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From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MARBLE RENEWS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT REENGINEERING WITH NEXT'S OBJECT TECHNOLOGY Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:49:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqn3$epp@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Deborah Miller 617-891-5555 Deborah_Miller@marble.com Marble Associates, Inc. MARBLE RENEWS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT REENGINEERING WITH NEXT'S OBJECT TECHNOLOGY Waltham, MA - June 16, 1994 - Marble Associates, Inc. today formalized a long relationship with NeXT Computer, Inc. by joining NeXT's Object Channel, a program designed for consultants who want to offer their customers and clients advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems based on NeXT's object-oriented technology. Marble Associates is a consulting firm that applies the discipline of information science to the implementation of flexible, extensible, business systems. Marble brings rapid-cycle development technologies and techniques to support organizations seeking competitive advantage through technology, often in the form of IS transformation or business reengineering. Working closely with management consulting firms leading the reengineering efforts within the world's largest corporations, Marble has succesfully used NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software, in a number of critical transformation efforts. "NEXTSTEP is the preferred development environment for many of our clients," said John Goode, Vice President for Client Relations at Marble Associates. "It offers the flexibility needed for rapid prototyping and deployment of applications developed jointly in reengineering labs by business users and technologists. We've used NEXTSTEP at a major public utility in Michigan, a governmental loan-processing organization in Massachusetts, and at an international financial trading house, among other clients. We'v e used NEXTSTEP since its introduction in 1989; it's been a secret weapon for rapid development and reengineering." Significance of This Alliance NeXT's Object Channel is designed specifically for partners who want to offer their customers advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems and custom software solutions. Technology consultants such as Marble Associates often choose to remain vendor-neutral in relationships with their clients; by joining NeXT's Object Channel, Marble Associates has acknowledged that its clients often choose NEXTSTEP as a preferred development environment. "Marble Associates has been a long-time partner and a valued NEXTSTEP champion," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "It's a pleasure to see Marble join our Object Channel as a strategic systems integrator." Marble Associates, Inc. Marble supports large enterprises in the adoption new technologies that better accommodate the adaptive change required by today's competitive business environment. Marble leads clients in the design and implementation of object-oriented systems and in the transition from centralized, mainframe based systems to open, distributed solutions. Marble Associates, Inc. is a privately owned firm with offices in Waltham, MA and San Jose, CA. 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: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CHOOSES OPENSTEP AS A PRIMARY STRATEGIC OBJECT TECHNOLOGY Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:49:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqn9$epv@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Chuck Malkiel Digital Equipment Corporation 508-493-4164 or Bob Price Digital Equipment Corporation 508-493-4297 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CHOOSES OPENSTEP AS A PRIMARY STRATEGIC OBJECT TECHNOLOGY Digital to port OpenStep software to DEC OSF/1 AXP SAN FRANCISCO-June 21, 1994-Digital Equipment Corporation and NeXT Computer, Inc., today announced that Digital has chosen OpenStep as a primary strategic object technology. Digital will port NeXT's OpenStep software to its DEC OSF/1 operating system on Alpha AXP, making it a strategic object-oriented environment for application development. OpenStep will be integrated with Digital's ObjectBroker and distributed by Digital. OpenStep is NeXT's proposed industry standard for an operating system independent, object-oriented application layer which can run on a variety of host operating systems. Applications written on top of OpenStep are portable across all OpenStep implementations, regardless of the underlying operating system. Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard Company have already committed to products based on OpenStep. "Digital has evaluated object-oriented technology shipping today and on the horizon and Digital has chosen NeXT. OpenStep will play a strategic role for Digital, allowing us to offer customers this premier technology on our high performance Alpha AXP desktop systems," said Enrico Pesatori, vice president and general manager for Digital Equipment Corporation's Systems Business Unit. "OpenStep on Alpha AXP is a key component to our object-oriented product strategy and provides Digital customers with the foundation for complete client/server software solutions based on NeXT technology, including NEXTSTEP for Intel on the client side and Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) and NetInfo running on our UNIX-based servers." "With Digital, Sun and Hewlett-Packard basing products on OpenStep, it is poised to become the industry standard for object-oriented computing," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "NeXT is providing the leading edge object-oriented technology which provides unprecedented levels of application portability between Intel and RISC-based systems. >From the desktop to the server, Digital's leadership in the UNIX marketplace makes them an excellent provider of OpenStep and NEXTSTEP te chnology for the enterprise." The Digital-NeXT Client/Server Solution With the completion of porting OpenStep to DEC OSF/1, Digital will provide a full suite of applications similar to those in NEXTSTEP 3.2, including the Workspace Manager, NeXTmail, as well as NEXTSTEP Developer. For application developers, this means that applications written to the OpenStep API are source-code compatible with any version of OpenStep. OpenStep provides a common object-oriented framework across Intel, PA-RISC, SPARC, Alpha AXP and PowerPC-based systems, creating a large market for softwar e developers and minimizing platform dependencies. Digital also plans to integrate OpenStep with ObjectBroker, its CORBA-compliant distributed object system which is the foundation for Digital's Common Object Model (COM) implementation. This integration will allow any object managed by ObjectBroker to interact with objects in the NeXT environment. ObjectBroker is shipping today on Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, DEC OSF/1, ULTRIX, SunOS, HP-UX and AIX servers. On the desktop, NEXTSTEP for Intel processors is currently shipping on Digital's LPx, MTE and XL personal computers. For the server, NeXT is currently shipping NetInfo for OSF/1, the network-based framework for administering large networks without the overhead, delay and inconsistencies created by other network administration tools. By the end of the year, NeXT will be shipping PDO (Portable Distributed Objects) for Alpha AXP servers. PDO extends the same seamless object model and messaging architecture found in the native NEXTSTEP operating environment to standard UNIX based servers, including Digital's UNIX. 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 Computer, Inc. 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. # # # # Note to Editors: Digital, the Digital logo, Alpha AXP, DEC, DECpc, ObjectBroker, and ULTRIX are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, PDO and Portable Distributed Objects are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. OSF/1 is a registered trademark of the Open Software Foundation, Inc. Windows is a trademark and Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Sun Microsystems and SPARC are registered trademarks and SunOS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Hewlett-Packard and HP-UX are registered trademarks Hewlett-Packard Company. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively in the U.S. and other countries by X/Open Company, Ltd. Other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:49:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqne$eq5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NeXT INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK Customers Can Create and Reuse Business Objects that Process Information Stored in Industry-Standard Relational Databases SAN FRANCISCO - June 21, 1994 - NeXT Computer, Inc. today unveiled Enterprise Objects Framework, a breakthrough technology that brings the benefits of object-oriented programming to database application development. With Enterprise Objects Frameworks, which consists of both an architecture and a suite of products, customers can now construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with data stored in industry-standard relational databases. Enterprise Objects Framework allows developers to build reusable business and application-level objects that are independent of the underlying data structure. It is the industry's first framework for constructing business objects that can be distributed throughout an enterprise network. "NeXT is again demonstrating its lead in object-oriented technology, by bridging the gap between object-oriented business modelling and relational databases," said Jnan Dash, vice president of product strategy and technology of Oracle Corporation. "Enterprise Objects Framework merges the benefits of object persistence with the power and reliability of a relational database such as Oracle." The product's three main benefits are: 7 Seamlessly integrating object and relational database technologies. Enterprise Objects Framework delivers a robust infrastructure for providing object persistence in industry standard relational databases without requiring developers to write a single line of code to move data between their objects and the database. 7 Minimizing database application development and maintenance costs. Using the product, developers can build feature-rich, graphical database applications with reusable software components that tightly couple business information with the business policies for properly managing that information. 7 Enabling cooperative client/server computing by leveraging NeXT's Distributed and Portable Distributed Objects technology to distribute business objects. Alpha Customers Find New Product Enables Developers Logibec, a systems integrator in Montreal, Canada, has been working with the alpha version of Enterprise Objects Framework. The company plans to use the product to develop reusable business objects for healthcare information systems and to develop and market applications that require database portability and user interface independence. "We are very impressed by Enterprise Objects Framework because it is the first product to advance object orientation by enabling our developers to construct applications using software components that directly implement our business model," said Real Forte, director of R&D at Logibec. A New Way of Thinking: Enterprise Objects Framework Traditionally, developers have taken a 4GL or screen-centric approach to constructing database applications. Developers determine what data should be displayed in a given data entry screen and business logic is added to screens incrementally. For example, a customer's credit information may be stored in several tables in a database and accessed through the business logic written into each screen. Using this approach, a simple change in business policy often calls for reprogramming multiple screens. As a result, complex applications written using 4GLs can be very costly to maintain, and business policies tend to become inconsistent between screens within even a single application. Enterprise Objects Frameworks provides a fundamentally different approach to constructing applications. Using a business-centric approach, developers transform a business analysis model directly into reusable software components that encapsulate business data along with the business policies for managing that information. Application screens simply become a means for viewing business objects, they do not contain the business logic in the actual screen. Therefore, as business requirements change, the pol icies in effect for a particular business object can easily be redefined and every screen used to view or interact with that business object automatically incorporates the new policies. "When you have a bunch of different ways to update customer information like we do, the maintenance costs of 4GL development can be significant," said Tyler Gingrich, director of software engineering for Vanguard Software, who also evaluated the product's alpha version. "With Enterprise Objects Framework, we'll be able to drastically cut our maintenance costs by creating business objects that enforce business policies across all of our applications." The Framework's data scheme independence enables developers to design business objects that incorporate business logic once and reuse those objects to manage enterprise-wide operations, even if the data is stored differently in various divisions of an organization. With this new product, customers will also be able to reuse customizable, vertical industry business objects supplied by specialists, even if their organization stores data differently than competitors do. "Enterprise Objects give developers the richness and flexibility of a true object model while allowing them to take advantage of the performance, security and transaction management facilities provided by relational databases," said Felix Lin, database product manager at NeXT Computer, Inc. Product Components, Pricing and Availability Enterprise Objects Framework consists of three modules: The Enterprise Object Modeler, the actual framework utilized by applications, and the different adapters needed to interface with commercial database engines. The Enterprise Object Modeler is used for two things: it is used by developers to build Enterprise Objects (NeXT's term for business objects); and it creates a mapping structure that sits between these Enterprise Objects and the databases used by the application. If the structure of the data base changes, the Enterprise Object Modeler can be used to reconfigure the mapping structure. The framework enables Enterprise Objects to run on the NEXTSTEP operating system and is required for all systems on which Enterprise Objects Framework-built application will be deployed. This runtime module is available for NEXTSTEP today and will be available for PDO early next year, enabling Enterprise Objects to be deployed on servers running HP-UX, SUN OS, Solaris and Digital OSF/1 operating systems. Enterprise Objects Framework includes an adapter layer which provides database independence by enabling the framework to communicate to a variety of RDBMSs, transparent to Enterprise Objects. Today, there are database adapters available from NeXT for Oracle and Sybase. In the future, adapters for many other databases will be available from NeXT, database vendors and third party developers. Enterprise Objects Framework is being distributed to more than 1000 conference attendees at NEXTSTEP EXPO today. The product will ship in the fourth quarter of this year and costs $299. