer version 3.1 or below don't work in Display PostScript as they are, because they use a memory management trick that screws everything up in a multitasking environment like DPS. However, there is a simple, though kludgy, way to make them work. The problematic trick uses a dictionary with a name like "Fog3.1" ("Casa1" in Casady & Green's fonts) in which most of the font resides. The problem is that Fontographer puts that whole dictionary into dictionary 'userdict' and expects it to stay there. DPS, however, clears out 'userdict' between tasks, including the task that loads the font and the task that uses it. This makes the font useless on the screen, and printable only by prepending the outline font file to the file you want to print and sending the result to print in one task. The fix is to move the troublesome dictionary from 'userdict' into the font dictionary itself (unlike 'userdict', the font dictionary does stick around between tasks). Perform the following changes in the outline font file (the font CyrillicGothic is used as the example): 1. Find the line "%%EndProlog". It will be followed by the line like this: /$CyrillicGothic 23 dict def $CyrillicGothic begin Write down the number before 'dict' (in this case, 23). You will need it in the following step. Delete the dict definition, making the line look like this: $CyrillicGothic begin 2. Go back to the beginning of the file. near the top of the font program, find the following lines: userdict/Fog3.1 known{{currentfile( )readstring {(%%%)eq{exit}if}{pop exit}ifelse}loop}if userdict begin/Fog3.1 45 dict def Fog3.1 begin and replace them with these: /$CyrillicGothic 24 dict def $CyrillicGothic begin/Fog3.1 45 dict def Fog3.1 begin The number before 'dict' (in this case, 24) is one greater than the number you wrote down in the previous step. 3. Find the line that defines procedure BuildChar: /BuildChar{Fog3.1/BuildChar get exec}def and change it as follows: /BuildChar{1 index begin Fog3.1/BuildChar get exec end}def 4. Go to the end of the file. The last line looks like this: /CyrillicGothic findfont/EFN get Fog3.1 begin{RF}forall end Delete it (or comment it out by placing one or more "%" in the beginning of it). The AFM file requires one adjustment. Change the line EncodingScheme AppleStandard to EncodingScheme AdobeStandardEncoding This concludes conversion of a font generated by Fontographer version 3.1 or lower to work with NEXTSTEP. You may still need to make the changes described for version 3.2 and above, to make the font fit the NEXTSTEP font panel. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H8. What color printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with NEXTSTEP? The (no longer sold) NeXT/Canon SCSI color printer, of course! [heinz.in-berlin.de]: With Dots Color, the HP DeskJet 500C can print in color *today*, under NEXTSTEP 2.1, and it costs significantly less than $1000 (in Germany at least). You can get more information from d'ART Software GmbH Virchowstr. 17-19 W-2000 Hamburg 50 Germany Voice: +49 40 380 23 0 Fax: +49 40 380 23 290 software@dart.de ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H9. How can I make the Page Layout default to A4 in all applications? Add "NXPaperType A4" in the "GLOBAL" preferences. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H10. /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: syntax error at line 31: `end of file' unexpected? [Richard Tilley writes:] Using lpr -t, or lpr -d causes this problem. eg: [...] cat /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf [...] Christopher Lane <lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> has pointed out 3 (three!) errors in the distributed NEXTSTEP 3.0 lpd.comm file The last change is my own. It worked for the 1 (one!) dvi file I tried. tilley%diff lpd.comm.DIST lpd.comm 11,12c11,12 < while "x$1" != x do < case "$1" in --- > while test $# != 0 > do case "$1" in 16c16 < -h) HOST=$"; shift;; --- > -h) HOST=$2; shift;; 17a18 > esac 21c22 < PRSERVER="/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver -p $PRINTER -n $USER -h HOST -f -" --- > PRSERVER="/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver -p $PRINTER -n $USER -h $HOST -f -" 27c28 < psdf) psbad $FILTER $PRINTER $USER $HOST | $PRSERVER;; --- > psdf) dvips -f -D 400 -r | $PRSERVER ;; ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H11 How to get TeX with NEXTSTEP to make proper fonts for a 600 dpi laserwriter? [From: Dr. T. L. Marchioro II <tlm@tantalus.scl.ameslab.gov>] If you upgrade to a 600 dpi laserwriter then the version of TeX that ships with NEXTSTEP (either 2.X or 3.0) does not know about 600 dpi fonts, i.e. does not know how to make them and will instead use scaled 400 dpi ones (which look significantly worse at 600 dpi than they do at 400 dpi). Some simple modifications to a few Metafont files and rebuilding the metafont bases are all that is needed. What to do to get the 600 dpi stuff working is as follows: 1. Edit /usr/lib/mf/inputs/next.mf and add a laserjetIV mode. Simply copy the entire imagen mode, change the name to laserjetIV, and change the pixels_per_inch to 600. Save the changed file. 2. Build a new mf.base file by executing the following commands: inimf "plain; input next; dump" (as superuser): cp plain.base /usr/lib/mf/bases/mf.base 3. Edit /usr/lib/tex/ps/config.ps and change the `D 400' line to `D 600' (you may have `D 300' or something else if you've set up a different printer.) 4. Edit /usr/bin/MakeTeXPK (as superuser), adding the lines elif test $BDPI = 600 then MODE=laserjetIV right before the second `else' in the file. That should do it! You might have to (depending on how you configure NEXTSTEP for the LaserJet IV) select `custom resolution' and set the gadget to 600 in the TeXview print panel, and save Preferences. These instructions are written for an HP Laserjet IV, but they should also work for a QMS printer just fine. Finally, if you have one of these printers and work in a "mixed" environment with perhaps 400 dpi and/or 300 dpi printers that you also print to on a regular basis then you might want to consider getting Type 1 PS version of the Computer Modern fonts instead. They obviate the need for the instructions above, and the savings in disc space will be considerable since having printer fonts for several printers takes lots of room, and the file sizes for 600 dpi are quite large (the files grow roughly as D logD, where D is the resolution). These fonts are made by Blue Sky Research, and work beautifully. Y & Y software is a reseller for BSR and sells a "NEXTSTEP specific" version of them which comes with appropriate instructions and installation scripts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H12 How to get printer description files (PPD)? [From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis)] Adobe has a mail server and ftp site where you can get .PPD files. They are: ps-file-server@adobe.com (put "send help" in the mail body) and ftp.mv.us.adobe.com respectively. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: H13 What are the Canon part numbers for ink cartridges equivalent to those NeXT's Color Printer uses? [from: <Matthias Weber> mono@schweber.rhein-main.de] Red: BJI-643 M Yellow: BJI-643 Y Blue: BJI-643 C Black: BJI-643 Bk ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200034.25445@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:00:34 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ K0. Where can I purchase a NeXT machine? K1. Where to obtain hardware service? K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K0. Where can I purchase a NeXT machine? NeXT discontinued manufacturing hardware in Feb, 1993. Used systems are often advertized in comp.sys.next.marketplace. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K1. Where to obtain hardware service? [Jeff Hite jeffh@ludwig.cc.uoregon.edu] USA hardware service has been purchased by Bell Atlantic. They will be supporting the Authorized Service Centers and are selling extended warranty contracts. Bell Atlantic Computing Technology Services Voice: 800 499 6398, or 800 848 NeXT Fax: 510 732 3078 ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? There are two packagings: a cube, and a station. NeXTcube systems: 1. 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) 2. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) 3. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) 4. NeXTdimension board adds 32-bit color (i860) to any of above systems Cube systems can use any of the boards. With hacks, multiple independent CPU boards can run in one cube. NeXT Computer systems have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive(s) in either position. NeXTcube systems also have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive in the lower position, but have additional mounting holes for 1/2-height devices, and have a floppy slot at the top position. NeXTstation systems: 1. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) 2. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) 1. 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) 2. 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) NeXTstation systems have room for two 1/2-height 3.5" devices, with a floppy slot at the side. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200141.25508@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:01:41 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-Internal-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ L1. What can be done about older 030 NeXT cubes that have a fan that turns in the "wrong" direction? L2. Can I connect SONY MPX-111N to my 68030 NeXT Computer? L3. Why does the OD continually spin up and spin down? L4. How many colors can NeXT machines display? L5. Why is my machine so slow when I run the monochrome and NeXTdimension displays? L6. Where to obtain replacement mouse parts? L7. Where to obtain extra batteries? L8. How to convert a Turbo system to use ADB? L9. How to put a 68030 board in the same NeXTcube as a 68040 board? L10. How to expand DSP memory? L11. How to boot a NeXT without a monitor? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L1. What can be done about older 030 NeXT cubes that have a fan that turns in the "wrong" direction? The fan on older 030 NeXTs cubes sucks air out of the back of the cube which means that it draws unfiltered air in through the optical disk on the front of the cube. This causes optical disks to succumb to dust must sooner than cubes with the new-style fan which turns in the opposite direction. NeXT has apparently reversed their decision regarding fan reversal in the case of machines that have been upgraded to 040 processor boards. It is now considered okay to reverse the direction of fans in these machines. If you have many third-party cards installed in your cube or an older processor board, you may wish to consider not reversing fan direction (overheating could become a problem). In any case, do not reverse the fan's polarity, only reverse the fan assembly itself. Perhaps the best solution is obtain the cleaning kit and OD filter from NeXT. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L2. Can I connect SONY MPX-111N to my 68030 NeXT Computer? The SONY MPX-111N internal 2.88 MB floppy drive which was shipped with all the 68040 NeXT machines is *not* a SCSI device, therefore there is no way of connecting that particular drive internally on a 68030 system. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L3. Why does the OD continually spin up and spin down? A big problem with the Canon optical drives is that air flows through the drive to cool it. Dust accumulates inside the drive causing it to fail with the continuous spin-up spin-down syndrome. NeXT as part of it's 040 upgrades provided a dust filter to prevent this. If your drive has this problem it usually can be fixed simply by cleaning out dust from the drive. NeXT sold a cleaning kit for both the drives and the optical disks. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L4. How many colors can NeXT machines display? The monochrome machines can display 4 gray levels. You can use color apps on a monochrome machine, they will converted into monochrome images and dithered accordingly. Color NeXTstations can combine 4 bits of red, green and blue primaries for a total of 4096 "pure" colors. The imaging functions dither the image to produce intermediate colors. NeXTdimension can combine 8 bits of red, green and blue for 16,777,216. There are not 16 million points on the display so all can not be displayed at once. Further display technology limits the usable color space. None of the NeXT products support color look up tables where the user can define their own color palette on a per window basis. This feature is useful for displaying images which have adaptive lookup tables, and display pure grayscale images on the color NeXTstation. On the NeXTdimension images can be converted to full 24 bit representation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L5. Why is my machine so slow when I run the monochrome and NeXTdimension displays? There is a bug with the window system in which if you select the monochrome display as your primary display the server will be much much slower. The solution for those wishing to use both displays is to select the color (NeXTdimension) display as the primary display. The most optimal configuration at present with the NeXTdimension is to run only the color display. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L6. Where to obtain replacement mouse parts? [jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu] For those who have need of a new button in their mouse, and don't want to pay for the whole mouse when it is only the button that has gone bad, we have recently discovered a satisfactory replacement for the Omron switch. It is in the Digikey catalog, # 931, Jan-Feb 1993, page 141, under Cherry switches D4, DG, and DH series. Digikey part # CH164-ND, Cherry part # DG1C-B1AA. We ordered one of these, and just received it today. Tried it out, and it sems to be working flawlessly so far. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L7. Where to obtain extra batteries? Battery part number: BR 2/3A 3V Lithium Battery (Panasonic) Source: Engineered Assemblies & Components Corporation 5204 Green's Dairy Road Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: 919-790-9700 (ask for Debra) Price: $16.71 for 2 batteries incl. shipping & C.O.D. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L8. How to convert a Turbo system to use ADB? [From: Brad_Sime@NeXT.COM (Brad Sime)] If ADB equipment are used with older NeXT systems they won't work properly. Here are the ADB requiments: a) A Turbo computer. b) CPU eprom version 74. c) New revision computer to soundbox/monitor cable. The part number is molded at both ends of the connector: Cable NEW OLD (Non ADB) NeXTcube 4534 150 NeXTstation 4535 1532 NeXTstation color 4536 2286 d) New revision monitor which uses a vertical scan rate of 72hz instead of 68hz, except on NeXTdimension systems color monitor stays 68hz. Monitor NEW (72hz) OLD (68hz) 17" mono ACX (N4000b) AAA (N4000a & N4000) 17" color ADF (N4006) ABG (N4001) 21" color ADB (N4005a) ABH (N4005) e) ADB soundbox for color sytems. S/N prefix ADD instead of ABN. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L9. How to put a 68030 board in the same NeXTcube as a 68040 board? [Felix_A_Lugo@ATT.COM] ********************** DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER ************************** The following procedure is not supported by NeXT, Inc. and will definitely void the warranty on your NeXT computer. Follow it at your own risk. I disclaim all responsibilities for damages caused by negligence in following the procedure. There is no guarantee that the procedure will work on all versions(?) of the NeXT cube hardware. All I know is that it worked on the NeXT cube I was working on!!!! SO BEWARE! ********************** DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER ************************** Here we go! I'll first provide a description of the hardware I was using and comment on what I accomplished and how I got the information on how to do it! The hardware included a NeXT cube with 660 MB drive, OD, etc., a 68040 upgrade board, and a 68030 motherboard. I successfully installed both the 68040 and 68030 boards on a SINGLE NeXT cube and linked them together through their ethernet ports. The 68040 was configured as a boot server and the 68030 was used as its client (booting off the network for lack of an additional hard drive). The procedure reconfigures slot #2 on the cube's back-plane as slot #0. This provides two slots configured as #0, required for booting the two motherboards. Once I determined what the slot pin-outs were (thanks to my good friend John Chmielewski), it was a matter of time before the two boards happily co-existed. The procedure: 1. First, follow the procedure on the NeXT User's Reference manual for removing the system board (Appendix C: Opening the Cube, page 291 of the 2.0 manual). 2. Using the NeXT supplied screwdriver, remove the two screws that attach the power-supply housing to the cube (the screws are located on the lower part of the housing) and gently pull the housing out. Set it aside in a safe place (away from kids and nosey friends!) 3. Remove the two plastic grooved plates (used to slide the system boards in) at each side of the inside bottom of the cube. (For each plate, lift the side closest to the rear opening and gently pull them out). Set them aside. 4. Using the NeXT tool, remove three screws holding the back-plane to the cube and then take the back-plane out of the cube. Let the cube rest for a while. Inspect the back-plane. You will see five bus slots (four vertical and one horizontal). The horizontal slot connects the back-plane to the power supply housing. We're only interested in the four vertical slots. From the factory these slots are configured as 6, 2, 0, and 4 (starting from the left and going right with the horizontal slot at the bottom). The system board connects to slot #0 (which you've probably noticed). Each slot contains three columns of 32 pins. Following is an ASCII representation of one of the slots: x y z C B A o-o o 32 . . . o-o o 31 . . . o-o o 30 . . . o-o o 29 . . . 28 . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . ...where x, y, and z are labeled GND, SID, and VCC, respectively. The GND, SID, and VCC "holes" are used to configure the slot number using simple binary encoding, where GND is logical zero, VCC is logical one, and SID (for Slot-ID I guess) determines the current bit state (one or zero). Notice the four rows of GND, SID, VCC triads; each row is equivalent to one bit position in the slot number, the bottom row bit position 0, the top row bit position 3. This gives a total of four bit positions, or 16 possible slot numbers. To encode a slot number, you need to connect an SID row to its corresponding GND or VCC row. For example, the diagram below shows the configuration of the slots in my cube's back-plane (you'll have to look very closely to see the actual connections): SLOT #6 SLOT #2 SLOT #0 SLOT #4 BIT 3: o-o o o-o o o-o o o-o o BIT 2: o o-o o-o o o-o o o o-o BIT 1: o o-o * o o-o * o-o o o-o o BIT 0: o-o o o-o o o-o o o-o o ... Now on with the procedure: 5. To reconfigure slot #2 as slot #0, cut the trace between SID and VCC for bit position 1 (see * o o-o * above) and connect SID to GND on the same row. I used the SIMM removal tool supplied by NeXT in the 040 upgrade (talk about multi-purpose) to cut the trace! Very gently, scrape the solder off between the two holes. Take a paperclip, shape it to fit between the holes in SID and GND, and trim it down to an even 1/4 inch (perfect fit)! That's all there is to it. If for some reason you ever want to revert to slot #2, just remove the paperclip from GND-SID and reconnect it to SID-VCC. 6. Now put the cube back together. First, re-install the back-plane using its three connecting screws, then snap on the plastic plates, and finally insert the power-supply housing and secure with its two screws. At this point the cube is ready to take on the two system boards (it is up to you to determine where/how you want to use the two boards; I'll explain how I used mine) ... 7. I installed the 68040 in the original slot #0 and the 68030 in the reconfigured slot #0 (previously slot #2). The 68040 was used as the main processor board. I connected the 660 MB drive, the OD, and the monitor to it. NOTE: Before beginning the procedure, I went into the NeXT Monitor on the 68030 and disabled the Sound out, SCSI tests and verbose test mode and enabled serial port A as a console terminal. I also made "en" the default boot device. I setup the 68040 as a boot server and taught it about the 68030 (which took some time in getting it setup properly). 8. I connected the 68040 to the 68030 using a thin-ethernet cable and I booted. First thing I noticed was that the 030 timed-out a couple of times waiting for the 040 to tell it to boot. But after the 040 was up, the 030 booted nicely. That's all folks. Hope all this made some sense and people find it useful. Comments: - To power off the cube, I have to first shutdown the 030 (I run "halt -p" as root from a telnet connection and wait for the 030 to go down), and I then power-down the 040. If you shut down the 040 before the 030, you'll have to pull the power plug to turn the machine off. The cube will not power off if either of the two boards is providing a load to the power-supply. - Remember, I've only performed this procedure on one system. I do not know what will happen on your system. So make sure you plan ahead what your going to do and that you understand the procedure. - I don't know what problems may arise when you add a board that uses the NeXTbus, such as the NeXTdimension, or how it will behave. If someone is courageous enough to perform the procedure and intalls another board, please post your results to the net. - If you think this procedure has done any good for you, please feel free to send in donations. 8^) (think of it as "hardshare") ________________________ UPDATE TO PREVIOUS ARTICLE __________________________ To clear up some misunderstandings with the settings in the "p" command of the NeXT monitor (these settings are only required for the system board that doesn't have the NeXT display monitor connected): 1. Sound out test must be "no"; the boot process will not proceed if the monitor isn't connected to the board and this is set to "yes" (the sound out tests will fail, aborting the boot procedure). 2. SCSI tests should be "no" if you don't have SCSI devices attached to the board (SCSI tests will fail otherwise, aborting the boot procedure). 3. Verbose test mode must be "no" for booting from the network. If set to "yes", the boot process will timeout waiting for a BOOTP and you'll be left in the monitor with no means of restarting the board (except pulling the power plug)! This is probably true also for booting from an OD that hasn't been inserted (assuming the OD was attached to the board). 4. Allow serial port A as alternate console if you want to view the boot process (for problems and peace-of-mind). 5. Other settings were not modified from their factory defaults or had no effect on the procedure. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L10. How to expand DSP memory? The Speech Recognition Lab at San Francisco State University has developed a DSP memory expansion board for the NeXT computer that provides the maximum memory supported by the DSP56001 processor. We are now offering this board to those whose are interested in high-performance custom DSP development. -- The board is a 576KB DSP expansion memory board organized as three non-overlapping 192KB banks: X-data, Y-data and Program. The board uses relatively fast (<35ns) SRAM. This board compares with NeXT's DSP memory expansion board, which offers only 96KB in an imaged memory configuration. -- The board is a high-quality, 4-layer board, open-circuit tested prior to assembly. It fits into the DSP memory daughterboard slot on all NeXT machines. -- The price will be $600. Please let us know if you are interested. Delivery will be in about 3-4 weeks. -- Contact Tom Holton (th@ernie.sfsu.edu). E-mail is prefered. The address is: Tom Holton Division of Engineering San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 415 338 1529 (phone) 415 338 0525 (fax) Note: Because we've organized our memory as three separate (non-overlapping) banks (X, Y and P) of 192KB apiece, none of the DSP memory image functionality provided by NeXT with its existing 8K base configuration, or its 96KB DSP expansion module is supported. While we cannot guarantee that every existing DSP application ever written will be plug-and-play compatable with our DSP expansion memory, we are not aware of any existing applications that use the image functionality. The MusicKit, and demo programs that use the DSP, such as Mandlebrot and ScorePlayer, work fine with our memory module. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: L11. How to boot a NeXT without a monitor? [From: The Onyx Kitten <onyxcat@vesta.unm.edu>] The procedure is to just touch pins 6 and GND on the DB-19 NeXT monitor out with a 470 Ohm resistor (450 is the actual resistance, but 470 ohms is more commonly found in resistors). Pin 6 is the power sense, and pins 13-19 (and the DB shell) are the GND. Just say "pin 19", it may be easier. There's a pinout diagram of the DB-19 in the NeXT Users Reference Manual. If you have an old Cube, the power supply needs to have more power drawn from it than an 030 (and 040?) board uses to stay on. So: On the DB-19, attach a Power Resistor (20 Ohm, at least 20 Watt) between pins 12 and GND. (Pin 12 is -12V, pin 13 works well for GND). Then just "touch" the 470 ohm resistor as described above, and you're set. The 20 Ohm resistor draws an old 030 running monitorless in an old CUBE), but it isn't necessary - just don't touch it (*HOT!* ;-) To power off, type "halt -p" as root on the machine (either through a terminal connected to port A, or over the eithernet connection). Also, you have to have the Rom Monitor settings done correctly. The important ones are: Wait until keypress? N Sound out tests? N Port A as alternate Console? Y (if you have one, it's nice) Verbose mode? N (I think this may need to be N to work, don't remember). ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-Peripherals-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200154.25567@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:01:54 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-Peripherals-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ M1. What disk drives will work with the NeXT? M2. How do I customize BuildDisk to create a bootable disk of my own configuration? M3. How much disk space is lost due to formatting and file system overhead? M4. Can I run my SCSI-2 disks in synchronous mode? M5. How do I configure my HP 660 to boot properly? M6. What is the procedure for installing a Fujitsu M2263SA/SB SCSI Disk as the NeXT Boot Disk? M7. How do mount a corrupted OD that won't automount? M8. What non-NeXT CD Players that work with a NeXT? M9. What are some other sources of toner cartridges and trays for the NeXT laser printer? M10. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with a NeXT? M11. What can I do to prevent my NeXT printer from running all the time? M12. What type of microphones will work with the NeXT? M13. How do I connect a modem to the NeXT? M14. Are there any alternative sources for the SCSI-II to SCSI-I cable required to attach external SCSI devices to the 040 NeXTs? M15. What fax modems will work with the NeXT? M16. How may I attach more than two serial ports to the NeXT? M17. What is the best and/or cheapest way to connect a NeXT to a thick Ethernet? M18. How can I connect my NeXT to the telephone line and use it like an answering Machine? M19. What color monitors can I use with the NeXT color machines? M20. Where can I get 13W3 to BNC adapters to connect third party color monitors? M21. How may I attach Centronics or 16 bit wide parallel ports to the NeXT? M22. Why does an unused serial port consume cpu? M23. How to adjust MegaPixel Display brightness and focus? M24. How to set up the HP LaserJet 4M? M25. My NeXT laser printer fails to fully eject the sheet - how to fix? M26. I'm trying to initialize a QUANTUM ELS170S on a NeXTStation and get sd2: Incomplete disk transfer? M27. + What are the NeXT mouse connections? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M1. What disk drives will work with the NeXT? Most SCSI disk drives will work without modifying /etc/disktab. There are problems with the installation of boot blocks and badly formed fstab generated by BuildDisk of NEXTSTEP 2.0. A disk connected to the NeXT will need to have a NeXT specific label written to it before it can be properly recognized by the system. If you get an error message "Invalid Label..." this indicates that the drive was successfully seen by the NeXT machine but it does not have the proper label, to install a label use the /usr/etc/disk program on the raw disk device that the system assigned to the device and use the label command to write the label onto the disk. [how the NeXT assigns disk devices is explained in the N&SA manual] NEXTSTEP releases 2.0 and up provide a low level disk formatter, sdform, which does not offer much flexibility, but gets the job done. Most drives are already formatted at the factory. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M2. How do I customize BuildDisk to create a bootable disk of my own configuration? The BuildDisk application is extremely limited in terms of the types of disks configuration it knows how to build. Essentially it "knows" about swapdisks, optical disks, 330 and 660 MB SCSI disks. If you wish to do custom configurations you should look at existing BLD script files in /etc/BLD.* There is a script which you can use to specify which BLD script you are using, which disktab entry, and other useful parameters in /usr/etc/builddisk Some things to note: - the fstab installed on the target disk is specified in the newclient command in the BLD script. standard fstabs are extracted from /usr/template/client/fstab.* - the BLD scripts do not put down a new boot block on the scsi disk, you may want to install one by hand using the /usr/etc/disk program. - some disks boot fine but NeXTstep comes up with a blank window and no login window. This is due sometimes to forgetting to install an accessible /NextLibrary/{Fonts,Sounds} In general you need quite a lot of things to make a bootable disk. Mike Carlton adds - you can build a minimally usable bootable floppy (for crash recovery purposes). There is a modified version of builddisk (to make it support building floppies, a minimal change) and a BLD script to build the boot floppy available at cs.orst.edu in next/sources/Bootfloppy.tar.Z. (I put this together in response to several requests.) A newer version of Bootfloppy for 2.1 is on the archives as next/sources/util/Bootfloppy2.1.tar.Z [From: Carl Edman <cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu>] Also available from the archives is BootFloopy 3.0 (for -- you guessed it -- NEXTSTEP 3.0). I might also add that one can improve on disk usage while enhancing functionality. BuildDisk (which is used by the various BootFloppy scripts) just copies the standard binaries for ls, mv, cp aso. from /bin. These binaries are statically linked as shipped by NeXT which makes them huge. (e.g. /bin/ls is 106496 bytes large. /usr/local/bin/gls with more features is just 16268 bytes). If you replace these binaries by the BSD or GNU equivalents you can save several hundred kBytes on your boot floppy. This extra diskspace can be used for tar, dump and more tools which makes the boot floppy actually usable. Tested. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M3. How much disk space is lost due to formatting and file system overhead? [From: Rex Pruess (rpruess@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu)] Let's assume you bought a disk drive advertised with 400 MB unformatted capacity. Vendors are not consistent with the MB definition. You may have much less space less than you think you have. Which of the following did you buy? 400 * 1000 * 1000 = 400,000,000 bytes 400 * 1024 * 1000 = 409,600,000 bytes 400 * 1024 * 1024 = 419,430,400 bytes The disk must be formatted. This is often done by the vendor, but occasionally by the user. Formatting maps the disk into sectors. Space is reserved for the disk geometry and bad sectors. Formatting can take 10-20% of the capacity depending on the sector size. Common sector sizes are 512 and 1024. Generally, bigger sectors mean less waste. Once formatted, the UNIX file system must be created. On the NeXT, this is one of the steps performed by the BuildDisk application. It invokes the mkfs command to make a file system. This reserves space for the UNIX file system (e.g., superblocks, inode tables). This overhead can take another 2-3% of the available disk space. If you issue the df command, you may be surprised to see another 10% the available disk space has disappeared. The df command shows the total, used, and available disk space. The df units are in kbytes (1024 bytes). The sum of the used and available numbers will generally be about 10% less than the total kbytes. This space is reserved to allow the UNIX file system to be efficient in its storage allocation. If your disk fills up, only the superuser can store files in the remaining 10%. To complete the picture, here's a snapshot of what may occur: Capacity Lost/Used/Reserved Reason (in bytes) (in bytes) 419,430,000 19,430,000 Marketing hype (~5%) 400,000,000 60,000,000 Formatting (~15%) 340,000,000 6,800,000 UNIX file system (~2%) 333,200,000 33,320,000 Efficiency & superuser (~10%) 299,880,000 For more information, refer to the df and mkfs man pages. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M4. Can I run my SCSI-2 disks in synchronous mode? Quick answer is: No. The reason is that the NeXT does not support synchronous transfers from the SCSI bus. It does support SCSI-2 disks running in asynchronous mode, which all SCSI-2 disks must do. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M5. How do I configure my HP 660 to boot properly? It has been reported that HP drives fail to autoboot on power on or while other devices are on the scsi bus. The problem seems to be with drives configured to spin-up automatically on power on do not get recognized at boot time. To remedy this problem reliably with HP 660Mb (HP97548) and 1Gbyte (HP 97549) drives remove the auto spinup jumper on the back of the drive. Looking at the disk from the back with the power connector on the lower left, it is the sixth jumper. [From: Jimmie_Quan@NeXT.COM (Jimmie Quan)] The offical fix was an EPROM change to the HP drive from HP. The HP drives took too long to wait up, so the system wasn't happy with the other drives coming ready first especially when the HP was suppose to be the boot device. (The EPROM is no longer available from NeXT). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M6. What is the procedure for installing a Fujitsu M2263SA/SB SCSI Disk as the NeXT Boot Disk? See Izumi Ohzawa's note in /pub/next/docs/fujitsu.recipe available via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M7. How do mount a corrupted OD that won't automount? If you can't automount an OD, and you can't fix it, you can still manually mount it. Log in as root. Type "/usr/etc/mount /dev/od0a /FoO". It will ask you to insert the disk. Insert it. It is mounted. This method WILL mount a corrupted OD so you can read its contents. Since it is corrupted, it is not recommended to write to it. You should copy the important files to something else, then reformat it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M8. What non-NeXT CD Players that work with a NeXT? A USENET survey summary: Apple CD-150 PLI 1035N for NeXT SUN CD-ROM drive (Sony CDU-8012, Rev. 3.1a) NEC 73M and 74 (transfer rates > of 300 KB/sec.) Apple CD-SC (Sony 541-22 mechanism) Chinon CDS-431 (with new drivers) Eclipse CD-ROM from Microtech Toshiba 3201 Toshiba 3301 Toshiba 3401 Toshiba TXM3301E1 Toshiba XM-2200A external DENON DRD-253 external (data only, no music) HP's LaserROM drive (Toshiba XM-3301TA drive in HP's box) Texel 3024 (required a firmware upgrade to version was 1.11) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M9. What are some other sources of toner cartridges and trays for the NeXT laser printer? The toner cartridge is a standard EP-S cartridge, the same that fits the HP LaserJet III and some other printers. [From: sanguish@digifix.com] Any HP LaserJet II or III will fit. HPLJ4mSI cartridges do NOT fit. Any HP LJII or LJIII paper tray will fit. IIISI and 4 trays will not. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M10. What printers (laser or otherwise) may be used with a NeXT? If you plan to connect an HP LaserJet (II, IIP, III, etc.) you need to make a special cable in order for the NeXT 040 and HP to get the hardware handshaking correct. This is true for whatever version of the OS you are running. NeXT 68040 to HP LaserJet III Cable (not a Null-modem cable): Mini-Din HP DB-25 1 (DTR) nc 2 (DCD) 4 (RTS) 3 (TXD) 3 (RXD) 4 (GND) 7 (GND) 5 (RXD) 2 (TXD) 6 (RTS) 5 (CTS) 7 (RTXC) nc 8 (CTS) 20 (DTR) You may want to use hardware flow control for reliability (ie /dev/ttyfa). If you have problems with other printers, check the cable pinouts in the printer's manual against the one recommended in the zs man-page! Refer to Chapter 13 in Network and System Administration. See the FAQ-NEXTSTEP-Printing for software config FAQs. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M11. What can I do to prevent my NeXT printer from running all the time? The NeXT 400dpi printer powers up every time you boot up when the print daemon is started (/usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd in /etc/rc). Apart from not running the daemon at boot time (commenting it out and having to run it by hand later), you can add the following lines to /etc/rc.local: if [ -f /usr/etc/nppower ]; then sleep 3 /usr/etc/nppower off (echo 'powering off NeXTprinter') >/dev/console fi Once you queue a print job the printer daemon will automatically power up the NeXT printer for you. The printer daemon will not automatically power off the machine after a print job, you will need to turn off the printer by typing /usr/etc/nppower off. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M12. What type of microphones will work with the NeXT? Some NeXT owners use the RadioShack (Realistic) Tie Clip Microphone ($19.95) cat 33-1052. NeXT Computer, Inc. uses the "Sony Electret Condenser Microphone ECM-K7" in-house (available for ~$60). Some use Sony Tie-Clip microphone, #ECM-144, which costs around $40. Others have successfully used a WalMart brand microphone (available for ~$6). ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M13. How do I connect a modem to the NeXT? Previously, we suggested that people use Mac modem cables; however, it has come to our attention that there is no one standard Mac modem cable. Since correct modem operation on a NeXT depends upon a correctly wired modem cable, buying a Mac cable is not a good idea. Some Mac cables do not allow dial-in and no Mac cable allows the use of hardware flow control. For these reasons, we are recommending that only cables that meet NeXT specifications be used. [however, if you have a Mac modem cable lying around and don't care about dial-in or hardware flow control, then by all means....] These cables are available commercially from NextConnection, and from Computer Cables and Devices, or can be custom built. Note that no off- the-shelf Mac cable will allow hardware flow control. It is however possible to make a such a cable from an Imagewriter II cable by replacing one of the mini-8 ends with a DB-25 connector. Hardware flow control is absolutely essential for all serial port connections with speeds of 9600 bps and above. Make certain that you cable supports it, your modem is configured to use it and you are using the hardware flowcontrol devices /dev/cuf[ab], /dev/ttydf[ab] and /dev/ttyf[ab], respectively. Most people use tip or kermit to control the modem. SLIP and/or UUCP may also be used (but are more complicated to set up and require the remote machine to also have SLIP and/or UUCP (respectively)). The 2.0 Network and System Administration Manual, which is available in hard-copy (shipped with each machine) contains an extensive description of how to use modems with the NeXT machine. Additionally NeXT in their TechSupportNotes series called SerialPortDoc.wn and UUCP for 1.0/1.0a systems . This document is available from most FTP sites that carry NextAnswers. Also, try to obtain the about.modem.Z file by Mark Adler in the pub/next/lore directory on sonata.cc.purdue.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M14. Are there any alternative sources for the SCSI-II to SCSI-I cable required to attach external SCSI devices to the 040 NeXTs? Yes. This cable is the same as the one used by Sun SparcStations and DecStation 5000's (but not DecStation 3100's which use 68-pin micro rather than the 50pin micro connector used on NeXT 040, Suns and DecStation 5000). [Carl Lowenstein adds] The implication that a Sun SparcStation cable can be used with NeXT peripherals is generally false. NeXT themselves, and DEC, and nearly everyone else who makes SCSI peripherals, puts Telco-50 (centronics) connectors on their devices. Sun in their infinite wisdom uses DD50 which are quite different. Telco-50 is an approved connector type in the SCSI spec. Probably the original point was that the 50-pin microSCSI on the NeXT and Sun and some DecStations was different from the 68-pin microSCSI on the DecStation 5000. But this does not address the other end of the cable. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M15. What fax modems will work with the NeXT? The following fax modems are currently available for the NeXT Computer: Manufacturer, Model Supplier, Phone Avail. Type ---------------------------------------------------------------- DoveFax for NeXT, Dove Computer, ??? Now Class 1 HSD FaxMaster, HSD Microcomputer, 800-828-5522 Now Class 2* mix fax, i·link GmbH, +49 30 216 20 48 Now Class 2** [From: Robert Wong <wrob@unixg.ubc.ca>] SupraFAXModem V.32bis, Supra Corp., 1-800-727-3564, Now, Class 2 (requires DFax driver or NXFax driver) ZyXEL U-1496E/E+/S/S+, ZyXEL USA, 1-800-255-4101, Now, Class 2 (requires NXFax driver) Telebit T3000 with fax option / Telebit WorldBlazer with fax option (requires NXFax driver) Neuron 1414 / 1414+ with ZyXEL ROM upgrade (requires NXFax driver) (Neuron 1414 and Neuron 1414+ modems are relabelled ZyXEL modems. Contact ZyXEL USA for ROM upgrades. Neuron modems with 512K ROMs should upgrade their ROMs and ROM sockets to 1 Mb ROMs. People with 1Mb ROMs should just order the new ROMs.) (*)Note that the Class 2 is not yet approved; it is still out for ballot, after having failed in an October 1990 round. The Abaton InterFax 24/96 NX driver supports Class 2 as it was in that draft; there are expected to be very few changes prior to approval. (**)Note that mix fax works with both the October 1990 and October 1991 draft versions of Class 2, especially with the NeXT supplied Class 2 modem driver. Upgrading to an approved version of Class 2 would be a matter of just a software update (holds true for any forthcoming (class 3?) standard, for that matter). In order to use a fax modem with the NeXT Computer, a NeXT compatible fax driver must be available to operate the modem. Modem control procedures may be proprietary or conform to one of the following EIA/TIA standards: Class 1: CCITT T.30 session management and CCITT T.4 image data handling are controlled by the driver. Class 2*: CCITT T.30 session management and image data transport are handled by the modem. CCITT T.4 image data preparation and interpretation are controlled by the driver. Release 2.0 of the NeXT system software includes a Class 2 modem driver which will work with any fax modem which meets the EIA/TIA Asynchronous Facsimile Control standard. Other fax modems must supply a NeXT compatible driver. The following are notes by Alan Marcum of NeXT Tech Support concerning the Class 2 modem driver: Note that there's a small bug in 2.0 (fixed in 2.1): a symbolic link is missing for the file Class2_Fax_Modem_Driver in /usr/lib/NextPrinter. The simple fix: create the link; it should reference Interfax_Fax_Modem_Driver, also in the /usr/lib/NextPrinter directory. An alternative workaround for Class 2, especially useful for novices: just use InterFax as the modem type in PrintManager, rather than Class 2*. After installing a fax modem using PrintManager one must repeat setting things in the Fax Options panel in order for them to be stored correctly. In particular, these include the Rings to Answer and Number of Times to Retry. This affects all fax modems being installed. If one uses illegal characters in the Modems Number field in the Fax Options when configuring an InterFax modem then the modem will not answer the phone. Legal characters are digits, spaces, and plus signs (+). This does not affect the Dove modem. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M16. How may I attach more than two serial ports to the NeXT? TTYDSP From Yrrid converts the DSP port into an additional serial port. Yrrid Incorporated 507 Monroe St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Voice: 919-968-7858 Fax: 919-968-7856 Email: yrrid@world.std.com Unitnet has a device, the SLAT, that will connect to the scsi bus. Uninet Perhipherals, Inc. Voice: 714-263-4222 Fax: 714-263-4299 [mike@cd.com (Mike Heins)] Central Data Corporation makes the scsiTerminal Server family of products. Drivers for NextStep 3.0 and 3.1 are available for both the 68K-based and Intel-based platforms. The products available for NeXT include: Product DESCRIPTION ST-1002+ 2 serial, 1 paralllel SP-1003 3 parallel ST-1008+ 8 serial, 1 parallel ST-1016 16 serial You can also mix and match multiple units. Phone: 217/359-8010 Toll-free: 800/482-0315 FAX: 217-359-6904 Email: info@cd.com support@cd.com sales@cd.com VISA, Master Card, and American Express orders are accepted, as well as purchase orders from accredited corporations and institutions. We are on a GSA schedule, and there is a 25% educational discount. [Jacob Gore adds:] Also, one can use an IP terminal server. In a non-Internet environment, inexpensive terminal servers, which don't control access to the network securely, can be used. If your network is an Internet subnet, you must use a terminal server that controls either: (1) who can log into the terminal server, or (2) which machines the terminal server will access. These tend to be more expensive (around $250/port, but in 8-port increments), but it may be quite economical means of sharing ports among many NeXTs (or other computers) on the network. [Eric P. Scott adds:] Particularly if one has a NeXT network, an Ethernet terminal server may be the way to go. One that supports Linemode Telnet (such as the Xylogics Annex III) will offer the best performance. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M17. What is the best and/or cheapest way to connect a NeXT to a thick Ethernet? There are many possible solutions. For example, here are three: 1) The University of Waterloo [Audio Research Group] uses an old door-stop PC XT clone with two Western Digital cards (WD8003E Ethercard Plus, $250 CDN each; you should be able to get them for under $200 (US$)) running Vance Morrison's PCRoute (available from accuvax.nwu.edu). You will also need a thickwire transceiver and a drop cable (about $300). In addition, you will need Internet addresses for the NeXT and both PC Ethernet cards (and a subnet address). The documentation for PCRoute contains quite a bit of information on the performance of this setup. This solution requires two subnets. There is another program called PCbridge that allows the machines on the thin and thick wires to be part of the same subnet. This product also does packet filtering, so that packets destined to machines on the same side of the net do not cross over. 2) Cabletron sells a MR-2000C Singleport Repeater for $695 that does exactly what you need minus drop cable and transceiver. Their number is (408) 441-9900. 3) The march 1992 INMAC networking and connectivity products catalog lists thicknet to thinnet convertors. Product number Z903071 price $445. Claims full ieee 802.3 comaptibility and diagnostic LED's. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M18. How can I connect my NeXT to the telephone line and use it like an answering Machine? A company that is selling both hardware and software to allow you to do this: SES Computing 13206 Jenner Lane Austin, Texas 78729 Voice: (512) 219-9468 (Demo system number) i.link, a european company, has a combined data/fax modem and telephone answering machine. It uses the DSP port and is implemented mainly in software on the DSP with a little bit of hardware to interface to the phone line. i.link GmbH Nollendorfstrasse 11-12 D-1000 Berlin 30 Germany Tel: +49 30 216 20 48 Fax: +49 30 215 82 74 Email: info@ilink.de ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M19. What color monitors can I use with the Color NeXT machines? The important specs for the color monitor are: Horz Scan Rate: 61 KHz Vertical Scan Rate: 68 Hz Resolution: 1280x1024 (NeXT uses 1120x832) NON-INTERLACED Displays may require alignment to adjust for the scan rate of NeXT machines. Sony GDM-1601 were demonstrated with the NeXT color products. NeXT is not shipping these monitors. Sony no longer makes them, however there is a replacement GDM-1606. The Nanao T560i 17" color display has been used with NeXTstation Color machines, and seems to work well. Some larger NEC displays have also worked. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M20. Where can I get 13W3 to BNC adapters to connect third party color monitors? From NeXT/Bell Atlantic(?): part number S4025. NuData in New Jersey carries 13W3 female to 4 BNC male connectors. The price is about $100. NuData Voice: 908-842-5757 [From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk>] DISCLAIMER: I take no responsiblity for the following. If you can source the bits yourself here's how it's built. 1 female 13W3 connector 3 Male BNC connectors 3 mini coax ie. the pins to the coaxials are male and the regular pins are female. Looks like this. . o o o o o . . 13W3 FEMALE A1 o o o o o A2 A3 | | | Red Green Blue 3 BNC's That's the coax part. The outer shielding of the coax's are grounded on both pin 10 and the case. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M21. How may I attach Centronics or 16 bit wide parallel ports to the NeXT? Uninet has devices, the SLAT-2 and the SLAT-DRV11, that will connect to the scsi bus. Uninet Peripherals, Inc. Voice: 714-263-4222 Fax: 714-263-4299 zardoz!sales@ics.uci.edu or uunet!ucivax!zardoz!sales ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M22. Why does an unused serial port consume cpu? Perhaps you've got a (probably fairly long) unshielded serial cable attached to it, with either nothing at the other end or a powered-off device at the other end. EE's call this an antenna. it's probably picking up most of the radio stations in your area, which the serial chip is interpreting as a continuous stream of garbage bytes, which it feeds to getty, which tries to interpret them as login attempts. How do you avoid this problem? - leave the device at the other end switched on (even when it's not transmitting, it will assert a voltage that overrides the noise) - unplug the cable from the next when you're not using it - use 'kill -STOP' & 'kill -CONT' to stop & resume the getty process as needed - buy an adequately shielded serial cable ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M23. How to adjust MegaPixel Display brightness and focus? [From: Charles William Swiger <infidel@cmu.edu>] I have adjusted several monitors with no problems, but make sure you know what you are doing before opening anything. I expressly disclaim responsibility for any ill results that may occur. In order to adjust NeXT's MegaPixel display (called 'the monitor' hereafter), you'll need (a) the NeXTtool (or a 3mm Allen wrench), (b) a plastic adjustment tool (preferred) or a thin bladed screwdriver, and possibly (c) a Phillips-head screwdriver. (NB: A similar procedure will work for color monitors, but you should either know what you're doing or you'll probably be better off letting a pro deal with it.) Turn off the computer. Disconnect all cables to the monitor. Look at the back of the monitor. There will be 4 screws there; use the NeXTtool (or Allen wrench) to remove them. Remove the plastic back of the monitor and put it out of your way. Reconnect the cables and turn the computer back on. As the machine powers up, examine the back of the monitor. You'll see a metallic box (usually silver, though some are black) surrounding the monitor's vitals. This protects you against the dangerous voltages inside, and also insulates the monitor from electromagnetic noise. On the back of this box are several holes for performing adjustments. There are two focus controls (labeled 'focus' and 'dynamic focus'), a brightness control (labeled 'brightness' or possibly 'black level') and several others that adjust various things like screen size and position. Depending on the exact placement of the controls on the circuit board of your specific monitor, some of these controls may be difficult (or impossible) to adjust from the back. If this is the case, I will describe what's necessary below. Otherwise, adjust the appropriate controls using either an adjustment tool or a screwdriver. Be warned that a screwdriver probably will cause some interesting video effects when it enters the case. Ignore this the best you can, or find a plastic adjustment tool, which is what you *really* should be using anyway. Using a flashlight will help you see into the hole so that you can align the business end of the tool correctly. Focus and position controls are fairly obvious. Adjust them slowly until you're happy with the results. Don't muck with anything you don't need to; the factory settings are usually pretty decent. To correctly adjust the brightness, follow this procedure: Turn the brightness of the monitor all the way down using the keyboard. Adjust the brightness control on the back of the monitor until a barely noticeable picture forms. Then turn the brightness down a little so this picture disappears completely. Check that you can get adequate brightness by using the keyboard to brighten the screen. If the display isn't bright enough, adjust the brightness control on the rear of the monitor high enough so that the monitor display is adequate. Note that you won't be able to dim the screen completely from the keyboard...sorry. Once you're finished, shut down the computer, take off the cables, reattach the back of the monitor, and reconnect the cables. You're done. If the control you need to adjust proves to be difficult, you may need to enter the metal case. This happened on one monitor's focus control and another's brightness. WARNING: THE VOLTAGES INSIDE THE MONITOR'S CASE ARE VERY DANGEROUS, EVEN WHEN THE MONITOR IS OFF. BE VERY CAREFUL, OR YOU CAN SERIOUSLY INJURE OR EVEN KILL YOURSELF. Do not perform the next instructions unless you are confident that you know what you are doing. You'll have to power off the computer again, and disconnect the cables. Looking at the monitor from the back, notice a section of metallic shielding on the right side of the metal box that extends to the picture tube. This is where the flyback transformer is connected. It shields a wire that is charged to about 25,000 V. DO NOT TOUCH THIS WIRE, IT CAN SHOCK YOU THROUGH ITS INSULATION. Being very careful of this, remove the metal case by unscrewing the Philip's head screws that hold the case on. Don't touch the screws that hold the picture tube into the front of the monitor's case. Once you've gotten the metal box off, reconnect the cables. Figure out what control you're going to adjust, and make sure that you can do so without touching anything else inside. Again, *watch out* for the wire that connects to the picture tube on the right side. Power up the computer. I recommend that you use only one hand to make the adjustment, and that your other hand be placed in your pocket (or similar equivalent, if you're wearing clothes lacking pockets). This precaution reduces the chances that you'll make a short circuit between one hand, your heart, and the other hand-- a good idea. Perform the necessary adjustment(s), being very careful not to touch anything inside. Then shut down and reassemble the monitor, following the directions given above. Hopefully, these instructions will prove useful. Once again, please be very careful...I don't want your death and/or injury on my conscience (or a lawsuit, for that matter, either :-) ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M24. How to set up the HP LaserJet 4M? [Samuel M. Goldberger smg@orb.com] I solved the problem by building a serial cable based upon the pinouts supplied by HP in their manual. Please note that the LJIII cable *does not work*. In particular, pin 1 from the DIN plug must be connected to pin 6 of the DB25. I used 38500 bps on both sides, and the 600 dpi ppd. Emulex offers the NETJet network interface which speaks lpd protocol, unlike the HP unit. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M25. My NeXT laser printer fails to fully eject the sheet - how to fix? [From: stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Jerry Stubbs)] If you continually get messages like, "sorry, the printer is jammed" and you have to pull each page out the last inch, you probably need to replace the 14 tooth gear in the output stage(fuser ass'y). You can see this gear before you disassemble the printer, so that is a good first step. Then read these instructions all the way through and see if you want to attempt it. Next recommends replacing the entire fuser assy ( big bucks) if the gear is damaged, but Chenesko, Inc., of Ronkonkoma, NY sells the gears for $2.31. The part number is RS1-0132. They recommended I also replace the 20 tooth gear, number RS1-0116, but I don't know if it is really necessary. Their phone number is 800-221-3516. To examine your gear, open the rear (delivery ) door and undo the screw attaching the strap that keeps the door from opening down all the way. The gear is on the side nearest the power input to the printer. THere are two gears on the part of the delivery ass'y that swings down. The suspect gear engages the top one, but is mounted on the fixed portion of the fuser. Ours had several teeth missing and/or damaged. To get the gear off you have to remove the fuser ass'y. TO remove the fuser you must open the printer lid fully, so it is straight up. To open the lid fully you must remove the case. To remove the case you must remove the plastic cover on the lid. Are you getting the idea now? THis will be a lot of fun, and take most of the afternoon. I hope you have a spacious, well-lit area, because there are a lot of screws, and a lot of them are painted black, so they are hard to see when you drop them, unless you drop them inside of the printer, where you might NEVER see them again. Fortunately, as with all computer equipment, they seem to put lots of extras in, so just make sure there aren't any where they might do damage, like short out the mega KILOVOLT corona power supply, or grind into the REGISTRATION rollers. You do want your printouts to be straight, don't you? So, if you're ready, here we go. PREPARATION Most mere mortals will want to power down everything and disconnect the cables, etc. Remove the cartridge and paper trays, etc. REMOVE THE LID COVER open the lid and remove 3 screws. They DO NOT have any red paint on them. REMOVE THE BACK DOOR there is one screw that holds the strap. When you can swing it clear down, you can squeeze the hinges together and remove the door. REMOVE THE CASE There are maybe seven screws that hold the case on. Four are right on top. Two are just inside the rear door area. Two are down inside where you store that green cleaning tool. 4 + 2 + 2 = 7, right? Say, who was the last guy that worked on this printer anyway? The case has to be convinced that you really need to remove it, even when it is loose and all the screws are out. REMOVE THE FUSER ASS'Y You will need a PHILLIPS screwdriver for this, as with the previous steps. But you will need a LONG one this time. Three of the screws are pretty easy to find. Just study the lower part of the fuser, as it is screwed onto the bottom case. Two of the screws are inside. One is under the lid next to the gears, the other near the green cleaning tool. On the outside, in back, there is one on each side. One is under the white wires that connect the fuser to the 10 AMP circuit breaker,which is pretty near that gear, and close to the power input. Unplug that cable. Then remove the small black screw that holds the black plastic gear cover so you will have better access to the last screw. Then you will have to wrestle the fuser out the back of the printer. Be careful with it. DISASSEMBLE THE FUSER There are several screws and a spring. It's not too hard to take apart. You can see the gear, so you just have to take off the covers on that end of the ass'y to get to it. I should caution you that I had trouble putting them back on, because they have funny shapes and don't make a lot of sense. Plus I was tired, so I went home, ate dinner, played with the dog, went to bed, got up and ate breakfast before I put it back together. You might want to label some parts, make some drawings, etc. to reassure yourself that you can put the parts back just like they were. REMOVE THE GEAR You can remove the gear pretty easily with a small screwdriver by unspringing the "E"-ring that holds it on the shaft. Try not to bend the e-ring. PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER Sorry, I can't help you with this part (HA HA!) I told you you should read the instructions first. Maybe you should buy a new printer, or try to attach some third party printer via the serial port! Well, if you got this far I hope you dropped little crumbs of bread so you can find your way back. I try to save all the little screws by putting them back in the holes they came from, or putting them in some small container. You might clean some of the gears or the paper path while you have it open. You can also install a new OZONE filter. Remember OZONE is hazardous to your health, so you don't want to inhale it. ***DISCLAIMER*** Be careful if you try this procedure. There are dangerous voltages present, and even if you are too chicken to work on it powered up, you could cut yourself, or drop the whole thing on your foot, thus voiding the warranty. Also, the printer won't work without the covers, because there are two secret switches that inform the NeXT cpu that someone "is fooling around with the printer again". Yet another update to reflect that Jacob Gore received gears for an Apple Laserwriter from Chenesko, which are similar enough to work, but with some modification.Also, if the original gear is in fair condition, it can be reversed on the shaft until a replacement is ordered. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: M26. I'm trying to initialize a QUANTUM ELS170S on a NeXTStation and get sd2: Incomplete disk transfer? [From: max@Kolmogorov.gac.edu (Max Hailperin)] The Quantum ELSxxxS drives only work with NeXTs if they are the only SCSI device. If alone, they work fine, but if there are other SCSI devices you get "incomplete disk transfer" messages. Subject: M27. What are the NeXT mouse connections? [From: eric@skatter.usask.ca] Thanks to Alvin Austin (austin@cs.USask.Ca) I have the information I need on the NeXT mouse connections. Pin Function 1 +5v 2 X Encoder Phase A 3 X Encoder Phase B 4 Y Encoder Phase A 5 Y Encoder Phase B 6 Right Button 7 Left Button 8 Ground ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Subject: NeXT-Hardware-RAM-FAQ Message-ID: <1994Apr1.200412.25641@cs.yale.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 20:04:12 GMT Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-RAM-FAQ Last-modified: Tue Mar 29 16:19:09 EST 1994 Version: 3.02 Every four weeks (depending on the phase of the moon) a number of postings are made to comp.sys.next.announce which are a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions in the comp.sys.next.* Usenet newsgroups. The FAQ list is broken into sections and posted separately. These sections focus on various aspects of NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Posting the sections separately allows people to find the sections interesting to them quickly. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. The FAQ is kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu>. Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this posting. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, or answers to add to this list, please send email to: This compilation is meant primarily as a service to the comp.sys.next community. Newsletter editors wishing to excerpt from this work for publication should consider using local electronic bulletin boards to disseminate this information rather than preparing hardcopies. This allows for readers to access the most recent information, and perhaps save a couple of trees. We do not collect any royalties, charge any fees, or compensate anyone in connection with this endeavor. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ N1. What type of memory may be installed in a NeXT? N2. What is the NeXT SIMM tool? N3. Where can I purchase memory for a NeXT? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N1. What type of memory may be installed in a NeXT? References: NeXTanswers' hardware.620, 92_spring_bulletin "Announcing NeXTstation Turbo and NeXTcube Turbo" NeXT Computer (68030-25MHz/68040-25MHz), NeXTcube (68040-25MHz): Number SIMM slots: 16 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 30-pin low profile SIMM access rating: 100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (1x8/1x9, 4x8/4x9) Maximum RAM: 64 MB The low-profile vertically mounted 4 MB SIMMs are easier to install in the NeXTcube than the horizontally mounted 4 MB SIMMs because of the small height clearance above the SIMM slots. It is possible to install the horizontally mounted 4 MB SIMMs, but you will be required to slide the CPU board and the center tower in simultaneously. Parity (9-bit) SIMMs can be used in both 68030 and 68040 NeXT machines, but should not be mixed with non-parity SIMMs. Only 68040 boards with ROM levels of 2.2 (v63) and higher can use the parity memory to detect parity errors. [One user adds the following unverified claims:] It is OK to mix parity and non-parity memory, but the system will not boot unattended. Cubes with early boot ROMs will not work with 4 Mb parity ram, unless at least 3 banks are used. The system gives an exception error on power up. The fix is to get a new boot rom from Next. You can pay $30, or you may be able to squawk and get one for free. I have found Next to be pretty responsive, once I find the right person. [Jimmie Quan, NeXT Hardware Service, adds:] The correct version is v66 which was the last or final rev for this series of 040 boards. This version also fixed the problem in the second paragraph. NeXTdimension boards (i860): Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 80 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4, 8 MB (256Kx32, 1Mx32, 2Mx32) Maximum RAM: 64 MB (32 MB official NeXT) NeXT didn't officially bless the use of 8 MB SIMMs, but they seem to fit and work. NeXTstations (68040-25MHz) serial numbers below ABB 002 6300: Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 4 SIMM type: 30-pin SIMM access rating: 100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (1x8/1x9, 4x8/4x9) Maximum RAM: 32 MB Faster SIMMS (70/80 ns) don't make the memory system work any faster than the 100 ns units. NeXTstation Color (68040-25MHz): Number SIMM slots: 8 SIMM group size: 2 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 80 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 MB (256Kx32/256Kx36, 1Mx32/1Mx36) Maximum RAM: 32 MB NeXTcube Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstation Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstation Color Turbo (68040-33MHz), NeXTstations (68040-25MHz) serial numbers above ABB 002 6300: Number SIMM slots: 4 SIMM group size: 2 SIMM type: 72-pin SIMM access rating: 70/100 ns SIMM capacity: 1, 4 ,8, 16, 32 MB (256Kx32/256Kx36, 1Mx32/1Mx36) Maximum RAM: 128 MB For maximum performance use 70 ns SIMMs: SIMMs rated at 80 or 100 ns will be detected upon powerup and the memory system clock slowed to 100 ns. NeXT manufacturing introduced the new 25 MHz NeXTstation CPU board into production in late June '92. To verify which SIMM type your machine uses, check the system's memory configuration. You can do this by using the ROM monitor©s print memory configuration command m. Start with your machine powered down. Press the Power key to power on. As soon as the message ªTesting system...º disappears, press command-command-tilde (~ on the numeric keyboard). Under these circumstances, this will access the ROM monitor. In the ROM monitor, type m and press return. Turbo-designed boardsÐincluding new 25 MHz NeXTstations and all Turbo systemsÐwill return messages reporting the memory configuration contained in four sockets (sockets 0 -3); old 25 MHz boards will return messages for more than four sockets (usually 8). You can tell a Turbo-designed board, and the accompanying 72 pin, 70 nanosecond SIMMs, by the fact it only reports information for only four sockets. [John Graves, Hardware Engineering, NeXT Computer, Inc. adds] The memory system has programmable memory timing such that the number of processor clocks needed to access a given amount of data can be tailored to the speed of the memory installed. 70 ns memory is just enough faster than 80 ns memory to allow the cpu to access the data with fewer clock cycles. This improves memory system performance. "70 ns" memory is faster than "80 ns" memory in many parameters other than just RAS access time. The faster CAS access time in particular allows the memory system to respond quicker to burst (16 bytes) bus transfers. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N2. What is the NeXT SIMM tool? The tool came with 68040 upgrade kits for NeXTcubes. It really makes removing SIMMs easy. It looks like a dental tool: about six inches long with a 1/2" long head offset at 90 degrees. To remove SIMMs, you slip the head into the hole on one side of the SIMM, rest the head on the SIMM socket next to the SIMM you are pulling, and pivot the tool back, using the simple fulcrum to gently pry the SIMM up about 1/8" from the socket on that side. Repeat on the other side, and the SIMM can be then removed by hand. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: N3. Where can I purchase memory for a NeXT? This list contains only a few vendors; prices listed may change and are provided as examples only. There is significant day-to-day fluctuation in prices, especially since the destruction of a factory in Japan in July that manufactured resin used in chips. Prices are currently very high. First Tech Stratum Technologies Austin, TX 800-533-1744 512-258-3570 512-258-3689 (fax) [Prices current as of 12-Oct-93] 30 Pin SIMMs 1x8-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 49.50 4x8-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 136 1x9-80ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 54.50 4x9-80ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 153 72 Pin SIMMs 1x32-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 163 2x32-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 320 4x32-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 570 1x36-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 178.50 2x36-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 357 4x36-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 643 Lifetime Warranty. Marco International 800-621-4668 (Within US/Canada) 303-449-9191 800 447 8448 (CT Office) [Prices current as of 12-Oct-93] 30 Pin SIMMs 1x8-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 53 4x8-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 129 1x9-70ns 1 Mb SIMM $ 57.50 4x9-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 157 72 Pin SIMMs 1x32-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 161 1x36-70ns 4 Mb SIMM $ 211 2x32-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 309 2x36-70ns 8 Mb SIMM $ 381 4x32-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 644 4x36-70ns 16 Mb SIMM $ 654 8x32-70ns 32 Mb SIMM $1655 (no parity) Lifetime Warranty, toll-free support, 24hr RMA. "NeXT certified". Chip Merchant 9541 Ridgehaven Court San Diego, CA 92123 (800) 426-6375 South Coast Electronics Tustin, CA (800) 289-8801 714-669-9503 Impediment (617) 837-8877 ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Voice: 203 432 5065 Systems Manager Fax: 203 432 3923 Brunger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Yale Univ Dept MB&B/HHMI "I'm a NeXTstep Man, I'm a NeXTcube Guy"
From: rob@abstractsoft.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: PUBLISHING 51 Announces NEXT IN LINE Date: 4 Apr 1994 15:32:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2npq14$c8k@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Robert A. Wyatt NEXT IN LINE P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 rob@abstractsoft.com PUBLISHING 51 ANNOUNCES NEXT IN LINE, A NEW MONTHLY PUBLICATION SERVING THE NEXTSTEP COMMUNITY. Berryville, VA, March 29, 1994 - PUBLISHING 51 today announced the NEXT IN LINE, an informative no-frills monthly newsletter serving the NEXTSTEP community. With NEXT IN LINE's first issue available in time for NEXTSTEP Expo, PUBLISHING 51 intends to position NEXT IN LINE as the premiere source of information for the NEXTSTEP community. Equal attention will be paid to developer and user concerns, with each issue featuring third party application reviews, advertising, feature stories about the NEXTSTEP community, and a section dedicated to NEXTSTEP software development. While not intended as a replacement for NeXTWORLD, NEXT IN LINE hopes to offer the community many of the same services that publication did. Our goal is to explore the many uses of NEXTSTEP, for both user and developer, in a practical straight-forward manner. Above all, we will provide the community with a stable, consistent, and unbiased view into the NEXTSTEP marketplace from a variety of angles. The NEXT IN LINE editors and writers are proud of our beginnings on the Internet, drawn together by our common desire for the NEXTSTEP community not to lose a valuable source of information following NeXTWORLD's demise. While the Internet is a superb resource for those connected, many NEXTSTEP users relied on print medium, NeXTWORLD in particular, to keep them up-to-date. We at NEXT IN LINE did not want to see this means of information exchange lost. Our hope is to foster a close relationship with members of the NEXTSTEP community through our newsletter and editors' on-line presence. In addition, NEXT IN LINE welcomes submissions from the community in the form of feature articles, reviews, and developer interest stories. Issue #1 will be freely available at NEXTSTEP Expo. NEXT IN LINE's basic subscription rate is $18 for twelve monthly issues. Foreign orders must be prepaid in U.S. funds with additional postage. For Canada, please add $9. All other foreign orders, please add $18. Air-mail delivery only. For further information, or to subscribe, please contact: NEXT IN LINE Subscriptions P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 nil-subscriptions@abstractsoft.com For advertising information and current rates, please contact: NEXT IN LINE Advertising P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 nil-advertising@abstractsoft.com For submission guidelines and information, please contact: NEXT IN LINE Submissions P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 nil-submissions@abstractsoft.com -- NEXT IN LINE is a monthly publication serving the NEXTSTEP community. Its purpose is to provide NEXTSTEP users with a reliable forum for the expression of ideas on NEXTSTEP use, the announcement of important NEXTSTEP-related events, and the dissemination of fair and impartial information on NEXTSTEP products. NEXT IN LINE is published monthly by PUBLISHING 51 and has no affiliation with NeXT, Inc., nor with any other business interest. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc., Redwood City, CA.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@wsc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fortune-1.0 Date: 4 Apr 1994 17:02:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2npv8m$d3c@digifix.digifix.com> Have you ever felt the dire need to see 'fortune' in a NEXTSTEPpy way? Ever want a cool screen saver that will surprise and thrill your friends and will make you a sure bet to win the heart of the member(s) of the {opposite,same} sex that you always secretly wished you could? Well look no further Comrade, Fortune-1.0 is here. It takes random fortunes from the Fortune databases shipped with it (hard coded for now, I'm afraid). Even so, you have your choice of the default fortune database, the Star Trek quotes, Zippy the Pinhead quotes, and the offensive fortunes. I found all these on the net, so please don't flame me if you're bothered by anything they say... Anyway, it's pretty cool, and reasonably bug-free I guess. Download it and watch your productivity spiral downward as you stare mindlessly at quote after quote after quote after quote instead of doing useful work for your employer. Files at sonata.cc.purdue.edu: /pub/next/submissions cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/screens/Fortune-1.0.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/screens/Fortune-1.0.tar.Z If you have a compiler, get the source package (Fortune-1.0.tar.Z) and do a "make install". Have fun, - darcy
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOBS: Programmer-Analysts NEXTSTEP,OBJ-C,Midtown,NYC Date: 5 Apr 1994 01:32:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nqt65$gc9@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to find six employee or independent consultant P/A's with NEXTSTEP, Objective-C, good Object Oriented Methodology any DB experience a plus (Sybase is in the environment) for a long term in-house development project in Midtown, NY for a leading NEXTSTEP software developer, either as a consultant with rates between $45/hr & $75/hr (expenses are included in these rates), or as an employee as part of this top notch, growing NEXTSTEP development team in their NYC NEXTSTEP development center at an attractive salary plus bonus & benefits. This is $800 million dollar international corporation recognized as an industry leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 2 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems and must be a US citizen or not require sponsorship, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume to p00370@psilink.com, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004 When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUNSOFT AND NeXT REACH FIRST MILESTONE IN OPENSTEP INITIATIVE Date: 5 Apr 1994 10:50:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nrtsd$2b4@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol Sacks, SunSoft 415-336-1462 or Karen Logsdon, NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Emily Cohen, Hi-Tech Communications 415-904-7000 or Charlotte Penner, Copithorne & Bellows 415-541-0873 SUNSOFT AND NeXT REACH FIRST MILESTONE IN OPENSTEP INITIATIVE Deliver Development Environment for the Industry's First Volume Object-Oriented Standard SAN FRANCISCO-April 5, 1994-SunSoft, Inc. and NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced the availability of the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit, the development environment for OpenStep, the industry's first volume, object-oriented standard. The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit marks the first milestone in the SunSoft-NeXT joint relationship announced late last year. Introduced at the Solaris_ Developer Conference being held here this week, the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is available immediately from SunSoft. "This is the first viable developers kit to be delivered by any of the leading distributed object computing vendors," said Edward J. Zander, president of SunSoft. "By working with the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit now, developers can get ahead of the curve and begin writing real, distributed object applications which will be easily ported to OpenStep on Solaris when it ships early next year." "We are extremely pleased that SunSoft will be selling the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit which is based on NEXTSTEP_ Release 3.2," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "With SunSoft moving this product through its channels, including SunSoft's direct sales force, we will reach thousands of new developers with our object technology." Prepare for OpenStep on Solaris DOE Using the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit, developers can drastically reduce the lines of code needed to create a robust, distributed application, in a fraction of the time it takes in other environments. Applications developed with the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit can be easily ported to SunSoft's Solaris-based implementation of OpenStep. SunSoft plans to deliver an OpenStep implementation through the Project DOE (Distributed Object Environment) effort in early 1995, adding OMG standards-based distributed object functionality to the Solaris enterprise operating environment. Tools to Make Writing Distributed Object Applications Easier The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit includes a complete set of graphical tools for assembling objects into compete applications, a visual environment for application layout, and a comprehensive set of reusable object components in the form of Object Kits. The OpenStep Object Kits are comprised of suites of objects for user-interface development, database access, application integration, data exchange and image manipulation. Included in the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is NEXTSTEP Developer (an integrated set of development tools and pre-built objects), the NEXTSTEP operating system, as well as portability guide entitled "Developing OpenStep Applications Using NEXTSTEP 3.2," to guide developers in creating applications that will be easily ported to OpenStep implementations on Solaris and other operating environments. Developers can use a variety of programming languages to develop applications, including ANSI C, C++ and Objective C. OpenStep: The Volume Object Standard The OpenStep initiative sponsored by SunSoft and NeXT will create an open, high-volume standard for object-oriented computing. The goal of this initiative is to enable the rapid development of custom distributed applications which fully exploit the potential of client-server computing. The OpenStep specification will be published on or before June 30, 1994, and submitted to appropriate standards organizations, such as X/Open and the OMG (Object Management Group), for adoption. Pricing and Availability The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is available immediately for Solaris Developer Conference attendees for a special conference price of $995. The kit is also available from authorized SunSoft resellers, including SunExpress, for $3,995, which includes 30 days of free technical support. SunSoft, Inc. SunSoft headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World Cup USA 1994. The company has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. SunSoft is a leading supplier of 32-bit system software solutions for SPARC_ and Intel 386/486 and Pentium-based computers. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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From: Hugh Secker-Walker <hugh@hodain.ci.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FAXCover.app -- Fax a cover-page Date: 5 Apr 1994 13:40:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ns7q3$30l@digifix.digifix.com> I have just submitted a micro-app to the FTP archives: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/FAXCover.mab.tar.gz This is an m68k/i386 MAB, compiled and running under NS 3.2, tested on Motorola hardware. It is in the public domain. README for FAXCover.app 5-Apr-94 I'm tired of going into WriteNow or Edit to type a minute document to FAX, the contents of which could just as well be on the cover page. So I cobbled up this micro-app which lets you bring up a FAX Panel to send a one-page FAX consisting soley of the (edited) cover page. Who knows, if I get feedback from people who like it, I may enhance it to offer a FAXCover service :-) Feedback to faxcover@hodain.ci.net This application is in the public domain. The source is appended to this message. Opener will unpack FAXCover.mab.tar.gz into FAXCover.app, so will % gunzip < FAXCover.mab.tar.gz | gnutar -xf -
From: untereck@uipmza.physik.uni-mainz.de (Oliver Unter Ecker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BlackBox Shipping Date: 5 Apr 1994 13:47:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ns87o$328@digifix.digifix.com> The BlackBox(tm) High-end computing device for NEXTSTEP IS SHIPPING! A computing device with super computer floating-point performance, UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE's BlackBox is the option to boost your compute-intensive custom NEXTSTEP applications. Accelerate - Number crunching - Simulations - Complex data analysis - Signal processing - 3D graphics - Neural networks The BlackBox retails for <<less than $4k>>. See 'BlackBox_Info.compressed' available on the ftp servers sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu for detailed information on the BlackBox. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/documents/BlackBox_Info.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/documents/BlackBox_Info.compressed BlackBox_Info.compressed contains: - BlackBox_Technical_Paper This very technical paper discusses BlackBox components, gives an overview over the BlackBox Development Kit, and presents example code as well as benchmark results. - BlackBox_Info.rtfd This info details BlackBox performance together with ComposeInColor, UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE's image editing application e diting application for NEXTSTEP. Enjoy! UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE Praceta Pedro Nunes 87, 1 dto P-4405 Miramar Portugal +351 2 762-5395 +351 2 753-1171 fax. untereck@vipmza.physik.uni-mainz.de
From: untereck@uipmza.physik.uni-mainz.de (Oliver Unter Ecker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ComposeInColor 2.0 Image Editing for NEXTSTEP Date: 5 Apr 1994 13:48:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ns88v$32e@digifix.digifix.com> UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE announces a new major release of ComposeInColor, the most powerful image editing application for NEXTSTEP. ComposeInColor 2.0 will ship in Q2/94. The upgrade will be free for registered users who purchased CIC on CeBit 94 and later. New features include: - New look&feel and rich NEXTSTEP help - Unlimited number of image layers. Access through new thumbnail browser - Unique thumbnail navigation - PostScript design programs compatible full Bezier handle control - Drastic speed improvements for composting and rotation by bypassing Display PostScript (200% - 10000%) - Text module - Drop function - New plug-in modules The current release of ComposeInColor is 1.35. A licensable version of it can be found on the ftp servers sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. The file is 'ComposeInColor.1.35.compressed'. There you can also find detailed information on UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE's BlackBox(tm), the brand new high-end image computer for ComposeInColor. The file 'BlackBox_Info.rtfd' details BlackBox performance and contains a comparison with accelerated and unaccelerated Adobe PhotoShop systems, as well as two NEXTSTEP image editing applications. ComposeInColor is the fastest NEXTSTEP image editing application and is suited to manipulate very large images. It internally bypasses Display PostScript, uses highly optimized algorithms, and runs in three memory modes for optimal system usage. ComposeInColor has unique features not found in any application on any platform: - Interactive image compositing - Icon palette and name driven databases for actions, brushes, selections, scripts, and palettes - OneTool with free shape, profile, drawing behavior, and effect. Every filter can be associated with it - Color range selection for most easily doing very complex selections - Scripts and image extractions for automated resolution-independent image processing In addition to its unique features, ComposeInColor comes with all the features you expect an advanced image editing to have, including: - 8 bit gray to 40 bit CMYKA TIFF, EPS, Scitex(tm) CT, and DCS format support - More than 40 filters, ranging from simple brightness change to free image transformation formulas - Editable multi-area selections by rectangle, polygones, Bezier curves, and edges. Magic wand with hue, saturation, and brightness tolerance parameters. - SpectreSeps CIC(tm) by Pre-Press Technologies(tm), state-of-the-art color separation module bundled. - Pressure-sensitive graphics tablet support. RGB and CMYK monitor calibration. Preview. Spoken annotations. Saving in background. Enjoy! UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE Praceta Pedro Nunes 87, 1 dto P-4405 Miramar Portugal +351 2 762-5395 +351 2 753-1171 fax. untereck@vipmza.physik.uni-mainz.de
From: Hugh Secker-Walker <hugh@hodain.ci.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2ns7vv$30r@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2ns7vv$30r@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 5 Apr 1994 14:14:00 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ns9p8$38v@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelling article for comp.sys.next.announce sanguish@digifix.com, moderator -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Stratus and MegaMeeting Date: 1 Apr 1994 22:39:50 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nipe6$fjr@digifix.digifix.com> BCS NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, April 5th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00 P.M. 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Rumors of the Month Rumors flew fast and furious this month. We will discuss all the good news, bad news and gossip that we can find. We will try a meeting format by putting Rumors of the Month at the start of the meeting. 7:20PM New developments at Stratus Steve Bonsib, a project manager at Stratus, will discuss NextCall, a call logging and tracking software package Stratus is developing. 8:20PM BCS MegaMeeting notice The BCS will be holding its annual MegaMeeting on April 9th and 10th at the UMass, Boston Harbor Campus. The Director will discuss what we will present in the NeXT User Group booth. 8:40PM Q&A 9:00PM General milling around that will result in some of us going off to dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information or directions please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: (617) 628-4136 (H) (508) 559-6829 (W) email: jamie@ftp.com
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit Version 1.2.3 Date: 1 Apr 1994 23:00:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2niqk7$fp0@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.3 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, March 31, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It countains many new objects and fixes all of the problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/MiscKit1.2.3.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.3.tar.gz ftp.et.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.3.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.3.tar.gz On all the sites except for byu, the MiscKit will eventually migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs. The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. Please note the change from ftp.byu.edu to ftp.et.byu.edu! (The old name will soon point to an entirely different machine.) The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield subclasses, button and slider subclasses, clock view, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscSwapKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications. To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are two MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET personalities. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
From: Christopher C McAfee <mcafee@CS.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: "Sex, Lies, and CD-ROM"--Bay Area NeXT Group (BANG) Date: 3 Apr 1994 01:59:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nlphc$2f8@digifix.digifix.com> "SEX, LIES & CD-ROM" ('93 CD-ROM) AVAILABLE TO BANG MEMBERS VIA US MAIL The Bay Area NeXT Group (BANG) will mail the "Sex, Lies & CD-ROM" CD-ROM to BANG members who never received it, free of charge. Please send your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number to cd_rom@bang.org with the subject "cd-rom request". You must be a BANG member to receive the CD-ROM. For more information about the CD-ROM or BANG in general, please write to info@bang.org. Bay Area NeXT Group info@bang.org (415) 327-BANG
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft Ships Metroscan 2.3 Date: 3 Apr 1994 22:06:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nnsni$6n5@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Donnelly Metrosoft Inc. 1 (619) 488-9411 Phone 1 (619) 488-3045 Fax Email: info@metrosoft.com Contact: David Peter HSD Inc. 1 (619) 632-9700 Phone 1 (619) 632-9702 Fax Email: info@hsd.com METROSOFT SHIPS METROSCAN 2.3--FORMERLY POWERSCAN BY HSD NEW VERSION OFFERS ENHANCED COPY/FAX FEATURES SAN DIEGO, California, March 29, 1994 -- Metrosoft today announced that it has begun shipping MetroScan 2.3, formerly called PowerScan, by HSD. The new version offers speed improvements, new features, support for more scanners, and enhanced copy and fax capabilities. In a partnership formed between the two companies last month, Metrosoft obtained exclusive publishing rights to of all HSD's products for NEXTSTEP. MetroScan is a full-featured scanning application for computers running NEXTSTEP. The new version actually includes two applications: MetroScan, for scanning and image manipulation, and; COPY/FAX, a "Services" based application which utilizes your scanner and printer, or scanner and fax modem, to simulate an office copy machine or paper fax machine. MetroScan is flawlessly integrated with NEXTSTEP and can be used as a service or a stand-alone application. Features include preview scanning, brightness, contrast and threshold adjustment, scaling, filtering, image manipulation, image conversion, and saving in a variety of compressed and non-compressed formats. COPY/FAX is a "Services" based application which utilizes your scanner and printer, or scanner and fax modem, to simulate an office copier of paper fax machine with just a single click of your mouse! Simply put a document in your scanner, select COPY/FAX from the Services menu, then enter a fax number in the fax panel or the number of copies you require. That's all there is to it. MetroScan and COPY/FAX work with HSD and Umax scanners, with support for Epson, HP and other scanners planned. Both applications include support for an optional automatic document feeder and transparency adapter. MetroScan 2.3 has a retail price of $495--educational and government discounts are available. Current user's of PowerScan 1.0 can upgrade for $99, while PowerScan 2.0 user's can upgrade for $10. Upgrades are available from Metrosoft directly. Metrosoft was founded in 1990 and is a San Diego based company specializing in the development and publishing of NEXTSTEP applications such as MetroTools, MetroKeys, SimonSays and Squash. Metrosoft is located at 710 Thirteenth Street, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92101 and can reached at : Phone 619-488-9411, Fax 619-488-3045 Email: info@metrosoft.com HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. was founded in 1989 and is a leading supplier of hardware and software products for NEXTSTEP and Macintosh. HSD's main office is located at 345 First St., Suite "O", Encinitas, CA 92024. Phone (619) 632-9700, Fax (619) 632-9702, Email: info@hsd.com.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 13 - 1994 Date: 4 Apr 1994 00:44:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2no5vf$89a@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 13). Monday March 28 through Monday April 04 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 12 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder - new version - ftp demo PRESS RELEASE: NeXTWORLD Press Announcement NEXSTEP WWW Product Information Server/Mail Server SUBMISSION: Csnd.app for NeXT PRESS RELEASE: EMB & Associates NEXTSTEP Expo Brochure in ASCII (long) PRESS RELEASE: Paget's CDROM Catalog Begins 2nd Year SUBMISSION: Webster-alpha5, interim release of the Webster server for NS 3.x SUBMISSION: Corrected Demo of CodeReviewer Software PRESS RELEASE: Synex offers NEXTSTEP Training PRESS RELEASE: Untuitive Systems offers Cub'X-Window to NeXT User Groups MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting, April 7 PRESS RELEASE: Intuitive Systems offers Cub'X-Window to NeXT User Groups SUBMISSION: Eloquent version 1.01b now available MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Stratus and MegaMeeting SUBMISSION: MiscKit Version 1.2.3 PRESS RELEASE: "Sex, Lies, and CD-ROM"--Bay Area NeXT Group (BANG) PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft Ships Metroscan 2.3 SUBMISSION: AMSTeX.pkg If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 4 Apr 1994 00:45:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2no60t$89t@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 4 Apr 1994 00:51:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2no6ci$8bn@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: John Hibbitt <J.Hibbitt@qmw.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: AMSTeX.pkg Date: 4 Apr 1994 00:56:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2no5um$2228n@digifix.digifix.com> This package is a reorganization of the American Mathematical Society's AMS-TeX and AMS-LaTeX distribution (available by anonymous ftp from e-math.ams.com and numerous mirrors) to fit in with the NeXTSTEP way - i.e. it comes as a .pkg directory to be installed/de-installed using Installer.app into a local NeXTSTEP-like directory structure mimicking that of NeXTTeX.pkg. The package contains no executables so it should be fine on both Motorola and Intel platforms. We've used it on Motorola 2.0 & 3.0 and Intel 3.1 & 3.2. AMSTeX.pkg is available via ftp as: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/science/AMSTeX.tar ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/science/AMSTeX.README For more information e-mail: J.Hibbitt@qmw.ac.uk (including NeXTMail) John Hibbitt Dept of Physics Queen Mary & Westfield College (University of London) London United Kingdom -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TickleServices1.1 Upgrade! Date: 6 Apr 1994 22:30:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nvr8s$ebs@digifix.digifix.com> CONTACT INFORMATION: Contact: Scott Hess 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 Telephone: (612) 895-1208 (home) (612) 890-1332 (office) Internet: scott@nic.gac.edu or shess@ssesco.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (IF NOT SOONER) SCOTT HESS RELEASES TickleServices1.1 An Evolutionary Framework For Rapid Prototyping of NEXTSTEP Services (Includes Free Plethora of Useful Example Services.) Wednesday April 6, 1994, 5:00pm CDT SCOTT'S OFFICE - TickleServices1.1 is a new release of TickleServices which fixes some major bugs and some minor bugs. Among the most important fixes: o Under prior versions, if the message sequence to alertpanel contained the character %, the daemon usually crashed. o The Couldn't find Workspace problem has been fixed and the daemon should again be able to detect Workspace or windowserver crashes and exit. o Under prior versions, if you closed the first .ts window you opened and then attempted to open another one, the front-end would crash. o Added new Archive.ts service called Gzip. o Fixed Lipo.ts to no longer complain if run under NS3.0. o The server now detects when its executable dissappears and gives the user a chance to deinstall everything and exit. Version 1.1 is a "FAT" binary which will run under NEXTSTEP3.0 and later on either Motorola or Intel computers. 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, TickleServices 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 TickleServices1.1 is available NOW for NEXTSTEP3.x 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: cs.orst.edu:pub/next/demos/programming/TickleServices1.1.compressed sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.1.compressed ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl:pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.1.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 TickleServices1.1.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: 55297 867 TickleServices1.1.compressed TickleServices is priced at $30 for an individual license and $20 for a student license. Site licenses are available for both academic and commercial/government sites. Since TickleServices is shareware, the user is allowed a reasonable evaluation period during which they can determine if TickleServices provides functionality that they are willing to pay for. Scott Hess develops and distributes the popular Stuart terminal emulator, and also crafts custom code for clients willing to foot the bill. Periodically he contemplates becoming a company, or even a corporation, but he so intensely dislikes wearing a suit that it is doubtful if we will ever find the vulture capital to do so. Located in beautiful Burnsville, Minnesota, Scott's office is the scene of much caffeine-driven sorcery. When he used to work out of his den, residents of nearby Savage would frequently complain of the bright flashes of colored lights emanating from his window, though the frequency of such complaints has fallen off markedly since he moved into his windowless underground office space. TickleServices may become a trademark of Scott Hess or any company he accidentally founds or makes agreements with, so don't use it for your product. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Any other trademarks are surely held by their respective trademark holders. If not, then they aren't. -- scott hess <scott@nic.gac.edu> <I can handle NeXTMail, but don't like it> Home: 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Office: 101 W. Burnsville Pkwy, Suite 108F, Burnsville, MN 55337 890-1332 <I hate when something I've never heard of is called "The world famous ...">