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, PDO, Portable Distributed Objects, the PDO logo and Enterprise Objects Framework are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: FIRST ANNUAL OBJECT HONORS AWARDED TO NEXTSTEP CUSTOMERS AND THIRD-PARTIES Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:49:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqnn$eqc@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 FIRST ANNUAL OBJECT HONORS AWARDED TO NEXTSTEP CUSTOMERS AND THIRD-PARTIES SAN FRANCISCO - June 21, 1994 - NeXT Computer, Inc. and Digital Consulting Inc. today announced the winners of the first Object Honors awards sponsored by SHL Systemhouse. Nine NEXTSTEP third-party developers and solutions providers were recognized at the Object Honors ceremony held last night. The event kicked-off NEXTSTEP EXPO, being held June 21-23 in San Francisco's Moscone Center. The Object Honors awarded in five categories, and their winning solutions are: Customized Solutions Select Technology for its workflow solution for DELO Publishing of Lubjana, Slovenia, changing the way 90,000 daily newspaper customers get their news. RDR for The Baltimore Kit, a palette of objects that helped the City of Baltimore transform its budget process. Customized Products & Services GS Corp. for integrating a series of its products, including extraSCAN, extraREAD and Collagi Pallette, into a NEXTSTEP network in the packaging graphics department of a major packaged goods manufacturer, allowing designers to spend less time copying floppies and more time designing. Software Services and Solutions for developing a touch-screen medical instrument application that doctors use in the crowded, wet, sterile environment of a surgical theater. The completed application made it through regulatory approvals and is ready for clinical trials. Shrinkwrapped Applications Hypersight for SIGHT-C-ING, a source code browser that helps developers manage their source code and achieve code reuse. Otherwise for ScreenCast and WatchMe, products that capture screen images to a remote machine or a disk for later broadcast . Both products share common objects, and are part of solutions for Chrysler Financial and GS Corporation. Hardware & Utilities ELSA for its add-in graphics accelerator cards which can increase graphics resolution and performance on Intel processors running NEXTSTEP at resolutions up to1600 x 1200. Training & Education TELOS/Springer -Verlag for publishing NEXTSTEP Programming: STEP ONE by Simson Garfinkel and Michael Mahoney. Special Recognition Telecom Australia received a special Object Honors awards for its creative presentation on how it uses a NEXTSTEP system to manage the workflow associated with a 48,000 user Mobile Radio Network, containing such mission-critical agencies as the State Emergency, Police, Fire and Bush Fire Brigades. Christopher Stone, president of the Object Management Group (OMG), serving as the evening's Master of Ceremonies, said, "After seeing the value that developers and end-users have received from these useful and reusable applications, it's hard to believe that anyone is fence-sitting with object technology. These are commercial grade applications being used to reduce costs, improve information sharing and produce measurable business benefits." "As one of the leading object technology consulting companies in the world, we at SHL Systemhouse are proud to be the first sponsor of this annual event," said Vince Jordan, vice president of technology for SHL Systemhouse. "All companies should be looking at object technology today because as we've seen here tonight, it provides tremendous competitive advantages, such as reduced time-to-market and code reuse, while reducing software maintenance fees". The competition Contestants were required to submit a detailed entry describing how their software product or application has become an integral part of a customer solution in one of NeXT's target vertical industry markets such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, legal or government, or a strategic in-house corporate application used by one of NeXT's Fortune 1000 customers. Each entry contained specifics about the product, including its features, customer implementation, quantified customer benefits such as cost, time, productivity gains, etc., the degree of innovation in each solution, and, where applicable, the degree of code reuse. Object Honors applications were judged by an independent panel comprised of four computer industry analysts/editors and a NeXT customer whose solution was not evaluated as part of the Object Honors. 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 AND PDO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH TRUE CLIENT/SERVER OBJECT MODEL Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:50:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqoc$eqi@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NEXTSTEP AND PDO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH TRUE CLIENT/SERVER OBJECT MODEL SAN FRANCISCO - June 21, 1994 - PDO Release 2.0, NeXT's portable version of its Distributed Objects Framework, is currently in beta for the most popular UNIX server operating systems from HP and Sun, and will be in beta for Digital servers by the end of this year. The company also announced that NeXT's NetInfo Editions for Servers, which enables distributed network-wide system administration, is available for these same popular UNIX operating systems. PDO provides a heterogeneous client/server framework based on objects by extending NEXTSTEP's dynamic and distributed object model to UNIX server environments. With PDO, objects, whether local or remote, are accessed in identical fashion, providing transparent access to distributed application processing. This enables application developers to take advantage of networked resources without adding complexity to the overall application design and implementation. "Because PDO uses the same distributed object messaging architecture, it allows us to take advantage of our client/server architecture by off-loading compute intensive processes to the computers best suited for the task," said Matt Peron, assistant vice president at The First National Bank of Chicago. "In our business where time is money, PDO is definitely a competitive advantage." Enhanced features incorporated into PDO 2.0 To give developers more language choice, NeXT is integrating C++ support into the existing Objective C compiler in PDO 2.0. The integrated compiler allows developers to merge Objective C, C++ and ANSI C code into one application. Additionally, NeXT is adding a NEXTSTEP-compatible make facility to PDO, based on the GNU make program, allowing one set of makefiles to be used for building objects on clients and servers. This feature also provides better integration with NEXTSTEP's ProjectBuilder, making it easier to maintain PDO applications. Distributed objects benefit enterprise computing NEXTSTEP's Distributed Object Framework allows the same transparent messaging to occur between objects residing in different applications, whether the applications are running on the same machine or across the network. This messaging architecture allows greater flexibility of software design by providing a framework for applications to share common objects throughout a networked environment. By facilitating the sharing of objects between applications, developers benefit from less duplication of code and less effort in designing enterprise application solutions. "With PDO, we gain all of the benefits of object-oriented programming, including writing fewer lines of code in development, higher reusability of software and greater maintainability and reliability of software systems, plus we gain the performance, centrality of data, and other features of high powered enterprise servers," said Vince Jordan, vice president of technology for SHL Systemhouse. "That's compelling to a business that relies on compute intensive processes to increase its business." Today, PDO provides interoperability between NEXTSTEP clients and server environments. In the future, PDO will allow interoperability between NEXTSTEP and emerging distributed computing standards, such as OMG's CORBA (Common Object Request Broker). PDO provides access to legacy software Using PDO, customers can preserve their investment in legacy software running in existing server environments by providing PDO objects as front-end gateways. For example, applications developed in NEXTSTEP can gain access to information being provided by a legacy real-time data feed on the server as though it was a local NEXTSTEP object. Pricing and Availability PDO 1.0 is currently shipping for HP-UX. PDO Release 2.0 will be shipping for HP-UX 9.0, Sun OS 4.1.3 and the Solaris 2.3 operating systems in August of this year, followed by DEC OSF/1 at the end of the year. Pricing for PDO is based on vendor's server types and ranges from $2,500 to $10,000 per server, including the development tools and server software. NetInfo NetInfo Editions for Servers simplifies administration of a network comprised of NEXTSTEP and other UNIX operating systems. NetInfo, bundled with NEXTSTEP, provides a powerful and easy framework for administering large networks without the overhead, delay and inconsistencies created by other network administration tools. NetInfo Editions for Servers extends that advantage to other industry UNIX platforms by providing compatibility with NEXTSTEP's native NetInfo along with tight integration with existing network administration tools on the server. The graphical network administration tools available with NEXTSTEP can be used from one location to administer all of the servers on a network that use NetInfo. NetInfo Editions are currently available from NeXT for SunOS, HP-UX and DEC OSF/1 and will be available for Solaris in the second half of 1994. NetInfo Editions for Servers have the same pricing structure as PDO. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP, PDO, Portable Distributed Objects and the PDO logo are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch The OpenStep Developer Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:50:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqor$eqo@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shirley Sax SIGS Publications 212-274-0640 Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 Michele Macauley Kahn Communications 212-889-0202 SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch The OpenStep Developer Quarterly Supplement Will Accompany Object Magazine and JOOP NEW YORK - June 20, 1994 - SIGS Publications, publishers of Object Magazine and the Journal of Object Oriented Programming (JOOP), in conjunction with NeXT Computer, Inc., today introduced The OpenStep Developer, a 24-page quarterly magazine supplement designed to help users and developers learn more about NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. The premiere issue of The OpenStep Developer will debut in October and be distributed to more than 80,000 readers worldwide in conjunction with SIGS' flagship publications - Obje ct Magazine and JOOP. Marie Lenzi, Object Magazine's editor, will take on the additional responsibility of editing The OpenStep Developer. "The OpenStep Developer will address the needs of the emerging NeXT marketplace," said Rick Friedman, president and group publisher of SIGS Publications. "SIGS believes NEXTSTEP and OpenStep will gain in popularity and in acceptancePjust as object-oriented programming hasPand The OpenStep Developer will grow along with the market." Focusing primarily on issues relevant to users and developers of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, the publication will also cover third-party developer applications and products through articles written by industry experts, experienced users and NeXT technical personnel. The magazine typically will include application stories, technical tips, interviews and product reviews/news related to NeXT and its third-party developers. "We are pleased that SIGS, the leading object technology information provider, is creating a vehicle to educate users and developers about NEXTSTEP and OpenStep," said Paul Vais, executive director of marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. "The audience that SIGS reaches through its publications and conferences compliments the customers and prospects that NeXT attracts." Founded in 1988, SIGS Publications publishes Object Magazine, the Journal of Object Oriented Programming, C++ Report, The Smalltalk Report, Report on Object Oriented Analysis & Design and The X Journal. The company's mission is to stimulate the use of object-oriented and other emerging technologies by publishing and sharing useable, technical and unbiased information on the fast-growing software industry. SIGS is headquartered in New York and has offices in London and Munich. 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, Calif., and has offices in North America, London, Paris Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP and OpenStep 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: TEKNEKRON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND NeXT ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:50:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqp7$equ@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Kathleen Farmer Teknekron Software Systems Inc. 415-325-1025 TEKNEKRON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND NeXT ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE Teknekron To Port TIB to the NEXTSTEP Platform PALO ALTO, Calif. - June 21, 1994 - Teknekron Software Systems, Inc., and NeXT Computer, Inc. announced an initiative to port the Teknekron Information Bus (TIB) event-driven framework to NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. The two firms also agreed to port the Teknekron's MarketSheet family of applications to NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software in response to customer demand. With the TIB port, expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of this year, the two companies hope to create a substantially improved environment for the rapid development of distributed, object-oriented applications. "We think highly of Teknekron's innovative TIB platform, and coupled with NEXTSTEP it offers an unprecedented solution to the financial markets and beyond," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "The outcome of Teknekron and NeXT working closely together is clearly greater than the sum of the parts." Object technology enhances financial information distribution Teknekron Software Systems is a leading software systems integrator in the financial and semiconductor manufacturing industries where Teknekron's TIB data distribution platform has become a defacto standard. Programmers worldwide have used the TIB platform in building their risk and portfolio management, order processing and data display applications. Customers, Teknekron and third party developers will now be able to take advantage of NEXTSTEP's object-oriented environment and rapid development tools. "Object-orientation is profoundly changing the way information is distributed in today's financial institutions," said Vivek Ranadive, president of Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. "Our clients want proven, reliable technologies that can help them leverage their internal expertise. We believe NEXTSTEP/OpenStep provides the tools they need to efficiently build their next generation of financial applications." Object-oriented programming allows business practices and procedures to be coded as stand alone software components. These objects are then combined to build mission critical applications and stored for reuse in future applications. Historically, these applications were demand-driven which meant that a user had to ask each time for information. The addition of the TIB's event-driven framework automatically brings new information to the user as events unfold through intelligent filters the user describes i n advance. This means that applications can publish and consume information without human intervention. "Teknekron simplifies our desktop solution by bridging PC, Unix and object-oriented technologies," said John Keazirian, executive vice president, Information Technology at NationsBanc-CRT. "The Teknekron architecture combined with NEXTSTEP will provide a seamless integration of these two strategic technologies. This complementary and powerful relationship will result in an enhanced ability to respond quickly to the demands of the financial marketplace." About Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Reuters Holding PLC, (NASDAQ symbol: RTRSY). A systems integrator and software supplier, Teknekron specializes in distributed systems technology. In financial services, Teknekron is the global market leader in digital trading systems with over 150 client sites worldwide. The Teknekron Information Bus (TIB) middleware, the backbone of Teknekron's digital trading systems, is also being used to build distributed systems in the manufacturing, construction and telecommunication industries. Teknekron offers a full spectrum of products and services including consulting, software development, systems integration and project management. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Teknekron has branch offices in the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia. 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: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT NEW RELEASE OF THE NEXTSTEP OPERATING SYSTEM Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:50:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqph$er4@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NeXT PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT NEW RELEASE OF THE NEXTSTEP OPERATING SYSTEM NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 to be released in fourth quarter of this year SAN FRANCISCO - June 21, 1994 - NeXT Computer, Inc. today provided details about the next version of its object-oriented operating system, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3, to attendees at NEXTSTEP EXPO, held here at Moscone Center. Based on feedback from NeXT's customers, more than 1,000 enhancements have been made to NEXTSTEP to address critical deployment issues for enterprise-wide client/server applications. The new release includes enhancements in the areas of interoperability, scalability and ease of use. Specifically, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 offers more support for Intel-based PCs, eases system administration efforts, improves large network scalability, provides enhanced mail features, and through SoftPC, supports enhanced-mode MS-DOS & Windows applications. "NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 combines the robustness of mainframe operating systems with the flexibility of PCs, making it the best environment for enterprise-wide deployment of object-oriented custom applications," said Rick Jackson, director of product marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. "The enhancements to this release provide greater support for large-scale operations typical of NeXT's corporate customers." New Release Offers More Intel-based PC Support Keeping pace with new PC technologies, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes additional support for new standards such as PCI and ISA Plug & Play. Release 3.3 also includes enhanced support for portable computers, such as PCMCIA support, advanced power management capabilities and 8-bit color. Release 3.3 comes bundled with more than 50 device drivers to support a wide variety of peripherals. These new features simplify the task of hardware configurations and enable NEXTSTEP to run on a larger variety of Intel-b ased desktop and portable systems. Release 3.3 Eases System Administration & Improves Scalability To ease the task of system administration, the installation of NEXTSTEP in large sites has been improved. With new capabilities such as network install and network bulk upgrade, system administrators can now install NEXTSTEP through a network server without requiring a CD-ROM drive. Templates can also be configured so that all systems built from the server inherit the same configurations. Network enhancements have been included to increase scalability. NetInfo, a proven enterprise-wide network administration database, now supports 10,000+ nodes across wide-area networks which enables corporations to grow their networks globally without sacrificing data integrity or network performance. Features from Mach 3.0 and BSD 4.4 have also been incorporated to improve overall system performance. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 also provides enhanced system administration tools, such as UserManager, NetInfoManager, SimpleNetworkStarter and new networking utilities, to manage large networks more efficiently and cost effectively. Enhanced Mail Features in NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 NeXTmail has been significantly improved in Release 3.3 to give users greater flexibility in how electronic mail is accessed, managed and stored. New MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) support enables NEXTSTEP users to send and receive multimedia messages with users of other popular e-mail applications through the same intuitive NeXTmail interface. Information such as the number of read and deleted messages, size of each message and the number of new messages is now easily accessible. By treating e-mail messages as generic documents, users can now save and restore drafts of partially composed or unsent e-mail messages, including header and address information. Additional mail features, providing time management benefits, include: selective and summary printing; enhanced searching; selective message archival; in-line address validation; hierarchical mailboxes; and user defined fields. New Release of SoftPC Supports Enhanced-Mode DOS & Windows Apps NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 will also include an updated version of SoftPC. SoftPC 4.0 for the NEXTSTEP/Intel operating system from Insignia Solutions, Inc. will support several enhanced-mode MS-DOS and Windows applications, including Aldus PageMaker 5.0 and WordPerfect for Windows 6.0. The product will be available in July through Insignia Solutions and shipped as a 30-day trial version with NEXTSTEP 3.3. It is priced at $249 with upgrades for $69. Pricing and availability NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 will be available in the fourth quarter of this year for $795 with upgrades priced at $199. NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Joakim Johansson <d91-jjo@nada.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PackageBuilder 1.00 beta Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:51:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqrg$era@digifix.digifix.com> PackgeBuilder 1.00 beta - a tool for creating packages for use with the Installer.app has been put on the archives. PackageBuilder is submitted to cs.orst.edu and resides in the directory /pub/next/submissions/PackageBuilder.tar and will eventually be moved to /pub/next/binaries/tools/PackageBuilder.tar Compiled for m68k and i386 architectures. Enjoy, Joakim Johansson d91-jjo@nada.kth.se <no NeXTmail>
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: CONEXTIONS SHIPS ADVANCED TOOL FOR RE-ENGINEERING IBM LEGACY SYSTEMS Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:53:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhqts$erg@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott G. Opitz 508-689-3570 CONEXTIONS SHIPS ADVANCED TOOL FOR RE-ENGINEERING IBM LEGACY SYSTEMS SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 1994 -- Conextions, Inc. today announced the shipment of their 3270Builder Workbench, a powerful development tool for re-engineering IBM legacy systems with NEXTSTEP. Included in the announcement was the introduction of a comprehensive training and support program designed to assist corporate customers with re-engineering their legacy systems and mission critical application development. *3270Builder's innovative approach to re-engineering IBM legacy systems makes it a critical tool for NeXT's corporate customers with existing mainframe resources,: said Warren Weiss, vice president of worldwide sales and services at NeXT Computer, Inc. *With 3270Builder, developers with little or no mainframe knowledge can integrate IBM legacy data with their mission critical custom applications in a fraction of the time it would take on non-NEXTSTEP platforms.: 3270Builder automatically creates a model of a legacy mainframe application by transparently monitoring a user's interaction with mainframe screens. This model can then be easily accessed via NEXTSTEP's Database Kit and Interface Builder as if the mainframe were a database server. An application is built by dragging and dropping an attribute object (corresponding to a mainframe data field) into a new GUI. These data objects are also available programmatically from the NEXTSTEP development environment. "3270Builder gives a big boost to our process of re-engineering legacy systems," said Mike Adelson, team leader for Chrysler Financial Corporation. "It provides immediate productivity gains and greatly reduces the effort required to migrate mission critical applications from the mainframe to the Client-Server environment. Our MIS staff was very impressed with this technology and we are going to use it in our MIS re-engineering process." By treating a legacy application as a database, a re-engineering project can now be managed in three phases. Initially, a developer can quickly create GUI front-ends for existing legacy applications resulting in an immediate increase in user productivity. In the second phase, a new Client-Server solution using the same front-end can support concurrent links to dual data repositories to ensure smooth transition and full data integrity. Finally, when the new Client-Server system reaches maturity the link to the legacy system can be terminated with no interruption to the user work environment. *The 3270Builder technology opens a new door to the corporate glass house by offering easy access to legacy mainframe data,: said Ed Kodinsky, president and CEO of Conextions, Inc. *It provides an MIS re-engineering team with a major productivity increase and allows them to develop and test their new solutions with immediate end-user feedback. This evolutionary approach reduces many of the risk factors associated with re-engineering by getting end-users involved early in the project and thereby smoothing the migration path at all points along the way.: Conextions also announced that 3270Builder will support NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF) when it is released later this year. With the EOF technology, 3270Builder will further enhance the process of re-engineering legacy IBM systems by creating an object structure of the current information system and allowing OOP/OOD techniques to be used for legacy data access and integration. 3270Builder is available immediately and complemented by a variety of mentorship, training and other support services to aid corporate customers in their re-engineering efforts. In a separate release, Conextions also announced the shipment of enhanced versions of its 3270Vision and 5250Vision products, which connect NEXTSTEP-based computers to IBM mainframe and AS/400 midrange computers, respectively. Conextions, Inc. of North Andover, Mass. is exclusively focused on developing and marketing connectivity products and application development tools for the NEXTSTEP environment. For more information about Conextions' products, please contact Scott Opitz at (508) 689-3570. Conextions, the Conextions logo, 3270Vision, 5250Vision and 3270Builder are trademarks of Conextions, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. NeXT, NEXTSTEP, Interface Builder, ObjectWare and Database Kit are registered trademarks and Enterprise Objects is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Liz Statmore <liz@sarrus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP ISVs Launch The NEXTSTEP Groupware Developers Association Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:54:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhr0b$erm@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Dave Martel, Pangea Corporation (617) 232-2486 Liz Statmore, Sarrus Software, Inc. (415) 345-8950 groupware@pangea.