From: Christopher C McAfee <mcafee@CS.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group (BANG), Thursday April 21 Date: 7 Apr 1994 00:22:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o01pa$fib@digifix.digifix.com> Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting on Thursday, April 21, 1994 Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA (415) 926-3300 Contacts: Mike Gabrys, President info@bang.org gabrys@bang.org (415) 327-BANG When: 7:00, Thursday, April 21 Topics: Software Demonstrations: * Andrew Stone, Stone Design, creator of 3DReality, Create, DataPhile, etc. * Robert Vasvari, author of RBrowser (a remote file system browser) Hardware Demonstration: * Pars International Computer, NEXTSTEP/Intel supplier BANG: Critical mass once again, looking for volunteers NEXTSTEP Expo NEXTSTEP/PA-RISC OpenStep Directions: SLAC is much easier to reach from 280. FROM 280: Take 280 towards Palo Alto, take the Sand Hill Road exit (east). Follow Sand Hill over a small hill, about one mile. The SLAC entrance will be on your right at 2575 Sand Hill Road. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance. FROM 101: Take 101 towards Palo Alto. Take the Embarcadero Road exit (west). Continue on Embarcadero a few miles, cross El Camino Real onto the Stanford campus. The road forks about a block later, take the right fork; you are now on Arboretum Rd. Follow Arboretum across Palm Drive and through the Stanford Shopping Center. Turn left onto Sand Hill Road. Follow Sand Hill Road for a few miles, crossing Foothill Expressway/Alemeda de las Pueguas (street has two names) and passing a Shell station on your right. The SLAC entrance will be on your left at 2575 Sand Hill Road. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance. ---------------
From: David Moffett <bear!dmoffett@nextsrv1.andi.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission: New Version CB. Date: 7 Apr 1994 00:35:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o02it$fv2@digifix.digifix.com> Release .96 Beta of CB.app CB has been uploaded cs.orst.edu and placed in the submissions directory. CB should be moved to the /pub/next/binaries/comm directory at some point. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/comm/CB.gnutar.gz CB is an application to share pasteboards, files and sound on a local net. Unlike previous versions this version will work on that Intel hareware ( not a misspelling ). Unfortunately near real time transmission of sound is no longer possible with this version of CB. Since I don't get free support form NeXT anymore I cannot justify spending money to figure out why the white hareware will not support the sound code I used in versions that worked on the black hardware. Since I was using code to talk directly to the sound driver I guess it was not all that portable. ;-( If anyone has any ideas... Bug fixes: - Sound works on White hareware. Store and forward. Not as sweet as that black hardware. Maybe it will work on more organized hardware like a gecko. - I have really worked on connection stuff. I hope most of the bugs are gone out of this code. - Some other bugs fixes I can't remember. If you have any problems please give as many details as possible and send some email to dmoffett@andi.org. later, David Moffett
From: Art Isbell <art@cubicsol.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: cvs.postamble Date: 7 Apr 1994 01:44:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o06k5$hdp@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP 3.x's ProjectBuilder and InterfaceBuilder do not work well with CVS (Concurrent Versions System). Occasionally, InterfaceBuilder complains that it cannot save certain directories (e.g., nib's and rtfd's) containing a CVS administrative directory; saving a second time will force a successful save. But a successful save causes these CVS directories to be lost resulting in CVS complaining that it cannot check in these directories during a subsequent CVS commit. All CVS administrative directories are copied into the product when the "app", "debug", or "profile" targets are made. Although the existence of these directories appears to cause no problems, it serves no purpose and increases the product size. cvs.postamble attempts to correct these problems. cvs.postamble-2.4 has been placed on the NeXT archives at cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu. This version of cvs.postamble augments the functionality of the previous version, so the previous version should be replaced by this one. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/programming/cvs.postamble-2.4.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/programming/cvs.postamble-2.4.README
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Lease Program Extended To Canada Date: 5 Apr 1994 22:29:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nt6qo$5ik@digifix.digifix.com> Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44 (0)71.351.9980 +44 (0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com ALEMBIC EXTENDS NEXTSTEP LEASE PROGRAM TO CANADA. Full Service, Support, and CD club membership offered to "Object - Canadians." Denver Colorado, April 5, 1994- Effective today, Alembic Systems International extends its Alembic Lease Program of NEXTSTEP Products and Services to the Canadian Territories. All systems are pre-packaged with a showcase of NEXTSTEP applications. "One-Stop-Shopping was the original idea behind Alembic,"said Dale Pratt, VP of International Affairs, "yet such service must be comprehensive in a variety of ways, and leasing is definitely one of them. Users adopting NEXTSTEP want a place they can call and work with rather than a traveling salesman who is only interested in making the sale. Alembic has such a service, and supports the products they sell." As a customer of the Object Lease Program, users are automatically entitled to a free ongoing subscription to the "Alembic CD Club," a quarterly CD that reviews the latest notable events, provides a wealth of new demonstration applications, special pricing discounts, as well as industry trends happening in the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Market. "Its all intended to give the NEXTSTEP user what they have been asking for all along" Pratt said "a true resource to compliment NEXTSTEP." Alembic computers are running NEXTSTEP from the time the machines are turned on, unless requested otherwise. Intel 486 Features & Options: Intel 486 DX2/66 Mhz. Mini, Mid and Full Tower Case 256KB write-back cache 2 VESA local bus slots and 6 EISA slots. 340MB, 540MB, 1.2GB or 2.4GB hard drive options. ATI Graphics Ultra Pro video card w/ 2MB VRAM (1120 x 832 @16-bit w/ Rev. 6 card) Intel Ether Express ethernet card. 17" high-resolution monitor Adaptec 1542C SCSI card. 3.5" floppy drive 2 serial and 1 parallel port. 101 keyboard Logitech bus mouse Optional 2-year warranty. Intel Pentium Features and Options: Intel Pentium/60 MHz. Mini or Full Tower Case 256KB write-back cache 3 PCI local bus slots and 4 EISA slots. Up to 128MB RAM 340MB, 540MB, 1.2GB or 2.4GB hard drive options. miro Crystal32s PCI video card (1280 x 1024 @16-bit color 1152 x 864 @32-bit). 17" high-resolution monitor DPT 2122/90 SCSI card. Intel Ether Express ethernet card 3.5" floppy Drive 2 serial and 1 parallel port. 101 keyboard Logitech Bus Mouse Optional 2-year warranty # # # NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Inc. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: szakhour@NeXT.COM (Sharon Zakhour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: March 1994 MiniExamples Release Date: 5 Apr 1994 22:30:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2nt6rs$5j3@digifix.digifix.com> March 1994 MiniExamples Release The following MiniExamples have been updated/added to the NeXT archive server (ftp.next.com). These files (and others) are available via anonymous ftp in the directory ftp.next.com:/pub/NeXTanswers/Files/Software_and_Tools/MiniExamples. You can also request a specific item by number via email by sending email to NeXTanswers@next.com with the ID of the file in the subject line (or specify "help" if you want general information). For example, this email TO: NeXTanswers@next.com SUBJECT: 1256 1257 would retrieve both TTools and ThumbWheel. You need to be able to receive mail with Rich Text attachments in order to receive MiniExamples. AppKit: 1256_TTools.compressed TTools palette (TTools 2.1 requires NEXTSTEP 3.1 or better) This example is an advanced IB Palette primer. Demonstrated features include: how to write a custom connection inspector and custom connector objects; how to palettize Matrix without restricting its prototype cell class; how to add a library target to your palette project so that applications can link in the palette code. Changes since TTools 2.0: Fixed some inspector bugs, added bundle-loading subproject, fixed SwitchView initial-view display problem in Test Interface mode, added ShowMenus subproject, minor documentation modifications, add CircularSlider subproject. 1257_ThumbWheel.compressed ThumbWheel 2.0 palette (NEXTSTEP 3.x Release compliant) The ThumbWheel object includes the functionality of a Slider plus the features you would expect from a real thumbwheel (including 2 3/4 D Graphics!). Changes since ThumbWheel 1.0: ThumbWheel 2.0 makes the following changes: - When a radial ThumbWheel is resized, the dashes retain their ratio with the size (dashes aren't pushed together or spread apart anymore). - ThumbWheel keeps image database for multiple radial ThumbWheels of the same size, color and orientation. - ThumbWheel uses much faster algorithm to generate background image of radial ThumbWheel (10x improvement). - Fixed bug: bounded ThumbWheel at either bound would snap to mouse down value. - Fixed bug: ThumbWheel inspector is slow. - Fixed bug: Sometimes ThumbWheel would draw the word "Cell" on itself. DatabaseKit: 1453_TablePrinterPalette.compressed An InterfaceBuilder palette which nicely formats and prints DBTableViews. Changes Since TablePrinterPalette Version 1 The only major addition to TablePrinterPalette is scaling. DBTableViewPrinter now uses the scaling factor from the PrintInfo object (set by the Page Layout Panel) to calculate the printed page size. In the old version, adjusting the scaling factor would only have had the effect of enlarging or shrinking the printed output. In this version, in addition to enlarging or shrinking the output, it calculates if more or less columns and rows fit on the page and draws accordingly. 1550_RandomTableView.compressed This brand new example implements an arbitrary data source (ie. database independent) following the DBTableDataSources protocol. 1551_StaticRowsTV.compressed A brand new example of how to build a horizontal DBTableView. In order to run this example, you need to have a Sybase server with a pubs database installed. For Oracle users, you can modify the StaticRows.m file to comment out #define SYBASE_DEMO and recompile the application.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ObjectWare Catalog: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Date: 7 Apr 1994 17:15:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o1t5k$kqg@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol Westberg Westberg, Brown and Co. One MacDonald Drive Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 643-2082 katya!westberg@dartmouth.edu NeXT will be publishing the 1994 ObjectWare Catalog at NEXTSTEP Expo. This publication was developed to provide opportunities for you to promote your object(s) to the NEXTSTEP community. We encourage you to participate in this marketing piece, as it is used heavily by customers, NeXT's direct sales force and NeXT's indirect sales partners. Participation in this publication can be one of your most effective sales tools !! Attached please find submission guidelines for participating in the catalog. Please follow the guidelines and note the deadline for submitting information. We will look forward to receiving your information. Thank you, Developer Programs OBJECTWARE: A Catalog of Objects and Kits for NEXTSTEP, 1994 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES NeXT Developer Relations is producing a 1994 catalog to showcase NEXTSTEP objects and kits from independent third-party developers. The catalog will be available to customers, resellers, and the NeXT sales force. The Objectware catalog is one of NeXT's most valuable sales tools. Third-party products currently shipping, or scheduled to ship by December 1994, are eligible for entry. You must be a member of the NEXTSTEP Registered Developer Program in order for your products to be included in the catalog. If you would like to join the NEXTSTEP Registered Developer Program please call 1-800-TRY-NEXT or 415-780-3990 to obtain an application. Product descriptions for the catalog must be received no later than Wednesday, April 13! If you're a NEXTSTEP Registered Developer and want your product listed, please follow these guidelines carefully. * Each product must have its own separate, complete entry. Don't include multiple products in the same submission. * Submissions must be in electronic form, preferably sent by electronic mail. You may send them on a floppy disk or on optical disk. * Use Edit as your word processor. Spell out abbreviations and capitalize proper names exactly as you would like them to appear in the catalog. * Don't use a bold or italic font, and don't format your text with multiple columns. * Unless you clearly indicate otherwise, the catalog will state that you can accept orders from, and deliver product to, customers worldwide. * Please do not include icons or other graphics. * Make sure that everyone in your company who needs to approve your copy does so before you submit it. Each submission should include the following: 1. Suggested product category - See Product Category Choices at the end of this form. - Choose only one category, even if several fit your product. 2. Official product name 3. Product description in no more than 160 words - Material that is too long will be returned to you to edit. - Focus on your product's key capabilities and what sets it apart from similar products. Please do not quote reviewers. - Insert a blank line between paragraphs. - Include trademark symbols (<<TM, <<R>>) when you first mention trademarked products or companies in the description. 4. Company name 5. E-mail address for product information (optional) - Please use lowercase letters 6. Company phone number(s) - You must include a non-800 number for international callers. 7. Company fax number(s) - Add "fax" after the number. For example: 123-456-7890 fax - You must include a non-800 number for international callers. 8. Name, phone numbers, and e-mail address for your distributor 9. Product availability - Type "Shipping now" or the month, if later than May 1994. Do not submit entries for products shipping later than December 1994. - Indicate availability on each platform: Motorola-based, Intel-based, and HP PA-RISC-based NEXTSTEP. - Indicate whether your product will support OpenStep. 10. List price - Indicate price for product on each platform. - At least one price should be in U.S. dollars. - List no more than three currencies. 11. Trademark information - We publish trademark information for products mentioned in the catalog. You must include appropriate trademark symbols for your products as well as for ancillary products you mention. - You do not need to provide trademark symbols for NeXT products. 12. Name of the contact person for this catalog submission - This will not appear in the catalog. - Please designate a single person to be responsible. 13. Phone number, fax number, and e-mail address for the contact person if different from questions 4-6 above - This will not appear in the catalog. 14. Your organization's Registered Developer Number. - This will not appear in the catalog. Remember, entries must be received no later than April 13! Please send e-mail submissions to: katya!westberg@dartmouth.edu Entitle your e-mail "1994ObjectWareBook_YourCompanyName" Send submissions on disk to: Carol Westberg Westberg, Brown and Co. One MacDonald Drive Hanover, NH 03755 We will confirm receipt of your materials. If you have not heard from us within 14 days after you mailed your materials, call (603) 643-2082. All submissions become property of NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT reserves the right to edit all submissions and to change product category suggestions. PRODUCT CATEGORY CHOICES 1. Communication Objects & Device Drivers 2. Database Systems & Objects 3. Development Tools & Utilities 4. Financial & Data Analysis Tools 5. Graphics & 3D Objects 6. Information Display Objects 7. Networking & Telecommunications 8. Sound, Music, & Multimedia 9. User Interface Objects
From: gpoc@cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Gianfranco Pocecai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Italian NEXTSTEP User Group offers ftpmail service Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:27:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o47md$qjc@digifix.digifix.com> The Italian NEXTSTEP User Group offers ftpmail service for NEXTSTEP Users. Ftpmail is an email->ftp gateway. Just send your requests to ftpmail@cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it. It will ftp the files and send them back to you via email. You can get the list of valid commands to the ftpmail gateway by sending an email to ftpmail@cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it with 'help' in the body of the message. The default ftp site is the Italian NEXTSTEP User Group ftp site. There you can find a lot of MAB software + submissions from cs.orst.edu & sonata.cc.purdue.edu + NeXTAsnwers + FAQs + images + sounds + OOP stuff + MathPackages + Benchmarks + ... And now happy mailing!!! Gianfranco -- Gianfranco Pocecai President of The Italian NEXTSTEP User Group University of Milano - Computer Science Department Via Comelico, 39/41 20135 Milano - Italy E-mail : gpoc@cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it
From: Marek Roland-Mieszkowski <MMIESZKO@ac.dal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DFG 3.2 Software Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:28:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o47oi$qjk@digifix.digifix.com> DFG (Digital Function Generator) Software 3.2 for NeXTSTEP Computers ******************************************************************** DFG (Digital Function Generator) Software 3.2 is a powerful tool for generation of arbitrary sounds and has many applications in the fields of acoustics, audio, music, psychoacoustics, physics, architecture, film, audiology, electronics, electroacoustics, mechanics, vibration measurements and transducer testing. Since DFG does not use DSP resources (Motorola 56001 chip) and since it uses only 2 -> 3% of the CPU time, it can run simultaneously with such applications as the Digital Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer (both applications are available on NeXT). Therefore, a single NeXT computer can be used to perform sophisticated tests and experiments, since it can synthesize and analyze signals at the same time. DFG_demo.app Version 3.2 is working on all Motorola and Intel - based NeXTSTEP computers with NeXTSTEP versions 2.* => 3.* . Soon DFG will be available also for Sun and HP computers running NeXTSTEP. Intel - based computers require NeXTSTEP - supported 16 bit D/A convertors to use DFG software. DFG_demo.app software is available as DFG_demo.tar.Z file on the following archive sites: cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it sonata.cc.purdue.edu For further information about DFG software please contact: Marek Roland - Mieszkowski, M.Sc.,Ph.D DIGITAL RECORDINGS - Advanced R & D 5959 Spring Garden Road, Suite 1103 Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H-1Y5, Canada Tel./ Fax. (902) 429-9622
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@wsc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fortune-1.2 Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:29:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o47pd$qjt@digifix.digifix.com> Hello all, I've implemented some user requests in version 1.2 of the Fortune BackSpace module that makes it much more pleasurable to use: 1) excluded fonts -- you can now name a set of fonts that you want excluded from the random font picker. This means that you won't get Zapf Dingbats when your fortune comes up. 2) 2bit support -- you can tell the random color picker to not use color when picking... this means that those people with monochrome monitors can see light or dark gray, or white letters, instead of dithered ones. 3) time per word -- delay is now calculated on a seconds-per-word basis, instead of a flat rate. This means that you can set Fortune up to display at a comfortable reading pace, instead of getting cut off, or sitting around waiting for a new fortune. Thats all for now! Send me any other suggestions if you have them. It's in: sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Fortune-1.2.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/Fortune-1.2.tar.Z - darcy
From: Uwe Tilemann <ut@clara.tools.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: PaperOut 2.0 Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:56:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o49cq$qqr@digifix.digifix.com> A demonstration version of PaperOut 2.0, THE retrieval software for Electronic Book CDs from Tools GmbH, is now available via FTP. PaperOut is a retrieval software for Electronic Book CDs which have up to now only been usable with the Sony DATA Discman. There are already over 200 CD-ROM titles available (encyclopedias, dictionaries, guides), which conform to the Electronic Book standard developed by Sony. PaperOut is THE software which enables you to use these Electronic Books under NEXTSTEP. Many well known dictionaries and reference books are now available for NEXTSTEP. These include: Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Shakespeare: The Complete Works Webster's Dictionary of English Usage Compton's Concise Encyclopedia Chambers Science & Technology Library NTC's Dictionary of American Idioms and Slang Hutchinson Encyclopedic Dictionary CIA World Fact Book Electronic TIME OUT 4 City Guide Electronic TIME OUT London Guide AA Hotels and Restaurants in Britain and Ireland Michelin Guide France Michelin Guide Germany Hugh Johnson's Wine Guide Collins Gem Electronic Food File New Joy of Sex Penguin Listen And Read books for children SEPC's English Teacher King James Bible The full version of the PaperOut package includes a CD-ROM XA-driver, which supports the following drives: Sony CDU-8012 (SunCD), Sony CDU-541 (NeXT CDROM), Sony CDU-561, Toshiba XM3301B/BC, and Toshiba XM3401B. This driver supports the multisession and double-speed capabilities of the Toshiba XM3401B and the Sony CDU-561. Versions of PaperOut are also available for Microsoft Windows 3.1, Apple Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes and Sun with OpenWindows 2.0/3.0. The demonstration package, PaperOut.2.0.NI.b.tar.gz, which includes the NEXTSTEP Third Party Products Catalog as an demonstration Electronic Book is available via direct FTP from the following location: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/database/PaperOut.2.0.NI.b.tar.gz The demo will run under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 on NeXT and Intel hardware. Requests for more information about PaperOut can be sent to: Tools GmbH Adolfstrasse 5 D-53111 Bonn GERMANY +49 228 985800 +49 228 637543 fax. info@Tools.DE
From: ugubser@avalon.unizh.ch Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DiskCopyII V. 0.9 Beta Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:57:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o49f5$qra@digifix.digifix.com> RELEASE 0.9 BETA of DiskCopyII.app has been uploaded to cs.orst.edu in the submissions directory. Path: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/DiskCopyII.app.tar.gz This is a short description of the Program: DiskCopy ][ is a simple Disk multiplier. It provides the User with an easy-to-use front end, and has additional features like saving & loading of disk images. Features: - It's FAT - It can read & write every NEXTSTEP format (2.8 MB, 1.4 MB, 720 KB) - 'Verify & Format destination disk' Options - Load & Save of Disk images Bugs/Problems: - This program must run as SUPER USER, see the FD(4) man page. (Look for FDIOCREQ) - No support for Macintosh and DOS Floppies - Only tested for NS3.2 (Intel & Motorola) Urs Gubser (ugubser@avalon.unizh.ch)
From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: STONE DESIGN ships DataPhile 2.1 Date: 8 Apr 1994 21:48:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o51go$10a@digifix.digifix.com> STONE DESIGN Ships DataPhile 2.1 For Immediate Release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Elena Settanni, (505) 345-4800 ALBUQUERQUE, NM, April 8, 1994 - Stone Design shipped version 2.1 of its award-winning* flatfile database program, DataPhile, today. This release fixes the problems found in NEXTSTEP 3.2's Indexing kit and introduces new features. "We have been working feverishly since NS 3.2 started causing anomalies," said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The folks at NeXT worked with us to fix the situation, and we've added some great new features while the Indexing kit problems were being resolved," Stone added. DataPhile 2.1 requires NS 3.1 or higher and is available in multiple-architecture binary form. Multiple-architecture, or fat, binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT hardware and qualified Intel-based systems. DataPhile 2.1 can run on NEXTSTEP networks that mix Motorola and Intel hardware. In addition to NS3.2 compatibility, this upgrade of DataPhile introduces several features that make the program more powerful and easier to use than ever: * Data Well - This NEXTSTEP-style well, available while you're entering and viewing data, contains a draggable text, EPS or PS version of your data that you can drop into another app-for example, into a mail message. * Reorder your View Browser - Hold down the command, alternate or control key to change the order of views. Add this feature to old databases by opening the file with the command, alternate or control key down. Place your most frequently used views at the top! * Smart MERGE - At last, you can merge new records - select "Merge with Records" from Import Records... panel. The Key Field check boxes appear. Select which fields the imported data must match existing records on, and for each record that matches, the imported record updates the first found matching record, otherwise it adds the new record. * The FIND language is even more powerful - Select whether the find should "and" fields (criteria must be met in all the fields) or "or" fields (criteria can meet any one of the specified fields). This allows you to find all records with a state of California or a last name of Stone, for example. Subsequent finds can further refine the found set. * Interrupt Long Un-indexed FINDS - For those times you just can't wait, now you can stop the Find while it is in progress. * Ask before backing file - Now you can turn off Automatic Back-up if it's bogging down your work. The new, modular Preferences Panel will present a dialog box before the backup happens. You can choose to skip this time or backup now. Moreover, you can turn on the backup process for any given open database. * German and French translations are available - Thanks to the efforts of Gerhard Moeller and Andre Lalonde, our International sites will feel more at home with DataPhile2.1. This upgrade also greatly improves DataPhile's stability and fixes several bugs, including but not limited to the following: * 8K limitation for views and fields eliminated (NS) * Finds work properly on any size text field (NS) * You can share Read Only databases * Spellcheck/Spelling Panel loads quietly (NS) * Modified entry lists and default values update properly * Graphics in headers/footers orient correctly (NS) * Icons delete properly from file fields * /tmp clears unsaved databases, eps and ps files * Read-only databases open properly. DataPhile is available directly from Stone Design and at the ftp sites cs.orst.edu, sonata.cc.purdue.edu and ftp.cs.unm.edu. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1.tar cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1.tar.README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1_features.rtfd.compressed Students who ftp the package and submit proof of current student status can purchase DataPhile at a special rate. No support is provided with this purchase option, but easy entry for students is a firm commitment of Stone Design. Call or write for more information about Stone's Student Discount program and for regular prices. Trade-ups to Intel versions of all Stone software purchased between February 12, 1993 and May 21, 1993 are available free of charge to end users. For current DataPhile 2.0 users, this update is free of charge. *DataPhile was named the "The Best DataBase product of 1992" by a Usenet survey. --- Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. DataPhile is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: "Barry D. Beal" <bdbeal@libre.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group Meeting Date: 9 Apr 1994 18:04:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o78og$5nj@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: The next meeting of the Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group will be Thursday, April 14th at Mesa Community College. We will be featuring Yet Another Internet Application, OmniWeb. OmniWeb is a world-wide-web browser that runs natively under NEXTSTEP. It is similar to Mosaic, but is in Alpha stage of development. We will also be demonstrating WorldWideWeb, which includes a NeXTSTEP editor for building hypertext files used by Mosaic and WWW browsers. We will also have some great software to raffle off. Doors open at 7:00, come early and get acquainted with the other members. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30. Location: Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 PM Mesa Community College Kirk Student Center (the clock tower building) Kiva Room on the lower level 1833 W. Southern Ave, Mesa Agenda: * Announcements. * Q & A - a chance to ask your NeXTSTEP related questions. * Demonstration of OmniWeb and WorldWideWeb. For more information about the meeting or the User Group, please call Barry Beal at (602)834-3262
From: henry@trilithon.com (Henry McGilton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LabelWorks from Trilithon Software Date: 9 Apr 1994 22:58:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o7q1c$6kp@digifix.digifix.com> LABELWORKS FROM TRILITHON SOFTWARE Trilithon Software are pleased to announce that LabelWorks (our Labelling Application for NEXTSTEP) is now shipping for both NeXT Stations and Intel Systems. o Select from 250+ different labels, business cards, index cards, rolodex cards, envelopes. o Supports U. S. Avery labels and mini-sheets, MCS, MACO, and United Ad Labels. o Supports European Avery and Zwecform labels. o Supports U. S. and European envelopes. o Print labels horizontally or vertically. o Draw or type on any label. A click of the mouse pushes graphics or text to all labels. o Graphic tools include lines, rectangles, ovals, freehand. o Graphic properties include line and fill color, arrows, line width, and corner radius. o Drag/drop EPS or TIFF. Images automatically scaled to fit label and resized isomorphically by default. o Text tools include text fields, dynamic text, sequence numbering. o Text properties access NEXTSTEP text and font attributes. o Supports PostNet Codes for U. S destinations. o Zoom from 25 percent to 400 percent. o Import ASCII files in three different formats. o Create template documents. o Price $79 o Available Now for Motorola Hardware and Intel Hardware Write To: Trilithon Software, Two Ohlone, [3000 Alpine Road after 16th April] Portola Valley, California 94028. Telephone: (415) 325-0767 [(415) 851-7901 after 16th April] FAX: (415) 325-0768 [(415) 851-7902 after 16th April] E-mail: info@trilithon.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Information Server Update Date: 10 Apr 1994 15:31:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2o9k6u$alh@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Product Information Server --------------------------------------------------- The WWW Server is a definate hit! We've had over 5000 queries in a little more than a week, from 521 different hosts! The Server has information from many NEXTSTEP Third Party Developers and more is coming in everyday. Companies currently providing product information via the Server: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Baccus, Inc Blank and White Software Civilized Software, Inc First Class Hypersight, Inc Intuitive Systems, Inc Paradigm Shift Corporation Sarrus Software, Inc Stone Design Visual Understanding Systems, Inc WhiteLight Systems, Inc interpersonal-computing GmbH are your products listed? As well, there are - FTP links to the March 1994 NextAnswers MiniExamples - the ONLY only Hypertext version of the NEXTSTEP Expo Information - links to the big NEXTSTEP FTP sites - information on the NEXTSTEP Newsgroups Accessing the Server -------------------- Using a Mosaic compatible WWW reader, point to <http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html> [Under NEXTSTEP try OmniWeb.app (available from ftp.omnigroup.com:/pub/software)] Listing your products --------------------- Send email to ns-products@digifix.com with Product_Submissions.rtf in the message, and the information will automatically be returned by NextMail. Sponsors -------- Currently the NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Product Information Server is being sponsored by WhiteLight Systems, ARDI, and Sarrus Software. We are looking for additional support. This will allow us to offer more information, on a faster link. To find out about sponsoring the WWW server you can email sanguish@digifix.com. or ns-products@digifix.com with Sponsor_Info.rtf in the message.
From: Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server Date: 10 Apr 1994 15:32:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2o9k7r$aln@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server ---------------------------------------- Finally online and taking shape, the Mail Server will allow you to retrieve information on NEXTSTEP products from such third parties as BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Baccus, Inc Blank and White Software Civilized Software, Inc First Class Hypersight, Inc Intuitive Systems, Inc Parabase Software Paradigm Shift Corporation Sarrus Software, Inc Stone Design Visual Understanding Systems, Inc WhiteLight Systems, Inc interpersonal-computing GmbH via NextMail (other formats coming soon). Accessing the Server -------------------- The information is free, and the service is supported by sponsors from the NEXTSTEP Community. To find out what information is available and how to use the server send email to ns-products@digifix.com with index or help in the message. Index and Help queries are returned as plain ASCII, all others as NextMail. To find out who is currently sponsoring the NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server, or how you can get your products listed, request the document "Sponsors_Info.rtf".
From: weintz steven cortelou <indy@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: EthnoGraphics to Exhibit NEXTSTEP technology Date: 10 Apr 1994 15:53:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2o9les$aoo@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contact: Steve Weintz EthnoGraphics 707 E. Main St. Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 328-4803 indy@jg.cso.uiuc.edu (ASCII mail) indy@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXTMail) ETHNOGRAPHICS, A NEW NEXTSTEP-BASED GRAPHICS/MULTIMEDIA FIRM, WILL EXHIBIT AT MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE Urbana, Illinois, April 8, 1994 - EthnoGraphics will exhibit its services and demonstrate NEXTSTEP technology at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, to be held this year at the Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, April 20-24. Over 1800 archaeologists will attend this conference, the largest such gathering in North America. The SAA Annual Meeting will host symposia on all aspects of current research and theory regarding the archaeology of the Americas, as well as sessions on public archaeology and education and cultural resource management. EthnoGraphics personnel will use shrinkwrapped applications in live demonstrations of image processing, illustration and cartography, document construction, and multimedia presentation; company plans for services based on integrated systems of commercial and custom NEXTSTEP software will be discussed. Among the demonstrations planned are: - new techniques of artifact and monument reconstruction using RenderMan and intuitiv'3d(TM) - photograph enhancement and data extraction using WetPaint(TM) and a beta version of TIFFany II(TM) - illustration using Diagram2(TM) and Adobe Illustrator(TM) - document construction using PasteUp(TM) - multimedia creation and presentation with Concurrence(TM), MediaStation(TM) and NEXTSTEP digital video and audio tools In addition, EthnoGraphics will outline experimental concepts, with a view to future implementation: - integrating remote sensing into archaeological projects via Rendezvous(TM) and Emerald Image Tool(TM) - visualizing time-space relationships and managing archaeological data via custom apps built with 3DKit and DBKit "We identified a real need for high-quality graphics and presentations within the anthropological community", says Steven Weintz, Chief Designer and CEO of EthnoGraphics. "Anthropology and its sub-disciplines have tremendous quality of content but little public exposure, and even professional communciations often fail to do justice to their material. With the growth of multimedia channels of information dispersal, we feel it is time for the disciplines to convey their subject matter and research findings in ways that convey the richness of human history and behavior." EthnoGraphics has chosen NEXTSTEP as its platform because of its excellent graphics support, ease of use, and power. "We could have gone with Macintoshs or even low-end SGI's, but found in NeXT products the easiest, most powerful, most cost-effective solution," says Weintz. "The integration and multitasking of the environment, the superb GUI and good price/performance ratio of NEXTSTEP software allow our small firm to deliver superior output at minimum cost, and in a timely fashion." About EthnoGraphics Founded in 1994 by Steven Weintz, a former Ph.D. student of South American archaeology, EthnoGraphics is a privately-held graphics and multimedia production company targeted primarily, though not exclusively, at the anthropological profession. Inquiries regarding custom graphics work outside of anthropology, including logos, icons and documents, are welcomed. EthnoGraphics is a trademark of EthnoGraphics. Other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. # # #
From: info@hypersight.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SIGHT-C-ING, Premier Source Browser for NEXTSTEP Date: 10 Apr 1994 21:41:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oa9re$cdf@digifix.digifix.com> HYPERSIGHT ANNOUNCES SIGHT-C-ING(tm). Develop software faster using SIGHT-C-ING, the premier source browser for NEXTSTEP. SIGHT-C-ING lets developers work with objects instead of files and directories. RED BANK, NJ, April 7, 1994 --- Developers are often under pressure to add last minute features and to fix application bugs under tight time constraints. To accomplish their task, they must untangle critical message chains, locate files, and determine how an object behaves. As a result, developers often find themselves shuffling through 30 or more open source files on their desk top. This mode of operation is highly inefficient, not only because it is repetitive and time-consuming, but it also makes it difficult to maintain one's train of thought on the work that must be accomplished. The result is an unproductive work environment. What is needed is a tool that knows how object-oriented software is organized. One that lets developers manipulate source code graphically, in terms of its inherent structure. The developer needs to work with objects, not files and directories. SIGHT-C-ING is the first NEXTSTEP source browser that adequately addresses these needs. SIGHT-C-ING lets developers easily accomplish the following tasks: - Inspect class definitions - Follow message chains - Identify how and where source code elements are defined - Link object model diagrams to source code Inspect class definitions - When determining what objects to use, and how to use them, one needs to inspect the relevant classes and their super classes to determine an object's behavior and capabilities. SIGHT-C-ING makes this easy by graphically displaying critical class and hierarchy information, and allowing developers to quickly retrieve an object no matter where it's located on the file system. Further, SIGHT-C-ING organizes related classes into groups by using a graphical tree view, that is synchronized with the project files created by Project Builder(tm). This important feature lets developers navigate through large object-oriented systems, since they can focus on the portion of the class hierarchy of interest. This is a feature that is lacking in many of the higher priced source browsers available on other platforms. As an alternative to a hierarchical view of classes, SIGHT-C-ING can also display a straight multi-column listing of a project's classes. Follow message chains - When adding new features or debugging a program, the developer needs to follow message call chains in order to determine how existing methods behave and interact with other objects. SIGHT-C-ING supports this activity by providing multiple source browsing windows and instant method retrieval capabilities. When SIGHT-C-ING is used to follow a message chain, the developer uses the browser windows to subsequently display each class and method in the message chain. This allows one to easily follow message call chains, and then jump back and forth between the code segments of interest. Identify how and where source code elements are defined - As code is designed and implemented, it is often necessary to determine how and where a particular element or class is defined. To accelerate code element searches through hundreds of possible objects, SIGHT-C-ING uses an Indexing Kit store to save object definition information. Thus, by using services or SIGHT-C-ING's find panel, developers can instantly display all the objects and modules that define critical code elements, such as typedefs, defines, globals and methods. Link object model diagrams to source code - When designing a new application, or adding new classes to an existing one, it is best to work with an object model that captures the dynamic relationships and associations between the objects in the application. Developers that use Diagram! (or other applications that support pasting link buttons) can connect the projects, classes and methods displayed in SIGHT-C-ING into their object models. Then when they click on a class node in Diagram!, the location of the class in the hierarchy as well as its methods and other class details will be displayed in SIGHT-C-ING. This feature supports the design phase of a project, since developers can define the headers of classes, using comments to describe how methods behave. This is a simple and powerful way to design a system and then connect its object model directly to source code. Thus, object models are not only valuable during the design and review phases, but also prove valuable during the development and maintenance phases of an application. BENEFITS: - Improves individual and team productivity. - Supports the design review and code inspection processes. - Allows for a greater level of software reuse, since the information for any object in a system is at the finger tips of every development team member. - Allows for higher quality software designs. - Improves software maintainability. - Speeds up debugging. - Minimizes ramp-up costs for new developers. DETAILED FEATURE LIST: - Browse the class hierarchy of Objective-C and C code (and soon C++). Quickly examine the behavior of all classes in the hierarchy branch, no matter where they reside in your file system. - Paste-and-link SIGHT-C-ING's projects, classes, or methods into other applications such as Diagram!. Create architectural designs and then click on a graphic's link button to see the detailed definition of objects in SIGHT-C-ING. - Simultaneously display multiple class browsers. This allows you to cross reference classes and projects. It also allows you to easily follow message chains. - Graphically view the entire project tree at once. This allows you to quickly jump to different projects, or pop up the project's Project Builder(tm) panel. - Easily view the class hierarchy of any project. Double-click on a project to view the classes of a project and all its subprojects. - Identify all classes that respond to a specific method. - Instantly find the definition of code elements such as typedefs, defines, globals and methods. - Print project and class trees. Great for code reviews. - Work with multiple versions of a class. - Focus into specific portions of a class or project tree. - Supports RTF format. - Graphically peruse class libraries. - Integrated with DELTA-T, Hypersight's upcoming visual configuration management application. - And more... Easy to Use - Simply drag-and-drop source directories into SIGHT-C-ING's project tree. - Classes are automatically reparsed when files are changed. - Classes are automatically added and removed from the source browser as they are added or removed from Project Builder. - Rearrange projects in the project tree with simple drag-and-drop actions. - Reshape project and class trees to make optimal use of screen space. - Set project and class colors within any tree view, by dragging and dropping color tiles. - Zoom in and out, change fonts, and more... Price: $495 Commercial (volume discounts available) $295 NEXTSTEP Registered Developers $99 Education Availability: Shipping now for Intel processors and NeXT computers. Contact: Don Eaves Hypersight, Inc. (908) 530-7126 Fax: (908) 530-9231 Email: info@hypersight.com Address: 7 Houston St., Red Bank, NJ 07701 Hypersight is a privately-held company that creates leading edge development tools for computers running NEXTSTEP. SIGHT-C-ING is a trademark of Hypersight, Inc. Diagram! is a registered trademark of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. NEXTSTEP and Project Builder are trademarks of NeXT, Inc.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 14 - 1994 Date: 11 Apr 1994 02:20:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oaq7h$f5u@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 14). Monday April 04 through Monday April 11 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 13 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: PUBLISHING 51 Announces NEXT IN LINE SUBMISSION: Fortune-1.0 JOBS: Programmer-Analysts NEXTSTEP,OBJ-C,Midtown,NYC SUNSOFT AND NeXT REACH FIRST MILESTONE IN OPENSTEP INITIATIVE SUBMISSION: FAXCover.app -- Fax a cover-page PRESS RELEASE: BlackBox Shipping PRESS RELEASE: ComposeInColor 2.0 Image Editing for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Lease Program Extended To Canada March 1994 MiniExamples Release PRESS RELEASE: TickleServices1.1 Upgrade! MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group (BANG), Thursday April 21 Submission: New Version CB. SUBMISSION: cvs.postamble ObjectWare Catalog: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS PRESS RELEASE: Italian NEXTSTEP User Group offers ftpmail service PRESS RELEASE: DFG 3.2 Software SUBMISSION: Fortune-1.2 PRESS RELEASE: PaperOut 2.0 SUBMISSION: DiskCopyII V. 0.9 Beta PRESS RELEASE: STONE DESIGN ships DataPhile 2.1 MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group Meeting PRESS RELEASE: LabelWorks from Trilithon Software NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Information Server Update NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server PRESS RELEASE: EthnoGraphics to Exhibit NEXTSTEP technology PRESS RELEASE: SIGHT-C-ING, Premier Source Browser for NEXTSTEP If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 11 Apr 1994 02:21:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oaq9s$f65@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 11 Apr 1994 02:24:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oaqf2$f6e@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Product Information Server NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers NEXTSTEP WWW Third Party Product Information Server --------------------------------------------------- The Server has information from many NEXTSTEP Third Party Developers. As well, there are - FTP links to the March 1994 NextAnswers MiniExamples - the ONLY only Hypertext version of the NEXTSTEP Expo Information - links to the big NEXTSTEP FTP sites - information on the NEXTSTEP Newsgroups Using a Mosaic compatible WWW reader, point to <http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html> [Under NEXTSTEP try OmniWeb.app (available from ftp.omnigroup.com:/pub/software)] NEXTSTEP Third Party Product Mail Server ---------------------------------------- Finally online, the Mail Server will allow you to retrieve information on NEXTSTEP products via NextMail (other formats coming soon). Accessing the Server The information is free, and the service is supported by sponsors from the NEXTSTEP Community. To find out what information is available and how to use the server send email to ns-products@digifix.com with index or help in the message. Index and Help queries are returned as plain ASCII, all others as NextMail. comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: "Ian H. Stewart" <ian@nyro.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Faxcess(tm), fax panel access for Developers Date: 11 Apr 1994 15:09:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oc79g$jav@digifix.digifix.com> NYRO TECHNIX ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCT San Francisco (April 11, 1994) -- NYRO Technix, Inc. introduces Faxcess(tm), a new product which provides developers access to the standard NEXTSTEP(tm) fax panel. Faxcess is currently available in a 0.9 beta release for $19.95, which includes a free upgrade to 1.0 and a free HP P-A version when available. This beta version supports NeXT and Intel-based systems running NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher. For a limited time, NYRO offers a free copy of its On Vacation(tm) program with every purchase of Faxcess. On Vacation has been described as "an answering machine for NeXTmail(tm)." NYRO Technix, Inc. is a software development and consulting firm based in San Francisco. Its current product line includes Faxcess, On Vacation, and UUCP-EZ(tm), which facilitates connection to a service provider for Internet access. These products are available for NeXT and Intel-based computers running NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher. Portability to OpenStep is expected in the near future. To order Faxcess, other NYRO products, or obtain further information, please contact NYRO Technix, Inc. at the following: By mail: 236 W. Portal Ave., #341 San Francisco, CA 94127 By phone: (800) 664-NYRO (6976) or (415) 664-1170 By fax: (415) 664-5530 By e-mail: info@nyro.com Prepaid and COD software orders accepted. Faxcess, On Vacation, UUCP-EZ, NYRO, NYRO Technix and the NYRO logo are trademarks of NYRO Technix, Inc. NeXTMail and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. * * *
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY - NeXT Computer, IHV Program Manager Date: 11 Apr 1994 16:20:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ocbeq$js4@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NeXT Computer is looking for a IHV (Independent Hardware Vendor) Program Manager. Following is the job description and minimum requirements. If you are interested please email your resume to: mindy@next.com or fax it to (415) 780-3804 attn: Mindy Bergstrom. Thank You ================================================================= Position: IHV Program Manager Primary Responsibilities: Management of the following types of relationships: non-OEM PC Vendors Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) Specific Responsibilities: Driver Deliverables: * Represent NeXT to PC and Hardware vendors to promote NEXTSTEP technology * Initiate partnerships to capture IHV product plans/features in order to incorporate into NEXTSTEP driver plans * Negotiate contracts and agreements for NeXT with third-party driver developers * Make initial recommendations for NEXTSTEP Driver development to NeXT's internal Driver Team. * Manage the Driver Process lifecycle from concept to release. * Develop Driver Product Plans as required for assigned vendors * Responsible for the NeXT Hardware Compatibility Guide HW Process Deliverables: * Responsible for the Hardware Certification Process Modify and refine as required Track all hardware configurations through process Provide status on HW in queue HW Program Deliverables: * Provide SW Engineering & SQA, etc. early information/specs on cards and chipsets well before IHV releases the product * Understand and communicate the Product Roadmap from assigned vendors Education, Skills and Experience Required * Strong technical PC background, with extensive hands-on knowledge of hardware and peripherals. * Knowledge of competitive products and market leaders in the PC industry * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; MBA preferred * Minimum of FIVE years of progressively more responsible technical marketing or technical program management in a system software, computer, peripherals, or component environment. Alternatively, the successful candidate could have an engineering background with experience managing third-party relationships * Experienced in initiating, developing and strengthening corporate and third-party vendor relationships * Process- and product-focused with a strong customer orientation * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Ability to provide business/technical direction and leadership Send resume to: Mindy Bergstrom 900 Chesapeake Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 Fax: (415) 780-3804 Email: mindy_bergstrom@next.com
From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSIONS: DataPhile 2.1 Demo Date: 11 Apr 1994 22:04:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ocvj1$mjk@digifix.digifix.com> Yes - DataPhile 2.1 Is Finally Here! DataPhile_2.1.tar is available on: ftp.cs.unm.edu in pub/stone/DataPhile/DataPhile_2.1.tar cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1.tar DataPhile 2.1 Electronic Distribution Package Date: April 7th, 1994 sum DataPhile_2.1.tar 06533 6730 This tar file contains Stone Design's award winning flatfile database, DataPhile, auxilliary files, the online manual, French and German language packages, and DataPhile_2.1_features.rtfd, which describes all of the new features since 2.0 and 1.1. It runs as a demo until licensed. Call Stone Design at (505) 345-4800 or contact us via info@stone.com for a quote. Special discounts for faculty, students, NeXT Registered developers and VARS available. All users of DataPhile 2.0 should get this because it incorporates a NeXT patch to the IXKIT which caused DataPhile to not work properly under NS 3.2. Now it works great! DataPhile_2.1.pkg The DataPhile Application, release 2.1 DataPhile_Aux.pkg Tutorial and Auxilliary files DP_French.pkg French.lproj for French Users DP_German.pkg German.lproj for German Users DP_Online_Manual.pkg The DataPhile Manual online (new for 2.1) DataPhile_2.1_features.rtfd What's new DP_InstallationNotes.rtf Tips on installing DataPhile Stone Design 3725 Rio Grande NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 TEL 505 345 4800 FAX 505 345 3424 EMAIL: info@stone.com =============================================================== Here's some of the new features for 2.1 and 2.0: FEATURE Version 2.1 Merge Records is new to version 2.1. You can find it in the Import Records panel. It enables a user to update existing records with the Import Records command verses just simply adding them. All you have to do is select a unique field that DataPhile can use for matching purposes. The merge is smart enough not to replace data with blanks. FEATURE Version 2.1 The Browser now lets you change the order of your views. If you are opening a database built with a previous version you must first open the database with the ALT, Command or Control key depressed. To change the order, just hold down the ALT, Command or Control key and drag the view to its new position. FEATURE Version 2.1 OR-FINDS between fields adds to the power of DataPhile's searching capabilities. Do it by selecting the OR-Field option in the extended find panel. The Found Set will include records that meet the criteria for any field described. A subsequent find can further refine your Found Set by selecting "Prev Find" and doing another search on that set of records. FEATURE Version 2.1 Cancel Find in Progress is a great new feature in version 2.1. When you have inadvertantly requested a find on a non-indexed field and you don't have the time to wait, you can stop it. The panel also appears when a search on an indexed field is linear (eg not xxx). FEATURE Version 2.1 Preferences panel has a new modular look and some new options to choose. Review your Preferences so you won't be surprised by any changes. (see Installation Instructions item# 7) FEATURE Version 2.1 File with read only permissions for everyone, can be opened by many users simultaneously (without making additional copies). Use the WorkSpace Attributes Inspector (command-1) to verify or change the UNIX permissions for the file. FEATURE Version 2.1 Zoom views to 75%. This feature is essential when sharing Page Views between Motorola and Intel platforms. The results on smaller views may be less desirable, however, as part of the main control panel can become unaccessible. FEATURE Version 2.0 and 2.1 DataWell eases Exports The DATAWELL is a feature introduced in DP2.0 that allows the user to quickly and easily export a record or many records into another dataphile or another application like MESA Spreadsheet by simply dragging and dropping the DataWell icon. For more than one record, or to get field names in addition to the data, command-click the DataWell icon. A new Preference item allows the user to specify whether field types should be exported along with the field names. Some smart applications want to know the field type so that they can be more intelligent about importing your data. New in DataPhile_2.1, with subsequent command-clicks of the DataWell (or just click around the edge of the DataWell), you can drag a PS or EPS file representing the visible view into another application such as Create. One advantage of this feature, when used in conjunction with Create, enables a user to fax multiple pages from different views to a person with a single phone call. FEATURE Version 2.0 Newly Enhanced Online Help DataPhile_2.0 has an enhanced online help to facilitate the use of our product. Alt-Ctrl click or Help-click will bring up the help panel associated with the area you clicked. DP2.1 has additional indexes for frequently asked topics. FEATURE Version 2.0 "Delete All Records in View" "Delete All Records in View" is a long awaited feature that many users have asked for. It's finally here! The users has the ability to delete many records in one step. "Delete All Records in View" is a EDIT-->Record menu item. FEATURE Version 2.0 Unlimited UNDO in design mode Unlimited UNDO in design mode is another feature added to the 2.0 release to make a designer's work easier. Designers can delete many moves, not just the last one! FEATURE Version 2.0 Rebuild Indexes... Rebuild Indexes... is a Tool menu item that replaces the multi-step "cleanup procedure" many of us have experienced with one step. It can clear up any index related problem. FEATURE Version 2.0 "Copy Address" "Copy Address" is a EDIT-->Record menu item that can be used in conjunction with the new Address.dp template and the "ExactlyWrite" application to transfer names and addresses easily. FEATURE Version 2.0 Regroup of some Menu Items Some EDIT, ACCESS, TOOL and REPORT menu items have been grouped differently to maintain an uncluttered and logical UI. EDIT-->Record items contain all items pertaining to editing records; ACCESS will group the SORT and FIND Items. "Find Records in All Views", has been changed to "Synchronize Views"; it is still under ACCESS and still uses the cmd-j shortcut. TOOLS will contain the new Rebuild Indexes... as well as FONT and TEXT grouped under FORMAT (which were formerly in DESIGN). REPORTS has the "Show as Report" toggle, and "Export to Improv Import" has been changed to "Export to Spreadsheets". They differ from the printed documentation. We hope you find them successful. FEATURE Version 2.0 DP2.0 won't open DP1.1 files without asking. DP2.0 is smart enough to recognize a 2.0 file, if the file is not in the 2.0 format, DP will ask you if you want to upgrade, copy, or cancel. FEATURE Version 2.0PR2 Default Library changed from ~.DataPhile to ~/Library/DataPhiles for label and envelope templates. FEATURE Version 2.0 Print Manual... Now you can print all the online help. This menu item is under Info. It takes alot of paper! FEATURE Version 1.1 Double- Click Field name for Options Panel In the Define Fields Panel, double-clicking the field name will open up the option panel. FEATURE Version 1.1 Modify All Records in View "Change a field in one record, select EDIT-->Record, will ask you if you want to replace field such-and-such with \"Happy Days Are Here Again\" in the number records in the found set or all.
From: Hubert Hickman <jdclampett!hubert@nextsrv1.andi.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DBEdit Public Beta Date: 12 Apr 1994 01:41:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2odcb6$o2q@digifix.digifix.com> Hubert Hickman Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc. 3425 South 115th Street Omaha, NE 68144-4612 (402) 697-1310 (402) 330-8613 (FAX) hhickman@andi.org (NeXTmail) __________________________________________________________ DBEdit Public Beta Announce and Release Notes Hickman - Kenyon Systems, Inc 3425 South 115th Street, Omaha, NE 68144 (402) 697-1310 Fax: (402) 330-8613 Nextmail: hhickman@andi.org Hickman - Kenyon Systems, Inc, developers of the OTTR patient tracking system for use in organ transplant programs, announces the public beta release of DBEdit. DBEdit is a general purpose NEXTSTEP application for accessing DBKit databases. DBEdit provides quick, easy to use access to the tables, records, and values of a database independent of more structured mission critical custom applications which have specialized user interfaces. DBEdit is intended for database developers, testers, administrators, power users, and others who need a convenient tool for exploring, maintaining, and manipulating DBKit based databases. DBEdit Features Include: DBKit Support - Generalized DBKit interface (use with any DBKit Adaptor and database). DBEdit has been tested with Interbase (IBAdaptor), Sybase (SybaseAdaptor), Oracle (OracleAdaptor), and SQLBase (GuptaAdaptor). Connection Management - Browser selection of available adaptors and databases. Previously used database connections can be recorded for later quick connect. DBEdit uses the database model to automatically configure its tables and columns. Multiple Connections - Allows simultaneous connections to multiple databases, adaptors, servers, even servers from different vendors. Table Browser - Lists all the tables available in the database. Column Browser - Lists all the columns available in the database. Multiple Tables - Simultaneous viewing of multiple tables. Expressions - Graphical expression builder allows the selection of database records which meet a SQL "where" expression. Relation Browser - Lists all of the relationships from a 'master' table to 'detail' tables. Select one or more table rows, then choose a relationship and DBEdit will fetch all the matching records from the detailed table. Show Joins - Database table joins (one-to-one relations) can be followed as relationships and/or can be shown as additional columns in the master table. Graphing - Easy to use, integrated graphing of data directly from DBKit tables. Multiple Columns - Graphing of any one or multiple columns. Drag and Drop Exporting - Simply drag and drop to export graphs to other NEXTSTEP documents. Selectable X-axis - Choose a column to use as the X - axis and plot one column versus another. Data Types - Numeric, Date, and String data may be graphed. Automatic Legends - Legends generated according to data range. Searching - Three types of searching are supported Any column may be searched using an intelligent search engine with automatic keystroke completion. Tables may be searched for values with normal or regular expression matching. Records may be retrieved using DBKit Qualifiers consisting of limits on a particular column. Sorting - Convenient user interface for sorting on any column in a table. (simple drag and drop control) Copy & Paste - Simple copy/paste user interface for copying data into or out of a database tables, between tables, and databases, or into/out-of external documents. Import - Controllable formats for importing field delimited data into records. Export - Export tables to RTF suitable for inclusion in a larger document. Tables are broken across pages, with column, record, and page headings. SQL Tool - Allows database queries and commands to be sent directly to the database server. Provides a simple interface for vendor specific SQL operations which can only be done in command line. Printing - Formatted multi-page printouts of large tables. Beta Release: DBEdit is being released for public beta testing and demonstration. Hickman - Kenyon Systems is making DBEdit available on Internet archives. We will also ship demonstration copies on request via Nextmail or Floppy disk. This beta test / demo version of DBEdit expires on May 1, 1994. The software will operate as a 3 minute demo after that time. DBEdit is available on cs.orst.edu: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DBEdit.README.V1.0B12.text cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DBEdit.V1.0B12.pkg.tar
From: "Thomas G. Mon" <tm31+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ShiTao.app v2.0 Date: 12 Apr 1994 23:32:24 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ofp48$1n3@digifix.digifix.com> ShiTao.app v2.0 - Upgraded version on NX_Ishido.app Freeware version of Ishido, a tile based game by Accolade. Match tiles against color or symbol onto a board. Kind of like the evil backwards twin of Shanghi, but different. This is the latest release of NX_Ishido.app. The name was changed to ShiTao.app to get rid of the NX_ prefix. It is significantly faster than the previous version and now has NXHelp files with easy to understand pictures for everyone who tried to play it and gave up because it was too complicated. All of the features are not in place yet, they will be completed when time is available. It is available on: sonata.cc.purdue.edu and in: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/toys/ShiTao.2.0.compressed Compiled for Black Hardware. Any questions can be sent to: Thomas Mon tm31@andrew.cmu.edu [NeXTmail welcome] (412)-862-3838 voice
From: rainman!brian@ms.uky.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: soundCheck3.1 - (Dietetically challenged [MAB]) Date: 12 Apr 1994 23:34:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ofp8f$1ne@digifix.digifix.com> soundCheck.app (version 3.1) April 12, 1994 soundCheck, a shareware utility for monitoring and adjusting sound resources under NEXTSTEP 3.0 and greater, has been updated. This new version runs under both Motorola 68K and Intel versions of NEXTSTEP, and adds a few new features. Features: - Know volume, balance, and mute status at a glance - Adjust volume more accurately and quickly - Adjust left/right balance - Live waveform when playing sound files - Time of day and launch-time automatic adjustments Available at these FTP sites: - cs.orst.edu /pub/next/binaries/sound/soundCheck3.1.tar.Z - sonata.cc.purdue.edu /pub/next/submissions/soundCheck3.1.tar.Z Contact: Whetstone, Inc. 4640 Oak Creek Drive Lexington, KY 40515 info@whetstone.com Ph. 606.273.1752
From: bhill@physics.ucla.edu (Hill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RoachesView BackSpace Date: 12 Apr 1994 23:38:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ofpg8$1op@digifix.digifix.com> Buggy SoFTware releases version 1.0 of its RoachesView BackSpace module. Brian Hill, Buggy SoFTWARE's CEO, says, "Finally the functionality of xroach is available on NEXTSTEP platforms. This is what NeXT's non-corporate customers have been waiting for." Jonathan Flynn, a Buggy SOFTWARE alpha tester says, "I'm enjoying roaches. Right now I have just one roach active, so it's nice to see it scurrying around from time to time when I move windows." Since RoachesView is designed to be run as a background as well as a screensaver, care has been taken to preserve the user's background color. The background color reverts to black when RoachesView is used as a screensaver. Brian Hill says, "Users no longer have to choose between a stark background and a useful screensaver." Paul Griffin, who enhanced the AquariumView BackSpace Module, says, "Roaches are cool. They're smarter than fish." Scott Hess and Mitch Golden say, "It's too slow." Brian Hill retorts that, "RoachesView uses unbuffered windows so at least it doesn't hog memory as well as CPU." Grant Baillie says, "After studying the behavior of roaches in my kitchen for some time, I can confidently say that RoachesView is quite authentic." Fine print: Buggy SoFTware is a fictitious company, but Brian Hill is reachable as bhill@physics.ucla.edu. BackSpace is authored by Sam Streeper and is in /NextDeveloper/Demos or /NextDeveloper/Examples/AppKit in NEXTSTEP Developer version 3.x. Older versions of BackSpace use a mildly incompatible bundle naming convention. xroach was written by J.T. Anderson. AquariumView was written by Brian Glaeske. "NEXTSTEP" and "NEXTSTEP Developer" are trademarks of NeXT Computer Corp. RoachesView is offered without warranty. Brian Hill says, "Don't worry, I only crashed the window server once while I was developing the thing." Availability and Requirements: Fat binaries are available as RoachesView.BackModule-1.0MAB.tar.gz on ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/screen and on sonata.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/next/submissions. RoachesView has only been tested on NEXTSTEP 3.x black. Source is available on request. Installation: RoachesView.BackModule should be installed in /LocalLibrary/BackSpaceViews or in ~/Library/BackSpaceViews. If you get the message, "Could not dynamically load class: RoachesView," you are probably running an older version of BackSpace.
From: Info@LSC.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Schema Research Ships Oracle-compatible SchemaE 1.2 and Plans Price Increase Date: 13 Apr 1994 23:32:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oidfq$8em@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lowell Schneider Schema Research Corporation 2603 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063 415-368-8477 or Info@LSC.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Schema Research Ships Oracle-compatible SchemaE 1.2 and Plans Price Increase Redwood City, CA, April 13, 1994 -- Schema Research Corporation began shipping version 1.2 of SchemaE (tm) today, which includes support for Oracle databases. The company also announced that SchemaE pricing would increase from $2,500 to $3,300 on May 13, 1994, which more closely aligns with the pricing of comparable products. SchemaE upgrades are 15% of the list price at the time of upgrade purchase; as such they will reflect the SchemaE price increase in May. Nine months free support and maintenance, including software patches and upgrades, is included with SchemaE purchases. Customers whose free support and maintenance expired on or after March 13, 1994 will receive a special 30-day support extension which will provide for the new version of SchemaE at no charge. SchemaE-50(tm), which sells for $950 and provides all of the same features and capabilities as SchemaE but limits database size to 50 tables, will not be affected by the price increase. SchemaE is a NEXTSTEP (r) CASE database design and management tool that integrates with the NEXTSTEP object-oriented software development tools InterfaceBuilder (r) and Database Kit (r) (DB Kit)for building client/server systems quickly and without extensive programming. SchemaE speeds development and improves the design process by eliminating the need for SQL scripts or programming to update database designs. By reverse engineering the database every work session, SchemaE presents a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the database schema. Changes such as creating tables, adding columns, or changing data types are simple graphical changes to the schema diagram. "From a productivity standpoint, I can do in hours what would otherwise take days," said Stephen R. Martin of Integrity Solutions. "I can graphically make the changes instead of typing them at the command line. SchemaE presents a visual representation that is easily conveyed to others, both with the diagram and the reports. The visual format improves communication, especially with folks in various business units who aren't necessarily database experts. SchemaE is an easy 10 to 1, sometimes 20 to 1, improvement in productivity. It integrates things you normally do manually into one step. I couldn't do without this tool." Version 1.2 enhances the scope and flexibility of interacting with databases through several important new features. Support for Oracle: SchemaE V1.2 now does for Oracle(r) database designs what it has been doing for Sybase(r). Like their Sybase counterparts, Oracle users will now be able to change the design of a database as often as needed without touching a SQL script. The SchemaE-Oracle interface is identical to the SchemaE-Sybase interface, except where database architecture differs. SchemaE V1.2 supports Oracle V6 and V7. Access Modes/Tiered Privileges: There are two very important access-related changes in V1.2. The first is that SchemaE can now open databases in four modes: standard, modeling-only, read-only and exclusive mode. Exclusive mode locks the database from other users while in use by SchemaE. The second important change is that SchemaE can now be used by non-DBO's without compromising database security. These two major changes open up the benefits of SchemaE to a much wider group of potential users. The tiered privileges concept supports the Sybase and Oracle security architectures whereby users with database privileges can change only those objects they own. This enhancement allows SchemaE to fit smoothly into the database administration policies of most companies where database designers are often not granted DBO privileges. Fully privileged users can choose restricted modes to ensure that unintentional changes are not implemented. Query Capability: A new utility called InterSQL widens the scope of SchemaE's design environment with a slick drag-and-drop query capability that has been received with a great deal of excitement from V1.2 beta testers. InterSQL queries instantly prove that SchemaE manages the continuity of data through schematic changes. As SchemaE changes the database design, InterSQL allows you to see the effects of the schema changes on your data. While not a full-featured query tool, InterSQL solves many immediate problems of users who simply need to view data easily to validate that the design is functioning properly. Multi Column Keys: SchemaE now supports multi-column foreign and common keys. To avoid creating an artificial unique ID, many SchemaE users create concatenated primary keys. Now these multi-column primary keys can be used in foreign or common key relationships in the same way as single column keys, and SchemaE displays the complex relationship graphically as well as recording it in the data dictionary. Support for New and Old Versions of Sybase SQLServer: SchemaE V1.2 supports System 10, the latest SQLServer from Sybase, and it supports SQLServer 4.0.1 which shipped with the original NeXT hardware. In addition, a SchemaE utility migrates database designs from Engineering to Production. New Report Format and Built-in SQL Source Code Generation: Dictionary reports are now generated by technology licensed from Integrity Solutions. Reports are in the flexible RTF format and can be transferred easily into other documentation. The source code generation capability that previously required a user to run the separate utility SR Sql, is now built into the SchemaE interface. SR Sql continues to provide value as an interactive SQL tool and as a batch mode utility. Scalable Diagrams for Viewing and Printing: Diagrams can now be scaled to any size for printing, and large diagrams can be printed on multiple pages with an overlap that allows cut-and-paste reassembly to a poster-sized document. Likewise, diagrams can be scaled for on-screen viewing. As always, tables can be scaled up or down by changing the font size, thus providing visual contrast between symbols to focus or organize the diagram. Feedback Panel Sends Messages Direct to Schema Research: You can now tell us what you think as quickly as you can type it. The Feedback panel of SchemaE provides a feedback/message area, and you just press the Send button when you are finished (you must be connected to the Internet). No application switching and no e-mail address to remember. This very convenient feature is technology licensed from Integrity Solutions, the providers of the RTF-format report engine described above. Schema Research has been providing database expertise since 1988. In addition to SchemaE and SchemaE-50, Schema Research's product line includes SchemaModeler (tm) for $380, SchemaView (tm) for $195, SRTransport (tm) for $5,000, and SRTrigger (tm) for $350. Please call 415-368-8477 for more information.
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: new release of some WavesWorld palettes (tcl & 3D) Date: 13 Apr 1994 23:40:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oidvr$8fk@digifix.digifix.com> some WavesWorld IB palettes (tcl & 3D) 1.2 beta!! ------------------------------------------------- Hi folks. Well, I'm between demos (CHI isn't for another two weeks, almost) right now, so I decided to take a day and package up the latest snapshot of the two IB palettes from my PhD thesis, WavesWorld, that I periodically let out for public consumption. This is version 1.2beta, but it's way, way, way, way, better than that crufty old 1.0beta3 that's taking up room on your hard disk. Please delete that one and download this one instead! As before, I *don't* really want this to migrate to the standard NeXT ftp sites, so in case there is some horrible problems, I want to be able pull the code off easily. If I get good feedback from folks over the next week or two, I might submit it to orst and sonata. Until then, you can anonymous ftp it from media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld. I didn't really feel like it ended up being worth my time to package things up as an Installer pkg last time, so I've simply made two different distributions, both of which are just 3.2 Workspace-compressed files which should be put in /LocalDeveloper and then uncompressed with the Workspace. I don't think this will work in 3.1; sorry. I don't have 3.1 here, and there were a couple of gnutar bugs in 3.1, and my stuff uses really long pathnames, so I don't know that there's anything that can be done. The two distributions are basically one big one for people with bandwidth to burn, and a smaller version for people who want to compile it themselves and already have tcl7.3 installed. Given that there are 57 classes in the WWTCLWidgets palette and 64 classes in the WW3DPalette, ya gotta expect that it's gonna be big either way... The big one is 5MB compressed, and 10MB uncompressed. The smaller one is 3.1MB compressed, and 5.5MB uncompressed. Note that if you want to compile this stuff MAB yourself, you're going to need a fair amount of disk space. If can afford it, I really recommend just grabbing the bigger distribution and use the precompiled MAB palettes there; it will save you the initial hassle and you can start playing sooner (and decide if it's worth your while to go and compile the stuff). One special treat in this release is a little paper (22 pages) I wrote last month which is a pretty nice overview of the whole WavesWorld system. This is the paper I've promised to various of you in the community over the last year or so, so here it is... It's in Documentation/WavesWorldOverview.ps.compressed, and is about 6MB when uncompressed, with lots of nice figures and equations (thanks Ray and Terry). For those who've gotten this far but still have no idea what I'm talking about: these are two palettes I wrote last summer (and have since extensively debugged and UI-ified) that extend IB in two orthogonal ways. The first palette, WWTCLWidgets, allows you to build entire applications inside of IB and run them in test interface mode. It provides an objective-C wrapper around a tcl interp, and a set of UI objects that can communicate with the interp. Tcl is the "tool command language", a wildly popular extensible, embeddable command language written by John Ousterhout at UCal Berkeley. The second palette, WW3D, builds on the first for doing 3D stuff. It provides a UI object, WW3DWell, which is basically an entire application in a single object. Inside of test interface mode in IB, you can load in models, inspect them, manipulate them, photorealistically render them, add and manipulate shaders, etc. etc. If this sounds interesting, please, take the time to download these palettes and give me feedback. I was pretty disappointed last time with the lack of actual critical comments that I got. I'd like to get some real feedback this time, or I might just stop making this stuff available... Looking forward to hearing from you. Michael B. Johnson wave@media.mit.edu Computer Graphics & Animation Group MIT Media Lab
From: <me@mcs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New release of Archie for NEXTSTEP Date: 13 Apr 1994 23:46:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oiebd$8i9@digifix.digifix.com> Archie - A NeXT specific Archie client Archie 2.1 is a multi-architecture, 3.2 NeXTSTEP analog of George Ferguson's Xwindow based archie client. It provides all of its functionality with the niceties of the NeXTSTEP interface, as well as documents and interactive ftp sessions. The program is based on the query.[ch], ftplib.[ch], and Prospero library subset provided with George's 2.0 beta version of Xarchie. Changes This version contains a number of minor enhancements, all of which are concernced with the FTP side of the application. Specific enhancements over the 2.09a version include: "Mail Scott..." - Info submenu item that invokes a Mail.app compose session with my current email address. "What's Archie..." - Info submenu item that displays a document in the Help panel containg a general discussion of Archie as put together by Eric Anderson (eanders@sura.net). A splash of color - Yes, I finally bought a 486 color machine and just had to spice up some of the icons. Fixed the display of links - I now will resolve links in a very lazy fashion. A file item of the form "link_file -> link_target" displayed in the FTP session browser will resolve and redisplay itself when you select it. Link resolution is done with enough smarts (hopefully) to ensure that a given remote directory is only loaded once. "FTP Hosts..." - FTP submenu item that display a host/account editing panel that allows you to store commonly accessed hosts. Newly added items are saved into a .netrc style file in ~/.AppInfo/Archie.netrc. Any ~/.netrc entries you have are also loaded. Query & FTP window sizes - Both the query document windows and the interactive FTP session windows store any changes to their size so that subsequent windows use the new size. This information persists across invocations of Archie.app. Improved FTP transfer throughput - I am now performing the actual data transfer in a separate thread and the transfer rate is comparable to a command line ftp transfer. Bug fixes - I have fixed a number(most?) of the bugs that have been reported. New Limitations & Problems Hiding during FTP transfer - The "Abort" button in the transfer status panel now works. Since the status panel is displayed in a modal loop I have added a "Hide" button that allows you to dismiss the app. If you subsequently double click the app icon, the modal event loop is totally unresponsive to user events. This means that you can no longer abort the transfer using the abort button. However, note that you can abort the transfer by typing the Command-. (command key and the period key) combination because I poll NXUserAbort() each pass through the model loop. Display of links to links - Although links are now resolved and displayed when you select a "link -> link_target" style browser entry, if the link_target is also a link, I am not trying to resolve it. For problems existing in the previous version still not addressed, see the Readme section of the Help. Send in your comments I appreciate the input you have provided for previous versions, and I encourage all to continue to send me suggestions, and bugs, no matter how small. And finally, obtaining Archie The binary may now be obtained via anonymous ftp from cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Archie.tar.gz I will be putting out the source in short order. Scott Stark Sun Apr 10 03:12:25 CDT 1994 starksm@genesis.mcs.com (NeXT mail accepted)
From: menaf00@DMI.USherb.CA (FRANCOIS MENARD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: New PC Soundcard with NS/FIP support! Date: 14 Apr 1994 14:11:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ok119$ck0@digifix.digifix.com> MEDIATRIX INTRODUCES THE AUDIOTRIX PRO! SHERBROOKE, Quebec, Canada, March 9, 1994 Mediatrix Peripherals, Inc. announces the availability of the Audiotrix Pro PC sound board. The Audiotrix Pro is a high level sound board based on the brand-new Yamaha OPL4 sound chip and provides an amazing 44 voices of polyphony through a full General MIDI onboard synthesizer. The card also features 16-bit, 48KHz DAT quality sampling and playback, as well as Sound Blaster, Ad Lib, Roland MPU-401/MT32 and Microsoft Sound System hardware compatibility. The Audiotrix Pro also provides several optional daughterboards: an Effects Processor daughterboard to provide echo, reverb, flange, distortion, panning, chorus, pitch and surround sound processing; a Karaoke daughterboard to provide professional voice processing; an additional RAM daughterboard to download special sounds to be used as additional MIDI instruments; SCSI and other proprietary CD-ROM interface daughterboards are also available. The Audiotrix Pro includes an exceptional selection of software. Windows titles include Tune 1000's Soft Karaoke, The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks' SuperJAM! Jr., Midisoft MusicMagic, Midisoft Sound Impression, Mediatrix Windows Jukebox, Mediatrix DOS Jukebox and DOS playback utilities (including the DMP module player). The Audiotrix Pro is fully compatible with all major PC operating systems: DOS, Windows 3.1+ (WME), OS/2 2.1+ (MMPM/2), Windows NT and NeXT Step 486. The Audiotrix Pro has a suggested retail price of $295 US. However, until June 1, 1994, the Audiotrix Pro will be available directly from the manufacturer at an introductory promotional price of $195 US/$270 CDN. Mediatrix Peripherals, Inc. is a leading developer of PC multimedia sound adapter boards. Its product line features three PC sound boards: the Audiotrix Basic, the Audiotrix Gold and the Audiotrix Pro. Both headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The company markets its products to business, industry, original equipment manufacturers (OEM's) and to end-users. Please refer all inquiries to Mediatrix Peripherals, Inc. at (819) 829-TRIX. All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. MEDIATRIX PERIPHERALS INC. 4229 GARLOCK STREET, SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, CANADA J1L 2C8 TEL.: (819) 829-TRIX FAX: (819) 829-5100 BBS: (819) 829-5101
From: Moritz Willers <willers@butp.unibe.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PaperType1.1 Date: 14 Apr 1994 14:12:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ok122$ck6@digifix.digifix.com> README to PaperType.preferences This is a very simple Preference bundle. Nothing but a frontend to dwrite GLOBAL NXPaperType somePaperType (Letter, A4, etc.) Manly useful for European NeXT users to switch to A4 as default. That's why I wrote this, even though I only used it once and at the time wouldn't have needed it anymore. Maybe someone else does use it a second time. v1.0 Moritz Willers 17. August 1993 willers@butp.unibe.ch Institute for Theoretical Physics, Berne Switzerland v1.1 14. April 1994 Additions in version 1.1: it's now FAT to be found on ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util
From: Peter Kron <pkron@corona.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SkyView 1.1 Date: 15 Apr 1994 14:32:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ommjp$4gn@digifix.digifix.com> An new version of SkyView has been placed in the archives in cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/science/SkyView-1.1-MAB.compressed SkyView performs many of the functions of a planetarium. It allows you to see the appearance of the sky from any specified location on the earth. You can change the date and time for which the sky is displayed to see the sky as it looked in the past or as it will look in the future. SkyView is freely distributable. Release Notes 1.1 April 1994 Improved date/time panel interface. Now includes increment/decrement buttons (and page up/down keys) and uses a circular slider. Also handles daylight-savings-time and days-per-month automatically. Improved defaults handling. Now saves window frame positions. Tightened parts of the geometry code to speed up screen redraw and avoid identical redraws. Changed defaults owner from CDISkyView to SkyView to be consistent with appkit defaults. Contact: NeXTMail:Peter_Kron@corona.com Corona Design, Inc. P.O. Box 51022 Seattle, WA 98115-1022
From: amir@avalon.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sndTools - A replacement for sndplay & sndrecord Date: 15 Apr 1994 14:36:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ommqq$4hg@digifix.digifix.com> sndTools can be found on the ftp-sites: cs.orst.edu : /pub/next/sources/sound/sndTools_src_V1.00.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu : /pub/next/submissions/sndTools_src_V1.00.tar.gz - 2 tools to play and record sound files. They replace sndplay and sndrecord. Can play the formats: ".snd", ".snd.gz", ".snd.z" and ".snd.Z". Can record any NX_SOUNDSTREAM types. Contact me at : amir@avalon.unizh.ch or postal : Amir Guindehi, Am Guggenberg 4, 8053 Zuerich, Switzerland - Amir
From: amir@avalon.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: plipo - A portable lipo Date: 15 Apr 1994 14:36:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ommrh$4ho@digifix.digifix.com> Plipo can be found on the ftp-sites: cs.orst.edu : /pub/next/submissions/plipo.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu : /pub/next/submissions/plipo.tar.gz - A small PORTABLE LIPO. Should work on most unix. ;-)) plipo extracts the archive type you select from any FAT binaries. It is available as source. It should compile on most unix hosts. Contact me at : amir@avalon.unizh.ch or postal : Amir Guindehi, Am Guggenberg 4, 8053 Zuerich, Switzerland - Amir
From: amir@avalon.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SoundBlaster 8/16 driver, version 2.01 Date: 15 Apr 1994 14:37:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ommt5$4hv@digifix.digifix.com> The SoundBlaster driver can be found on the ftp-sites: sonata.cc.purdue.edu : /pub/next/submissions/SoundBlaster_V2.01.tar.gz cs.orst.edu : /pub/next/binaries/drivers/SoundBlaster_V2.01.tar.gz - A Sound Blaster driver for classic 8bit/16bit ISA Sound Blaster cards. SUPPORTS SOUNDBLASTER 16 PLAYING ! Supports SoundBlaster 8 playing & record Here are some technical data: !* IT'S FREE ! (No more a demo version) !* Supports 16 bit ISA SoundBlaster16 for playing !! * Supports classic 8 bit ISA SoundBlaster * Configurable for IRQ's 3, 5, 7 and 10 * Only DMA channels 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 * Only Port 0x220 * Only NS FIP 3.2 !* Has a driver inspector to activate the driver, to set the debug flag & to choose the card type. * Plays 4-44kHz (4-24kHz on classic SoundBlaster) * Records 4-12kHz * Supports NX_SoundStreamDataEncoding_Linear8 and NX_SoundStreamDataEncoding_Linear16 sound encoding It is available in Intel binary ONLY as it makes use of the DriverKit. So it runs only on NS FIP 3.2. Contact me at : amir@avalon.unizh.ch or postal : Amir Guindehi, Am Guggenberg 4, 8053 Zuerich, Switzerland - Amir
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@piglet.ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailEnclosure v0.15 Date: 15 Apr 1994 22:18:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2onhu2$7ur@digifix.digifix.com> An update release (no mail parsing added - sorry another month) on MailEnclosure.app (v0.15) has been placed on: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu The files are: MailEnclosure.MAB.0_15.tar.gz ; MAB binary MailEnclosure.src.0_15.tar.gz ; Source MailEnclosure.README MailEnclusure was designed to allow me to ship files around the net. I don't always deal with NEXTSTEP users and in particular I have friends using MIME and MSMail. The goal of this app is not to replace Mail.app but to allow the user just to handle other types of mail enclosures. Currently the app only generates other enclosure types but future revs should parse them as well. Version 0.15: 4/15/94 Modules are now dynamically loaded. Various Preferences Mail Files... Service menu entry. FileShelfView now shows file names a la Workspace Bug fixes Note Worthy: Directory/FileCollection A directory management class - loads all files in a directory an provides Borne type file matching to select subsets. ModuleMgr A class to manage dynamically loaded modules. Enforces category addherance. Searches path i.e. LocalLibrary:Library. Version 0.05: 3/25/94 Supports outgoing enclosures only. Supports: ASCII, NeXTMail, Script, MIME, MSMail. Minimal Help. No Preferences. Note Worthy: Info.subproj A nice, clean and useful info panel subproject. Has version number and mail to maintainer support. StringStorage/Filename Clean simple string class and filename category. FileViewShelf Simple but nice implementation of a drag and drop file shelf.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, April 21st Date: 16 Apr 1994 23:48:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2oqbhh$dre@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, April 21, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: Information Management's conference room 4th floor, Suite 430 (Decatur) Agenda: Demos of: Pages by Pages WriteUp from AFS Map to: Information Management, Inc. (IMI) 150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430 (4th floor) Decatur, GA (located between Church St. and Clairmont Rd. in Decatur; parking is available in a parking deck behind the offices; the parking deck is accessible from a sideroad that runs between Church and Clairmont) Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-841-6220 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@cc.gatech.edu Email: prie@acm.org
From: dcl@panix.com (David Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SchoolView BackSpace module on orst Date: 17 Apr 1994 23:29:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2osuqa$ihl@digifix.digifix.com> I just posted this source on cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/screen/SchoolView.tar.gz. It also contains a new Thinker.m for BackSpace.app that lets BackSpace ignore mouse movement again (a feature lost in either 3.1 or 3.2, I don't remember which). David C. Lambert dcl@homer.uu.panix.com (NeXTMail) >From the README: This is SchoolView, a BackSpace module that implements the flocking algorithm discussed in SIGGRAPH a few years ago (1989, 1990?) and used in Jurassic Park for the herd-o-dinosaurs scene. The code is public domain, although you'd probably need the article to follow the algorithm. Basically, a fish's acceleration is a weighted and prioritized sum of four different accelerations. They are (in order of priority): 1. Collision avoidance 2. Flock centering 3. Flockmate velocity matching 4. Target seeking The fish are implemented as a font for speed. Hope you enjoy it. Comments and suggestions to: David Lambert dcl@homer.uu.panix.com (NeXTMail ok) NOTE: Also included is a slightly modified Thinker.m for Backspace itself. You may have noticed that Backspace no longer lets you do something with the mouse, no matter what "- ignoreMouseMovement" returns. Well, it does, in case, you haven't noticed, and this Thinker.m fixes it, if you use it instead. (The problem had to do with the way Backspace tried to see if it should quit displaying the view - looking for the "autoDimmed" state.) I needed this for the "Follow Mouse" switch in SchoolView.