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEXTSTEP ISVs Launch The NEXTSTEP Groupware Developers Association First Issue of The Groupware Report Available at NEXTSTEP Expo SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 21, 1994 __ Pangea Corporation and Sarrus Software, Inc. today announced the formation of The NEXTSTEP Groupware Developers Association, an informal affiliation of NEXTSTEP ISVs, corporate developers, and other interested parties who are focused on the development and use of groupware solutions on NEXTSTEP. "We wanted to bring together customers and solutions providers to talk about groupware solutions on NEXTSTEP today and tomorrow," said Peter J. Park, president of Pangea. "One advantage customers quickly discover about the NEXTSTEP market is that it's a community where these conversations between customers and vendors actually go on. NEXTSTEP ISVs try to be extremely responsive to customer needs. This is one more way in which we can listen to our customers and respond to their needs now rather than five years from now." The discussion group was formed at the request of a number of NEXTSTEP customers who are implementing sophisticated, custom groupware solutions and integrating them with shrink-wrap groupware solutions. "Sarrus customers who were starting development projects initiated the dialogue," said Andrew K. Turk, president of Sarrus. "We all face the same challenges in solving problems for end users. Why not talk about them?" Groupware on NEXTSTEP The formation of the NGDA reflects the growing acceptance of object-based groupware on NEXTSTEP. "The groupware paradigm is especially powerful for developers because of NEXTSTEP's model of reuse," said Paul Lynch, a principal at P&L Systems in London, a leading systems integrator. "The ability to incorporate entire applications as 'big objects' offers tremendous leverage for corporate developers. Because it saves time and money, a shrink-wrap application that works independently and also functions as p art of a larger MCCA solution is a compelling reason to buy rather than build it yourself." Membership Information Membership in the NGDA is free and offers two benefits: participation in an electronic discussion group, and "The Groupware Report: a newsletter about collaborative computing on NEXTSTEP," published three times per year. Subscriptions are free to members of the NGDA. The premier issue of The Groupware Report is available at NEXTSTEP Expo in both the Pangea and Sarrus booths. For more information, contact the NGDA by e-mail at info@pangea.com OR groupware@pangea.com. NEXTSTEP Expo attendees can sign up for the NGDA at either the Pangea or Sarrus booths on the exhibit floor. -30- Pangea is a trademark of Pangea Corporation. Sarrus and the Sarrus logo are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Liz Statmore <liz@sarrus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Announces Pencil Me In 1.2 Support for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:54:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhr1j$ers@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Liz Statmore Vice President of Marketing Sarrus Software (415) 345-8950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarrus Announces Pencil Me In 1.2 Support for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC Competitive Upgrade Program and International Versions Available FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 21, 1994 __ Sarrus Software, Inc. today announced that the upcoming release of Pencil Me Ini, its popular group scheduling application for NEXTSTEP, will run on NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC. The new release, Pencil Me In 1.2, will be available in German-, French-, and Swedish-language versions and will support European date and time fomats, including 24-hour time. Pencil Me In 1.2 is scheduled to ship in mid-August. Sarrus also announced a competitive upgrade program for users of othe r group scheduling products on NEXTSTEP, along with details of its upgrade program for current Pencil Me In customers. "Demand for our products in Europe has been steadily increasing, and we are happy to be responsive to our customers' requests," said Andrew K. Turk, president of Sarrus. "We're also pleased to make Pencil Me In available for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC users." Competitive Upgrade Program Through August 31, 1994, registered owners of qualifying competitive group scheduling products on NEXTSTEP can upgrade to Pencil Me In for only $49.95 per user. Qualifying competitive products include OnDutyi, What's Happening?i, Who's Calling?i, and many Windows-based products. Contact the company for information. About Pencil Me In Pencil Me In, 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. 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 sch eduling data. System Requirements Pencil Me In 1.2 and the Pencil Me In API require NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for Intel Processors, NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for NeXT Computers, or NEXTSTEP 3.2 for PA-RISC. Pencil Me In 1.2 is a Multiple Architecture Binary, and the same version runs unmodified on any of these three systems. Pricing, Availability, API Licensing, and Upgrades For a limited time, Sarrus is offering a special promotional price for Pencil Me In. Through August 31, 1994, customers can purchase Pencil Me In for only $225 per user and save 25% off the regular price. When Pencil Me In 1.2 is released, customers who have purchased Pencil Me In 1.1 under this program will automatically be upgraded to Pencil Me In 1.2 at no additional cost. Registered owners of Pencil Me In will receive the upgrade to 1.2 automatically at no additional cost. Owners of Pencil Me In who have not yet registered must return their registration cards no later than August 31, 1994 in order to receive the free upgrade to 1.2. After August 31, 1994, the upgrade will cost $19.95 per user, direct from Sarrus. For more information about the Customer Upgrade Program, current customers can call Sarrus at (800) 995-1963, or send e-mail to info@sarrus.com. Customers outside the U.S. can reach Sarrus at (415) 345-8950 or via e-mail. The Pencil Me In API may be licensed separately by registered Pencil Me In owners at no additional cost for use in custom application development and deployment. Developer support is not included, although a variety of fee-based support programs for developers are also available. Contact the company for information. About Sarrus Founded in 1991, Sarrus Software, Inc. is a privately held company with the mission of empowering individuals, groups, and organizations to share information in the office environment with integrated, easy-to-use Group Information Management (GIM) software. Sarrus is the leading provider of GIM software on NEXTSTEP systems, with products that include group scheduling and directory services. -30- Pencil Me In is a registered trademark and Sarrus, the Sarrus logo, and SBook are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other products and brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Liz Statmore <liz@sarrus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Software Introduces SBook 4.0 Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:55:24 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uhr2c$es4@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Liz Statmore Vice President of Marketing Sarrus Software (415) 345-8950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarrus Software Introduces SBook 4.0 Upgrade Program and Introductory Promotion Announced FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 21, 1994 __ Sarrus Software, Inc. today introduced the new enterprise version of SBooki, its popular directory application for NEXTSTEP. Sarrus also announced details of its upgrade program for current SBook customers. "When it comes to looking up and using contact information, individuals and enterprises have the same two problems: they need a simple way to consolidate the information and they need a fast, easy way to look it up and use it," said Andrew K. Turk, president of Sarrus. "SBook has always solved these two problems for individuals. The new SBook also solves these problems for organizations." SBook 4.0 is an intelligent, integrated, extensible directory services application for NEXTSTEP users and administrators that simplifies three key processes: * SBook simplifies the online consolidation and publication of directory information, including the physical locations, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of users on the network * SBook simplifies the search for directory information * SBook simplifies the use of directory information through integration with the NEXTSTEP desktop and other NEXTSTEP applications. The Directory Services Problem Many organizations have found that although their network provides the infrastructure for collaborative computing, it is difficult for their users to find the basic information they need about other users. "Most users don't even try to look this information up today because they know they can't," Turk continued. "It's often contained in multiple different databases which are scattered across the network. The situation is frustrating for everybody." As a result of this information gap, many network administrators are looking for simple, cost-effective ways to "publish" information from multiple directory databases online so that users can find it and use it. Network administrators then need to integrate this directory information with other applications on users' desktops. "Our customers asked us to simplify these processes on NEXTSTEP enterprise networks," said Turk. About SBook SBook is an intelligent directory services application that gives NEXTSTEP users comprehensive access to a rich database of user and contact information, including one-stop access to phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, postal addresses, mail stops, and links to Pencil Me In calendars. Network administrators can download directory information into SBook and publish it online to keep users up to date. And SBook's fast, powerful search engine makes this information easy to find and organize. What's New in SBook 4.0 The enhanced user interface allows users to work with both personal and enterprise contact information in a seamless way while maintaining the same high level of user productivity as in previous versions of SBook. For example, individuals on a corporate network can use SBook 4.0 to work with the internal "company phone list" directory, the customer database, vendor or supplier lists, and their own personal contact lists. The global search feature enables users to search across multiple SBook files in a s ingle operation. Because SBook's built-in intelligence automatically recognizes phone numbers, postal addresses and e-mail addresses, SBook 4.0 allows users to address and send e-mail to individuals or groups, and print selected entries or whole databases onto standard mailing labels or individual envelopes, complete with postal barcodes for faster delivery. The program can also be used to send faxes, dial the phone, and locate other people's Pencil Me Ini calendars to schedule meetings. In addition, with the new Groups feature, users can create group entries that link together individual entries, even across multiple files. The new Groups feature also enables users to create group calendars or add members to existing group calendars in Pencil Me In, Sarrus' popular group scheduling program. Sarrus has also enhanced the performance of SBook's lookup engine to meet the requirements of enterprise customers. With these enhancements, users can now open and search directories containing tens of thousands of corporate names in just seconds. SBook at Work __ Linklaters & Paines Providing a simple and consistent interface for information selection across applications is an important goal for Linklaters & Paines, a leading international law firm based in the U.K. They are integrating SBook with their document management system, e-mail, and scheduling software in preparation for their worldwide deployment to 1600 users. "Using SBook to provide a common interface for the selection of user details offers us many benefits," said Martin Lewis, Office Systems Manager at L&P. "Knowing where to look for this information will encourage people to take full advantage of our application suite." System Requirements SBook 4.0 and the SBook API require NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for Intel Processors, NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for NeXT Computers, or NEXTSTEP 3.2 for PA-RISC. SBook 4.0 is a Multiple Architecture Binary, and the same version runs unmodified on any of these three systems. Pricing, Availability, and Upgrade Programs For a limited time, Sarrus is offering a special promotional price for SBook. Through August 31, 1994, customers can purchase SBook 3.1 for only $149 per user and save 25% off the regular price. When SBook 4.0 is released, customers who have purchased SBook under this program will automatically be upgraded to SBook 4.0 at no additional cost. Registered owners of SBook can upgrade to the new version for $49.95 per user, direct from Sarrus. Registered SBook owners who purchased the product in 1994 will receive the upgrade to 4.0 automatically at no additional cost. For more information about the Customer Upgrade Program, current customers can call Sarrus at (800) 995-1963, or send e-mail to info@sarrus.com. Customers outside the U.S. can reach Sarrus at (415) 345-8950 or via e-mail. The SBook API may be licensed separately by registered SBook 4.0 owners at no additional cost for use in custom application development and deployment. Developer support is not included, although a variety of fee-based support programs for developers are also available. Contact the company for information. About Sarrus Founded in 1991, Sarrus Software, Inc. is a privately held company with the mission of empowering individuals, groups, and organizations to share information in the office environment with integrated, easy-to-use Group Information Management (GIM) software. Sarrus is the leading provider of GIM software on NEXTSTEP systems, with products that include group scheduling and directory services. -30- Sarrus, the Sarrus logo, and SBook are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other products and brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: info@nyro.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NYRO Technix Announces Exclusive Distribution of VirtSpace Date: 26 Jun 1994 00:03:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uiunf$h15@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Contact: Ian Stewart NYRO Technix, Inc. (415) 664-1170 NYRO Technix Announces Exclusive Distribution of VirtSpace San Francisco, California - June 21, 1994 - NYRO Technix, Inc. announced today that it has obtained exclusive distribution rights to VirtSpace, effective July 15, 1994. VirtSpace is a "virtual window manager" application that allows users to expand their workspace beyond the size of the normal screen display. For example, a user can quadruple the available screen area, placing windows anywhere in this enlarged workspace, creating an uncluttered work area. Any portion of this "virtual workspace" can be visible through the use of simple mouse and key commands. VirtSpace also features: - auto-scrolling, which enables the user to drag the mouse to the edge of the screen to move to other areas of the workspace; - a scalable view of the workspace; - support of the defaults database; - support for keyboard movement and multiple screens; - drag and drop colors to tag windows; - automatic screen updating; - and sticky windows. With a portable running NEXTSTEP, this product enables users to manage the workspace in a way that makes it seem like the portable has a full screen. On a desktop system, this product makes any workspace more organized and efficient. Pricing and Availability VirtSpace will be available for $89.95 and will begin shipping July 15, 1994. Customers who order the product prior to July 14th will receive a 45% discount. Those interested should contact NYRO Technix, Inc. for more information at: NYRO Technix, Inc. 236 W. Portal Ave., #341 San Francisco, CA 94127 Phone: (415) 664-1170 (800) 664-NYRO (6976) Fax: (415) 664-5530 e-mail: info@nyro.com NYRO Technix, Inc. is a software development and consulting firm specializing in NEXTSTEP applications.