From: Howard R. Cole <hcole@tumbleweed.nrcabq.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Rendezvous - Satellite Tracking for NS Date: 17 Apr 1994 23:29:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2osur4$ihr@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Satellite Tracking Tripod Engineering is pleased to announce the availability of Rendezvous, a MAB NEXTSTEP compatible satellite tracking and Space Surveillance tool. Rendezvous will read standard NASA/NORAD two line element set files and graphically display the orbit as a ground trace in any of three different world projections including a NASA Select style globe. The solar terminator, earth coverage area, and satellite illumination conditions can be displayed on the map with the push of a button, providing an easy and intuitive means for determining if a satellite is visible from your location. Satellites may be flown forward or backward simply by changing the time in the clock, or selecting the day, month, or year in the handy calendar. The map is immediately updated to reflect the date and time you've selected. Ground station and satellite selections are displayed in browsers, and the engagement geometry between any set of sensors and targets may be viewed by selection in the browsers. Detailed plots of the engagement (azimuth, elevation, and range) can be shown in a separate window. A display of the sensor's field of view, including stars, targets, sun, moon, and earth horizon can be shown with the telescope inspector window, and the orientation of the sensor can be changed by adjusting the sliders. The sun and moon are displayed in the inspector window with their actual apparent size, and solar eclipses are displayed properly (lunar eclipses will be supported in the next release). Telescope boresight tracking supports four different modes. There is inertial tracking where the boresight remains fixed in inertial space as the telescope orbits. Second is fixed az-el mode in which an azimuth, elevation, and roll angle are specified in "local horizontal" coordinates. As the telescope orbits, the boresight slowly changes to maintain this az/el/roll in its current instantaneous local horizontal system. The third and fourth modes are target tracking modes in which the telescope boresight is locked on to single targets or the centroid of a cluster of targets selected from a browser. As the telescope orbits, its boresight always remains pointed at the target or centroid. For the adventurous souls, the element set can be displayed and changed in nine different coordinate systems. This allows quick conversion between the commonly used systems (ECI, ECR, Orbital Elements, etc), and lets the user perform "what-if" type experiments by changing the values of various parameters. For example, if you were responsible for discarding the solar panel from the Hubble Space Telescope, would you recommend giving it a boost forward, backward, or to the side? Each of these scenerios can be explored quite easily by changing the velocity compenent of the Hubble Telescope state vector and watching the ensuing trajectory. A demo copy of Rendezvous is available on sonata.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/next /submissions and at cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/demos/science. The Version 1.0 demo is restricted to propagating orbiting objects with a simulated epoch date prior to June 1, 1994. Registered versions are, of course, unrestricted. Rendezvous is being distributed by Alembic Systems - see the Info panel for information on current pricing and availability. Howard Cole Tripod Engineering hcole@zia.nrcabq.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 15 - 1994 Date: 18 Apr 1994 15:22:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oumli$mi3@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 15). Monday April 11 through Monday April 18 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 14 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: Faxcess(tm), fax panel access for Developers JOB OPPORTUNITY - NeXT Computer, IHV Program Manager SUBMISSION: DataPhile 2.1 Demo SUBMISSION: DBEdit Public Beta SUBMISSION: ShiTao.app v2.0 SUBMISSION: soundCheck3.1 - (Dietetically challenged [MAB]) SUBMISSION: RoachesView BackSpace PRESS RELEASE: Schema Research Ships Oracle-compatible SchemaE 1.2 and Plans Price Increase SUBMISSION: new release of some WavesWorld palettes (tcl & 3D) SUBMISSION: New release of Archie for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: New PC Soundcard with NS/FIP support! SUBMISSION: PaperType1.1 SUBMISSION: SkyView 1.1 SUBMISSION: sndTools - A replacement for sndplay & sndrecord SUBMISSION: plipo - A portable lipo SUBMISSION: SoundBlaster 8/16 driver, version 2.01 SUBMISSION: MailEnclosure v0.15 MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, April 21st SUBMISSION: SchoolView BackSpace module on orst SUBMISSION: Rendezvous - Satellite Tracking for NS If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 18 Apr 1994 15:23:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oummu$mi9@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 18 Apr 1994 15:25:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2oumrk$mij@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Much of this information is also available using the World Wide Web, <http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html> NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online --------------------------------------------------------- A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online --------------------------------------------------------- The NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is now available for product literature and pricing from NEXTSTEP developers. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Weitek 9000 Display Driver Released on NeXTanswers Date: 18 Apr 1994 23:11:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ovi4e$p0q@digifix.digifix.com> The new driver for the Weitek Power 9000 video adapter was released Friday and is now available through NeXTanswers. The Weitek Power 9000 display adapter device driver supports three models of display adapters: - Diamond Viper VLB - Diamond Viper PCI - Genoa VideoBlitz 9200VL All three cards support NEXTSTEP in 16-bit color at 1152 x 900 with 2 MB of VRAM, and in 32-bit color at 800 x 600 with 2 MB of VRAM. The driver is available via email or ftp from NeXTanswers, and can be requested by sending NeXTMail to nextanswers@next.com. The driver is NeXTanswer #1558, and the ReadMe file that contains information on how to install the driver is NeXTanswer #1557. If you do not have NeXTMail, please contact Technical Support at (800) 848-NeXT or (415) 424-8500 to request the new driver on floppy disk.
From: "Zacharias J. Beckman" <zac@dolphin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Dolphin Kit 3.22 NEXTSTEP Object Library Date: 18 Apr 1994 23:12:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ovi6g$p10@digifix.digifix.com> Press Release Dolphin Technologies Inc. Announces Dolphin Kit Object Library Release 3.22 For NEXTSTEP Contact: Dolphin Technologies Inc. 10329 Viretta Lane Beverly Glen, CA 90077-2723 800-843-0328 310-441-9021 (outside US) Zacharias J. Beckman April 15, 1994 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA--Dolphin Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the Dolphin Kit class library, version 3.22, for NEXTSTEP (both Intel and Motorola hardware). This upgrade to the Dolphin Kit library adds a number of new features and objects to the kit. The kit now contains over 28 objects and protocols which are common to most applications built today. Kit container classes such as the DSArray, DSNodeTree and DSSortedList have been greatly enhanced. These classes now integrate directly with NEXTSTEP objects such as the NXBrowser and DBTableView. String handling capabilities have been tremendously improved. The kit's string handling classes now support record management features. Regular expressions or constants are used to specify record delimiters. This capability make stream and text processing very easy when using the kit objects. Included in this new release is crash handling technology which will greatly aid in locating and fixing bugs. Crash handling is dealt with by automatically writing a backtrace to the console and, optionally, sending electronic mail with a copy of the backtrace to a specified address. This is particularly useful for situations in which an application crashes at a client site. It provides a rapid reporting mechanism to obtain information which is normally lost, and aids in reproducing problems which application users are often unable to recreate. The kit consists of a set of classes which run in the NEXTSTEP environment and provide common functionality that many applications require. The classes expand upon the existing NEXTSTEP API and deliver a proven set of software components to accelerate both in-house and mission critical software development. Dolphin Kit provides NEXTSTEP developers with an essential suite of classes from which to build applications. Included in the kit are classes for string manipulation, complex string parsing and regular expression handling, encapsulation of files, multitasking and management of C Threads at an object oriented level, handling Mach processes, containers such as sorted lists, arrays and tree classes, objects which directly generate and deliver NEXTMAIL, extended error and crash handling, and encapsulation of NXStreams. Dolphin Kit has been carefully architectured to provide a maximum of reusability and integration with existing NEXTSTEP classes. For example, kit data stores, such as the dynamic array class DSArray, integrate completely with the NEXTSTEP API by using the DBTableView class as a "front end" to display the container's contents. "In designing Dolphin Kit we made sure that the method names, parameter names and paradigms conformed to existing NEXTSTEP standards in the Application Kit, Database Kit, and Indexing Kit," said Carlos Salinas, Senior Engineer, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "Dolphin heavily leverages the kit in-house, both for our shrink wrap product development and our mission critical contracts," said Zacharias J. Beckman, Principal, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "The classes provide us with a proven and robust suite of objects which speed our development cycle tremendously. This allows us to focus on the important aspects of the project, rather than on recreating frequently used software components." Dolphin Kit is an integral part of Dolphin Technologies' development efforts, having been used in Dolphin's shrink wrap products such as Tar Viewer, an extension to the File Viewer that makes it possible to browse a "tar" file, and Author! Author!, NEXTSTEP's premier shrink wrap document management solution. Dolphin Technologies has also used the kit within its mission critical development contracts, such as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's PPI project, where the kit is used throughout the PPI applications. Dolphin Kit is available for a single-user license purchase price of $449.00 US (site licenses and source code licenses are available). For detailed information on the kit, send electronic mail to <info@dolphin.com> or contact Dolphin Technologies Inc. at 10329 Viretta Lane, Beverly Glen, CA 90077. Facsimile can be sent to 310-441-9041 and voice calls are accepted at 310-441-9021. Dolphin Technologies Inc. and Dolphin Software are headquartered in Beverly Glen, California. The company performs systems engineering, mission critical development, and object oriented consulting services, and develops shrink wrap NEXTSTEP applications. For additional information contact Dolphin Technologies Inc. at 800-843-0328. -- END -- Author! Author! is a trademark of Dolphin Technologies Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc. -- Zacharias J. Beckman - Dolphin Technologies Inc. - zac@dolphin.com - NeXTMAIL! To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy.... and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. --- R. A. Heinlen Those opinions I express herein are my own, I'm fairly sure. --- Z. J. Beckman
From: Christopher C McAfee <mcafee@CS.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group (BaNG) Thurs. April 21 Date: 18 Apr 1994 23:13:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ovi80$p16@digifix.digifix.com> Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting on Thursday, April 21, 1994 Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA (415) 926-3300 Contacts: Mike Gabrys, President info@bang.org (415) 327-BANG When: 7:00, Thursday, April 21 Topics: Software Demonstrations: * Andrew Stone, Stone Design, creator of 3DReality, Create, DataPhile, etc. * Robert Vasvari, author of RBrowser (a remote file system browser) Hardware Demonstration: * Pars International Computer, NEXTSTEP/Intel supplier BANG: Critical mass once again, looking for volunteers NEXTSTEP Expo NEXTSTEP/PA-RISC OpenStep Directions: SLAC is much easier to reach from 280. FROM 280: Take 280 towards Palo Alto, take the Sand Hill Road exit (east). Follow Sand Hill over a small hill, about one mile. The SLAC entrance will be on your right at 2575 Sand Hill Road. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance. FROM 101: Take 101 towards Palo Alto. Take the Embarcadero Road exit (west). Continue on Embarcadero a few miles, cross El Camino Real onto the Stanford campus. The road forks about a block later, take the right fork; you are now on Arboretum Rd. Follow Arboretum across Palm Drive and through the Stanford Shopping Center. Turn left onto Sand Hill Road. Follow Sand Hill Road for a few miles, crossing Foothill Expressway/Alemeda de las Pueguas (street has two names) and passing a Shell station on your right. The SLAC entrance will be on your left at 2575 Sand Hill Road. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance. ---------------
From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Edmonton NeXTstep user group Date: 19 Apr 1994 13:44:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p159a$fk@digifix.digifix.com> The next meeting of NEON, the NeXT Edmonton Owners Network, will be Thursday, Apr 21st at the University of Alberta. This month we will be demonstrating Pages by Pages. Location: Thursday, Apr 21st at 7:30 PM University of Alberta General Services Building Room 315 For more information about the meeting or the user group, please call Peter Karbaliotis at (403) 492-9927 (during the day) or e-mail at peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail ok).
From: jholly@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Full-time Positions at NeXT in California Date: 19 Apr 1994 13:44:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p15ae$fr@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT's Pre-Release Team is now hiring for several full-time temporary positions in Redwood City. This job has these benefits, among others: First-hand access to the most current versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP The job description is as follows: Process incoming bugs and suggestions from NEXTSTEP customers Verify (try to duplicate) bug reports Communicate with customers to get further information Submit bug reports to NeXT's Software Engineering team Assist with distribution of Pre-Release software to sites General assistance within the Pre-Release Team Requirements: 1 or more years hands-on experience with NEXTSTEP Have good verbal and written communication skills Be well organized and detail-oriented Be a fast learner Preferred: NEXTSTEP programming experience NEXTSTEP and other networking experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Important note: This position requires relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area for the duration of employment. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please send your resume in ASCII, RTF, or PostScript format to jholly@next.com, or fax your resume to (415) 780-4554 with attention to Joe Hollowood. Joe Hollowood Software Quality Supervisor NeXT, Inc.
From: info@stone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships Create 2.1 Date: 19 Apr 1994 22:50:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p259v$39v@digifix.digifix.com> Stone Design Ships Create 2.1 ALBUQUERQUE, NM, April 20, 1994 - Stone Design has begun shipping Create 2.1 on CDROM. According to Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design, "This release adds even more functionality to Create, proving the axiom that Create is the best-supported drawing package on NEXTSTEP. The CDROM allows us to ship an online Manual database and many tutorial documents, as well as demos of all of our apps" New Features for 2.1: * The Arc Tool was added. Now it's easy to do pie charts and accurate arcs with precision. * The Create DataWell and Selection Status Fields: - DataWell -The new datawell in each Create document has 6 different file types that you can drag out and drop in all conforming NEXTSTEP apps: EPS, TIFF, CreateImage, PS, RTF and ASCII. You can even drag them into any Create document, as a shorthand for copy/paste! What you get depends on the current type in the well, use the Data Type pop up to change to another data type. - Selection Status Field _ This field helps you identify what type of object is currently selected in your document. If more than one object is selected and they are all of the same type, it will display those objects's name. The Select Previous and Select Next buttons allow rapid selection of small objects. * Complete On-line Manual Database A complete, searchable online database is provided as an installable package. Once installed, this will place a new menu item in the Info submenu, Online Manual... This will launch DataPhile (included on the CDROM as a demo). * Double-Click a text object to edit Brought back by popular demand, you can quickly edit Super Text or Paragraph Text by double clicking it. * User patterns now flow with .createImage files This allows you to paste or drag and drop patterns that reside on the pasteboard or in a .createImage file into DataPhile or into another user's Create doc. * Many bug fixes to Version 2.0 Many bug fixes of mostly minor but annoying problems were addressed. Many system administrators won't buy a product that ends in "0" - and for good reason. This version is rock solid and ready to roll. New Features since Version 1.2: * NSFIP compatibility - Create 2.1 offers full compatibility with NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors on NeXT-qualified Intel-based hardware configurations and Motorola-based NeXT hardware. * Hot links to and from Create - < Include link buttons, icons and linked files in any Create document for automatic and manual updating; link to Create files from any other NEXTSTEP app that supports hot links. * Filter support - Create supports Bacchus' ImageAgent image filters; e.g. drag and drop GIFs and many other foreign graphic images into Create. * Multiple Pages - Add, duplicate, rearrange as many pages in a document as you like. * Animate - Allows you to display your pages in sequence and specify the delay between pages. * Unlimited Custom Patterns - Create stunning patterns with unlimited variety. Share with friends. * On-line Help - < Create 2.1 includes extensive on-line help based on the NEXTSTEP standard. You can click on any interface object to learn about it, and cruise through hyper text learning about Create. * Text into Editable Curves - Take any Super Text and turn into editable shapes. Create your own wild type! * Unlimited Undo - Tell Create how many edit actions to remember, then Undo to your heart's content; free up memory using the new Free Undo Buffers command. * Paintbrush Tool - Drag out a swath of color, smear a pattern and edit individual points along the outline. * Dynamic Date and Page Markers - You can add an automatically updating or fixed date markers, and auto-increment page numbers, to any document. Create 2.1 is offered in multiple-architecture binary form, making it compatible with both NeXT and Intel-based hardware running NEXTSTEP version 3.1 or later. In addition, Stone said, "We shall port to PA-RISC as soon as it's available." Create 2.1 can be shared on a network comprising both NeXT and Intel hardware; documents created on either machine can be opened on any other machine running the same version of Create. Create 2.1, which is available for media costs to registered users of Create 2.0 and $99 for registered users of Create 1.0, lists for $495. Trade-ups to Intel versions of all Stone software purchased between February 12, 1993 and May 21, 1993 are available free of charge to end users. To receive automated pricing information on Stone products, send email to: ns-products@digifix.com with a message containing the name of the file(s) you want to get: STONE_CD_SHIPS.rtfd Create_Version_2.1_PriceList.ps Create_Version_2.1_SHIPS.rtfd Create_Version_2.rtfd The files will be promptly returned by NextMail. If you have WWW, you can view these files directly, for example: <http://digifix.digifix.com/Vendors/Stone_Design_Corp.html> To send questions to a human: info@stone.com or call us at (505) 345 4800 *** Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. Create is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: info@stone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships STONE_CD CDROM Date: 19 Apr 1994 22:51:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p25b0$3a5@digifix.digifix.com> For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Ships STONE_CD CDROM ALBUQUERQUE, NM, April 20, 1994 - Stone Design began shipping the latest versions of Create, DataPhile and 3DReality for Motorola and Intel processors on the STONE_CD CDROM. The CDROM contains all three of Stone's applications, plus many never before available goodies: * DataPhile 2.1, including 12 meg online manual * Create 2.1, including 11 meg online manual * 3DReality 1.5 * Stone_Order - an application to receive price quotes from Stone via email * Many sample databases - available no where else * Many Create image and document files * Many 3DReality files * EPS and TIFFs, including the Castle, Himeji and the Rave "Demo the entire Stone Design suite of productivity software for NEXTSTEP for only $15 - and, because we believe in our software, we'll give you that $15 off your next purchase from us," said Stone Design's CEO, Andrew Stone. "I believe CDROM is the delivery media of the future - what a joy it was to not have to trim down the distribution to fit on floppies, and instead include all the cool samples and tutorials!" To receive automated pricing information on Stone products, send email to: ns-products@digifix.com with a message containing the name of the file(s) you want to get: Database: DataPhile_Version_2.1_PriceList.ps DataPhile_Version_2.1_SHIPS.ps DataPhile_Version_2.1_SHIPS.rtfd DataPhile_Version_2.rtfd Graphics: Create_Version_2.1_PriceList.ps Create_Version_2.1_SHIPS.rtfd Create_Version_2.rtfd 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_PriceList.ps 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_SHIPS.rtfd 3D_Reality_Version_1.5.rtfd The files will be promptly returned by NextMail. If you have WWW, you can view these files directly: <http://digifix.digifix.com/Vendors/Stone_Design_Corp.html> To send questions to a human: info@stone.com or call us at (505) 345 4800 -*- Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. DataPhile, Create, 3D Reality are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: info@stone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships 3D Reality Version 1.5 Date: 19 Apr 1994 22:51:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p25bt$3ab@digifix.digifix.com> For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Ships 3D Reality Version 1.5 ALBUQUERQUE, NM, April 20, 1994 - Stone Design, maker of the 3D modeling and rendering package 3D Reality, released a maintenance upgrade to the program today on CDROM. 3D Reality 1.5 runs on both Motorola and Intel processors. It provides a number of bug fixes and is available to registered users for $15; and is available at normal cost to others. "We©ve gotten an incredible amount of feedback since the release of Reality Halloween 1992," said Andrew Stone, CEO of the Albuquerque, NM-based software company. "We were the first to hit the market with a modeler/renderer for NEXTSTEP, and our experience there has paid off in the form of a better offering with this release." Reality 1.5, the user-extensible modeler, has been used to create some interesting fourth party modules. Michael "Wave" Johnson, as part of his doctoral thesis, implemented a modeling language, EVE, which plugs in as a module for 3DReality. To check this out, ftp his Wave's World from media.mit.edu:pub/WavesWorld. To receive automated pricing information on Stone products, send email to: ns-products@digifix.com with a message containing the name of the file(s) you want to get: STONE_CD_SHIPS.rtfd 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_PriceList.ps 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_SHIPS.rtfd 3D_Reality_Version_1.5.rtfd The files will be promptly returned by NextMail. If you have WWW, you can view these files directly, for example: <http://digifix.digifix.com/Vendors/Stone_Design_Corp.html> To send questions to a human: info@stone.com or call us at (505) 345 4800 -*- Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. 3D Reality is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP P/A-Jr, Connecticut Date: 19 Apr 1994 22:16:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p239t$31u@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked find a Junior Nextstep programmer to join a "crack" development team in Connecticut. One to two years Nextstep experience is ideal, but even a fresh grad with six to nine months of development experience on a "significant" project is OK. This project offers excellent growth and great application exposure. This Next oriented software development division of an $800 million company offers big corporation benefits while retaining small company teamwork and flexibility. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must NOT require sponsonship. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Screen Machine II Apps/Developer Kit Shippping Date: 20 Apr 1994 15:35:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p405d$8bd@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCREEN MACHINE II APPLICATIONS RELEASE 2.1 NOW SHIPPING SCREEN MACHINE II DEVELOPER KIT RELEASE 1.1 NOW SHIPPING Munich, March 30 - interpersonal-computing Germany announces today that they are now shipping release 2.1 of the award winning "Screen Machine II" for NEXTSTEP/INTEL 3.2. Screen Machine II is a real-time video digitizer, that digitizes images in true color or gray scale. "Screen Machine II" is also a multimedia board that is capable of displaying live video, in any size, on your VGA monitor. As well the "Screen Machine II Developer Kit" for creating video and multimedia applications, using the "Screen Machine II" multimedia board, is now shipping. SCREEN MACHINE II HARDWARE ===================================================================== The "Screen Machine II" multimedia board allows displaying and grabbing of live video on your computer screen on various operating systems, offering the best video quality available for PCs. The NeXT version was honored with the 1993 BEST OF BREED award by the NeXTWORLD magazine. "Screen Machine II" hardware offers * 24-bit true color (16.7 million colors) * 3 FBAS inputs, software selectable or * 1 FBAS and 1 S-Video input (max. 1Vpp 75 Ohm, AGC) * up to 4 Screen Machine IIs per PC * Geom. resolution of 640x480 NTSC, 768x576 PAL/SECAM * Screen res. of 640x480 up to 1120x832 (non interl.) * Screen Resolution of 1280 x 1024 (interlaced) * video scaling from icon size up to full screen * 1/60 sec. field NTSC (1/60 PAL) * 1/25 sec. frame NTSC (1/30 PAL) * 14.75 MHz with 2x oversampling * PAL, NTSC, SECAM SCREEN MACHINE II SOFTWARE ===================================================================== For software release 2.1 we have improved system performance and enhanced our "Screen Machine II" software. The new driver was written using the NEXTSTEP Driver Kit and now offers complete compatibility with the NEXTSTEP interface. "Screen Machine II" ships with the following software * SMCamera The SMCamera allows easily grabbing an organized store of images out of the live video. Printing options allow to print a single image or to print thumbnails as preview of several images. * SMPreview Live Video of every size and at any position on your computers screen. * SMAnimate Playback software for Screen Machine movies. * SMDemoPalette Demo version of the Screen Machine Palette. THE SCREEN MACHINE II DEVELOPER KIT, Object Ware ===================================================================== The "Screen Machine II" Developer Kit offers more than 200 Methods in 11 classes to access the video board. Programmers now have video available at their fingertips. The design was completely integrated into NEXTSTEP and InterfaceBuilder, so that you are able to integrate live video into your application in only a few minutes. Also included is an almost NeXT Dimension compatible class, which helps you porting software which was written for this board. retail prices: Screen Machine II (including SM II software 2.1) USD 1498 Screen Machine II developer kit v. 1.1 USD 998 availability: now For more technical information: interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY Phone: ++49 (0) 89 22 28 63 Fax: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 76 Email: sm@interpc.de NeXT Mail (international<20kB) Welcome Distributor: DART software GmbH Virchowstrasse 17-19 22767 Hamburg/GERMANY Phone: ++49 (0) 40 38023 0 Fax: ++49 (0) 40 38023 290 Email: sm@dart.de NeXT Mail (international<20kB) Welcome
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette Date: 20 Apr 1994 15:39:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p40d1$8cm@digifix.digifix.com> NibInfoPalette is an upper CASE tool that allows you to document your NeXT Interface Builder (NIB) files. It sits in IB as a passive palette object and is activated automatically as long as it is the activePalette when you save your NIB file. The report is written to a file with the same name as the NIB's wrapper but with an appended ".info" extension. Report formats can be customized by implementing methods which conform to the NIBINFO API. (See NibInfoMethods) The report format bundle (NibInfoMethods.bundle) is can be located in either. ~/Library/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle /LocalLibrary/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle The user's bundle takes precedence over the one in /LocalLibrary Suggestions/Comments to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk (Robert Nicholson) The palette can be found in cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/NibInfoPalette.tar.gz The palette works in NS3.1 and NS3.2
From: Yves Arrouye <Yves.Arrouye@imag.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SmartPackage 1.00 Alpha for NEXTSTEP 3.x Date: 21 Apr 1994 14:18:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2p6g1q$g71@digifix.digifix.com> SmartPackage 1.00 Alpha for NEXTSTEP 3.x ---------------------------------------- SmartPackage is intended to let you produce distribution packages usable by Installer but using gzip for better compression ratios. This is made by using two new scripts, smartpackage and smartchunkpackage to do the packaging and the multi-volume packaging. These scripts have command-line arguments compatible with the Installer ones. The SmartInstaller-produced packages can be installed with Installer as the regular ones, by double-clicking on them. You can even---at the cost of some disk space--- generate multiple-volumes packages that can be installed from any of the disks. This is the first alpha release of SmartPackage. It is not as complete as I wish it should be, but I would like to get some feedback about it before a real release is done. SmartPackage is written by Yves Arrouye <Yves.Arrouye@imag.fr> The idea for this came from Alberto Ricart <alberto@smartsoft.com> which did a good job of manually generating single-volume archives using funzip by Mark Adler. Contents -------- This directory contains full source, and a pre-compiled release for NEXTSTEP running on m68k and i386 machines. Installation ------------ Go into the SmartPackage subdirectory, choose an INSTALLDIR directory in the Makefile and type make install You can then use the scripts from your install directory. Documentation ------------- Read the NOTES and SUGGESTIONS file (this one may be completed by you and emailed back to me), and read the comments at the top of the smartpackage and smartchunkpackage scripts. This files are in the SmartPackage directory. Availability ------------ Get the files cs.orst.edu:pub/next/binaries/tools/SmartPackage.compressed cs.orst.edu:pub/next/binaries/tools/SmartPackage.compressed.README
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Meeting: Dallas Area NeXT Group (DaNG) Thurs 4/28/94 Date: 22 Apr 1994 22:24:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pa0te$qfm@digifix.digifix.com> THURSDAY, April 28th, 1994 7:00pm to 9:00pm The April meeting of the Dallas Area NeXT Group features an overview of the PAGES object-oriented document processor. Pages will be demonstrated, and its use and application will be discussed. ALSO -- please join us as we introduce David Eschleman of NeXT and Bob Ortega of Sun, who will be on hand to discuss the OPENSTEP initiative and what it represents for users, developers and resellers of NEXTSTEP. This will be a fun evening! Don't miss it -- admission is FREE to everyone! If this is your first DaNG meeting, or the first you will have attended in awhile, this meeting will be a great way to (re)acquaint yourself with NeXTSTEP -- the most respected piece of software on the planet. --- Dallas Area NeXT Group MEETING LOCATION THE SECOND FLOOR THEATRE Offices of Temerlin McClain 201 East Carpenter Freeway (114) Near 114 and O'Connor Road LAS COLINAS >From Downtown Dallas Take I-35 west to 183, then to 114 westbound (at Texas Stadium split). Exit O'Connor Rd., continue on westbound feeder road past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From North Dallas Take I-635 (LBJ frwy) west. Exit Valley View Lane (turn left under 635 overpass) and make first left onto O'Connor. Cross Northwest Highway (Spur 348) and continue into Las Colinas. Pass Williams Square (with horse fountain). Make left on Las Colinas Blvd, then first right on Mandalay. Right again on 114 West feeder, past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. >From Fort Worth Drive to D/FW Airport, North Entrance. Take 114 eastbound to O'Connor exit. Cross O'Connor on eastbound service road and turn left at Wingren Rd., then left again at the 114 westbound service road. Go past the Temerlin McClain sign and turn right into the parking garage behind the building and follow map to Temerlin McClain garage. Enter building, and ask the guard where the Second Floor Theatre is. FOR MORE INFORMATION Chris Bradley cbradley@bozell.com (214) 830-2273 (M-F, 9-5 CDT)
From: Timothy Reed <nobugs!friday!treed@gun.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT-icon@gun.com archives available on cs.orst.edu and Big Green CD 3 Date: 24 Apr 1994 22:18:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pf98q$a1j@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT-icon@gun.com Archives Administered by Timothy Reed, Black Market Technologies, Inc. Last Updated: Sun Apr 24 13:44:08 EDT 1994 The latest collection of icons posted by the members of the next-icon@gun.com e-mail list is now available. Users with direct Internet access may find the latest archives in cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/graphics/next-icon@gun.com.tar.gz. Those without direct Internet access will find very recent archives on the just-released Big Green CD 3 from Skylee Press; contact <info@skylee.com> for more information. The next-icon@gun.com list exists for the sharing of 48x48 and 64x64 pixel TIFF-format icons, and related information including relevant product reviews and how-to questions; next-icon@gun.com remains the only list of its kind in the known world that facilitates the distribution of cool artwork for NEXTSTEP or any computer platform. The next-icon@gun.com list is not moderated; please make sure that you post messages to the list that everyone is interested in. Do not send subscription requests ("I want to subscribe to this list") to next-icon@gun.com; send these requests only to next-icon-request@gun.com. Administrative requests posted to the entire list are at best ignored, and only serve to annoy hundreds of subscribers. For all administrative requests, including subscribe and unsubscribe requests, and questions about the list, send e-mail to: next-icon-request@gun.com To post a relevant question, an icon that you created, or a product review, send e-mail to: next-icon@gun.com Authors of original work are noted in the credit.rtf file in each folder. I know that I have missed a couple of credits (if I missed yours, please send me a correction). Assume that the original author holds a copyright on original work, and contact her/him before you distribute any work from this list in your own software. next-icon@gun.com is maintained as a service to the community by the Gotham Users of NeXT, Inc. (GUN), the New York City NeXT users' group, and the folks at Black Market Technologies, Inc., authors of Connect It!(TM), the UUCP and e-mail administrative application for NEXTSTEP and Solaris. Enjoy, Timothy Reed <next-icon-request@gun.com> Black Market Technologies, Inc. Brooklyn, NY +1 718 522-5090 (voice) +1 718 852-4249 (fax) treed@gun.com
From: mgritter@gac.edu (Mark Gritter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NeXTspim 1.0 Date: 24 Apr 1994 23:04:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pfbv1$a7s@digifix.digifix.com> NeXTspim is a NeXTstep port of XSPIM, the MIPS RS2000 simulator by James Larus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The program includes both "normal" SPIM and the cycle-level extensions to simulate the pipelined architecture. In addition to the pipeline, NeXTspim also includes simulations of instruction and data caches, as well as a transfer lookaside buffer. A small pseudo-operating system provides text input and output via syscalls. A minimal debugger is included as part of the emulator. NeXTspim was written under NeXTstep #################################################################### Path: informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!zib-berlin.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!nic.hookup.net!digifix!digifix!not-for-mail From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Paradigm Shift Corporation temporarily off-line Date: 25 Apr 1994 13:42:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 17 Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pgvel$dqn@digifix.digifix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: digifix.digifix.com Paradigm Shift Corporation (info@paradigm-shift.com) is in the process of moving to a new business location and as a result is temporarily off the net. We will be back on the net by this Friday, 4/29. In the meantime you can still contact us at nextinfo@aol.com (ASCII ONLY, NO NEXTMAIL PLEASE), and of course our same phone and fax numbers given below. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our customers who have been trying to contact us via e-mail since last Wednesday, 4/20. We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you from our new location! Paradigm Shift Corporation PO Box 14565 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone: (919) 682-8553 FAX: (919) 682-1126
From: ruprecht@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Erich Ruprecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NeXT User Group Austria (NUG.at) Wednesday 4/27/94 Date: 25 Apr 1994 13:43:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pgvfa$dqu@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Wednesday, April 27, 1994 Time: 6:30pm Place: Technical University of Vienna Freihaus Hoersaal 4 As guest we expect the Marceting Director of Bacher, official SUN representative at Vienna, Martin Moertinger, who is going to tell us something about the partnership between SUN and NeXT. We invite all members of our User Group and all interested people to this meeting and hope that numerous interested persons will appear! Erich Ruprecht Konrad Neuwirth Christian Greissing
From: leuker@drunol.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Leuker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ICAO.app 0.7b - An Aviation Utility Date: 25 Apr 1994 13:44:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pgvh2$dr6@digifix.digifix.com> We are proud to present: ICAO for NEXTSTEP v0.7b Some of you probably know that there is a map aviation utility out for LINUX and other platforms running an X-window environment. There was also a 'fast hack' NextStep version called 0.60b. ICAO is an interactive program. Its input is a so called "worldpart", which is an ASCII file containing descriptions of objects such as airports, roads, towns, radio beacons and the like. ICAO will use either Lambert or Mercator projection to generate a map from this worldpart. Now we have inhanced the NEXTSTEP release, made it look more NeXT like, etc. It is available at Site: ftp.cs.orst.edu Path: /pub/next/binaries/science Site: ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de Path: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Science/cartography Site: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Path: /pub/packages/icao/icao_4_NeXTSTEP Here is the latest version of the ICAO.app readme: ************************************************************ ICAO Map - An Aviation Utility (c) 1993 Martin Pauly NeXTSTEP Version (c) 1994 Stefan Leuker & Oliver Meyer * ICAO.0.7b.s.tar.gz: This is the source code Version of ICAO for NeXTSTEP. It contains nearly everything you need (you`ll also need flex) to successfully compile and run ICAO. Feel free to use this version and enhance the program, but be aware, that a *complete* new version is in the making. * worldpart.d.tar.gz This is a worldpart file for ICAO it's the same as the one delivered with the 0.60b. It contais data only for germany, but we hope to publish some more and other data in the very near future. ICAO should available at the following sites: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de ftp.cs.orst.edu omeyer@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de leuker@pool.infromatik.rwth-aachen.de ****************************************************** This file contains a brief description of ICAO Version 0.7b for NeXTSTEP, which has been released in April 1994. It is the NeXTSTEP Version of the well known ICAO for X11/Motif. ICAO is an interactive program running under NeXTSTEP. Its input is a so called "worldpart", which is an ASCII file containing descriptions of objects such as airports, roads, towns, radio beacons and the like. ICAO will use either Lambert or Mercator projection to generate a map from data. ICAO allows you to interactively work with the map on the screen, i.e. scroll it, use a rubber line to measure distances and tracks etc. Additional features are available for both motorized flights and soaring. Version 0.70b (the 'b' still meaning beta) is the second version that is released. Though ICAO is copyrighted software, it may be copied and used free of charge. See the licencing information in the ICAO manual that is distributed with ICAO. The following files have been uploaded to a number of FTP servers: * icao.README: You are currently reading this file. * ICAO.0.7b.NI.b.tar.gz: This is a compressed MAB executables for both NSfIP(=I) and black hardware(=N). It also contains a manual, but no data. * ICAO.0.7b.s.tar.gz: This is the source code Version of ICAO for NeXTSTEP. It contains nearly everything you need (you`ll also need flex) to successfully compile and run ICAO. Feel free to use this version and enhance the program, but be aware, that a *complete* new version is in the making. * worldpart.d.tar.gz This is a worldpart file for ICAO it's the same as the one delivered with the 0.60b. It contais data only for germany, but we hope to publish some more and other data in the very near future. ICAO should available at the following sites: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de ftp.cs.orst.edu omeyer@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de leuker@pool.infromatik.rwth-aachen.de ****************************************************** Stefan Leuker Huenefeldstrasse 25 52068 Aachen ++49-241-571158 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! NeXTmail is OK, but slow! ! Reply any News to ! ! ! leuker@POOL.informatik.rwth-aachen.de ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 16 - 1994 Date: 25 Apr 1994 14:02:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ph0ir$e07@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 16). Monday April 18 through Monday April 25 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 15 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Weitek 9000 Display Driver Released on NeXTanswers PRESS RELEASE: Dolphin Kit 3.22 NEXTSTEP Object Library MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group (BaNG) Thurs. April 21 MEETING: Edmonton NeXTstep user group JOB: Full-time Positions at NeXT in California JOB: NEXTSTEP P/A-Jr, Connecticut PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships Create 2.1 PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships STONE_CD CDROM PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships 3D Reality Version 1.5 PRESS RELEASE: Screen Machine II Apps/Developer Kit Shippping SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette SUBMISSION: SmartPackage 1.00 Alpha for NEXTSTEP 3.x Meeting: Dallas Area NeXT Group (DaNG) Thurs 4/28/94 SUBMISSION: Emacs for NeXTstep 4.0 is released NeXT-icon@gun.com archives available on cs.orst.edu and Big Green CD 3 SUBMISSION: NeXTspim 1.0 PRESS RELEASE: Paradigm Shift Corporation temporarily off-line MEETING: NeXT User Group Austria (NUG.at) Wednesday 4/27/94 SUBMISSION: ICAO.app 0.7b - An Aviation Utility If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 25 Apr 1994 14:02:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ph0jh$e0d@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 25 Apr 1994 14:02:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2ph0ju$e0j@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Much of this information is also available using the World Wide Web, <http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html> NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online --------------------------------------------------------- A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online --------------------------------------------------------- The NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is now available for product literature and pricing from NEXTSTEP developers. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: computerActive inc. announces Transport Canada Crisis Centre Project Date: 25 Apr 1994 22:40:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2phuva$gb5@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE: computerActive inc. announces the Transport Canada Crisis Centre Project The Security and Emergency Planning Group of Transport Canada has been mandated to provide a modern command, control and communications facility. This crisis centre would provide for the collection of information and the direction of Transport activities from one central location during any transport related emergencies that affect Canadians. In order to fulfill this mandate computerActive Inc. was contracted to create the Transport Canada Crisis Centre (TCCC) information handling system. This operational multi-media communication centre was created using the NeXTSTEP operating system as the Unix software platform of choice. With expertise in Unix and over three years experience integrating NeXTSTEP systems, computerActive Inc. employed a wide variety of Object Oriented Programming, (OOP) tools and technologies to accommodate the multitasking, multimedia content of the project. The project required the use of such innovative technologies as the collection and dissemination of Voice/ Video information as well as integrating voice mail, audio-visual sources, and telephone to a single headset, directly connected to the NeXTSTEP platform. Using network wide transparent file management tools, issues of distribution and information sharing were addressed. Through these tools TCCC staff automatically initiate procedures, emergency contact lists and other applications for specific types of emergencies. The capability of sending multi-media email through the Internet was also provided. Other operating systems such as Apple Macintosh, DOS, Main Frame Connectivity and Video/Cable Television Interface are seamlessly connected. This automates certain job activities enabling the user to devote attention to the emergency issues. Depending on the type of crisis, different teams of experts are called upon. Training was a big issue. However, with NeXTSTEPs intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) and because of the implementation of a high percentage of activities behind the scene, the average user was up to speed within days. The Transport Canada Crisis Centre collects, processes and communicates decisions and information through a facility that is both innovative and state of the art. Canadians can be proud of what both Transport Canada and computerActive have accomplished with the successful creation of this centre. This is an exciting Canadian project that is gaining interest and being monitored Worldwide. For more information contact: Steve Murphy computerActive Inc. 613 225 4824 steve@computeractive.on.ca Mike Lemay Transport Canada Crisis Centre 613 947 5071
From: sbeck@marais.math.lsu.edu (Stephen David Beck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Csnd.app v1.1a for NeXTStep Date: 25 Apr 1994 22:41:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2phuvv$gbb@digifix.digifix.com> Csnd.app version 1.1a for NeXTStep Computers (4/25/94) ============================================ Csnd.app is a graphic interface to MIT Csound (by Barry Vercoe), written by Stephen David Beck of School of Music at Louisiana State University. It is inspired in large part by the earlier Snd.app by Peter Yadlowski of the University of Virginia. Csnd.app was compiled on black hardware under 3.0, and should run on any black hardware running 3.0 or higher. Csnd.app is available via ftp: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/sound/Csnd.app.v1.1a.README ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/sound/Csnd.app.v1.1a.tar.Z Version 1.1a features the following changes: - Compile sounds to floating point - Use Midi files & extract files in compile - Import Midi files into project - Upgrade to March 1994 csound binary - Bug fixes in subprocess manager - Csound example files now included Csnd.app also has the following features: - It can access files from any available directory; - Csnd.app creates a separate process to compile files, returning control to the user as soon as the compiling begins; - It has services to send the following messages from Edit to Csnd.app: - recompile last orc & sco file - import file to project - search MIT Csound Quick Reference for selection - Double-click on browser calls appropriate edit program for file Csnd.app also takes advantage of the analysis programs built-in to MIT Csound, and provides an intuitive interface to them. Some of the analysis features are: - Soundfile display and playback - Analysing all or only selected portion of soundfile - Analysis generated by Csound are automatically imported to projects upon completion. For more information, e-mail: sbeck@math.lsu.edu ========================== Stephen David Beck School of Music Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Driver for BusLogic BT-445S SCSI Adapter Date: 25 Apr 1994 22:41:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2phv0b$gbh@digifix.digifix.com> Version 1.0 of BusLogic BT-445S SCSI Adapter Device Driver for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors. Driver has been uploaded to ftp.cs.orst.edu and placed in the submissions directory. Driver should be moved to the /pub/next/binaries/drivers directory. The appropriate files are: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicBT445S.README ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicBT445S.tar.Z The driver replaces the NeXT's universal Adaptec154xDriver on BT-445S card. Driver uses BT-445S 32-bit addressing mode, therefore the disk performance is a little bit better on computers with more than 16 MB RAM. The increase of performance is according to DrivePerformance.app about 8% on 486DX2/66 with 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GB TOSHIBA MK538FB SCSI-2 drive. The driver works with BT-445S firmware version 3.31C - we didn't have a chance to test other versions of firmware. The BusLogic BT-445S driver for NSFIP is a freeware. This means that the driver must be redistributed unmodified and free of charge for anybody, who is interested in. Contact: Tomas Hurka Ondrej Cada Hukatronic (H.C.C.) OCSoftware Kankovskeho 8 Pernerova 51 182 00 Praha 8 180 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic Czech Republic e-mail: tom@hukatronic.cz e-mail: ocs@earn.cvut.cz
From: "Carl Edman" <cedman@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Emacs for NeXTstep 4.0 is released Date: 25 Apr 1994 22:43:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2phv4i$gc4@digifix.digifix.com> Two packages have been made available: ftp.cs.orst.edu:pub/next/binaries/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.pkg.tar.gz ftp.cs.orst.edu:pub/next/sources/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.src.tar.gz This is the content of the README file. Carl Edman --------------------------------------------------------------------- Emacs for NeXTstep 4.0 ====================== This is the first public release of Emacs for NeXTstep (**). This is a version of GNU Emacs 19.22 (the latest release as of this writing) which has been enhanced so that it supports NeXTstep windows, colors, fonts, menus a.s.o. in the same way the stock Emacs 19 supports X. In addition it also supports some special NeXTstep only features like font and file panels, NeXTstep services, opening documents in Emacs by double-clicking them in the workspace, NeXTstep style pop up and pull down menus, cooperation with ProjectBuilder, drag and drop, ISOLatin character set, automatic saving on logout, NeXTstep defaults and a look and feel which honest people can describe as being different from ugly. None of the capabilities of GNU Emacs 19.22 have been lost, so this Emacs will still run without problems under a dumb terminal and virtually all Emacs Lisp software written for GNU Emacs under X will run without modifications under NeXTstep. Creating a single binary which will run under NeXTstep, X or a dumb terminal (depending on how it was launched) requires nothing more than recompiling the source with a different compiler switch (see installation instructions). So very likely this is the only Emacs you'll ever need which is lucky considering how big a complete Emacs installation is and how much work it can be. To reduce that amount of work, there are two archives available -- a fat binary-only Installer package Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.pkg.tar.gz, and a full source distribution Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.src.tar.gz. The binary distribution is fully functional, comes with complete online documentation and should only take a few minutes and less than 10 MBytes of disk space to install. If you don't have a developer package or the 40 MBytes or so of free disk space which installing Emacs from sources temporarily needs, you should get this package. However, you need to get and make the full source distribution under any of these conditions: (a) You run NeXTstep on any hardware other than NeXT or Intel hardware (e.g. HP PA). (b) You need an Emacs binary which also runs under X. (c) You don't have write access to your /LocalApps directory and need to install Emacs somewhere else. (d) You want to dump a customized Emacs. (e) You don't just want to browse the online documentation but also want to print it out in a pretty form. For more details on how to customize Emacs to your liking, read the online documentation (menu item Info/Info) and in particular the NeXT specific sections (menu item Info/Info about Emacs for NS). Emacs for NeXTstep runs only under NS 3.x (and for best results use NS 3.2 or later). Carl Edman April 22, 1994 <cedman@princeton.edu> ** So why in the world is it called version 4.0 ? To avoid confusion with the older Emacs.app interface (lately up to version 3.1) which is completely unrelated except for the fact that its author, Michael Brouwer, has been a major contributor to this project as well. And even he has replaced the old Emacs.app with Emacs for NeXTstep.
From: Luis Arias <luis@elysia.fdn.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Elysia Announces Support for HP ScanJet Scanners Date: 26 Apr 1994 00:44:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pi683$h90@digifix.digifix.com> For more information, please contact: Luis Arias Elysia, Inc. 13, avenue Morane Saulnier 78140 Velizy France [33] (1) 30 70 63 42 [33] (1) 34 65 36 79 fax luis@elysia.com ELYSIA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR HP SCANJET SCANNERS IN ITS SCANKIT OBJECTWARE Paris, France, APRIL 25, 1994 -- Elysia is pleased to announce support for the HP ScanJet IIcx and the HP ScanJet IIp in its ScanKit ObjectWare package. The HP ScanJet IIcx is a flatbed scanner which may scan in color and black and white. Supported resolutions go up to 1600 dots per inch. Image data may be gray scale with 16 or 256 gray levels or in color with 16.7 million available colors. The ScanKit currently supports the following scanners: Epson GT-4000 Epson GT-6000 Epson GT-6500 Epson GT-8000 Ricoh IS60 Ricoh IS410 Fujitsu 3096 Fujitsu ScanPartner 10 HP ScanJet IIcx HP ScanJet IIp Elysia is a VAR of NeXT products in France. We design and implement document management applications using object oriented software technology. ScanKit is a registered trademark of Elysia, Inc. ScanPartner is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Limited. NEXTSTEP and ObjectWare are registered trademarks of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Eric A. Litman <resumes@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Multiple openings in Baltimore, MD Date: 26 Apr 1994 16:11:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pjsgv$ljq@digifix.digifix.com> Progressive Baltimore Financial Services firm has immediate openings for the following positions: (1) Oracle DBA This potision is within the organization's growing MIS dept. Responsibilities will include working with the development staff to maintain existing database schema, as well as help design new models. As this is a critical staff position, strong communications skills are a must, as is a willingness to work alone and under direct supervision in a team environment. The ideal candidate will posess the following capabilities: o 3-5 years experience with Oracle RDBMS o BS or MS in computer science or related o Oracle 7 experience required o Extensive knowledge of SQL o Unix, NeXTSTEP experience o Strong communications skills (n) Junior NeXTSTEP staff Several openings exist within the organization to fill junior to mid-level NeXTSTEP positions. Preferably, applicants will have both system administration and some software development skills. The positions will require software testing and quality assurance, assisting the system administrator to maintain local and wide-area network links, product evaluation, and ultimately NeXTSTEP software development. Recent grads are welcome to apply. The following are the requirements for the available positions: o Strong NeXTSTEP background o BS or MS in computer science or related o Experience with heterogeneous Unix environments o Excellent oral and written communications skills o Openness, willing to work as part of a growing team Please respond to this post only if you meet the qualifications for these specific positions. We do not anticipate in the near future having a requirement to fill positions that do not match these qualifications. Send your response via electronic mail to resumes@proxima.com, or fax them to (410) 296-3311, ATTN: MIS Director. Please reference this post in your cover letter.
From: "Zacharias J. Beckman" <zac@dolphin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Development Position, Dolphin Technologies Inc. Date: 26 Apr 1994 18:02:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pk31n$mup@digifix.digifix.com> Objective C, NEXTSTEP, Database Guru San Francisco Bay Area & Los Angeles Area Consulting & Contracting Revised Apr-26-1994 Requirements ------------ Dolphin Technologies Inc. is searching for experienced NEXTSTEP, object oriented and database programmers who know the NEXTSTEP API and Objective C implementation well. Our priority is to hire or contract people with these skills already in place. If you do not have this experience, please submit your resume only if you highly qualify in all other areas. Company Background ------- ---------- Dolphin Technologies Inc. is a high-technology consulting and contracting firm located in southern and northern California. We are now seeking employees and consultants to facilitate our expansion into several new contracting fields. The company specializes in NEXTSTEP custom application development, particularly of Information Management Systems. Our current market includes both the custom application arena as well as possible expansion into the shrink-wrapped software market in the longer term. Part of the Dolphin Technologies work ethic is an informal, friendly atmosphere in which such activities as "work-at-home" and telecommuting are common. Our emphasis is on developing an organization of highly talented computer professionals with the ability to build a leading firm, and the desire to explore new frontiers of computer science and the work environment. Career Growth ------ ------ The opportunity to be involved in upwardly visible projects are ever present. Contracting and consulting in challenging and prominent positions is a must with Dolphin Technologies. We continue to pursue mission critical development from which all of our employees and principals will learn and expand their abilities, as well as establish an impressive success record. Job Description --- ----------- All Dolphin Technologies employees must demonstrate a wide range of skills. We have no illusions about trying to fit everyone into a specially designed slot, but rather work to expand the experience and skill of each person in the company. Accordingly, Dolphin Technologies offers a high degree of flexibility within the organization. Our current needs are for dynamic individuals able to take a project in its entirety. A significant commitment to off-site consulting and travel must be available for our consultants. Our Bay Area and southern California employees can look forward to challenging in-house development, spending limited amounts of time at client sites. Opportunities for high compensation in return for dedicated work "over and above" the commonplace position exist. Required Skills -------- ------ 1. At least 1+ years of NEXTSTEP development, either professionally or on a "personal" basis. An understanding of the NeXT and Mach environments, with complete skills in the use of Interface Builder and the NEXTSTEP API are needed. Most importantly, a strong commitment to NeXT and an even stronger desire to work with the NEXTSTEP platform. 2. More than 2+ years of development using Objective C or C++, and a very thorough understanding of Object Oriented Design and Object Oriented Programming principles. Expert knowledge of constructors and destructors, operator and function overloading, virtual functions, polymorphism, static members and similar concepts required (as apply to C++); also, dynamic binding, messaging, methods, classes, categories, remote messaging and protocols (as apply to Objective C) is excellent. 3. More than 2+ years development in the UNIX workstation environment, with work in IPC, multiprocessing and multithreading a plus. Abilities in system administration and networking also a strong plus. 4. Thorough understanding of specific database languages and systems, such as SQL, Sybase and Oracle. Object oriented database experience is excellent. 5. Dynamic personality and ability to present yourself well at the client site. Ability and willingness to travel to varying degrees, depending on your position within the company. 6. Capable and willing to put forth an extra effort when required. 7. B. S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline, or a comparable level of experience gained from within the programming field. Beneficial Skills ---------- ------ 1. Strong background in information management technologies, such as Document Management Systems, Relational Database Systems, Object Oriented File Systems, and the like. 2. Experience with X/Windows, Motif, MS-Windows or Macintosh programming. 3. Advanced degree in the computer science field. Who To Contact --- -- ------- If you are interesting in joining Dolphin Technologies, please contact us by any of the following means. Include a cover letter and a copy of your resume. Resumes should be no more than two pages in length, concise and to the point. Do not send your resume to the person posting this advertisement. Norman B. Furlong Dolphin Technologies Inc. 10329 Viretta Lane Beverly Glen, CA 90077 FAX: 310-441-9041 Voice: 800-843-0328 Email: resumes@dolphin.com (ASCII/NEXTMAIL only)
From: "Zacharias J. Beckman" <zac@dolphin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Dolphin Technologies Announces Dolphin Kit 3.22 Date: 26 Apr 1994 22:47:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pkjnr$o3q@digifix.digifix.com> Dolphin Technologies Inc. Announces Dolphin Kit Object Library Release 3.22 For NEXTSTEP Contact: Dolphin Technologies Inc. 10329 Viretta Lane Beverly Glen, CA 90077-2723 800-843-0328 310-441-9021 (outside US) Zacharias J. Beckman April 20, 1994 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA--Dolphin Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the Dolphin Kit class library, version 3.22, for NEXTSTEP (both Intel and Motorola hardware). This upgrade to the Dolphin Kit library adds a number of new features and objects to the kit. The kit now contains over 28 objects and protocols which are common to most applications built today. Kit container classes such as the DSArray, DSNodeTree and DSSortedList have been greatly enhanced. These classes now integrate directly with NEXTSTEP objects such as the NXBrowser and DBTableView. The DSThread and DSProcess classes have been enhanced to fully support multithreading with this release. The kit now provides complete facilities to create, manage and coordinate multiple threads of execution at the object level. String handling capabilities have been tremendously improved. The kit's string handling classes now support record management features. Regular expressions or constants are used to specify record delimiters. This capability make stream and text processing very easy when using the kit objects. Included in this new release is crash handling technology which will greatly aid in locating and fixing bugs. Crash handling is dealt with by automatically writing a backtrace to the console and, optionally, sending electronic mail with a copy of the backtrace to a specified address. This is particularly useful for situations in which an application crashes at a client site. It provides a rapid reporting mechanism to obtain information which is normally lost, and aids in reproducing problems which application users are often unable to recreate. The kit consists of a set of classes which run in the NEXTSTEP environment and provide common functionality that many applications require. The classes expand upon the existing NEXTSTEP API and deliver a proven set of software components to accelerate both in-house and mission critical software development. Dolphin Kit provides NEXTSTEP developers with an essential suite of classes from which to build applications. Included in the kit are classes for string manipulation, complex string parsing and regular expression handling, encapsulation of files, multitasking and management of C Threads at an object oriented level, handling Mach processes, containers such as sorted lists, arrays and tree classes, objects which directly generate and deliver NEXTMAIL, extended error and crash handling, and encapsulation of NXStreams. Dolphin Kit has been carefully architectured to provide a maximum of reusability and integration with existing NEXTSTEP classes. For example, kit data stores, such as the dynamic array class DSArray, integrate completely with the NEXTSTEP API by using the DBTableView class as a "front end" to display the container's contents. "In designing Dolphin Kit we made sure that the method names, parameter names and paradigms conformed to existing NEXTSTEP standards in the Application Kit, Database Kit, and Indexing Kit," said Carlos Salinas, Senior Engineer, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "Dolphin heavily leverages the kit in-house, both for our shrink wrap product development and our mission critical contracts," said Zacharias J. Beckman, Principal, Dolphin Technologies Inc. "The classes provide us with a proven and robust suite of objects which speed our development cycle tremendously. This allows us to focus on the important aspects of the project, rather than on recreating frequently used software components." Dolphin Kit is an integral part of Dolphin Technologies' development efforts, having been used in Dolphin's shrink wrap products such as Tar Viewer, an extension to the File Viewer that makes it possible to browse a "tar" file, and Author! Author!, NEXTSTEP's premier shrink wrap document management solution. Dolphin Technologies has also used the kit within its mission critical development contracts, where it greatly speeds development and rollout of the project. Dolphin Kit is available for a single-user license purchase price of $449.00 US (site licenses and source code licenses are available). For detailed information on the kit, send electronic mail to <info@dolphin.com> or contact Dolphin Technologies Inc. at 10329 Viretta Lane, Beverly Glen, CA 90077-2723. Dolphin Technologies Inc. and Dolphin Software are headquartered in Beverly Glen, California. The company performs systems engineering, mission critical development, and object oriented consulting services, and develops shrink wrap NEXTSTEP applications. For additional information contact Dolphin Technologies Inc. at 800-843-0328. -- END -- Author! Author! is a trademark of Dolphin Technologies Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
From: market@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ATI PCI Video device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 Date: 27 Apr 1994 11:17:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2plvmv$sku@digifix.digifix.com> Houston, TX, April 26, 1994 - Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation announces the availability of the ATI PCI Video driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2. PCI ATI display adapter device driver supports only ATI PCI bus on-board display adapter at the following display modes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- PCI ATI Mach32 graphics controller with STG 1700 (SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics) RAMDAC VRAM 2MB Grey scale 8 bits per pixel 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, 72Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz, 76Hz 1120 x 832 @ 60Hz, 68Hz 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz 2MB Color 16 bits per pixel 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, 72Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz, 76 Hz 1120 x 832 @ 60Hz, 68Hz --------------------------------------------------------------------- PCI ATI Mach32 graphics controller with ATT20C498 RAMDAC VRAM Greyscale 8 bit 2MB 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, 72Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz, 76Hz 1120 x 832 @ 60Hz, 68Hz 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz 2MB Color 16 bit 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, 72Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz, 76 Hz 1120 x 832 @ 60Hz, 68Hz 2MB 24-bit TrueColor 800 x 600 @ 60Hz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Computer Systems PCI ATI display adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the PCI systems with on-board ATI-based display adapter (Dell OmniPlex). Contact your nearest NEXTSTEP Reseller for pricing and availability. Talus has been providing custom NEXTSTEP based application development expertise since 1990. For more information contact: Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation 10602 Chapel Hill Drive Houston, Texas 77099 EMAIL: info@talus.com TEL: (713) 561-0700 FAX: (713) 561-5428
From: market@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Wingine Video device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 Date: 27 Apr 1994 11:18:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2plvnl$sl4@digifix.digifix.com> Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation releases the Wingine Video device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 Houston, TX, April 26, 1994 - Talus Corporation announces the availability of the Wingine Video driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2. The driver support the following modes: Grey scale 8 bits per pixel 800x600 60Hz Bt485 1024x768 60Hz, 66Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz Bt484, Bt485 1152x900 60Hz, 70Hz Bt485 1280x1024 60Hz, 66Hz Bt485 Color 16 bits per pixel 800x600 60Hz Bt485 1024x768 60Hz, 66Hz, 70Hz, 72Hz Bt484, Bt485 1152x900 60Hz, 70Hz Bt485 True color 24 bits per pixel 640x480 60Hz Bt485 800x600 60Hz ) Bt485 Supported Computer Systems Bt484 - Wingine card with Brooktree 484 RAMDAC based computers ( Lucky GoldStar, JCIS, etc. ) Bt485 - Wingine card with Brooktree 485 RAMDAC based computers ( eCesys, etc ). Contact your nearest NEXTSTEP Reseller for pricing and availability. Talus has been providing custom NEXTSTEP based application development expertise since 1990. For more information contact: Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation 10602 Chapel Hill Drive Houston, Texas 77099 EMAIL: info@talus.com TEL: (713) 561-0700 FAX: (713) 561-5428
From: market@nextsrv1.andi.org (Marketing Director) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NCR 53C810 SCSI device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 Date: 27 Apr 1994 11:18:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2plvo5$sla@digifix.digifix.com> Houston, TX, April 22, 1994 - Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation announces the availability of the NCR 53C810 SCSI driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2. The NCR 53C810 has been designed to connect to the emerging industry standard PCI Bus achitecture. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Computer Systems Dell Omniplex DEC XL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact your nearest NEXTSTEP Reseller for pricing and availability. Talus has been providing custom NEXTSTEP based application development expertise since 1990. For more information contact: Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation 10602 Chapel Hill Drive Houston, Texas 77099 EMAIL: info@talus.com TEL: (713) 561-0700 FAX: (713) 561-5428
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: WriteUp and MegaMeeting recap Date: 27 Apr 1994 15:34:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pmenk$d8@digifix.digifix.com> BCS NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, May 3rd, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00 P.M. 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Rumors of the Month 7:20PM WriteUp We will get a first look at AFS' new word processor, WriteUp. 8:00PM BCS MegaMeeting recap The BCS held its annual MegaMeeting on April 9th and 10th. We will talk about what the NeXT User Group displayed at our booth. We will discuss some of the interesting products and exhibits on display at the MegaMeeting. 8:20PM Q&A 9:40PM General milling around that will result in some of us going off to dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information or directions please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: (617) 628-4136 (H) (508) 659-6729 (W) email: jamie@ftp.com
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Bundled NEXTSTEP Applications for the Office Date: 27 Apr 1994 15:55:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pmfvs$kj@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Dr. East G-228 Englewood CO 80112 (303).799.6223 (303).799.1709 fax 800 452.7608 e-mail:info@alembic.com 34 Alexandra House 333 Kings Road London SW3 5ET +44(0)71.351.9980 +44(0)71.351.3117 fax e-mail:info-europe@alembic.com ESSENTIAL OFFICE PAK - Bundled NEXTSTEP Applications to Enhance the Office Objective. Denver Colorado, April 27, 1994 - Office applications for users of NEXTSTEP are now bundled to offer the customer a comprehensive set of tools at a special price. Alembic Systems International has bundled Write-Up, VarioData, Questor and Graphity to produce "The Essential OfficePak." Until June 1st, 1994, the Essential OfficePak is available $995.00-normal list price of $1,838 "With service and support behind our products, many customers have wanted a bulk deal instead of having to go through the buying process four times." Said Dale Pratt, Vice President of Alembic "This bundle eliminates such hassles, and saves the customer money." Further money saving opportunities are available to NEXTSTEP users via a quarterly CD that reviews the latest notable events, provides a wealth of new demonstration applications, special pricing opportunities, as well as industry trends happening in the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Market. "Its all intended to give the NEXTSTEP user what they have been asking for all along," Pratt said "a true resource to compliment NEXTSTEP." *** Write-Up Native NEXTSTEP Word Processing. Write-Up is the new word processor designed from the ground up on NEXTSTEP objects. Fast and Flexible, Write-Up provides the processing power NEXTSTEP users have asked for. Features: # # # Text Processing -- Fonts: multiple faces and sizes. Attributes: bold, italic, underline, superscript, subscript, small caps. Justification: left, center, right, full. Line spacing: preset or variable. Hyphenation: automatic. Color: drag-and-drop from standard color panel. Style sheets: global and document-specific. Case change operations: lower, upper, capitalize. Date/time codes. Inline graphics, with baseline support. Emacs keybindings, including forward delete and transpose operations. Graphics Processing -- Drag-and-drop scalable graphics. Automatic text overlay or runaround # # # Document Processing. Full WYSIWYG display, including headers, footers, and graphics. Page navigator: thumbnail view for easy maneuvering through documents. Multiple document views: different pages and/or zoom factors. Margins: document and paragraph-specific. Floating Rulers: tab, margin, and indentation settings. Headers/Footers: single or odd/even pages, option to exclude first page. Zoom in/out: 10% to 1600%, WYSIWYG placement, sizing, and editing of all document elements. Automatic page numbering, Roman or Arabic style, Manual page breaks. # # #Document Management/Other -- Standard file handling: new, open, save, save as, revert to saved, etc. Template documents: load/save. Import formats: ASCII, RTF, WordPerfect, WriteNow, TIFF, EPS. Spell checking. On-line help. Internationalization: Dictionaries and hyphenation for numerous languages (call for details) All program messages in easily modified string tables. User interface (nib) files available for editing. User-selectable decimal align character *** VarioData The multi-user database application for NEXTSTEP VarioData contains two applications: VarioBuilder and VarioData. VarioBuilder is used to create a new database and modify an existing one, while VarioData is primarily used for the actual database front-end itself. VarioBuilder: # # # Create and modify any user-definable database layout. Multimedia database elements: texts(ASCII, RTF), numbers, date, time, switch, pop-up list, images, sounds, key words, files, formula, text drag-and-drop, e-mail connection buttons. Multiple database windows. Create any database by drag-and-dropping elements. Easy-to-use inspectors for each element. User-definable formulas for every element. Default values, serial numbers, automatic input like user name, time of modification, date of creation etc. Unique fields, fields that have to be filled. Date, time, number input, text length, upper case formats. Drag-and-drop of background images, colors, text colors. Input order definition. Extended on-line help VarioData: # # # Report design elements--squares, circles, lines, freehand lines, polygons, texts, and more. Drag-and-drop text, images, colors, text colors. Formulas: text, number, date, time, logical, mathematical functions, merge with database contents. Formula inspector: define formula, choose function from list. Report layout inspector: define lines, arrows, etc. Barcode generation. Multi-page report. User-definable labels. Help lines for texts, ruler, alignment, definable grid, fonts, etc. Database: new, change, delete, find, find all, find plus, find minus, extended find conditions: <=, >=, between, one or more conditions simultaneously. Drag-and-drop images (tiff, eps, ps, ai), sounds, texts (ASCII, RTF<) into the database and out to other apps or file viewer. All records are shown in the user-definable listbox. Define the order of the listbox columns, which are displayed or hidden, ascending or descending order for each column. Extended print panel: merge of fax, print, e-mail according to the database contents. Print all, the selection of records or only the current one. Extended import/export facilities: user-definable filters, pre-defined filters: e.g. WordPerfect, Improv, Excel, FrameMaker MIF, automatic character conversion. Update of existing records with user-definable formulas. Multi-user support with safe record locking. Work with more than one database at the same time. Album and album inspector. Extended on-line help for everything. Action shortcuts: new, change, find, next record, etc. *** Questor Matrix-based spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP Questor is a spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP that combines the intuitive metaphor of matrix-based spreadsheet with a number of very powerful features and a true NEXTSTEP interface. Questor includes a powerful scripting language, a seamless SQL database interface and a flexible API that makes Questor the perfect tool for any type of problem solving. The backbone of Questor is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet application that can easily be used by anybody that have once used spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, or Wingz. Features: # # # QScript--a structured scripting language with an "intelligent" editor including automatic pretty-printing and programming support. Input controllers--buttons, text fields and sliders-- can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on worksheet and connected to QScript code or to cells directly. Output objects such as graphs and gauges can be placed anywhere. Graph types: bar, stacked bar, line, combination, stock, area, stacked area, scatter (xy-plot) and pie. Hot links to Xanthus Graphity-- a business graphic application that supports 3D graphs. Seamless connections to SQL databases using NEXTSTEP Database Kit. Timers to trigger complex calculations, database queries and other event at regular intervals. Double-direction API to control and send/feed data to/from other apps. User-definable object palettes. Drawing tools. TIFF/EPS image and sound support. Imports from Lotus 1-2-3 WKS/WK1, and Microsoft Excel SYLK, and BIFF2-4 files. Exports to WK1 format. Full support for Lotus 1-2-3 bracket macros. User-defined number of undos. Report layout functions with direct manipulation and drawing tools. Object linking support. QScript Debugger allow QScript functions to be debugged seamlessly. Basic support for multi-user access. *** Graphity Business graphics application for NEXTSTEP Graphity is a powerful yet easy-to-use business graphics application for NEXTSTEP that can be used as a stand-alone application or together with Questor spreadsheet application. Graphity supports many popular graph types, including stunning 3D graphs with light sources, shaders and textures. Features: # # # 3D graphs based on RenderMan. A powerful API that allows other apps to easily control and send data to Graphity. Hot links to Questor spreadsheet application. User palettes support--Users can easily create new palettes with customized graphs and graphics. Drawing tools that allow to draw directly on a graph sheet. Images and sound can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on a graph sheet. Unlimited undo with user-definable number of undos. 2D graph types: bar, stacked bar, line, combination, stock, area, stacked area, scatter (xy-plot) and pie. 3D graph types: bar, area, scatter (xyz-plot) and pie. Multiple light-sources for 3D graphs that can be positioned individually. User-defined shaders and textures for 3D graphs. True NEXTSTEP user interface. Smooth scrolling of documents. Direct manipulation of all objects on a graph sheet. Use of the NEXTSTEP Color Panel and Font Panel for editing graphs. Inspectors for all graph types. Drag-and-drop from Workspace and from the ToolBox in Graphity. Object linking support # # # 1993 Alembic Systems International. All rights reserved. NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Inc. All other product names mentioned herein are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: joe@FreemanSoft.com (Joe Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FSSimpleBackup preferences module Date: 28 Apr 1994 02:09:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pnjvc$3lt@digifix.digifix.com> FSSimpleBackup is a loaded preferences addition that aids in copying files to and from tape drives. FSSimpleBackup can copy files to tape, copy files from tape, give a directory of the tape and eject a tape without the need of any command line operations. FSSimpleBackup gives a drag and drop interface to tape access without adding yet another application to the user's workspace shelf or dock. The module is always available from inside the Preferences application. FSSimpleBackup is the newest member of the FSPreferences module set from FreemanSoft and is available for evaluation via ftp at cs.orst.edu. It is stored in the files FSSimpleBackup.tar and FSSimpleBackup.readme. Users can get more information by sending email to info@freemansoft.com. -- Joe Freeman FreemanSoft Inc. A NEXTSTEP software and consulting services company. Electronic Mail:Joe@FreemanSoft.com (NeXT Mail) Voice: 919.783.7033
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GRANT THORNTON AND NeXT FORM ALLIANCE Date: 28 Apr 1994 14:06:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2potvq$6t6@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Craig Lashmet Grant Thornton 312-856-0200 GRANT THORNTON AND NeXT FORM ALLIANCE TO DELIVER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS WITH OBJECT TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO-April 25, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Grant Thornton today announced a joint initiative to deliver advanced business solutions through the use of object-oriented technology. As part of the relationship, Grant Thornton will join NeXT's Object Channel. Specifically targeting mission critical applications, NeXT and Grant Thornton will focus on customers in the financial services, healthcare and telecommunications industries where Grant Thornton already provides a wide array of consulting services that address business issues such as operations, improvement, business and financial planning and information technology. "Our firm has more than 100 professionals dedicated to a client/server, advanced technology practice and we are committed to continually improving our effectiveness in delivering business solutions to meet our clients' needs," said Craig Lashmet of Grant Thornton. "By applying the advanced technologies and techniques provided with NeXT and NEXTSTEP, we are achieving this strategic goal." Significance of This Alliance NeXT's Object Channel is designed specifically for strategic systems integrators and value-added resellers who want to offer their customers advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems and custom software solutions. "We recognize that client/server computing is difficult and that customers transitioning to the object-oriented approach to software development need additional resources from professionals such as Grant Thornton," said Bill Wesemann, vice president of North American sales at NeXT. "Through our alliance with Grant Thornton we can better deliver the benefits of object technology, such as improved time-to-market and easier to maintain custom systems." Object Channel members help customers solve business problems using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. In the future, Object Channel members will also take advantage of OpenStep, the open specification that defines NEXTSTEP's Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and its implementation in SunSoft's Solaris. Grant Thornton Grant Thornton is the seventh largest accounting and management consulting firm in the United States and the world, spanning 51 offices in the United States and 56 countries with 480 offices worldwide. Grant Thornton's consulting services include strategic architecture planning, business process reengineering, data modeling, administration, systems development, implementation management and training. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, and with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Klaus Brouwer <brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:DefaultsSystem Date: 28 Apr 1994 14:12:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pouah$71c@digifix.digifix.com> DefaultsSystem Purpose ------- This is graphical administration tool for the NeXTstep defaults database realized on a Preferences module. It stresses the administration of owners: save selected onwers for backup reasons in a .defaults file (the package contains a Workspace contents inspector for that format), reload those files while using a filter to insert only those owners in the database that satisfy certain conditions, test selected owners whether they have an application with corresponding name within the search path and remove the ones that don't with a single mouse click. Of course you can add/remove/inspect defaults of selected owners. You may also read .dset-files but without the ability to use the open filter. Version: 1.0 Application Type: Preferences module & Workspace contents insp. Supported Architectures: Motorola 68K, Intel 486 Supproted Languages: English, German Supprted Filetypes: .defaults, .dset (read only) System Requirements: 3.X (tested under 3.2) Available on ------------ ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/defaults cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util The Author --------- Klaus Brouwer studies computer science at the University of Stuttgart since 1991. He is programming computers since 1985. e-mail: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
From: Georg Fleischmann <georg@vhf.stgt.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Zenon DTP - Cutting, Milling and Engraving Date: 28 Apr 1994 15:28:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pp2ot$7t2@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: VHF Computer GmbH Daimlerstrasse 13 D-71101 Schoenaich, Germany Voice +49 7031 75019-0 Fax +49 7031 654 031 E-mail info@vhf.stgt.sub.org Availability: Motorola now, Intel now Prices: $ 1760.-- Educational prices: $ 880.-- ZENON DTP - Cutting, Milling and Engraving under NEXTSTEP Schoenaich, Germany, April 25, 1994 - A powerful tool for all persons whose business has to do with the engraving or cutting of all kind of signs and advertisement boards has been presented recently by VHF Computer. ZENON allows the import of PostScript, Adobe Illustrator, HPGL and DXF files from DTP or CAD applications and their processing on common routing plotters, which is completely new on the NEXTSTEP platform. Frank Benzinger, sales manager of VHF Computer, stated on the occasion of the world's biggest industrial fair (Hannover, Germany) that "ZENON's concept of combining CAM machines with the possibilities of NEXTSTEP applications is revolutionary". Furthermore he underlined that ZENON's operation is very easy to learn and this allows even non-specialists to handle CAM machines in a very short time. And indeed, after reading one of the file types mentioned above ZENON displays it in a preview window. For each color of such a document a different tool may be selected which makes it possible to process workpieces in several steps. All parameters required for this (workpiece origin, feeding speed, tool data etc.) are easy to set in clearly laid out dialog boxes. ZENON offers a wide scope of possibilities especially for advertising companies and engraving studios. However, ZENON is not only good for sign production or personal engraving of promotional gifts. It helps in prototyping or mini-series production of front plates or housing parts, too. The most common application of ZENON surely is in engraving signs of all kinds. With the simple processing of traditional materials like plastics, metals and laminates signs from small nameplates to large advertisement boards may be produced quickly and efficiently. On top of that, the radius correction for the cutter extends ZENON's functionality by adding outline cutting of labels, graphics, logos etc. Moreover, inlaying where workpieces have to be cut precisely to fit into each other has become quite easy now. VHF Computer was foundet in 1988 and is specialized in developing CAD/CAM products for NEXTSTEP, MS-Windows and other platforms. A well-known product is the PCB Design System Platon, which will be available for NEXTSTEP in a new version. Products: Platon (PCB Design System), m800 (CNC-Controller), OpenEnd (Vector Graphics Converter), Zenon PCB (PCB Prototyping), Zenon DTP (engraving and cutting software for advertising), Zenon CUT (Cutting Software), Janus (Atari ST compatible card for PCs). Additionally, VHF Computer supplies custom import- and export programs.
From: Norman Goldfarb <norman@whitelight.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service Date: 28 Apr 1994 14:27:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pov60$78u@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service: New service combines WorldWideWeb, Mail and FTP server PALO ALTO, CA, April 27, 1994 --- WhiteLight Systems, Inc. today announced that the StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service is officially "on the air". StepWise employs WorldWideWeb, Mail and FTP servers to deliver comprehensive information to the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community. After one month on-line, the service is averaging 100 users per day. The WorldWideWeb is a network of thousands of servers and millions of hyperlinked files of textual and graphical information. part of the Internet, it is accessed through variations on Mosaic client software. StepWise is a "public Internet station", modeled after a public TV station. There is no charge for accessing the Service. Storage of information is also free, within limits. Members of the NEXTSTEP community can support StepWise as a Member or Sponsor. Support is required for StepWise to be a success. The server currently includes information from NeXT Computer, independent software vendors, consultants and resellers. Near-term additions will include information from news groups, user groups and publications. Additional services are under development. Suggestions are welcome. Scott Anguish, moderator of comp.sys.next.announce and a senior developer at WhiteLight Systems, is the founder and "Station Director" of StepWise. He can be reached directly at sanguish@digifix.com (e-mail). The StepWise mail server can be contacted by sending an e-mail message to stepwise@digifix.com with the keyword "index". To see the StepWise WorldWideWeb home page, include the keyword "home" . For membership and sponsorship information, include the keyword "membership" or "sponsorship". For information about how to access the StepWise WorldWideWeb server, include the keyword "start". Spaces are required between keywords. The StepWise WorldWideWeb server can be found at URL: http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html. Use requires an interactive net connection and OmniWeb or Mosaic. For more information, contact: Norman M. Goldfarb 350 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 321-2183 (tel) (415) 321-2083 (fax) norm@whitelight.com (email) (c) 1994 WhiteLight Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. StepWise and Public Internet Station are trademarks of WhiteLight Systems, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
From: dnelson@scri.fsu.edu (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Trident ISA Video Driver Date: 29 Apr 1994 00:06:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pq13f$c7k@digifix.digifix.com> Trident 8900C ISA Video driver for Nextstep Intel ------------------------------------------------- This is your basic super vga video driver. It is free. The driver has been placed in the submissions area on ftp.cs.orst.edu. It should be available in the /pub/next/binaries/drivers. It requires Nextstep 3.2 for Intel. Email me at: dnelson@scri.fsu.edu We are interested in any driver development for Nextstep on any CPU. S Y M P A T I C O Tallahassee, FL
From: Gil Rivlis <gil@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pentominos, a puzzle Date: 29 Apr 1994 23:56:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pskts$jbl@digifix.digifix.com> April 29, 94 I have submitted a game I wrote, Pentominos.app, to the archives. The file is Pentomino10.tar.gz You should be able to find it at: cs.orst.edu: pub/next/binaries/games sonata.cc.purdue.edu: pub/next/submissions (or pub/next/3.0/bin) >From the README: Pentominos.app (version 1.0) ---------------------------- A pentomino is a shape made of five squares touching each other along their edges, in the same way a domino is a shape made of two squares. There is only one possible domino, but there are twelve different pentominos. Pentomino.app is a puzzle in which you should try and fit those twelve shapes (whose total area is 12*5 = 60) into a rectangle of area 60. To install, just drag Pentominos.app into ~/Apps or /LocalApps (or whatever). It is a MAB and should work on NS3.1 and above (tested on 3.2). Intel has not been tested but it should work. I can be reached at gil@atlantic.mps.ohio-state.edu Have Fun, Gil --- Gil Rivlis, Physics Department, The Ohio State University gil@atlantic.mps.ohio-state.edu NeXTMail Capable
From: Pedja Bogdanovich <pedja@luka.tiptop.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TipTop 1.0 Date: 29 Apr 1994 23:57:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2pskvq$jbr@digifix.digifix.com> Bethesda, Maryland, April 29, 1994: TipTop Software proudly announces the release of TipTop 1.0, a superior telecommunication program. TipTop is also a sophisticated general-purpose terminal emulation program. The demo version is available by annonymous FTP: $ sum TipTop* 51698 1288 TipTop-Demo.1.00.pkg.tar 08633 1074 TipTop-Supplement.compressed Currently in: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/comm/ The main TipTop 1.0 features include: - Easy to use GUI: Standard NEXTSTEP user interface features. The terminal window features a toolbar, a scrollback buffer, a find panel, changeable fonts, etc. Built-in PhoneBook and Inspector facilitate easy and convenient configuration of the communication parameters, window appearance, and other settings. - Terminal Emulation: ANSI, VT102, and VT220, all including ANSI color support. - Serial Ports/Shells: Multiple serial (modem) port connections and shell sessions. The UUCP locking protocol is used for serial ports. - Scripting: A powerful script programming language based on Tcl, Expect, and Objective C! The automatic script generator makes it easy to create basic scripts. [Among other things, the scripting language can run ``term'' which is used to establish a SLIP-like connection to a remote site. This allows several simultaneous terminal sessions to be connected to a remote site, while files are transferred and remote commands executed. One can even run remote X-window clients connected to the local X-server.] - File Transfer: Bundled transfer protocols include X-, Y-, and ZMODEM. Any external transfer protocol can be used with TipTop. In addition, transfer Application Programmers Interface (API) is included and allows external transfer protocols to be fully integrated graphically with TipTop. - Key Bindings: Flexible keyboard mapping. Any key (with or without combinations of the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift modifiers) can be redefined as any character, string of characters, script, or even as an Objective C message! - And much, much more... TipTop telecommunication software runs on both Motorola and Intel machines running NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher. TipTop costs $185 ($85 educational version) + S/H. However, TipTop Software is pleased to offer a promotional price of $95 ($65 educational version) + S/H, valid until May 31, 1994. The price includes a free upgrade. TipTop 1.0 can be purchased directly from TipTop Software: TipTop Software Email: tiptop@tiptop.com Tel/Fax: +1 (301) 656-3837 (9am--5pm US EST, Mon--Fri) USPS: PO Box 30681, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA Visa/MasterCard accepted.