From: "Eric A. Litman" <elitman@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Proxima and NeXT Announce ProxGate Electronic Mail Gateway Date: 26 Jun 1994 00:04:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uiuoo$h1b@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Litman Proxima, Inc. 703-506-1661 or Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 PROXIMA AND NeXT OFFER PROXGATE ELECTRONIC MAIL GATEWAY FOR NEXTMAIL SAN FRANCISCO-June 21, 1994-Proxima, Inc., and NeXT Computer, Inc. today at NEXTSTEP Expo announced Proxima's ProxGate software for multi-platform electronic mail connectivity. An early release version is available today, with a planned ship date of July 5 for release 1.0. ProxGate brings for the first time seamless electronic mail interoperability between NEXTSTEP and the entire enterprise. Supporting delivery of multimedia electronic mail between NeXTmail, cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, and QuickMail, ProxGate delivers today the most robust solution available to NEXTSTEP users for communications in a multi-platform environment. ProxGate provides the end user with the ability to compose and deliver electronic mail messages from within NeXTmail and have those messages delivered with attachments to users of several popular electronic mail packages. Combined with ProxSync, Proxima's directory synchronization product, ProxGate can serve as a complete enterprise electronic mail hub, transparently converting messages between any of the supported message formats. With ProxGate, mail platform standardization is no longer an issue, allowing organizations to additionally benefit from the ability to maintain their investment in existing electronic mail packages and training. "We have taken what we believe to be an unique approach to electronic mail connectivity," said Eric Litman, Director of Network Services at Proxima. "By including support for the most popular electronic mail packages in our base product, we are delivering significant value to all of our customers at a substantially lower price than our competitors." "As a NeXT Object Channel member, we have encountered situations where multiplatform electronic mail interoperability was of paramount concern. We developed ProxGate to complement NeXTmail and to help promote NeXTSTEP throughout the enterprise," said Raul Fernandez, CEO of Proxima. "By focusing on the leading e-mail applications on the market, ProxGate is addressing point-to-point mail interoperability without the cost or complexity of a proprietary mail backbone. Given that cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail and QuickMail combined represent 2/3 of the LAN e-mail market, Proxima's ProxGate NeXTmail gateway opens up a world of connectivity to NeXT users," said Francois Koutchouk, product manager at NeXT. In addition to message format translation, ProxGate provides extensive access control and diagnostics to system administrators. Incoming and outgoing messages can be restricted by user and/or domain name, with any denied messages logged and copied into a spool directory. A NEXTSTEP application allows for simplified configuration and installation of the gateway software, as well as detailed reporting of message statistics. ProxSync, a related product scheduled to ship 30 days following ProxGate's initial release, will provide automatic electronic mail address directory synchronization between all of ProxGate's supported environments. ProxSync will be sold as a stand-alone product, and will be offered at a substantial discount to ProxGate owners. About Proxima, Inc. Proxima, Inc., is a privately held corporation with offices in McLean, VA, Silver Spring, MD, and Morehead City, NC. Providing advanced technology services to goverment and commercial clients nationwide, Proxima is able to draw from a broad base of experience in custom NeXTSTEP software development and system integration. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT Computer, Inc 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. # # # # Proxima, the Proxima logo, ProxGate and ProxSync are trademarks of Proxima, Inc. NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP and NeXTmail are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu (Mike Mezzino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GatorFTP v 1.6 Date: 26 Jun 1994 00:06:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uiurt$h1i@digifix.digifix.com> Hello GatorFTP Users: GatorFTP_1.6 fixes a subtle bug in 1.5. The new version can be found on our new archive site uhoop.egr.uh.edu under /pub/misc/GatorFTP as GatorFTP_NS3.0_1.6.app.tar.Z (NeXTstep version 3.0) GatorFTP_MAB_1.6.app.tar.Z (NeXTstep fat binary) BUGS: 1) Usernames beginning with the lower case letter "d" or the symbol "-" (do these look familiar?) caused GatorFTP to vaporize. Regards, Mike Mezzino mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu
From: gsl@netcom.com (Greg Lindholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST:IconMaker Date: 27 Jun 1994 23:40:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uo646$97j@digifix.digifix.com> -------------------------------------------------------------- cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.README -------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT ============ BlueSky Software is beginning a beta test program for IconMaker version 2. IconMaker is an application for creating and manipulating icons. Version 2 adds a significant number of new features and capabilities. See the product overview and features list below. THE BETA TEST PROGRAM ===================== Everyone is welcome to participate in the beta test program. The program is scheduled to last until 8 Aug 94. To participate in the program simply download IconMaker from the archives and use it. Register as a beta tester by sending e-mail letting use know that your using IconMaker. Everyone who registers will be mailed a survey, everyone who returns the survey before 12 Aug 94 will receive a %50 discount off the full purchase price of one single machine license of IconMaker. We want feedback, please let us know what you think. Send all surveys, suggestions, comments, and problem reports to: gsl@netcom.com In all reports please include the IconMaker version from the info panel title bar and your hardware type and NEXTSTEP version. This is a *BETA TEST* copy of IconMaker, if there is something you don't like please tell us, don't post it on the net. Give us a chance to correct any problems before it is released. (Feel free to tell everyone how great IconMaker is. :-)) A BETA TEST copy of IconMaker version 2 has been placed on the archives. This is a fully functional version of the application that will timeout at the end of the beta test program. IconMaker was build MAB for Intel and Motorola with NEXTSTEP 3.2. cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.compressed cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.README (Sorry, you must have net and e-mail access to participate, we will not send media or NEXTMAIL.) PURCHASE INFORMATION ==================== We have not yet set a purchase price for IconMaker, it will be decided in part from the survey data. When released you will be able to purchase IconMaker directly from BlueSky Software. We are also looking for other distribution channels. If you are set up to distribute NEXTSTEP software and interested in distributing IconMaker please contact us via e-mail. PRODUCT OVERVIEW ================ The IconMaker application gives you all the tools you need to create and install your own icons. Personalize your home folders with fun informative icons. Use IconMaker to create quality professional icons for custom applications. NeXTWORLD Magazine gave IconMaker a "Four Cube Rating" stating: "...BlueSky has provided tools that are specifically designed for quickly gaining access to, and editing icons. "...[with additions] IconMaker could be the icon editor NEXTSTEP has needed since its inception. " All of the suggestions and more have incorporated into IconMaker to bring to you a program that's sturdy, fast, friendly and complete. FEATURES ======== Large highly magnified drawing window - Gives you the precision and detail needed for creating quality icons. Grid and background control - Place the grid over the image, under the image or turn it off. Switch the background from normal gray to highlighted white. Icon Viewer - View the icons in there normal unmagnified size. Tool Inspector - See what mark the tool will make before you use it. Multiple undo levels - Undo up to the last ten changes you made. Full set of drawing tools - Pencil, line, circle, square, button, text, eraser, stamper. Superior Text tool - Easily and exactly, add text to your icons. Extensible Stamper tool - Stamp common images onto your icons. Extend it with your own images. Icon Importer - Create an icon from an existing image. Scale the image down to icon size or crop out an icon sized piece from the original or scaled image. Image Filtering Services - IconMaker uses user-installed image filter services for converting unsupported image file types. (Works with ImageViewer, McFilter etc. for importing GIF, JPEG, etc.) Folder Icon Installer - The simplest way to install an icon as a Folder or Open Folder icon. Image Combiner - Combine images together using the full power of the Composite and Dissolve operators. Effects Tools - Nudge, Flip, Scale, Rotate. Icon Browser - Display all the icons in a folder at one time. Works even with "hidden" folders and application wrappers. Multiple Image tool - Create and manipulate icons that contain multiple representations of an image. Grab Service enabled - Import an image using Grab from the Services menu. BlueSky Software P.O. Box 57096 Sherman Oaks CA 91401 gsl@netcom.com
From: rlm@sss.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Software Services and Solutions Receives Object Honors Award Date: 28 Jun 1994 23:29:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uqpr6$2pj@digifix.digifix.com> June 28th, 1994 Contact: Robert L. Masterson, Vice President Software Services and Solutions, Inc. Phone (203) 630-2000 Fax (203) 630-2020 email rlm@sss.com San Francisco, California, June 28, 1994 - Software Services and Solutions, Inc., Receives Object Honors Award for Consulting Services Software Services and Solutions, Inc., was honored last week at the Object Honors Awards ceremony that kicked off NEXTSTEP Expo '94 in San Francisco, California. Nine awards were distributed among firms that had made substantial contributions in customized solutions, software tools, hardware, and training in the object-oriented marketplace. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., received its award for software development, engineering, networking, and other services provided to the manufacturer of a new medical instrument incorporating open systems and real time technology. The Object Honors Awards were judged by an independent panel of industry analysts and journalists. The panel did not include any judges from NeXT or affiliated companies. Awardees were chosen based on overall excellence in their category and the quality and innovation of a service, solution, or product. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., implemented a touchscreen driver and other key software components for the medical instrument to allow it to operate as a turnkey device in the wet, crowded arena of an operating room. Consultants from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., used the SS&S CASE Tools, CodeReviewer and DRCS, to establish a multiuser software development environment and code quality control system, as well as establishing the client's corporate network. Much of the consulting involved using NeXT, Inc.'s NEXTSTEP object-oriented environment in novel ways to give the appearance of a real-time medical instrument controller at the user level. "We are very pleased to have received the Object Honors Award for this work in two of our primary vertical markets, medical information systems technology and software development and methodology," said Robert L. Masterson, Vice President of Software Services and Solutions, Inc., "The project highlights the extremely broad range of skills we have to offer clients - innovative problem-solving, low-level familiarity with devices and a variety of software systems from DOS to NEXTSTEP, and the high-level design savvy to leverage off a comprehensive object-oriented environment to deploy a unique tool." Software Services and Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut, is an information technology consulting firm specializing in open systems technology, object-oriented software design and development, and networking. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology consulting, reengineering, and custom development services to businesses worldwide, and also produces high quality off-the-shelf development tools and ObjectWare for developers of custom applications. SS&S can be reached via email to sss@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020.
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: StayInTouch version 2.26 available at cs.orst.edu Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:03:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usk2f$6ov@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: StayInTouch version 2.26 SmartSoft Announces The Release Of StayInTouch Version 2.02 We have posted version 2.26 of StayInTouch to the ftp archive cs.orst.edu to: pub/next/demos/productivity/StayInTouch_2.26.Demo.tar.gz This new version corrects minor problems and introduces new minor functionality. Including: * Searches will skip over anything but letters * Automatic Recognition of European addresses * The group inspector now works the way it did in 2.0 * Each label design has its own font settings * Address books can now be annotated * Expanded functionality and control in the report generator * Custom sorting settings for label and report printouts 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 grabbed 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 offers mission critical development services in addition to developing and marketing 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 or write: SmartSoft, Inc, 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211-3321, USA
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Announces The Release Of Collagist Version 1.03 Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:03:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usk3e$6p5@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: Collagist version 1.03 SmartSoft Announces The Release Of Collagist Version 1.03 We have posted version 1.03 of Collagist to the ftp archive cs.orst.edu to: pub/next/demos/postscript/Collagist_1.03.Demo.tar.gz Collagist(tm) is an electronic glue board. It allows you to combine several files into a single PostScript file that you can email, fax or print with ease. Combine TIFF, FAX, RTF, RTFD, EPS, PS, TYPE, AI, TEXT or a folder containing any of these file types with a simple drag-and-drop interface. Collagist features a powerful API that allows your own applications to combine, fax, email or print different document types effortlessly. Its major benefits include: * Ability to integrate many documents into a single PS file that can be easily faxed. Collagist 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 new version corrects a problem with TIFF files that were a page in size. This maintenance release is free to all registered users of version 1.0 if grabbed 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 offers mission critical development services in addition to developing and marketing a variety of business productivity and entertainment applications for NEXTSTEP Collagist 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 or write: SmartSoft, Inc, 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211-3321, USA
From: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft Announces The Release Of FONTinspector version 1.0 Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:04:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usk4e$6pe@digifix.digifix.com> SmartSoft Announces The Release Of FONTinspector version 1.0 FONTinspector(tm) is a Workspace inspector bundle that allows you to inspect any font bundle by just selecting it on the Workspace. Fonts need not be installed in a font directory for the inspector to work. Great for searching for the right typeface for the job. FONTinspector displays font characteristics in 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 72 points. Special customized versions of FONTinspector are available. Please contact SmartSoft for more information. FONTinspector 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 software is available now from SmartSoft by calling 800/424-8864 or 414/964-8864 (Sorry, no demo versions are available). SmartSoft, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin offers mission critical development services in addition to developing and marketing a variety of business productivity and entertainment applications for NEXTSTEP. FONTinspector 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 or write: SmartSoft, Inc, 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211-3321, USA
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NYC "re-discovers" NEXTSTEP!! Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:05:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usk75$6q6@digifix.digifix.com> I was asked, yesterday, to find FIVE (5) Independent Consultants with strong Nextstep experience for three different long term projects in NYC at varying rates and even one with employee status, if so desired. If you know someone who might qualify, have them give me a call & send a resume. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Alberto Ricart <alberto@parsec.SmartSoft.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: SmartSoft is seeking NEXTSTEP Engineer Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:06:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usk7q$6qc@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release: NEXTSTEP Programming Position Available For more information write to: Position@SmartSoft.COM or call SmartSoft at (414)964-8864 and ask for Alberto Ricart. SmartSoft, Inc. has a software engineering position available. Candidates must have: + BS or MS degree in computer science + Experience with object-oriented programming and development techniques + NEXTSTEP experience is a huge plus + Excellent verbal and communication skills Knowledge and experience in the following are a plus: + Objective C + C++ + SQL + UNIX Please send resumes and salary requirements to: Via Email: Position@SmartSoft.COM Via FAX: 414/964.8864 or Mail them to: Position SmartSoft, Inc. 2220 E. Linnwood Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211-3321 SmartSoft, Inc. is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We offer mission critical development services in addition to development of our NEXTSTEP shrinkwrap product line, currently including: StayInTouch, DiskMaker, Collagist, eForms, NIST Synchronicity, Rocks!, DotFiles, PhoneDialerObjects and FONTinspector.
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: Expo Recap Date: 29 Jun 1994 17:05:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2usnnl$77k@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group MeetingTuesday, July 5th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00 PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Expo Recap We will be discussing what happened at the Expo, who's in and who's out, any new announcements and whatever rumors we have. 8:00+PM 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: pericles@athena.com
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Color Split and Merge Software for Nextstep Date: 29 Jun 1994 23:06:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2utcs1$968@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 SPLIT AND MERGE APPLICATION FOR NEXTSTEP. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, June 20, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the availability of the ColorSplit application for the NEXTSTEP community. ColorSplit allows the user to split and merge components of a color through a clean dragging interface. It makes what's painful to do in the Color Panel simple. Whenever you need to get a color like another in one or more of it's aspects, ColorSplit does the job. It's an indispensable graphic-art tool. ColorSplit You drag a color into the master-color well and its guide-color components are split out into their own wells. Drag a color into a guide well and the master will reflect its aspect. You can drag from any of the wells into other applications directly. HSB, RGB, and Alpha aspects are all supported and kept in sync at all times. ColorSplit (make a color like another color) $8.50 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and are having nothin' but fun. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. Software Ho! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. ColorSplit is a NEXTSTEP application from Flying Monkey Software. An application a week; that's all we ask.
From: erictremblay@genie.geis.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Nebula SE CD-ROM from Walnut Creek Date: 30 Jun 1994 13:59:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2uv16i$hll@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Walnut Creek CDROM 1-800-786-9907 Nebula Second Edition for NEXTSTEP Intel now available. Walnut Creek, Calif., June 14, 1994 - Finally it's here the much awaited update to the Nebula CDROM for NEXTSTEP Intel computers. Walnut Creek CDROM is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Nebula CDROM Second Edition. This new totally revised edition of the Nebula 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 the largest selection of public domain and shareware applications ever assembled for NEXTSTEP Intel computers. The NEXTSTEP programmer will be happy to note that the Nebula contains more source code then ever before. Nebula also includes over 20 Interface Builder palette's which are ready to integrate into your own applications. The NEXTSTEP community has made the Nebula what it 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 and also brings the Intel platform to software maturity. Walnut Creek CDROM would like to thank the NEXTSTEP community for making the Nebula a success. Nebula 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 Nebula Second Edition Specs/Features Specs Retail price: $59.95 Date produced: June 1994 Target platform: NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for NEXTSTEP Intel Megabytes on disc: 604 MB (aprox) Format: ISO 9660 with Rock Ridge Extensions (unix) Compression used on disc: none Compilation Editor: Eric Tremblay Features - The second edition of the popular Nebula CDROM for NEXTSTEP Intel. - The only CDROM collection of it's kind for NEXTSTEP Intel - All applications are ready to run directly from the CDROM - Applications in categories such as utilities, astronomy, graphics, communication, audioapps, graphic, mail, clocks - Games/entertainment applications totalling 42.8 MB - 119 NEXTSTEP ready fonts - Fonts directory can be directly linked with hard disk to make all fonts on the CDROM available to the user without taking up any disk space. - 52 modules for the BackSpace screen saver - 25 NEXTSTEP Palettes for Interface Builder - More then 100 MB of source code - 175 sound files - Contains Pcomm, the unix shell terminal communications program compiled to run on NEXTSTEP and other terminal programs. - Each directory contains an index to make it easier for a user to locate a file. - Indexes are fully indexed in Digital Librarian (for 3.2). - Source code included with many of applications. - All applications were compiled using NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher - Almost all the applications were compiled in NEXTSTEP Intel only binaries to save disc space. - All binaries have been "stripped" to save disc space.