From: Georg Fleischmann <georg@vhf.stgt.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenEnd - Vector Graphics Converter Date: 29 Apr 1994 23:58:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2psl19$jc1@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: VHF Computer GmbH Daimlerstrasse 13 D-71101 Schoenaich, Germany Voice +49 7031 75019-0 Fax +49 7031 654 031 E-mail info@vhf.stgt.sub.org Availability: Motorola now, Intel now Prices of the basic package: $ 995.-- Educational prices: $ 497.-- OpenEnd - Vector Format Conversion - Version 1.07 Schoenaich, Germany, April 29, 1994 - VHF Computer announced today a new version of the vector graphics processing software OpenEnd, offering a wide scope of import and export formats. OpenEnd does not only cover the main conversion possibilities in the fields of CAD or DTP, it also establishes a stable link between both types of applications. Among the convertible formats are PostScript, AI, HPGL, DXF and Gerber. Conversions are possible from any format mentioned to any other. Problems regarding the conversion quality, i. e. arithmetic precision, are very unlikely. The internal floating-point precision (better than 25400 DPI) ensures optimum results even for complicated formats. One of OpenEnd's very handy features is the preview. OpenEnd allows to display a detailed view of all imported formats on screen and is therefore excellent for control purposes and manufacturing preview. On NEXTSTEP the plotter output is a weakpoint of the system. However, using OpenEnd it is getting possible to have documents, drawings and charts plotted quickly, accurately and in various colors. Often this is the first time one realizes the full capabilities of this output medium. VHF Computer offers a demo version of OpenEnd which is limited in its functionality to a preview of the import formats. The demo version is available on cs.orst.edu: Commercial/graphics/convertors/OpenEnd.1.07.NI.b.tar.gz Commercial/graphics/convertors/OpenEnd.1.07.README VHF Computer, founded in 1988, is specialized in developing CAD/CAM products for NEXTSTEP, MS-Windows and other platforms. A well-known product is the PCB Design System Platon, which will be available for NEXTSTEP in a new version. Products: Platon (PCB Design System), m800 (CNC-Controller), OpenEnd (Vector Graphics Converter), Zenon PCB (PCB Prototyping), Zenon DTP (Engraving and Cutting Software for Advertising), Zenon CUT (Cutting Software), Janus (Atari ST compatible card for PCs). Additionally, VHF Computer supplies custom import- and export programs.
From: Thomas Engel <tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: 3DDeviceServer. A PDO based hardware server. Date: 30 Apr 1994 00:01:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2psl6i$jds@digifix.digifix.com> Uploaded to ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (28.04.94), ftp.embl-heidelberg.de (SCI-tools ? maybe) Release 0.5, 28.04.1994 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) cs.orst.edu:/pub/sources/drivers The 3DDeviceServer Application This NeXTSTEP application is a general purpose device server. It is the central part of a collection of various device drivers for many different 3D hardware tools. With the help form NeXTs DO/PDO system it will allow an easy 'plugin' into existing software that may run distributed accross a network. The server tries to simplify shared access to one hardware device by multiple clients (or as I call them: device targets). In addition to that it will allow switching between different devices while they are in use. Using the Server Just start the server. When you click on one of the buttons from the Device windows scrollview, the corresponding driver will become active. Detailed information on how to use the program can be found inside the online help system. For more information on how to use the server in your own projects please read the tutorial in the second chapter. The Package Version 0.5 comes in a package that includes: 7 3DDeviceServer.app. Binary for NeXT and Intel hardware with two included 3D mouse drivers (details later). 7 Online Help 7 Full Sourcecode 7 Documentation and a ASCII version (README) of this Introduction On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project' section. Features This project is still some kind of beta although it runs very stable. >From all the possible devices that this server offers access methods for (mouse, glove, display, scanner, motionTracker) only the mouse method will return a valid driver. Right now I only have a 3D mouse API. If you would like to help designing APIs for other equipment please let me know. The connections to devices work via the servers PDO port named "<hostname>/3DDeviceServer". But at this moment it is fixed to "localhost/<". For more details read the Release Notes and some History. The only 3D mouse the server does support is the SpaceMouse (Driver release v 0.8). It is the only mouse I own. In my opinion it is the best 3D mouse solution I have seen so far. More information about the hardware can be found in the online help. The other 'mouse' is the Virtual 3D Mouse (Driver release v 0.6). It is just a simple GUI (slider based) pseudo mouse. Good for testing your software and for setting exact rotation values. Supporting Software Currently (as of 28.4.94) there is no publicly available application that is able to use this server. But two projects are underway. 7 BeakerBoy. My privat chemistry program<and the reason why I wrote this server. Version 0.3 will include 3D mouse support but is not ready yet because I need to include the IconKit before I put it on the net archives.The code used to handle to 3D mouse events can be found inside the tutorial. 7 solidThinking MODELER. Guido Quaroni from Gestel was one of the early supporters of this server. He is trying to include 3D mouse control into the v2.0 release that will be demo'ed at the NEXTSTEP EXPO '94. For details on the support I might give other programmers please read the tutorial. If you are a user and would like to use a 3D mouse in your vavorite application you should contact its developers. Maybe they haven't heard of this server or they think it is not worth 10-20 minutes of programming unless someone needs it. Future plans Here are the most wanted improvements form my ToDo-list. More can be found in the online help. 7 PDO naming should include the hostname of the machine it is running on. 7 Loading the drivers from bundles. Well quite easy but it needs some time. 7 Forcing my brother to repaint my device icons. They are ugly. 7 I like datagloves so I might take a look at the PowerGlove code moving around the net. Gloves might be a subclass of 3DMouse adding absolut postitons (transformationEvent:isAbsolut:) and data on the fingers (fingerEvent:). This way 3D mouse systems with absolut positions couse work as gloves as well. We might also have a right< and leftGlove in our server. About this Project Development will continue but not at very high speed because the main project is still the BeakerBoy application. At this moment it is still not clear if the driver objects and this server program will find their way into the MiscKit project. The latest version of this server will be available at the ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de or cs.orst.edu anonymous ftp servers. SpaceControl will have access to the latest version too, so when you want to buy a mouse just tell them that you are using a NeXTSTEP system. This will cost no extra charge! (as they assured me) Compiling This version includes all the source code needed to just compile the program from scratch. In the future I won't include objects that are part of the MiscKit distribution. So if you need to recompile the application you will need to get the MiscKit project from the archives. For more details on the MiscKit collection see the ftp servers mentioned above or get the Objective-C or NeXT faqs. If you would like to submit something to this collection you should contact: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> In Case of Trouble If you have any questions you might contact me. Thomas Engel Netpunstr. 9 D-90522 Oberasbach Germany E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org I would like to thank my brother (IconDesign), Matt Brandts (MiscSerialPort), DLR & SpaceControl (hardware questions), Guido Quaroni (software support) and NeXT (PDO is quite cool) for making my work easier. Warrenty and copyright Copyleft Source code that is not part of the MiscKit project - and therefore underlies the MiscKit distribution and copyright rules - is distributed under the GNUpublic license. If you want to write a device driver that you would like to sell, please contact me. No Warrenty This software is provided 'as is' and the programmer is not responsible for any harm this program may cause. You - the user - are responsible for everything that may happen to your business, hardware, software, car, CD collection or what ever may be worth your attention or money. The use of this product is at your own risk and your private fun. There should be no serious bugs inside but remember that a carbon-based unit did the coding. TravelWare Like all my projects this app is free and should be considered as travel-ware. - Let it travel to as many people you know. - Send me a postcard or E-mail if you use it. I will try to keep you informed about new releases. - If you have a free bed or some free space on your floor< give me a hint. I might come and visit you on my trip to the US (locations on Hawaii, near Seattle or WhistlerMnt. preferred) Enjoy it.
From: "Robert W. Kieffer" <kieffer@gemstone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA SITES: For Image Curator beta test program Date: 30 Apr 1994 01:30:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2psqdb$9m@digifix.digifix.com> Gemstone Systems, Inc. is seeking beta test sites for Image Curator, the first high performance image archive management application for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Image Curator provides fast, easy, access to even the largest of image archives by allowing the creation and maintenance of "digital contact sheets". As images are imported into Image Curator, a high quality thumbnailing algorithm is applied to generate crisp, clean, thumbnail images. Image Curator is intended for use with large or small archives, handling anywhere from ten images to 1000-2000 images with the same level of performance. The beta test period is expected to last thru early-mid June. Beta testers should be on the network and able to send/receive NeXTMail. If you are interested in applying to be a beta site, please send the following information to ImageCurator@gemstone.com: - Name - Company/Institution - Email address - Regular address - Phone #'s (voice and/or fax) - Version of NEXTSTEP on your system(s). - Expected # of users. - A short description of the image archive(s) you anticipate working with (# of images, total size of archive, general content of images, etc...) Gemstone Systems, Inc. is a NEXTSTEP consulting & contracting firm located in Torrance, CA. For more information about Gemstone systems contact: Gemstone Systems, Inc. 19616 Redbeam Ave. Torrance, CA 90503 310-370-4557 info@gemstone.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 17 - 1994 Date: 3 May 1994 14:45:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2q663e$r4t@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 17). Monday April 25 through Tuesday May 03 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 16 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: computerActive inc. announces Transport Canada Crisis Centre Project SUBMISSION: Csnd.app v1.1a for NeXTStep SUBMISSION: Driver for BusLogic BT-445S SCSI Adapter SUBMISSION: Emacs for NeXTstep 4.0 is released PRESS RELEASE: Elysia Announces Support for HP ScanJet Scanners JOB: Multiple openings in Baltimore, MD JOB: Development Position, Dolphin Technologies Inc. PRESS RELEASE: Dolphin Technologies Announces Dolphin Kit 3.22 PRESS RELEASE: ATI PCI Video device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 PRESS RELEASE: Wingine Video device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 PRESS RELEASE: NCR 53C810 SCSI device driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2 MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: WriteUp and MegaMeeting recap PRESS RELEASE: Bundled NEXTSTEP Applications for the Office SUBMISSION: FSSimpleBackup preferences module PRESS RELEASE: GRANT THORNTON AND NeXT FORM ALLIANCE SUBMISSION:DefaultsSystem PRESS RELEASE: Announcing StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service PRESS RELEASE: Zenon DTP - Cutting, Milling and Engraving SUBMISSION: Trident ISA Video Driver SUBMISSION: Pentominos, a puzzle SUBMISSION: TipTop 1.0 PRESS RELEASE: OpenEnd - Vector Graphics Converter SUBMISSION: 3DDeviceServer. A PDO based hardware server. BETA SITES: For Image Curator beta test program If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 3 May 1994 14:46:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2q6665$r65@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Product Information Server online NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Much of this information is also available using the World Wide Web, <http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html> Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep WWW Information Server online --------------------------------------------------------- A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server online --------------------------------------------------------- The NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is now available for product literature and pricing from NEXTSTEP developers. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Dirk Schwarzhans <dirk@kalium.physik.TU-Berlin.DE> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Version 1.2 of Puzzle -- A jigsaw puzzle game Date: 3 May 1994 14:46:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q6671$r6c@digifix.digifix.com> I have submitted the new version of the program "Puzzle" to the following ftp sites: cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/binaries/games/Puzzle.1.2.MAB.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/Puzzle.1.2.NI.b.tar.gz The file contains the Puzzle application which runs on Nextstep 3.1 and higher on Motorola and Intel hardware. For Intel systems Nextstep 3.2 is recommended! The program is offered free of charge without any warranty. Commercial copying and usage is not allowed (see license panel). About the program: Puzzle cuts an image to pieces which the player must put together. Some highlights are: - real looking jigsaw puzzle pieces - comfortable drag and drop interface changes since version 1.1: - Puzzle-files containing many single pieces are much shorter now. - You can change the piece size now. - Using "Preferences" menu you can choose if you want to use the right mouse button, to turn the pieces clockwise. - Added support for EPS-Files. - Added support for filter services. - Grid redraw problem should be fixed. Feel free to mail me your opinion! Dirk Schwarzhans email: dirk@kalium.physik.tu-berlin.de
From: Edition SBL <sbl@castor.cube.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: X VERSION 1.0 - A CROSS HAIR TOOL Date: 3 May 1994 14:47:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q668g$r6k@digifix.digifix.com> F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E ! ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF X VERSION 1.0 - A CROSS HAIR TOOL Contact: EDITION SBL Einsteinstr. 57 71229 Leonberg Germany Voice : +49-7152-9749-00 Fax : +49-7152-9749-14 E-mail: sbl@castor.cube.de Leonberg, April 29, 1994 -- Version 1.0 of our cross hair tool has just been publicly released. X Version 1.0 was developed under NextStep 3.2 and compiled to fat binaries. It is tested on both white and black hardware and should also run under NS 3.0/3.1. X is running on MonoStations, TurboColorStations, and NeXTDimensions as well, even if the ladder is two-headed. X Version 1.0 may be obtained via anonymous ftp from any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/submissions sonata.cc.purdue.edu: /pub/next/submissions ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: .../next/Tools/commercial/workspace Filenames: X-CrosshairTool.1.0.MAB.tar.gz 71415 bytes X-CrosshairTool.1.0.README 1390 bytes On all these sites X Version 1.0 and its README file will probably migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs to. Q U I C K O V E R V I E W X Version 1.0 provides a crosshair following the actual position of the mouse cursor within any NeXTStep application. This feature supports people working with image processing tools or typesetting programs to control the alignment of text or images visually, instead of selecting each object and requesting the position of it with an inspector, remembering its actual position and compare it with the values of an other one. Another feature is the zoom function: The application's icon displays a magnified area around the current position of the mouse cursor so the user can easily determinate the exact location of the hotspot. This allows easy detection of which control point would be affected or what point a fill function would start from when the mouse button is pressed. A nice feature is the application icon itself. The icon acts as a power switch: whenever it is touched, the crosshair will either be activated or deactivated, depending on its current state. You can also change the behaviour of X in various ways by setting the appropriate values in the prefer- ences panel: color, size and distance of the crosshair's axes and some other stuff. X provides all features in demo mode, however the application will terminate itself after a short while. If you delete the licensenumber in the install panel, you may be unable to restart X. A workaround is to enter the following command from within a shell: "dwrite X LICENSENUMBER 4711" or to reset the defaults type "dremove X LICENSENUMBER". You can obtain a license number using the built-in license panel. Price is DM 40.-, about US$ 25.
From: Michael McCulloch <michael@hsv.tybrin.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Solitaire v2.1 Date: 3 May 1994 15:45:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q69kr$rkm@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Michael McCulloch 443 Oakland Road Madison, Alabama 35758 michael@hsv.tybrin.com Solitaire 2.1 -- An update to the free Solitaire game engine and game modules! (Available NOW) MADISON, AL - May 3, 1994 - A new version of Solitaire.app is available on the archives. The enhancements include: * Even better artwork. * New pre-draw cards option which increases game performance. * Custom image preference for the card backs. * Game module clean-ups and minimal animations on redeals. * New game module: FortyThieves * Consolidation of submissions for easier downloading and installation. Old .solitaire bundles will work with this new version, however, small clean-ups have also been made to the game modules. For the 2.1 release, I have archived the game engine and game modules together in order to make downloading everything easier. I also adopted the naming scheme from ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.com, which I hope is considered helpful. There are now only two archives created for submission: Solitaire.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz (MAB's for Solitaire game engine and all available game modules) Solitaire.2.1.s.tar.gz (All sources and docs for game engine and modules) The files may found at: cs.orst.edu directory: /pub/next/binaries/games (source in sources/games) ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de directory: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/card The most recent game modules for the 2.1 release are: FortyThieves.solitaire 1.0 Klondike.solitaire 2.1 Pyramid.solitaire 2.1 Spider.solitaire 1.1 Tenpile.solitaire 1.1 Install the Solitaire.app binary in a directory such as ~/Apps or /LocalApps. In this distribution, the game modules are pre-installed in the application wrapper. Any new game modules can be installed in the application wrapper, in ~/Library/Solitaire, or in /LocalLibrary/Solitaire. ---- The Solitaire application is freeware, please enhance by writing new games! Developer's documentation is in the Solitaire/Documentation directory of the source code distribution. ---- Solitaire.app was the result of an Internet collaboration between: Gary Ritchie gary@uaneuro.uah.ualberta.ca Michael McCulloch michael@hsv.tybrin.com Blake Stone bstone@acs.ucalgary.ca Tenpile was written by: Michael Brouwer michael@urc.tue.nl
From: Chris Saldanha <csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting Thursday, May 5 Date: 4 May 1994 00:20:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q77r3$19k@digifix.digifix.com> Where: computerActive inc. 15 Capella Court Unit 128 Nepean, ON Contact: Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst (613) 225-4824 Voice (613) 225-1670 FAX chris@computerActive.on.ca csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca NeXTMail cheerfully accepted! When: 7:00pm, Thursday, May 5 Topics: -Software Demonstrations: -Pages by Pages Powerful document processing (Really, this time! ;-) -Hardware Demonstrations: -I hope to get DayDream working... DayDream is a ROM-box that connects to the DSP port which allows you to boot a NeXT (black) machine into Macintosh System 7.1 -We've got the beta release of NeXTSTEP for HP 700-series machines If I get an HP up in time, it'll be there... -Gossip as always :-) Hope to see you there!
From: Zippytech <ztech@well.sf.ca.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Telnet.app 0.1 Date: 4 May 1994 15:17:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q8sct$727@digifix.digifix.com> I just uploaded Telnet.app to the submissions directories (/pub/next/submissions) on cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu. Look for the following files: Telnet.app.940504.tar.gz Telnet.app.README Share and enjoy, Chris Maeda, Zippytech (ztech@well.sf.ca.us) Here's the readme file that accompanies it: Telnet 0.1 ---------- This app is a test program for a Telnet protocol object. The Telnet object is part of the InetObjects Protocol Collection from Zippytech. This object collection also contains source code for this Telnet app. The Telnet protocol implementation is mostly conformant to RFC1122. It implements all the the required options and does the right thing with unimplemented options. The terminal emulation is rough; it doesn't do cursor positioning and rubout processing doesn't display right. It's being released now to make sure it interoperates with other telnet implementations. The terminal emulation will improve greatly in future releases. If you use or find bugs in the Telnet app, or would like more information on Zippytech's class libraries, please contact us at ztech@well.sf.ca.us or (206) 726-3072. The app itself is a multi-architecture (Phat!) binary for i386 and m68k built under NS3.2 on Intel. It has run successfully under NS3.2 on Intel and NS3.0 on a cube.
From: "Gary L." <stimpy@beavis.im.med.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: NS/FIP HomeBrew mailing list Date: 4 May 1994 16:36:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q910u$7fb@digifix.digifix.com> I am proud to announce the creation of the NS/FIP HomeBrew mailing list. The general purpose is to provide a source of information for people who want to build their own NS/FIP system and for people who are already using NS/FIP to share ideas, problems, compatability issues, configuration problems, etc. Currently the HomeBrew FAQ is being created from messages from people about their HomeBrew systems. Files and Drivers will be availible in the future from a new anonymous ftp site associated with the HomeBrew list. To subscribe: send an e-mail to: maiser@mmg.im.med.umich.edu and put in the message text "sub nsi-homebrew" Do not send subscribe and unsubscribe messages to the list, only the mail server. Please read the intitial message and keep it for future reference. I am not a NeXT expert, but I have been using NS/FIP for a couple of months and have worked out a lot of problems that I can share with everyone. I started this due to the fact the Intel group got voted down in the recent newsgroup reorganization poll, and I need help sometimes too. Thank you very much, I hope this helps everyone out. Gary Lalim stimpy@mmg.im.med.umich.edu stimpy@beavis.im.med.umich.edu stimpy@toadstool.ann-arbor.mi.us Founder of the NeXTSTEP for Intel Processors HomeBrew mailing list.
From: Barbara Barton <barbara.barton@mccaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOBS: McCaw Cellular Date: 4 May 1994 23:17:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2q9og8$9lq@digifix.digifix.com> McCaw Cellular Communications is looking for Software Developers with the following qualifications: * BS/BA degree * 1-7 years experience designing and implementing innovative business applications on various platforms specifically in a Next enviroment. * 1-7 years of direct development experience in scripting, C, Object C, or C++, optimally in a Unix enviroment; some experience with database concepts and design; client/server implementation experience. Reply to : barbara.barton@mccaw.com 206 803 4461
From: Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep New Features Date: 5 May 1994 02:16:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qa2vp$amp@digifix.digifix.com> The Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server has added several new features. Search for a file on CS.ORST.EDU: You can enter in the name (or partial name) of a file you are looking for, and a gateway will scan the current index file from cs.orst.edu for matching values. All matches are returned as full paths to the file. Other hosts will be added as appropriate. NEXTSTEP Community White Pages This service, will be online as soon as we get enough replies from this posting. I often forget the address of a certain person, but I know their name. The White Pages will contain your name, email, and organization that can be searched for a specific user name. To have your information listed, fill in the form at the bottom of this message and email it to sanguish@digifix.com. NEXTSTEP Developer Yellow Pages Oriented more towards ISVs and Consultants, this service operates in the same fashion, but with more information available through the search. If you wish to have your company listed, fill in the form below and email it to sanguish@digifix.com. ------------------------------------------------------- White Pages Listing - Please fill in each of these four fields LastName: FirstName: Email: Org/School: ------------------------------------------------------- Yellow Pages Listing - Please fill in these fields (skip where appropriate) Company: Address: Address2: City: State: Country: PostalCode: Phone: Fax: TollfreePhone: GeneralEmail:
From: bill@gazette.patch.tandem.com (roth_bill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: 2DLab 3.1 Available Date: 5 May 1994 15:57:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qbj3g$f0g@digifix.digifix.com> A new version of 2DLab has been put on sonata.cc.purdue.edu in: /pub/next/submissions. Minor changes have been made to make sure it would compile under NS 3.x. The README file is included below. Bill Roth ------ README - 5/94 BR 2DLab has been modified to be compileable under NS 3.x. README 1/92 BR 2DLab 3.0 is a modified version of 2DLab 2.0. In it, we (Mary, Bill and Renato) have added several algoritims that attempt to find a solution to the Travelling Salesperson problem. We have also added a tour optimzer and changed the menus around. Version 3.0 is the result of a project for a graduate course in Mathematical Programming(CS720) in the Fall of 1991 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. None of the functionality from version 2.0 has been changed. Below is the README text for version 2.0: README - 9/91 PJF This directory contains sources for 2DLab, an interactive tool for visualizing some common geometric algorithms. The source code for Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay tesselations was writen by Seth Teller (of SGI?) and available on many archive sites. ** Ignore the warning messages that appear during compilation. ** ------------ Info from the Help Panel ---------------------------------- 2DLab animates a few algorithms from computational geometry and combinatorial optimization. It was originally released in early 1990, back when I was a graduate student at Michigan State University. In the process of updating the program for 2.0, things changed substantially, and many features were added. I hope you like the program. Running the program Two windows will appear when 2DLab is fired up. The Geometry Window contains the data and the results of any algorithms run on the data. The 2DLab Control window allows you to configure the data set, the algorithm, and the drawing that takes place. When the program is invoked, the Drawing Window will contain ten points, and the selected algorithm (Prim's MST algorithm by default) will be applied to these points. New points can be created by clicking in the window. There is a `margin' around the border of the window within which points will not be displayed, so If you click the mouse button and no point appears, you're probably too close to the edge (this margin was put in to make the Voronoi tesselation have a nice border. A new set of random points (uniformly distributed within the window's usable region) can be generated by entering the desired number of points in the editable text field and pressing the Generate button. The highlighted button in the RadioButton array in the Control Window identifies the particular algorithm to be `animated.' The Anim/Disp button will run the appropriate animation when pressed. The Disp button will simply display the resulting data structure without animating. It only works when the data structure has already been previously computed (i.e. ya gotta Anim before you can Disp). The Auto-Go checkbox specifies the program's behavior when new points are created with the mouse. If the box is checked, the selected algorithm is run immediately when a new point is added. The three color wells allow you to pick background, foreground, and highlighting colors. When the display is drawn, points and line segments appear in the foreground color. During animation, transient drawing is done using the highlight color. By default, these colors are white, black, and 67% gray, respectively. You can set them to anything you want using the standard color well tricks. The line width slider controls how thickly everything is drawn (both points and lines). The `Status' item displays informative (?) messages about the progress of the algorithm currently being animated, the drawing taking place, etc. The Document menu allows you to save the current data set in a `generic' form, load a similarly-formatted file in for animation, and save the generated imagery as TIFF or EPS. The file format for the data is simple. The first number is the number of ordered pairs (%d), and the remaining numbers are the pairs (%f %f). The error checking for I/O is pathetic, so please feed 2DLab well-behaved data files. The Copy item of the Edit menu may be selected. It sticks the contents of the Geometry window in the pasteboard. Algorithms In the following brief descriptions, N is the number of 2D points, and the O-notation refers to time complexity rather than space complexity. When the algorithms are invoked, those with quick eyes will notice some graphical razzle-dazzle as the data structure is constructed. After the algorithm has completed, the `resulting' data structure will remain in the window. - Prim's O(N^2) Minimal Spanning Tree (MST) algorithm. - Kruskal's O(E log E) MST algorithm. WARNING: the implementation in this program is NOT optimal (it's actually O(N^2)). Anybody who wants to hack together the priority queue stuff to implement the optimal algorithm is free to do so (lazy, that's me). - Jarvis' O(N log N) convex hull construction algorithm. - Graham's O(N log N) convex hull construction algorithm. - Somebody's O(N log N) Voronoi diagram algorithm. - Somebody's O(N log N) Delaunay triangulation algorithm. (code for these last two algorithms was written by Seth Teller, who apparently used Fortune's netlib code as a basis). - my own Gabriel Graph construction algorithm (it uses the Delaunay triangulation as a starting point). - my own Relative Neighborhood Graph construction algorithm (again, using the Delaunay triangulation as a starting point). Those interested in the details of the algorithms should refer to Preparata and Shamos' book on computational geometry. Sedgewick's book also has covers geometric algorithms. The GG and RNG haven't been used much, and are a little harder to find in the literature. Consult Toussaint, `The relative neighborhood graph of a finite point set', Pattern Recognition 12, 261-268 for info about the RNG. The Gabriel graph was used in Matula and Sokal, `Properties of Gabriel Graphs Relevant to Geographic Variation Research and the Clustering of Points in the Plane', Geographical Analysis 12, 205-222. However, I don't have either of those papers in my posession. This software was based on the discussion in Tuceryan and Chorzempa, `Relative Sensitivity of a family of closest-point graphs in computer vision applications', Pattern Recognition 24, 361-374. Algorithms for 3.0: Stupid Neighbor: This is basically a test algorithm that connects point 0 to point 1, point 1 to point 2, and so on. It is useful for testing the tour optimizer, and seeing how bad an algorithm can be.(Bill Roth, 1991, previously unpublished) Cheapest Insertion: This algorithm finds the point that can be added with the least cost to the over all solution. (Salkin & Mathur, Foundations Of Integer Programming, 1989 North-Holland, p 683.) Nearest Neighbor: At a given point, an arc will be drawn to the nearest unvisited point in the graph. (Lawler, Lenstra, et. al., The Traveling Salesman [sic] Problem, 1985, Wiley and Sons, p 150.) Nearest Addition: Given a set of connected points, the point nearest to an existing arc will be added to the graph.( Lawler, Lenstra, et. al., The Traveling Salesman [sic] Problem,1985, Wiley and Sons, p 157.) Farthest Insertion: This algorithm finds the point farthest away from all of the points in the tour, and finds the best place to insert it. (Lawler, Lenstra, et. al., The Traveling Salesman [sic] Problem,1985, Wiley and Sons, p 226.) The tour optimization procedure comes from Salkin & Mathur, Foundations Of Integer Programming, 1989 North-Holland, p 690-93. About the authors. This program was written by: Patrick Flynn Assistant Professor School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Washingon State University Pullman, WA 99164-2752 (flynn@eecs.wsu.edu) For Version 3.x: Mary Tork Roth "the Brains" (torkroth@cs.wisc.edu) Bill Roth "the Brawn" (roth@cs.wisc.edu) Dr. Renato De Leone "The Professor" (deleone@cs.wisc.edu) Computer Science Department University Of Wisconsin 1210 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 If you find bugs, let us know. If you add functionality, let us know. If you like/hate it and just want to tell us, let us know. Date: 5/94. Finis Coronat Opus. -- ====================================================== Bill Roth, Tandem Computers, roth_bill@tandem.com
From: "Wesley C. Smith" <wes@arissoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Eloquent version 1.01c now available Date: 5 May 1994 15:57:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qbj46$f0m@digifix.digifix.com> Eloquent(TM) version 1.01c is now available. It is available for ftp from: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/mail/Eloquent.101c.tar.gz or ftp.bga.com:/take3/Eloquent.1.01c.compressed (We recommend using ftp.bga.com before 7 p.m. or after 10 p.m., as the server is generally slow during this time period.) Send requests to receive a copy of the new version by e-mail(1.7 MB) to eloquent_support@arissoft.com. NEW FEATURES: 1. Iconic notification of new mail. 2. Added sound notification of new messages to individual mailbox options. 3. Added command key alternatives to several menu cells. 4. Archive button has been moved from preferences to the send/post windows. 5. Added more user definable header lines (up to 7). 6. Sets the newsgroup in a new post to the one the user is currently reading. 7. Added Deliver menu item (and command key D). 8. In the address panel, after selecting a user in a group, the To, Cc, and Bcc buttons will now paste in the user's address, not all the group addresses. For more info about Eloquent send a message to eloquent_info@arissoft.com. Eloquent requires NEXTSTEP version 3.1 or higher for Intel or Motorola CPUs. Contact: Wesley C. Smith wes@arissoft.com MIME and NeXTmail ok Take Three P.O. Box 203852 (512) 837-9784 Austin, TX 78720-3852 (512) 837-8102 (fax)
From: fgreco@mercury.com (Frank Greco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NYSLUG - Tribble talk Date: 5 May 1994 15:58:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qbj5r$f0s@digifix.digifix.com> New York Regional Sun Local User Group Meeting "DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS EVERYWHERE" (DOE) "THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTED OBJECT TECHNOLOGY" Bud Tribble - SunSoft VP of Object Products, key architect of the NeXTStep and Macintosh user interfaces Jim Green - SunSoft Director of Object Products When: Wednesday, May 11, 1994 6:00pm - 7:30pm Where: Merrill Lynch Systems Professional Auditorium 570 Washington / Corner of Houston [3rd Floor - enter on Washington] [1 & 9 subways stop at Houston and 7th - then walk west] Who/What: Bud and Jim will present a technical discussion regarding DOE and the future of distributed object technology in general. They will discuss how DOE and object technology relates to Solaris 2.X and COSE/CDE. In addition they will explain how the OpenStep specification will facilitate the ability to deliver production quality applications to the end-user faster than ever before with conventional procedural tools. Executive Profiles: GUY (BUD) L. TRIBBLE Vice President, Object Products SunSoft, Inc. Guy (Bud) L. Tribble, vice president of object products at SunSoft, is one of the industry's noted experts in software development and object-oriented programming. At SunSoft, he manages all aspects of object product development and directs the company's efforts in defining the next-generation user experience within Project DOE (Distributed Objects Everywhere). Tribble's responsibilities include extending SunSoft's development of an object desktop for Project DOE and enhancing the Solaris suite of desktop productivity tools and information management software to empower the end user. Prior to joining SunSoft, Tribble was most recently vice president of software engineering and one of the six founders of NeXT Computer, Inc. He was the key architect of the NeXTSTEP operating system and one of the original architects of the Macintosh system software and user interface design. Tribble spent seven years at NeXT Computer where he held management and technical responsibility for all aspects of NeXTSTEP including object-oriented design and user interface. He was responsible for starting up the entire Macintosh software engineering effort where he oversaw development of the software architecture, user interface design and application programs. Tribble earned a B.A. degree in biophysics from the University of California, San Diego and a M.D. and Ph.D. in neurophysiology at the University of Washington. JIM GREEN Director of Object Products Founder of Project DOE SunSoft, Inc. Jim Green has more than twenty years of experience in the computer industry. As Director of Object Products, Green is responsible for the program management and marketing efforts for object products at SunSoft. His group is responsible for Project DOE, SunSoft's Distributed Object Environment. Prior to joining SunSoft, Green spent 3-1/2 years as the Vice-President of Engineering with Sun Microsystems' Sitka/TOPS subsidiary, focusing on the development of Macintosh - UNIX connectivity solutions. Before coming to Sun, Green was Director of Engineering at Ungerman-Bass. Prior to that, he founded Industrial Networking, Inc., providing data and telecommunications solutions. Green earned a B.A. in Liberal Arts at Hanover College in Indiana, an M.S. degree in Ergonomics from North Carolina State University and an M.S. in Computer Science from San Jose State University. =================================================================== for further information on the NYSLUG contact: Frank D. Greco Philip Meese (212)-858-7510 (212)-858-7510 fgreco@mercury.com pmeese@mercury.com =================================================================== There is *NO* charge for admission. Feel free to invite your colleagues.
From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New PNI beta release and keys Date: 5 May 1994 16:03:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qbjdl$f2e@digifix.digifix.com> I've made a new release of the PNI software, which can be found as cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/comm/TransSys-PNI-1.8-beta.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/TransSys-PNI-1.8-beta.tar.gz For a limited time you can also find it as /tmp/PNI-1.8.tar.gz on FTP.UU.NET. This release contains a few bug fixes, particularly in the area of inactivity timeouts. This release also has been upgraded to include Tcl 7.3. The previous release included a CSLIP key which is about to expire as well as plain-SLIP license key string which does not expire. This release includes a new CSLIP key: j2yNjIuKiXeHh4WGrcI Serial number: 0 (key vers 0) Features: SLIP CSLIP PPP DYNLOAD SECURE PFILTER TTY TUNNEL Expires: Wed Aug 3 16:37:20 1994 Good to software version: 0 Type: installed key valid on any host This can be installed in the 1.7 release by doing this (as root): rm /etc/pni/keyfile /etc/pni/pnid -R j2yNjIuKiXeHh4WGrcI and just answer the question. If you reinstall this package over an existing version, chose to NOT use the existing keyfile so that a new one will be installed. You can install this version over a previous one without overwriting your configuration files. Note that one change to consider is that configuration files which are to be automaticially invoked need to be named /etc/pni/config/pni*.config-auto, which is a change from the previous version. Louis Mamakos TransSys, Inc.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta with the Georgia Oracle User Group, May 12 Date: 6 May 1994 17:19:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qec90$rfa@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, May 12, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: The Southern Company, Building 64A (Perimeter Mall area) Agenda: Presentation: NEXTSTEP and DBkit using an Oracle database Jon Bennett (Information Management, Inc.) Willie Berger (IMI) Brian Hoskins (NeXT Computer, Inc.) Directions: I-285 to the Ashford-Dunwoody Road exit North on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Turn right onto Perimeter Center East. There is a Wachovia Bank on the corner. Pass the signs for Building 64 and for 64/64A Receiving. Turn right at the sign for Building 64A. Park either in the front of the building or in the garage to the left. pizza: $5 at the door for non-members (RSVP so we can plan the order) RSVP to Dewey Blaylock, 248-1226 (248-1227 FAX) Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-841-6220 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@cc.gatech.edu Email: prie@acm.org
From: "Barry D. Beal" <bdbeal@libre.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group Date: 7 May 1994 22:21:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qhibf$509@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: The next meeting of the Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group will be Thursday, May 12th at Mesa Community College. We will be featuring some DEC PC's running NeXTSTEP for Intel Processors. We will have a DEC MTE with a 486 and S3928 video and a DEC XL 560 with Diamond Viper video with NeXTSTEP running on a Pentium. Since these machines are currently being used at Mesa Community College we will also try to learn a little about their use at the school. This is a great opportunity to invite PC users to come and see an alternative OS for their hardware. We will also try to have a discussion on getting NeXTSTEP running on uncertified PC hardware. Several people in the group have mentioned their stuggle with this type of project recently. Doors open at 7:00, come early and get acquainted with the other members. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30. Location: Thursday, May 12th at 7:30 PM Mesa Community College Kirk Student Center (the clock tower building) Kiva Room on the lower level 1833 W. Southern Ave, Mesa Agenda: * Announcements. * Q & A - a chance to ask your NeXTSTEP related questions. * Demonstration of NeXTSTEP running on DEC PC's and a discussion of trying to get NeXTSTEP to run on uncertified hardware. For more information about the meeting or the User Group, please call Barry Beal at (602)834-3262.
From: Lans Brahmantyo <brahm@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: URW TypeWorks Fonts Collection on CD-ROMs for NEXTSTEP Date: 8 May 1994 23:43:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qkbg4$ah5@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) Q.Type 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112 Ph. 303.761.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email: brahm@alembic.com Q.Type ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF URW Software & Type GmbH TypeWorks FONTS COLLECTION ON CD-ROMs FOR NEXTSTEP COMPUTERS ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, May 8, 1994 -- Q.Type today announced the availability of URW TypeWorks CD-ROM Vol. 1 and 2 for NEXTSTEP market. Each URW TypeWorks CD-ROM for NEXTSTEP Volume is an advanced typographic resource comprised of 3,000 ultra-high quality PostScript Type 1 fonts for Macintosh and NEXTSTEP at one price. It also includes Kernus, the industry's most sophisticated tool for precision letterspacing and kerning. The URW TypeWorks Collection is supplied completely unlocked on a CD-ROM in both Macintosh and NEXTSTEP PostScript Type 1 formats. All fonts and software are available for instant access. Installation on NEXTSTEP computers is made easy by using our TypefaceInstaller application that is included with each CD-ROM. The URW TypeWorks Collection offers an entirely new approach to professional typography for the microcomputer. URW has chosen 500 typefaces per volume from its extensive database. These 500 most often specified fonts comprise URW's International Best-Seller List of Typefaces and include the classics and some of the most popular contemporary designs licensed from sources like The International Typeface Corporation and Letraset. URW's typeface library deserves a special note of attention because of its authenticity. Its library has been built by some of the world's most pre-eminent typeface designers. Contributions to the URW typeface library include commissioned works by Peter Becker, Charles Bigelow, Frank Blokland, Sigrid Engelmann, Chris Holmes, Mark Jamra, Helga Jorgensen, Andrew Newton, Albert-Jan Pool, Gerard Unger, Jovica Veljovic, Kurt Weidemann, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse and Hermann Zapf. Utilizing the highly sophisticated IKARUS(R) software developed by Dr. Peter Karow, URW's expert design, engineering and production staff has crafted a complementary suite of 5 unique design variations for each of the 500 master typefaces. Each true-cut design is supplied with an outline, inline, relief and drop-shadow version. Every TypeWorks font is enhanced by URW's extensive application of 1,000 unique kerning pairs. Kernus, also supplied as integral part of the TypeWorks Collection is a precision kerning tool which automatically generates up to 1,000 unique kerning pairs, in under 30 seconds, for any PostScript font, on an individual point size basis. Installation of the TypeWorks collection on NEXTSTEP computers is simplified with the availability of Q.Type's TypefaceInstaller application included with each CD-ROM volume. The URW TypeWorks Collection is an invaluable tool for the graphic design and prepress industry, or quite simply, anyone that has a need to compose great looking type. Pricing Information: URW TypeWorks Vol. 1 $1,499/printer or output device URW TypeWorks Vol. 2 $1,499/printer or output device Multiple printer pricing discounts are available as follows: No. of Printers Discount < 2 0% 3 - 5 5% 6 - 9 10% 10 - 19 15% > 20 20% System Requirements: - Any computer running NEXTSTEP OS. - 500MB hard disk space for each font collection volume. Each TypeWorks CD-ROM volume package contains: - (1) NEXTSTEP-formatted PostScript Type 1 font CD-ROM - (1) Macintosh-formatted PostScript Type 1 font CD-ROM - Kernus, automatic font kerning creation application for Macintosh - Q.Type TypefaceInstaller, an easy-to-use NEXTSTEP font installer - 1,000 page typeface specimen book Availability: - TypeWorks Vol. 1.1 May 15, 1994 - TypeWorks Vol. 2 June 15, 1994 For more information on URW TypeWorks collections, please contact: Q.Type Attn: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email. Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com Also available from: Alembic Systems International (800.452.7608 or 303.799.6223) Q.Type is a privately held company that distributes high-quality typefaces to NEXTSTEP community from various different foundries and produces its own unique Macintosh and NEXTSTEP typefaces. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Inc. URW TypeWorks is a registered trademark of URW Software and Type GmbH. TypefaceInstaller is a registered trademark of Q.Type. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems.
From: Lans Brahmantyo <brahm@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alphabets Typeface Collection Now Available for NEXTSTEP Date: 8 May 1994 23:45:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qkbkm$ahj@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) Q.Type 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112 Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email: brahm@alembic.com Q.Type ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF ALPHABETS, INC. TYPEFACE COLLECTIONS FOR NEXTSTEP COMPUTERS ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, May 8, 1994 -- Q.Type today announced the availability of Alphabets Design Group's typeface collection for growing NEXTSTEP graphic design community. Alphabets typefaces are highly recognized among graphic design community with its unusual, artistic, and unique styles; and have been very successful in the Macintosh and Windows market. Today, Q.Type makes it available for the NEXTSTEP platform. The Alphabets Typeface Collection is supplied completely on 1.44 High-Density floppies in NEXTSTEP PostScript Type 1 formats. Installation on NEXTSTEP computers is made easy by using our TypefaceInstaller application that is included with any purchase of NEXTSTEP typefaces from Q.Type. The Alphabets Typeface Collection features the artistic work by Manfred Klein, R. McCamant, Peter Fraterdeus, Philip Bouwsma and Ejaz Syed. The list of the families and their pricing available now are as follows: - Alexia ($55) - AlphaKid ($55) - Ampersands ($50) - BeforeTheAlphabetI ($50) - BenedictUncial ($50) - BouwsmaScript ($50) - Chaotiqua ($60) - Chevron ($60) - Dino ($50) - EclecticOne ($50) - EgyptianCondensed ($90) - Flighty ($50) - Fragment ($50) - FraktKonstruct ($50) - FranklySpoken ($50) - Fusion ($50) - Half ($50) - HeadToHeads ($50) - Juliana ($50) - KochAntiqua ($90) - NeptuneSerif ($50) - Neuland ($50) - OzBrush ($60) - OzPoster ($60) - ParmaPetit ($60) - Parsons ($80) - ProsperaII ($120) - Quanta ($90) - Quasimodo ($50) - Russell ($60) - Szene ($50) - TCRRunes3 ($70) - TCRStarFontsI ($150) - Toskana ($50) - Venezia ($50) - Weissenau ($50) - WoodtypeSeriesI ($70) Font Samplers are also available as follows: - Font Sampler 1 .............. $50 Contents: Prospera Roman French XXX Condensed Neuland Woodtype Antique Condensed Oz Poster Regular Oz Brush Italic - Font Sampler 2 .............. $50 Contents: Quanta Medium Woodtype Painter AlphaKid Black Ampersands Prospera II Book Italic Parsons Regular - Font Sampler 3 .............. $50 Contents: Quanta Black Woodtype Box Gothic AlphaKid Plain Ampersands Prospera II Small Caps Parsons Light - Font Sampler 4 .............. $50 Contents: Quanta Light Woodtype Barrel Eqyptian Condensed Medium Small Parsons Heavy Koch Antiqua Medium Oz Poster Condensed Fonts Bundles: - ParmaPetit & Chaotiqua ...... $80 Includes: ParmaPetit Regular, Italic Chaotiqua Regular, Bold - OzBrush & OzPoster .......... $80 Includes: OzBrush Regular, Italic OzPoster Regular, Condensed - PicFonts I .................. $60 Includes: Flighty and BeforeTheAlphabetI - Prospera & Quanta ........... $170 Includes: 5 weights of Quanta and 7 styles of Prospera - SpicyFonts I ................ $60 Includes: Chaotiqua Bold and Fusion The Alphabets Typeface Collection is an invaluable tool for the graphic design and prepress industry, or quite simply, anyone that has a need to compose great, unusual, artistic looking type. Pricing Information: URW TypeWorks Vol. 1 $1,499/printer or output device URW TypeWorks Vol. 2 $1,499/printer or output device Multiple printer pricing discounts are available as follows: No. of Printers Discount < 2 0% 3 - 5 5% 6 - 9 10% 10 - 19 15% > 20 20% System Requirements: - Any computer running NEXTSTEP OS. Each Alphabets Typeface Collection package contains: - NEXTSTEP-formatted PostScript Type 1 fonts on 1.44MB floppies - Q.Type TypefaceInstaller, an easy-to-use NEXTSTEP font installer - Specimen poster/output sample Availability: NOW For more information on Alphabets Typeface collections, please contact: Q.Type Attn: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email. Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com Q.Type is a privately held company that distributes high-quality typefaces to NEXTSTEP community from various different foundries and produces its own unique Macintosh and NEXTSTEP typefaces. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Inc. All Alphabets typeface families are registered trademark of Alphabets Inc. TypefaceInstaller is a registered trademark of Q.Type. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems.
From: Lans Brahmantyo <brahm@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Q.Type Releases TypefaceInstaller 1.05 for NEXTSTEP Date: 8 May 1994 23:45:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qkblh$ahp@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) Q.Type 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112 Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email: Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com Q.Type ANNOUNCES TypefaceInstaller 1.05 APPLICATION FOR NEXTSTEP COMPUTERS. ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, May 8, 1994 -- Q.Type today announced the availability of its TypefaceInstaller application for NEXTSTEP. TypefaceInstaller is a nifty, easy-to-use NEXTSTEP fonts installer. It eliminates the hassles of copying the fonts from different source folders and invoking the Unix commands to build the font directory so that the fonts are listed in the Font Panel. Features: 1. TypefaceInstaller allows you to select fonts via NEXTSTEP browser or via drag-n-drop from the File Viewer. 2. TypefaceInstaller allows you to keep drag-n-dropping fonts from different sources until the Install button is pressed. 3. TypefaceInstaller allows you to specify the location of the fonts folder other than the standard NEXTSTEP font folders. 4. TypefaceInstaller allows you to add and delete locations of fonts folders except the two standard NEXTSTEP font folders. 5. TypefaceInstaller allows you to clear one, several, or all fonts that have been dropped in TypefaceInstaller. 6. TypefaceInstaller allows you to abort and restart installation process. 7. TypefaceInstaller allows you to see the progress of the installation via a progress time report and status line. 8. TypefaceInstaller gives you the log report of installation errors and successes. 9. TypefaceInstaller does not allow you to drag-n-drop files other than NEXTSTEP fonts (*.font). 10. NEXTSTEP font files (*.font) can be double-click to automatically launch TypefaceInstaller and placed in its file well ready to be installed. 11. Online Help is available. 12. Multi-Architecture Binary support. System Requirements: - Any computer running NEXTSTEP OS. - 400KB hard disk space Availability and pricing: - TypefaceInstaller 1.05 MAB Now $39 Other products available from Q.Type: - URWTypeWorks Vol. 1.1 CD-ROM May 15, 1994 $1,499 - URWTypeWorks Vol. 2.0 CD-ROM June 15, 1994 $1,499 - Alphabets typeface collections May 15, 1994 call For more information on TypefaceInstaller and other Q.Type products, please contact: Q.Type Attn: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email. Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com Q.Type is a privately held company dedicated for NEXTSTEP community that distributes high-quality typefaces from various different foundries, produces its own unique typefaces for NEXTSTEP and Macintosh, and produces typeface utilities for NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Inc. TypefaceInstaller is a registered trademark of Q.Type. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems. Alphabets typefaces are registered trademark of Alphabets Design Group/Alphabets Inc. URW TypeWorks is a registered trademark of URW Type & Software GmbH.
From: hsr@cs.stanford.edu (Scott Roy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSSION: IconKit-1.1 Date: 9 May 1994 03:19:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qko66$bnf@digifix.digifix.com> IconKit v. 1.1 has been uploaded to the archives. This version corrects a rather significant bug that prevented the icon path from erasing properly. It also add a new sorting method that makes it easy to provide custom sorting in a browser. About IconKit ------------- IconKit is an Objective-C class library for building drag-and-drop applications. It recreates the shelves, browsers, folders, and suitcases that are present throughout the basic NEXTSTEP applications: - The file browser and shelf in Workspace. - The bookshelves in Librarian. - The project browser in ProjectBuilder. - The suitcases in InterfaceBuilder. - The feature browser used to configure a DBTableView. IconKit contains all the objects one needs to build new applications of this kind. It is fully integrated with InterfaceBuilder, providing a palette and inspectors for all the IconKit classes. It comes complete with source code, documentation, and an example application that mimics the NEXTSTEP Workspace file viewer. IconKit is freely distributable and free for noncommercial use. It costs money for a commercial license, but you are allowed to use IconKit get your application working before deciding whether to purchase it. The General Objectware License that covers this policy is broadly applicable, and other developers are encouraged to adopt it for their own software. IconKit should work on any system running NEXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Distribution ------------ IconKit may be freely distributed, in whole or in part, provided only that the included ReadMe file and the General Objectware License are neither removed nor altered in any way. The complete kit is available from either of the two archive locations, cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/IconKit-1.1.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/IconKit-1.1.README ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Germany) In the event that you cannot locate IconKit at either of these two locations, you should contact the author to receive the complete distribution. All questions and correspondence are welcome! H. Scott Roy 2573 Stowe Ct. Northbrook, IL 60062-8103
From: Eric A. Litman <elitman@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: Limited testing of mail gateway Date: 9 May 1994 15:44:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qm3rk$ese@digifix.digifix.com> Proxima has a few openings for alpha and beta testers of an unannounced electronic mail gateway. Testers should have mixed networks of cc:Mail (with the SMTP gateway) or MS Mail and NeXTSTEP, and must be willing to provide product feedback. Please reply to me if you are interested. Eric Litman Proxima, Inc. vox: (703) 506.1661 Director, ProxNet McLean, VA elitman+@proxima.com
From: Roger Rosner <pharos!rock@pangea.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: DC Users Group Date: 9 May 1994 23:33:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qmv9r$ham@digifix.digifix.com> Hello former-WaNUG participants! I'm thrilled to announce that some former members of WaNUG are attempting to reconstitute that great user group of yore. We'd like to start with a fun informal dinner gathering at the once traditional post-meeting hangout site. Given that all of us are likely still sitting around on the second Wednesday of every month wondering how the heck to fill that WaNUG void in our lives, we figure why not just stick with it. So... What: User Group Meeting and Post-Meeting Hanging Out, Without the Meeting! When: Wednesday, June 8, 8:00 pm Where: The American Cafe, Tyson's Corner What, Really: Answering cosmic questions like... What should we name the new group? What should its purpose be? How often, if ever, should we meet? What should we try to do at meetings? Where should we meet? Who the heck, if anyone, is in charge? Please pass the word! If you'd like to be on our mailing list, please send a message containing only "subscribe user-group" to majordomo@pangea.com. Roger Rosner Software Thingie Engineer Pangea Corporation
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 18 - 1994 Date: 10 May 1994 02:34:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qn9ua$i7o@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 18). Tuesday May 03 through Tuesday May 10 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 17 - 1994 Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: Version 1.2 of Puzzle -- A jigsaw puzzle game SUBMISSION: X VERSION 1.0 - A CROSS HAIR TOOL SUBMISSION: v1.4 of some WavesWorld IB palettes available (tcl & 3D) SUBMISSION: Solitaire v2.1 MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting Thursday, May 5 SUBMISSION: Telnet.app 0.1 MAILING LIST: NS/FIP HomeBrew mailing list JOBS: McCaw Cellular ANNOUNCEMENT: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep New Features SUBMISSION: 2DLab 3.1 Available SUBMISSION: Eloquent version 1.01c now available MEETING: NYSLUG - Tribble talk SUBMISSION: New PNI beta release and keys MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta with the Georgia Oracle User Group, May 12 MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group PRESS RELEASE: URW TypeWorks Fonts Collection on CD-ROMs for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Alphabets Typeface Collection Now Available for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Q.Type Releases TypefaceInstaller 1.05 for NEXTSTEP SUBMISSSION: IconKit-1.1 BETA TEST: Limited testing of mail gateway MEETING: DC Users Group If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 10 May 1994 02:35:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qn9vs$i7u@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 10 May 1994 02:36:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qna1j$i84@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@nice.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: open - a replacement for /usr/bin/open Date: 10 May 1994 14:45:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qoko5$lld@digifix.digifix.com> A replacement for NeXT's (since 3.1 broken) /usr/bin/open is now vailable. You can get from ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de or cs.orst.edu either a package with binaries for Motorola and Intel processors (open.1.0.NI.b.pkg.tar.gz) or the sources for (probably) any cpu type (open.1.0.NI.s.tar.gz) cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/open.1.0.pkg.NI.b.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/util/open.1.0.NI.s.tar.gz Send requests to receive a copy by e-mail to chris@nice.ch. Please note that this project has absolutely no relation to NeXT! This version of open has some added features and allows you to make requests to NEXTSTEP applications, while it doesn't require the `Public Window Server' switch in the Preferences application to be turned on to work correctly. SYNOPSIS open [-a app] [-o file] [-p] [-NXHost hostname] [-unhide] [-nostat] [-wait] [-temp] [+linenum] [filename] ... appopen app run app unhide app app [options] see the manpage for further details. Contact: Christian Limpach chris@nice.ch --- cut here --- Best regards, christian
From: Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Oregon State NUG Thursday May 12th at 6:30pm Date: 10 May 1994 22:58:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qphl3$o82@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT USER GROUP MEETING: Thursday,May 12, 1994 at 6:30pm ---------------------------------------------------------- Demonstration of... > Beta version of RBrowser - Remote file system viewer. > Introduction to charting and graphing applications such as... CHaRTSMITH by BLaCKSMITH, Inc. GraphRight by Watershed Technologies Graphity by Xanthus International GraphBuilder by VVI And, of course, the usual gossip and rumors. When: Thursday May 20th at 6:30pm Where: Memorial Union, MU-206 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR; Phone: (503) 737-2270 For more information, please contact John Sechrest <sechrest@cs.orst.edu> or Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> Here is a little more info about what is to be demo'ed. RBrowser -------- Remote Browser (RBrowser) provides access to files on remote UNIX systems with NEXTSTEP graphical interface. While matching the Workspace Manager's file viewer look and file, it provides a uniform interface to distributed file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. RBrowser was developed at the Advanced Computing Laboratory, of San Fransisco State University's Computer Science Department. Here is an introduction to four commerical charting and graphing applications. CHaRTSMITH ---------- BLaCKSMITH, Inc. - CHaRTSMITHTM is the presentation-quality charting and graphing package for NEXTSTEP . CHaRTSMITH provides an intuitive user interface and an object-oriented API to enable users and developers to create spectacular charts quickly and easily. GraphRight ---------- Watershed Technologies - GraphRight easy to use application for creating charts and graphs under NeXTSTEP. GraphRight now performs first order linear regressions on any data set. It also features error bars by standard error, standard deviation, percent value, fixed value, and error value per data point. GraphRight supports intuitive drag-and-drop operations, allowing text, images, drawings, or any type of data to be added to GraphRight charts. GraphRight also supports hot-links to and from other NeXT applications. In addition, every copy of GraphRight 1.1 includes a newly expanded Open Application Program Interface (API). Graphity -------- Xanthus International - Graphity is a business graphics application for NEXTSTEP that can be used as a stand-alone application or together with the Questor spreadsheet application from Xanthus. Graphity is both powerful and extremely easy to use, and supports most popular graph types, including stunning 3D graphs with light sources, shaders and textures. The flexible API also makes Graphity the perfect tool for programmers that want to display any data produced by their programs. GraphBuilder ------------ VVI, Inc. - GraphBuilder delivers easy to use and professional interactive, animated, and programmable graphing for end users and developers. It is used for trading systems, forcasting, engineering and scientific data display, and any process where quality data presentation and control software for production or interactive data needs are required. Next month, we'll be demo'ing Quix DayDream, transforms NeXTstation's into Apple Quadra 900's running MacOS v7.1.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Expo Software Special for Developers: NEXTSTEP for $299! Date: 10 May 1994 23:00:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qphol$o9b@digifix.digifix.com> EXPO SOFTWARE SPECIAL FOR DEVELOPERS: NEXTSTEP for $299! Developer and User Conference attendees can purchase NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 (bundled User and Developer versions) at the special EXPO price of $299 (a $3,500 savings!) To order this special offer, contact DCI to register for the Expo and use preferred customer number: BRHQM00. Developer and User Conference attendees can also choose to purchase the EXPO special bundled on hardware from strategic OEMs offering certified NEXTSTEP PCs at the EXPO. For more information, please contact DCI at (800) 767-2336 or (508) 480-3870. Remember to use the customer number BRHQM00 when registering. Limit one per attendee, available on-site.