From: "Eric A. Litman" <elitman@proxima.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXTSTEP Developer at Proxima Date: 30 Jun 1994 22:58:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v00p6$2lh@digifix.digifix.com> Proxima, Inc., is once again looking for NeXTSTEP developers in our Washington, D.C. offices. The following position is to be filled immediately and is for full-time staff only. Requirements: (1) Systems Engineer/Staff Developer o 1-3 Years NEXTSTEP development o Strong AppKit knowledge a must o Demonstrable DBKit experience o Experience w/ VNP AccessKit a plus Responsibilities will include supporting our Mail team in enhancing ProxGate, developing new products, and building financial applications for existing and new clients. We have a team of great people, and are looking for one more to join us. This position requires someone who is self-manageable and capable of working both in a team environment and solo on a project. If you enjoy Mexican food, sushi, great wine and the latest technical toys then you may be right for us. We have a great location in McLean, VA, about fifteen minutes outside of DC, tons of office space, and more juice than you could ever hope to drink. Our salaries are competitive, and our benefit packages comprehensive. Send your resume via electronic mail (NeXTmail, cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, QuickMail, MIME welcome) to: resumes@proxima.com, fax it to my attention at (703) 848-0804, or mail it to the address below. -- Eric Litman Proxima, Inc. vox: (703) 506.1661 Director, Network Services McLean, VA elitman+@proxima.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Final 30 Days To Register NEXTSTEP 3.1 and Receive Free Upgrade Date: 2 Jul 1994 00:08:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2v2p77$afa@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: upgradestatus@next.com FINAL 30 DAYS TO REGISTER 3.1 AND RECEIVE FREE UPGRADE July 31, 1994 is the final deadline for registering copies of NEXTSTEP 3.1 (Intel or Motorola) for a free upgrade to 3.2. NeXT will continue to register 3.1 software after that date, but users will have to purchase their 3.2 upgrade starting August 1. For those customers not on the Net, please contact (800) 848-NeXT option 1, sub option 4, or (415) 366-0900, and ask for Order Management. -------- When registering your software, make sure to include the information from both the User and Developer versions. If you have questions about this announcement, please contact upgradestatus@next.com. Sample Registration: Name: Darren Smith Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Address: 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Phone: (415) 780-2754 Fax: (415) 780-3714 email: darren_smith@next.com Serial Numbers: AAA0000001 (User) AAC0000002 (Developer) Path: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!hookup!nic.hookup.net!digifix!digifix!not-for-mail From: chris@computerActive.on.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, July 7 Date: 6 Jul 1994 16:44:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 35 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vf540$8eo@digifix.digifix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: digifix.digifix.com To all, (sorry for the short notice!) Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, July 7, 1994 ======================================================== 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, July 7 Topics: -The lowdown from NeXTSTEP EXPO -New and upcoming products from NeXT -New third-party software -The future for NeXTSTEP -A new NeXTSTEP transportable computer system -NEXTIME -Gossip as always :-) Hope to see you there! Chris Path: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!hookup!nic.hookup.net!digifix!digifix!not-for-mail From: Dick Silbar <silbar@cantina.lanl.gov> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Los Alamos NEXTSTEP User's Group July 14 Date: 7 Jul 1994 16:11:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 22 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vhnhl$7hg@digifix.digifix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: digifix.digifix.com The Los Alamos NeXTSTEP Users Group (LANUG) will hold a meeting in the Otowi Bldg., Sideroom B, on Thursday, July 14, from 12:00 to 1:30. That is at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Bring your brown bag lunch or buy it from the cafeteria. Agenda: 1. Demonstration of the new Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC workstation (aka "Gecko", aka HP-712) running native NeXTSTEP operating system. (Hardware courtesy of HP, software courtesy of DIT.) 2. Reports by Liz Cooper, Jim Redman and myself on the NEXTSTEP EXPO, held in San Francisco, June 20-23. See you there (at Otowi). Dick Silbar, 505-667-5253 or 505-662-7309 WhistleSoft, Inc. Path: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!hookup!nic.hookup.net!digifix!digifix!not-for-mail From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing the New NeXTanswers BBS Date: 8 Jul 1994 16:10:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 32 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vkbra$6a6@digifix.digifix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: digifix.digifix.com Announcing the NeXTanswers BBS! Contact/Access Information: Phone Number: 415-780-2965 Modem Speed: 300-14400 bps (that's v32.bis) and ZyXEL 19200 (vendor specific) Compression: MNP5 and v42.bis Xfer Protocols: X, Y, and Z modem For example, if you would like to download a NeXTanswer: 1. Call 2. Log in as the user "guest" 3. Move to the file section 4. Download the file As an added feature, customers with a NEXTSTEP support contracts may open their own account on the BBS. This account allows customers to exchange plain ascii email with tech support. Each customer gets a specific username, and an email address in the form of user@nextbbs.next.com. Note: This is not a general purpose Internet account. It has limited access, and can only mail to ask_next, bug_next, and nextanswers-request. For customers without access to the Internet, though this can be a very useful tool. For more information, please contact Technical Support at (800) 955-NeXT. Path: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!fauern!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!hookup!nic.hookup.net!digifix!digifix!not-for-mail From: "Robert L. Masterson" <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Demo of DRCS v1.8.6, an SS&S CASE Tool Date: 9 Jul 1994 22:52:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 109 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vnnq9$ftp@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: CASE_Tools@sss.com NNTP-Posting-Host: digifix.digifix.com SUBMISSION: Demo of DRCS v1.8.6, an SS&S CASE Tool, uploaded to archives A demos of DRCS, the graphical revision management system from SoftwareServices and Solutions, Inc., has been uploaded to various archive sitesworldwide. The demo functions identically to the production version of DRCSduring its limited evaluation period. The demo version of DRCS can be FTPedfrom the following places: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming terra.stack.urc.tue.nl:/pub/next/OOP/Demos cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it:/incoming (soon /pub/Software/Programming/Tools/Demos) sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions The DRCS v1.8.6 demo consists of the following files: README_DRCS_1.8.6_demo.rtf - overview of the demo; FTP this first DRCS_Demo.pkg.tar.gz - the complete application DRCS_Documentation.pkg.tar.gz - the complete text of the manual DRCS_Samples.pkg.tar.gz - sample projects maintained with DRCS The DRCS demo is also available directly from Software Services and Solutions,Inc.. Contact us by email, fax, or phone at the addresses or numbers at thebottom of this message to obtain a demo if you do not have access to InternetFTP services. A short introduction to DRCS: DRCS fills the gap in the NEXTSTEP development environment by providing graphical access to project version management functions that are tightlyintegrated with ProjectBuilder, Interface Builder, and the standard developmentenvironment. With DRCS, developers need never break the flow of theirgraphical development cycle by going to a shell window to check in or check outcomponents of a project. DRCS handles all of the resources used in NEXTSTEPdevelopment, including nib files, binary files, and directories. DRCS allows NEXTSTEP and Unix users, whether they're developers or not, toenjoy full version management and revision control of everything fromwordprocessor documents to directories of NEXTSTEP projects to entirefilesystems. Anyone who can use NEXTSTEP can learn how to use the DRCSGraphical User Interface in a matter of minutes. DRCS provides project lifetime tracking and revision control for entiredirectories as well as files. DRCS directory archives maintain a history oftheir previous contents, even if component files have been renamed, or deleted. Users can call DRCS shell commands directly from a terminal window or accessthe full power of the system through the DRCS Graphical User Interface, whichresembles the NEXTSTEP Workspace Manager. All SS&S CASE Tools are sold under a floating license for maximum convenienceto the user. SS&S has an aggressive multi-license discount program. Special Expo Pricing Extended through July 31st: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., has extended the duration of our special50% off bundle offer on our award winning SS&S CASE Tools products,CodeReviewer and DRCS, through July 31st. CodeReviewer, the software projectanalysis tool (normal price $495), and DRCS, the graphical revision controlsystem (normal price $245), are both being offered in single developer floatinglicense triple fat binary versions for $370 total. There is a limit of onebundle per organization at this price. SS&S made this offer at the NEXTSTEP Expo, where we demonstrated these SS&SCASE Tools under NEXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC, Intel, and NeXT hardware at our booth,and received the Object Honors Award for consulting work employing these tools. We are repeating the offer on the net to allow developers who were not able toattend the conference to take advantage of this special offer. Your savings on this special bundle will be preserved as you upgrade yourlicense. If you wish to upgrade the number of users in your licenses for thesespecial bundled versions of the SS&S CASE Tools in the future, you will needonly pay the difference in cost between our normal single user license and themulti-user license of your choice. You can order DRCS and CodeReviewer at their special Expo bundle price of 50%off directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. To purchase thisspecial bundle, email, fax, call, or mail in your order before the end of July31st, 1994, to us at any of the following addresses or phone numbers: Software Services and Solutions, Inc. 94 Murray Street Meriden, CT 06450 email: CASE_Tools@sss.com phone: (203) 630-2000 fax: (203) 630-2020 About Software Services and Solutions, Inc.: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut,is an information technology consulting firm specializing in open systemstechnology, object-oriented software design and development, and networking. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology consulting,training, reengineering, and custom development services to businessesworldwide, and also produces high quality off-the-shelf development tools andObjectWare for developers of custom applications. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., received the 1994 Object Honors Awardfor NEXTSTEP software development and project consulting work employing SS&SCASE Tools.
From: Roger Rosner <pharos!rock@pangea.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday Date: 11 Jul 1994 12:01:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vrqd2$1b5@digifix.digifix.com> Sorry for the short notice, but the second meeting of the reborn butunnamed DC user group meeting is Wednesday! If there's any chance you'll come, please let me know before Wednesdayso I can make reservations. What: User Group Dinner When: This Wednesday, July 13, 8:00 pm Agenda: Post-Expo gossip We still don't have a name Where: The American Cafe, Tyson's Corner Directions: 495 to Route 7 West Go 3 miles Left at Westwood Center Drive It's between the Mercedes and Cadillac dealers Roger Rosner Pangea Corporation rock@pangea.com 202-986-1720
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Enterprise Objects Framework Registration Date: 11 Jul 1994 15:00:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vs4s3$237@digifix.digifix.com> Developers who are participating in the Enterprise Objects Framework Beta program and are interested in being notified about updates should send a message to EORegistry@next.com. This address will be set up to add your electronic mail address to a mailing list to make sure you do not miss any information or updates for EOF. For more information contact EORegistry@next.com.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: OpenStep class hierarchy diagram Date: 11 Jul 1994 15:33:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <2vs6pr$2ks@digifix.digifix.com> In order to better understand how the Foundation Kit and OpenStep are organized, I spent some time on the weekend drawing up a class diagram in Diagram! 2. The results are available by ftp at ftp://digifix.digifix.com/pub/Documents/OpenStep.diagram2.tar.gz ftp://digifix.digifix.com/pub/Documents/OpenStep.eps.gz Comments are appreciated.