From: marcos@its.com (Marcos J. Polanco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Call for Participation: OPN Objectware Licensing Panel Discussion Date: 10 May 1994 23:02:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qphrt$oaf@digifix.digifix.com> Call for Participation: OPN Objectware Licensing Panel Discussion ******************************************************************** It has often been stated that finding a solid licensing model for Objectware is one of the keys to the building of a vibrant marketplace in software components. The Objectware Licensing Panel Discussion, hosted by the Objectware Professionals Network between May 30 and June 10, 1994, will provide a forum where component software experts and NEXTSTEP developers may share their views on the kinds of licensing models and practices which best serve application developers, component software vendors, and, ultimately, users. Format: ******************************************************************** The Objectware licensing panel discussion will be carried out within an electronic mailing list where panel members will answer a series of prepared questions and engage each other in discussion. All participants will be able to listen in on the ongoing conversation. After the discussion is over there will be a Q & A session where the "floor" will be opened to all participants to engage each other or the panel members through the mailing list. There will be two questions posed to the panel for each of the three days of the panel discussion; the Q & A session will formally last for eight days after that. Panel members: ******************************************************************** Alex Cone: President, Objective Technologies, Inc. Dr. Brad Cox: Inventor of the Objective-C language. Kevin Berg: Senior Software Engineer, Pages, Inc. David Pollack: Founder, Athena Design, Inc. Don Yacktman: Organizer of the MiscKit shareware project. Mark Thomsen: Senior Developer, Gemstone Systems. Registration: ******************************************************************** To register for the panel discussion, send mail to: licensing-registration@dogen.persona.com with the line: register <your e-mail address> in the message. To unregister, send mail to the same address with the line: unregister <your e-mail address> in the message. If you are on the OPN mailing list you are already registered. Submitting questions: ******************************************************************** If you have a question about Objectware licensing you would like the panel members to respond to, send mail to: licensing-questions@dogen.persona.com with your question as the body of the message. The questions finally posed within the panel discussion will be selected from this pool of questions. Please enter your questions by May 20, 1994. Important dates: ******************************************************************** Deadline for question submittal: May 20, 1994 Panel Discussion dates: May 30, May 31, June 1, 1994 Question and Answer session: June 2 - June 10, 1994 Contact information: ******************************************************************** To register/unregister: licensing-registration@dogen.persona.com To provide feedback to OPN: licensing-feedback@dogen.persona.com To submit a panel question: licensing-questions@dogen.persona.com Thank you. - Marcos J. Polanco - marcos@whitelight.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Perot Systems and NeXT form strategic partnership Date: 11 May 1994 14:56:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qr9p9$sp6@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Jake Dye (214) 383-5600 jake_dye@ps.net Perot Systems Corporation PEROT SYSTEMS MAKES COMMITMENT TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS WITH NEXT'S OBJECT TECHNOLOGY DALLAS-May 11, 1994-Perot Systems Corporation today formed its first strategic technology partnership in five years with NeXT Computer, Inc. to develop and deliver advanced business solutions with NEXTSTEP, NeXT's award winning object-oriented software. As part of the relationship, Perot Systems will join NeXT's Object Channel, a channel designed for systems integrators and value-added resellers who want to offer their customers advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems and custom software solutions. At Perot Systems, senior industry experts apply their expertise to assist customers with developing and implementing business strategies and improving processes that will give their organizations a strategic advantage. The benefit to customers is multiplied by the application of innovative technology to the business process, and all technology recommendations are based on first hand experience through internal use. "Our policy is to recommend only technologies that we have tested and proved internally for rapidly developing mission critical applications for our customers," said David Newgard, Associate of Perot Systems Corporation. "For this reason, we have internal projects including Virtual Office and CARE, a workman's compensation application, that we have begun developing in NEXTSTEP." Significance of This Alliance Object Channel members help customers solve business problems using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. In the future, Object Channel members will also take advantage of OpenStep, the open specification that defines NEXTSTEP's Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and its implementation in SunSoft's Solaris. "By exploiting strengths in information technology, companies such as Perot Systems give clients a strategic advantage by assisting them with transforming information systems, business processes, organizational architecture, people and strategy to effect a fundamental change in their business," said William Wesemann, vice president of North American sales at NeXT. "With the help of partners, customers can more easily make the transition to client/server computing and gain the benefits of object technology, such as improved time-to-market and easier to maintain custom systems." Perot Systems Corporation Perot Systems Corporation is an information services company that assists customers in maximizing opportunities provided by today's rapidly changing business environment. Approximately 2,000 Perot Systems associates provide information technology services to leaders in the financial services, telecommunications, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and travel and leisure industries. Perot systems maintains top industry expertise in business reengineering, technology consulting, executive information / decision support systems, systems integration, software development and maintenance, imaging, performance tuning, operational audits and office automation. Perot Systems is a privately owned, international company with offices throughout North America and Europe. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO Brochure (Updated) - Long Date: 11 May 1994 14:59:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qr9tr$sq5@digifix.digifix.com> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO June 20 -23 Moscone Center, San Francisco +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The third annual NEXTSTEP EXPO is the place to experience how objects are enabling enterprise-wide, client/server computing and changing the future of the corporate desktop. NEXTSTEP Expo spans four days, combining informative NEXTSTEP Tutorials, a comprehensive Developer and User Conference, an End-User Program designed specifically for non-technical users, and the largest NEXTSTEP Exposition in the world. Designed for corporate and commercial software developers, system integrators, IS managers and VARs, this is the premier international event to learn more about object-oriented technology and the development of mission-critical custom applications with NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP EXPO '94 is the opportunity to see the NEXTSTEP communities converge, with the broad base of products and solutions for NEXTSTEP for Intel, as well as Object-Enterprise solutions from Hewlett-Packard and NeXT. This is also the chance for Sun developers to explore the world of objects with the availability of the first open object specification from Sun Microsystems and NeXT: OpenStep. If objects are in your future, don't miss this important event. Highlights include: EXPO SOFTWARE SPECIAL FOR DEVELOPERS: NEXTSTEP for $299 Developer & User Conference attendees can purchase NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 at a special EXPO price (a $3,500 savings!). Limited to one per attendee. Available on-site. Or purchase NEXTSTEP for the same EXPO price bundled on hardware available from strategic OEMs offering certified NEXTSTEP PCs at the EXPO. Enterprise Objects Framework: NeXT will announce Enterprise Objects Framework, a technology that enables customers to construct true business objects that utilize industry-standard relational databases to provide persistent storage. As the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network, Enterprise Objects will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. All attendees of the Developer and User Conference will receive a free early-access copy! OpenStep: Learn more about how NeXT and SunSoft are working to make OpenStep the volume industry standard for object-oriented technology. NEXTSTEP EXPO will be your first opportunity to receive more details about the OpenStep specification and hear from others adopting OpenStep. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DEVELOPER AND USER CONFERENCE The NEXTSTEP Developer and User Conference program has been designed to mirror the NEXTSTEP adoption process, offering developers an opportunity to learn more in every phase of development, from evaluation to design and development, through deployment and use. Sessions will be aimed at beginning and advanced developers in both commercial and corporate markets, technical evaluators, system administrators and MIS managers, systems integrators and VARs. To benefit most from the breadth of the sessions, you are encouraged to review and select within your primary area of interest. The general sessions will feature business and technical presentations on Enterprise Objects, plus OpenStep and Portable Distributed Objects. END-USER PROGRAM A subset of the full Conference, this curriculum is geared to non-technical users from Fortune 1000 companies and includes the sessions in "View from the Ground", the keynote addresses and the general sessions. NEXTSTEP TUTORIALS On June 20, attendees will have the opportunity to take in a day of optional tutorials, in lecture format, designed to help them both prepare for the conference and bring back a more in-depth understanding of NEXTSTEP programming and system administration concepts. The Tutorials are delivered by NeXT Developer Trainers. NEXTSTEP EXPOSITION Over 100 exhibits from leading PC and workstation manufacturers, application and ObjectWare developers, and systems integrators will give attendees a view of real-world solutions with NEXTSTEP. The NeXT booth will feature live presentations and show the range of NeXT technology from NEXTSTEP User and Developer, to PDO, Enterprise Objects Frameworks, NEXTIME, and NEXTSTEP-J, the Japanese version of NEXTSTEP. USER GROUP PROGRAM User Group sessions focus on user group leadership and member services. If you want ideas to take back to your group, this program is for you. With the explosion of new NEXTSTEP users, this program helps you prepare your NeXT User Group for growth and success in 1994 and beyond. All user group members attending either the exposition or the conferences are invited to register for the User Group Program free of charge. OBJECT HONORS AWARDS PRESENTATION The best solutions developed with NEXTSTEP will be recognized at the Expo. Be sure to attend The Object Honors, a fun, formal event to be held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel on June 20, 1994, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Admission ($30) is by ticket only, so call 1-800-767-2336 to reserve your place now. ++++++++++++++++++ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ++++++++++++++++++ Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer, Inc. Steven P. Jobs, NeXT's Chairman and CEO, will deliver the opening day keynote on June 21, focusing on the "three horse race" in objects between Microsoft, OpenStep, and Taligent. He will also unveil NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework; a breakthrough technology that enables customers to construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases. Scott McNealy, Chairman, CEO, and President, Sun Microsystems Scott McNealy will discuss OpenStep and how it fits into Sun's corporate strategy. Richard W. Sevick, General Manager, Systems and Servers Group, Hewlett-Packard Rich Sevick will discuss HP and NeXT's Object-Enterprise initiative which distributes NeXT's object technology across HP's client/server systems and gives customers the ability to reengineer their IT environments. ------------------------- NOTE: Please plan to be seated at 9 am for all keynotes sessions. To avoid disruption, the doors will be closed at 9 am and will not be reopened until the session is over. ------------------------- PRODUCTS AVAILABLE: All Developer and User Conference attendees will receive an early-access copy of NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework and will be eligible to buy one copy of NEXTSTEP Developer and User software, versions 3.2, at the special EXPO price of $299! If you are not attending the Developer and User Conference, NEXTSTEP is available for the special starter kit price of $995. Other show specials on NEXTSTEP products and services will be offered. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO: >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE # BRHQM00 PRICING: Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Half-Day Tutorials: June 20 +++++++++++++++++++++ Introduction to the NEXTSTEP Development Environment This tutorial will walk attendees through the steps of building a simple NEXTSTEP application. Topics include using ProjectBuilder to manage your project; using InterfaceBuilder to create a user interface; debugging your code with GDB, the gnu Debugger; using Edit as a developer's tool; and how Digital Librarian can help you search and read on-line technical documentation. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to identify the developer applications that are available, their features, how they work together, and how they help you create a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a simple understanding of the NEXTSTEP user environment and C programming language. Advanced NEXTSTEP Programming: Transporting Objects Between Applications Cooperation between applications allows users to reuse their work across multiple applications and allows developers to leverage the functionality provided in other applications. Learn how the Application Kit supports several approaches to object sharing, how to choose the right approach for a problem, and how to implement object-sharing in your application. Topics covered in this tutorial include implementing pasteboard and interapplication services, drag-and-drop interfaces, Distributed Objects, and object links. This tutorial is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Object-Oriented Design This tutorial will cover many of the concepts needed to do analysis and design for object-oriented programming. Rather than focus on a particular methodology, it presents the basic concepts required by all analysts and designers. These concepts include discovering the classes and objects needed in your application; identifying relationships between classes and objects in your application; and designing applications that take advantage of NEXTSTEP. Following the introduction of each concept, the instructor will work with the group to apply that concept to several specific examples. Attendees are encouraged to bring examples that they would like to have discussed. Tutorial attendees will learn the major steps needed to analyze and design a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for the tutorial is the ability to create a simple NEXTSTEP application or have other experience with object-oriented programming. This tutorial will not cover the basic concepts of object-oriented programming. Attendees will be expected to understand the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FULL - DAY TUTORIAL: June 20 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Advanced NetInfo This tutorial is intended for system administrators who manage large and complex networks and who want to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of the NetInfo administrative database system. Topics will include review of NetInfo design and terminology; NetInfo database servers, clients, and related system processes; NetInfo communications protocols; examination of the server binding and client connection processes; update propagation; and troubleshooting NetInfo configuration problems. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to design, configure, and manage advanced NetInfo hierarchies. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a good understanding of the NetInfo system. A review of the NetInfo sections of the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual and the Summer 1993 issue of NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS is recommended before attending the tutorial. ++++++++++++++++++ GENERAL SESSIONS ++++++++++++++++++ The Enterprise Objects Framework: Modeling Your Business with Objects Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, and Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework enables customers to create and reuse business objects that process information stored in industry-standard relational databases or other data sources. The Enterprise Objects Framework is also the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network. Enterprise Objects advance object orientation to the next level of corporate computing by enabling developers to construct applications using software components that directly implement the business model. These objects tightly couple business information with the business processes required to properly manage that information. The Framework's flexibility enables you to design business objects that incorporate business process logic once and to use those objects to manage enterprise-wide operations, even when the data is represented differently in different divisions of your organization. You'll even be able to use this technology to reuse customizable, vertical industry business objects supplied by specialists, even if your business stores data differently than your competitors do. The Enterprise Objects Framework will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. This session will describe the technology and help you explore the possibilities. A Technical Overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework Paul Hegarty, Director of Software, NeXT Computer This session will provide a technical introduction to NeXT's technology for Enterprise Objects. The Enterprise Objects Framework provides developers with a unified approach to object persistence. The Framework is designed to support relational databases and other data sources and allow developers to create objects that are independent of user interface and persistence mechanisms. This session will provide an overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework, including overall architecture, moving data between Enterprise Objects and the user interface and moving data between Enterprise Objects and the data sources. To make the most of this session, plan to attend these related Conference sessions: Designing Enterprise Objects, A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework and Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework. OpenStep: The Details Revealed Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer and Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, NeXT Computer; and Jim Green, DOE Marketing Manager, SunSoft As announced in November 1993, the OpenStep specification will be published on June 30, 1994. This session will officially introduce the OpenStep specification and discuss its similarities and differences with NEXTSTEP Release 3.2. Come hear further details of how NeXT and Sun will be providing OpenStep-compliant software. Scaling Your Enterprise with PDO Ralph Zazula, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) provides libraries, tools, and user runtime for developing integrated Objective-C and C++ applications on non-NEXTSTEP host operating systems that can share objects virtually transparently with NEXTSTEP applications and each other. This session will provide a technical introduction to writing PDO applications and will highlight what's new in PDO 2.0. The technical presentation will be followed by a PDO customer presenting a case study of a large-scale deployment of PDO applications in a heterogeneous network. This session is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Familiarity with Distributed Objects is helpful but not required. +++++++++++++++++++++ Track 1: Strategic Thinking +++++++++++++++++++++ At this stage in the NEXTSTEP adoption process, corporate customers assess object-oriented technologies and plan their IS strategies. Commercial developers look for information relating to the business case for developing a NEXTSTEP application. Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Dr. Michael K. Mahoney, California State University, Long Beach This session will begin by showing how programming has evolved over the years and where we are today: objects. The speaker will identify the main characteristics of the object-oriented programming approach and describe how these characteristics can translate into distinct development advantages. The session will include a brief demonstration of real-time NEXTSTEP application development and is especially recommended for technical evaluators who desire more knowledge about object-oriented development and NEXTSTEP. Dr. Mahoney is co-author of NEXTSTEP Programming, Step One: Object-Oriented Applications. European Customer Panel Moderator: Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer A group of major European customers will present their projects and describe their experience working with NEXTSTEP and with third-party developers. This will help U.S.-based developers and systems integrators to learn first-hand what European customers require from their partners. Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Ken Anderson, President, and David Ehrlich, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Biztech This session will present you with all the facts regarding porting your applications from the Windows world to the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep development environment. Many software companies make the mistake of approaching OO development through traditional practices, and their productivity falls short. These pitfalls can be avoided. Topics will include the differences between languages, graphics, tools, and operating system services. A comparison of InterfaceBuilder, NeXT's object management tool, to products such as Microsoft's Visual Basic will also be included. Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up Vince Jordan, Vice President and General Manager, Object Technology Center, SHL Systemhouse Enterprise Objects represents a quantum leap for NEXTSTEP application developers, with a collection of classes and functions that provide a solution for object persistence. But how does it relate to what's happening in other environments? This session will compare and contrast the frameworks concept, as implemented in other development environments, such as Windows. Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards Dr. Arvind Deogirikar, Manager, Market Development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Distributed Objects is an important paradigm for software development, providing efficient utilization of the network's resources. This session will provide a comprehensive look at approaches to distributed objects from a variety of vendors including NeXT and Sun. The standards involved in each approach will be discussed, and a perspective will be given on the role and the importance of the Object Management Group. CIO Roundtable Moderator: Bob Metcalfe, Publisher, InfoWorld A panel of Chief Information Officers from a variety of NEXTSTEP customer sites will discuss the difference NEXTSTEP makes in their organizations. These people have had to "bet their job" on NEXTSTEP, and this will be an opportunity to hear why it's worth the risk, what choices they had, and why they ultimately selected NEXTSTEP. Real-World Rightsizing Filippo de Fernex, MIS Director, and Manuel Giambonini, Development Manager, Ticino Life Ticino Life is a Swiss insurance company that has rightsized with NeXTSTEP. This session will describe what went into this large-scale integration, including working with existing systems components, security, feasibility of the development schedule, special requirements for mass printing, user acceptance, and the impact on the organization and its workflow. This session will share the results of one year of production experience with NEXTSTEP and is especially recommended for technical evaluators and systems integrators. Developing an OOP Organization from a Former COBOL Shop Doug LaFontaine, MIS Manager, Chrysler Financial Corporation Migrating to object-oriented programming can be a leap of faith and a test of mettle. Hear what goes into transitioning from a COBOL-based mainframe environment to NEXTSTEP, including how rearranging the MIS personnel can allow you to more fully take advantage of object-oriented programming. European Success Story: AMG Michael Gobran, President, AMG Industries Consulting GmbH AMG has used NEXTSTEP to implement a comprehensive product information and billing cycle solution for VME, an association of 180 furniture stores across Germany. Despite 3.5 billion DM revenue in 1992, VME was laboring under the constraints of manual systems for orders and invoices. With NEXTSTEP as a front-end to a Sybase server and NEXTSTEP machines in each store, AMG designed a system to network and automate all order processing and billing. They gave VME more flexibility and control over lead times and invoice methods, and planned for the ability to integrate other formats, such as still- and motion-video, into the databases. This session is geared to developers and integrators interested in large-scale database solutions with NEXTSTEP. Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions Today's corporations need to rethink the way in which they organize and manage programming projects to fully take advantage of object-oriented programming and design. This is a paradigm shift from the lowest-rung programmer all the way to the CIO. This session will address the issues related to making use of OO technology in the corporation and describe how embracing a culture of change will provide a critical edge to companies building a competitive information infrastructure. Shrink-Wrap Development: Business and Beyond Scott Opitz, Director of Sales and Marketing, Conextions, Inc. and Brendan Larson, President, WeatherLabs, Inc. Developing products for NEXTSTEP provides developers with a unique opportunity: to pursue their passion for creating the most innovative software on the planet, while building successful software businesses. The presenters will discuss how two companies developing shrinkwrapped products were able to get the best of both worlds by choosing NEXTSTEP as their development platform. This session is geared to current and prospective commercial developers and consultants. How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation The decision to choose NEXTSTEP for Chrysler Financial's client/server applications was the result of a comprehensive evaluation process. This session will describe that process, including criteria for selecting tools and critical success factors. Chrysler will share data that positions NEXTSTEP relative to its competition and will identify the factors that persuaded them that NEXTSTEP was the right choice. Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP Marty Rhodes, Vice President Systems Integration, SingleSource Systems Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is on the minds of corporate IS executives. Find out why! This session will provide a definition of BPR, explain why corporations are focused on changing the way they do business, give a general understanding of BPR techniques, describe how NEXTSTEP can enable BPR, and recap successful projects that implemented NEXTSTEP. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 2 - The Drawing Board +++++++++++++++++++++++ Planning and prototyping are critical to the success of any object-oriented development project. Various methodologies will be described, including how to model and measure your development efforts. Understanding Object-Oriented Client/Server Application Design Patricia A. Monk, Director, NeXT Business Unit, Data General Corporation This presentation will compare designing and developing NEXTSTEP applications on the desktop, NEXTSTEP client/server applications using PDO, and server-only object-oriented applications. The presentation will include insights on when each of these application types is appropriate, what tools can be used and strengths and weaknesses of each. Detailed examples will be given. This session will be valuable for beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP programmers, who will gain a broad understanding of how to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of object-oriented application design and development. Guide to Building Better Objects and Applications Adam Swift, Bill Bumgarner, Charles Swiger; Developers, WhiteLight Systems Good up-front object design saves time during software design and retains that advantage through development and maintenance. These engineers will describe a methodology for consistently designing highly reusable, robust objects in extensible architectures. The presentation will include both software analysis and design examples. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Designing a Network-Efficient Distributed Objects Application Sam Streeper, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Optimizing the overall performance of a client/server application requires different tools and techniques than a standalone application. This session will teach you how to monitor and measure network performance, understand design tradeoffs, and point out common bottlenecks to avoid. Topics will include new Objective-C keywords, protocols and proxies; object copies and proxies; smart proxies; the nmserver; the underlying MACH mechanisms; and multi-threaded servers. This session is targeted at the beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP developer wanting to become more familiar with Distributed Objects. Designing Enterprise Objects Moderator: Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer The Enterprise Objects Framework heralds a new era of productivity in developing mission-critical custom database applications. Libraries of vertical industry business objects that incorporate standard business practices can now be created and used to construct applications that can store data in different databases or data structures. In this session, a panel of leading systems integrators will present techniques for designing Enterprise Objects to maximize reuse. They will also describe how these software components can be integrated with existing business information systems or be assembled to form new applications. Achieving Excellence in User Interface Design Moderator: Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer, NeXT Computer Is creating a user interface (UI) an art or a science? How best can engineers and artists work together on UI projects? Do commercial and corporate developers wrestle with the same problems to create better interfaces for their users? A panel of UI designers and NEXTSTEP engineers, including Jay Capela of Bitwise Consulting and Bryan Yamamoto of NeXT, will discuss approaches to UI and how sound planning can have a dramatic impact on the outcome of interface design. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Legal Matters: Contracting for Custom Software Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational, Attorneys-at-Law Whether you contract for custom software or produce it, this is an opportunity to learn what goes into a good software contract and what stays out. Learn who owns the code and what to do if the contractor refuses to service the code or goes bankrupt. Learn how to design specifications and metrics that work and will keep both parties happy and out of court. Mr. Selineas talk was one of the highest rated sessions at last year's Conference; the money you could save in legal fees by attending this session could pay for the cost of attending this Conference. Icon Design: Getting the Most Out of Your Pixels Robert W. Kieffer, NEXTSTEP Developer and Icon Designer, Gemstone Systems, Inc. With a few exceptions, icon design is being done by developers with little or no training in art or computer art. This presentation offers some basic guidelines for icon design, presents some useful techniques, and discusses some of the resources available to designers. Techniques to improve an icon's impact, such as transparency, shadows and anti-aliasing, will be discussed. This session will be valuable for all NEXTSTEP programmers who wish to create crisp, clean, and intuitive icons. Model-View-Controller: A Paradigm for Object-Oriented Design Kristofer Younger, Member of Technical Staff, Anderson Financial Systems Model-View-Controller (MVC) has been a preeminent design paradigm in the SmallTalk community for many years and has maintained a lead in the way object-oriented systems are put together. This session will give a clear picture of how MVC fits into the current trends in NEXTSTEP development and will discuss how MVC needs to be customized to fit the NEXTSTEP environment. Several examples of good MVC design will be covered, as well as a brief set of references for further understanding. Analysis, Design and Development of Reusable Business Objects Roger Coates, Coordinator of Technology Management, PanCanadian Based on real-world experience of a department of 40 developers, this session will discuss issues surrounding building a library of reusable business objects. PanCanadian, a billion-dollar oil company, adopted object technology as its primary development environment in 1992. Development of a NEXTSTEP-based object-oriented infrastructure began in January 1993. Mr. Coates is a member of the team that has reshaped the IT infrastructure from mainframe-centric to TCP/IP network-centric. Metrics and Management for Object-Oriented Programming Mark Thomsen, Co-founder, Gemstone Systems, Inc. What metrics should be used to assess the size of an OO development project? How are reusable objects incorporated in an estimate? What methodologies for measuring software over the past 20 years are applicable to OO? How do we organize an OO project and enterprise-wide OO development? This session will present experiences from a series of projects. Focus will be on projects of 5-25 people, lasting from 2-18 months. It will describe some metrics and management techniques that have been found to work through the trial of actual projects and point to those which appear not to work. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 3 - Gaining the Development Advantage ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Detailed aspects of engineering an object-oriented application or system are explored, including code reusability, performance tuning, and new features of NEXTSTEP. Masters Panel Moderator: Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer A seasoned panel of NEXTSTEP developers - including Andrew Stone of Stone Design, Josh Doenias of NeXT, and Henry Krempel, consultant - will reveal their favorite tricks, tips, techniques, hints, hacks, and secrets (and maybe an anecdote or two), which you can use to make your NEXTSTEP development faster, more productive, and a lot more fun. IB Palettes: Leveraging the Power of InterfaceBuilder Thomas K. Burkholder, Premium Support Engineer, NeXT Computer IB Palettes provide an applications developer with a powerful tool for extending InterfaceBuilder and shortening development time by creating easily reusable UI objects. This session will explore the added value available through exploiting the advanced features of InterfaceBuilder. Topics will include connection inspectors, editors, palette project management, tips, and bugs. This session will be valuable for both intermediate and advanced NEXTSTEP programmers. Mr. Burkholder is the author of the TTools MiniExample. What's New: NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3 Steve Naroff, Manager, Development Environment Group, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 represents a significant enhancement to the overall development environment for NEXTSTEP. This presentation will include demonstrations of the new integrated tool set to be provided in Release 3.3, as well as descriptions of improvements in the environment geared to large-scale development projects. Creating and Marketing Customer-Driven NEXTSTEP Applications Margaret Grover, Director of Developer Relations, NeXT Computer This session will be an opportunity to learn strategies for designing and marketing NEXTSTEP applications to ensure the best chances for success. Specific topics covered include identifying and researching a market, building products that meet customer needs, and offering functionality that makes a product stand out from its competitors. The panel will also discuss the new opportunities that OpenStep provides to developers and how to take advantage of those today. This session will be valuable to current and prospective NEXTSTEP commercial developers. Integrating Objective-C and C++ Alan R. Losoff, Senior Systems Engineer, NationsBanc-CRT C++ and Objective-C can coexist peacefully. In fact, the strong points of each can make an integrated application very powerful. This presentation will cover issues involved with mixing Objective-C and C++ in a real-world development environment by a real world developer. Nuts-and-bolts details - such as useful compile flags, location of relevant files (for NEXTSTEP 3.2), makefile subtleties, and common pitfalls to avoid - will be covered. Various approaches for mixing Objective-C and C++ will be discussed. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Source Code Control Moderator: Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The panelists will discuss experiences managing source code and other resources on NEXTSTEP development projects. Attendees will come away understanding the benefits and drawbacks of existing source code control systems, and related issues such as available tools, defect tracking systems, and project management. This session will be of interest to managers and engineers working on NEXTSTEP development projects. NEXTSTEP experience is useful but not required. Shared Libraries and Real Dynamic Linking Kevin Enderby, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Learn about the new dynamically linked shared libraries and the dynamic link editor that will be available in NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3. This talk will cover how to build and use dynamically linked shared libraries and how to build and load bundles so that they automatically load the shared libraries they depend on. Hear how the new dynamic link editor will make the developer's life easier. The target audience is the developer of NEXTSTEP library or bundle code. Good understanding of the issues of building programs and their dependencies is needed. A Mechanism for Automatic Message-Based Undo Jeff Martin, Director of Software Engineering, Bozell, Inc. This presentation will introduce an object that allows the developer to quickly add multilevel undo/redo functionality to any application. The object requires only that the user send it the message that will reset an action. A demonstration that automatically adds undo to AppKit UI objects and the Text object will be shown. This mechanism also lends itself to an easy animation strategy in which the same messages that are registered for undo can be used to animate attributes from their old values to their new values. A demonstration of this using NeXTime and 3DKit will be shown. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. NEXTIME Technical Overview Peter Graffagnino, Manager, Media Software, and Mike Paquette, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer A technical overview of the NEXTIME Media Framework will be presented, including the high-level design of NEXTIME and details on how to incorporate NEXTIME into applications. Three areas of interest will be addressed: how to play movies from your application, how to build applications to manipulate movies, and how to build NEXTIME components. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Thanks for the Memory: Understanding, Optimizing, and Debugging Your Use of Memory Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer Here's a chance to gain a better understanding of memory allocation and organization and how to put that knowledge to use developing apps that are efficient and careful about use of memory. Particular emphasis will be placed on debugging memory misuses. Topics will include the workings of vm_allocate and malloc, gathering statistics on memory usage and locality of reference, and techniques for identifying and fixing memory smashers. This session is designed for the intermediate to advanced NEXTSTEP developer. Familiarity with development tools such as gdb, MallocDebug, and ProcessMonitor will be helpful. NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit Bertrand Serlet, Ali Ozer; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Two of the key designers present the new NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit, which defines a new base layer of Objective-C classes. Two major components of the Foundation Kit are strings and collections. The string class supports multiple character sets, notably Unicode, and provides a rich set of manipulations. New collection classes represent the logical evolution of the current collections, featuring a consistent API and greater functionality. The Foundation Kit also introduces paradigms for new functionality in NEXTSTEP. The presenters will cover these new classes and paradigms in detail and describe how they affect the NEXTSTEP APIs. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework Kelly Toshach, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer This session will examine the architecture of the Enterprise Objects Framework, NeXT's collection of classes and functions providing a solution to object persistence. The first part of this session will be devoted to a brief conceptual overview of the framework and the persistence mechanisms it provides. The second part of the session, an architectural survey of framework components, will focus on "hooks" into the framework. Enterprise Objects Framework is more than just a collection of classes and functions. It defines relationships between its components and other classes. Attendees of this session will learn to use relationships defined in the framework to integrate NEXTSTEP, third-party, and other custom classes with framework components. This session is intended for object-oriented programmers. Familiarity with Objective-C and NEXTSTEP concepts and terminology is helpful. Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework Mai Nguyen, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer This session will take you through the creation of an application with the Enterprise Objects Framework. Topics covered by this session include building an object model with BusinessModeler, debugging via delegation methods, and extending the adaptor capabilities. This session is intended for the developers who have attended the Conference's other technical sessions on the Enterprise Objects Framework and want to see some examples of its implementation. It is assumed that developers are familiar with AppKit, ProjectBuilder, and InterfaceBuilder. Database experience is helpful but not mandatory. Advanced Objective-C: Beyond the Basics Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Attendees will gain a better understanding of the Objective-C runtime system and the flexibility it can add to their applications. Topics include implementing private methods, maintaining class compatibility, using categories, constructing classes at runtime, interfacing with C++, and emulating multiple inheritance. The session is targeted at developers who wish to learn the lesser-known features of Objective-C and the runtime system. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. ObjectWare Realities Moderator: Robert Masterson, Single Source Solutions Has ObjectWare lived up to its promise? Or are there still unresolved issues that prevent it from "taking off" as a commercial business? A panel of objectware experts, including Greg Anderson of AFS, Alex Cone of OTI, William Parkhurst of ObjectHouse, and Vince Jordan of Systemhouse, will identify and discuss the issues, including licensing, evaluation, standardization, documentation, and distribution. Drivers Ed: A Head Start on Writing Major Types of Drivers Phillip Dibner, John Immordino; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Joe Pasqua, Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems Learn the essentials for writing the most popular types of drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel using DriverKit. Discussion will cover basic functionality of major driver family abstract superclasses, functionality required for driver subclasses, common pitfalls to avoid during development, and debugging tips and techniques. A brief discussion of custom device inspector development will be given. This session assumes kernel-level development experience writing device drivers and/or loadable kernel servers and familiarity with Objective-C, AppKit, and DriverKit. Branching Out with Dynamic Loading Andrew Vyrros, Director of Development, Codeworks Dynamic loading is a powerful technique for creating extensible NEXTSTEP applications. This session will explore the technical issues involved in building extensible applications with dynamic loading and reviews the high-level architecture of dynamic programs. It also will cover the implementation details necessary to make dynamic loading work. A sample project will be demonstrated. This session is valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Meet the Engineers In keeping with a fine Conference tradition, NeXT offers a Q and A session with members of its engineering staff. This is an excellent opportunity to hear the engineers' perspective on what they do and why they do it that way and to meet some of the people who build the tools you rely upon. Representatives from the Development Environment, Foundation Kit, Enterprise Objects Framework, and NEXTIME teams will be on hand. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 4 - Deployment and System Administration ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The issues of administrating a NEXTSTEP network, connecting with legacy systems, choosing hardware and application testing are all part of the developer's deployment experience. Several sessions will be geared to increasing a system administrator's knowledge. Further, commercial developers will receive information to help them successfully bring their third-party product to market. Debugging NetInfo Networks Alan Marcum, Technical Support, NeXT Computer NetInfo has many idiosyncrasies that make it challenging to diagnose problems. This session will delve into those idiosyncrasies, including what the dreaded "netinfo timeout, sleeping" command really means! This session will be valuable to anyone who maintains a NetInfo network, and it assumes some experience. Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation This session will cover a variety of deployment issues, including the human factors and training issues associated with a new GUI; how to prepare for and manage change; what are the hardware, software and networking requirements for large-scale deployment; and how to measure the effectiveness of your deployment. This session will be valuable for technical evaluators and MIS and project managers. Test Case: Validating Your Mission-Critical Custom Application James F. Walsh, Ph.D., Director of Software Quality, NeXT Computer This session will examine the nuts and bolts of testing a mission-critical custom application from the ground up. Using an actual "mini" custom app, the speaker will demonstrate testing at the object (API) level and at the user-application level. He will also discuss procedures for validating your requirements, design, and implementation. Special attention will be given to problems that are likely to occur or hard to catch in a NEXTSTEP development environment. This session is aimed at developers and development managers. NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Eric Chu, Product Manager and Marc Majka, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Release 3.3 offers several enhancements to make administering large networks easier. Hear about the improvements to UserManager, HostManager, NetInfoManager and to the command-line NetInfo tools. This session is geared to NEXTSTEP system administrators. Redundancy and Network Design Mark Dadgar, NeXT Systems Administrator, William Morris Agency In today's mission-critical application environments, 100 percent uptime is the network manager's Holy Grail. To build a truly fault-tolerant network requires a certain amount of redundancy factored in at the design stage. All aspects of the network should be considered, including physical network infrastructure redundancy, file-server mirroring, administration-server cloning, and WAN-link backups. Learn how these components must be assembled synergistically if a truly stable network is to be the result. This session is geared to system administrators moving from one domain (up to 30 machines) to multiple subnets and WAN links. Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Moderator: Dan Herchenroether, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Panelists: Dan Riemer, Vice President, Riemer Reporting, Chris Bradley, Network Engineer and Bruce Walters, Systems Engineer, Bozell, Inc. Here is an opportunity to gain perspectives on both small-scale and large-scale NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will discuss specific issues encountered as NEXTSTEP-based solutions are implemented across the enterprise. Riemer Reporting is a private regional credit reporting service in the Midwest and Bozell is the tenth largest advertising agency in the world. Elements of Demand Creation for Commercial Developers Liz Statmore, Vice President of Marketing, Sarrus Software, Inc. NEXTSTEP's object technology makes it possible for third-party software developers to create uniquely powerful, integrated applications, but even the hottest products won't sell if you don't create the demand for them. This one-hour session will offer a "marketing boot camp" in the elements of demand creation for third-party developers who are new to marketing or who want a short refresher course in the unique opportunities and challenges of creating demand in the NEXTSTEP market. Topics to be covered include finding the customer, advertising, working with the press and partners, marketing collateral and programs, and launching your product. Legal Matters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law Maximizing profit and protecting intellectual property are vital concerns for every developer. The second of the Conference's two "Legal Matters" presentations will explore the fundamental issues of copyright, patent, trademark, and trade-secret law as they pertain to software development and distribution. Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Simson L. Garfinkel "Open systems" aren't necessarily a good thing - especially if the system that's open is spilling your confidential information onto the global Internet. This session will start with an overview of computer security and threat analysis and then look at specific strategies for making NEXTSTEP systems more secure. Mr. Garfinkel is co-author of Practical UNIX Security. This session will be valuable for MIS managers, system administrators, and advanced users. Strategies for Licensing and Protecting Software Moderator: David Spitzler, Developer Advocate, NeXT Computer A panel of developers and customers will present strategies and tactics for implementing flexible, effective schemes to protect NEXTSTEP applications. Topics will include floating license managers, single-user license servers, copy security, time-bombed applications, and what licensing schemes are scalable to large networks. This session will be valuable for both corporate and commercial developers and assumes some NEXTSTEP experience. Using Defect Tracking to Improve Application Development Kris Oosting, Technical Director, Shared Objectives, and Janet Coursey, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The scenario: your data indicates that most of the bugs were caused by engineers who misunderstood the spec. So you decide to bring the developers together with the spec writers to agree on vocabulary. This is a process improvement brought about through defect tracking! Defect tracking is capturing information about software development and using it to improve the development process. This session will describe the practical use of defect tracking and identify the benefits that can be gained, such as profiling bugs in order to determine release readiness. Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network John Karabaic, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Starting with a short history of workstation-style and PC-style networking, the speaker will show what happened When Worlds Collided with NEXTSTEP. This session will cover the why's and how's of NetInfo and the Network File System. It will also give pointers about NetWare on NEXTSTEP, integrating SoftPC with your network environment, and third-party connectivity options. Network Upgrade Strategies Norm Meluch, Chrysler Financial Corp., and Bill Young, Trident Data Systems As two of NeXT's largest long-term customers, Chrysler and Trident have had to face upgrading large, complex networks. This session will be an opportunity to share real-world knowledge of what works and what to avoid. The speakers will describe the upgrade strategies they have put in place and the business decisions that necessitate them. Question-and-answer time will be provided. Choosing Hardware Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer, and Ian Stewart, NYRO Technix With the thousands of possible configurations in the PC world, how do you choose a system that both is compatible with NEXTSTEP and performs well for your chosen application? This session will focus on the NeXT compatibility testing process, benchmarking systems, and general recommendations on how to build a system for a chosen application. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 5 - View from the Ground (END-USER PROGRAM) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It's time to explore the tools, applications, and issues related to NEXTSTEP on the desktop, including previews of new NeXT and third-party technologies, practical suggestions for enhancing productivity, and solutions to far-reaching issues such as information overload and empowerment of users within the corporate information systems strategy. Mail Interoperability Francois Koutchouk, Product Manager, and Lennart Lovstrand, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer This session will introduce users to the new NeXTmail, a world-class user agent interoperating in a world without standards. NeXT will show its dazzling array of multimedia messages penetrating the obscure world of Windows-based mail. The presentation will also include a review of the existing standards and a connectivity matrix. Increasing Enterprise Productivity with Groupware Moderator: John I. Stephen, Barclays Bank Plc. Panelists: Peter J. Park, President, Pangea Corporation Andrew K. Turk, President, Sarrus Software Increasing the productivity of groups is a major goal of many NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will address groupware, not as a buzzword, but as a viable set of shrink-wrapped and custom solutions available both today and in the near future. Specific emphasis will be on the measurable benefits of groupware for a corporation. What to Expect in Hardware Moderator: Linley Gwennap, Editor In Chief, The Microprocessor Report What's the best platform for NEXTSTEP? As NEXTSTEP finds its way onto other microprocessor platforms such as Pentium, PA-RISC, and SPARC, the range of hardware options is expanding dramatically. A panel representing Intel, Sun and HP will examine the choices available now and in the future. NEXTSTEP Power Tips Moderator: Lee Sherman, freelance writer and editor Did you know that pressing the Command key while starting up an app will hide all other running applications? Or that pressing the Alternate key while clicking the workspace icon will bring all windows above the dock? NeXTSTEP is so rich in capabilities that many users only scratch its surface. To get maximum benefit from NeXTSTEP, you need to know the shortcuts and hidden features available in the system. A panel of power users will show you this and more. Office Acrobatics: Document Interchange Between NEXTSTEP and the Outside World Moderator: Peter Camps, CEO, FirstClass In today's "open" world, viewing and reusing documents generated on other platforms in a mixed environment is of paramount importance for office productivity. A panel will explore how third-party applications exploit NEXTSTEP's unique features to deal with foreign-document formats in a variety of ways. Covering document types ranging from simple memos to spreadsheets to presentations with high graphical contents, panelists will discuss a suite of concrete solutions, including automatic format conversions, PostScript editing, and more. NEXTSTEP on the Road: From Notebooks to PDAs Moderator: Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer With new screen technology and increasing power, NEXTSTEP portability options are coming into their own. A panel will discuss the current state of the art and what is expected for the coming year, including color-portable options. Special software options for smaller screens and synchronizing with desktop machines will also be addressed. Culture Clash: Users and MIS Managers Moderator: Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions NEXTSTEP is most often applied as a mission-critical technology managed by the information systems departments of corporations. But it is also a powerful tool for individual use as a productivity environment. This session addresses the sometimes conflicting aims of NEXTSTEP use by individuals and by corporate IS departments and seeks to find a middle ground where individual and departmental needs can be accommodated within the overall corporate NEXTSTEP strategy. Net Results: Taking Advantage of the Internet Moderator: Simson Garfinkel All of the talk about the nation's burgeoning Information Data Highway leaves many NEXTSTEP users with three questions: How do I get on, what will I find, and who is paying for all of this? In this session, a panel of experts discusses how you connect NEXTSTEP computers to the nation's information infrastructure, looks at the some of the state-of-the-art software for cruising the highways and byways, and contemplates the long-range implications for publishing and privacy. Managing Information Overload Moderator: Chris Cuilla, Software Engineer, SHL Systemhouse Between e-mail, Internet news groups, and other forms of electronic communication, NEXTSTEP users face a flood of information that threatens to overload their ability to process it efficiently. This session will address the products and technologies that can help users resolve problems of information overload. It will also consider how these tools can help individuals, workgroups, and organizations to improve communications at all levels. Trends in Productivity Software Moderator: TBD Productivity software on NEXTSTEP has been evolving to interact with and accommodate custom software solutions. There is also a trend to create close programmatic links between traditional shrink-wrapped software and custom software. This panel will give an overview of the current situation and a road map for the future. It will also provide an overview of the most interesting commercial applications that have reached the market during the past year. Publishing with NEXTSTEP Moderator: Rick Reynolds, Marketing Department, 3DO NEXTSTEP's unified imaging model, powerful software tools, and workgroup connectivity are ideally suited for graphic design and electronic publishing. A panel of experts, including Lorin Rivers of Altsys and Lauren Flanegan of GS Corporation, will explore the growing list of available tools for NEXTSTEP publishing. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International User Group Program +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ These sessions will energize user-group members and provide them the information they need to stay active in the NEXTSTEP community. Whether your platform is Intel, Motorola, or PA-RISC, there is benefit in joining the user groups. Find out what they have to offer! Starting a Corporate Group Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP users are increasingly found centered in large corporations; therefore much of the future growth of NEXTSTEP user groups will occur within these corporations. In this session, you will learn how to become a product champion and internal guru in your company. If you are part of an existing user group, you'll learn how to form chapters at local corporations. Providing Services to User Groups Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer This session will focus on the support that NeXT is lending user groups, both in starting up new groups and in keeping existing groups informed and active in the NeXT community. In addition, there will be success stories, tips, and ideas from some of the larger user groups. The session will finish with a discussion of future programs and a question-and-answer session. User Group Auction Plan to attend this fun event! A range of products and services from the NeXT community will go to the highest bidder. Proceeds go toward the User Group Program at the Expo. A Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer Steve's visit to the user group assembly at NeXTSTEP EXPO is an exciting annual tradition. As in previous years, there will be plenty to talk about. Find out where NeXT is going, who they are going with, and how you can come along for the ride. ____________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION Suggested Curriculums: Digital Webster defines curriculum as "a set of courses constituting an area of specialization." NeXT is paying attention to the needs of technical evaluators and system administrators by recommending the following sessions, in addition to keynotes and general sessions, as a Conference curriculum for these specialties. Technical Evaluator Curriculum: Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up CIO Roundtable Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards System Administrator Curriculum: Debugging NetInfo Networks Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Redundancy and Network Design Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network Network Upgrade Strategies HANDS-ON WITH NEXTSTEP The NEXTSTEP Hands-On Tutorial area, located on the Exposition floor, provides instruction and mini-sessions for end users and developers. During Exposition hours, NeXT's training staff will conduct a variety of introductory user Tutorials for those new to NEXTSTEP. If you're a seasoned developer, this is your opportunity to sign up for popular one-on-one sessions, giving you the chance to spend some time with the subject matter expert of your choice. ORACLE TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING: Oracle will conduct a special technology briefing and demonstration on Monday, June 20, at 1:00 pm. The briefing is open to all Expo attendees, and is an opportunity to see Oracle's latest products and solutions, including products of special interest to NEXTSTEP users and developers. BIRDS OF A FEATHER MEETINGS: Special interest groups meetings will take place on Wednesday, June 22, beginning at 7:00 pm. Meetings include: Healthcare Solutions with NEXTSTEP 3D Developers Forum Integrating Auspex into your NEXTSTEP Environment Designing with Oracle CASE Tools for NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP South of the Border A complete list of meetings will be available on site. FOCUS ON EUROPE Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer All visitors from Europe, from end users to developers, along with interested U.S. developers, are invited to attend this special session on Thursday at 10:15 am. NeXT's European sales organization and sales strategy will be presented, and European reference customers will be introduced. Popular third-party applications from European developer partners will be highlighted. This is an excellent chance to gain greater understanding of how NeXT is creating success in Europe. NeXT JEOPARDY!(R) Here's a fun way to spend the lunch hour on Thursday, June 23, starting at 11:30 am. Join your host Bill Wesemann, NeXT's Vice President of North American Sales, for NeXT Jeopardy! Using a NEXTSTEP custom application, two teams will test their knowledge in categories like object-oriented technology, the computer industry, and NeXT history and trivia. You may even have a chance to be selected to join one of the teams, so brush up on your acronyms and get ready for NeXT Jeopardy! __________________________________________________________ Payment/cancellation policy: Payments, both domestic and international, must be received on or before June 21, 1994. No attendee will be admitted into the conference without payment by either check, cash, travelers' check, credit card, training document or purchase order number. Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations made by June 6, 1994, will be accepted subject to a cancellation service charge of $100. Confirmed registrants who do not attend the conference or who cancel after June 6, 1994, are liable for the entire registration fee. All cancellations must be made in writing. (Please note: non-payment does not constitute cancellations.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Companies participating in NEXTSTEP EXPO: Abstract Software Advance 2000, Inc. Alembic Systems International Ltd AMG Industries Consulting GmbH Anderson Financial Systems Bacchus, Inc. Barclays Bank Plc. Bell Atlantic-BSS BenaTong benchMark Developments Berkeley Productivity Group Biztech BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Black & White Software Inc. Blue Rose Systems, Inc. Bozell, Inc. Canon Computer Systems Inc., Advanced Technology Operation Chrysler Financial Corporation Codeworks Cogent Data Technologies Conextions, Inc. Cube Informationssystemes GmbH Dancing Bear Enterprises Data General Corporation Dolphin Technologies, Inc. DELL Computer eCesys, inc FirstClass Formosa Transnational Gemstone Systems, Inc. GS Corporation Hewlett-Packard Hypersight, Inc. i_link GmbH Impact Software Publishing, Inc. Infoworld Insight Software Information Technology Solutions Intuitive Systems JANA Publishing Lighthouse Design miro Computer Products NationsBanc-CRT NEC Technologies, Inc. Ocean Software, Inc. Oracle Corp. Otherwise Pages Software Inc PanCanadian Pangea Corporation Pencom Peripheral Solutions Pinnacle Research, Inc. Professional Software Proxima Inc. RDR Inc. Ridgeback Solutions Riemer Reporting Shared Objectives SHL Systemhouse SingleSource Systems Sarrus Software, Inc. Sirius Solutions Inc. Skylee Press SmartSoft Inc. Sofdesign Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft Swiss Bank Co. Systemix Software, Inc. TELOS/Springer-Verlag The Microprocessor Report Ticino Life Walnut Creek CD-ROM WeatherLabs, Inc. WhiteLight Systems William Morris Agency Workstation 2000 Yrrid Incorporated Plus many more... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO : >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE BRHQM00 PRICING: Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Looking forward to seeing you at NEXTSTEP EXPO '94!
From: Barbara Barton <barbara.barton@mccaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: McCaw Cellular Communications - Next Developers Date: 11 May 1994 16:14:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qreak$t7j@digifix.digifix.com> This is an addendum to the job posting for Software Developers at McCaw Cellular Communications. The positions listed are full -time permanent positions; we will relocate qualified candidates to the Seattle area, which is where we are located. McCaw will also be attending the NEXTSTEP EXPO June 20-24 in San Francisco at booth # 341 . Thanks for your interest and sorry for any confusion. Barbara Barton McCaw Cellular Communications is looking for Software Developers with the following qualifications: * BS/BA degree * 1-7 years experience designing and implementing innovative business applications on various platforms specifically in a Next enviroment. * 1-7 years of direct development experience in scripting, C, Object C, or C++, optimally in a Unix enviroment; some experience with database concepts and design; client/server implementation experience. Reply to : barbara.barton@mccaw.com 206 803 4461
From: Norman Goldfarb <norman@whitelight.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: WhiteLight Systems requires Software Developer Date: 11 May 1994 17:14:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qrhr5$9r@digifix.digifix.com> POSITION AVAILABLE: SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Join our team developing WhiteLight/Engineer 2.0, object-oriented business modeling software for enterprise-wide planning, analysis and control. It addresses a fundamental problem shared by every successful company: The complexity and dynamics of the business have outgrown the ability of current technology to deliver instantly the information that management needs to run the business. WhiteLight/Engineer's multi-dimensional semantic network enables a company's management and staff to build a shared model of the business from a common library of business objects and their computational relationships. NEXTSTEP, Objective-C, and object-oriented design skills required. Location in San Francisco Bay Area location is preferred but not required. Most of our developers work remotely. Competitive compensation, including equity. WhiteLight Systems is one of largest NEXTSTEP independent software vendors. Our products include WhiteLight/Engineer, DataModeler, CrashCatcher and, of course, Mission Critical Solitaire. Please contact: Norman Goldfarb norm@whitelight.com (415) 321-2183 (tel) (415) 321-2083 (fax)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO HyperText Brochure (Updated on Stepwise Server) Date: 11 May 1994 17:58:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qrke3$j2@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP EXPO June 20 -23 Moscone Center, San Francisco The HyperText version of the Brochure on the Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server has been updated as well. It can be accessed using OmniWeb.app/Mosaic/Lynx at URL httpd:/digifix.digifix.com/NEXTSTEP_Expo/index.html Comments and feedback is welcome.
From: tracy@athena.com (Tracy Kugelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Mesa Available through Ingram Micro Date: 11 May 1994 23:49:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qs90i$1vp@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact:Tracy Kugelman Sarah Garnsey 1.617.734.6372 1.617.734.1130fax info@athena.com Available Now through Ingram P MESA Spreadsheet Software Upgrade Coming June 1 May 10, 1994 P Athena Design, Inc. has announced that its Mesa <TM> spreadsheet software has become the first NEXTSTEP<R> product to be distributed by Ingram Micro Inc. Ingram Micro is the world's largest distributor of software and hardware. Resellers can begin purchasing Mesa through Ingram Micro immediately. Mesa version 1.5A has a suggested retail price of $499 per license. Athena Design, Inc. will upgrade Mesa on June 1, 1994 to increase its functionality based on customer recommendations. At that time the price will increase to $695. All registered users of Mesa are entitled to the new version as a free upgrade. *Resellers will be provided with a single point of contact for NEXTSTEP and Mesa, streamlining their order fulfillment process,: said Tracy Kugelman, Director of Marketing for Athena Design, Inc. *Athena Design, Inc. will continue to provide technical support and upgrade our product for our NEXTSTEP customers.: Mesa is the best-selling NEXTSTEP spreadsheet and the winner of NeXTWorld Magazine's *Best of Breed: award for Data Modeling in 1993. Mesa includes the features and performance level that users of other traditional spreadsheets expect, along with unique features that take advantage of the power of NEXTSTEP: - accesses real-time data feeds; - integral SQL database access (inserts, deletes and updates); - MOLI - Mesa Object Library Interface allows spreadsheet functionality to be integrated into custom applications; - seamless feature extensibility through object-oriented AddIns; - a Visual Report Builder for producing professional-quality reports. On June 1, Athena Design, Inc. will add an enhanced Object Library for faster MesaView<TM> display updates, Excel<TM> 4.0 file compatibility, support for NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC<R>, and user interface improvements. Athena Design, Inc. was founded in 1989 by David Pollak to produce Mesa spreadsheet software for 32-bit operating environments. For more information about Mesa or Athena Design, Inc., please contact us at 1.617.734.6372 or info@athena.com. -30- Mesa is a trademark of Athena Design, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. Excel is a trademark of MicroSoft Corp. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder/The Graph Object Library Date: 12 May 1994 00:30:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qsbcv$270@digifix.digifix.com> GraphBuilder/The Graph Object Library - New Features Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com VVI responds to customers and makes GraphBuilder even better and easier to use. GraphBuilder has been improved with the features described below. For more information please see below, ftp the file GraphBuilder3.2eScatterExamples.compressed from cs.orst.edu located in the directory /pub/next/demos/graphics, or contact us direct. Best Regards, - VVI -- SCATTER PLOTS ------------------------------------------------------- -- Scatter plots are made by dragging in data files, pasting data lists of x,y pairs, or mouse point and click methods. The points can be tagged (see below). The points can be interpolated by line segments or parametric curves which can be smoothed, closed or opened, and spline knot and vertex mouse edited. Scatter points transform to the coordinate system (Rectilinear, Polar, Logarithmic (version 3.3)). Although this is a feature enhancement from GB3.2d to GB3.2e this technology has been under development for several years and is completely integrated. Possible uses are: -- Typical scatter type information -- Phase plots -- Trajectory plots Since GraphBuilder is a general purpose graphing and graphic application multiple scatter, line, bar, matrix data (contours), or any other graphical element (data) can be added to the graph or axes. -- MARKERS/LABELS/TAGS ---------------------------------------------------- -- Markers: A marker is ANY graphic defined within GraphBuilder and are collocated at the data points. You can create the markers or use pre-defined ones. You can make and store markers by pasting any graphic to the marker editor, or make it directly on the inspector editor itself. Markers can be the ellipse, parallelogram, oval, RTF, curves, connected bezier segments, contours, arrays, EPS, TIFF, and even graphics defined with markers -- or any group of these type of graphics and can be rotated, skewed, scaled, and otherwise edited. The marker inspector editor is powerful enough to easily make recursive markers, that is markers defined as graphics with markers, ad infinitum. -- Labels: Each point can be labeled by its index, x-value, y-value, {x,y} value with prefix and suffix attachments. The label color and fonts can be changed through the font and color panel. Label offset, rotation angle, prefix, suffix, and type can be set through the Point Tags inspector editor. -- FILE DRAG ----------------------------------------------------------- -- Double click a *.dat file or command-drag any file onto the GraphBuilder application icon to view the data. If the extension is unknown then GraphBuilder will prompt for the data type. The data file extension type "scatterData" has been added as a document type that is recognized and launched by GraphBuilder. -- INSPECTOR EDITOR -------------------------------------------------- For programmers and enthusiasts: -- GraphBuilder now supports multiple inspector editors and multiple inspectors as part of its event processing and UI management. This means that, for the first time, inspectors can have the full functionality of any GraphBuilder document. Users can create graphics (and entire graphs) on the inspector, and with all the functionality of any GraphBuilder document like font and color panel processing and color swath dragging, etc. More importantly, graphics created on the inspector can be modified using another inspector editor. This facilitates component-wise building of hierarchical graphics like a graphic element which is a descendent of other graphic elements (such as line plots which have markers, end arrows, etc. as graphical sub-components). Although this is a feature addition from GB3.2d to GB3.2e this technology has been under development for several years and is completely integrated. -- MISC ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- GraphBuilder is shipped as Multiple Architecture Binaries, m68k only, and i386 only versions. We will ship HP-PA versions when NS is commercially available for that platform. -- As always, GraphBuilder is completely programmable for production and custom plotting so you can, for example, print out 1000's of graphs without clicking any buttons, but you can lay out the initial graph with a nice user interface. -- Example data files are provided which you can instantly click and modify to get you going. -- Integrated Digital Librarian Reference Guide and automatic printing of online manual. -- Better support for external and internal-document data links. -- Hints of upcoming collaborative efforts. -- Since our API is fully published third party applications can be readily interfaced. We fully support and encourage collaborative efforts by providing comprehensive documentation and consulting services and by selling and supporting all the objects GraphBuilder is based on. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- VVI customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in these following areas: Expertise: - Real time, production, and presentation quality data display and analysis. - Database and data acquisition integration. - Data modeling and simulation. - Cross platform development and integrity of data in a heterogeneous environment. - Object library architecture, object design, and integration between Objective-C and C++. - Transitioning to NEXTSTEP. Industries: - Financial Services; display of financial data. - Medical Services; hospital related clinical data. - Petroleum Services; exploration related data. - Corporate R&D laboratories; data analysis and display. - Government laboratories; data analysis and display. -- IMPORTANT FACTS ---------------------------------------------- - Immediate ship. (Fed-X or UPS) - VISA/Mastercard/Company P.O. accepted. - Free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions. - 100% compatible with previous document versions. - Runs on NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Motorola or Intel. - Full support, documentation, and complete API. - $349.00 GraphBuilder3.2e general license - $279.20 GraphBuilder3.2e academic license - Free upgrade to GraphBuilder3.3. Will include log axes, pie charts, generalized marker editor (implemented in GB3.2e), and many more improvements already being implemented or implemented in 3.2e. -- FTP DEMO VERSION ----------------------------------------- Documentation and a demo version is located on cs.orst.edu in the /pub/next/demos/graphics directory. Get the file GraphBuilder3.2d.README for further details. This demo version includes: 1) Fully programmable GraphBuilder application. 2) Full online documentation and printing of manual. 3) About 200 header files for programming GraphBuilder -- That is what is called a COMPLETE API. 4) Example documents, including complete program examples. 5) All the goodies you expect from a NEXTSTEP application.
From: rgc@cs.UMD.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Dual.app Date: 12 May 1994 00:30:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qsbds$279@digifix.digifix.com> README for Dual --------------- Dual is a simple application to demonstrate the concept of duality as used in computational geometry (and arrangements). Dual shows the primal and dual planes for the mapping (a,b) <=> y=ax-b; it allows you enter (and delete) points and lines in either plane to construct an arbitrarily complex arrangement. Points and lines may be colored and labeled, and changed dynamically. Ross Cutler rgc@cs.umd.edu
From: Thomas Funke <thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.0 for Mail.app Date: 12 May 1994 02:06:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qsh0u$2nt@digifix.digifix.com> A fat version of CryptorBundle-1.0 has been uploaded to ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Mail/apps/CryptorBundle-1.0.NI.b.tar.gz It runs on Intel and Motorola NeXT's with NEXTSTEP 3.2. Contact: Thomas Funke <thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de> CryptorBundle-1.0 ----------------- This is the bundle which reenables NeXTMail-Encryption. It uses PGP (included), one of the best encryption software which is available for free. CryptorBundle-1.0 comes as a fat bundle, compiled for black and white hardware. It works ONLY on NeXTSTEP 3.2, later versions may work or not. CryptorBundle has been written by Thomas Funke, thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de. Why CryptorBundle-1.0 ? ----------------------- NeXT has prepared Mail.app with public key encryption software since NS3.0. But because of US law, they were not allowed to export encryption software. The infamous three-letter-company would mind .... Thus the standard Mail.app comes without encryption SW. Now you can reenable this again, have NeXT's original GUI for public-key mail encryption: Browse through your public keys, add keys to your key list just by drag and drop, send encrypted messages and decipher encrypted messages (if you have the public key, of course ... ). All this is done inside Mail.app: No services add-on necessary, just the usual NeXT-way as NeXT has prepared it already. How safe is it ? ---------------- Well, probably much safer than NeXT has originally planned. The algorithm used to encrypt is 'RSA', probably not hackable by the three-letter-company and other hackers. It uses the well known (free) PGP program, thus if you already have PGP keys, you can still use them with the new bundle. Warning for ftp-sites in the USA only ------------------------------------- Because CryptorBundle includes PGP, this SW might be seen as "illegal arms export" if you place it on a public ftp server. Be sure you know what you do. Anyway, if your ftp server has already PGP and you have had no trouble so far, you might as well add CryptorBundle. For users in the USA, you might better get CryptorBundle from a European ftp site, which is not illegal.
From: rdf@arad.ucsd.edu (Ronald D. Fellman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NXSpice for Intel Date: 12 May 1994 16:14:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qu2mb$6jg@digifix.digifix.com> I have just recompiled NXSpice under NS3.2 for both Intel and NeXT hardware. I placed a copy on cs.orst.edu in the pub/next/submissions directory. The compressed tar file is called NXSpice-fat.tar.Z. I call it version 2.3fat. There are no other changes from version 2.2. It still is based upon Berkeley Spice version 3c1. (I tried to put it on both sonata and nova, but neither computer would respond.) ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/NXSpice-fat.tar.Z ron fellman e-mail: rfellman@ucsd.edu
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Stepwise directory services Date: 12 May 1994 16:39:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2qu46a$6pr@digifix.digifix.com> There needs to be an updating of the available mailing lists to the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Community... since we now have a central location to keep all this information, now we need to collect it. Also, the forms for adding your personal or company information to the WhitePages (now available) or YellowPages (soon) entries on the Stepwise WWW Server are at the end of this message. Those services and others can be reached at http://www.digifix.com/index.html or http://digifix.digifix.com/index.html Please fill in the forms as they are here, leaving fields blank where required. In the case of the Mailing List fields ArchivesAvailable:/SubscriptionInstructions:/ListDescription: you can add as many lines as you need to fill in all your information, just be sure to leave the seperator line intact. NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Mailing List Contact Information ListName: Manager: ManagerEmail: NextMailAllowed: ArchivesAvailable: -------------------------------------------- SubscriptionInstructions: -------------------------------------------- ListDescription: -------------------------------------------- For a White Pages listing fill out the following fields: LastName: FirstName: Email: Org/School: For a Yellow Pages listing, please fill out the following fields (leave blank where necessary): Company: Address: Address2: City: State: Country: PostalCode: Phone: Fax: TollfreePhone: GeneralEmail:
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT May 23 Date: 13 May 1994 00:06:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2quuct$9b8@digifix.digifix.com> Gotham Users of NeXT Monday, May 23th I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. What's NeXT? - 19:00 GUN's giving NeXT a chance to broadcast their message! NeXT, and in particular their New York Financial Group will address the following topics: -OpenStep - what is it all about? -HP, DEC, DG, Sun alliance update -Object Channel partner update -Marketing strategy -Customer status in the NYC metropolitan area -Future enhancements to NS - some exciting surprises!!! III. End of Meeting NEXTSTEP on the Gecko - HP's new PA RISC machine running NEXTSTEP 3.2 !!! Electronic Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Updated files on NextAnswers Date: 13 May 1994 00:10:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2quujs$9bu@digifix.digifix.com> The following files have been updated on the NextAnswers server in the last week. 1579 CDPlayer Troubleshooting 4k 94-05-12 1541 Installation Requiring Adaptec Driver Update 8k 94-05-12 1466 NEC Image III 4k 94-05-12 1333 NEC PowerMate e Series 3k 94-05-12 1477 NEC Ultralite Versa 3k 94-05-12 1002 3.2 Hardware Compatibility Guide 421k 94-05-09 1555 RestorePatch.pkg 129k 94-05-09 1554 RestorePatch.ReadMe 3k 94-05-09 1575 Academic Bundle Intro 2k 94-05-05 1577 Academic Bundle Resellers Europe 3k 94-05-05 1576 Academic Bundle Resellers NA 15k 94-05-05 From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com.
From: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Port of Standard ML of NJ to NEXTSTEP for Intel processors Date: 13 May 1994 01:56:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2qv4r2$9t4@digifix.digifix.com> The CSDMteam at the University of Munich proudly presents the port of Standard ML of NJ, version 0.93, to NEXTSTEP for Intel processors. The modified source can be found at ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/programming/languages/sml/NJ-0.93/93.src.nsfip.tar.Z (please look at the installation instructions in the file README.NeXT.I386). A precompiled binary of the interpreter (gzip'ed) is located at ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/languages/ml /sml.0.93.I.b.gz. Regards Robert Stabl.
From: Denise Blakeley <blake015@bullnext.mc.duke.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Opener v3.1.3 Date: 13 May 1994 16:16:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r0n6m$eag@digifix.digifix.com> The new version (3.1.3, May 1994) of "Opener" is available by anonymous ftp: sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3_MAB.tar.Z sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3_MAB_utils.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3_MAB.tar.Z cs.orst.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3_MAB_utils.tar.Z Opener v3.1.3 is a Multi-Architecture Binary (i.e., "fat"). It runs on machines running NeXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Differences from Opener 3.1.2: - 'gzip' and 'gunzip' fat again - Fixed shortcoming in gzip utility makefile - New version of 'xlharc' called 'lha'; added support for .lha files - Added support for capitalized filename extensions (e.g., 'ZIP' in addition to 'zip' - Added support for .taz and .tgz files (same as .tar.Z and .tar.gz) - Added support for .cpt files (Macintosh CompactorPro) - 'mcvert' replaced with 'hexbin' - 'unsit' replaced with 'macunpack' - Treatment of .hqx files enhanced - Split out PD utility sources to decrease app size for those who don't care to recompile them anytime anyway; removed corresponding Makefile.postamble Opener is a utility that is indispensible for unpacking or creating common kinds of archived files (.tar, .tar.Z, .shar, .zip, .arc, .arj, .zoo, .gz, etc.). See Opener.app/README.rtfd for details. The first package includes all source and test files. The second (utils) package contains all source for the public-domain utilities used by Opener, including any (for example) Makefile changes that were necessary to compile "fat" for NeXT. To install, unpack and drop Opener.app into an Apps folder. You may wish to remove Opener.app/test*; they are present for your convenience in testing changes you may make on your own. If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions for future updates, please contact one of us: Michael Hawley (original author) MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 mike@media-lab.mit.edu Denise Blakeley (current maintainer) Duke University Medical Center Information Systems blake015@mc.duke.edu Many thanks go to Subrata Sircar (Subrata_Sircar@next.com) for help in making Opener fat (v3.1), to Joe Reiss (jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) for the new color icons (v3.1.1), to Bruce Gingery (bruce@TotSysSoft.com) for providing an updated version of 'xlharc' (v3.1.3), and Rob Wyatt (rob@bedazzled.com) for replacing mcvert and unsit with hexbin and macunpack, respectively, and enhancing Opener's treatment of .hqx files. -- Denise Blakeley | PROGRAM, tr. v., An activity similar Duke Med Center Info Systems | to banging one's head against a wall, Durham, NC | but with fewer opportunities for (919) 286-6468 W | reward. blake015@mc.duke.edu | NeXTMail welcome!
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO Update and Corrections Date: 13 May 1994 17:14:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2r0qk4$eth@digifix.digifix.com> This is an update to yesterdays list which accidently left Stone Design out, and there are also some additions as well. Companies Exhibiting. -------------------- AMG Industries Consulting GmbH Abstract Software Advance 2000, Inc. Alembic Systems International Ltd Anderson Financial Systems BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Bacchus, Inc. Barclays Bank Plc. Bell Atlantic-BSS BenaTong benchMark Developments Berkeley Productivity Group Bitwise Consulting Biztech Black & White Software Inc. Blue Rose Systems, Inc. Bozell, Inc. California State University, Long Beach Canon Computer Systems Inc., Advanced Technology Operation Chrysler Financial Corporation Client/Server Computing Codeworks Cogent Data Technologies Conextions, Inc. Cube Informationssystemes GmbH DELL Computer DPT- Distributed Processing Technology Dancing Bear Enterprises Data General Corporation Dolphin Technologies, Inc. eCesys, inc FirstClass Formosa Transnational GS Corporation Gemstone Systems, Inc. Gestalt Corporation HUMANETIX Hewlett-Packard Hypersight, Inc. i_link GmbH Impact Software Publishing, Inc. Information Technology Solutions Infoworld Insight Software interpersonal-computing GmbH Intuitive Systems iXpoint Informationssysteme GmbH JANA Publishing Lighthouse Design miro Computer Products NEC Technologies, Inc. NYRO Technix, Inc. NationsBanc-CRT ObjectHouse Objective Technologies Ocean Software, Inc. Oracle Corp. Otherwise Pages Software Inc PanCanadian Pangea Corporation Parabase Software Corporation Pencom Peripheral Solutions Pinnacle Research, Inc. Professional Software Proxima Inc. QUIX Computerware RDR Inc. Ridgeback Solutions Riemer Reporting SHL Systemhouse Sarrus Software, Inc. Sarrus Software, Inc. Shared Objectives SingleSource Systems Sirius Solutions Inc. Skylee Press SmartSoft Inc. Sofdesign Software Services and Solutions, Inc. Stone Design Corporation Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft Swiss Bank Co. Systemix Software, Inc. TELOS/Springer-Verlag The Microprocessor Report The Printer Works Ticino Life Trident Data Systems VNP Software Walnut Creek CD-ROM WeatherLabs, Inc. WhiteLight Systems William Morris Agency Workstation 2000 Yrrid Incorporated Also, in Track 3, Robert Masterson was mistakenly listed being from Single Source Solutions... the corrected entry is below. ObjectWare Realities Moderator: Robert Masterson, Software Services and Solutions, Inc Has ObjectWare lived up to its promise? Or are there still unresolved issues that prevent it from "taking off" as a commercial business? A panel of objectware experts, including Greg Anderson of AFS, Alex Cone of OTI, William Parkhurst of ObjectHouse, and Vince Jordan of Systemhouse, will identify and discuss the issues, including licensing, evaluation, standardization, documentation, and distribution. all these corrections have also been made on the hypertext version at http://digifix.digifix.com/NEXTSTEP_Expo/index.html
From: chernobog!max@nwnexus.wa.com (David Fedchenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Cribbage Solitaire Module Date: 14 May 1994 00:44:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r1kuu$guv@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing the availability of yet another way to spend your time not working. A Cribbage module for the Solitaire 2.1 application. The goal is to lay out a grid of cards that score the best combination of cribbage hands. Files can be found on cs.orst.edu: binary for m68k and i386: ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/CribbageSolitaire.tar.Z source for anything ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/CribbageSolitaire.tar.Z David Fedchenko <max@chernobog.wa.com>
From: joeba@jbc.com (Joe Barello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO User Group Activities... Date: 16 May 1994 00:57:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r6ugn$1kd@digifix.digifix.com> Greetings from the User Group Program of NEXTSTEP EXPO! With NEXTSTEP EXPO we have a great opportunity to gather, learn and talk to each other about NEXTSTEP activity world-wide. As a user group community we can once again do fun things while at EXPO. Our formal schedule includes: Booth presence throughout the show (Tues, Wed, Thurs) Two User Group conference sessions (Tue, Wed) The famous User Group Auction (Wed) A fireside chat with Steve Jobs (Thurs) Our informal schedule includes: User Group Lunch (Mon) BANG sponsored party (Mon night) Explore San Francisco (Tue) The famous Stone Design party (Wed night) We are finalizing a few things at the 5-weeks-to-go mark and would like some help from the world-wide NEXTSTEP user group community. - User Group Booth participation. Please contact Joe Barello (joeba@jbc.com). - User Group Resource Guide. Please contact Nick Christopher (nwc@ny.shl.com). - Special auction items. Please contact Mitch Roider (mitch@jzlaw.com). Who is coming to EXPO this year? Send us email as soon as possible! Be sure to register for the user group sessions. Call DCI at 800-767-2336 (USA), or 508-474-9258 (international) and use the preferred customer code BRHQM01. Joe Barello and Terry Talbot User Group Program Coordinators expo94@jbc.com
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Temp Test Engineering positions at NeXT Computer! Date: 16 May 1994 22:31:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r9aa4$90f@digifix.digifix.com> Full-time Temporary Positions at NeXT Computer! NeXT's Pre-Release Team is now hiring for several full-time temporary positions in Redwood City, CA. Contracts range from minimum of 1 month to a maximum of 3 months. This job has these benefits, among others: First-hand access to the most current versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP Primary responsibilities: Process incoming bugs and suggestions from NEXTSTEP customers Verify (try to duplicate) bug reports Communicate with customers to get further information Submit bug reports to NeXT's Software Engineering team Assist with distribution of Pre-Release software to sites General assistance within the Pre-Release Team Requirements: 1 or more years hands-on experience with NEXTSTEP Have good verbal and written communication skills Be well organized and detail-oriented Be a fast learner Preferred: NEXTSTEP programming experience NEXTSTEP and other networking experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Matriculating college student status preferable Important notes: This position requires working at the Redwood City offices for the duration of employment. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed, if you are planning to relocate. Incumbents will be considered for future employment in various engineering areas, if interested. Please send your resume in ASCII, RTF, or PostScript format to jholly@next.com, or fax your resume to (415) 780-4554 with attention to Joe Hollowood. Joe Hollowood Software Quality Supervisor Engineering NeXT, Inc.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: DPT 2000 Series SCSI Driver Pre-Release Date: 16 May 1994 22:32:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r9ab3$90l@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NeXT Announces Beta Program for DPT 2000 Series Driver Update NeXT will ship a beta version of the updated DPT 2000 series driver on Friday, May 20. In order to participate in the beta test, simply fill out the form below and return to darren_smith@next.com. (Note: You MUST have the ability to send and receive NeXTMail in order to participate in the beta program. This beta driver will ONLY be distributed in electronic form.) To report bugs, or when corresponding with NeXT about this driver, please send mail to bug_dpt@next.com. Everyone participating in the beta test of this driver will automatically receive the final version as soon as it becomes available. *** As always, when dealing with drivers, or beta software of any sort, remember to back your system up before installing, and save your files frequently while using. *** Disclaimer: NeXT PRERELEASE SOFTWARE LICENSE This Agreement sets forth the terms under which a release of the NeXT software described below, including documentation and other materials provided with such software ("NeXT Software") is being provided to you. Please read this Agreement, and if you do not agree to be bound by its terms, promptly return the NeXT Software to NeXT. 1. Software License Grant. NeXT grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to use the NeXT Software for the sole purpose of beta testing the NeXT Software. You may not copy the NeXT Software except to make a single archival copy. You acknowledge that the NeXT Software contains copyrights, trade secrets and proprietary rights of NeXT and its third party suppliers and you may not use the NeXT Software, or trade secret, confidential or proprietary information contained in the NeXT Software in any product developed by You or on Your behalf. Accordingly, you agree not to remove or destroy any copyright or other proprietary rights notices contained on or in the NeXT Software 2. No Warranty; No Support. The NeXT Software is delivered "AS IS". NeXT does not warrant that the operation of the NeXT Software will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any NeXT Software errors will be corrected, that the NeXT Software will satisfy your requirements, or that the NeXT Software will operate in the combinations which you may select for use. In addition, NeXT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 3. Feedback to NeXT. You agree that, to the extent you generate or collect data in connection with the use of the NeXT Software under this Agreement, you will furnish to NeXT a copy of such information for the purpose of providing NeXT the benefit of your experience with respect to the use of the NeXT Software. You further agree to promptly report any bugs or errors you may discover in using the NeXT Software and, in any event, to deliver all final bug or error reports to NeXT in writing not later than July 1, 1994. 4. U.S. Government Licensees. If the NeXT Software is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the United States Government, the following provisions apply. The NeXT Software (a) is existing computer software and was developed at private expense, (b) is a trade secret of NeXT and its third-party suppliers for all purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, (c) is "commercial computer software" subject to limited utilization as expressly stated in this Agreement, (d) in all respects is proprietary data belonging solely to NeXT or third-party suppliers, and (e) is unpublished and all rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. The NeXT Software is licensed only with "Restricted Rights" and use, reproduction or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Alternate III(g)(3) of the Rights in Data - General clause at 52.227-14 (June 1987) and subparagraphs (a) through (d) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights clause at 52.227-19 (June 1987) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and their respective successors. For units of the Department of Defense (DoD), this NeXT Software is licensed only with "Restricted Rights" and use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (June 1988) of the DoD Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulations and its successors. Contractor/manufacturer is NeXT Computer, Inc., 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063. 5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein. Description of NeXT Software: DPT 2000 Series SCSI Driver Prerelease Please return information below with your request: ------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Organization: Address: Phone: Email Address (must be NeXTMail): Type of 486/Pentium System: Have participated in previous beta testing (yes/no)? I acknowledge that this is beta software and agree to hold NeXT harmless in the event of any situations that might occur in the use of this beta software. ------------------------------------------------------------ To report bugs, or when corresponding with NeXT about this driver, please send mail to bug_dpt@next.com. Darren Smith NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Mont Rothstein <mrothste@lore.acs.calpoly.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Programmer Position Available Date: 16 May 1994 22:32:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2r9abn$90r@digifix.digifix.com> PROGRAMMER Escape to the Central Coast. A mid-sized, fast growing co. in San LuisObispo is seeking a F/T experienced NeXTSTEP programmer. Design, customize,integrate and implement NeXTSTEP front-end apps and tools for an OracleRDBMS. NeXTSTEP Programming & Client/Server DB experience a must. Competitive salary. EOE Send cover letter and resume to: MARDEC, INC. ATTN: I.S. DIRECTOR 3566 S. HIGUERA #104 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or FAX (805) 547-5478 or email to mrothste@lore.acs.calpoly.edu (NeXTmail OK)
From: "Nathan F. Janette" <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Elm City NeXT Users Group (New Haven, CT) Date: 17 May 1994 15:25:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rb5no$e5a@digifix.digifix.com> Elm City NeXT Users Group Meeting ************************************************************************ *** Special presentation of NEXTSTEP/HP (beta) on a HP 712/60 Gecko! *** ************************************************************************ - See NEXTSTEP on Intel hardware. - Meet other NeXT & NEXTSTEP users/developers/administrators. - Curious onlookers welcome! - Share experience using NeXTs/NEXTSTEP/third-party products. - Speak with NeXT representatives. Where: Main Lecture Hall, BCMSB, 266 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT When: Thu 19-May-94, 7:30-10:00 PM (next meeting: April) Meeting Schedule: 7:30 PM - NEXTSTEP demos on various systems 8:00 PM - User group business 8:30 PM - Social time, hands-on demos 9:00 PM - Advanced topics Hope to see you there... To get there from the north: I-91 S Exit 4 Right turn off exit ramp onto Humphrey Street Straight though 3 traffic lights into parking lot (park anywhere) BCMSB is the new brick building Entrance up the stairs To get there from the south: I-91 N Exit 3 Straight after traffic light at end of ramp Right turn at next traffic light onto Whitney Avenue 2nd traffic light Left into parking lot opposite Humphrey Street Straight though 3 traffic lights into parking lot (park anywhere) BCMSB is the new brick building Entrance up the stairs
From: Norman Goldfarb <norman@whitelight.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2rbb9u$eou@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2rbb9u$eou@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 17 May 1994 17:41:10 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rbdlm$f3m@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelling article for comp.sys.next.announce Scott Anguish, moderator -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Marek Roland-Mieszkowski <MMIESZKO@ac.dal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ASCII File Filter 2.0 Software Date: 18 May 1994 14:42:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rdniv$lbg@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE May 18, 1994 ASCII File Filter 2.0 Software for NeXTSTEP Computers ===================================================== ASCII_Filter.app is a demo of the ASCII File Filter - ASCII and binary file filtering software for NeXTSTEP - compatible computers. This version should work on all Motorola and Intel - based NeXTSTEP computers with NeXTSTEP versions 2.* => 3.* . New version of ASCII_Filter.app is available on the following FTP sites: ( look for files ASCII_Filter.app.tar.Z and ASCII_Filter.README ) cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it terra.stack.urc.tue.nl Digital Recordings-Advanced R & D Registered NeXTSTEP Developer Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Tel./ Fax. (902) 429-9622 E-mail: mmieszko@ac.dal.ca
From: Marek Roland-Mieszkowski <MMIESZKO@ac.dal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DFG (Digital Function Generator) 3.2 Software Date: 18 May 1994 14:43:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rdnjk$lbp@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE May 18, 1994 DFG (Digital Function Generator) 3.2 Software for NeXTSTEP Computers ==================================================================== DFG_demo.app is a demo of the Digital Function Generator (DFG) -sound synthesis software for NeXTSTEP - compatible computers. This version should work on all Motorola and Intel - based NeXTSTEP computers with NeXTSTEP versions 2.* => 3.* . New version of DFG_demo.app is available on the following FTP sites: ( look for files DFG_demo.app.tar.Z and DFG_demo.README ) cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it terra.stack.urc.tue.nl Digital Recordings-Advanced R & D Registered NeXTSTEP Developer Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Tel./ Fax. (902) 429-9622 E-mail: mmieszko@ac.dal.ca
From: Norman Goldfarb <norman@whitelight.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing CrashCatcher for HP/PDO Date: 18 May 1994 15:14:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rdpee$lln@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing CrashCatcher for HP/PDO: CrashCatcher 1.14 adds debugging capability to HP/PDO software Key words: CrashCatcher, HP, PDO, debug PALO ALTO, CA, May 17, 1994 --- WhiteLight Systems, Inc. today announced the release of CrashCatcher 1.14. CrashCatcher is a non-intrusive debugging utility originally developed for use with NEXTSTEP applications. CrashCatcher 1.14 adds support for NeXT Computer's Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) running on Hewlett-Packard computers. When an application enters a detectable failure state (including invalid memory references, messages to freed objects, NX_exceptions, and other problems), CrashCatcher generates a comprehensive diagnostic report. CrashCatcher makes it possible to debug code running under HP/PDO. No other debugging tool correctly produces a stack backtrace past functions not compiled with NeXT Computer's gcc. This includes functions linked in from the system libraries as well as code compiled with HP's compilers. Also, when an application crashes and produces a corefile, only CrashCatcher reads the corefile correctly to determine the cause of the crash. CrashCatcher generates comprehensive reports on crashes and non-fatal exceptions for software under development in gdb. It then continues to watch for errors in beta-test and production software in the field. When an error occurs, CrashCatcher automatically sends a comprehensive report to the user's console or to an e-mail address specified by the system administrator. (Report output under HP/PDO is to a file or standard error.) - Initiate reports externally and then return control to the application. - Customize report triggers and contents, even to system and third-party resources. - Safely decode C strings and objects. - Enable "soft landings." - Save time in development and achieve 100% reporting of errors in the field. For more information, contact: Norman Goldfarb WhiteLight Systems, Inc. 350 Cambridge Ave, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA, 94306 U.S.A. Phone: (415) 321-2183 Fax: (415) 321-2083 NeXTMail: norm@whitelight.com CrashCatcher and WhiteLight are trademarks of WhiteLight Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP, PDO and Portable Distributed Objects are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT AND HP SHIP BETA VERSION OF NEXTSTEP FOR HP PA-RISC Date: 18 May 1994 21:36:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2refre$o8g@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Lynne Hanson Hewlett-Packard Company 408-447-1415 NeXT AND HP SHIP BETA VERSION OF NEXTSTEP FOR HP PA-RISC; HP TO PRELOAD PRODUCT FOR LARGE CUSTOMERS HP and NeXT broaden relationship to include new market REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 18, 1994 - NeXT Computer, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company announced today the shipping of the beta version of NEXTSTEP for HP's PA-RISC workstations. NEXTSTEP Release 3.2, NeXT's object-oriented operating system software, will ship for the HP 9000 Model 712, 715, 725, 735 and 755 workstations this summer. Upon customer request, HP will preload the software on selected workstations for large deployments. With the release of this product, the two companies have also announced plans to broaden their strategic relationship beyond the financial services market first targeted by the Object7Enterprise alliance, to now include the telecommunications market. "Our move to broaden the relationship with NeXT to the telecommunications market is a natural evolution for us," said Willem P. Roelandts, senior vice president and general manager of HP's Computer Systems Organization. "Two of the key areas being addressed to leverage the strengths of HP and NeXT in object technology are network management and customer care." One of the customers who will benefit from the additional NeXT/HP focus on telecommunications is McCaw Cellular Communications, which is already standardizing on NEXTSTEP for key customer service applications. "Having NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC gives us tremendous flexibility in building scalable object-oriented solutions for our business, now that we have the option to use high-performance RISC workstations," said Jonathan Weeks, technical architect at McCaw Cellular Communications. NeXT and HP Deliver Object7Enterprise Products NEXTSTEP for HP's PA-RISC completes the delivery of desktop to data center solutions being delivered as part of Object7Enterprise, the relationship the two companies formed in May 1993. Object7Enterprise was designed to provide a client/server solution based on object-oriented technology, enabling customers to develop and deploy object-oriented applications across the enterprise. "NeXT and HP are delivering right on schedule what we promised a year ago: NEXTSTEP objects on HP's fast RISC workstations and servers," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This combination gives our customers a truly scalable object-oriented architecture today." NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC is a complete port of the NEXTSTEP operating system currently shipping on Intel processors, including the HP Vectra line of personal computers. Also in beta is NEXTSTEP Developer, the complete graphical object-oriented development environment that enables the rapid development of client/server applications. By virtue of the NEXTSTEP Object Frameworks, the basis of the OpenStep standard for object-oriented computing, existing NEXTSTEP applications can be ported to the PA-RISC workstations with no source code changes. For example, NEXTSTEP third-party developer Athena Design ported its sophisticated spreadsheet program, Mesa, in fewer than six hours from the Intel to the HP PA-RISC platform with no changes in source code, demonstrating how portable NEXTSTEP applications are across multiple architectures. "HP listens to its customers, and several major HP customers have selected NEXTSTEP as their strategic solution for application development and deployment. The HP/NeXT solution embodies innovative technology and world-class, enterprise computing experience," continued Roelandts. For the server, NeXT is shipping PDOPPortable Distributed ObjectsPfor HP-UX. PDO is the first industry product to provide a heterogeneous client/server framework based on objects, and extends the same seamless object model and messaging architecture as NEXTSTEP's operating environment. NeXT's PDO for HP 9000 business servers running HP-UX 9.0 provides a framework for developing and deploying object-oriented applications across the enterprise. NeXT is also shipping NetInfo for HP-UX servers which is compatible with the NetInfo bundled with NEXTSTEP. Developed by NeXT and Xedoc, the leading portable NetInfo consulting group, NetInfo for servers is a flexible and extensible database system for distributed system and network administration. NeXT's NetInfo allows centralized management of NEXTSTEP-based environments. NetInfo provides management capabilities that interoperate with HP OpenView network and system management environment. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. Hewlett-Packard Company HP is the second-largest computer supplier in the United States, with computer-related revenue of $15.6 billion in its 1993 fiscal year. HP has been delivering PA-RISC-based business computers since 1986 with high reliability, data integrity, data availability and system availability. PA-RISC is being advanced by the Precision Risc Organization, an association of industry-leading companies that will broaden the use of PA-RISC technology and deliver its benefits to more customers worldwide. Hewlett-Packard Company is an international manufacturer of measurement and computation products and systems recognized for excellence in quality and support. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP has 97,000 employees and had revenue of $20.3 billion in its 1993 fiscal year. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. PA-RISC means Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX operating system. It also complies with X/Open's XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS 151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Color Interpolators for NEXTSTEP Date: 19 May 1994 14:12:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rga6m$cr@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dave Anderson Flying Monkey Software 8424 Todd Creek Cr. West Chester, OH 45069 djanders@nox.cs.du.edu 513-865-6800 x6087 Day 513-779-6489 Evening FLYING MONKEY SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES COLOR INTERPOLATING APPLICATIONS FOR NEXTSTEP. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, May 19, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the availability of ColorInterpolator and Color4Interpolator for the NEXTSTEP community. The clean interface to color on NEXTSTEP based systems is significantly enhanced with the introduction of these products, by allowing the user to create a smooth chromatic transition from one color to another. They're great for drawing, icon development, text and image coloring - wherever you would drop in a color. ColorInterpolator With the ColorInterpolator, you may select any two colors and find the colors between them on a line in fixed (user-specified) increments. These incremental colors may be dragged directly into other applications or saved to a color list accessible through the color panel. Both orthogonal (RGB) and cylindrical (HSB) transitioning are supported. Alpha levels are supported. Color4Interpolator All the features of Flying Monkey's ColorInterpolator, but with four colors and the interpolated colors in a square, instead of two and a line. Sets of rows and columns may be saved as color lists in addition to the entire interpolated color set. ColorInterpolator (interpolation between 2 colors) $10.00 Color4Interpolator (interpolation between 4 colors) $17.50 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, but have only recently gotten together. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. Software is fun for us monkeys: we just love it! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. ColorInterpolator and Color4Interpolator are NEXTSTEP applications from Flying Monkey Software. Have a nice day.
From: Denise Blakeley <blake015@bullnext.mc.duke.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Opener v3.1.3a Date: 19 May 1994 14:13:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rga8c$dd@digifix.digifix.com> I neglected to include the app sources in the app wrapper of the latest release of Opener (v3.1.3, 5/13/94)--oops! So this version (v3.1.3a, 5/20/94) merely remedies this. If you've already downloaded v3.1.3 and don't care whether you have the sources or not, you really don't need to bother downloading v3.1.3a. Denise ------------- Following is the new README file, just the same ---------------- Subject: new "Opener" on sonata The new version (3.1.3a, May 1994) of "Opener" is available by anonymous ftp: sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3a_MAB.tar.Z sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/binaries/util/Opener_3.1.3_MAB_utils.tar.Z It is also on cs.orst.edu (in /pub/next/submissions, but will eventually migrate someplace more permanent). Opener v3.1.3a is a Multi-Architecture Binary (i.e., "fat"). It runs on machines running NeXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Differences from Opener 3.1.3: - Included app sources in app wrapper again (oops!) Differences from Opener 3.1.2: - 'gzip' and 'gunzip' fat again - Fixed shortcoming in gzip utility makefile - New version of 'xlharc' called 'lha'; added support for .lha files - Added support for capitalized filename extensions (e.g., 'ZIP' in addition to 'zip' - Added support for .taz and .tgz files (same as .tar.Z and .tar.gz) - Added support for .cpt files (Macintosh CompactorPro) - 'mcvert' replaced with 'hexbin' - 'unsit' replaced with 'macunpack' - Treatment of .hqx files enhanced - Split out PD utility sources to decrease app size for those who don't care to recompile them anytime anyway; removed corresponding Makefile.postamble Opener is a utility that is indispensible for unpacking or creating common kinds of archived files (.tar, .tar.Z, .shar, .zip, .arc, .arj, .zoo, .gz, etc.). See Opener.app/README.rtfd for details. The first package includes all source and test files. The second (utils) package contains all source for the public-domain utilities used by Opener, including any (for example) Makefile changes that were necessary to compile "fat" for NeXT. To install, unpack and drop Opener.app into an Apps folder. You may wish to remove Opener.app/test*; they are present for your convenience in testing changes you may make on your own. If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions for future updates, please contact one of us: Michael Hawley (original author) MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 mike@media-lab.mit.edu Denise Blakeley (current maintainer) Duke University Medical Center Information Systems blake015@mc.duke.edu Many thanks go to Subrata Sircar (Subrata_Sircar@next.com) for help in making Opener fat (v3.1), to Joe Reiss (jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) for the new color icons (v3.1.1), to Bruce Gingery (bruce@TotSysSoft.com) for providing an updated version of 'xlharc' (v3.1.3), and Rob Wyatt (rob@bedazzled.com) for replacing mcvert and unsit with hexbin and macunpack, respectively, and enhancing Opener's treatment of .hqx files.
From: neil@bMD.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TIFFany II Demo Submitted to Archives Date: 19 May 1994 14:14:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rgab0$dm@digifix.digifix.com> Demo versions of Caffeine Software's TIFFany II, image enhancement application for NEXTSTEP, may be found in the submission directories on cs.orst.edu, sonata.cc.purdue.edu and in /pub/next/tiffany at f.ms.uky.edu. These packages are available in MAB format and include multi-user floating license support for installation on network servers. TIFFany II provides the graphic artists with a set of tools for image creation manipulation an enhancment in a multi-threaded environment. Apply a 15% brightness filter to you image while you type text. Or, save one image while you continue working with another image! Select from over 40 actions including: linear filters, geometry, morphology, halftoning, turbulence, motion, contrast, brightness, retouching, color correction, masking and much more! Quickly view and manage image archives with TIFFany II's built in image database to create thumb nail sized images for quick access and previewing. Create animations and morphs with TIFFany II's morphing capabilities. For specialized projects, use TIFFany II's developer API to create your own specialized tools, filters and actions. Visit Caffeine Software and benchMark Developments in booth #323 during NEXTSTEP Expo! Ftp locations: f.ms.uky.edu://pub/next/tiffany/TIFFany2.tar.gz cs.orst.edu://pub/next/demos/graphics/TIFFany2.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu://pub/next/submissions/TIFFany2.tar.gz File Size: 3,535,146 bytes Format: MAB Packages TIFFany II requires NEXTSTEP 3.1 or greater For more information, contact: benchMark Developments, Inc. 120 East Main Street, Suite 1101 Lexington, KY 40507 Phone: 606-231-6599 / 800-872-3131 (US customers only) Fax: 606-254-4864 Email: Info@bMD.com
From: tiggr@viper.es.ele.tue.nl (Pieter Schoenmakers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TDKit: TDRecordIndicator IB palette Date: 19 May 1994 16:58:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rgjt3$14s@digifix.digifix.com> TDKit is a freely distributable MAB:NI palette---no source. It has been uploaded to sonata.cc.purdue.edu, cs.orst.edu and ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/database TDKit is the start of Tiggr's DatabaseKit. It might even be the end, but that does not matter. What is called `TDKit' actually is only a single object: the TDRecordIndicator. Enjoy. --Tiggr Description The TDRecordIndicator is a simple object for use with DBKit. The object indicates the index of the current record and the total number of records in a DBModule. You can step through the records by clicking the pages and you can manipulate the knob much as you would manipulate a slider. Also, in the bottom number, you can type and after typing <RET>, the record with that index will be displayed. How to use it Drag it into a window and connect to it any of the attributes of an entity associated with a DBModule. Now you can already test it in InterfaceBuilder's test mode. To use it in your own app, link the app against libTDKit.a, and be sure to include the `wideknob.tiff' and `fullrecord.tiff' images (present in the palette) into your project. How it works It works by chatting with the DBAssociation and its DBFetchGroup. Hence, setting the current record does not involve direct chatting with the DBModule. The DBAssociation is the result of connecting it with a DBModule in IB. The only way the object listens to the DBAssociation is through the `-associationSelectionDidChange:' message. Legal Copyright (C) 1994 Pieter J. Schoenmakers. All rights reserved. This palette comes with absolutely no warranty. You are allowed to use it or distribute it. You are not allowed to change it. Credits The idea of this record indicator comes straight from Claris FileMaker, quite a nice Macintosh database application. Creator This palette was written by Pieter `Tiggr' Schoenmakers. You can contact me through email at `tiggr@es.ele.tue.nl'.
From: Gary Miller <Gary_Miller@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Technical Writer at NeXT Computer, Inc. Date: 20 May 1994 15:14:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rj26k$7qh@digifix.digifix.com> The User Publications group at NeXT Computer, Inc. is looking for a technical writer. This is a permanent, full-time position located in Redwood City, California. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY: Research and write a broad spectrum of task-oriented procedural documentation and detailed reference material for NEXTSTEP end-users. The writer will work on a diverse set of small but challenging projects while learning the writing and project management skills necessary to become a senior writer at NeXT. The writer may fill in where needed in the department, and will receive training and guidance from more senior writers and technical staff. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Revise and update installation and configuration documentation for NEXTSTEP and other NeXT end-user products (including drivers and patches). Work closely with software engineers to prepare release notes for NEXTSTEP and other NeXT end-user products. Work with other writers to convert and rework hardcopy end-user documentation into on-line help. Work with others in User Publications, Localization, and Art & Production, to help improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED: General: A college degree (or equivalent) and one to three years experience as a technical writer are required. Writing: The ability to write clearly, logically, and grammatically is required; a lively and engaging conversational tone is a plus. Submission of writing samples is a prerequisite to being interviewed. Technical knowledge: Familiarity with NEXTSTEP and/or other GUI-based environments is a plus. Experience with Intel-based personal computers and add-on cards (graphics, sound, networking, mass storage, communications, etc.) is also a plus. Desirable traits: It's a plus if you're excited, interested, and motivated to learn and grow in a fast-paced, challenging environment; proactive and persistent, yet flexible; attentive to detail, with good listening and interviewing skills; quality-oriented, and open to constructive criticism. SALARY: Commensurate with experience, up to $50K. If interested, please send your resume to: 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
From: Robert L. Masterson <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: CodeReviewer software analysis tool shown on HP/PA NEXTSTEP Date: 20 May 1994 17:07:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rj8rf$8q7@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: CodeReviewer software analysis tool shown on HP/PA NEXTSTEP May 20th, 1994 Software Services and Solutions, Inc., demonstrated their CodeReviewer software analysis tool running on an HP 712/60 workstation under NEXTSTEP last night at the Elm City NeXT User's Group meeting in New Haven. CodeReviewer is one of the SS&S CASE Tools, a line of software designed to help developers and project managers create error-free software more efficiently. Developers from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., were able to recompile their ObjectWare and port CodeReviewer to the HP/PA-RISC in under an hour. "The compiler is fast and the extensions to ProjectBuilder to support the additional architecture and compiler flags are intuitive," said Robert L. Masterson, Vice President of SS&S, Inc., "Applications really fly on the HPs. We are very pleased with the performance of CodeReviewer's software metrics functions on large sets of files on the 712." For further information about CodeReviewer or to obtain a CodeReviewer demo for the HP/PA-RISC architecture, please contact Software Services and Solutions, Inc., by email, fax, or phone. Software Services and Solutions, Inc. 94 Murray Street Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 630-2000 fax - (203) 630-2020 email - CASE_Tools@sss.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Details on Object Honors Award Ceremony at EXPO Date: 20 May 1994 22:45:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rjske$9se@digifix.digifix.com> Attention NEXTSTEP EXPO attendees, As you make your plans to come to San Francisco for NEXTSTEP EXPO, be sure to register for the Object Honors. This will be one of the hottest tickets in town! For $30, you will be able to wine and dine at the Westin/St. Francis and be the first to hear about the third parties and customers whose NEXTSTEP products and solutions are being honored. The Master of Ceremonies will be Chris Stone, president of the Object Management Group. The distinguished panel of judges include Gary Beach of ComputerWorld, Kevin Strehlo of Datamation, Hugh Bishop of The Aberdeen Group, Steve McClure of International Data Corporation and Bill Young of Trident Data Systems. The Awards Ceremony will be held Monday, June 20, 6-8pm, at the Grand Ballroom, Westin/St.Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Black tie optional. To get your ticket for the Object Honors Awards Ceremony, please contact DCI at (800) 767-2336, or (508) 474-9258 8:30am - 6:00pm EST. Make sure to use the Preferred Customer number BRHQM00 when ordering your tickets. NeXT, DCI and SHL Systemhouse are proud to bring you the Object Honors, and look forward to seeing you there.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Registered Developer Program (NRDP) Details Date: 20 May 1994 23:15:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rjubr$a3n@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP REGISTERED DEVELOPER PROGRAM NeXT is pleased to invite commercial developers to participate in the NEXTSTEP Registered Developer Program (NRDP). With a focus on support, communication, and market access, this program is aimed at providing developers with a framework for success on the NEXTSTEP platform. A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER IS . . . an individual or organization developing commercially available, off-the-shelf products for NEXTSTEP. PROGRAM BENEFITS Participation in the NRDP facilitates your access to NEXTSTEP software and to a range of optional training and support products. It also provides essential technical and market communication. As a registered developer, you'll receive: 1. Discounts on NEXTSTEP Education, Support, and Software 30% off support products and training courses from NeXT as well as special discounts on a limited number of copies of NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer software(*). Refer to local NeXT price lists and see the Support and Education Catalog for support and training product details. 2. Technical Support Technical support products bundled free with the NRDP include: NEXTSTEP In Focus, a publication with system administration and end-user information; NXApp, NeXT's new developer bulletin focused on NEXTSTEP programming; and NeXTanswers Quarterly which provides regular technical support information on CD-ROM. Take advantage of NeXTanswers as well, a document- retrieval system free to all NEXTSTEP users. 3. Direct Communication Monthly updates via e-mail from NeXT to keep you current in the NEXTSTEP marketplace, including information about products, schedules, partnerships, events, and marketing programs. 4. Direct Marketing Opportunities Opportunities to market your services to NEXTSTEP customers and resellers through "blind" mailings. NeXT will also facilitate contact with more than 200 NEXTSTEP user groups and more than 300 PC user groups. In addition NeXT will help you reach a wider audience by posting your press releases for you to several different lists. Please contact Darren Smith (415) 780-2754, or dhsmith@next.com for more information. 5. Co-marketing Opportunities Opportunities to participate in low-cost co-marketing programs, including catalogs and CD-ROMs. PROGRAM PRICE The NRDP costs $250 annually. FOR MORE INFORMATION Please call 1-800-TRY-NeXT (1-800-879-6398) for an NRDP information packet and application form. (*) Discounts apply to products purchased in the United States. Software discounts apply to Intel-based products only. Products discounted through NRDP are not for resale. Discount levels are based on NeXT-direct pricing, may vary by region, and are subject to change without notice.
From: Greg_Anderson@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Announces PasteUp 2.5 Date: 21 May 1994 23:15:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rmiou$fge@digifix.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 207 Springhouse, PA 19477 215 653 0911 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Kristofer Younger Voice: 215 653 0911 Kris_Younger@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES PASTEUP 2.5 Major re-release of popular NEXTSTEP document application SPRINGHOUSE, PA, May 15, 1994 --Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that PasteUp(tm) 2.5, a significant upgrade of the NEXTSTEP-based page layout and document design application it purchased from RightBrain Software late last year, will start shipping the week of May 23, 1994. "PasteUp has always been viewed as a product with great potential, but flawed execution," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO of AFS. "This release will give new users a chance to experience the power and flexibility of Display PostScript in creating rich documents, and existing users a reason to dust off their disks and get back to performing real work with the product." PasteUp 2.5 has undergone three rounds of intensive testing. First, the core of the product--about 80%--is used in WriteUp(tm), a word processor that AFS has been shipping since March. Second, a pre-beta release was used internally to create the 164-page user manual. Third, the beta release has been tested by 30 existing users with a variety of old and new documents. In addition to bug fixes, PasteUp 2.5 contains the following new or improved features: Fast text handling and selection Smart (NeXT-style) word cut-and-paste Undelete text blocks All Intel cursor movement and function keys supported Keyboard-based text selection Documents 70% smaller in size, load/save three times faster Better visual feedback for all drag-and-drop operations Destination ObjectLinks Import WriteNow and WordPerfect documents (text and formatting, not graphics) Import RTFD files, including graphics Support for third-party graphics and text filter services, like ImageAgent Character Set Panel - gives access to all characters in a font Proper handling of %%Baseline directive for inline graphics from EquationBuilder Dramatically improved spelling and foreign hyphenation Reorganized, logical menus conform to current NEXTSTEP guidelines Multitude of small service panels coalesced into a single Inspector Full support for Services Menu options Indent markers added to the Tabs Panel ruler Font Panel still included (with enhancements), no extra charge On-line help (uses standard NeXT Help Panel) Reorganized user manual with tutorial chapter Registered users can upgrade to PasteUp 2.5 from any prior version for US$69 + shipping/handling. (Orders shipped after October 1, 1993, will be upgraded automatically at no charge.) New copies can be ordered at a price of US$695 + s/h (US$295 student). Previous price quotes will be honored for upgrades and new orders placed before May 15, 1994. PasteUp 2.5 ships MAB for Motorola and Intel hardware; an HP PA-RISC version will be available within 30 days after general release of that product by NeXT Inc. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on IBM PCs and NeXT workstations. Representative clients include Citicorp, First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, American Capital Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###
From: Christopher C McAfee <mcafee@CS.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BaNG will meet at SLAC at 7:00pm, Thurday May 26 Date: 21 May 1994 23:43:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rmkdi$fjr@digifix.digifix.com> Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting on Thursday, May 26, 1994 Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA (415) 926-3300 Contacts: Mike Gabrys, President info@bang.org (415) 327-BANG When: 7:00, Thursday, May 26 Topics: Software Demonstrations: * Robert Vasvari, author of RBrowser (a remote file system browser) Hardware Demonstration: * NEXTSTEP for PA/RISC NEXTSTEP Expo OpenStep Directions: SLAC is much easier to reach from 280. FROM 280: Take 280 towards Palo Alto, take the Sand Hill Road exit (east). Follow Sand Hill over a small hill, about one mile. The SLAC entrance will be on your right at 2575 Sand Hill Road. The auditorium is about 100 yards directly in front of the guard house; park in the parking lot immediately to your right. FROM 101: Take 101 towards Palo Alto. Take the Embarcadero Road exit (west). Continue on Embarcadero a few miles, cross El Camino Real onto the Stanford campus. The road forks about a block later, take the right fork; you are now on Arboretum Rd. Follow Arboretum across Palm Drive and through the Stanford Shopping Center. Turn left onto Sand Hill Road. Follow Sand Hill Road for a few miles, crossing Foothill Expressway/Alemeda de las Pueguas (street has two names) and passing a Shell station on your right. The SLAC entrance will be on your left at 2575 Sand Hill Road. The auditorium is about 100 yards directly in front of the guard house; park in the parking lot immediately to your right. ---------------
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 19 - 1994 Date: 23 May 1994 02:39:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2rpj27$lje@digifix.digifix.com> Sorry, forgot to do this last week! Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 19). Tuesday May 10 through Monday May 23 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 18 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet SUBMISSION: open - a replacement for /usr/bin/open MEETING: Oregon State NUG Thursday May 12th at 6:30pm Expo Software Special for Developers: NEXTSTEP for $299! Call for Participation: OPN Objectware Licensing Panel Discussion Perot Systems and NeXT form strategic partnership NEXTSTEP EXPO Brochure (Updated) - Long JOB: McCaw Cellular Communications - Next Developers JOB: WhiteLight Systems requires Software Developer NEXTSTEP EXPO HyperText Brochure (Updated on Stepwise Server) PRESS RELEASE: Mesa Available through Ingram Micro PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder/The Graph Object Library SUBMISSION: Dual.app MEETING: Provo OpenStep-NEXTSTEP User Group SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.0 for Mail.app SUBMISSION: NXSpice for Intel ANNOUNCEMENT: New Stepwise directory services MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT May 23 Updated files on NextAnswers SUBMISSION: Port of Standard ML of NJ to NEXTSTEP for Intel processors SUBMISSION: Opener v3.1.3 NEXTSTEP EXPO Update and Corrections SUBMISSION: Cribbage Solitaire Module NEXTSTEP EXPO User Group Activities... JOB: Temp Test Engineering positions at NeXT Computer! BETA TEST: DPT 2000 Series SCSI Driver Pre-Release JOB: NEXTSTEP Programmer Position Available MEETING: Elm City NeXT Users Group (New Haven, CT) PRESS RELEASE: CrashCatcher for HP/PDO PRESS RELEASE: ASCII File Filter 2.0 Software PRESS RELEASE: DFG (Digital Function Generator) 3.2 Software PRESS RELEASE: Announcing CrashCatcher for HP/PDO NeXT AND HP SHIP BETA VERSION OF NEXTSTEP FOR HP PA-RISC PRESS RELEASE: Color Interpolators for NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION: Opener v3.1.3a SUBMISSION: TIFFany II Demo Submitted to Archives SUBMISSION: TDKit: TDRecordIndicator IB palette JOB: Technical Writer at NeXT Computer, Inc. PRESS RELEASE: CodeReviewer software analysis tool shown on HP/PA NEXTSTEP Details on Object Honors Award Ceremony at EXPO NEXTSTEP Registered Developer Program (NRDP) Details PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Announces PasteUp 2.5 MEETING: BaNG will meet at SLAC at 7:00pm, Thurday May 26 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Archived messages from comp.sys.next.announce can be searched and retrieved from <A HREF="http://digifix.digifix.com/UserDatabases/index.html> via WWW. Scott Anguish
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 23 May 1994 02:39:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2rpj36$ljk@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet Date: 23 May 1994 02:40:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2rpj50$lju@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and I'll be moving the entire NEXTSTEP Third Party Catalog contents in as soon as they become available. Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: sequent@netcom.com (Sequent Associates) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP O/S/recruiter-contract/San Jose/CSCZ Date: 23 May 1994 14:39:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rqt9r$or9@digifix.digifix.com> Current Contracts Available TITLE: SQA PROJECT: This contract position entails performing blackbox testing of DTP applications for NEXTSTEP O/S. REQUIREMENTS: Strong NEXTSTEP SQA experience. Desktop publishing packages familiarity Framemaker experience a big plus. LENGTH: 3 months RATE: Up to $35/hr START DATE: ASAP LOCATION: San Jose ****** Please reference Job #CCZ ******* Sequent Associates, a leader in the placement of engineering talent, has immediate openings for consulting and contracting engineers, with backgrounds in software development, software quality assurance, hardware design/QA, and technical writing. Our clients are the leaders in technology, and are located throughout the bay area and Southern California. If you have industry experience, and will work as a W-2 employee and are looking for a career enhancing contract position, CONTACT US TODAY!! Sequent Associates Phone (408) 436-0111 2107 N First Street Suite 530 Fax (408) 436-1842 San Jose, CA 95131 Email: sequent@netcom.com
From: jj@ife.fdn.org (Jean-Jacques Dubray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Introducing Columbus, LIMS for NeXTStep. Date: 23 May 1994 16:10:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rr2je$pf5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jean J. Dubray IFE Technologies. 138, bd de Pontoise 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles France IFE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF COLUMBUS, THE FIRST LIMS FOR NEXTSTEP. -- Paris, France, May 23, 1994 -- IFE Technologies announced the availability of COLUMBUS, for NeXTSTEP (Intel, HP and Motorola hardware). Columbus is a leading NextStep application in Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Columbus is a solution for laboratories that need to handle large amounts of spectrometry and spectrography data. Columbus offers publishing capabilities that enable paperless report writings. Columbus can collect data two ways : - reading ASCII files exported by the instrument software - direct file transfer using serial lines, or ethernet. VAMAS format is supported Columbus can process spectra. images and profiles (depth, angular, linear ...) from : - electron spectroscopies : AES, XPS, UPS, EELS - Electron microprobe : WDS, EDS with quantitative procedures - Ion spectrometry : SMIS, Static-SIMS, ISS - X-Ray Diffraction, XRD, RHEED, LEED - Infra-Red : FTIR, RAMAN - Photoluminescence. Columbus features advanced data processes and data reduction, including peak fitting factor analysis and peak identification and quantitation procedures. It was developed by a team of software engineers that all holds Ph.D. in materials Science and related fields, and under the supervision of well known scientists in each field. Columbus has demonstrated that is can double the productivity of a characterization laboratory. Our customers include larger private and public research laboratories (Aerospatiale, Thomson, CEA-LETI, CNRS MCL at Penn State University...). Columbus single-user license purchase price is $7,990 Educational price is $6,990. For detailed information Columbus, send electronic mail to <jj@ife.fdn.org> or contact IFE Technologies. at 138, bd de Pontoise, 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles. France. Facsimile can be sent to (+33 1) 34 50 65 10 and voice calls are accepted at (+33 1) 47 08 92 50. The company performs materials science systems engineering and mission critical development. Columbus is a trademark of IFE Technologies. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
From: "Thomas G. Mon" <tm31+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ShiTao.app v2.1 FAT Date: 24 May 1994 15:00:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rtita$2mm@digifix.digifix.com> ShiTao.app v2.1 - Upgraded version on ShiTao.app v2.0 Freeware version of Ishido, a tile based game by Accolade. Match tiles against color or symbol onto a board. Kind of like the evil backwards twin of Shanghi, but different. Includes: ShiTao.Tile.Format.rtfd - So people can make their own tile set It is available on: sonata.cc.purdue.edu ftp.et.byu.edu in: /pub/next/submissions ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/ShiTao.app.v2.1.tar.gz ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/ShiTao.app.v2.1.README.rtf FAT-binaries on ftp sites. Any questions can be sent to: Thomas Mon tm31@andrew.cmu.edu [NeXTmail welcome] (412)-862-3843 voice
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Movie Machine Pro Date: 24 May 1994 15:01:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rtium$2no@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOVIE MACHINE PRO, Video Overlay, Mixing and Output Device Munich, 20. May -- after Screen Machine II the interpersonal-computing now made available the latest FAST product, the Movie Machine Pro for NEXTSTEP. =================================================================== MOVIE MACHINE PRO The MOVIE MACHINE PRO combines four features on one board: VIDEO overlay, TV-Tuner, framegrabber and VIDEO editing. The MOVIE MACHINE PRO digitizes true color with studio quality regardless whether the source is an external composite video signal or the internal TV-Tuner. The live video may be sized or positioned anywhere on the computer screen. The digitized image can be stored at any time as TIFF or printed out for further uses. No scanner could be faster! Naturally you may put any of the input signals or stored images back to video. Connect your local antenna or cable to the MOVIE MACHINE PRO and you have Instant-TV on your desktop. The fully software controllable TV-Tuner provides you with live news, sport magazines or simply comics whenever you click on your TV icon. The smart TV software offers ready-to-run channel tables from over 120 countries equipped. Want some more? Just start the automatic program search which will find your favorite TV station. The software option MMStudio provides you with your own Private Desktop Video Studio. You can "cut", "mix", or "zoom" any combination of the live video sources and see the instantaneous results on a video monitor or record them to a VCR. A realistic image of a T-Bar controls effects like "wipe", "flip", and "move". In addition, composing images into the live video is supported by color-, chroma- and luma-keying. With the MMEffectEditor you may even create your own effects for use in the MMStudio. In combination with the CODY board you can record and play back movies from and to video. The CODY digitizes a live video source directly onto your harddisk. Once digitized you may use it in NEXTIME, edit or play it back to video again. FEATURES * live overlay * cable ready TV-tuner * Stereo Sound, 6 Watt * 2 external video inputs * FBAS/composite video output (VHS compatible) * digital trick effects * live frame grabbing TECHNICAL DATA * True Color, YUV 4:1:1, TIFF support * 1/50 sec. field PAL (1/60 NTSC) * 1/25 sec. frame PAL (1/30 NTSC) * 13.5 MHz scan rate (studio quality) * PAL, NTSC INPUTS * composite, max. 1Vpp 75 Ohm, AGC * 2 external FBAS input * 1 internal input (TV-Tuner) OUTPUTS * Video FBAS/Composite (VHS compatible) * Stereo 2x3 Watt (TV-Tuner) GEOMETRIC RESOLUTION * 768x576 PAL/SECAM, 640x480 NTSC SCREEN RESOLUTION * up to 800x600 (non interlaced) guaranteed * 1024x768 (possible, without guarantee) * live video scalable from icon size up to fullscreen =================================================================== STANDARD SOFTWARE MMTV The basic package already contains the software for the TV-Tuner for displaying live video on screen. Any of the video input signals may be looped thru to the video output again. What You See Is What You Get, every image you see can instantaneously be digitized and stored as TIFF. =================================================================== OPTIONAL SOFTWARE MMStudio The application which makes total video possible. All video inputs may be cut, mixed and put back to video again. Images and text can be composed onto the video. A library with more than 30 digital trick effects let you create professional videos. With a realistic T-bar you may control any of the effects manually. MMEffectEditor There is no limit than your creativity. With the MMEffectEditor you may create your own special effects for the MMStudio. =================================================================== PRICE $US 750.- Movie Machine Pro + MMTV $US 380.- MMStudio, MMEffectEditor please add local taxes and shipping AVAILABILITY Intel NEXTSTEP EXPO July 94 +++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO +++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO +++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO ++++++ Visit us at the NEXTSTEP Expo. June 21 - 23, San Francisco, CA Moscone Center, Booth # 744 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY Phone: ++49 (0) 89 22 28 63 Fax: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 76 E-mail: mm@interpc.de NeXT Mail (international<20kB) Accepted
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: P/A-NEXTSTEP,Unix,C++,C,to $375,9mo-NYC Date: 24 May 1994 15:20:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rtk2f$2ts@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to find an independent consultant P/A with NEXTSTEP, UNIX, "C" & C++ experience for a six to nine month contract in NYC at $335-$375/day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 3 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems and must be a US citizen or not require sponsorship, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Application Components for QuickBase Date: 24 May 1994 15:22:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rtk4q$2u3@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APPLICATION COMPONENTS FOR QUICKBASE Contact: Scott Keith SofDesign Corporation 603-495-4100 fax: 603-495-4111 email: info@sdc.mv.com APPLICATION COMPONENTS FOR QUICKBASE Washington, New Hampshire, May 24, 1994, SofDesign Corporation announces its Application Components program to help software developers market products based on the QuickBase database server. The problem is that many independent software developers for NEXTSTEP provide excellent shrinkwrap applications, but to a market that is looking primarily for custom solutions. The goal of the program is to help developers turn their products into extendable add-in modules that can be incorporated into mission critical solutions. QuickBase provides a common storage and multi-user locking mechanism so that applications can safely share information on multi-user systems. SofDesign offers huge run-time discounts to make this possible for small vendors. Dirk Fromhein from Watershed Technologies, Inc. says, "This is a great opportunity to explore interoperability between applications. QuickBase customers will soon be able to use GraphRight to graph and analyse database information." Fromhein also commented, "I highly recommend QuickBase. It is more cost effective than competing products and I have found it very easy to set up and use -- if you have ever installed Sybase or Oracle you understand why this is such a big plus!. We are in the process of moving all of our customer data to QuickBase." Sirius Solutions, maker of CheckSum accounting software will also take part in the program. Andreas Glocker, representing Sirius Solutions, says "We are creating a professional version of CheckSum using QuickBase that will provide NEXTSTEP customers with an add-in accounting module for mission critical software or a stand-alone accounting system. SofDesign's Application Components program will provide coordination so that other vendors can interface their packaged software with CheckSum Pro." Sirius Solutions will be demonstrating CheckSum Pro running on QuickBase at the NEXTSTEP EXPO. Software developers who are currently not participating in the Application Components program are encouraged to join. SofDesign provides support at no charge to help developers port their applications to QuickBase.
From: Victor Barger <victor@as.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Aurora Software Announces Tarre 1.1 Date: 24 May 1994 22:38:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rudmn$5dk@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Aurora Software 1-800-578-4809 (608) 231-3679 (608) 231-1183 fax info@as.com AURORA SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1 OF TARRE Tarre 1.1 runs on NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors MADISON, WI --- May 24, 1994 --- Aurora Software announced today the immediate availability of Tarre(TM) version 1.1. This version runs on NEXTSTEP(R) for NeXT(R) computers and on NEXTSTEP for Intel(R) Processors. Tarre is a compression and archive utility for computers running NEXTSTEP. It seamlessly integrates with the Workspace Manager via the Services menu, facilitating the creation and use of compressed, archived and split files. In addition to supporting NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors, Tarre 1.1 features a new Split service that enables large files and folders to be split into a number of smaller files. These smaller files can then be transmitted via electronic mail or stored on low-capacity, removable media such as floppy disks. Tarre uses the standard UNIX programs tar and compress to read and write archive files that are compatible with virtually every UNIX system. Unlike most archive utilities, however, Tarre allows users to inspect and extract files in a compressed archive without first uncompressing the archive. Tarre has a suggested retail price of $49. Site license pricing is available on request. Tarre is available directly from Aurora Software and through various NeXT distributors, VARs and dealers. Registered users of Tarre 1.0 can upgrade to Tarre 1.1 by requesting a new license key and retrieving the software from an ftp site. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/util/Tarre1.1.tar.Z The software update is also available directly from Aurora Software for a small shipping and handling fee. Aurora Software develops high-quality, affordable software that runs on NEXTSTEP. The leader in NEXTSTEP utility software, Aurora Software is dedicated to improving user efficiency and productivity. Aurora Software is headquartered at 2924 Colgate Road, Madison, WI 53705. Tarre is a trademark of Aurora Software. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
From: "Andreas R. Glocker" <glocker@SIRIUS.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sirius Solutions Announces CheckSum Upgrade Date: 24 May 1994 22:40:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2rudq2$5ds@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS Sirius Solutions Announces CheckSum Upgrade. For Immediate Release: For more info contact: Andreas Glocker Sirius Solutions, Inc. 340 Townsend St. Ste. 540 San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 957-1921 fax (415) 957-9044 e-mail: checksum@sirius.com San Francisco, CA, May 24, 1994 - Sirius Solutions announced today the *free* CheckSum (tm) 1.15 upgrade to registered users and the new demo version posted to cs.orst.edu. Also don't forget to meet us at NS Expo booth #439 CheckSum is a NEXTSTEP (i486 & NeXT) accounting program for the single user or small business owner. CheckSum tracks expenses, income, property and cash, and provides Income Statements and Balance Sheets. CheckSum balances your checkbook and prints checks. Features: Context sensitive help, Automatic transfers between accounts, import, export, cut & past reporting, and fast-key category input. New Features: Archive by date range. Importing of QIF (Quicken Interchange Format) data improved. Numerous small UI improvements. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/CheckSumDemo1_15.pkg.tar Sirius Solutions' reporting technology is incorporated in to CheckSum and is also available through it's *Consulting service*. The reporting module allows for multiple rich text formatted columns and rows with automatic pagination. The rows can be displayed in a table of contend style and automatically sub-totaled. Sirius Solutions, Inc. is a software development and consulting firm whose focus is on business productivity and financial management software. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions, Inc. Quicken is a trademark of Intuit, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu (Mike Mezzino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GatorFTP.app v1.5 NS3.0 and Fat Date: 25 May 1994 14:15:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s04kf$b2s@digifix.digifix.com> Hello GatorFTP Users: GatorFTP_1.5 fixes a few bugs in 1.4 and contains a new feature resulting from a previous suggestion. The new version can be found on our new archive site (NeXTstep version 3.0) ftp://uhoop.egr.uh.edu/pub/misc/GatorFTP_NS3.0_1.5.app.tar.Z (NeXTstep fat binary) ftp://uhoop.egr.uh.edu/pub/misc/GatorFTP_MAB_1.5.app.tar.Z BUGS: 1) The code to animate the icon during file transfers has evidently found a crack in NeXTstep 3.X's venerable armor. Until I am able to sort it out, it has been removed for this release. NEW FEATURES: 1) Whenever you select a file, the modification date is now displayed next to the file size. Regards, Mike Mezzino mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Customers Selected as Finalists in DB/EXPO Competition Date: 25 May 1994 14:59:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s0760$bfu@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-541-0873 THREE NEXTSTEP CUSTOMER SITES SELECTED AS FINALISTS IN DB/EXPO '94 REALWARE AWARD COMPETITION Winners To Be Announced At DB/EXPO Event May 25 SAN FRANCISCO-May 24, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced that three of its customer sites have been named finalists in the DB/EXPO '94 RealWare Awards competition. The NeXT customer site finalists and the categories of their applications are: Customer Site Category Mount Clemens General Hospital Enterprise Client/Server Chrysler Financial Corporation Improving Application Development Productivity Using Object-Oriented Technology Quest International Improving Application Development Productivity Using Object-Oriented Technology Winners will be announced in an awards ceremony at DB/EXPO on Wednesday evening, May 25. Co-sponsored by Intel Corp., the RealWare Awards program is designed to allow companies exhibiting at DB/EXPO an opportunity to demonstrate their proven business solutions that have made innovative use of database, client/server and related information technology to solve a bonafide business solution. Norm DeNardi, DB/EXPO founder and chief executive officer stated, "What's unique about this awards program is that it mandates that exhibitors submit proven applications-not applications that are still in R & D." Among the criteria, exhibitors are asked to clearly demonstrate how their products are being used by customers to reduce costs, improve information sharing, increase competitiveness and produce measurable business benefits. "It's nice to see the industry recognizing innovative companies who are taking the lead and gaining competitive business advantages with object technology and client/server computing," said Rick Jackson, director of product marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. NEXTSTEP Enables Client/Server and Rapid Application Development NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software from NeXT, is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to rapidly develop and deploy mission critical business applications. NEXTSTEP's business value is in simplifying and speeding the process of developing complex client/server software by providing the industry's first object-oriented framework for distributed computing. For customers like RealWare Award finalist Chrysler Financial, the business benefits of using NEXTSTEP are clear. Developers are able to build better applications faster which enables users to provide better service to Chrysler's retail and wholesale customers. With NEXTSTEP's multitasking, the users also can serve more customers at a time. In its third release, NEXTSTEP runs on hundreds of industry standard Intel-based PCs, and will soon run native on Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations and Sun's SPARC workstations. NEXTSTEP's Application Environment also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software as part of the OpenStep initiative. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Cara Stallone <goldleaf!cara@nntp.crl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GS Corp and Industry Partners Release Solutions Suite CD-ROM Date: 25 May 1994 16:45:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s0dd3$cjg@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Gallagher, VP Sales 415.257.4700 415.257.4707 FAX info@goldleaf.com GS Corp and Industry Partners Release Solutions Suite CD-ROM New Distribution Channel Concept Integrates Multimedia Literature, Demos and Products San Francisco-May 10, 1994-GS Corporation announced today that it will begin mass distribution of the Solutions Suite CD-ROM at NEXTSTEP Expo, June 20-23. The Solutions Suite CD-ROM is an interactive magazine that presents information from NeXT Computer, Inc. and product offerings from Canon, HP, Sun, GS Corp. and NEXTSTEP third-party vendors to provide robust desktop enterprise-computing solutions to Fortune 1000 corporate and government customers. Copies of the Solutions Suite CD-ROM will be available at NEXTSTEP Expo, held at Moscone Center in San Francisco. In seeking to define a cutting-edge marketing strategy as innovative as NEXTSTEP's object-oriented frameworks, Solutions Suite was designed so that "the literature is the demo is the product is the distribution channel," says Lauren Flanegan, GS president and co-founder. "The Solutions Suite CD-ROM provides a demonstration of some of the best products in their categories available on the NEXTSTEP platform," said Warren Weiss, vice president of worldwide sales and services for NeXT Computer, Inc. "Using innovative solutions such as these, corporate and government customers can gain the benefits of productivity and custom applications on their desktop." Solutions Suite, to be published quarterly, leads users through an interactive slide show that showcases the interoperability of NEXTSTEP applications, including GS' Products, eXTRAREAD, eXTRASCAN, eXTRAPRINT, eXTRASLIDE, eXTRASET and eXTRACOLOR; Altsys Virtuoso, Anderson Financial Systems' WriteUp; Athena Design's Mesa spreadsheet; RDR's @Image; and Conextions' 3270 Interface Builder, 3270Vision, 3270Toolkit, 5250Vision, 5250 Palette, 5250Toolkit and CoaxAccess-PC. GS Corp.'s Collaggi Palette provides the unifying interface and aids interoperability among the applications. Products are demonstrated in sessions built with Otherwise's WatchMe. Disabled product versions are contained on Collaggi Palette, allowing users to "try before they buy". Each edition will look at enterprise re-engineering in industries making the transition from mainframes to client/server solutions based on NEXTSTEP. These solutions include a combination of custom, shrinkwrapped and modular software. Users will be able to purchase, unlock and install software directly from the CD-ROM. Customers using Macintosh and Windows-based computers can view a MacroMedia Director movie or view pages from the Solutions Suite presentation that are stored on the CD-ROM in the cross-platform Adobe Acrobat format. After NEXTSTEP Expo, subscriptions to Solutions Suite will be available for $40 a year or $10 for individual issues. It will be available through GS, Canon and third parties. About GS Corporation GS Corporation develops and markets object-oriented software designed to meet the needs of enterprise customers for modular and customizable solutions for document processing, database publishing, and graphic arts.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for BEST Fortress UPS's to PowerGuardian Date: 25 May 1994 23:23:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s14mr$f11@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles Bennett, BenaTong (614) 276-7859 info@benatong.com Availability: Now Pricing: $149.95 with cable. BenaTong adds support for BEST Fortress UPS's to PowerGuardian for NEXTSTEP: Monitors Uninterruptible Power Supplies/Performs Orderly System Shutdown Columbus, OH, May 18, 1994 ± BenaTong today announced the addition of BEST to the list of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) supported by PowerGuardian. PowerGuardian is the premier NEXTSTEP application for network wide power monitoring and control. "We now support APC, BEST, TrippLite and ONEAC, making PowerGuardian compatible with the vast majority of our customers UPS's." BenaTong, based in Columbus, Ohio is a consulting firm that specializes in providing software for computers running NEXTSTEP.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for TrippLite's SMART-OMNI UPS to PowerGuardian Date: 25 May 1994 23:23:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s14n2$f17@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles Bennett, BenaTong (614) 276-7859 info@benatong.com Availability: Now Pricing: $149.95 with cable. BenaTong adds support for TrippLite's latest SMART-OMNI series of UPS to PowerGuardian for NEXTSTEP: Monitors Uninterruptible Power Supplies/Performs Orderly System Shutdown Columbus, OH, May 25, 1994 - BenaTong today announced the addition of TrippLite's Smart-OMNI series to the list of supported UPS's. By supporting UPS's manufactured by TrippLite, in addition to those manufactured by American Power Conversion, BEST, and ONEAC PowerGuardian now works with the majority of UPS's used by small and medium sized networks. "We now support the #1, #2, and #3 vendors of UPS's, giving our customers a wide range of UPS options." BenaTong, based in Columbus, Ohio is a consulting firm that specializes in providing software for computers running NEXTSTEP.
From: slugg jello <mouthers!slugg@nwnexus.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TimeFlies from Mouthing Flowers Date: 26 May 1994 15:51:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s2ukp$ll2@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TIMEFLIES FROM MOUTHING FLOWERS Contact: Douglas Kent Mouthing Flowers, Inc. 152 20th Ave. #1 Seattle WA. 98122 USA 206 / 325-7870 206 / 325-0093 (fax) email: timebugs@mouthers.wa.com MOUTHING FLOWERS SHIPS MAINTENANCE RELEASE AND ANNOUNCES PRICE REDUCTIONS ON TIMEFLIES FOR NEXTSTEP Seattle, WA, Wednesday May 25, 1994 11:06:43 PDT - Mouthing Flowers announced today that it is now shipping an upgraded release of its popular time management application TimeFlies. Concurrently, Mouthing Flowers is announcing new lower prices for TimeFlies. The latest release of TimeFlies is version 2.4 and is available to current TimeFlies users for free. It primary fixes reported bugs, but also sports some minor user interface changes. TimeFlies is a time management application whose objective is to help you stay on time for meetings and other events. TimeFlies provides you with a flexible system of alarms, a female voice chime, and chimes of your design. TimeFlies also provides a stopwatch enabling you to time processes. With TimeFlies Alarms Create alarms that: - play sounds, - send email, - issue a message panel on your screen, - or any combination of the above. Set alarms to go off at: - a specific time of day, - day of the week, - date of the month, - a specific month, - or any combination of these. With TimeFlies Chimes Set chimes to go off at any quarter hour. Set a chime so that when it goes off it will: - tell you in a soothing female voice what time it is, or - play a sound. - on the hour, repeat a sound the same number of times as the hour, like a cuckoo clock. TimeFlies has a stopwatch feature which enables you to time interesting events like phone calls, time spent on a project, or time spent calculating a spreadsheet. TimeFlies requires NEXTSTEP 3.1 or greater. TimeFlies ships as a multiple-architecture binary; that is, it runs on both Motorola-based NeXT hardware, qualified Intel-based systems, or on NEXTSTEP networks that mix Intel and Motorola hardware. TimeFlies is available on Internet archive servers (sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu) as a demo that runs for one hour at a time. You may enable the TimeFlies demo by obtaining a registration number from Mouthing Flowers for $29 or $19 for full-time students, seniors, and handicapped (prices subject to change). Multi-user network rates are available. TimeFlies also is available on Paget Press's AppWrapper CD-ROM. Mouthing Flowers, Inc. is a Pacific Northwest software development and consulting firm which provides expertise in NEXTSTEP and Microsoft Windows software environments. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
From: Axel Habermann <kiwi@next2032.le.tu-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: am.1.16, answering machine/fax/datacall handler for ZyXEL U-modem Date: 26 May 1994 15:52:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s2ul8$ll8@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION I uploaded am.1.16.s.tar.gz to ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de The complete path is: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/programs/am.1.16.s.tar.gz am is an Answering machine/fax/datacall handler for ZyXEL U-modems and computers running the NeXTSTEP operating system. am was originally written by Patrick Stein <jolly@cis.uni-muenchen.de>. This is am.1.16 which adds ADPCM_3 support (much better sound quality) and some bug fixes. NOTE (what I was told after the upload): ---------------------------------------- For people running a version of NeXTSTEP < 3.2: In src/am.h, change the string B38400 to EXTB. It should compile fine then. Contact information: Axel Habermann kiwi@belly.in-berlin.de (NeXTMail welcome)
From: "Jonathan M. Lehr" <jlehr@synex_hq.andi.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SUMMER/FALL NEXTSTEP TRAINING SCHEDULE Date: 26 May 1994 15:52:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s2um3$llk@digifix.digifix.com> SUMMER/FALL NEXTSTEP TRAINING SCHEDULE COURSES OFFERED 1. UNX126 ANSI C Programming. 5 Days Covers the fundamentals of programming in ANSI C. The course emphasizes a series of hands-on lab exercises to reinforce the concepts presented during brief lecture periods. Students learn virtually all the syntactic elements of the C language and the concepts behind them, including arithmetic operators; looping and branching constructs; function call and return; parameter passing; storage types (scope and extent); Boolean operators; structures; arrays; pointers; and pointer arithmetic. The course also covers stream and file I/O, and advanced topics such as dynamic memory allocation, defined datatypes and linked lists. Students build programs from scratch to experiment with all the language features covered in the class. June 20±24, August 22±26, October 24±28 Price: $1295 2. NXT144 Objective C Programming. 5 Days Teaches C programmers the significant features of Objective C and Object-Oriented programming. Students design a hierarchy of classes (object definitions) to implement two simple flat-file database applications. Hands-on lab exercises are emphasized. Step-by-step approach requires students to build objects and applications from the ground up. Full examples of working source code are included as solutions to the labs. July 11±15, September 19±23, November 7±11 Price: $1495 3. NXT145 AppKit Programming. 5 Days Students implement a graphical user interface for an Object-Oriented application using calls to the AppKit class library. Students learn to make effective use of the NEXTSTEP reference material and get a clear understanding of details of many essential AppKit classes. Hands-on exercises are emphasized. Students re-implement the application using Interface Builder and Project Builder during the last two days. The course includes coverage of file management, menus, windows, panels, buttons, forms, text, prin ting, and other essentials of NEXTSTEP programming. July 18±22, September 26±30, November 14±18 Price: $1495 4. NXT146 Database Kit Programming. 3 Days Students implement a Database Kit application for managing retail transactions. Enteties and relationships are first modeled using DBModeler. Then the students integrate the models using Project Builder and Interface Builder. Students write code and use capabilities of Database Kit classes to set and modify properties and attributes; access the server; fetch data; add, delete, move, modify and save records; use derived data; and join tables. October 19±21, November 30±December 2 Price: $1195 PRICING Special summer pricing is available. Please call or email for our brochure for complete information on this promotion. FOR MORE INFORMATION Please call Jonathan Lehr at 301-608-2144. Synex, Inc. Training Division 8601 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301±608±2144 Fax: 301±495±3036 E_mail/NeXTMail: synex@andi.org A NeXT Object Channel(tm) Partner Member of ANDI (Association of NEXTSTEP Developers International)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Wins Two Out of Five DB/EXPO '94 RealWare Awards Date: 26 May 1994 22:08:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s3kmc$olt@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-541-0873 NeXT WINS TWO OUT OF FIVE DB/EXPO '94 REALWARE AWARDS Mount Clemens General Hospital and Chrysler Financial Take Top Honors SAN FRANCISCO-May 26, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced that two of its customer sites were awarded DB/EXPO '94 RealWare Awards at a ceremony last night. A third NEXTSTEP customer site was named a finalist in the competition that recognized leading applications of technology in five categories, including Enterprise/Client Server; Database in the Office; Improving Application Development Productivity Using Object-Oriented Technology; Interoperability; and Enabling New Business Opportunities. In the most hotly contested category, Enterprise/Client Server, NEXTSTEP customer, Mount Clemens General Hospital received top honors for its patient care application which provides a client/server solution with a graphical user environment for admitting, discharging and transferring of patients; entering all patient-care-related orders; reporting results for orders where applicable; and developing and monitoring of diagnosis-based patient care plans. The user company for the application is a 288-bed, acute care hospital located near Detroit. The user benefits resulting from this application were: 80% reduction in new-employee training time (approximately 200 employees annually); improved productivity by automating several tasks that previously involved significant manual intervention; approximately 15,000 hours saved annually in care planning and other patient care tasks; improved documentation that has already achieved $1,000,000 in patient revenues by capturing previously lost billable services, and which is also expected to reduce future litigation; and elimination of down-time utilizing server and network redundancy. "We are extremely honored to have won this award because we are not a giant in the industry and as a small player we have to use technology appropriately to gain competitive advantages," said Vimal Chowdhry, chief financial officer at Mount Clemens General Hospital. "This award is recognition by our peers that we have done a good job." Chrysler Financial Corporation won the award for Improving Application Development Productivity Using Object-Oriented Technology. In the highly competitive financial marketplace where time-to-market of mission-critical applications translates to real profit (or lost opportunities), Chrysler Financial sought to deliver applications faster, adapt to changing regulations, reduce maintenance cycle times and provide users with an easy-to-learn interface. Using NEXTSTEP's object frameworks and development tools (which include the ApplicationKit, DatabaseKit, ProjectBuilder, InterfaceBuilder, C/Objective C/C++ compilers, debuggers and class browsers), Chrysler Financial reimplemented more than 24 legacy applications to run its daily branch office operations. Example applications include: FleetMaintenance, LoanTerms and NewBusiness. These applications, coexisting with bundled and third-party office productivity applications such as NeXTMail and WordPerfect, have been deployed to more than 50 branch offices and 1200 desktops throughout North America. "NeXT shipped its first software product, NEXTSTEP for intel processors one year ago today," said Ronald Weissman, director of corporate marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. in a short acceptance speech at the ceremony. "These awards are a great anniversary present for NeXT and demonstrate how fortunate NeXT is to work with these great customers. A year ago, some viewed our rebirth as a software company with skepticism. DB/EXPO underscores NeXT's object technology leadership and the customer acceptance and momentum that we've gained in the past year." A finalist in the Improving Application Development Productivity Using Object-Oriented Technology category, NEXTSTEP customer Quest International and Improve S.A., developed an application called MIRIAD (Multimedia Initiative Re-defining Intelligent Aromatic Design) which is the latest creative tool to be developed for Quest's Fine Fragrance operations based in Paris. Quest's main objective is to explore new ways of creating olfactive structures based upon how consumers see raw materials and key market fragrances. The cutting edge application allows Quest to capture all of its perfumery capabilities in one state-of -the-art Object-Oriented multimedia client-server application. About the RealWare Awards Co-sponsored by Intel Corp., the RealWare Awards program was designed to allow companies exhibiting at DB/EXPO an opportunity to demonstrate their proven business solutions that have made innovative use of database, client/server and related information technology to solve a bonafide business solution. Norm DeNardi, DB/EXPO founder and chief executive officer stated, "What's unique about this awards program is that it mandates that exhibitors submit proven applications-not applications that are still in R & D." Among the criteria, exhibitors are asked to clearly demonstrate how their products are being used by customers to reduce costs, improve information sharing, increase competitiveness and produce measurable business benefits. NEXTSTEP Enables Client/Server and Rapid Application Development NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software from NeXT, is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to rapidly develop and deploy mission critical business applications. NEXTSTEP's business value is in simplifying and speeding the process of developing complex client/server software by providing the industry's first object-oriented framework for distributed computing. In its third release, NEXTSTEP runs on hundreds of industry standard Intel-based PCs, and will soon run native on Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations and Sun's SPARC workstations. NEXTSTEP's Application Environment also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software as part of the OpenStep initiative. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Be in the User Group Resource Guide for Expo `94 Date: 27 May 1994 14:40:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s5er2$2j9@digifix.digifix.com> The User Group Resource Guide for Expo `94 The User Group Program at NEXTSTEP Expo will have a User Group Resource Guide on display at the show. The User Group Resource Guide will be comprised of a collection of one page user group flyers sorted by region. The goal is so that Expo attendees can find their nearest User Group. How does your user group get into it? Submit: Two pages: Page One - Whatever you want! ASCII, PostScript or RTF... Should have at least minimal group information like how to contact the group by phone, email and ground mail. Page Two - Four lines of ASCII text: Country Region/State City Group Name Submit these to me, Nick Christopher, at either: email: nug@ny.shl.com (NeXTMail much preferred) or fax: (212) 303 5595 \n Nick Christopher President, Gotham Users of NeXT.
From: chris@computeractive.on.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Canadian Government Awards Supply Arangement to computerActive Date: 27 May 1994 17:25:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s5ogl$59j@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Ford computerActive Inc. Voice 613-225-4824 Fax 613-225-1670 email kevin@computeractive.on.ca FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AWARDS COMPUTERACTIVE COVETED "SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT" OTTAWA CANADA May 27, 1994 computerActive Inc., an Ottawa based systems integrator, has just been awarded the coveted "Arrangement covering the Acquisition of Informatics Professional Services" or "Supply Arrangement" by the Canadian federal government . Similar to a US government GSA, this Supply Arrangement establishes a framework to expeditiously process contracts, as and when work is requested across all federal government departments and crown corporations. "While we have had great success in penetrating the Canadian federal government with NeXTSTEP solutions, this agreement acknowledges computerActive as a player in the "big leagues" of government contracting. It significantly reduces the red tape burdens of processing consulting contracts." said Kevin Ford, President of computerActive Inc. For example, a $50,000 non-competitive contract can be issued to computerActive simply by a client department issuing a two page form. The computerActive, Inc. approach: "One screen, one keyboard to the world" A large organization's computing environment typically consists of a network of multiple vendors machines, with multiple architectures and multiple operating systems, each very good at doing a specific function. computerActive's challenge is to present the user with a unified view of this very diverse corporate compute environment. Using a holistic approach, and advanced technologies and systems architectures, computerActive consolidates this world of heterogeneous computing so the user views the collection of hard disks on the network as one big virtual disk with many subdirectories. Our objective is to deliver the total resources of the network to the user, as if it were one system In harnessing these different technologies by pulling them work together to work as one system, we present overwhelming benefits to our customers by providing: -the ability to plan and integrate different hardware technologies as they evolve at different rates. -a consistent, easy to use interface, encouraging users to take advantage of resources already available, resulting in better utilization of current investments It is the workstation which controls the all important user interface and therefore the access to these distributed compute resources. The multitasking/multi-user networked workstation is computerActive's primary unifying tool. Great workstation hardware is available from many suppliers, but as hardware becomes a commodity, more attention is being paid to the software systems that support multiple hardware environments. Software is emerging as the platform. We approach the problem from that premise. NeXTSTEP is our platform of choice. NeXTSTEP is a workstation based UNIX operating system package running on Motorola, Intel 486, Intel Pentium, and soon HP PA and SUN SPARC processors. With almost three years experience with NeXTSTEP, computerActive provides turnkey solutions based on Object Oriented Programming tools and technologies. The computerActive team also provides expertise on UNIX systems from SUN, SGI, and HP. We have been implementing Information Highway concepts for our business customers for years using multimedia mail tools through the Internet. We also provide multi-vendor email bridging and routing expertise. Shipping soon are enterprise wide Public Key encryption tools and digital signature schemes for secure email and files, Database Householding software and portable computers. See us at NEXTSTEPEXPO'94.
From: M.Crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: UK-NEXTSTEP-UG meeting, 8 June 1994 Date: 28 May 1994 16:57:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s8b86$3cf@digifix.digifix.com> Here are brief details of the next meeting of the UK-NEXTSTEP-User Group: Topic: Introduction to NEXTSTEP development. When: 8 June 1994 2:30 pm onwards Where: The Ledge 20-24 Old Street London EC1V 4AP. Nearest Tube station -- The Barbican, 5-minute walk. 55 bus (from e.g. Oxford Street, Bloomsbury), stops directly outside. Contact Jackie Mackay for further details: Jackie Mackay <mackay@cognito.demon.co.uk> or 071 490 1609 Have fun, mmalcolm.
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sdformat 1.1 sets block size of SCSI device - FAT binary and man page Date: 28 May 1994 23:03:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2s90me$4iq@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/utils/sdformat.FAT.tar.gz ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/utils/sdformat.README The first file is for Releases 3.1 and 3.2, with support for Black and White hardware (Green available if needed). The second file is the README, excerpted here for your reading pleasure... Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> sdformat -------- sdformat is an enhanced replacement for the sdform utility shipped with NEXTSTEP. It allows selection of the SCSI device's block size for improved performance - both in access speed and available free space. This is a the first major release version of sdformat (Version 1.1) There was only one reported problem with Version 0.9, so this version is being released to address problems with very large hard drives (about 3 GB or more). One of the most popular performance enhancements for NEXTSTEP workstations is to do a low-level format of all capable SCSI drives at a block size of 1024 bytes. If you have a new drive, or if you have backed up all data on your current drive, then you might consider wiping the slate clean and starting over with a faster, larger drive (for free!) sdformat does what you cannot do with the utilities supplied by NeXT. I believe it is easier to use than the "formatter" utility on the archives - and compatible with more drives. For some strange reason, the formatting utilities included in NEXTSTEP are not orthogonal in features. Specifically, fdform allows specification of the block size as 512 or 1024 bytes, but sdform has no such option. sdform is also limited to working with SCSI devices which were attached when the system was started, simply because it takes a raw device name instead of a SCSI id. Hence the need for sdformat. sdformat, which is available as a FAT binary, is capable of formatting any SCSI device selected by its target ID (and logical unit number, if applicable). The utility can also be used to examine the current settings for a particular device's block size. You will only need root access for drives which were attached and powered up when NEXTSTEP was booted, otherwise any user can just power up a new drive, format, and reboot to initialize the drive with the file system of your choice (sdformat does not handle the step of file system initialization, but neither does sdform or fdform). Drive cables should only be attached while the computer is halted or powered off, but the drive may be powered up and down while NEXTSTEP is running so long as you do not power off a mounted drive. Need further convincing? If you aren't already convinced that you want to back up your drive and execute a low-level reformat, read on! For space increase, you can expect numbers like the following: Original Reformat Increase Drive 406.5 MB 419.9 MB 13.39 MB Seagate ST1480N (NeXT supplied 400 MB) 1.156 GB 1.227 GB 73.30 MB Maxtor MXT-1240S 5.407% Seagate ST41650N (Wren VIII) I have not personally measured the inherent increases in throughput performance, but figures ranging from 20% to 25% have been reported by users of sdformat. LEGAL STUFF ----------- I am tired of legalese, so I will word the following in plain english. The language should be precise enough to avoid misunderstanding in the event that legal action is necessary. I cannot be responsible for data loss. This program is designed to do a low-level format of a SCSI device under user control. "Format" implies data loss by definition. If you ask for this operation with the right options, you WILL erase your drive. I can say that I highly doubt that there is any way to permanently damage a SCSI device when using sdformat, other than data loss. Please do not charge money for this utility or for any service you provide using this utility. Please do not remove my name from this README, the accompanying man page, or the executable. Please do not distribute modified versions of these files. I hold the copyrights for this utility and do not give permission for it to be distributed on CD-ROM without my prior written permission. For those of you who are compiling CD-ROM archives of software available freely via ftp, these restrictions are aimed directly at you - especially if you are planning to charge for the CD-ROM, but even if you are not. I would suggest keeping a copy of this README around to remind you not to forget about the restrictions I have placed on this free software. Future version are not guaranteed to be free. Apart from the explicit warnings about inherent data loss, there are no other guarantees or warranties associated with this free software. You must accept it as is or do without. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- [see the README]
From: suckow@contrib.de (Ralf Suckow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2sbks7$aq1@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2sbks7$aq1@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 29 May 1994 23:05:32 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sbl5s$arr@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelling article for comp.sys.next.announce Scott anguish - moderator -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: suckow@contrib.de (Ralf Suckow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MusicBuilder 1.0 Prerelease Date: 29 May 1994 23:05:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sbl6c$as1@digifix.digifix.com> For further information, please, contact melonSoft - Ralf Suckow - Berlin Ludwig-Renn-Strasse 62 12687 Berlin E-mail: suckow@contrib.de Submission Of MusicBuilder 1.0 Prerelease Demo MusicBuilder is a music creation application for NEXTSTEP. It allows you to enter scores, to place players in an orchestra, to create voices, and to put them all together to produce NEXTSTEP sound files. It provides an easy-to-use graphical interface, but also allows some access to the underlying mathematical system if desired. The submitted version is an unlicensed Demonstration Prerelease of MusicBuilder 1.0. The score, orchestra, voice, and producer files you created cannot be stored. Nevertheless, you can produce music (*.snd files) without restrictions. Availability - the file MusicBuilder-1.0-Prerelease.tar has been uploaded onto ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming - MusicBuilder runs on NEXT computers and on Intel processors under NEXTSTEP 3.1 or 3.2. - Final 1.0 Release scheduled for July 1994 MusicBuilder Features MusicBuilder lets you enter scores with MLScore.app - Drag score elements from a Standard Palette and drop them on a score - Move / duplicate score elements inside a page or between scores - Edit score elements with an inspector panel - Change parameters of score elements or add your own parameters - Place changed score elements on a Custom palette MusicBuilder lets you define orchestras with MLOrchestra.app - Drag and drop players into an orchestra room - Edit players with an inspector panel - Define player's name, and which score part and voice to play - Define additional note manipulation the player does - Define microphone positions and characteristics - Define orchestra room size and player group volume MusicBuilder lets you calculate sounds with MLVoice.app - Define Fourier Synthesis parameters as colored graph - Define functions for base frequency, harmonics, volume, - slot duration and additive component (noise) - Make these functions dependent on your own parameters - Draw, copy and paste the color area - define variables with MathInspector and play the voice you defined MusicBuilder lets you put music together with MLProducer.app - Select a score and an orchestra - Select a number of voice folders with a Voice Manager panel - Select measures of the score you want to produce - Start up MLScore.app, MLOrchestra.app, MLVoice.app - Produce a 44100 Hz, 16 bit linear, stereo NEXSTEP .snd file. MusicBuilder lets you edit mathematics with Edit and MLFunctionsEd.app - look at the mathematics with MathInspector in MLScore.app, MLOrchestra.app, and MLVoice.app - open .math-ml files in Edit - select Functions, Constants, Magnitudes in these files - start MLFunctionsEd.app from Edit to edit Color Functions, Graphs, and Tables - try out your definitions using the Calculator panel NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 20 - 1994 Date: 30 May 1994 16:23:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2sdhvb$fda@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 20). Monday May 23 through Monday May 30 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 19 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP information on the Internet JOB: NEXTSTEP O/S/recruiter-contract/San Jose/CSCZ SUBMISSION: Introducing Columbus, LIMS for NeXTStep. SUBMISSION: ShiTao.app v2.1 FAT PRESS RELEASE: Movie Machine Pro JOB: P/A-NEXTSTEP,Unix,C++,C,to $375,9mo-NYC PRESS RELEASE: Application Components for QuickBase PRESS RELEASE: Aurora Software Announces Tarre 1.1 PRESS RELEASE: Sirius Solutions Announces CheckSum Upgrade SUBMISSION: GatorFTP.app v1.5 NS3.0 and Fat NEXTSTEP Customers Selected as Finalists in DB/EXPO Competition PRESS RELEASE: GS Corp and Industry Partners Release Solutions Suite CD-ROM PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for BEST Fortress UPS's to PowerGuardian PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for TrippLite's SMART-OMNI UPS to PowerGuardian PRESS RELEASE: TimeFlies from Mouthing Flowers SUBMISSION: am.1.16, answering machine/fax/datacall handler for ZyXEL U-modem PRESS RELEASE: SUMMER/FALL NEXTSTEP TRAINING SCHEDULE NeXT Wins Two Out of Five DB/EXPO '94 RealWare Awards ANNOUNCEMENT: Be in the User Group Resource Guide for Expo `94 PRESS RELEASE: Canadian Government Awards Supply Arangement to computerActive MEETING: UK-NEXTSTEP-UG meeting, 8 June 1994 SUBMISSION: sdformat 1.1 sets block size of SCSI device - FAT binary and man page PRESS RELEASE: MusicBuilder 1.0 Prerelease If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 30 May 1994 16:26:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2sdi4o$fe3@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet. Date: 30 May 1994 16:28:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2sdi9n$fer@digifix.digifix.com> This post is made weekly, to help 'point' users to more NEXTSTEP information Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and currently consist of - NeXT Press Releases - OpenStep WhitePapers - Third Party Products Directory - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next.announce archives (searchable) - searchable contents of Third Party compilation CDs Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.5 released Date: 30 May 1994 22:18:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2se6op$gsl@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.5 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, May 31, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It countains many new objects and fixes all of the problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/MiscKit1.2.5.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.5.tar.gz ftp.et.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.5.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.2.5.s.tar.gz The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. Please note the change from ftp.byu.edu to ftp.et.byu.edu! (The old name will soon point to an entirely different machine.) The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield, button and slider subclasses, clock and calendar views, icon wells, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscSwapKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications...plus much more! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are several MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. Two other lists are mentioned in the MiscKit's top level README.rtf file. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET personalities. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
From: Roger Rosner <pharos!rock@pangea.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: mindshare-admin mailing list Date: 31 May 1994 16:13:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sg5q6$mak@digifix.digifix.com> Pangea Corporation has created an internet mailing list for people interested in the administration of MindShare systems. If you would like to join this mailing list, send a message containing only "subscribe mindshare-admin" to majordomo@pangea.com. The mailing list is a two way forum. Just send a mail message to mindshare-admin@pangea.com and everyone on the list will get a copy. Enjoy! Roger Rosner Pangea Corporation
From: cedman@princeton.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mail.app utilities 1.2 released Date: 31 May 1994 16:50:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sg7uv$ml2@digifix.digifix.com> And I thought I'd released this version half a year ago. Apparently I forgot. Now, however, you can find a package with the source, documentation and m68k/i386 MABs at this location: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/mail/mailapp-utilities-1.2.tar.gz ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/mail/mailapp-utilities-1.2.README Here is the README file. Carl Edman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This archive was compressed using GNU gzip. Gzip achieves considerably better compression rates and higher decompression speeds than compress, but it is not installed on machines running operating system versions older than NeXTStep 3.1. You can get it from prep.ai.mit.edu and many other fine anon ftp sites. Mail.app utilities 1.2 ====================== This is the third release of the Mail.app utilities. For a list of changes see the end of this file. The archive contains three command line tools useful in conjunction with Mail.app. Nextmail has a command line interface similar to UCB mail but instead of sending the letter it puts it in a Mail.app compose window. Appnmail appends messages to the end of Mail.app mailboxes while taking care to properly handle locks, NeXT mail and the table of contents. Compactmail compacts Mail.app mailboxes just like the Compact menu item does. (In addition, there is also a small utility called listmail which lists Mail.app table_of_contents. This is a minor program created mainly for my own debugging, but as it may come in handy for others it is part of this package as well.) There are also two other files in this package. Sendmail-addheadsig will automatically add headers, ASCII signatures or even RTF or RTFD signatures to your outgoing Mail.app letters. After installation, change the Mail.app "Mailer" expert preference to point to the location of this script (/usr/local/lib/sendmail-addheadsig by default) and all the lines in your ~/.add-header files will be added to the header, the ASCII text of ~/.signature will be added at the end of outgoing non-NeXTmail messages and the contents of ~/.signature.rtfd (and if that doesn't exist, ~/.signature.rtf) will be added to the end of outgoing NeXTmail messages. This allows you e.g. to automatically add your own TIFF picture or digitized real signature to all NeXTmail you send. There is also an emacs-lisp program called gnus-mailapp.el. It will integrate Mail.app with GNUS to the same degree Mail.app is integrated with NewsGrazer. For instructions on how to enable its features, read the comments at the beginning of gnus-mailapp.el. All have only been tested under NeXTStep 3.[012], but for all but nextmail no reason to assume that they won't also work under earlier versions of the operating system. For more detail see the included man pages. Personally I use appnmail in conjunction with procmail which makes a very powerful combination for handling incoming mail. Nextmail (together with a number of elisp functions also included in this archive) causes all mail which I would send from within emacs (such as replies to articles read in GNUS) to be redirected through Mail.app, though many other uses are imaginable as well. Compactmail was created to help all the people screaming about the lack of an autocompact feature in Mail.app. Installation should be no problem if you have the standard directory structure for local programs (i.e.. binaries in /usr/local/bin, man pages in /usr/local/man/man[1-8ln], emacs lisp files in /usr/local/lib/emacs/site-lisp). Just type 'make install'. Otherwise you'll just have to put the binaries and man pages into the proper directories by hand or edit the Makefile. By default, 'make install' creates and installs fat binaries. If you only want to install m68k or i386 binaries, use 'make install-m68k' and 'make install-i386' respectively. If you find any bugs or have any problems feel free to email me. Carl Edman 31-5-94 <cedman@princeton.edu> CHANGES ======= 1.1 to 1.2: * compactmail may work under NS/FIP now. * appnmail has been speeded up about 100x. On large messages this really matters. * A minor bug in appnmail was fixed which when the incoming message had a malformed Date header could cause Mail.app to believe that the mailbox directory was corrupted and recreate the table_of_contents file. This error could not cause the loss of mail messages. * Listmail has a man page now. * The Mail.app utilities are compiled fat. * Compactmail tries not to touch a mailbox at all if there are no deleted messages in it. * First public release of GNUS/Mail.app interface. * The Mail.app utilities are now NS/FIP compatible thanks to Todd Swan <tms@cfc.com>. * The Mail.app utilities now include sendmail-addheadsig. * Compactmail adds the -d, -s, -f and -u options. 1.0 to 1.1: * Compactmail and Listmail were added. 1.0: * First public release
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Color Interpolating Object Suite for NEXTSTEP Date: 31 May 1994 16:56:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sg8ai$mno@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dave Anderson Flying Monkey Software 8424 Todd Creek Cr. West Chester, OH 45069 djanders@nox.cs.du.edu 513-865-6800 x6087 Day 513-779-6489 Evening FLYING MONKEY SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES COLOR INTERPOLATING OBJECT SUITE FOR NEXTSTEP. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, May 19, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the availability of Color Interpolating objects, FmsColorInterpolator, FmsColor4Interpolator, and FmsNumericInterpolator for the NEXTSTEP developer community. Developers can now install smooth chromatic transitioning in their applications using these powerful objects. FmsColorInterpolator : Object Instances of the FmsColorInterpolator accept high and low reference colors and interpolate colors along them, given a parametric value. Alpha transparency is supported. Both rectilinear (RGBA) and cylindrical (HSBA) transitioning are supported. The FmsColorInterpolator uses FmsNumericInterpolators for linear interpolation by default, but may be set to use subclasses of FmsNumericInterpolator for other interpolations. FmsColor4Interpolator : Object Instances of the FmsColor4Interpolator accept a top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right reference colors and interpolate colors along them, given an x and y parametric value. Alpha transparency is supported. Both rectilinear (RGBA) and cylindrical (HSBA) transitioning are supported. The FmsColor4Interpolator uses FmsColorInterpolators for linear interpolation by default, but may be set to use subclasses of FmsColorInterpolator for other interpolations. FmsNumericInterpolator : Object Instances of the FmsNumeric Interpolator accept high and low reference values and linearly interpolate values along them, given a parametric value. All objects come with NeXT-style documentation. objects source (h-files and (h-files and libraries) m-files) Suite 1: FmsNumericInterpolator FmsColorInterpolator $8.00 $25.00 Suite 2: FmsNumericInterpolator FmsColorInterpolator FmsColor4Interpolator $15.00 $40.00 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. No royalties are due if you use these objects in your product and sell it to other folks, but you're not permitted to resell these objects as products (or part of a product) themselves. If you'd like to be a reseller, contact Flying Monkey Software directly. Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been wild software beasts for more than twenty years, but have recently decided to domesticate a little. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. Flying makes us happy, software makes us wild! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. NeXT-style documentation refers to the elegant format NeXT and its third party developers use to document their classes. FmsColorInterpolator, FmsColor4Interpolator, and FmsNumericInterpolator are NEXTSTEP- compatible objects from Flying Monkey Software. Short and sweet.
From: Brian Griswold <brian@dancingbear.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Programming Date: 31 May 1994 23:15:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sgugo$o9b@digifix.digifix.com> Programming in Paradise!! Dancing Bear Enterprises is currently seeking application programmers to work in Hawaii starting July 1994. The ideal candidate will have: UNIX & NEXTSTEP, Objective-C and C experience. The position also requires an individual with database experience (preferably DBKit), excellent interpersonal skills (both end users and technical staff). Networking, open systems and C++ knowledge would be advantageous. We will be interviewing in San Francisco during NeXTSTEP Expo. If you are interested, send your resume listing your relevant work & academic experience, programming language and operating environment skills, areas of expertise, work expectations, availability, current salary and salary expectations. Please include an example of your ability and creativity to: jobs@dancingbear.com - or- Dancing Bear Enterprises 2622 Cortina Lane Vail, CO 81657 USA fax +1-303-479-9442 Be sure to let us know the best way to reach you (email, voice, fax) and whether or not you will be at NeXTSTEP Expo.
From: Michael Lofquist <sirius@radnet.nsw.gov.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: nibIT - NEXTSTEP CASE tool Date: 31 May 1994 23:18:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sgum6$oap@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Lofquist SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies Pty Ltd P.O Box 738, North Sydney 2059 NSW, AUSTRALIA sirius@interconnect.com.au +61 18 619 502 (PHONE) +61 29 222 353 (FAX) Sydney Australia, June 1994 ----------------------------------------- SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies Pty Ltd announces the release of a demo version of its first NEXTSTEP CASE product, nibIT, a nib documentation tool. The first in a number of planned CASE tools and utilities from SIRIUS, this nib documentation tools solves a re-occurring problem when developing software on the NEXTSTEP environment: how to document NeXT Interface Builder (nib) files ? This simple utility allows NEXTSTEP developers to document their nib files in three different ways: * NeXT style rtf document * DIAGRAM!2 file describing object connections * Ascii base file for user defined post processing The demo version is available at ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming/nibIT-demo.tar.gz This demo version is full functional version which will expire 31 July 1994. Release plans for nibIT. ------------------------ nibIT was developed for the first major Australian NEXTSTEP project, which has been deployed with success here in May 1994. SIRIUS developed nibIT in January 1994 to solve the nib documentation problem of the project. DIAGRAM!2 support was added in April 1994. The nibIT palette is ready for release on 1.July 1994. We can facilitate any purchases of nibIT now, with free upgrade to the release 1.0.
From: joe@FreemanSoft.COM (Joe Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FSBaseConverter preferences module Date: 1 Jun 1994 00:26:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sh2lp$olm@digifix.digifix.com> cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/FSBaseConverter.MAB.tar cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/FSBaseConverter.README FSBaseConverter (v2) Overview: FSBaseConverter is a simple programmers tool that aids in doing base conversions. It supports byte swapping and base conversion of different length integers. FSBaseConverter is small enough that it is run as an extension to the NeXT Preferences application. This means that FSBaseConverter is a lightweight extension to your system that doesn't require another dock location. Installation: You may need to unpack the FSBaseConverter.tar file using the "tar" command. This should leave you with a preferences package called FSBaseConverter.preferences FSBaseConverter.preferences should be installed in ~/Library/Preferences where the "~" means your home directory. You need to quit Preferences and restart in order to see the newly installed module. Background: FSBaseConverter is is one of the shareware preferences modules from FreemanSoft Inc. Information on the whole set may be obtained by sending email to info@FreemanSoft.COM
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette Date: 1 Jun 1994 15:26:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sind6$sor@digifix.digifix.com> I've just uploaded NibInfoPalette to cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/objects/NibInfoPalette-4.0.tar.gz cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/objects/NibInfoPalette-4.0.README I believe there were problems with my last offering so I'm releasing this one to you all. What is NibInfoPalette? NibInfoPalette is an upper CASE tool that allows you to document your NeXT Interface Builder (NIB) files. It sits in Interface Builder as a passive palette object and is activated automatically when you save your Nib file. The report is written to a file with the same name as the NIB's wrapper but with an appended ".info" extension. What does the report look like? Report formats can be customized by implementing methods which conform to the NIBINFO API. (See NibInfoMethods) Essentially reports can look any way you like them to look. The report format bundle (NibInfoMethods.bundle) can be located in either. ~/Library/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle /LocalLibrary/NibInfoPalette/NibInfoMethods.bundle The user's bundle takes precedence over the one in /LocalLibrary Problems/Comments to robert@steffi.demon.co.uk (Robert Nicholson) The palette works in NS3.1 and NS3.2 -- NOTE: In the past there's hasn't been a great demand for this tool so this is "as is" software for the moment. If a number of people express interest I'll consider improvements. In short, if there's a way you think this can be improved then email me andI might just release a new version incorporating your addition..
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real Time Ticker Symbol Demo Date: 2 Jun 1994 16:08:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sle70$6vd@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - Real Time Ticker Symbol Demo Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com See The Graph Object Library in action by downloading a demo application from the archive site. The application demonstrates how The Graph Object Library can be used to display ticker symbols in scatter format and in real time. This is just one of the ways The Graph Object Library can be used for custom data display. See below for instructions on how to ftp this application. Please call us if you are unable to ftp and/or are interested in a demonstration. Best Regards, - VVI -- GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------- VVI, Inc. introduces The Graph Object Library(TM). The Graph Object Library represents a significant investment in terms of object design and total graph library architecture. When you purchase the Graph Object Library you receive: - A standard graphing client. We deliver a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via our Graph Object Library. This is a comprehensive solution which gives immediate and reliable graphing power to any application. Your users will enjoy the resulting quality and standard features, documentation, and user interface. - The applications GraphBuilder and VVpP. GraphBuilder is the reliable, easy to use, powerful, and optimized graphing application. VVpP is a container prototype preprocessor. GraphBuilder, the application, is a few lines long - "The objects do all the work". - On-site instruction, technical support, and service. - Documentation. The libraries come with complete online documentation and header files. GraphBuilder comes with extensive online manuals, online help, unique inspector overviews, and context sensitive help. - Our commitment. We have been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and deliver comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we don't stop there. We are currently working on version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features through the Graph Object library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. Its like having your own graph software development department. VVI customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in these following areas: Expertise: - Real time, production, and presentation quality data display and analysis. - Database and data acquisition integration. - Data modeling and simulation. - Cross platform development and integrity of data in a heterogeneous environment. - Object library architecture, object design, and integration between Objective-C and C++. - Transitioning to NEXTSTEP. Industries: - Financial Services; display of financial data. - Medical Services; hospital related clinical data. - Petroleum Services; exploration related data. - Corporate R&D laboratories; data analysis and display. - Government laboratories; data analysis and display. -- FTP INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------------------- To get the demonstration application issue the following from a shell window (or the equivalent). FOR THE MOTOROLA VERSION: ftp cs.orst.edu ftp "your id" cd /pub/next/demos/graphics binary get GraphObjectsTickerSymbols_m68k.compressed quit FOR THE INTEL VERSION: ftp cs.orst.edu ftp "your id" cd /pub/next/demos/graphics binary get GraphObjectsTickerSymbols_i386.compressed quit Then from the Workspace Manager double click GraphObjectsTickerSymbols_*.compressed and decompress it. Then double click the result which is named "EXlabelDancing.app". Click the various buttons to demonstrate the application and The Graph Object Library.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, June 9th Date: 2 Jun 1994 23:39:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sm8ks$9a4@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, June 9, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: Information Management's conference room 4th floor, Suite 430 (Decatur) Agenda: Presentations: NEXTSTEP on an H-P PA-RISC machine NEXTtime running QuickTime movies on an Intel machine Brian Hoskins (NeXT Computer, Inc.) Map to: Information Management, Inc. (IMI) 150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430 (4th floor) Decatur, GA (located between Church St. and Clairmont Rd. in Decatur; parking is available in a parking deck behind the offices; the parking deck is accessible from a sideroad that runs between Church and Clairmont)
From: jamie@ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Solana Systems Date: 2 Jun 1994 23:39:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sm8la$9aa@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, June 7th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00 P.M. 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Rumors of the Month 7:20PM Solana Systems' Licensing Kit William Brown from Solana Systems will be speaking about the object architecture and flexibility of Solana's Licensing Kit. He will also discuss the pieces of the kit used to implement the architecture and the manner in which these pieces are delivered to the customer. 8:20PM Q&A 8:40PM General milling around that will result in some of us going off to dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information or directions please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: (617) 628-4136 (H) email: jamie@ftp.com
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP,Unix,C,6-9mo-NYC Date: 3 Jun 1994 02:00:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2smgt9$acu@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to find an independent consultant P/A with NEXTSTEP, UNIX, & "C" experience for a six to nine month contract in NYC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates must have at least 3 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems and must be a US citizen or not require sponsorship, thanks. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage)
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP-entry level,NYC Date: 3 Jun 1994 02:00:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2smgtr$ad6@digifix.digifix.com> Recent Grads from "good" schools with high GPA's and good NEXTSTEP project experience qualify. Candidates considered requiring sponsorship. This International Software Development division of an $1 billion dollar international corporation with over 5000 employees is looking for "can do" self starters who are also team players that want to grow professionally, (comprehensive training offered). They offer permanent/employee positions with very attractive technical growth, salary compensation plans & great benefits in a fresh, friendly, casual, (the VP sometimes is in the office in jeans & a sweater), easy going, environment with flexible hours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. Qualified candidates include local recent grads with Nextstep project experience. Sponsorship is available. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Certified System and Driver Policy Date: 3 Jun 1994 23:24:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2sos61$fod@digifix.digifix.com> In response to recent messages on the net, we would like to clarify our Certified System and driver practices. NeXT's customers want assurance directly from NeXT that specific computer systems will run both current and future releases of NEXTSTEP. Therefore, NeXT created a Certified Systems program, which certifies complete computer systems; not individual drivers. To insure that future releases of NEXTSTEP run properly on these certified systems, NeXT must test each new NEXTSTEP release on each certified system. Such testing involves verifying that each driver which may run on a certified system is tested, creating a massive number of permutations to test. Inevitably, bugs are discovered and must be tracked down. This requires that NeXT have the source code in-house for every driver required for each certified system; otherwise it would be impossible to isolate and fix the discovered bugs in any reasonable amount of time. The key lesson we have learned is quite simple: we cannot certify a system without the source code for all its drivers. NeXT obtains drivers from a variety of sources: internal development, contracting with independent driver writing companies, PC manufacturers, chipset suppliers and add-on card vendors (who may themselves outsource the driver development). NeXT's driver suppliers support the industry-accepted business model for driver writing, in which the fee charged includes providing the source code to the purchaser, enabling the driver to be maintained by others than just the author. Some driver writing companies decline to disclose the source code for their drivers. If a company does not want to disclose the source code for their drivers to NeXT, we cannot give our customers the assurance that future releases of NEXTSTEP will run on systems which use those drivers. In addition to requiring source code, NeXT also has stringent quality guidelines for third party drivers . These requirements include the use of and adherence to DriverKit methodology, easily maintainable code, passing of NeXT engineering code walk-through and engineering test, and a warranty from the developer to fix problems found in the driver for 6 months after the driver is generally available, etc. The third party driver goes through the same Software Quality Assurance to which NeXT internal drivers are subjected. This insures that NeXT customers are getting the highest quality drivers, whether they are developed by NeXT or by a third party. We hope that this clarifies our third party driver practices and certification program. NeXT Computer, Inc.
#################################################################### #################################################################### From: Andrew MacRae <macrae@pandora.geo.ucalgary.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: nxps2ai - convert Postscript to Adobe Illustrator v.3 Date: 5 Jun 1994 00:48:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2srlfb$lhf@digifix.digifix.com> nxps2ai - a script to convert Postscript files to Adobe Illustrator v.3.0 files using DPS on NEXTSTEP machines. This script, plus some support files, have been uploaded to: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/graphics/nxps2ai_README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/graphics/nxps2ai.tar.Z It is based on "next.sh" by George White <gwhite@trevnx.bio.dfo.ca>, which uses "ps2ai.ps" by Jason Olszewski <olszewsk@splash.princeton.edu>, which is available at: anonymous ftp: toby.princeton.edu /pub/olszewsk/ps2ai.ps URL ftp://toby.princeton.edu/pub/olszewsk You may want to check there to see if "ps2ai.ps" has been updated. The version used here is 2.13 (April 1994). I really did not add much to George's script, and most of the work is done by Jason's "ps2ai.ps", so they deserve much more credit than I. Thanks guys, for making your work available. You should read the document "ps2ai.doc" to read about the limitations of the "ps2ai.ps" converter. I have tried it with a few files, and it seems to work fine. No warranty expressed or implied (of course). The contributions I have made (nxps2ai in part) can be distributed freely. For any restrictions on the other material, see the respective files. Please let me know if you make any improvements, and consider letting the original authors know as well. In particular, Jason Olszewski maintains contributions from other sources at the site mentioned above. -Andrew macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca All trademarks are the property of their respective owners, but you knew that anyway, right?
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Alain Pinel Realtors, Palo Alto, CA Date: 9 Jun 1994 15:01:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2t7oto$9q4@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP developer needed at Alain Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto, CA, to maintain and extend our extensive suite of award-winning custom apps in fast-growing environment. - Minimum two years Nextstep database development experience required. - Will work closely with Adamation developers who designed and programmed our system. - Communications experience helpful. - UUCP, sendmail, netinfo and Internet knowledge desireable. Mid-level salary range. Please contact Alain Pinel for more information. Contact: Ursula Fischer ufischer@apr.com (408) 741-1111
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for ONEAC-ON UPS's to PowerGuardian Date: 9 Jun 1994 15:01:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2t7ou7$9qh@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles Bennett (614) 276-7859 info@benatong.com Availability: Now Pricing: $149.95 with cable. BenaTong adds support for ONEAC-ON UPS's to PowerGuardian for NEXTSTEP: Monitors Uninterruptible Power Supplies/Performs Orderly System Shutdown Columbus, OH -- BenaTong today announced the addition of ONEAC to the list of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) supported by PowerGuardian. PowerGuardian is the premier NEXTSTEP application for network wide power monitoring and control. "We now support APC, BEST, TrippLite and ONEAC, making PowerGuardian compatible with the vast majority of our customers UPS's." BenaTong, based in Columbus, Ohio is a consulting firm that specializes in providing software for computers running NEXTSTEP.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Reminder: EXPO only two weeks away!! Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:25:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t0p90$ade@digifix.digifix.com> These documents are also available from http://digifix.digifix.com/NeXT/NEXTSTEP_Expo/index.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEXTSTEP EXPO June 20 -23 Moscone Center, San Francisco +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The third annual NEXTSTEP EXPO is the place to experience how objects are enabling enterprise-wide, client/server computing and changing the future of the corporate desktop. NEXTSTEP Expo spans four days, combining informative NEXTSTEP Tutorials, a comprehensive Developer and User Conference, an End-User Program designed specifically for non-technical users, and the largest NEXTSTEP Exposition in the world. Designed for corporate and commercial software developers, system integrators, IS managers and VARs, this is the premier international event to learn more about object-oriented technology and the development of mission-critical custom applications with NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP EXPO '94 is the opportunity to see the NEXTSTEP communities converge, with the broad base of products and solutions for NEXTSTEP for Intel, as well as Object-Enterprise solutions from Hewlett-Packard and NeXT. This is also the chance for Sun developers to explore the world of objects with the availability of the first open object specification from Sun Microsystems and NeXT: OpenStep. If objects are in your future, don't miss this important event. Highlights include: EXPO SOFTWARE SPECIAL FOR DEVELOPERS: NEXTSTEP for $299 Developer & User Conference attendees can purchase NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 at a special EXPO price (a $3,500 savings!). Limited to one per attendee. Available on-site. Or purchase NEXTSTEP for the same EXPO price bundled on hardware available from strategic OEMs offering certified NEXTSTEP PCs at the EXPO. Enterprise Objects Framework: NeXT will announce Enterprise Objects Framework, a technology that enables customers to construct true business objects that utilize industry-standard relational databases to provide persistent storage. As the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network, Enterprise Objects will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. All attendees of the Developer and User Conference will receive a free early-access copy! OpenStep: Learn more about how NeXT and SunSoft are working to make OpenStep the volume industry standard for object-oriented technology. NEXTSTEP EXPO will be your first opportunity to receive more details about the OpenStep specification and hear from others adopting OpenStep. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DEVELOPER AND USER CONFERENCE The NEXTSTEP Developer and User Conference program has been designed to mirror the NEXTSTEP adoption process, offering developers an opportunity to learn more in every phase of development, from evaluation to design and development, through deployment and use. Sessions will be aimed at beginning and advanced developers in both commercial and corporate markets, technical evaluators, system administrators and MIS managers, systems integrators and VARs. To benefit most from the breadth of the sessions, you are encouraged to review and select within your primary area of interest. The general sessions will feature business and technical presentations on Enterprise Objects, plus OpenStep and Portable Distributed Objects. END-USER PROGRAM A subset of the full Conference, this curriculum is geared to non-technical users from Fortune 1000 companies and includes the sessions in "View from the Ground", the keynote addresses and the general sessions. NEXTSTEP TUTORIALS On June 20, attendees will have the opportunity to take in a day of optional tutorials, in lecture format, designed to help them both prepare for the conference and bring back a more in-depth understanding of NEXTSTEP programming and system administration concepts. The Tutorials are delivered by NeXT Developer Trainers. NEXTSTEP EXPOSITION Over 100 exhibits from leading PC and workstation manufacturers, application and ObjectWare developers, and systems integrators will give attendees a view of real-world solutions with NEXTSTEP. The NeXT booth will feature live presentations and show the range of NeXT technology from NEXTSTEP User and Developer, to PDO, Enterprise Objects Frameworks, NEXTIME, and NEXTSTEP-J, the Japanese version of NEXTSTEP. USER GROUP PROGRAM User Group sessions focus on user group leadership and member services. If you want ideas to take back to your group, this program is for you. With the explosion of new NEXTSTEP users, this program helps you prepare your NeXT User Group for growth and success in 1994 and beyond. All user group members attending either the exposition or the conferences are invited to register for the User Group Program free of charge. OBJECT HONORS AWARDS PRESENTATION The best solutions developed with NEXTSTEP will be recognized at the Expo. Be sure to attend The Object Honors, a fun, formal event to be held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel on June 20, 1994, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Admission ($30) is by ticket only, so call 1-800-767-2336 to reserve your place now. ++++++++++++++++++ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ++++++++++++++++++ Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer, Inc. Steven P. Jobs, NeXT's Chairman and CEO, will deliver the opening day keynote on June 21, focusing on the "three horse race" in objects between Microsoft, OpenStep, and Taligent. He will also unveil NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework; a breakthrough technology that enables customers to construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases. Scott McNealy, Chairman, CEO, and President, Sun Microsystems Scott McNealy will discuss OpenStep and how it fits into Sun's corporate strategy. Richard W. Sevick, General Manager, Systems and Servers Group, Hewlett-Packard Rich Sevick will discuss HP and NeXT's Object-Enterprise initiative which distributes NeXT's object technology across HP's client/server systems and gives customers the ability to reengineer their IT environments. ------------------------- NOTE: Please plan to be seated at 9 am for all keynotes sessions. To avoid disruption, the doors will be closed at 9 am and will not be reopened until the session is over. ------------------------- PRODUCTS AVAILABLE: All Developer and User Conference attendees will receive an early-access copy of NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework and will be eligible to buy one copy of NEXTSTEP Developer and User software, versions 3.2, at the special EXPO price of $299! If you are not attending the Developer and User Conference, NEXTSTEP is available for the special starter kit price of $995. Other show specials on NEXTSTEP products and services will be offered. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO: >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE # BRHQM00 PRICING: Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Half-Day Tutorials: June 20 +++++++++++++++++++++ Introduction to the NEXTSTEP Development Environment This tutorial will walk attendees through the steps of building a simple NEXTSTEP application. Topics include using ProjectBuilder to manage your project; using InterfaceBuilder to create a user interface; debugging your code with GDB, the gnu Debugger; using Edit as a developer's tool; and how Digital Librarian can help you search and read on-line technical documentation. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to identify the developer applications that are available, their features, how they work together, and how they help you create a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a simple understanding of the NEXTSTEP user environment and C programming language. Advanced NEXTSTEP Programming: Transporting Objects Between Applications Cooperation between applications allows users to reuse their work across multiple applications and allows developers to leverage the functionality provided in other applications. Learn how the Application Kit supports several approaches to object sharing, how to choose the right approach for a problem, and how to implement object-sharing in your application. Topics covered in this tutorial include implementing pasteboard and interapplication services, drag-and-drop interfaces, Distributed Objects, and object links. This tutorial is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Object-Oriented Design This tutorial will cover many of the concepts needed to do analysis and design for object-oriented programming. Rather than focus on a particular methodology, it presents the basic concepts required by all analysts and designers. These concepts include discovering the classes and objects needed in your application; identifying relationships between classes and objects in your application; and designing applications that take advantage of NEXTSTEP. Following the introduction of each concept, the instructor will work with the group to apply that concept to several specific examples. Attendees are encouraged to bring examples that they would like to have discussed. Tutorial attendees will learn the major steps needed to analyze and design a NEXTSTEP application. The prerequisite for the tutorial is the ability to create a simple NEXTSTEP application or have other experience with object-oriented programming. This tutorial will not cover the basic concepts of object-oriented programming. Attendees will be expected to understand the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FULL - DAY TUTORIAL: June 20 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Advanced NetInfo This tutorial is intended for system administrators who manage large and complex networks and who want to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of the NetInfo administrative database system. Topics will include review of NetInfo design and terminology; NetInfo database servers, clients, and related system processes; NetInfo communications protocols; examination of the server binding and client connection processes; update propagation; and troubleshooting NetInfo configuration problems. At the end of this tutorial, you should be able to design, configure, and manage advanced NetInfo hierarchies. The prerequisite for this tutorial is a good understanding of the NetInfo system. A review of the NetInfo sections of the NEXTSTEP Network and System Administration manual and the Summer 1993 issue of NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS is recommended before attending the tutorial. ++++++++++++++++++ GENERAL SESSIONS ++++++++++++++++++ The Enterprise Objects Framework: Modeling Your Business with Objects Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, and Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer NeXT's new Enterprise Objects Framework enables customers to create and reuse business objects that process information stored in industry-standard relational databases or other data sources. The Enterprise Objects Framework is also the industry's first framework for distributing business objects throughout an enterprise network. Enterprise Objects advance object orientation to the next level of corporate computing by enabling developers to construct applications using software components that directly implement the business model. These objects tightly couple business information with the business processes required to properly manage that information. The Framework's flexibility enables you to design business objects that incorporate business process logic once and to use those objects to manage enterprise-wide operations, even when the data is represented differently in different divisions of your organization. You'll even be able to use this technology to reuse customizable, vertical industry business objects supplied by specialists, even if your business stores data differently than your competitors do. The Enterprise Objects Framework will redefine how custom business applications are constructed and set a new benchmark for the capability and scalability of object-oriented systems. This session will describe the technology and help you explore the possibilities. A Technical Overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework Paul Hegarty, Director of Software, and Brad Green, Mentorship Project Leader, NeXT Computer This session will provide a technical introduction to NeXT's technology for Enterprise Objects. The Enterprise Objects Framework provides developers with a unified approach to object persistence. The Framework is designed to support relational databases and other data sources and allow developers to create objects that are independent of user interface and persistence mechanisms. This session will provide an overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework, including overall architecture, moving data between Enterprise Objects and the user interface and moving data between Enterprise Objects and the data sources. To make the most of this session, plan to attend these related Conference sessions: Designing Enterprise Objects, A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework and Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework. OpenStep: The Details Revealed Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer and Rick Jackson, Director of Product Marketing, NeXT Computer; and Jim Green, DOE Marketing Manager, SunSoft As announced in November 1993, the OpenStep specification will be published on June 30, 1994. This session will officially introduce the OpenStep specification and discuss its similarities and differences with NEXTSTEP Release 3.2. Come hear further details of how NeXT and Sun will be providing OpenStep-compliant software. Scaling Your Enterprise with PDO Ralph Zazula, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) provides libraries, tools, and user runtime for developing integrated Objective-C and C++ applications on non-NEXTSTEP host operating systems that can share objects virtually transparently with NEXTSTEP applications and each other. This session will provide a technical introduction to writing PDO applications and will highlight what's new in PDO 2.0. The technical presentation will be followed by a PDO customer presenting a case study of a large-scale deployment of PDO applications in a heterogeneous network. This session is intended for experienced NEXTSTEP developers. Knowledge of NEXTSTEP developer tools, Objective-C, and object-oriented techniques is assumed. Familiarity with Distributed Objects is helpful but not required. +++++++++++++++++++++ Track 1: Strategic Thinking +++++++++++++++++++++ At this stage in the NEXTSTEP adoption process, corporate customers assess object-oriented technologies and plan their IS strategies. Commercial developers look for information relating to the business case for developing a NEXTSTEP application. Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Dr. Michael K. Mahoney, California State University, Long Beach This session will begin by showing how programming has evolved over the years and where we are today: objects. The speaker will identify the main characteristics of the object-oriented programming approach and describe how these characteristics can translate into distinct development advantages. The session will include a brief demonstration of real-time NEXTSTEP application development and is especially recommended for technical evaluators who desire more knowledge about object-oriented development and NEXTSTEP. Dr. Mahoney is co-author of NEXTSTEP Programming, Step One: Object-Oriented Applications. European Customer Panel Moderator: Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer A group of major European customers will present their projects and describe their experience working with NEXTSTEP and with third-party developers. This will help U.S.-based developers and systems integrators to learn first-hand what European customers require from their partners. Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Ken Andersen, President, and David Ehrlich, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Biztech This session will present you with all the facts regarding porting your applications from the Windows world to the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep development environment. Many software companies make the mistake of approaching OO development through traditional practices, and their productivity falls short. These pitfalls can be avoided. Topics will include the differences between languages, graphics, tools, and operating system services. A comparison of InterfaceBuilder, NeXT's object management tool, to products such as Microsoft's Visual Basic will also be included. Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up Vince Jordan, Vice President and General Manager, Object Technology Center, SHL Systemhouse Enterprise Objects represents a quantum leap for NEXTSTEP application developers, with a collection of classes and functions that provide a solution for object persistence. But how does it relate to what's happening in other environments? This session will compare and contrast the frameworks concept, as implemented in other development environments, such as Windows. Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards Dr. Arvind Deogirikar, Manager, Market Development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Distributed Objects is an important paradigm for software development, providing efficient utilization of the network's resources. This session will provide a comprehensive look at approaches to distributed objects from a variety of vendors including NeXT and Sun. The standards involved in each approach will be discussed, and a perspective will be given on the role and the importance of the Object Management Group. CIO Roundtable Moderator: Bob Metcalfe, Publisher, InfoWorld A panel of Chief Information Officers from a variety of NEXTSTEP customer sites will discuss the difference NEXTSTEP makes in their organizations. These people have had to "bet their job" on NEXTSTEP, and this will be an opportunity to hear why it's worth the risk, what choices they had, and why they ultimately selected NEXTSTEP. Real-World Rightsizing Filippo de Fernex, MIS Director, and Manuel Giambonini, Development Manager, Ticino Life Ticino Life is a Swiss insurance company that has rightsized with NeXTSTEP. This session will describe what went into this large-scale integration, including working with existing systems components, security, feasibility of the development schedule, special requirements for mass printing, user acceptance, and the impact on the organization and its workflow. This session will share the results of one year of production experience with NEXTSTEP and is especially recommended for technical evaluators and systems integrators. Developing an OOP Organization from a Former COBOL Shop Doug LaFontaine, MIS Manager, Chrysler Financial Corporation Migrating to object-oriented programming can be a leap of faith and a test of mettle. Hear what goes into transitioning from a COBOL-based mainframe environment to NEXTSTEP, including how rearranging the MIS personnel can allow you to more fully take advantage of object-oriented programming. European Success Story: AMG Michael Gobran, President, AMG Industries Consulting GmbH AMG has used NEXTSTEP to implement a comprehensive product information and billing cycle solution for VME, an association of 180 furniture stores across Germany. Despite 3.5 billion DM revenue in 1992, VME was laboring under the constraints of manual systems for orders and invoices. With NEXTSTEP as a front-end to a Sybase server and NEXTSTEP machines in each store, AMG designed a system to network and automate all order processing and billing. They gave VME more flexibility and control over lead times and invoice methods, and planned for the ability to integrate other formats, such as still- and motion-video, into the databases. This session is geared to developers and integrators interested in large-scale database solutions with NEXTSTEP. Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions Today's corporations need to rethink the way in which they organize and manage programming projects to fully take advantage of object-oriented programming and design. This is a paradigm shift from the lowest-rung programmer all the way to the CIO. This session will address the issues related to making use of OO technology in the corporation and describe how embracing a culture of change will provide a critical edge to companies building a competitive information infrastructure. Shrink-Wrap Development: Business and Beyond Scott Opitz, Director of Sales and Marketing, Conextions, Inc. and Brendan Larson, President, WeatherLabs, Inc. Developing products for NEXTSTEP provides developers with a unique opportunity: to pursue their passion for creating the most innovative software on the planet, while building successful software businesses. The presenters will discuss how two companies developing shrinkwrapped products were able to get the best of both worlds by choosing NEXTSTEP as their development platform. This session is geared to current and prospective commercial developers and consultants. How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation The decision to choose NEXTSTEP for Chrysler Financial's client/server applications was the result of a comprehensive evaluation process. This session will describe that process, including criteria for selecting tools and critical success factors. Chrysler will share data that positions NEXTSTEP relative to its competition and will identify the factors that persuaded them that NEXTSTEP was the right choice. Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP Marty Rhodes, Vice President Systems Integration, SingleSource Systems Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is on the minds of corporate IS executives. Find out why! This session will provide a definition of BPR, explain why corporations are focused on changing the way they do business, give a general understanding of BPR techniques, describe how NEXTSTEP can enable BPR, and recap successful projects that implemented NEXTSTEP. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 2 - The Drawing Board +++++++++++++++++++++++ Planning and prototyping are critical to the success of any object-oriented development project. Various methodologies will be described, including how to model and measure your development efforts. Understanding Object-Oriented Client/Server Application Design Patricia A. Monk, Director, NeXT Business Unit, Data General Corporation This presentation will compare designing and developing NEXTSTEP applications on the desktop, NEXTSTEP client/server applications using PDO, and server-only object-oriented applications. The presentation will include insights on when each of these application types is appropriate, what tools can be used and strengths and weaknesses of each. Detailed examples will be given. This session will be valuable for beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP programmers, who will gain a broad understanding of how to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of object-oriented application design and development. Guide to Building Better Objects and Applications Adam Swift, Bill Bumgarner, Charles Swiger; Developers, WhiteLight Systems Good up-front object design saves time during software design and retains that advantage through development and maintenance. These engineers will describe a methodology for consistently designing highly reusable, robust objects in extensible architectures. The presentation will include both software analysis and design examples. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Designing a Network-Efficient Distributed Objects Application Sam Streeper, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Optimizing the overall performance of a client/server application requires different tools and techniques than a standalone application. This session will teach you how to monitor and measure network performance, understand design tradeoffs, and point out common bottlenecks to avoid. Topics will include new Objective-C keywords, protocols and proxies; object copies and proxies; smart proxies; the nmserver; the underlying MACH mechanisms; and multi-threaded servers. This session is targeted at the beginning to intermediate NEXTSTEP developer wanting to become more familiar with Distributed Objects. Designing Enterprise Objects Moderator: Felix Lin, Product Manager, NeXT Computer The Enterprise Objects Framework heralds a new era of productivity in developing mission-critical custom database applications. Libraries of vertical industry business objects that incorporate standard business practices can now be created and used to construct applications that can store data in different databases or data structures. In this session, a panel of leading systems integrators will present techniques for designing Enterprise Objects to maximize reuse. They will also describe how these software components can be integrated with existing business information systems or be assembled to form new applications. Achieving Excellence in User Interface Design Moderator: Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer, NeXT Computer Is creating a user interface (UI) an art or a science? How best can engineers and artists work together on UI projects? Do commercial and corporate developers wrestle with the same problems to create better interfaces for their users? A panel of UI designers and NEXTSTEP engineers, including Jay Capela of Bitwise Consulting and Bryan Yamamoto of NeXT, will discuss approaches to UI and how sound planning can have a dramatic impact on the outcome of interface design. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Legal Matters: Contracting for Custom Software Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational, Attorneys-at-Law Whether you contract for custom software or produce it, this is an opportunity to learn what goes into a good software contract and what stays out. Learn who owns the code and what to do if the contractor refuses to service the code or goes bankrupt. Learn how to design specifications and metrics that work and will keep both parties happy and out of court. Mr. Selineas talk was one of the highest rated sessions at last year's Conference; the money you could save in legal fees by attending this session could pay for the cost of attending this Conference. Icon Design: Getting the Most Out of Your Pixels Robert W. Kieffer, NEXTSTEP Developer and Icon Designer, Gemstone Systems, Inc. With a few exceptions, icon design is being done by developers with little or no training in art or computer art. This presentation offers some basic guidelines for icon design, presents some useful techniques, and discusses some of the resources available to designers. Techniques to improve an icon's impact, such as transparency, shadows and anti-aliasing, will be discussed. This session will be valuable for all NEXTSTEP programmers who wish to create crisp, clean, and intuitive icons. Model-View-Controller: A Paradigm for Object-Oriented Design Kristofer Younger, Member of Technical Staff, Anderson Financial Systems Model-View-Controller (MVC) has been a preeminent design paradigm in the SmallTalk community for many years and has maintained a lead in the way object-oriented systems are put together. This session will give a clear picture of how MVC fits into the current trends in NEXTSTEP development and will discuss how MVC needs to be customized to fit the NEXTSTEP environment. Several examples of good MVC design will be covered, as well as a brief set of references for further understanding. Analysis, Design and Development of Reusable Business Objects Roger Coates, Coordinator of Technology Management, PanCanadian Based on real-world experience of a department of 40 developers, this session will discuss issues surrounding building a library of reusable business objects. PanCanadian, a billion-dollar oil company, adopted object technology as its primary development environment in 1992. Development of a NEXTSTEP-based object-oriented infrastructure began in January 1993. Mr. Coates is a member of the team that has reshaped the IT infrastructure from mainframe-centric to TCP/IP network-centric. Metrics and Management for Object-Oriented Programming Mark Thomsen, Co-founder, Gemstone Systems, Inc. What metrics should be used to assess the size of an OO development project? How are reusable objects incorporated in an estimate? What methodologies for measuring software over the past 20 years are applicable to OO? How do we organize an OO project and enterprise-wide OO development? This session will present experiences from a series of projects. Focus will be on projects of 5-25 people, lasting from 2-18 months. It will describe some metrics and management techniques that have been found to work through the trial of actual projects and point to those which appear not to work. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 3 - Gaining the Development Advantage ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Detailed aspects of engineering an object-oriented application or system are explored, including code reusability, performance tuning, and new features of NEXTSTEP. Masters Panel Moderator: Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer A seasoned panel of NEXTSTEP developers - including Andrew Stone of Stone Design, Josh Doenias of NeXT, and Henry Krempel, consultant - will reveal their favorite tricks, tips, techniques, hints, hacks, and secrets (and maybe an anecdote or two), which you can use to make your NEXTSTEP development faster, more productive, and a lot more fun. IB Palettes: Leveraging the Power of InterfaceBuilder Thomas K. Burkholder, Premium Support Engineer, NeXT Computer IB Palettes provide an applications developer with a powerful tool for extending InterfaceBuilder and shortening development time by creating easily reusable UI objects. This session will explore the added value available through exploiting the advanced features of InterfaceBuilder. Topics will include connection inspectors, editors, palette project management, tips, and bugs. This session will be valuable for both intermediate and advanced NEXTSTEP programmers. Mr. Burkholder is the author of the TTools MiniExample. What's New: NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3 Steve Naroff, Manager, Development Environment Group, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 represents a significant enhancement to the overall development environment for NEXTSTEP. This presentation will include demonstrations of the new integrated tool set to be provided in Release 3.3, as well as descriptions of improvements in the environment geared to large-scale development projects. Creating and Marketing Customer-Driven NEXTSTEP Applications Margaret Grover, Director of Developer Relations, NeXT Computer This session will be an opportunity to learn strategies for designing and marketing NEXTSTEP applications to ensure the best chances for success. Specific topics covered include identifying and researching a market, building products that meet customer needs, and offering functionality that makes a product stand out from its competitors. The panel will also discuss the new opportunities that OpenStep provides to developers and how to take advantage of those today. This session will be valuable to current and prospective NEXTSTEP commercial developers. Integrating Objective-C and C++ Alan R. Losoff, Senior Systems Engineer, NationsBanc-CRT C++ and Objective-C can coexist peacefully. In fact, the strong points of each can make an integrated application very powerful. This presentation will cover issues involved with mixing Objective-C and C++ in a real-world development environment by a real world developer. Nuts-and-bolts details - such as useful compile flags, location of relevant files (for both NEXTSTEP 3.1 and NEXTSTEP 3.2), makefile subtleties, and common pitfalls to avoid - will be covered. Various approaches for mixing Objective-C and C++ will be discussed. This session will be valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Source Code Control Moderator: Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The panelists will discuss experiences managing source code and other resources on NEXTSTEP development projects. Attendees will come away understanding the benefits and drawbacks of existing source code control systems, and related issues such as available tools, defect tracking systems, and project management. This session will be of interest to managers and engineers working on NEXTSTEP development projects. NEXTSTEP experience is useful but not required. Shared Libraries and Real Dynamic Linking Kevin Enderby, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Learn about the new dynamically linked shared libraries and the dynamic link editor that will be available in NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3. This talk will cover how to build and use dynamically linked shared libraries and how to build and load bundles so that they automatically load the shared libraries they depend on. Hear how the new dynamic link editor will make the developer's life easier. The target audience is the developer of NEXTSTEP library or bundle code. Good understanding of the issues of building programs and their dependencies is needed. A Mechanism for Automatic Message-Based Undo Jeff Martin, Director of Software Engineering, Bozell, Inc. This presentation will introduce an object that allows the developer to quickly add multilevel undo/redo functionality to any application. The object requires only that the user send it the message that will reset an action. A demonstration that automatically adds undo to AppKit UI objects and the Text object will be shown. This mechanism also lends itself to an easy animation strategy in which the same messages that are registered for undo can be used to animate attributes from their old values to their new values. A demonstration of this using NeXTime and 3DKit will be shown. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. NEXTIME Technical Overview Peter Graffignino, Manager, Media Software, and Mike Paquette, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer A technical overview of the NEXTIME Media Framework will be presented, including the high-level design of NEXTIME and details on how to incorporate NEXTIME into applications. Three areas of interest will be addressed: how to play movies from your application, how to build applications to manipulate movies, and how to build NEXTIME components. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. Thanks for the Memory: Understanding, Optimizing, and Debugging Your Use of Memory Julie Zelenski, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer Here's a chance to gain a better understanding of memory allocation and organization and how to put that knowledge to use developing apps that are efficient and careful about use of memory. Particular emphasis will be placed on debugging memory misuses. Topics will include the workings of vm_allocate and malloc, gathering statistics on memory usage and locality of reference, and techniques for identifying and fixing memory smashers. This session is designed for the intermediate to advanced NEXTSTEP developer. Familiarity with development tools such as gdb, MallocDebug, and ProcessMonitor will be helpful. NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit Bertrand Serlet, Ali Ozer; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Two of the key designers present the new NEXTSTEP Foundation Kit, which defines a new base layer of Objective-C classes. Two major components of the Foundation Kit are strings and collections. The string class supports multiple character sets, notably Unicode, and provides a rich set of manipulations. New collection classes represent the logical evolution of the current collections, featuring a consistent API and greater functionality. The Foundation Kit also introduces paradigms for new functionality in NEXTSTEP. The presenters will cover these new classes and paradigms in detail and describe how they affect the NEXTSTEP APIs. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. A Closer Look at the Components of the Enterprise Objects Framework Kelly Toshach, Developer Trainer, NeXT Computer This session will examine the architecture of the Enterprise Objects Framework, NeXT's collection of classes and functions providing a solution to object persistence. The first part of this session will be devoted to a brief conceptual overview of the framework and the persistence mechanisms it provides. The second part of the session, an architectural survey of framework components, will focus on "hooks" into the framework. Enterprise Objects Framework is more than just a collection of classes and functions. It defines relationships between its components and other classes. Attendees of this session will learn to use relationships defined in the framework to integrate NEXTSTEP, third-party, and other custom classes with framework components. This session is intended for object-oriented programmers. Familiarity with Objective-C and NEXTSTEP concepts and terminology is helpful. Developing Applications with the Enterprise Objects Framework Mai Nguyen, Developer Support Engineer, NeXT Computer This session will take you through the creation of an application with the Enterprise Objects Framework. Topics covered by this session include building an object model with BusinessModeler, debugging via delegation methods, and extending the adaptor capabilities. This session is intended for the developers who have attended the Conference's other technical sessions on the Enterprise Objects Framework and want to see some examples of its implementation. It is assumed that developers are familiar with AppKit, ProjectBuilder, and InterfaceBuilder. Database experience is helpful but not mandatory. Advanced Objective-C: Beyond the Basics Bob Vadnais, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Attendees will gain a better understanding of the Objective-C runtime system and the flexibility it can add to their applications. Topics include implementing private methods, maintaining class compatibility, using categories, constructing classes at runtime, interfacing with C++, and emulating multiple inheritance. The session is targeted at developers who wish to learn the lesser-known features of Objective-C and the runtime system. This session assumes some NEXTSTEP development experience. ObjectWare Realities Moderator: Robert Masterson, Software Services and Solutions, Inc. Has ObjectWare lived up to its promise? Or are there still unresolved issues that prevent it from "taking off" as a commercial business? A panel of objectware experts, including Greg Anderson of AFS, Alex Cone of OTI, William Parkhurst of ObjectHouse, and Vince Jordan of Systemhouse, will identify and discuss the issues, including licensing, evaluation, standardization, documentation, and distribution. Drivers Ed: A Head Start on Writing Major Types of Drivers Phillip Dibner, John Immordino; Software Engineers, NeXT Computer Joe Pasqua, Software Engineer, Adobe Systems Learn the essentials for writing the most popular types of drivers for NEXTSTEP for Intel using DriverKit. Discussion will cover basic functionality of major driver family abstract superclasses, functionality required for driver subclasses, common pitfalls to avoid during development, and debugging tips and techniques. A brief discussion of custom device inspector development will be given. This session assumes kernel-level development experience writing device drivers and/or loadable kernel servers and familiarity with Objective-C, AppKit, and DriverKit. Branching Out with Dynamic Loading Andrew Vyrros, Director of Development, Codeworks Dynamic loading is a powerful technique for creating extensible NEXTSTEP applications. This session will explore the technical issues involved in building extensible applications with dynamic loading and reviews the high-level architecture of dynamic programs. It also will cover the implementation details necessary to make dynamic loading work. A sample project will be demonstrated. This session is valuable for experienced NEXTSTEP programmers. Meet the Engineers In keeping with a fine Conference tradition, NeXT offers a Q and A session with members of its engineering staff. This is an excellent opportunity to hear the engineers' perspective on what they do and why they do it that way and to meet some of the people who build the tools you rely upon. Representatives from the Development Environment, Foundation Kit, Enterprise Objects Framework, and NEXTIME teams will be on hand. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 4 - Deployment and System Administration ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The issues of administrating a NEXTSTEP network, connecting with legacy systems, choosing hardware and application testing are all part of the developer's deployment experience. Several sessions will be geared to increasing a system administrator's knowledge. Further, commercial developers will receive information to help them successfully bring their third-party product to market. Debugging NetInfo Networks Alan Marcum, Technical Support, NeXT Computer NetInfo has many idiosyncrasies that make it challenging to diagnose problems. This session will delve into those idiosyncrasies, including what the dreaded "netinfo timeout, sleeping" command really means! This session will be valuable to anyone who maintains a NetInfo network, and it assumes some experience. Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP Mike Adelson, MIS Team Leader, Chrysler Financial Corporation This session will cover a variety of deployment issues, including the human factors and training issues associated with a new GUI; how to prepare for and manage change; what are the hardware, software and networking requirements for large-scale deployment; and how to measure the effectiveness of your deployment. This session will be valuable for technical evaluators and MIS and project managers. Test Case: Validating Your Mission-Critical Custom Application James F. Walsh, Ph.D., Director of Software Quality, NeXT Computer This session will examine the nuts and bolts of testing a mission-critical custom application from the ground up. Using an actual "mini" custom app, the speaker will demonstrate testing at the object (API) level and at the user-application level. He will also discuss procedures for validating your requirements, design, and implementation. Special attention will be given to problems that are likely to occur or hard to catch in a NEXTSTEP development environment. This session is aimed at developers and development managers. NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Eric Chu, Product Manager and Marc Majka, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer Release 3.3 offers several enhancements to make administering large networks easier. Hear about the improvements to UserManager, HostManager, NetInfoManager and to the command-line NetInfo tools. This session is geared to NEXTSTEP system administrators. Redundancy and Network Design Mark Dadgar, NeXT Systems Administrator, William Morris Agency In today's mission-critical application environments, 100 percent uptime is the network manager's Holy Grail. To build a truly fault-tolerant network requires a certain amount of redundancy factored in at the design stage. All aspects of the network should be considered, including physical network infrastructure redundancy, file-server mirroring, administration-server cloning, and WAN-link backups. Learn how these components must be assembled synergistically if a truly stable network is to be the result. This session is geared to system administrators moving from one domain (up to 30 machines) to multiple subnets and WAN links. Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Moderator: Dan Herchenroether, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Panelists: Dan Riemer, Vice President, Riemer Reporting, Chris Bradley, Network Engineer and Bruce Walters, Systems Engineer, Bozell, Inc. Here is an opportunity to gain perspectives on both small-scale and large-scale NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will discuss specific issues encountered as NEXTSTEP-based solutions are implemented across the enterprise. Riemer Reporting is a private regional credit reporting service in the Midwest and Bozell is the tenth largest advertising agency in the world. Elements of Demand Creation for Commercial Developers Liz Statmore, Vice President of Marketing, Sarrus Software, Inc. NEXTSTEP's object technology makes it possible for third-party software developers to create uniquely powerful, integrated applications, but even the hottest products won't sell if you don't create the demand for them. This one-hour session will offer a "marketing boot camp" in the elements of demand creation for third-party developers who are new to marketing or who want a short refresher course in the unique opportunities and challenges of creating demand in the NEXTSTEP market. Topics to be covered include finding the customer, advertising, working with the press and partners, marketing collateral and programs, and launching your product. Legal Matters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Christopher J. Seline, Attorney, Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law Maximizing profit and protecting intellectual property are vital concerns for every developer. The second of the Conference's two "Legal Matters" presentations will explore the fundamental issues of copyright, patent, trademark, and trade-secret law as they pertain to software development and distribution. Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Simson L. Garfinkel "Open systems" aren't necessarily a good thing - especially if the system that's open is spilling your confidential information onto the global Internet. This session will start with an overview of computer security and threat analysis and then look at specific strategies for making NEXTSTEP systems more secure. Mr. Garfinkel is co-author of Practical UNIX Security. This session will be valuable for MIS managers, system administrators, and advanced users. Strategies for Licensing and Protecting Software Moderator: David Spitzler, Developer Advocate, NeXT Computer A panel of developers and customers will present strategies and tactics for implementing flexible, effective schemes to protect NEXTSTEP applications. Topics will include floating license managers, single-user license servers, copy security, time-bombed applications, and what licensing schemes are scalable to large networks. This session will be valuable for both corporate and commercial developers and assumes some NEXTSTEP experience. Using Defect Tracking to Improve Application Development Kris Oosting, Technical Director, Shared Objectives, and Janet Coursey, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer The scenario: your data indicates that most of the bugs were caused by engineers who misunderstood the spec. So you decide to bring the developers together with the spec writers to agree on vocabulary. This is a process improvement brought about through defect tracking! Defect tracking is capturing information about software development and using it to improve the development process. This session will describe the practical use of defect tracking and identify the benefits that can be gained, such as profiling bugs in order to determine release readiness. Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network John Karabaic, System Consultant, NeXT Computer Starting with a short history of workstation-style and PC-style networking, the speaker will show what happened When Worlds Collided with NEXTSTEP. This session will cover the why's and how's of NetInfo and the Network File System. It will also give pointers about NetWare on NEXTSTEP, integrating SoftPC with your network environment, and third-party connectivity options. Network Upgrade Strategies Norm Meluch, Chrysler Financial Corp., and Bill Young, Trident Data Systems As two of NeXT's largest long-term customers, Chrysler and Trident have had to face upgrading large, complex networks. This session will be an opportunity to share real-world knowledge of what works and what to avoid. The speakers will describe the upgrade strategies they have put in place and the business decisions that necessitate them. Question-and-answer time will be provided. Choosing Hardware Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer, and Ian Stewart, NYRO Technix With the thousands of possible configurations in the PC world, how do you choose a system that both is compatible with NEXTSTEP and performs well for your chosen application? This session will focus on the NeXT compatibility testing process, benchmarking systems, and general recommendations on how to build a system for a chosen application. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Track 5 - View from the Ground (END-USER PROGRAM) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It's time to explore the tools, applications, and issues related to NEXTSTEP on the desktop, including previews of new NeXT and third-party technologies, practical suggestions for enhancing productivity, and solutions to far-reaching issues such as information overload and empowerment of users within the corporate information systems strategy. Mail Interoperability Francois Koutchouk, Product Manager, and Lennart Lovstrand, Software Engineer, NeXT Computer This session will introduce users to the new NeXTmail, a world-class user agent interoperating in a world without standards. NeXT will show its dazzling array of multimedia messages penetrating the obscure world of Windows-based mail. The presentation will also include a review of the existing standards and a connectivity matrix. Increasing Enterprise Productivity with Groupware Moderator: John I. Stephen, Barclays Bank Plc. Panelists: Peter J. Park, President, Pangea Corporation Andrew K. Turk, President, Sarrus Software Increasing the productivity of groups is a major goal of many NEXTSTEP deployments. This panel will address groupware, not as a buzzword, but as a viable set of shrink-wrapped and custom solutions available both today and in the near future. Specific emphasis will be on the measurable benefits of groupware for a corporation. What to Expect in Hardware Moderator: Linley Gwennap, Editor In Chief, The Microprocessor Report What's the best platform for NEXTSTEP? As NEXTSTEP finds its way onto other microprocessor platforms such as Pentium, PA-RISC, and SPARC, the range of hardware options is expanding dramatically. A panel representing Intel, Sun and HP will examine the choices available now and in the future. NEXTSTEP Power Tips Moderator: Lee Sherman, freelance writer and editor Did you know that pressing the Command key while starting up an app will hide all other running applications? Or that pressing the Alternate key while clicking the workspace icon will bring all windows above the dock? NeXTSTEP is so rich in capabilities that many users only scratch its surface. To get maximum benefit from NeXTSTEP, you need to know the shortcuts and hidden features available in the system. A panel of power users will show you this and more. Office Acrobatics: Document Interchange Between NEXTSTEP and the Outside World Moderator: Peter Camps, CEO, FirstClass In today's "open" world, viewing and reusing documents generated on other platforms in a mixed environment is of paramount importance for office productivity. A panel will explore how third-party applications exploit NEXTSTEP's unique features to deal with foreign-document formats in a variety of ways. Covering document types ranging from simple memos to spreadsheets to presentations with high graphical contents, panelists will discuss a suite of concrete solutions, including automatic format conversions, PostScript editing, and more. NEXTSTEP on the Road: From Notebooks to PDAs Moderator: Bob Lawton, Strategic Technology Manager, NeXT Computer With new screen technology and increasing power, NEXTSTEP portability options are coming into their own. A panel will discuss the current state of the art and what is expected for the coming year, including color-portable options. Special software options for smaller screens and synchronizing with desktop machines will also be addressed. Culture Clash: Users and MIS Managers Moderator: Ted Shelton, President and CEO, Information Technology Solutions NEXTSTEP is most often applied as a mission-critical technology managed by the information systems departments of corporations. But it is also a powerful tool for individual use as a productivity environment. This session addresses the sometimes conflicting aims of NEXTSTEP use by individuals and by corporate IS departments and seeks to find a middle ground where individual and departmental needs can be accommodated within the overall corporate NEXTSTEP strategy. Net Results: Taking Advantage of the Internet Moderator: Simson Garfinkel All of the talk about the nation's burgeoning Information Data Highway leaves many NEXTSTEP users with three questions: How do I get on, what will I find, and who is paying for all of this? In this session, a panel of experts discusses how you connect NEXTSTEP computers to the nation's information infrastructure, looks at the some of the state-of-the-art software for cruising the highways and byways, and contemplates the long-range implications for publishing and privacy. Managing Information Overload Moderator: Chris Cuilla, Software Engineer, Systemhouse Between e-mail, Internet news groups, and other forms of electronic communication, NEXTSTEP users face a flood of information that threatens to overload their ability to process it efficiently. This session will address the products and technologies that can help users resolve problems of information overload. It will also consider how these tools can help individuals, workgroups, and organizations to improve communications at all levels. Bringing NEXTIME to the Enterprise Moderator: Amir Gharaat, NEXTIME Product Manager, NeXT Computer NEXTIME is NeXT's new object-oriented multimedia framework, enriching communication through the addition of time-based digital media, such as video clips or teleconferencing into the NEXTSTEP environment. This session will provide an introduction to using NEXTIME in the corporate environment through both custom and shrink-wrapped solutions. A panel of NEXTIME beta developers will present an overview of NEXTIME's features, capabilities, and limitations and explore some real-world examples. Trends in Productivity Software Moderator: TBD Productivity software on NEXTSTEP has been evolving to interact with and accommodate custom software solutions. There is also a trend to create close programmatic links between traditional shrink-wrapped software and custom software. This panel will give an overview of the current situation and a road map for the future. It will also provide an overview of the most interesting commercial applications that have reached the market during the past year. Publishing with NEXTSTEP Moderator: Rick Reynolds NEXTSTEP's unified imaging model, powerful software tools, and workgroup connectivity are ideally suited for graphic design and electronic publishing. A panel of experts, including Lorin Rivers of Altsys and Lauren Flanegan of GS Corporation, will explore the growing list of available tools for NEXTSTEP publishing. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International User Group Program +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ These sessions will energize user-group members and provide them the information they need to stay active in the NEXTSTEP community. Whether your platform is Intel, Motorola, or PA-RISC, there is benefit in joining the user groups. Find out what they have to offer! Starting a Corporate Group Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer NEXTSTEP users are increasingly found centered in large corporations; therefore much of the future growth of NEXTSTEP user groups will occur within these corporations. In this session, you will learn how to become a product champion and internal guru in your company. If you are part of an existing user group, you'll learn how to form chapters at local corporations. Providing Services to User Groups Darren Smith, User Group Coordinator, NeXT Computer This session will focus on the support that NeXT is lending user groups, both in starting up new groups and in keeping existing groups informed and active in the NeXT community. In addition, there will be success stories, tips, and ideas from some of the larger user groups. The session will finish with a discussion of future programs and a question-and-answer session. User Group Auction Plan to attend this fun event! A range of products and services from the NeXT community will go to the highest bidder. Proceeds go toward the User Group Program at the Expo. A Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO, NeXT Computer Steve's visit to the user group assembly at NeXTSTEP EXPO is an exciting annual tradition. As in previous years, there will be plenty to talk about. Find out where NeXT is going, who they are going with, and how you can come along for the ride. ____________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION Suggested Curriculums: Digital Webster defines curriculum as "a set of courses constituting an area of specialization." NeXT is paying attention to the needs of technical evaluators and system administrators by recommending the following sessions, in addition to keynotes and general sessions, as a Conference curriculum for these specialties. Technical Evaluator Curriculum: Identifying the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming Windows and NEXTSTEP: A Developer's Comparison Comparing Enterprise Objects Frameworks: How NEXTSTEP Stacks Up CIO Roundtable Changing the Corporate Culture with Object-Oriented Solutions Business Process Reengineering with NEXTSTEP How NEXTSTEP Won at Chrysler Financial Distributed Objects: The Technologies, The Standards System Administrator Curriculum: Debugging NetInfo Networks Moving Your Organization to NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP 3.3 User: What's Up for System Administrators Redundancy and Network Design Deployment Issues: 12 Seats to 1200 Authentication, Encryption, and Firewalls: NEXTSTEP Security for the '90s Planning Your NEXTSTEP Network Network Upgrade Strategies HANDS-ON WITH NEXTSTEP The NEXTSTEP Hands-On Tutorial area, located on the Exposition floor, provides instruction and mini-sessions for end users and developers. During Exposition hours, NeXT's training staff will conduct a variety of introductory user Tutorials for those new to NEXTSTEP. If you're a seasoned developer, this is your opportunity to sign up for popular one-on-one sessions, giving you the chance to spend some time with the subject matter expert of your choice. ORACLE TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING: Oracle will conduct a special technology briefing and demonstration on Monday, June 20, at 1:00 pm. The briefing is open to all Expo attendees, and is an opportunity to see Oracle's latest products and solutions, including products of special interest to NEXTSTEP users and developers. BIRDS OF A FEATHER MEETINGS: Special interest groups meetings will take place on Wednesday, June 22, beginning at 7:00 pm. Meetings include: Healthcare Solutions with NEXTSTEP 3D Developers Forum Integrating Auspex into your NEXTSTEP Environment Designing with Oracle CASE Tools for NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP South of the Border A complete list of meetings will be available on site. FOCUS ON EUROPE Bernhard Woebker, Vice President of International Operations, NeXT Computer All visitors from Europe, from end users to developers, along with interested U.S. developers, are invited to attend this special session on Thursday at 10:15 am. NeXT's European sales organization and sales strategy will be presented, and European reference customers will be introduced. Popular third-party applications from European developer partners will be highlighted. This is an excellent chance to gain greater understanding of how NeXT is creating success in Europe. NeXT JEOPARDY!(R) Here's a fun way to spend the lunch hour on Thursday, June 23, starting at 11:30 am. Join your host Bill Wesemann, NeXT's Vice President of North American Sales, for NeXT Jeopardy! Using a NEXTSTEP custom application, two teams will test their knowledge in categories like object-oriented technology, the computer industry, and NeXT history and trivia. You may even have a chance to be selected to join one of the teams, so brush up on your acronyms and get ready for NeXT Jeopardy! __________________________________________________________ Payment/cancellation policy: Payments, both domestic and international, must be received on or before June 21, 1994. No attendee will be admitted into the conference without payment by either check, cash, travelers' check, credit card, training document or purchase order number. Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations made by June 6, 1994, will be accepted subject to a cancellation service charge of $100. Confirmed registrants who do not attend the conference or who cancel after June 6, 1994, are liable for the entire registration fee. All cancellations must be made in writing. (Please note: non-payment does not constitute cancellations.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Companies participating in NEXTSTEP EXPO: Abstract Software Advance 2000, Inc. Alembic Systems International Ltd AMG Industries Consulting GmbH Anderson Financial Systems Bacchus, Inc. Barclays Bank Plc. Bell Atlantic-BSS BenaTong benchMark Developments Berkeley Productivity Group Bitwise Consulting Biztech BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Black & White Software Inc. Blue Rose Systems, Inc. Bozell, Inc. California State University, Long Beach Canon Computer Systems Inc., Advanced Technology Operation Chrysler Financial Corporation Client/Server Computing Codeworks Cogent Data Technologies Conextions, Inc. Cube Informationssystemes GmbH Dancing Bear Enterprises Data General Corporation Dolphin Technologies, Inc. DELL Computer DPT- Distributed Processing Technology eCesys, inc FirstClass Formosa Transnational Gemstone Systems, Inc. Gestalt Corporation GS Corporation HUMANETIX Hewlett-Packard Hypersight, Inc. i_link GmbH Impact Software Publishing, Inc. Infoworld Insight Software Information Technology Solutions interpersonal-computing GmbH Intuitive Systems iXpoint Informationssysteme GmbH JANA Publishing Lighthouse Design miro Computer Products NationsBanc-CRT NEC Technologies, Inc. NYRO Technix, Inc. ObjectHouse Objective Technologies Ocean Software, Inc. Oracle Corp. Otherwise Pages Software Inc PanCanadian Pangea Corporation Parabase Software Corporation Pencom Peripheral Solutions Pinnacle Research, Inc. Professional Software, Inc. Proxima Inc. QUIX Computerware RDR Inc. Ridgeback Solutions Riemer Reporting Sarrus Software, Inc. Shared Objectives SHL Systemhouse SingleSource Systems Sarrus Software, Inc. Sirius Solutions Inc. Skylee Press SmartSoft Inc. Sofdesign Software Services and Solutions, Inc. Stone Design Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft Swiss Bank Co. Systemix Software, Inc. TELOS/Springer-Verlag The Microprocessor Report The Printer Works Ticino Life Trident Data Systems VNP Software Walnut Creek CD-ROM WeatherLabs, Inc. WhiteLight Systems William Morris Agency Workstation 2000 Yrrid Incorporated Plus many more... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO REGISTER FOR NEXTSTEP EXPO : >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2336 >From overseas, call 508 474 9258 PLEASE MENTION YOUR PREFERRED CODE BRHQM00 PRICING: Pre-registration Developer and User Conference $895 On-site $995 REGISTER 3 PEOPLE AND THE 4TH ATTENDS FREE!! End User Program Only $295, on-site $395 (Includes sessions in track 5 and the keynotes and general sessions). Half-Day Tutorials $160, $200 on-site Full-day Tutorials $320, $400 on-site TO REACH THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL SERVICES (CATS): >From the U.S., call 1 800 767 2755 >From overseas, call 508 470 3933 >Via fax at 508 470 2506 CATS can give you information about discounted airfares and hotels. +++++++++++++++++++++ Looking forward to seeing you at NEXTSTEP EXPO '94!
From: Peter Camps <peter@firstclass.be> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing Tailor 2.0 Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:25:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t0ogf$aa5@digifix.digifix.com> *** VISUAL POSTSCRIPT EDITING *** FirstClass NV announces the next level in PostScript editing with the release of Tailor Office 2.0 and Tailor Publishing 2.0 GHENT, June 6, 1994 --- The Belgian software developer FirstClass NV today announces the release of Tailor Office 2.0 and Tailor Publishing 2.0 for NEXTSTEP, successors to Tailor 1.0, the proven visual PostScript editor. The products share the innovative technology for making PostScript documents editable in a graphical way, without requiring any knowledge of the PostScript language. As their name indicates, the products are targeted to different application areas. They will be released at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94 on June 21, 1994. "Tailor 1.0 has been received extremely well by our customers," says Peter Camps, CEO and co-founder of FirstClass NV. "We have been overwhelmed by raving e-mails and thank-you notes. Tailor has tremendously increased the productivity of many people." Magnus Nordborg from the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University puts it bluntly : "My colleagues are green with envy when I show them how I can fix problems easily while they have to get out the old white-out and glue." Terry Cosgrove from the East San Rafael Veterinary Clinic uses Tailor a lot for fine-tuning PostScript documents produced on a Macintosh; "Tailor is absolutely a great program," he says. Or take Michael Burgstahler, General Manager of Two Tribes Informationsgestaltung in Germany, who says "Tailor swallows the heaviest PS-files from the most exotic sources; fixing annoying rendering errors generated by poor PostScript drivers is now an easy job." "All this positive feedback has encouraged us to carry the underlying technology to an even higher level," Camps concludes. "Listening to our users, we realized that there really are two application domains for PostScript editing : the office environment, including reports and presentations, and the professional publishing world. And even within those domains, needs differ from user to user." To increase the flexibility in catering to specific needs, Tailor now supports dynamically loadable extensions, called keystones. Keystones provide additional functionality, leveraging the power of the base application. FirstClass already offers several exciting keystones, and more will be developed in the future. The Keystone Application Programming Interface (KAPI) specification is freely available to all interested Tailor users. This means that users may develop their own keystones, and that third parties may offer keystones with specific solutions. Tailor Office 2.0 ----------------- Tailor Office 2.0 is targeted towards the general user. Example applications are : - Update contact information, pricing etc. on data sheets, press releases,... - Reuse text or other elements from PostScript documents in reports or presentations - Fine-tune or enhance business graphics to fit reports or presentations - Make last-minute revisions just before printing Tailor Office 2.0 contains all functionality of Tailor 1.0, plus a large number of new features, including : - support for importing Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files (with limitations; for example hyperlinks are ignored) - optional generation of EPSI or PC TIFF preview section in EPS output - fast viewing of the first page in multi-page documents - full editing of paths including Bezier control points - selectable units : inch, cm and points - support for Adobe Type 3 fonts - support for PS output from most TeX implementations - the option to export the original font name rather than the substituted font - many additional Preferences to customize behavior Tailor Office 2.0 lists $495.- and is offered to registered Tailor 1.0 users at the upgrade cost of $120.- Tailor Publishing 2.0 --------------------- Tailor Publishing 2.0 includes all functionality of Tailor Office 2.0, and adds a suite of features targeted towards the graphic arts professional. FirstClass plans to develop even more publishing oriented features in future releases of Tailor Publishing. The current release includes : - support for the overprint attribute used for trapping - exporting to Adobe Illustrator format - support for spot colors The Adobe Illustrator export format provides the unique possibility to convert any PostScript file to a form that is fully editable by popular line art programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Freehand, CorelDraw and Altsys Virtuoso. In addition, Tailor for Publishing allows straight copy and paste to Virtuoso using Illustrator format on the pasteboard. Once pasted, the graphics are fully editable in Virtuoso. With the Spot Color functionality, Tailor recognizes spot colors in imported EPS/PS files, and provides a spot color inspector to view and modify spot color definitions. At this time, exporting spot colors is only supported in Adobe Illustrator output format. Future versions will also support spot color export to EPS files. Tailor Publishing 2.0 lists $995.- and is offered to registered Tailor 1.0 users at the upgrade cost of $620.- Keystones --------- Keystones are dynamically loadable modules, extending the functionality of Tailor 2.0. Some standard Tailor functions, such as Text Reconstruct, are provided via keystones. FirstClass is developing several additional keystones. A first set will become available in September 94 : the Find and Align keystones. The Find keystone will offer a Find/Replace panel enabling the user to easily locate objects with specified attributes, such as color, linewidth, typeface and more. In addition, the panel will allow to automatically modify attributes to another value. For example, change all lines thinner than 0.25 points to exactly 0.25 points, or substitute one typeface for another across the whole document or a selection. The Align keystone will provide classic alignment tools to help place objects or groups of objects on a grid, or align them in several ways. The set of the Find and Align keystones will list $120.- FirstClass NV ------------- FirstClass NV was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1993 by publishing industry professionals, as a privately owned company. Its business mission is to develop and market graphics applications for high-end desktop platforms. Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be Avennesdreef 32 9031 Drongen, Belgium --------------------------------------------------------------------
From: osg@Onramp.NET Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: OO Menors/Developers NeXT Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:26:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t2hd1$esi@digifix.digifix.com> OO MENTORS AND DEVELOPERS OSG (Object Systems Group) is a technology-based consultancy that provides assistance to Global 1000 corporations in new and emerging technologies. We currently have openings for July, August, and September in the following areas: Mentors Minimum 5 years information technology experence with 2 years of object oriented design in any environment. NeXT Developers Minimum 5 years total experience with 1 year NeXTStep, Mach, Objective C. Send resume to osg@onramp.net , US mail your resume to Object Systems Group, Inc., Attn: Glenda Maddox, 5001 Informart, 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Tx. 75207, or fax to 214 746-4932.
From: Thomas Engel <tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: BeakerBoy v0.3 Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:26:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t2hfj$eso@digifix.digifix.com> BeakerBoy v0.3 uploaded to: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (/next/Science/chemistry/) ftp.embl-heidelberg.de (/pub/sci-tools/submissions/programs/) cs.orst.edu (/pub/next/binaries/science/) Release 0.3, 31.05.1994 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) The BeakerBoy Application This nice guy is trying to provide a basic framework for chemical vizualization. It serves as the center of a possible collection of many different chemical tools that should be able to cooperate accross a network and different hardware platforms. As a main goal I want to create a flexible app design that is very simple to extend via additional bundles. The current Release Version 0.3 still has to be considered as an alpha version that is under development and might change a lot. To get a little impression of the things I have in mind for the releases yet to come read the second chapter of this documentation. I would like to get any kind of feedback from other programmers or chemist to make this app more intuitive, flexible and maybe find some better solutions. All you can do with the current version is: 1. Load some sample molecules. 2. Create new regions by grouping either atoms or bonds. 3. Use the Inspector to adjust the graphical parameters (color, styles, etc.). 4. Doubleclick any collection of selected regions to show them. 5. Rotate the molecules using the RotatorPanel or the 3DDeviceServer. 6. Print the views. Every view you see will be drawn using the settings valid at the moment of creation! Later changes won't affect any already visible view. Right now you might consider this as a feature because you might open the same region with as many different settings as you like. But this definitly will change in the future. The Package This release comes with the following resources. They are split in seperate packages to give you the freedom of only downloading the parts you are interested in. · BeakerBoy.app & Documentation. The BeakerBoy.0.3.NI.b.tar.gz archive contains a plug'n'play binary for NeXT and Intel hardware that was compiled under NeXTSTEP v3.2. The program has been only tested on original black hardware. · Source. In BeakerBoy.0.3.s.tar.gz you can find the complete sourcecode for this project. More details on compiling are included below. · LookMolecules. If you want an example molecule collection get the ± since BeakerBoy v0.2 unchanged ± BeakerBoy-LookMolecules.0.1.d.tar.gz archive. This package has its seperate version number. All it does This is a quick summary of the features this version offers. A complete history of all the versions, their features and the currently known bugs can be found inside the Release Notes. v0.3 · 3DDeviceServer support for using 3D mouse devices. · More filefilters (Look3D,Alchemy, MacMolecule, MVT) · Uses the IconKit for drag&drop. · Allows simple grouping which will creat regions. · Few preferences (background color, and 3DMouse on/off). · Uses different render settings for rotation and displaying. · Printing the views.
From: Brian Hobbs <brian@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Submit pics, snds, stuff to NUGI WWW KIOSK requested Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:26:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t5e30$mkk@digifix.digifix.com> Submissions are requested for the NUGI World Wide Web KIOSK at NEXTSTEP EXPO. Please submit any interesting digital photographs or images of your USER GROUP as soon as possible. We would like to have them as part of several International and National sections in a World Wide Web interactive reader at the NUGI booth. Really anything relevant to NeXT, NUGs, or nifty stuff that we will recognize will be used. Technical requirements are listed below: Send any material to: brian@ny.shl.com Any tiffs, sounds, mpegs, etc... would be cool. Both ~30-40k thumbnails with originals for tiffs would be great Actually converting to .gif format would give bonus points so people with Mosaic can see them too. No single piece of mail over 800k (uuencoded) If you know html, you can create their own html page or suitable mock-up (i.e. own text descriptions, fonts and stuff) with you resources. This is acutally preferred. We can take any resource and put a wrapper on it. Any work that submitters do on the wrapper will be appreciated. Priority for inclusion will be items that have their own html page or suitable mock-up, then raw items we need to expend effort on. hopefully all will be included. Any questions, please send mail. Thanks, Brian
From: Cynthia_Closkey@NeXT.COM (Cynthia Closkey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP In Focus Spring 1994 Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:25:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: digifix@nic.hookup.net Message-ID: <2t016o$8e5@digifix.digifix.com> The Spring 1994 issue of "NEXTSTEP In Focus" is now available! This issue contains several articles of interest to NEXTSTEP system administrators: "Adding On without Flipping Out": How to get up and running with SCSI and IDE devices. By Mark Tacchi. "Detecting Rogue Servers": Solving the mysteries of rogue NetInfo servers. By Alan M. Marcum. "At Your Fingertips": Summaries of past "NEXTSTEP In Focus" articles--useful information for any network or system administrator. The issue also includes information on correcting a sendmail patch vulnerability, booting from a second IDE drive, activities at NEXTSTEP EXPO for system and network administrators and MIS directors, and more. To subscribe to "NEXTSTEP In Focus" or inquire about subscriptions, call 1-800-848-NeXT. (Outside the United States, +1-415-780-2727.) If you have a question about an existing subscription, please call (415) 780-3861. ABOUT NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS "NEXTSTEP In Focus--Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators" is a technical journal published by NeXT Computer, Inc. It provides timely technical information to system and network administrators, to help you better support your network or user community and to let you make the most of NEXTSTEP. It's also intended for users who are interested in more technical details about system configuration and operation. Subscriptions are available directly from NeXT Computer, Inc. Members of the Registered Developer and Registered Consultant programs receive a subscription to the journal yearly with their program membership. Sites that have Premium System Support receive two subscriptions to "NEXTSTEP In Focus" yearly. In addition, an on-line version of each issue is available through the NeXTanswers information system approximately three months after the issue is sent to subscribers. To find out how to use NeXTanswers, send electronic mail to nextanswers@next.com; include the keywords "help" and "index" in your mail. Or call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone to use NeXTanswers by fax. To subscribe to the journal or inquire about subscriptions, please call 1-800-848-NeXT. (Outside the U.S., please call +1-415-424-8500 or contact your NeXT representative.)
From: bkph@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Type 1 fonts for technical typesetting Date: 8 Jun 1994 23:34:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2t62jt$1ir@digifix.digifix.com> Fonts in PostScript Type 1 format for technical typesetting on NeXT: * Looking for fonts in fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format for technical work? * Looking for font sets that include math fonts that can be used with TeX? Y&Y can provide font sets in format suitable for use on NeXT systems. They are supplied on 3 1/2 inch (DOS format) diskettes with an installation shell script that does most of the work for you. Full installation instructions are supplied, and --- in the case of fonts specially suited for TeX --- suitable TeX macros files to switch to use of that font set (as well as TFM metric files and additions to `psfonts.map' for DVIPS). Of course, since these fonts are in industry-standard PostScript Type 1 format, they can be used with any application, not just TeX. That way you can have the nomenclature in your figures match the text fonts in your paper. (1) Computer Modern fonts (Blue Sky Research) for Unix/NeXT: This is the complete set of 75 Computer Modern fonts designed by Donald E. Knuth and traditionally used with TeX --- in fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format instead of conventional bitmapped PK form. Our version also includes 58 standard accented characters in each of the text fonts that can be made accessible for `foreign' language use by reencoding the font. A utility is provided to insert a space character in character code position 32, which makes these fonts more useful with non-TeX applications. (And the `control character' range 0 -- 31 appears again higher up in the code space so these characters can be used by non-TeX apps.) (2) The extra LaTeX + SliTeX fonts in Adobe Type 1 format: These are less frequently used fonts that complement the basic Computer Modern fonts. The set includes the LaTeX `line' and `circle' fonts used in LaTeX's `picture environment' for drawing simple diagrams. The set also includes the `logo' fonts used for typesetting the word METAFONT, and the LCMSS sans serif fonts used for making transparencies in SliTeX. (3) The AMS font set in Adobe Type 1 format: These are the fonts designed by the American Mathematical Society which add extra mathematical operators and symbols including `black-board bold' (a.k.a. `open face' or `double struck') letters. Included also are the Euler fonts designed by Hermann Zapf, inspired by Donald Knuth, digitized by students in Charles Bigelow's digital typography program at Stanford. The Euler font set includes Script and Fraktur faces. Finally, the font set also includes five Cyrillic fonts designed by Thomas Ridgeway at the University of Washington. (4) Lucida (R) Bright + Lucida New Math font set from Bigelow & Holmes. This was the first replacement for Computer Modern that included math fonts that work with TeX. A set of 25 fonts including 4 math fonts (and one alternate math italic) that not only cover the regular math italic, math symbol, and math extension fonts of Computer Modern but the two AMS math fonts as well -- and more! This font set includes four styles --- regular, demibold, italic, demibold italic --- of each of Lucida Bright (seriffed), Lucida Sans (sans serif), Lucida Fax (ideal for low resolution), Lucida Sans Typewriter (fixed width), as well as Lucida Calligraphy, Lucida Blackletter, Lucida Slanted, and Kris Holmes' Lucida Handwriting. To use these fonts in plain TeX (or LaTeX), simply add `\input lcdplain' (or `\input lcdlatex') to your source file. Lucida Bright text fonts are used in the new design of `Scientific American.' (5) MathTime version 1.1 Three math fonts (math italic, math symbol, and math extension) from TeXplorators designed to work well with text fonts from the Times-Roman family. To use these fonts in plain TeX (or LaTeX) simply add `\input mtplain' (or `\input mtlatex') to your source file. In the NeXT version of this font set, the math italic font requires virtual font support, which DVIPS provides. Comes with detailed manual, which covers other topics also, such as use of Adobe's Math Pi fonts in TeX. (6) Lucida Sans Typewriter: This font set includes four styles of Lucida Sans Typewriter, two styles of Lucida Sans Typewriter Narrow, and two styles of Lucida Sans Linedraw. Lucida Sans Typewriter is a fixed width font that is very popular for showing code examples in text. See `Programming the Display PostScript System for X Windows' Adobe Systems, published by Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-62203-7 (7) Lucida Sans Latin + Cyrillic This font set includes four styles of each of Lucida Sans (which covers ISO Latin 1), Lucida Sans Latin 2 (Eastern Europe), and Lucida Sans Cyrillic. In addition, four styles of each of the corresponding fixed-width `typewriter' font are also included. (8) Lucida Sans Unicode Brand new! This one is for people at the cutting edge. The single 470 k byte PFA file includes glyphs for almost 1800 characters with PostScript character names equal to their four digit hexadecimal Unicode code point number. Sample PostScript file shows how to reencode this single font to access eleven 256 character `windows' into the Unicode code space. Covers the following Unicode character groups: `ASCII', `Latin 1', `European Latin', `Extended Latin', `Standard Phonetic'. `Modifier Letters', `Generic Diacritical Marks', `Greek', `Cyrillic', `Hebrew', `General Punctuation', `Subs & Sups', `Currency', `Letterlike Symbols', `Number Forms', `Arrows', `Mathematical Operators', `Control Codes', `Forms and Chart Components', `Blocks', and `Geometric Shapes'. For the less adventurous, the Lucida Sans Unicode font is also split into eleven `subfonts' provided as separate PFA and AFM files. Y&Y provided the hand-tuned hinting --- which ensures quality of rasterization at low pem (pixel per `em') resolution --- for all of the above font sets. We also did the conversion of many of the TeX fonts from METAFONT's `drag a pen' model of drawing to the scalable font `outline and fill' model. Y&Y has years of experience with Type 1 font conversion, hinting, as well as TeX systems and TeX support software. For more information contact us by email at 71172.524@compuserve.com or by fax or phone number listed below --- or even snail mail... (R) Lucida is a registered trademark of Bigelow & Holmes (R) The Y&Y logo is a registered trademark of Y&Y, Inc. Y&Y Inc. Tuttle's Livery #2F, 45 Walden St. Concord MA 01742 USA (800) 742-4059 --- (508) 371-3286 (voice) --- (508) 371-2004 (fax) 71172,524 on CompuServe (71172.524@compuserve.com from InterNet).
From: joeba@jbc.com (Joe Barello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: EXPO: NUGI Event Schedule for NEXTSTEP EXPO Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:00:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2t67l3$2ei@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP User Groups International (NUGI) Proudly Presents: THE USER GROUP EVENT SCHEDULE NoIR maybe gone, but NUGI lives on with a host of important, informative, and entertaining activities at this year's NEXTSTEP Expo. It will be a fun week, we look forward to seeing you at Expo! Here is an overview of all we have planned. USER GROUP SUMMIT Moscone Convention Center Monday, June 20 11:00 am - 1:00 pm This last year has witnessed enormous change in the direction, membership, and focus of NEXTSTEP user groups. Many group members and leaders have questions and suggestions regarding the support and purpose of NEXTSTEP user groups. We have organized a summit for user group members to meet and discuss the implications and expectations of this past year -- what's worked, what hasn't -- with any eye toward building a solid foundation for user groups in the year to come. Please pre-register for the Monday summit! Send email to "nugi@next.com" before Saturday June 18 with your name, address, phone number, email and user group affiliation. This way you can actually get into Moscone - a general admission badge will be waiting for pickup. USER GROUP LUNCH Chevys (4th and Mission) near Moscone Monday, June 20 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Immediately following the User Group Summit, the User Group Lunch will be held at a nearby restaurant as an informal welcome meeting for user group members and NUGI volunteers. Welcome to San Francisco and NEXTSTEP Expo! Please respond to "nugi@next.com" if you want to participate in the lunch. We need to know how many people are coming so we can reserve enough space. This social gathering will cost you the price of lunch - but is a great way to gather and gossip. PARTY ELEVEN ristorante + bar Monday, June 20 9:00 pm - 1:00 am 374 11th (@ Folsom), San Francisco Sponsored by BANG, this party may be the most talked about user group event of the year. This is the place to meet for fun and excitement _before_ the show begins! There will be food, drinks for $1, a band and a DJ for dancing. Don't miss this one! See you there! USER GROUP SESSIONS Starting a Corporate Group Moscone Convention Center Tuesday, June 21 11:45 am - 1:00 pm NEXTSTEP users are increasingly found in large corporations; therefore, much of the future growth of NEXTSTEP user groups will occur within a corporate framework. In this session you will hear the experiences of both corporate and geographically-based user group presidents, the common problems to watch out for, what works, what doesn't, and the benefits to be gained by partnering together to keep each group strong and focused. Providing Services to User Groups Moscone Convention Center Wednesday, June 22 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm This session will focus on the user-group support provided by NeXT, both in starting new groups and in keeping existing groups informed and active in the NeXT community. In addition, there will be success stories, tips, and ideas from some of the larger user groups. The session will finish with a discussion of future programs from NeXT and a question-and-answer session. If you are a user group leader, or would like to be one, plan to attend this session. A Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs Moscone Convention Center Thursday, June 23 10:15 pm - 11:15 pm Steve's visit to the user group assembly at NEXTSTEP EXPO is an exciting annual tradition. As is previous years, there will be plenty to talk about. Find out where NeXT is going, whom they are going with, and how you can come along for the ride. AUCTION Moscone Convention Center Wednesday, June 22, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm The User Group Program's most important event! It's all here and it's all up for bid! One-of-a-kind items plus a wide range of products and services from the NeXT community will go to the highest bidder. Always great fun! An Expo tradition! Proceeds go toward the User Group Program at Expo. Please be sure to attend this event! NUGI ON THE SHOWFLOOR Moscone Convention Center Tuesday, June 21 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Wednesday, June 22 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Thursday, June 23 10:00 am - 4:00 pm NEXTSTEP User Groups International is sponsoring a booth at the show on behalf of NEXTSTEP user groups worldwide. We'll have information about the Auction, Expo, San Francisco, and various NEXTSTEP user groups. This will also be the place to find the NUGI Expo 94 commemorative t-shirt and other special surprises. There will be an interactive kiosk, containing images of past EXPO user group activities, parties, views of world-wide cities and a link to the Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service. And, as a special treat, we'll be running a picture booth where you can take home an electronic picture of yourself, your friends, or whomever. In addition, regional NEXTSTEP user groups will be sponsoring a variety of activities in the NUGI booth. NeXus will be showing NEXTSTEP/Japanese. Since this is not an generally available product - see the demo! BANG will be sponsoring demonstrations from select third party vendors. If you can't find it anywhere on the show floor, check here: chances are, we'll have a line on it! Saving the best for last, NUGI is also sponsoring a lounge area on the showfloor, adjacent to the user group booth. If you need a place to meet, relax, or just regroup, you'll find it here courtesy of NEXTSTEP User Groups International! FINAL NOTES The valiant volunteers of NUGI will be working hard before, during and after the show to make sure that the User Group Program runs smoothly. If you have thoughts, suggestions, and especially auction contributions (see below), please contact us at our temporary address! (valid from 6/13/94 thru 6/25/94) NUGI Headquarters, San Francisco 1510 Eddy Street Suite 1211 San Francisco, CA 94115 415-717-9451 "nugi@next.com" Finally, we are always on the lookout for auction items! Remember, all auction proceeds go to support the User Group Program at Expo and its tireless volunteers. Contact NUGI for more information. If you have items to donate (bless you!), please contact Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM and/or ship them directly to User Group Auction c/o Darren Smith NeXT, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 21 - 1994 Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:04:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2t67s5$2gn@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 21). Monday May 30 through Thursday June 09 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 20 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet. SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.5 released MAILING LIST: mindshare-admin mailing list SUBMISSION: Mail.app utilities 1.2 released PRESS RELEASE: Color Interpolating Object Suite for NEXTSTEP JOB: NEXTSTEP Programming PRESS RELEASE: nibIT - NEXTSTEP CASE tool SUBMISSION: FSBaseConverter preferences module SUBMISSION: NibInfoPalette PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real Time Ticker Symbol Demo MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, June 9th MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Solana Systems JOB: NEXTSTEP,Unix,C,6-9mo-NYC JOB: NEXTSTEP-entry level,NYC NeXT Certified System and Driver Policy SUBMISSION: @image demo available PRESS RELEASE: BLaCKSMITH INC. SHIPS CHaRTSMITH 1.1 SUBMISSION: nxps2ai - convert Postscript to Adobe Illustrator v.3 SUBMISSION: Objective-C/TCL Interface Library Available NEXTSTEP In Focus Spring 1994 PRESS RELEASE: Announcing Tailor 2.0 Reminder: EXPO only two weeks away!! JOB: OO Menors/Developers NeXT SUBMISSION: BeakerBoy v0.3 SUBMISSION: IconKit v.1.2 ANNOUNCE: Submit pics, snds, stuff to NUGI WWW KIOSK requested PRESS RELEASE: Type 1 fonts for technical typesetting EXPO: NUGI Event Schedule for NEXTSTEP EXPO If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:06:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2t6810$2gu@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file (this is usually verified before posting) supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials are usually not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quickguide to NEXTSTEP Information available on the Internet Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:07:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2t683d$2h4@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://www.stepwise.com/ or (if you nameserver is out of date) http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and currently consist of - NeXT Press Releases - OpenStep WhitePapers - Third Party Products Directory - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next.announce archives (searchable) - searchable contents of Third Party compilation CDs Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Comp.Sys.Next.Announce at NEXTSTEP Expo Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:27:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2t697k$2j5@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Expo is only a couple of weeks away.... NEXTSTEP Expo Announcements With all the last minute arrangements that Expo attendees and companies showing at Expo have to deal with, it can be difficult to remember that comp.sys.next.announce is a valuble link to NEXTSTEP for those who are unable to attend. I'll be working with NeXT and the ISVs to get all Expo Press Releases and information posted to announce as quickly as possible. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific date during NEXTSTEP Expo. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.announce. Please, to avoid any problems, CLEARLY mark your announcement date in the Subject of the email message... THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. While I read the contents of each message posted, the date on the announcement is easy to overlook. ----- NEXTSTEP Expo Product Discounts This was done last year, and there was nothing but good feedback, so we are going to try it again this year. If your company will be having special discounts on its products for Expo attendees, and you are willing to extend these discounts to those who are unable to attend, please get that information to me at sanguish@digifix.com as soon as possible. On Thursday June 16th I'll post a summary of the products and prices to comp.sys.next.announce. There will be more Expo announcements in the next week... See you in San Francisco. Scott
From: Steve Sarich III <steve@talus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Free Wacom Tablet Driver from Talus Date: 9 Jun 1994 01:46:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2t6abq$2ob@digifix.digifix.com> Whenever possible, we're happy to give something back to the community...in the form of a free driver. In this case we had most of our development costs covered by a couple of customers, including Wacom, and we decided that we'd like to thank you for your support here on the net for the last couple of weeks and we've uploaded the Wacom driver to ftp.cs.orst.edu, as a way to say "thanks" from all of us at Talus. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/WacomTablet.pkg.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/WacomTablet.Readme This is a fully functional driver AND it supports pressure sensitivity flawlessly (or let me say that we haven't had a single bug report in four months of use...which is close enough for us :-) If bugs are subsequently found we will be happy to track them down, even though this is a free driver. Due to the way WACOM hardware is engineered, each driver must be written for specific hardware. So before anyone asks...the driver supports the current UD-1212 (12"x12") tablet and the ART-Z, a cool little 6"x9" tablet. These are the current shipping models. The likelihood of it supporting earlier tablets OR future tablets is remote enough that I wouldn't even recommend trying it. However, WACOM has offered to send us new hardware as it becomes available :-)) If our costs are covered on the new hardware...these drivers will be free as well. We will be offering the hardware for sale as well :-) But, frankly, you can buy the hardware anywhere and it will work exactly the same with the driver....but we'll throw in a couple of old discontinued "hammer and sickle" rubles if you buy from us :-) If you'd like any further information, please send email to: info@talus.com Steve Sarich III President Talus Imaging steve@talus.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO: HyperSense users solutions shown at EXPO Date: 16 Jun 1994 22:36:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tr27p$3ip@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Mishelle McClure Baun Thoughtful Software email: info@thoughtful.com phone: 303/221-4596 Thoughtful Software will demonstrate users' HyperSense solutions at NEXTSTEP Expo Ft. Collins, Colorado -June 15, 1994 - Thoughtful Software is pleased to be exhibiting our multipurpose HyperSense authoring system at the upcoming NEXTSTEP Expo, including users' medical and educational examples. HyperSense is the user-friendly NEXTSTEP authoring system which easily lets anyone create business tutorials, multimedia databases, hypertext documents, personal applications and much more. A drag and drop interface makes document creation easy. Understandable SenseTalk scripts provide the power and versatility to master complex tasks, and allow you to import and modify HyperCard stacks. Along with demonstrations of this powerful software, several HyperSense documents created by non-technical users will be exhibited. Included at the show will be a multimedia tutorial of 16th Century musical theory. Also to be shown is a hypertext dissertation on prostate cancer, created by Greg Gliemi, a university graduate student with no prior NEXTSTEP or authoring system experience. "HyperSense is great! I wouldn't have been able to create a multimedia application on my own without it", he said. Thoughtful Software will be located in booth #107 as part of the Coalition of OpenStep Developers at Expo (The CODE Group). HyperSense is a registered trademark, and SenseTalk is a trademark of Thoughtful Software. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
From: Terry Wilcox <terry@arcane.calgary.ab.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing ThreadKit 1.0 Date: 12 Jun 1994 22:41:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tgh1h$osk@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, contact: threadkit@arcane.calgary.ab.ca Arcane Systems Ltd. 10 Bermuda Lane N.W. Calgary, AB T3K 2K2 Canada Phone: (403) 275-9232 Fax: (403) 275-9245 ARCANE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THREADKIT 1.0 Availability of Long-Awaited Multi-Threading ObjectWare CALGARY, AB, June 10, 1994 Arcane Systems Ltd. today announced immediate availability of ThreadKit 1.0. Developers at NeXTWorld Expo have raised the same question each year: "Will NeXT make the AppKit thread-safe?". The question no longer needs to be asked. This year, in time for NEXTSTEP Expo, Arcane releases a product that makes writing multi-threaded applications for the AppKit a simple task. How much time have your users wasted waiting for your application? Commercial and mission-critical applications alike can benefit from being able to perform lengthy tasks in the background. Until now, it has been a painful and error-prone process to actually write programs that took advantage of NEXTSTEP's multi-threaded capabilities. FEATURES AppKit locking mechanisms that allow multiple threads to manipulate the user interface freely and easily Objective-C style thread creation and management Flexible, easy to understand locking mechanisms Extensions to the base object class that allow locking semantics to apply to existing classes ... even third party objects! Resource locking mechanisms for non-object-oriented shared resources such as files and thread-unsafe functions like "printf" Complete, professional documentation including a concepts guide Sample application code that uses all ThreadKit features "We're excited about the opportunity to deliver first-class ObjectWare to the NEXTSTEP market." said Terry Wilcox, President of Arcane Systems. "Meeting the high standards set by NEXTSTEP itself has been a top priority for us from day one, and we're proud to be shipping the ThreadKit." Users of the ThreadKit during its development and testing cycle have been wildly enthusiastic about it. Harvey Dueck of ALI Technologies notes that "Having programmed multi-threaded applications in a NeXTSTEP environment both with and without ThreadKit, I have to say that multi-threading with ThreadKit is both faster and more fun to code. The resulting applications also seem to be less prone to deadlock due to the conceptually simpler locking mechanisms which ThreadKit allows." ALI has already delivered applications utilizing the ThreadKit. Blake Stone, the author of the ThreadKit notes that "The search for the right company to distribute the ThreadKit has been a lengthy task. I have received constant inquiries as to the status of the product and am pleased to be able to announce its availability. Arcane understands and believes in ObjectWare and is willing to deliver product with the kind of no-nonsense licensing ObjectWare needs." A single developer non-commercial ThreadKit license is available for $100 US. Commercial licenses covering up to five developers are available for $1000 US. Contact Arcane Systems for ordering details. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. ABOUT ARCANE SYSTEMS LTD. Arcane Systems Ltd. is a privately held software development company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The company was founded to pursue opportunities in object-oriented product development, training, and consulting. ###
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: CORRECTION: Jargon-3.0 services patch. Date: 12 Jun 1994 22:42:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tgh22$osq@digifix.digifix.com> When I changed the name of Hackers.app to Jargon.app, I forgot to modify the services entry. This posting contains a shell script that you can run, which will patch the executable so you don't have to re-download the corrected Jargon-3.0. After running the patch, you may want to log out and log back in to make sure your services are updated. Also, if you need a version of Jargon which will run under NEXTSTEP 3.0, you can always download the file: hasc.ca://pub/next/Hackers.NS3.0.tar Which has an elderly version of Hackers.app in it, which should run under NS 3.0 just fine. Sorry for not being more careful with the release. I'll be updating the archives ASAP. - darcy --------------> cut here <-------------------------- #!/bin/csh -f if ( $#argv != 1 ) then echo "Usage: $0 /LocalApps/Jargon.app" echo " - or - " echo "Usage: $0 ~/Apps/Jargon.app" exit 1 endif if ( ! -d $1 ) then echo "Directory $1 doesn't exist" exit 1 endif cd $1 set moto=`file Jargon | grep -c m68k` set intel=`file Jargon | grep -c i386` echo "+++ Creating new services entry" echo "Message: defineText" >! services echo "Port: Jargon" >> services echo "Send Type: NXAsciiPboardType" >> services echo "Menu Item: Define In/Jargon" >> services echo "KeyEquivalent: J" >> services if ( $moto && $intel ) then echo "+++ Patching for intel" lipo Jargon -thin i386 -output i386 segedit i386 -replace __ICON __services services -o i386.p echo "+++ Patching for motorola" lipo Jargon -thin m68k -output m68k segedit m68k -replace __ICON __services services -o m68k.p echo "+++ Recombining fat file" lipo Jargon -replace i386 i386.p -output Jargon.i386 lipo Jargon.i386 -replace m68k m68k.p -output Jargon.m68k echo "+++ Cleaning up" rm Jargon i386 m68k i386.p m68k.p services mv Jargon.m68k Jargon else echo "+++ Patching" segedit Jargon -replace __ICON __services services -o Jargon.p rm Jargon services echo "+++ Cleaning up" mv Jargon.p Jargon endif echo "+++ DONE"
From: mary@metrosoft.com (Mary Donnelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft ships MetroLock Licensing System Date: 12 Jun 1994 22:43:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tgh44$ot0@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Donnelly Metrosoft 1 (619) 488-9411 Phone 1 (619) 488-3045 Fax Email: info@metrosoft.com METROSOFT SHIPS METROLOCK--THE FIRST LICENSING SYSTEM FOR NEXTSTEP THAT LOCKS OBJECTS, PALETTES AND APPLICATIONS. SAN DIEGO, California, June 13, 1994 -- Metrosoft announced today that it has begun embedding MetroLock in its products. MetroLock is the first licensing system for NEXTSTEP which enables the commercial sale of ObjectWare. It consists of an easy-to-use licensing kit which contains a central locking mechanism and a number of different locking schemes. The following locking schemes are provided: TimeBomb - Protects from use beyond a given date DemoTime - Restricts use to a given number of minutes LimitedSeat - Restricts use to a given number of simultaneous network users LimitedApp - Allows a class to be used in only one application Snooper - Allows an administrator to monitor usage MetroLock has the following features: - Easily secures applications, object class libraries and palettes - Locking mechanism is extremely difficult to detect - Impossible to permanently "patch around" to defeat locking - Encrypted locking scheme parameters - Requires no source code modification - Transparent to end-user - No cumbersome license server - Locking schemes may be layered (e.g., TimeBomb and LimitedSeat) - Palettes may be secured differently for developers and end-users - Sophisticated foundation class for custom locking schemes - Multi-threaded for application performance MetroLock includes a MetroLocker utility used during the build process for protecting classes. MetroLock also includes makefiles, the MetroLock library and full developer documentation. An easy-to-use LockSmith utility is provided to update the locking parameters of secured applications (e.g., increase the number of seats allowed by a given app). LockSmith can also add or remove schemes themselves. The Limited Seat protection can be used to lock out users above the licensed maximum (and optionally send the system administrator an e-mail message indicating that the maximum has been reached), or to allow users beyond the maximum to use the object or application but also notify the system administrator. Based on a customer request, MetroLock has a Snooper scheme and a Snooper utility, which allows system administrators to know not only how many users are using a licensed object or application, but who, by host names, are using it. "Having Snooper enables us to monitor our use of a product. For an administrator this is a big advantage." said Aaron Grant, System Administrator, McCaw Cellular. Licensing technology will be discussed by Gordon Van Huizen, President of Metrosoft, on Wednesday, June 22nd at 3:30 on the Strategies For Licensing And Protecting Software panel at the NEXTSTEP EXPO. MetroLock will be sold commercially. Available from Metrosoft directly. Metrosoft was founded in 1990 and is a San Diego based company specializing in the development and publishing of NEXTSTEP applications such as MetroTools, MetroKeys, SimonSays, HSD Spell, OCR Servant, and MetroScan. Metrosoft is located at 710 Thirteenth Street, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92101 and can reached at: Phone 619-488-9411, Fax 619-488-3045 Email: info@metrosoft.com All Metrosoft and HSD trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Metrosoft, Inc and HSD, Inc.. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. NeXT is a registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 22 - 1994 Date: 13 Jun 1994 01:48:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2tgrvv$qb7@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 22). Thursday June 09 through Monday June 13 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 21 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quickguide to NEXTSTEP Information available on the Internet Comp.Sys.Next.Announce at NEXTSTEP Expo SUBMISSION: Free Wacom Tablet Driver from Talus JOB: Alain Pinel Realtors, Palo Alto, CA PRESS RELEASE: BenaTong adds support for ONEAC-ON UPS's to PowerGuardian SUBMISSION: Jargon-3.0 SUBMISSION: dbmAdaptor v0.3 JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real Time Bar and Line Chart Demo PRESS RELEASE: [T-26] Fonts Collection Now Available for NEXTSTEP DOS File System Patch - available from NextAnswers SUBMISSION: BackManager 1.0 PRESS RELEASE: Announcing ThreadKit 1.0 CORRECTION: Jargon-3.0 services patch. PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft ships MetroLock Licensing System If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet Date: 13 Jun 1994 01:49:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2tgs1v$qbe@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and currently consist of - NeXT Press Releases - OpenStep WhitePapers - Third Party Products Directory - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next.announce archives (searchable) - searchable contents of Third Party compilation CDs Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 13 Jun 1994 01:50:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2tgs2d$qbk@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Inc. Announces Right-Sizing Decision Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:25:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tiit2$25f@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Diego, June 10, 1994, Pages Software Inc announced a resizing today, to better align resource levels with expected revenues. "We have taken this step to strengthen the company's financial performance. While reducing staffing levels, we plan to continue to support our customers and prospects, as well as continue to evolve our Document Processing product under NEXTSTEP," states Larry Spelhaug, Pages' CEO. "We believe this is the right business decision; it has the full support of our investors and Board of Directors and will yield a stronger and more responsive company over the long term." Though Pages eliminated 12 positions from all functional areas, the company's Sales, Marketing, and Engineering departments will remain focused on the company's mission to support their ObjectBased Document Processor and their NEXTSTEP customers. NeXT, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs agrees with Spelhaug's decision to rightsize. "I believe Pages has made the right decision, and I support their efforts to focus on the NEXTSTEP market. Pages' current direction has 100% of NeXT's support ." Pages will remain headquartered in San Diego, CA. Questions may be directed in e-mail to Larry Spelhaug: larry_spelhaug@pages.com.
From: Peter_Lipps@NeXT.COM (Peter Lipps) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: HP / NeXT - Object*Enterprise Seminar Series in Germany and Switzerland Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:28:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tij20$26q@digifix.digifix.com> Object*Enterprise Seminars HP / NeXT - Seminarreihe in Deutschland und Schweiz HP / NeXT - Seminar Series in Germany and Switzerland Wer/Who: ======== Angesprochen werden sowohl HP-Kunden (Anwender, Software- entwickler, Systemintegratoren), die sich fuer Objektorientierte Technologie im allgemeinen und NEXTSTEP fuer HP PA-RISC-Rechner im speziellen interessieren (vormittags), als auch NEXTSTEP-Anwender, die eine weitere, extrem leistungs- faehige Hardwareplattform und HP als Hersteller und Anbieter unternehmensweiter Loesungen kennenleren wollen (nachmittags). -- HP customers, SW developers and ISV interested in object- oriented technology and NEXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC computers (before lunch). NEXTSTEP users and developers interested in NEXTSTEP running on a range of extremly powerful workstations (after lunch). Wann/When: ========== 11.07.94 Hamburg 19.07.94 Muenchen 21.07.94 Bad Homburg 26.07.94 Zuerich Was/What: ========= 09.30 - 10.00 Firmenvorstellung NeXT und HP Strategische Partnerschaft / Positionierung 10:00 - 11.30 Objektorientierte Technologie - unternehmensweit 11.30 - 11.45 Pause 11.45 - 12.00 Hardwareloesungen von HP 12.00 - 12.30 Object Channel Partnerprogramm 12.30 - 13.00 Object*Enterprise Distribution Fuer NeXT-Kunden und NEXTSTEP-Anwender: 14.30 - 15.00 Firmenvorstellung NeXT und HP Strategische Partnerschaft / Positionierung 15.00 - 16.15 Neuigkeiten von der NEXTSTEP EXPO 16.15 - 16.45 HP - Hardware 16.45 - 17.00 Distribution Wo/Where: ========= Hewlett-Packard GmbH Ueberseering 16 22297 Hamburg Hewlett-Packard GmbH Eschenstrase 5 82024 Taufkirchen bei Muenchen Hewlett-Packard GmbH Hewlett-Packard -Strase 61352 Bad Homburg Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) AG In der Luberzen 29 CH-8902 Urdorf / Zuerich Anmeldung/Registration: ======================= Als HP-Kunde wenden Sie sich bitte bzgl. der Anmeldung zur Vormittagsveranstaltung an: -- HP customers, for registration please contact: Fuer Hamburg/Muenchen/Bad Homburg: Hewlett-Packard GmbH Kennwort "Object*Enterprise" Frau Ulrike Feldmann Schickardstrase 2 D-71034 Boeblingen Fax: + 49 / 7031 / 14 - 6221 Fuer Zuerich: Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) AG Frau Anita Hauenstein In der Luberzen 29 CH-8902 Urdorf / Zuerich Fax: + 41 / 1 / 735 77 00 ======================= Als NeXT-Kunde wenden Sie sich bitte bzgl. der Anmeldung zur Nachmittagsveranstaltung an: -- NeXT/NEXTSTEP customers, for registration please contact: Fuer Hamburg/Muenchen/Bad Homburg: DART GmbH Herrn Maier Virchowstrase 17-19 D-22767 Hamburg Fax: +49 / 40 / 380 23290 Fuer Zuerich: Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) AG Frau Anita Hauenstein In der Luberzen 29 CH-8902 Urdorf / Zuerich Fax: + 41 / 1 / 735 77 00
From: dcl@panix.com (David Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fiend.app - a dock and shelf extender with PD source Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:35:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tijf0$2ae@digifix.digifix.com> I have just uploaded the source to Fiend.app to: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/util/FiendSrc.tar.gz >From the README: Welcome to Fiend.app, V1.0, by David Lambert, June, 1994. This program is essentially a dock and shelf extender, with a few (perhaps several) nice frills. What does it do? Well, it has two basic functions: first, it creates a shelf that covers the entire desktop. Second it provides you with a multi-level, extensible dock. I have endeavored to make both of these pieces approximate the default interface behavior as best I could, without spending so much time on it that I'd have to charge for it. Oh, it also incorporates BackSpace (see the main menu), which Alex Cone demanded. It started out as "a couple of minor enhancements" to MonsterShelf.app, written by Brian Pinkerton (whose address is [bp@cs.washington.edu]). Several weeks of continuing "minor enhancements" later (as well as feature requests and demands from my friends Alex Cone [abc@object.com] and Ed Wright [address withheld], both of whom, practically speaking, made the app what it is today) resulted in (among other things): A multi-level, resizable dock Pasteboard support Multiple file dropping Image backgound with tiling Backspace support Autolaunching App launch status tracking You can find brief instructions by using the "Info->Help" menu - it's not real NeXT help, but it's better than no instructions at all. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I would like to thank Brian Pinkerton for placing his code in the public domain, and providing the inspiration (and some of the underlying structure) for Fiend. Huge thanks to Ed Wright and Alex Cone for their unrelenting feature demands, as well as their tolerance of being given incompatible file formats with every alpha release. Thanks to Alex Cone also for providing the button images for the Fiend Dock icon. LEGALESE: This program and the associated code come with no warranty of any kind. You assume full risk and responsibility for their use. Permission is hereby granted to freely redistribute the Fiend program and source code, and to use it for any purpose whatsoever. FINAL NOTES: I hope that you find this app useful and/or entertaining. If you publish this app or its code on a CD-ROM, I think that it would be courteous to send me a copy of the CD-ROM, but you are not bound to do so. I have really worked hard on this app, so I'll be taking a break on it for a while (except for fixing truly egregious bugs). If you really like it, or if you want to inspire new features or enhancements, you may feel free to send me ten bucks. |[;-> Peace. David C. Lambert, 9 June, 1994 dcl@homer.uu.panix.com (NeXTMail, of course)
From: Brian Hobbs <brian@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Submit pics, snds, stuff to NUGI WWW KIOSK requested Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:54:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tiki9$2g3@digifix.digifix.com> Submissions are requested for the NUGI World Wide Web KIOSK at NEXTSTEP EXPO. Please submit any interesting digital photographs or images of your USER GROUP as soon as possible. We would like to have them as part of several International and National sections in a World Wide Web interactive reader at the NUGI booth. Really anything relevant to NeXT, NUGs, or nifty stuff that we will recognize will be used. Technical requirements are listed below: Send any material to: brian@ny.shl.com Any tiffs, sounds, mpegs, etc... would be cool. Both ~30-40k thumbnails with originals for tiffs would be great Actually converting to .gif format would give bonus points so people with Mosaic can see them too. No single piece of mail over 800k (uuencoded) If you know html, you can create their own html page or suitable mock-up (i.e. own text descriptions, fonts and stuff) with you resources. This is acutally preferred. We can take any resource and put a wrapper on it. Any work that submitters do on the wrapper will be appreciated. Priority for inclusion will be items that have their own html page or suitable mock-up, then raw items we need to expend effort on. hopefully all will be included. Any questions, please send mail. Thanks, Brian
From: "H. Scott Roy" <hsr@CS.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: IconKit v.1.2 Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:54:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tikiq$2g9@digifix.digifix.com> IconKit v. 1.2 has been uploaded to the archives. This release brings a quantum improvement to the underlying user interface elements: - Correct handling of long names in browser and icon cells. - Ghosting of cells during dragging. - Garbage collection of objects in unused cells. - Support for an inspector synchronized with the browser selection. - Improved performance. Numerous small problems have also been fixed. Be sure to read the release notes included in the distribution to see what's new! About IconKit ------------- IconKit is an Objective-C class library for building drag-and-drop applications. It recreates the shelves, browsers, folders, and suitcases that are present throughout the basic NEXTSTEP applications: - The file browser and shelf in Workspace. - The bookshelves in Librarian. - The project browser in ProjectBuilder. - The suitcases in InterfaceBuilder. - The feature browser used to configure a DBTableView. IconKit contains all the objects one needs to build new applications of this kind. It is fully integrated with InterfaceBuilder, providing a palette and inspectors for all the IconKit classes. It comes complete with source code, documentation, and an example application that mimics the NEXTSTEP Workspace file viewer. IconKit is freely distributable and free for noncommercial use. It costs money for a commercial license, but you are allowed to use IconKit get your application working before deciding whether to purchase it. The General Objectware License that covers this policy is broadly applicable, and other developers are encouraged to adopt it for their own software. IconKit should work on any system running NEXTSTEP 3.0 or later. Distribution ------------ IconKit may be freely distributed, in whole or in part, provided only that the included ReadMe file and the General Objectware License are neither removed nor altered in any way. The complete kit is available from either of the two archive locations, cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/sources/objects/IconKit-1.2.* /pub/next/binaries/util/FileViewer-1.2.* ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/iconkit/IconKit-1.2.* FileViewer is a compiled MAB version of an example application that recreates the NEXTSTEP file browser. Complete source is included in IconKit-1.2. In the event that you cannot locate IconKit at either of these two locations, you should contact the author to receive the complete distribution. All questions and correspondence are welcome! H. Scott Roy 2573 Stowe Ct. Northbrook, IL 60062-8103
From: bkph@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Type 1 fonts for technical typesetting Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:54:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tikjh$2gg@digifix.digifix.com> Fonts in PostScript Type 1 format for technical typesetting on NeXT: * Looking for fonts in fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format for technical work? * Looking for font sets that include math fonts that can be used with TeX? Y&Y can provide font sets in format suitable for use on NeXT systems. They are supplied on 3 1/2 inch (DOS format) diskettes with an installation shell script that does most of the work for you. Full installation instructions are supplied, and --- in the case of fonts specially suited for TeX --- suitable TeX macros files to switch to use of that font set (as well as TFM metric files and additions to `psfonts.map' for DVIPS). Of course, since these fonts are in industry-standard PostScript Type 1 format, they can be used with any application, not just TeX. That way you can have the nomenclature in your figures match the text fonts in your paper. (1) Computer Modern fonts (Blue Sky Research) for Unix/NeXT: This is the complete set of 75 Computer Modern fonts designed by Donald E. Knuth and traditionally used with TeX --- in fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format instead of conventional bitmapped PK form. Our version also includes 58 standard accented characters in each of the text fonts that can be made accessible for `foreign' language use by reencoding the font. A utility is provided to insert a space character in character code position 32, which makes these fonts more useful with non-TeX applications. (And the `control character' range 0 -- 31 appears again higher up in the code space so these characters can be used by non-TeX apps.) (2) The extra LaTeX + SliTeX fonts in Adobe Type 1 format: These are less frequently used fonts that complement the basic Computer Modern fonts. The set includes the LaTeX `line' and `circle' fonts used in LaTeX's `picture environment' for drawing simple diagrams. The set also includes the `logo' fonts used for typesetting the word METAFONT, and the LCMSS sans serif fonts used for making transparencies in SliTeX. (3) The AMS font set in Adobe Type 1 format: These are the fonts designed by the American Mathematical Society which add extra mathematical operators and symbols including `black-board bold' (a.k.a. `open face' or `double struck') letters. Included also are the Euler fonts designed by Hermann Zapf, inspired by Donald Knuth, digitized by students in Charles Bigelow's digital typography program at Stanford. The Euler font set includes Script and Fraktur faces. Finally, the font set also includes five Cyrillic fonts designed by Thomas Ridgeway at the University of Washington. (4) Lucida (R) Bright + Lucida New Math font set from Bigelow & Holmes. This was the first replacement for Computer Modern that included math fonts that work with TeX. A set of 25 fonts including 4 math fonts (and one alternate math italic) that not only cover the regular math italic, math symbol, and math extension fonts of Computer Modern but the two AMS math fonts as well -- and more! This font set includes four styles --- regular, demibold, italic, demibold italic --- of each of Lucida Bright (seriffed), Lucida Sans (sans serif), Lucida Fax (ideal for low resolution), Lucida Sans Typewriter (fixed width), as well as Lucida Calligraphy, Lucida Blackletter, Lucida Slanted, and Kris Holmes' Lucida Handwriting. To use these fonts in plain TeX (or LaTeX), simply add `\input lcdplain' (or `\input lcdlatex') to your source file. Lucida Bright text fonts are used in the new design of `Scientific American.' (5) MathTime version 1.1 Three math fonts (math italic, math symbol, and math extension) from TeXplorators designed to work well with text fonts from the Times-Roman family. To use these fonts in plain TeX (or LaTeX) simply add `\input mtplain' (or `\input mtlatex') to your source file. In the NeXT version of this font set, the math italic font requires virtual font support, which DVIPS provides. Comes with detailed manual, which covers other topics also, such as use of Adobe's Math Pi fonts in TeX. (6) Lucida Sans Typewriter: This font set includes four styles of Lucida Sans Typewriter, two styles of Lucida Sans Typewriter Narrow, and two styles of Lucida Sans Linedraw. Lucida Sans Typewriter is a fixed width font that is very popular for showing code examples in text. See `Programming the Display PostScript System for X Windows' Adobe Systems, published by Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-62203-7 (7) Lucida Sans Latin + Cyrillic This font set includes four styles of each of Lucida Sans (which covers ISO Latin 1), Lucida Sans Latin 2 (Eastern Europe), and Lucida Sans Cyrillic. In addition, four styles of each of the corresponding fixed-width `typewriter' font are also included. (8) Lucida Sans Unicode Brand new! This one is for people at the cutting edge. The single 470 k byte PFA file includes glyphs for almost 1800 characters with PostScript character names equal to their four digit hexadecimal Unicode code point number. Sample PostScript file shows how to reencode this single font to access eleven 256 character `windows' into the Unicode code space. Covers the following Unicode character groups: `ASCII', `Latin 1', `European Latin', `Extended Latin', `Standard Phonetic'. `Modifier Letters', `Generic Diacritical Marks', `Greek', `Cyrillic', `Hebrew', `General Punctuation', `Subs & Sups', `Currency', `Letterlike Symbols', `Number Forms', `Arrows', `Mathematical Operators', `Control Codes', `Forms and Chart Components', `Blocks', and `Geometric Shapes'. For the less adventurous, the Lucida Sans Unicode font is also split into eleven `subfonts' provided as separate PFA and AFM files. Y&Y provided the hand-tuned hinting --- which ensures quality of rasterization at low pem (pixel per `em') resolution --- for all of the above font sets. We also did the conversion of many of the TeX fonts from METAFONT's `drag a pen' model of drawing to the scalable font `outline and fill' model. Y&Y has years of experience with Type 1 font conversion, hinting, as well as TeX systems and TeX support software. For more information contact us by email at 71172.524@compuserve.com or by fax or phone number listed below --- or even snail mail... (R) Lucida is a registered trademark of Bigelow & Holmes (R) The Y&Y logo is a registered trademark of Y&Y, Inc. Y&Y Inc. Tuttle's Livery #2F, 45 Walden St. Concord MA 01742 USA (800) 742-4059 --- (508) 371-3286 (voice) --- (508) 371-2004 (fax) 71172,524 on CompuServe (71172.524@compuserve.com from InterNet).
From: joeba@jbc.com (Joe Barello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: EXPO: NUGI Event Schedule for NEXTSTEP EXPO Date: 13 Jun 1994 17:55:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tikjr$2go@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP User Groups International (NUGI) Proudly Presents: THE USER GROUP EVENT SCHEDULE NoIR maybe gone, but NUGI lives on with a host of important, informative, and entertaining activities at this year's NEXTSTEP Expo. It will be a fun week, we look forward to seeing you at Expo! Here is an overview of all we have planned. USER GROUP SUMMIT Moscone Convention Center Monday, June 20 11:00 am - 1:00 pm This last year has witnessed enormous change in the direction, membership, and focus of NEXTSTEP user groups. Many group members and leaders have questions and suggestions regarding the support and purpose of NEXTSTEP user groups. We have organized a summit for user group members to meet and discuss the implications and expectations of this past year -- what's worked, what hasn't -- with any eye toward building a solid foundation for user groups in the year to come. Please pre-register for the Monday summit! Send email to "nugi@next.com" before Saturday June 18 with your name, address, phone number, email and user group affiliation. This way you can actually get into Moscone - a general admission badge will be waiting for pickup. USER GROUP LUNCH Chevys (4th and Mission) near Moscone Monday, June 20 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Immediately following the User Group Summit, the User Group Lunch will be held at a nearby restaurant as an informal welcome meeting for user group members and NUGI volunteers. Welcome to San Francisco and NEXTSTEP Expo! Please respond to "nugi@next.com" if you want to participate in the lunch. We need to know how many people are coming so we can reserve enough space. This social gathering will cost you the price of lunch - but is a great way to gather and gossip. PARTY ELEVEN ristorante + bar Monday, June 20 9:00 pm - 1:00 am 374 11th (@ Folsom), San Francisco Sponsored by BANG, this party may be the most talked about user group event of the year. This is the place to meet for fun and excitement _before_ the show begins! There will be food, drinks for $1, a band and a DJ for dancing. Don't miss this one! See you there! USER GROUP SESSIONS Starting a Corporate Group Moscone Convention Center Tuesday, June 21 11:45 am - 1:00 pm NEXTSTEP users are increasingly found in large corporations; therefore, much of the future growth of NEXTSTEP user groups will occur within a corporate framework. In this session you will hear the experiences of both corporate and geographically-based user group presidents, the common problems to watch out for, what works, what doesn't, and the benefits to be gained by partnering together to keep each group strong and focused. Providing Services to User Groups Moscone Convention Center Wednesday, June 22 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm This session will focus on the user-group support provided by NeXT, both in starting new groups and in keeping existing groups informed and active in the NeXT community. In addition, there will be success stories, tips, and ideas from some of the larger user groups. The session will finish with a discussion of future programs from NeXT and a question-and-answer session. If you are a user group leader, or would like to be one, plan to attend this session. A Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs Moscone Convention Center Thursday, June 23 10:15 pm - 11:15 pm Steve's visit to the user group assembly at NEXTSTEP EXPO is an exciting annual tradition. As is previous years, there will be plenty to talk about. Find out where NeXT is going, whom they are going with, and how you can come along for the ride. AUCTION Moscone Convention Center Wednesday, June 22, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm The User Group Program's most important event! It's all here and it's all up for bid! One-of-a-kind items plus a wide range of products and services from the NeXT community will go to the highest bidder. Always great fun! An Expo tradition! Proceeds go toward the User Group Program at Expo. Please be sure to attend this event! NUGI ON THE SHOWFLOOR Moscone Convention Center Tuesday, June 21 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Wednesday, June 22 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Thursday, June 23 10:00 am - 4:00 pm NEXTSTEP User Groups International is sponsoring a booth at the show on behalf of NEXTSTEP user groups worldwide. We'll have information about the Auction, Expo, San Francisco, and various NEXTSTEP user groups. This will also be the place to find the NUGI Expo 94 commemorative t-shirt and other special surprises. There will be an interactive kiosk, containing images of past EXPO user group activities, parties, views of world-wide cities and a link to the Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service. And, as a special treat, we'll be running a picture booth where you can take home an electronic picture of yourself, your friends, or whomever. In addition, regional NEXTSTEP user groups will be sponsoring a variety of activities in the NUGI booth. NeXus will be showing NEXTSTEP/Japanese. Since this is not an generally available product - see the demo! BANG will be sponsoring demonstrations from select third party vendors. If you can't find it anywhere on the show floor, check here: chances are, we'll have a line on it! Saving the best for last, NUGI is also sponsoring a lounge area on the showfloor, adjacent to the user group booth. If you need a place to meet, relax, or just regroup, you'll find it here courtesy of NEXTSTEP User Groups International! FINAL NOTES The valiant volunteers of NUGI will be working hard before, during and after the show to make sure that the User Group Program runs smoothly. If you have thoughts, suggestions, and especially auction contributions (see below), please contact us at our temporary address! (valid from 6/13/94 thru 6/25/94) NUGI Headquarters, San Francisco 1510 Eddy Street Suite 1211 San Francisco, CA 94115 415-717-9451 "nugi@next.com" Finally, we are always on the lookout for auction items! Remember, all auction proceeds go to support the User Group Program at Expo and its tireless volunteers. Contact NUGI for more information. If you have items to donate (bless you!), please contact Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM and/or ship them directly to User Group Auction c/o Darren Smith NeXT, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: Medical Graphics <medgraph@guinan.arl.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real Time Bar and Line Chart Demo Date: 10 Jun 1994 23:45:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tbc12$889@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - Real Time Bar and Line Chart Demo Contact: VVI, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com Discover why The Graph Object Library is the enterprise-wide graphing solution of choice used by industry leaders today by downloading a demo application from the archive site. The application demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multiple data sets in bar and line format and in real time. This is just one of the ways The Graph Object Library is used for custom data display. See below for instructions on how to ftp this application. Please call us if you are unable to ftp and/or are interested in a demonstration. Best Regards, - VVI -- GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------- VVI, Inc. introduces The Graph Object Library(TM). The Graph Object Library represents a significant investment in terms of object design and total graph library architecture. When you purchase the Graph Object Library you receive: - A standard graphing client. We deliver a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via our Graph Object Library. This is a comprehensive solution which gives immediate and reliable graphing power to any application. Your users will enjoy the resulting quality and standard features, documentation, and user interface. - The applications GraphBuilder and VVpP. GraphBuilder is the reliable, easy to use, powerful, and optimized graphing application. VVpP is a container prototype preprocessor. GraphBuilder, the application, is a few lines long - "The objects do all the work". - On-site instruction, technical support, and service. - Documentation. The Graph Object Library includes complete online documentation and header files. GraphBuilder includes extensive online manuals, online help, unique inspector overviews, and context sensitive help. - Our commitment. We have been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and deliver comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we don't stop there. We are currently working on version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features through The Graph Object Library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. Its like having your own graph software development department. VVI customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in these following areas: Expertise: - Real time, production, and presentation quality data display and analysis. - Database and data acquisition integration. - Data modeling and simulation. - Cross platform development and integrity of data in a heterogeneous environment. - Object library architecture, object design, and integration between Objective-C and C++. - Transitioning to NEXTSTEP. Industries: - Financial Services; display of financial data. - Medical Services; hospital related clinical data. - Petroleum Services; exploration related data. - Corporate R&D laboratories; data analysis and display. - Government laboratories; data analysis and display. -- FTP INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------------------- To get the demonstration application issue the following from a shell window (or the equivalent). FOR THE MOTOROLA VERSION: ftp cs.orst.edu ftp "your id" cd /pub/next/demos/graphics binary get GraphObjectsDoubleBar_m68k.compressed quit FOR THE INTEL VERSION: ftp cs.orst.edu ftp "your id" cd /pub/next/demos/graphics binary get GraphObjectsDoubleBar_i386.compressed quit Then from the Workspace Manager double click GraphObjectsDoubleBar_*.compressed and decompress it. Then double click the result which is named "EXdoubleBar.app". Click the various buttons to demonstrate the application and The Graph Object Library. The Graph Object Library and GraphBuilder are registered trademarks of VVI, Inc. NEXTSTEP and Workspace Manager are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.6 Date: 19 Jun 1994 08:21:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2u1d94$4vh@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.6 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, Jun 20, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It countains many new objects and fixes all of the problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following sites: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/objects/MiscKit1.2.6.tar.gz sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.6.tar.gz ftp.et.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.6.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.2.6.s.tar.gz The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. Please note the change from ftp.byu.edu to ftp.et.byu.edu! (The old name will soon point to an entirely different machine.) The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield, button and slider subclasses, clock and calendar views, icon wells, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscSwapKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications...plus much more! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. Also available are several MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first list is for those who are interested in participating in the development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the development list already receives notification of new releases and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list. Two other lists are mentioned in the MiscKit's top level README.rtf file. The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET personalities. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University. Specific changes: V1.2.6 6/18/94 Special Expo edition MiscKit maintenance and update release: More tweaks to the MiscDragViews (Bruce McKenzie). Added MiscTee IB palette (David Fedchenko). Added MiscAppDefaults category for NXApp (Steve Hayman). Cool picture in Copyright.rtfd. Many thanks go to Steve Weintz! New ªdebugº target added to top level Makefile. Additions to MiscStringArray. Bug fixes, tweaks, and enhancements all over the place (all minor).
From: mikem@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: AFS to show WriteUp and PasteUp at NEXTSTEP Expo Date: 15 Jun 1994 22:14:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tocir$p1v@digifix.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 207 Springhouse, PA 19477 215 653 0911 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Kristofer Younger Voice: 215 653 0911 Kris_Younger@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO SHOW WRITEUP AND PASTEUP AT NEXTSTEP EXPO Invites EXPO attendees to evaluate WriteUp 1.1 and PasteUp 2.5 SPRINGHOUSE, PA, June 15, 1994 -- Anderson Financial Systems Inc. will be demonstrating WriteUp 1.1 and PasteUp 2.5, native NEXTSTEP word processing and page layout applications, at the Canon booth at NEXTSTEP EXPO. Both products are slated to ship at the end of the month. WriteUp is a word processor built from the ground up to take full advantage of NEXTSTEP features like Object Links, filter services, and drag and drop. Compatibility is assured through standard file support for RTF/RTFD, WriteNow (on Motorola hardware only), WordPerfect, TIFF, and EPS. New features for release 1.1 include mail merge, document markup (redline/strikeout), columns, an API, and improved performance and compatibility. PasteUp is the premier page layout package for NEXTSTEP. Since acquiring the software last fall, AFS has fixed all known bugs and added significant capabilities, such as support for new NEXTSTEP 3.x features and enhanced document importing. PasteUp 2.5 will give new users a chance to experience the power and flexibility of Display PostScript in creating rich documents, and existing users a reason to dust off their disks and get back to performing real work with the product. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on IBM PCs and NeXT workstations. Representative clients include Citicorp, First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, American Capital Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###
From: dpp@athena.com (David Pollak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Programing Position at Athena Design Date: 15 Jun 1994 22:15:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tocjh$p2b@digifix.digifix.com> Athena Design, Inc., a growing Boston-based software company, is looking for an experienced object-oriented developer to maintain and upgrade our award-winning NEXTSTEP spreadsheet, Mesa. Job responsibilities include incorporating customer feedback into in-line revisions of the current product and developing future releases for the NEXTSTEP marketplace. You will be working closely with the current development and marketing teams, but be responsible for deciding on and implementing changes. Successful applicants will combine significant object-oriented programming experience, an understanding of customer needs, and the ability to communicate with the existing development team. An off-beat sense of humor and the ability to balance conflicting demands on your time are also important assets. Benefits include the opportunity to shape the future of NEXTSTEP's best-selling spreadsheet and of the company that produces it, and an informal working environment surrounded by incredibly cool people. Oh yeah -- we also offer full health insurance, free commuting, all the caffeine your system can tolerate, and money. Sound interesting? Send your resume and cover letter to: Athena Design, Inc. NEXTSTEP Product Development 17 St. Mary's Court Boston, MA 02146 (or send NextMail to info@athena.com) David Pollak President (and Feeder of the Bears) Athena Design, Inc. 617.734.6372
From: Matthew D Waters <matthew@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MAB co-Xist 3.2 from Pencom Software Date: 14 Jun 1994 19:53:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tlftf$d0s@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pencom Announces New Release of co-Xist for NEXTSTEP Multi-Architecture Binary Eases Network Installation AUSTIN, Texas, June 15, 1994 - Pencom announces a new Multi-Architecture Binary (MAB) release of co-Xist for both NeXT and Intel systems. co-Xist is Pencom's market leading implementation of the industry standard X11R5 windowing system. With co-Xist, NEXTSTEP users have access to the hundreds of X-based UNIX applications. Within the corporate computing environment, NEXTSTEP users can run any legacy or custom-developed, X-based software already used within an organization. co-Xist 3.2m also features updates to both X and Motif, GUI-based installation and set-up, usage monitor, and Intel keyboard enhancements. The new release is available on CD-ROM and is bundled with a collection of pre-compiled, public domain X applications including the NCSA's popular Mosaic browser for the World Wide Web. By pre-ordering co-Xist 3.2m before the July 1st ship date, NEXTSTEP users can take advantage of current pricing and avoid scheduled price increases. MULTI-ARCHITECTURE BINARY -- By taking advantage of NeXT's MAB technology, co-Xist is now available in a single binary with three installation options: for NeXT hardware only, for Intel systems with NEXTSTEP only, and for a single network installation accessible by both platforms. According to Frank King, president of Pencom Software, "With the number of large NEXTSTEP sites now using co-Xist, the need to reduce the effort of supporting the product on such a network was very much customer driven. The ability to offer an easily maintainable network connectivity solution will become even more important as NEXTSTEP becomes available on additional UNIX platforms such as HP's PA-RISC and Sun's SPARC architectures." MORE NEW FEATURES -- - GUI-based Installation simplifies installation and set-up by eliminating the need for running scripts in the installation process as well as offering more flexibility in location. - X and Motif updates include patches to X11R5 from the X Consortium and release 1.2.3 of the Open Software Foundation's Motif. - Intel Keyboard Enhancements add more keycode support for the variety of Intel hardware. - Usage Monitor allows easy monitoring and administration of network installations of co-Xist. - A collection of public domain X-based applications are included, pre-compiled for both architectures in binary and source formats. These include the NCSA's popular Mosaic, xv, xrn, a selection of games and many others. co-Xist also allows users to: - Eliminate costly development efforts with the ability to run and develop standard X applications on local or remote platforms. - Run X applications in 8-bit greyscale, 8-bit pseudo-color, and 16- or 32-bit color graphics mode. - Exchange data easily between NEXTSTEP and other windowing environments with full cut-and-paste capability. - Work with preferred window manager environments including Tab, Motif, and NEXTSTEP. - Rapidly search through X and Motif documentation with Digital Librarian. - Edit and launch frequently-used X applications with a single point-and-click. FOR SALES AND UPGRADE INFORMATION -- call 1-800-PENCOM-4 or e-mail co-Xist_info@pencom.com (please confirm if you can receive NeXT Mail). For press information, contact Matthew Waters, Pencom Software, 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North, Austin, Texas, 78759. Ph: 512-343-6666. Fax: 512-343-9650. e-mail: matthew@pencom.com. Pencom Systems Incorporated is a $50 million technical recruiting and software services firm. Pencom is the only company of its kind to provide the entire suite of services necessary for open systems computing, including: technical staffing, systems integration services, and products. co-Xist is a trademark of Pencom Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective owners. ###
From: ImageCurator@gemstone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Gemstone Systems Ships Image Curator 1.0 Date: 14 Jun 1994 19:58:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tlg69$d2n@digifix.digifix.com> *** GEMSTONE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES IMAGE CURATOR 1.0 *** Torrance, CA, June 13, 1994 - Gemstone Systems proudly announces the release of it's image archive management application, Image Curator 1.0. The Image Curator application is specifically designed for handling a wide range of image archive management needs, from the small personal collection of icons to the corporate database of artwork. The core functionality of Image Curator is it's ability to quickly create high quality thumbnail representations of images. The use of a specialized, highly configurable, thumbnailing algorithm lets users create thumbnails that are superior to those available in any other application. Thumbnail images are displayed in documents called Galleries that can contain a virtually unlimited number of images. Thumbnails can be displayed in a fraction of the time required by other applications. Users can browse through thumbnails for images that are no longer present on the file system (as in the case of PhotoCDs and other removable media). "We are delighted with the performance of this product", says Image Curator designer, Robert Kieffer, "The ability to store and retrieve processed thumbnails, combined with the dynamic loading scheme we've implemented, provides a very fast and responsive interface." Dr. Lyndon Hardy, Gemstone Systems CEO, has this to say: "Image Curator is an excellent addition to the Gemstone Systems product line. With it's ability to handle large image archives, and the existing capability offered by our Emerald Image Tool for handling extremely large imagery, the Gemstone Systems products offer a comprehensive solution for even the most massive image processing needs." Image Curator Features: - Full Image Filter service support - Fully configurable thumbnailing algorithm - Arbitrary thumbnail size specification - Thumbnail storage in gallery documents - Storage of descriptions for individual images - Storage of descriptions for entire galleries - Searching based on description and/or filename - Sorting by image name, image path(directory), or image size - Rearranging of images in galleries - Opening of source images in the Image Curator Quick Viewer or the default application (as specified in Workspace.) Image Curator is shipping now and is available for NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP for Intel, 3.2 or greater. Cost: $125 per user. For further information, contact: Gemstone Systems, Inc. 19616 Redbeam Avenue Torrance, CA 90503 310-370-4557 Email: info@gemstone.com or ImageCurator@gemstone.com
From: "Robert W. Kieffer" <kieffer@gemstone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Image Curator 1.0 Demo Date: 14 Jun 1994 22:32:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tlp79$dn9@digifix.digifix.com> A demonstration copy of Image Curator 1.0 has been submitted to the following archive: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/ImageCuratorDemo.tar.gz --------------------------- Image Curator - Version 1.0 Image Curator is the first NEXTSTEP application dedicated to managing large image archives. Through the use of preprocessed thumbnails and a dynamic loading mechanism, Image Curator allows you to browse and manipulate, at interactive speeds, collections of images numbering in the 1000's. Whether your working with a small personal collection of icons or a corporate database of artwork, Image Curator simply gives you the fastest, easiest, access imaginable. The core functionality of Image Curator starts with it's ability to quickly create high quality thumbnail representations of images. The use of a specialized, highly configurable, thumbnailing algorithm lets users create thumbnails that are an order of magnitude superior to those available in any other application. Collections of images are stored in documents called "galleries". Each gallery can contain a virtually unlimited number of images. One of the "power" features of Image Curator is it's ability to store the thumbnail images that it creates as part of the gallery document. Not only does this allow Image Curator to load and display thumbnails in a fraction of the time required by other applications, it also let's the user browse through collections of thumbnails for images that are no longer present on the file system (as in the case of PhotoCDs and other removable media) Image Curator is designed to handle a wide range of image archive management needs. The tool set provided by Image Curator allows for easy manipulation and browsing of galleries, rapid access to source images, and quick retrieval of images by description as well as by filename. Features - Full Image Filter service support - Fully configurable thumbnailing algorithm - Arbitrary thumbnail size specification - Store thumbnails in gallery documents - Sort images by image name, image path(directory), or image size - Store description for individual images - Store description for gallery - Find images by description and/or filename - Rearrange images in galleries - Open source images in Image Curator "Quick Viewer" or the default application Cost: $125 per user Availability: Shipping now for NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP for Intel, 3.2 or greater. For further information, contact: Gemstone Systems, Inc. 19616 Redbeam Avenue Torrance, CA 90503 310-370-4557 Fax: Please call for number Email: info@gemstone.com or ImageCurator@gemstone.com
From: jesper@cooper.xanthus.se (Jesper Lundh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Ships v 3.0 of Questor Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Jun 1994 10:47:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tsd2t$7dn@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus International Xanthus USA Jesper Lundh David Peter Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.se Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus Ships v 3.0 of Questor Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP Includes high level Excel 4.0 file compatibility Stockholm, June 15, 1994 - Xanthus International AB today announced that it has begun shipping version 3.0 of Questor, its spreadsheet application for the NEXTSTEP computing environment. Registered users of Questor 2.0 will automatically receive an upgrade offer to version 3.0. Questor 3.0 is delivered as 'fat' (MAB) binaries for Motorola, Intel and PA/RISC processors. Questor 3.0 will be shown in the Alembic booth at NEXTSTEP Expo and in the Xanthus Suite at the San Francisco Marriott near Moscone Center. _________________________________________ Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of "matrix-based" spreadsheet programs with a number of unique features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with the OpenWrite word processor, Questor is one of the cornerstones in the Open Office product suite from Xanthus. The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody who has once used spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 or Wingz. To this backbone is added a number of unique features, including easy-to-use SQL database access, a powerful scripting language, multi-level undo and a versatile API. Questor 3.0 is designed to be extremely easy to integrate with SQL databases and custom-made applications on NEXTSTEP. Questor 3.0 is the third release of the application. Questor 1.0 was released in May 1993. --- New features in Questor 3.0 include: - Significantly improved performance regarding worksheet recalculation and file access, especially for large documents. - Very high level of Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. Excel 4.0 files can actually be imported into Questor, edited, and exported back to Excel 4.0, without losing any formatting or style information. - Full support for Excel 4.0 compatible cell styles. - More than 100 new functions to better support the Excel 4.0 function set in the area of finance, math and statistics. - Full support for the new Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard from Xanthus. Worksheets can be created and edited from within OpenWrite word processor documents. - Print/scrolling titles. - Improved user interface. Easier access to commonly used functions, and improved menu structure. --- Standard Questor features: - A state-of-the-art user interface for easy access to all features, including a ToolBox with object palettes and a number of other tools that removes the need of modal panels for filling, searching and sorting data. - Multi-level undo. All commands can be undone and the number of undos are user defined. - Reads the BIFF2-4, WKS, WK1 and SYLK file-formats, which enables you to import worksheets from Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Improv, Microsoft Excel and Wingz. - Writes the BIFF4 and WK1 file-format, which enables you to export worksheets to Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Improv and Wingz. - Powerful report layout functions that allows total control over the layout of your documents, including direct manipulation and drawing tools. - Many graph types are supported, including bar, stacked bar, line, combination, stock, area, stacked area, scatter (xy-plot) and pie. The components of a graph can be edited separately. - Hot-links to Graphity (like Lotus Improv and Presentation Builder). Graphity is a business graphics application from Xanthus that supports 3D graphs based on Renderman. - Seamless connections to relational databases like Oracle and Sybase using the Database Kit in NEXTSTEP. - Timers that can trigger complex calculations, database queries or any other event at regular intervals. - A powerful structured scripting language - QScript with an "intelligent" editor, including automatic pretty-printing and programming support. QScript allows you to customize your worksheet to perform very specific tasks. - Input controllers like buttons, text-fields and sliders can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on the worksheet, and connected to QScript code or directly to cells by control-dragging. - Output objects like graphs and gauges can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on the worksheet, and be connected to cell areas by control-dragging for continuous updating. - A powerful double-directed API that allows Questor to easily control and send data to other applications. The API also makes it easy for other applications to control Questor and to feed data into worksheets. - External functions can be written in C or in QScript and be loaded into Questor for easy extensibility. - Full support for user palettes. Users can easily create new palettes with customized graphs, graphics and control objects. - Drawing tools that allows you to draw directly on the worksheet. - Images and sound can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on the worksheet to create stunning documents including graphics and sound effects. - Full support for object linking. Graphs, cell areas and graphics can be copied and linked into other documents for continuous updating. Xanthus International, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in the NEXTSTEP platform.Xanthus was founded in 1990, and shipped its first product, CraftMan, an award-winning multimedia programming tool for NEXTSTEP in 1992. The product line now includes Questor, a spreadsheet; Graphity, a 3D charting program that supports RenderMan; the new OpenWrite word processor, and OpenBase, a flat-file database.
From: wiley@lighthouse.com (Wiley Hodges) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO: Lighthouse Design Introduces Two Powerful New Spreadsheets for NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Jun 1994 14:13:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tsp47$8cm@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Introduces Two Powerful New Spreadsheets for NEXTSTEP Applications will provide a solution for every type of spreadsheet user - whether advanced or traditional - plus provide compatibility with key products from Microsoft and Lotus JUNE 20, 1994 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today announced that it will deliver Quantrix 1.0, a multi-dimensional spreadsheet compatible with Lotus Improv, and ParaSheet 1.0, a traditional spreadsheet compatible with Lotus 1-2-3, and Microsoft Excel, to the object-oriented NEXTSTEP operating environment in the third quarter of this year. Pre-release versions of Quantrix and ParaSheet are currently in use at several key NEXTSTEP installations, and will be on display in Lighthouse Design's booth (#516) running on Intel and HP PA-RISC versions of NEXTSTEP, at NEXTSTEP EXPO, being held from June 20-24 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. "We have been overwhelmed by interest from NEXTSTEP customers seeking a migration path from Lotus Improv, as well as those seeking a more traditional rows and columns spreadsheet," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "We're very pleased to offer both Quantrix and ParaSheet. Given the breadth of its object-oriented API, along with complete Lotus Improv compatibility, Quantrix has already been a big hit at our early test sites. For enterprises seeking the more traditional approach to spreadsheet analysis, ParaSheet is a perfect fit." Quantrix is a multi-dimensional spreadsheet application that allows users to describe and manipulate data in terms of categories, rather than rows and columns. This approach allows users to write formulas such as "Gross Revenue = Product Revenue + Service Revenue," rather than "$a27=b17+$c$31." Coupled with data tabs for fast navigation, unlimited undo and redo, multiple views and smart cells, Quantrix makes complex financial models and reports easy to create and share with others. Quantrix is also fully compatible with Lotus Improv, Lotus 1-2-3, and ParaSheet, with support for Microsoft Excel 4.0 and Lotus Improv for Windows coming later in the year. Quantrix includes a fully object-oriented application programmer's interface (API) that supports NEXTSTEP distributed objects (DO), as well as real time data feeds and event notification. The API provides complete programmatic access to all aspects of the application, and is optimized for large data sets and real time feeds, substantially reducing the development effort required to shuttle data into and out of spreadsheet views. Support will also be provided for transparent translation of application code previously written to the Improv API. ParaSheet is a general-purpose spreadsheet, providing a familiar rows and columns approach to spreadsheet analysis. File compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel data, dynamic linking between multiple spreadsheets, and a powerful mathematics engine for every type of financial analysis and accounting task make ParaSheet ideal for users transitioning from PC platforms. ParaSheet features a robust and comprehensive macro scripting language, as well as support for customized, user-definable functions. Both applications include extensive function libraries organized by mathematics, statistics, accounting, logic, time/date, selection/lookup, and formatting and grouping. Quantrix and ParaSheet also provide inter-sheet linking, allowing cells in one worksheet to reference other worksheets and views. Quantrix and ParaSheet include full support for a wide variety of charts and graphs, as well as real-time rotation of 3-D chart types, and fine control over chart color, label and legend type and display, axis scaling and markup, and full support for copy/paste and NEXTSTEP 3.0 Object Links. Quantrix and ParaSheet are important additions to the Lighthouse line of productivity applications, which now includes Diagram!, a drawing program for information graphics; Concurrence, a presentation and outlining package; VarioData, a multi-user workgroup database; TaskMaster, a project and resource management application; WetPaint, a painting and image manipulation program; and the Foundation Classes, a library of reusable objects for custom developers. Quantrix and ParaSheet will be available for the Intel-, Motorola- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later, in Q3, 1994. Quantrix will be priced at $895. ParaSheet will be priced at $595. Site licenses are available, as well as competitive upgrades from other spreadsheets. Academic discounts are also available. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering high-quality, well integrated productivity applications to object-oriented desktops. The company is privately held, and located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or over the internet, try http://www.lighthouse.com/. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., Quantrix, ParaSheet, Diagram!, TaskMaster, Concurrence, VarioData, WetPaint, the Foundation Classes and the Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: wiley@lighthouse.com (Wiley Hodges) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO: Lighthouse Design Introduces VarioData Date: 17 Jun 1994 14:14:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tsp5j$8cs@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Introduces VarioData - First Workgroup Database for NEXTSTEP New application enables non-programmers to easily build powerful multi-user databases, and offers import/export access to a variety of standard merge formats JUNE 20, 1994 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today announced that it will deliver VarioData 3.1, a multi-user flatfile database, to the object-oriented NEXTSTEP operating environment this summer. VarioData is in beta now for Intel, HP PA-RISC, and Motorola versions of NEXTSTEP, and will be on display in the Lighthouse Design booth (#516) at NEXTSTEP EXPO, being held from June 20-24 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. VarioData provides users with a simple point and click interface to workgroup database design and information management. Targeted at enterprises with workgroup data management needs, VarioData is suited to a spectrum of tasks, from customer databases and departmental inventories to bug tracking systems. VarioData takes full advantage of NEXTSTEP, providing an intuitive interface for non-programmers to actually build and deploy custom mixed-media workgroup databases. "The NEXTSTEP market has long demanded a multi-user database accessible to end-users," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "Many of our customers felt their current PC solutions were too complex for end-users, but didn't necessarily want to involve a cumbersome SQL back-end or a database architect in deploying small- to medium-sized workgroup databases. VarioData offers the perfect compromise-immediate accessibility, with the flexibility to scale up to an SQL back-end at a later date." VarioData comes bundled with VarioBuilder, a database design tool, which enables users with no knowledge of programming to create data entry forms simply by dragging and dropping text, time, date, number and currency fields. Combining support for drag and drop files and images, along with a variety of standard NEXTSTEP interface elements such as pop-up lists, buttons and check boxes, VarioBuilder simplifies the creation of workgroup databases. VarioBuilder's point and click formula editor allows users to attach custom behavior to buttons, enabling databases to send electronic mail messages, print or fax reports, raise additional windows and panels, access system calls and scripts, and even pass information to mission-critical applications. VarioData also includes transparent record locking to prevent users from unwittingly writing over vital information. Record locking allows write access to a record to only one user at a time when it is being edited. Revision histories are easily recorded with automatic fields. VarioData also provides several levels of security, including database password protection, with multiple levels of customizable user groups to control access down to individual data fields. For databases that grow in scale, and developers that wish to migrate from flatfiles to an SQL back-end, VarioData offers complete access to Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Interbase, databases. VarioData also supports Import/Export access to MicroSoft Word, FrameMaker, FileMaker, and a variety of other standard merge formats. VarioData will be priced at $695, and will begin shipping in August, 1994 for the Motorola- and Intel-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.1 or later. It will be available for the HP PA-RISC version of NEXTSTEP in conjunction with that environment's release in Q3, 1994. Academic discounts are also available. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering high-quality, well integrated productivity applications to object oriented desktops. The company is privately held, and located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or over the internet, try http://www.lighthouse.com/. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., Quantrix, ParaSheet, Diagram!, TaskMaster, Concurrence, VarioData, WetPaint, the Foundation Classes and the Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: David Spitzler <David_Spitzler@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Frame Technology Announces FrameMaker on NEXTSTEP for Intel Date: 17 Jun 1994 17:01:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tt2vo$9pi@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Frame Technology Kate Lynch (408) 954-3964 Copithorne & Bellows Kristin Vais (408) 988-2100 FRAME TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FRAMEMAKER 3 ON NEXTSTEP FOR INTEL Reseller agreement with Lighthouse Design announced SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 1994 -- Frame Technology Corporation today announced plans to introduce FrameMaker 3.2 on NEXTSTEP for Intel. FrameMaker, an award-winning writing, design and publishing package, was ported to NeXT workstations in 1989. This new version is being developed to meet customer demand for FrameMaker on the NEXTSTEP platform, and is based on FrameMaker 3 for the NeXT MC 68000 workstation. "We're pleased that Frame has decided to continue supporting NEXTSTEP," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "We will work closely with Frame and our mutual customers to ensure that FrameMaker integrates seamlessly with the NEXTSTEP environment." "We see the decision to support the NEXTSTEP marketplace as strategic for the company," said William R. Pieser, vice president of marketing for Frame Technology. "The combination of customer interest and NeXT's new technology makes NEXTSTEP an ideal platform for FrameMaker." "We already have significant interest in this port from our federal government customers," said Bob Reddick, director of Frame's federal group. "We're happy that we'll be able to deliver FrameMaker to them on the NEXTSTEP platform." FrameMaker Product Features FrameMaker combines word processing, page layout, graphics, equations editing, conditional text, "intelligent" cell-based tables and tools for creating a wide range of documents, from lengthy technical manuals to reports, newsletters, and presentations. Plans for advanced features in FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP include integration with NEXTSTEP's Digital Librarian, and the Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus. FrameMaker software offers integrated, multifile book-building facilities, including automatic table of contents and index generation; font, spelling, and hyphenation support for 13 languages; and sophisticated cross-reference and indexing tools. New Reseller Relationship In adjunct news, Frame Technology announced the appointment of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. of San Mateo, CA, as an intended strategic reseller of FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP. Under the current agreement, Lighthouse Design will be authorized to directly sell a FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP product. Frame Technology is demonstrating a pre-release version of the software in Lighthouse Design's booth at the NEXTSTEP EXPO tradeshow, running this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering high quality, well-integrated productivity solutions to the enterprise desktop. Lighthouse Design is located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. Frame Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: FRAM) provides award-winning authoring and publishing software for writing, design, and print/electronic distribution of critical documents. Frame Technology is located at 1010 Rincon Circle, San Jose, California 95131. -30-
From: "Bruce F. Webster" <bwebster@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO: Pages announces HP-PA support, Expo pricing, Mastersoft agreement Date: 18 Jun 1994 00:05:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2ttrpd$bl4@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 619/492-9050 x225 619/492-9124 fax info@pages.com David Newman Newman Communications 415/454-2220 415/454-2313 fax Pages Announces Pages by Pages for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC, Expo Special Pricing, and Filtering Agreement with Mastersoft ObjectBased Document Processor for PA-RISC to Ship This Summer San Diego, CA ± June 17, 1994 ± In a move to offer Hewlett-Packard workstation users the ability to create memos, letters, and reports quickly and easily in the NEXTSTEP operating environment, Pages Software Inc today announced that Pages by Pages(TM), the world's first ObjectBased(TM) document processor, will ship this summer for NEXTSTEP on PA-RISC. Pages by Pages, which began shipping in March on NeXT Inc.'s NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel processors, will ship on the HP 9000 Model 712, 715, 725, 735, and 755 workstations this summer when NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC becomes available. Special EXPO Pricing for Pages by Pages Pages will be showing Pages by Pages in its booth (#728) at the NEXTSTEP Expo, June 21-24. An EXPO special of $299 (almost a $500 savings off the standard retail price of $795) is offered at the show. The EXPO price includes the product, four Design Models, one year of free support, one additional Design Model (as they become available), and a free Pages upgrade. Pages is also offering an educational EXPO special of $149.00 (a $50.00 savings off the educational price of $195.00). A 30-day license evaluation unit is available for $14.95, but will not be sold at the show. Mastersoft Agreement Announced Pages has entered into an agreement with MASTERSOFT, Inc.(R) to license their conversion technology. This blending of technology will enable Pages to provide bi-directional conversion for other word processing applications including FrameMaker(TM) (RTFD), Ami Pro(TM), Word(TM) and WordPerfect(TM). Pages by Pages Pages by Pages, developed by Pages Software Inc of San Diego, California, is targeted to all levels of users in corporate, government, and education markets. It can be used to create single-page letters and memos as well as multi-page reports, newsletters, manuals, and presentations. Pages by Pages is the first document processor to handle technical aspects of desktop publishing and document design automatically. Its innovative Design Model(TM) simplify the process of creating and changing document layouts, letting the user concentrate on content. Intelligent Design Models Pages by Pages' object-oriented architecture separates content from design, offering a rich set of intelligent word processing, desktop publishing, and presentation tools in a icon-based graphical environment. Design Models(TM), the heart of Pages by Pages, embody the flexibility and expertise of a professional designer. Design decisions have been translated into powerful rules and priorities that ensure effective page layout. These rules govern the behavior of elements that make up documents and presentations. Users can select from a number of standard Design Models that are included with Pages by Pages. Bundled Design Models meet the needs of users who produce a wide variety of documents: letters, reports, proposals, newsletters, manuals, and presentations. Users can also easily reformat or change the look of the entire document at the click of a button. System Requirements and Availability Pages is sold through authorized resellers worldwide, as well as directly from Pages Software Inc. Orders can be placed by calling 1-619-492-9050 or by sending e-mail to info@pages.com. System requirements are NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher with a minimum 20MB of hard disk space and 16 MB of RAM. For NEXTSTEP Intel platforms, 1024 x 768 or greater resolution is recommended, with a minimum of 20MB of hard disk space and 16MB of RAM. The product is available initially on magnetic media, and will soon be released on CD-ROM. Pages Software Inc, based in San Diego, California, is a leading developer of object-based productivity applications. Pages was founded in June, 1990, with the intent to lead the document processing software industry with easy-to-use, productive solutions for all levels of office professionals. The company's products, initially available on NEXTSTEP, are planned for multiple computer platforms and operating systems. # # # Pages by Pages, ObjectBased, Design Models, and Designer Toolkit are trademarks of Pages Software Inc. NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and OPENSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. PA-RISC means Precision Architecture-Reduced Instruction Set Computing.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: Small Business Invoicing Application Date: 18 Jun 1994 15:05:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tvgi2$fkq@digifix.digifix.com> Hutchison Ave. Software will be releasing an invoicing application aimed at small businesses, and individual users (how's that for a change from MCCA ;-). We developed this application in-house, due to a need we have (billing our clients) that wasn't filled adequately by any NEXTSTEP software out there. It's a pretty handy app for anyone that uses NEXTSTEP, and needs something to keep track of, summarize, and generate invoices. Some basic features are: - advance invoicing - grace periods - notification of due invoices, unpaid invoices, etc. - custom invoice templates (Diagram2, RTF, PS, ASCII, etc.) - summary info (total due for a client, total paid, etc.) - exchange rate table (invoice someone in a different country) - custom taxation configuration Plus lots of other things (including a way-cool info panel)... We are interested in putting together a small beta program for this application (emphasis is on the word small). If you are interested in contributing, please drop us a line at info@hasc.ca. Only people serious about giving feedback/reporting bugs should apply. Thanks, - darcy The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation 3481 Aylmer, Suite B Montreal, Qc., CANADA H2X 2B4 internet: info@hasc.ca phone: 514/499-2067 fax: 514/499-3666
From: Nugi_2@NeXT.COM (NeXT User Group 2) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP EXPO: NUGI update Date: 18 Jun 1994 15:13:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tvh1b$fm0@digifix.digifix.com> Here's important updated information about the User Group Program at NEXTSTEP EXPO: USER GROUP SUMMIT The User Group Summit is Monday, 6/20, from 11 am to 1 pm at Moscone. Following the Summit, we will retire to Chevy's for a relaxing User Group Lunch. AUCTION The User Group Auction is Wednesday, 6/22, from 6 to 7 pm at the Moscone Center. Some of the amazing, nifty-cool items up for bid include: - A DayDream box (Macintosh emulator for black hardware) - A number of '030 cubes - Legendary NeXTdimension daughter board with C-Cube chip - A ride in the NEXTSTEP Racing Team Cars with Bob Lawton - NeXT Reseller Banner plus many more one-of-a-kind items you can only find at the NUGI auction! Our autioneer will be Dave Pokorny, a local Bay Area and nationally known comedian who has appeared locally at The Improv, Cobb's Comedy Club, Punchline, Tommy T's, and the Boiler Room. Come and laugh! Come and spend money! NUGI BOOTH AND LOUNGE Be sure to stop by the NUGI booth to see the latest and the greatest. This will be the only place to get the amazing, all-new-for-94 NUGI t-shirt, view the interactive kiosk, get a digiphoto of you and your friends at the NUGI photobooth, see the presentations from NeXus and BANG, and come hang out in our ultra-spiff showfloor lounge! NUGI - NEXTSTEP User Groups International Questions to NUGI HQ at 415-771-9451 See you there!
From: brahm@alembic.com (Lans Brahmantyo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: [T-26] Fonts Collection Now Available for NEXTSTEP Date: 11 Jun 1994 23:50:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2te0ms$ht4@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) Q.Type 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112 Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email: brahm@alembic.com Q.Type ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF [T-26] FONTS COLLECTION FOR NEXTSTEP COMPUTERS ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, June 6, 1994 -- Q.Type today announced the availability of [T-26] fonts collection for NEXTSTEP market. [T-26] is a new digital type foundry from Chicago that represents today's typographic forms of expression and experimentation. [T-26] was founded by well known Carlos Segura of Segura Inc. and Scott Smith of Leo Burnett Advertising. It currently include the works from Greg Samata, Moali Marur, Stephen Farrell, Andy Hallinger, Lewis Tsalis, Adam Roe, Tony Klassern, Doug Carter, Marcus Burrilo, Mari-Anne Mastandrea, Jim Marcus, Mark Allen, Michaeil Polydoris, Todd, Brek, Charles Wiligen, William Ford Smith, Paul Fergusson and many more. Beyond typographic experimentation and the promoting of student and professional's work, [T-26] fonts collection is designed in such a way that all fonts are priced at the lowest possible price to make them accesible to as many people as possible and to discourage the desire to illegally copy them. There is not even a requirement for the purchasers to have their service bureau own the font to output their work. Students can even get a very highly discounted price at 40%. Installation of the [T-26] fonts collection on NEXTSTEP computers is simplified with the availability of Q.Type's TypefaceInstaller application included with the package. Product and Pricing Information: - Aleksei, Aleksei Inline, Aleksei Disturbed $79 - Albany Telegraph $39 - Aurelius $49 - Baluster $49 - Blast-o-rama, Bold, Beat $79 - Blindate $49 - Bubbalove Light, Medium, Bold $79 - Burnout $39 - Carnival $39 - Chasline, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic $59 - Cirruss $69 - Commonworld $39 - Cothral $39 - Decco Modern, Distress $69 - Devit $49 - Dingura $29 - Earthquake, Outhaus $69 - Entropy $59 - Escalido Gothico, Streak $69 - Faction, Upright, Bold, Bold Upright $79 - Finial, Eaten $59 - Flaco Solid, Inline $69 - Flexure $69 - Freakshow Scary, Real Scary $69 - FreeBe, FreeDom $79 - Gadzooks, Sans, Square $79 - Garbage, Italic $79 - Girlfriend, Bold $59 - Gothic Blond-Slim, Husky $69 - Handwrite Ink Blot $39 - Innocence $39 - Janaki, Bold, Italic, BoldItalic, Black $119 - Kurusu $39 - Lefty $39 - Lunchbox $29 - Mata, Bold, Condensed, CondensedBold $79 - Metaphor & Bold, Condensed $79 - Methyl $49 - Mill Harrow, Knob $69 - Missive $69 - Morire, Solid $69 - North $49 - Neo $69 - Oreana $59 - Osprey $49 - Ramiz, Bold, X-Bold, X $59 - Revolution $59 - Riot $39 - Roppongi Thin, Thin-Ital, Normal, NormalItal $89 - Rubia Inline $49 - Sagember $35 - Scorpio, Dingbats, Tribal $79 - Scotty $59 - Scratch $59 - Scrawl Light $39 - Skreech $59 - Solstice $59 - Spike, Sputnik $69 - Square 40, Inline $59 - Tattoo $59 - Technique, Alt $59 - Tetsu, Organic $69 - Thornforms $39 - Union Round, Square $59 - Variator 1, 2, 3 $79 - Wave $59 - Werkman Round, Square $79 - X-mas Gift Script, Script Bold $69 <<<<<< Special Pricing for Students: take 40% off the above prices. >>>>>> System Requirements: - Any computer running NEXTSTEP OS. Each [T-26] volume package contains: - NEXTSTEP-formatted PostScript Type 1 fonts - 10-printer license - Q.Type TypefaceInstaller, an easy-to-use NEXTSTEP font installer - Specimen page Availability: JUNE 20, 1994 For more information on [T-26] fonts collection, please contact: Q.Type Attn: Lans Brahmantyo (Brahm) 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-222 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Ph. 303.799.4262 Fax. 303.799.1435 or 799.1709 Email. Q.Type@alembic.com or brahm@alembic.com or: Alembic Systems International 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-228 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. Toll free 1.800.452.7608 Ph. 303.799.6223 Fax. 303.799.1435 Email. info@alembic.com Q.Type is a privately held company that distributes high-quality typefaces to NEXTSTEP community from various different foundries and produces its own unique Macintosh and NEXTSTEP typefaces. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Inc. All [T-26] fonts are trademarks of [T-26] Inc. TypefaceInstaller is a registered trademark of Q.Type. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: DOS File System Patch - available from NextAnswers Date: 12 Jun 1994 15:21:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2tfn7h$mvf@digifix.digifix.com> The following files are now available from NeXTanswers 1608 DOSFileSysPatch.pkg 182k 94-06-10 1607 DOSFileSysPatch.ReadMe 3k 94-06-10 This update corrects a number of problems in the way NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 works with DOS file systems, most notably: - You can now use DOS partitions larger than 32 megabytes, without risk of corrupting the files on that partition. - The File Viewer now accurately reports the space available on DOS partitions larger than 32 megabytes. - You can now use removable DOS hard disks (such as Syquest and Bernoulli disks). - You can now work with some of the DOS partitions that NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 was unable to "mount." From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com.
From: Scott Bender <sbender@harmony.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: BackManager 1.0 Date: 12 Jun 1994 15:58:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2tfpe0$n61@digifix.digifix.com> Announcing BackManager 1.0 by Harmony Data Systems BackManager came out of my one big complaint with the NeXT user interface. The program dock is the only simple way of launching applications, and it only holds twelve applications. Of course, there are other methods of launching applications, but none were quick and simple enough for me. I hate to spend a lot of time running applications. And what about commonly accessed files and directories? We have the shelf in the Workspace manager , but it's space is limited. BackManager is my answer. You use BackManager's simple file browser like interface to create menu definition files. You can drag anything from the Workspace (or any application that allows you to drag files to the Workspace) to the MenuEditor. Now, when you click the left mouse button on the background and choose an item, you get the same result as if you double clicked on the item in the Workspace And because BackManager does not work with most background image utilities, it also displays images on your background. You can specify specific files or directories, which can be changed in a specified amount of time or each time you start BackManager, either sequentially or randomly. BackManager is shareware for Black and White hardware and can be registered for $30.00. Questions or comments can be sent to Scott_Bender@harmony.digex.net BackManager is available on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/util/BackManager-MAB-1.0.tar.gz
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships JWord Bundle for 3DReality Date: 21 Jun 1994 22:53:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2u892j$l2v@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information For immediate release write info@stone.com or call Katie Graunke at (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Ships JWord Bundle for 3DReality San Francisco, June 20, 1994 - Stone Design began shipping a new plug-in module for 3DReality which allows rendering two-byte PostScript fonts, such as Hanzi and Kanji. By dropping in this new JWord bundle into 3DReality, you can render Chinese characters. This bundle was originally developed to work with "KaiSu-Regular", a font available on cs.orst.edu:pub/next/fonts/KaiSu.pkg_0.7.tar (developed and donated by Jackson Ltd. in Taiwan, prepared and packaged by David Li, david@twnug.info.com, and the Taiwan NeXT User Group). KaiSu is copyrighted by the General Public License of the Free Software Foundation. JWord is available free via ftp, and for a small media/handling charge for our Reality customers via snail mail. ftp.cs.unm.edu:pub/stone/3DReality/JWord.tar.Z sum 07493 333 If you don't yet have 3DReality, you can ftp a demo from: cs.orst.edu pub/next/ray/Reality_1.4.tar sonata.cc.purdue.edu pub/next/3.0/com/Reality1.4.tar ftp.cs.unm.edu pub/stone/3DReality/3DReality_1.4.tar or you can get the STONE_CD from us with all of our Applications (Create, DataPhile, and the latest 3DReality, version 1.5), images, textures, shaders and much more by calling us at (505) 345-4800 for a refundable $15 (add $5 for overseas shipping), or send email to info@stone.com. To receive automated pricing information on Stone products, send email to: ns-products@digifix.com with a message containing the name of the file(s) you want to get: Graphics: 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_PriceList.ps 3D_Reality_Version_1.5_SHIPS.rtfd 3D_Reality_Version_1.5.rtfd The files will be promptly returned by NextMail. If you have WWW, you can view these files directly, for example: <http://digifix.digifix.com/Vendors/Stone_Design_Corp.htmld/index.html> To send questions to a human: info@stone.com or call us at (505) 345 4800 --- Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. The Stone Design logotype is copyright Stone Design 1994. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships German version of Create Date: 21 Jun 1994 22:53:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2u892u$l35@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information For immediate release write info@stone.com or call Katie Graunke at (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Ships German version of Create San Francisco, June 20, 1994 - Stone Design began shipping CR_German.pkg, the German language files for Create 2.1, Stone Design's advanced drawing package for NEXTSTEP. This allows customers to run Create in the German language. CR_German.pkg is available free via ftp, and at a nominal media/handling charge for Create customers via US mail: ftp.cs.unm.edu:pub/stone/Create/CR_German.pkg The translation was accomplished with help from Christoph M. Zoeller of Adaptations, hi5.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de!chris --- Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. Create is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships DP_Importer Date: 21 Jun 1994 22:53:24 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2u8934$l3b@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information For immediate release write info@stone.com or call Katie Graunke at (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Ships DP_Importer San Francisco, June 20, 1994 Ð Stone Design began shipping a new front-end module for DataPhile which allows you to import fixed length data with no field delimiters into DataPhile. Data from mainframe systems oftens times comes as "packed" ascii data where each field size is known in advance, and can be decoded based on a data map. DP_Importer lets you create, save and open these data maps. It features a "foolproof" 1-2-3 interface modeled after Simple Network Starter: you drag in your data, you drag in your data map (or create one on the fly), and you either tell DataPhile to create a new database or add these records to an existing database. It is an excellent tool for "data-dipping" - retrieving records from large corporate databases, and then manipulating the data with the power and ease of DataPhile. DP_Importer.app is available free via ftp, and at a nominal media/handling charge for DataPhile customers. ftp.cs.unm.edu:pub/stone/DataPhile/DP_Importer.tar.Z *DataPhile was named the "The Best DataBase product of 1992" by a Usenet survey. === Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. DataPhile is a trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: blanford@gemstone.com (Ron Blanford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Emerald Image Tool MAB demo on archives Date: 4 Jul 1994 22:41:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vah96$aal@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION A multi-architecture demonstration version of Emerald Image Tool 1.1 has been placed on the archives at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/graphics/demos/Emerald_1.1D.tar.gz and at sonata.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/next/submissions . The demonstration version implements Emerald's full suite of image processing functions, except for those which export finished products. The tar archive contains the Emerald application, a complete set of documentation, sample filters, and an introductory tutorial. Designed explicitly to manipulate very large images with high quality operations at interactive speed, Emerald Image Tool represents a new level of power for desktop image processing. Version 1.1 runs on NeXT, Inc.'s NEXTSTEP operating environment for Motorola or Intel processors, release 3.0 or greater. Emerald Image Tool is designed to handle large images from high resolution photography, satellites, and radiology. Controls are designed for high precision and ease of use. Emerald's part-to-whole approach allows users to quickly and interactively determine the right manipulation on a piece of the image (or a reduced resolution version of the image) and then apply that manipulation as a background process to the entire image, freeing the interactive controls for other tasks. Images may be imported from TIFF, raw, Landsat, and other formats into an interaction-optimized format. Image size can vary from the smallest icons to images of 100's of megabytes. Image types can range from black and white to 24 or 48-bit color, to multiband satellite imagery (such as 7-band Landsat). The Emerald pipeline architecture allows the user to apply operations without regard to order, and a user can go back to earlier operations to change the settings or undo the changes without affecting later operations. This order independence provides a tremendous productivity boost by reducing trial dead ends. Emerald Image Tool is available for $400 per user license. Gemstone Systems is a privately-held software and consulting company in Torrance, CA. Emerald Image Tool is the first product. Consulting is provided on NEXTSTEP software, distributed systems, real-time systems, object-oriented programming, and analytic designs. For more information contact: Lyndon Hardy Gemstone Systems, Inc. 310-370-4557 info@gemstone.com Gemstone Systems, the Gemstone Systems logo, and Emerald Image Tool are trademarks of Gemstone Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: A Color List Conents inspector for WorkspaceManager Date: 5 Jul 1994 15:18:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vcbmb$g8j@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dave Anderson Flying Monkey Software 8424 Todd Creek Cr. West Chester, OH 45069 djanders@nox.cs.du.edu 513-865-6800 x6087 Day 513-779-6489 Evening FLYING MONKEY SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES A COLOR LIST CONTENTS INSPECTOR FOR THE NEXTSTEP WORKSPACE MANAGER. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 5, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the availability of the WMColorListInspector for the NEXTSTEP community. The WMColorListInspector extends the WorkspaceManager by bundling a contents inspector for color lists. The entire set of colors in a color list is drag-drop accessable in a matrix form. It's another boon for the color user - a condensed way to examine and use color lists without tedious searching in the color panel! WMColorListInspector You select a color list in the WorkspaceManager with the contents inspector on and a scrollable matrix of color wells filled with the colors from the list is displayed. From it, you can select and drag colors directly to other applications. Alpha is supported. WMColorListInspector (examine and use color lists directly) $4.00 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and are crazy for your love. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. We got a terrific Software Jones! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. WMColorListInspector is a NEXTSTEP bundle for use under NeXT's WorkspaceManager from Flying Monkey Software. Remember, it's a NEXTSTEP World!
From: Marek Roland-Mieszkowski <MMIESZKO@ac.dal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DFG_RT.app - real time sound synthesis Date: 2 Jul 1994 23:28:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v5b99$l7g@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: DIGITAL RECORDINGS - Advanced R & D 5959 Spring Garden Road, Suite 1103 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Tel./ Fax. (902) 429-9622 E-mail: mmieszko@ac.dal.ca DFG_RTdemo.app Ver 1.4 Software for NeXTSTEP Computers ====================================================== DFG_RTdemo.app is a demo of the Digital Function Generator (DFG_RT) -sound synthesis software for NeXTSTEP - compatible computers. This version should work on all Motorola and Intel-based NeXTSTEP computers with NeXTSTEP versions 2.* => 3.* . DFG_RT module was written for real-time synthesis of the sinusoidal (pure tone) signals. Signals are generated in real time and do not require the DSP processor (which is not available in some NeXTSTEP computers).Therefore this software will run on all NeXTSTEP computers equipped with D/A converters. Signal is generated in RAM and for this reason no hard disk space is required for operation of the DFG_RT program. This program works very nicely with Digital Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer (both applications come with NeXT) and any recording / editing software. Playback and recording/analysis of the signal could be done simultaneously since DSP chip is not used and main processor is used only 2->3% during signal production. New version of DFG_RTdemo.app is available on the following FTP sites: =============================== cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/DFG_RTdemo.app.tar.Z nova.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/DFG_RTdemo.app.tar.Z sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/DFG_RTdemo.app.tar.Z cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it/pub/submissions/DFG_RTdemo.app.tar.Z terra.stack.urc.tue.nl/pub2/next/submissions/DFG_RTdemo.app.tar.Z ===============================
From: hoffmann@fzi.de (Kurt-Uwe Hoffmann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:Wood.app - for drawing tree diagrams Date: 4 Jul 1994 15:51:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v9p74$70v@digifix.digifix.com> Wood.app now available on the archives: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Graphics/vector/Wood.NI.b.tar.gz cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/binaries/science/Wood.NI.b.tar.gz >From the Readme: Wood lets you draw horizontal trees. It uses a fast algorithm to draw the trees as tidy and aesthetical as possible. The algorithm was developed by Sven Moen and published in IEEE Software, July 1990. Because most trees have nodes with labels of varying length the horizontal representation (root is at left and trees develop to the right) was chosen. I have changed the algorithm slightly for interactivity and to adapt it to DPS. Wood uses dynamic bundles called woodfilters to load arbitrary data that can be represented as a tree. Woodfilters for Unix directories, Mathematica nested lists, MiscKit.tree files and LispDoc files are included. There is also a perl script, that reads header files and writes out the Objective-C class hierarchy as a Mathematica nested list. Another highlight is the ability to save your tree in the Diagram! format. If you miss something in the functionality of Wood you'll most certainly find it in this excellent program from Lighthouse, Ltd. 2. Features - multi-document NEXTSTEP application - fast drawing - undo/redo, zooming - writes to Postscript pasteboard - saves to Diagram! format - RTF node description - file and sound attachments - multitude of styles, multiple fonts, colors, shadow - copy/paste of styles - dynamically loaded import filters - Unix directory filter - Mathematica nested list filter - Objective-C class hierarchy filter - MiscKit *.tree filter Diagram! is a trademark of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Mathematica is a trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc. Enjoy, Uwe Hoffmann, hoffmann@fzi.de (nextmail ok)
From: brouwer@mickey.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Klaus Brouwer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DefaultsSystem1.1 Date: 4 Jul 1994 16:00:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v9ppr$728@digifix.digifix.com> (Excerpt of the README file) DefaultsSystem ============== Purpose ------- This is graphical administration tool for the NeXTstep defaults database realized on a Preferences module. It stresses the administration of owners: save selected owners for backup reasons in a .defaults file (the package contains a Workspace contents inspector for that format), reload those files while using a filter to insert only those owners in the database that satisfy certain conditions, test selected owners whether they have an application with corresponding name within the search path and remove the ones that don't with a single mouse click. Of course you can add/remove/inspect defaults of selected owners. You may also read .dset-files but without the ability to use the open filter. Changes To Version 1.0 ---------------------- - Find Panel: search a string in default names and/or values save all found items into a .defaults file the panel uses the find pasteboard - keyboard alternatives for several commands; they are enabled only while the DefaultsSystem module is selected - a selection in the Main Browser isn't scrolled out of view any more when the value view is displayed - all displayed panels which directly belong to the DefaultsSystem module are now hidden when anothor module is selected and redisplayed whether DefaultsSystem is chosen again - the fonts in the value view now correspond to the font settings in Preferences.app - bug fixes Summary ------- Version: 1.1 Application Type: Preferences module & Workspace contents inspector Supported Architectures: Motorola 68K, Intel 486 Supported Languages: English, German Supported File Types: .defaults, .dset (read only) System Requirements: 3.X (tested under 3.2) Available on ------------ ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/defaults cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util License ------- This is Mailware. If you like it send any mail to: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (no NeXTmail please!) The Author --------- Klaus Brouwer studies computer science at the University of Stuttgart since 1991. He is programming computers since 1985. e-mail: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (no NeXTmail please!)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 23 - 1994 Date: 4 Jul 1994 16:09:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2v9q8v$769@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 23). Monday June 13 through Monday July 04 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 22 - 1994 Quick guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet Submission Guidelines PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Inc. Announces Right-Sizing Decision HP / NeXT - Object*Enterprise Seminar Series in Germany and Switzerland SUBMISSION: Fiend.app - a dock and shelf extender with PD source ANNOUNCE: Submit pics, snds, stuff to NUGI WWW KIOSK requested SUBMISSION: IconKit v.1.2 PRESS RELEASE: Type 1 fonts for technical typesetting EXPO: NUGI Event Schedule for NEXTSTEP EXPO PRESS RELEASE: Color Matching Software and Objects for NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION: QuasiTiler-3.0 for Penrose Tilings and more [Triple Fat] SUBMISSION: IBMole PRESS RELEASE: MAB co-Xist 3.2 from Pencom Software PRESS RELEASE: Gemstone Systems Ships Image Curator 1.0 SUBMISSION: Image Curator 1.0 Demo PRESS RELEASE: AFS to show WriteUp and PasteUp at NEXTSTEP Expo JOB: Programing Position at Athena Design NEXTSTEP EXPO: Athena Design Showing Mesa at EXPO NEXTSTEP EXPO: Special ESPRESSO! offer at Expo NEXTSTEP EXPO: Academy CAD Expo Special NEXTSTEP EXPO: OCR Servant/HSD Spell Expo Bundle PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus hires David Peter as VP Sales for North America NEXTSTEP EXPO: HyperSense users solutions shown at EXPO PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Ships v 3.0 of Questor Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces Open Object Embedding (OOE) for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces OpenWrite Word Processor for NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP EXPO: ThreadKit Promotional Pricing NEXTSTEP EXPO: Modeling and Animation with solidThinking RELEASE 2 NEXTSTEP EXPO: Lighthouse Design Introduces Two Powerful New Spreadsheets for NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP EXPO: Lighthouse Design Introduces VarioData PRESS RELEASE: Frame Technology Announces FrameMaker on NEXTSTEP for Intel NEXTSTEP EXPO: Pages announces HP-PA support, Expo pricing, Mastersoft agreement BETA TEST: Small Business Invoicing Application NEXTSTEP EXPO: NUGI update SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.6 PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships JWord Bundle for 3DReality PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships German version of Create PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships DP_Importer MARBLE RENEWS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT REENGINEERING WITH NEXT'S OBJECT TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CHOOSES OPENSTEP AS A PRIMARY STRATEGIC OBJECT TECHNOLOGY NeXT INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK FIRST ANNUAL OBJECT HONORS AWARDED TO NEXTSTEP CUSTOMERS AND THIRD-PARTIES NEXTSTEP AND PDO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH TRUE CLIENT/SERVER OBJECT MODEL SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch The OpenStep Developer TEKNEKRON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND NeXT ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE NeXT PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT NEW RELEASE OF THE NEXTSTEP OPERATING SYSTEM SUBMISSION: PackageBuilder 1.00 beta CONEXTIONS SHIPS ADVANCED TOOL FOR RE-ENGINEERING IBM LEGACY SYSTEMS PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP ISVs Launch The NEXTSTEP Groupware Developers Association PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Announces Pencil Me In 1.2 Support for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Software Introduces SBook 4.0 PRESS RELEASE: NYRO Technix Announces Exclusive Distribution of VirtSpace PRESS RELEASE: Proxima and NeXT Announce ProxGate Electronic Mail Gateway SUBMISSION: GatorFTP v 1.6 BETA TEST:IconMaker PRESS RELEASE: Software Services and Solutions Receives Object Honors Award PRESS RELEASE: StayInTouch version 2.26 available at cs.orst.edu PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Announces The Release Of Collagist Version 1.03 PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Announces The Release Of FONTinspector version 1.0 JOB: NYC "re-discovers" NEXTSTEP!! JOB: SmartSoft is seeking NEXTSTEP Engineer MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Expo Recap PRESS RELEASE: Color Split and Merge Software for Nextstep PRESS RELEASE: Nebula SE CD-ROM from Walnut Creek JOB: NeXTSTEP Developer at Proxima Final 30 Days To Register NEXTSTEP 3.1 and Receive Free Upgrade PRESS RELEASE: DFG_RT.app - real time sound synthesis SUBMISSION:Wood.app - for drawing tree diagrams SUBMISSION: DefaultsSystem1.1 If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 4 Jul 1994 16:09:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2v9qac$76f@digifix.digifix.com> Goal: To be the primary location for the release of all official information from Next, third party developers, user-groups and Next trade shows. This is a big job, and it will require the cooperation of submitters and readers alike. I will strive to post announcements within a 24 hour period of receiving them. There is an auto-reply daemon set up that will inform you of the receipt of your message. Guidelines Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone toll-free fax voice phone fax phone mailing address info@blahblah.com retail price educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file supported CPU's for binary distributions OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting time of meeting speakers expected .sig files will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcements of sales or specials not appropriate for comp.sys.next.announce. If you are unsure about a submission, ask. Press releases are more effective if there is more technical information and less marketing fluff. Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date, for example the starting of NextWorld Expo. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet Date: 4 Jul 1994 16:09:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2v9qag$76l@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers New Information --------------- Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online A product directory built around the World Wide Web system, this will allow full multimedia announcements by NEXTSTEP developers, as well as the ability to browse the available products for NEXTSTEP. This service is online now, and can be reached at http://digifix.digifix.com/ it can be reached using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. The entries are coming in quite quickly, and currently consist of - NeXT Press Releases - OpenStep WhitePapers - Third Party Products Directory - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next.announce archives (searchable) - searchable contents of Third Party compilation CDs Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server will be stocked full file files in the next week... you can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@digifix.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- Comp.Sys.Next.Advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. Comp.Sys.Next.Announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) The NEXTSTEP FAQs are posted here monthly as well. This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Comp.Sys.Next.Bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. Comp.Sys.Next.Hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. Comp.Sys.Next.Marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. Comp.Sys.Next.Misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! Comp.Sys.Next.Programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. The NEXTSTEP programmer FAQs are posted here. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. Comp.Sys.Next.Software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. Comp.Sys.Next.Sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ Comp.Soft-Sys.Nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. Comp.Lang.Objective-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. Comp.Object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original Comp.Sys.Next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ------------- cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- From the document 1000_Help from ftp.next.com Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, or you can transfer them by anonymous ftp. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to NeXTanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to NeXTanswers-request@NeXT.com. Written by: Eric P. Scott eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU and Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com Additions from: Greg Anderson (Greg_Anderson@afs.com) and Michael Pizolato (Michael_Pizolato@afs.com)
From: blanford@gemstone.com (Ron Blanford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Emerald Image Tool version 1.1 MAB Date: 4 Jul 1994 17:34:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v9v93$8os@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lyndon Hardy Gemstone Systems, Inc. 310-370-4557 info@gemstone.com GEMSTONE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES EMERALD IMAGE TOOL TORRANCE, Calif. - 4 July 1994 - Gemstone Systems, Inc. today introduced the first multi-architecture release of its Emerald Image Tool. Designed explicitly to manipulate very large images with high quality operations at interactive speed, Emerald Image Tool represents a new level of power for desktop image processing. Version 1.1 runs on NeXT, Inc.'s NEXTSTEP operating environment for Motorola or Intel processors, release 3.0 or greater. Emerald Image Tool is designed to handle large images from high resolution photography, satellites, and radiology. Controls are designed for high precision and ease of use. Emerald's part-to-whole approach allows users to quickly and interactively determine the right manipulation on a piece of the image (or a reduced resolution version of the image) and then apply that manipulation as a background process to the entire image, freeing the interactive controls for other tasks. ``We were dissatisfied with image processing software on the market and recognized that the new generation of desktop computers had the power to meet our needs,'' according to Dr. Lyndon Hardy, Gemstone co-founder, ``So we wrote our own software. It came out so well that we decided to polish it as a product for others who have demanding requirements.'' Images may be imported from TIFF, raw, Landsat, and other formats into an interaction-optimized format. Image size can vary from the smallest icons to images of 100's of megabytes. Image types can range from black and white to 24 or 48-bit color, to multiband satellite imagery (such as 7-band Landsat). The Emerald pipeline architecture allows the user to apply operations without regard to order, and a user can go back to earlier operations to change the settings or undo the changes without affecting later operations. This order independence provides a tremendous productivity boost by reducing trial dead ends. ``We chose NEXTSTEP because of the attention to color, imaging, and the expansive architecture that NeXT put into their products,'' says Mark Thomsen, Gemstone co-founder. ``The environment did not force us to make compromises, allowing our engineers to produce a clean and intuitive product.'' Emerald Image Tool is available for $400 per user license. Gemstone Systems is a privately-held software and consulting company in Torrance, CA. Emerald Image Tool is the first product. Consulting is provided on NEXTSTEP software, distributed systems, real-time systems, object-oriented programming, and analytic designs. Gemstone Systems, the Gemstone Systems logo, and Emerald Image Tool are trademarks of Gemstone Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
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