From: Joakim Johansson <d91-jjo@nada.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PackageBuilder 1.1 Date: 11 Jul 1994 15:51:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vs7rq$2o7@digifix.digifix.com> ARCHIVE SUBMISSION: PackageBuilder 1.1 This is a tool for helping developers creating installation packages. It is compiled for the i386, m68k and hppa architectures, and needs at least NS3.x to run. You can find it at: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/tools/PackageBuilder1.1.Obese.tar This is a much improved version with a revamped UI + more.. Enjoy, Joakim Joakim Johansson d91-jjo@nada.kth.se
From: verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Garbage.tar - Quicktime movie Date: 12 Jul 1994 00:33:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vt6fj$6k6@digifix.digifix.com> I've uploaded a Mac Quicktime movie converted for use with NEXTTIME to ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/graphics. Though many QuickTime movies play as-is, many are stored on archives with Mac specific compression schemes, hence this converted version. If you like rendered scenes, get this one! Here are the stats on the movie along with the original author's note. Duration 61.285 seconds Size 4.552 Mb Copyright File Format QuickTime Video Compression Cinepak Average Data Rate 76.064 kb / second Average Frame Rate 8.000 frames / second Natural Size 240W x 180H pixels Soung Channels Mono Sound Compression None Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok) verket@venice.sedd.trw.com -------- From: "Michael W. Wheeler" <MWW@tntech.edu> Subject: [*] Garbage.MOV - QuickTime movie from NCSA Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 09:27:49 -0600 (CST) This is a QuickTime movie produced by NCSA. That has an environmental theme. It is very good and large ~5.5MB. This file is available via MacMosaic at URL: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/MacMosaic/QuickTime/GARBAGE.MOV It is not available by FTP. BINHEXed Self-extracting StuffIt archive. Michael Wheeler, mww@tntech.edu
From: verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Harolds_Date.compressed - Quicktime movie Date: 12 Jul 1994 00:36:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vt6ku$6m0@digifix.digifix.com> I've uploaded a Mac Quicktime movie converted for use with NEXTTIME to cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/graphics/Harolds_Date.compressed. Though many QuickTime movies play as-is, many are stored on archives with Mac specific compression schemes, hence this converted version. Here are the stats on the movie along with the original author's note. Duration 59.000 seconds Size 2.015 Mb Copyright File Format QuickTime Video Compression Cinepak Average Data Rate 34.979 kb / second Average Frame Rate 13.000 frames / second Natural Size 200W x 150H pixels Soung Channels None Sound Compression None Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok) verket@venice.sedd.trw.com ---------- #### BINHEX harolds-date.hqx **** Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 07:35:16 -0700 From: rory@netcom.com (Rory Hinnen) Subject: Harold's Date qt part xaa of xaf This is a quicktime animation, nearly a minute long. I created it using Infini-D & Premiere. This is the first bit of character animation I've attempted, and I'm fairly pleased with it. It involves a digital fellows attempt at meeting the ideal digital woman. It was created in Infini-D 2.5, using elements imported from Photoshop & Illustrator. After the CG files were created, everything was brought into Premiere, tightened up, and titles were added (from Photoshop, again). Someday, I hope to do this sort of stuff for a living, 'tho right now I'm a lowly CS student at University Nevada, Reno (Hear that, Misters Lucas, Cameron or Kristoff - Hire me now and avoid the rush!) Anyway, hope you like the file. It was fun to do. .rory. rory@netcom.com
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New Drivers Available on NeXTanswers (long) Date: 12 Jul 1994 00:40:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vt6r6$6mg@digifix.digifix.com> The following drivers are available today from NeXTanswers: Adaptec 154x Driver: NeXTanswers # 1520/1521 The updated driver 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. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1520.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1521.compressed Cogent EISA Driver: NeXTanswers # 1564/1565 This driver supports two models of Cogent EISA network adapters: The Cogent eMASTER+ EM932 EISA and the Cogent eMASTER+ EM935 EISA XL. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1564.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1565.compressed HP Vectra XM XP LAN Driver: NeXTanswers # 1623/1624 This driver is designed to support the AMD Am79C960 on-board 16-bit Ethernet controller included with the HP Vectra XM and XP series of computers. With this updated driver, you can connect your computer to your network using AUI, BNC, or RJ-45 connectors. In addition, hardware multicast support has been added. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1623.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1624.compressed HP XP Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1588/1589 This new graphics driver is designed to support the on-board graphics controller of the Hewlett-Packard Vectra XP series computer. The on-board graphics controller is based on the S3-928 chipset and can support 2MB or 4MB of VRAM. This driver supports multiple configurations in both Hi-res and Lo-Res settings. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1588.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1589.compressed IBM Token Ring Driver: NeXTanswers # 1523/1524 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 ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1523.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1524.compressed Number 9 GXE Driver: NeXTanswers # 1617/1618 The #9GXE display adapter device driver supports a variety of VL-Bus display adapters from the Number Nine Computer Corp. See the README file in NeXTanswers for models of adapters and display modes supported by this driver. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1617.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1618.compressed QVision Driver: NeXTanswers # 1590/1591 The QVision device driver supports the new LocalBus QVision Graphics Controllers included on the Compaq Deskpro XE Series. The new XE Series support 1 megabyte or 2 megabyte size video frame buffers. This driver is designed to continue to support the existing QVision EISA adapters supported by the driver included with NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Intel Processors. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1590.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1591.compressed TokenExpress Driver: NeXTanswers # 1613/1614 With this updated driver: *You can now use TokenExpress adapters that have an incorrect hardware address checksum stored in their EEROM chips. *You can now use any of the six DMA channels supported by the TokenExpress adapter: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, or 7. *You can now use TokenExpress adapters with sound cards, because the updated driver requires only 272K low memory. In addition, you can use the TokenExpress adapter with Sound Blaster and compatible sound cards, though you need to change the TokenExpress adapter's I/O port address from the default setting of 0xA20 to either 0xA24, 0xA50, or 0xA54. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1557.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1558.compressed Weitek P9000 Driver: NeXTanswers # 1557/1558 The Weitek Power 9000 display adapter device driver supports three models of display adapters: The Diamond Viper VLB, the Diamond Viper PCI, and the Genoa VideoBlitz 9200VL. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. ------------- In addition to the drivers mentioned above, NeXTanswers also now lists beta drivers. 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, do not use the beta versions of the NeXT Software. 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. 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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. -------- Please submit all bug reports using the BugNeXT application found in /NextDeveloper/Demos. You will need to change the e-mail address for BugNeXT in the Preferences panel to driver_bugs@NeXT.COM. The following beta drivers are available as of today from NeXTanswers: Diamond Stealth 64 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1586/1587 This new graphics driver supports the VL-Bus & PCI versions of the Stealth 64 Graphics adapters from Diamond Computer Corp. These adapters are based on the S3-964 Graphics controller chipset and support 2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1586.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1587.compressed DPT 2000 SCSI Driver: NeXTanswers # 1625/1626 The DPT 2000 Series SCSI adapter device driver supports the DPT 2021 ISA adapter as well as the DPT 2000 Series of high-performance caching SCSI adapters, including the DPT 2012 EISA, 2022 EISA, and 2122 EISA adapters. This driver replaces the DPT 2012-B EISA SCSI adapter driver on NEXTSTEP 3.2. Note: This driver does not support the DPT 2011 ISA Adapter. This updated driver fixes a number of problems associated with the driver shipping with NEXTSTEP release 3.2, including unreliable SCSI timeouts, adapter failure after SCSI resets during startup, and lack of support for multiple EATA protocol SCSI adapters. The updated driver also corrects a problem with Bernoulli and other removable drivers where the cache of a disk's file system isn't cleared when the disk is ejected and another inserted. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1625.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1626.compressed Number 9 GXE 64 Pro Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1584/1585 This new graphics driver supports the PCI version of the Number 9 GXE64Pro display adapters from Number Nine Corp. These adapters are based on the S3-964 graphics controller chipset and support 2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. Note: This driver does not support the Number 9 GXE64 adapter series which are based on the S3-864 chipset and use DRAM instead of VRAM. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1584.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1585.compressed Tseng ET 4000W32 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1621/1622 This new graphics driver supports display adapters based on the Tseng ET4000W32 graphics controller chipset, including the NEC Image systems with on-board display adapters with 2MB DRAM and the Lightspeed VL adapter by STB Systems with 2MB DRAM. Caution: The ET4000W32i driver doesn't work with SoftPC full-screen mode if there are only 1MB video DRAM on the NEC Image systems. Caution: 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced modes are not supported by ET4000W32p chip on the NEC Image systems. 1024x768 16-bit interlaced mode is supported. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1621.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1622.compressed Note: The Lightspeed VL card uses ET4000W32p chip, and thus also supports 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced mode.
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2vt6r6$6mg@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2vt6r6$6mg@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 12 Jul 1994 00:52:43 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vt7ir$6pl@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New Drivers Available on NeXTanswers (long) Date: 12 Jul 1994 00:54:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vt7n0$6pr@digifix.digifix.com> The following drivers are available today from NeXTanswers: Adaptec 154x Driver: NeXTanswers # 1520/1521 The updated driver 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. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1520.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1521.compressed Cogent EISA Driver: NeXTanswers # 1564/1565 This driver supports two models of Cogent EISA network adapters: The Cogent eMASTER+ EM932 EISA and the Cogent eMASTER+ EM935 EISA XL. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1564.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1565.compressed HP Vectra XM XP LAN Driver: NeXTanswers # 1623/1624 This driver is designed to support the AMD Am79C960 on-board 16-bit Ethernet controller included with the HP Vectra XM and XP series of computers. With this updated driver, you can connect your computer to your network using AUI, BNC, or RJ-45 connectors. In addition, hardware multicast support has been added. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1623.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1624.compressed HP XP Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1588/1589 This new graphics driver is designed to support the on-board graphics controller of the Hewlett-Packard Vectra XP series computer. The on-board graphics controller is based on the S3-928 chipset and can support 2MB or 4MB of VRAM. This driver supports multiple configurations in both Hi-res and Lo-Res settings. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1588.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1589.compressed IBM Token Ring Driver: NeXTanswers # 1523/1524 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 ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1523.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1524.compressed Number 9 GXE Driver: NeXTanswers # 1617/1618 The #9GXE display adapter device driver supports a variety of VL-Bus display adapters from the Number Nine Computer Corp. See the README file in NeXTanswers for models of adapters and display modes supported by this driver. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1617.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1618.compressed QVision Driver: NeXTanswers # 1590/1591 The QVision device driver supports the new LocalBus QVision Graphics Controllers included on the Compaq Deskpro XE Series. The new XE Series support 1 megabyte or 2 megabyte size video frame buffers. This driver is designed to continue to support the existing QVision EISA adapters supported by the driver included with NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Intel Processors. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1590.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1591.compressed TokenExpress Driver: NeXTanswers # 1613/1614 With this updated driver: *You can now use TokenExpress adapters that have an incorrect hardware address checksum stored in their EEROM chips. *You can now use any of the six DMA channels supported by the TokenExpress adapter: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, or 7. *You can now use TokenExpress adapters with sound cards, because the updated driver requires only 272K low memory. In addition, you can use the TokenExpress adapter with Sound Blaster and compatible sound cards, though you need to change the TokenExpress adapter's I/O port address from the default setting of 0xA20 to either 0xA24, 0xA50, or 0xA54. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1613.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1614.compressed Weitek P9000 Driver: NeXTanswers # 1557/1558 The Weitek Power 9000 display adapter device driver supports three models of display adapters: The Diamond Viper VLB, the Diamond Viper PCI, and the Genoa VideoBlitz 9200VL. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1557.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1558.compressed ------------- In addition to the drivers mentioned above, NeXTanswers also now lists beta drivers. 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, do not use the beta versions of the NeXT Software. 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. 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. -------- Please submit all bug reports using the BugNeXT application found in /NextDeveloper/Demos. You will need to change the e-mail address for BugNeXT in the Preferences panel to driver_bugs@NeXT.COM. The following beta drivers are available as of today from NeXTanswers: Diamond Stealth 64 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1586/1587 This new graphics driver supports the VL-Bus & PCI versions of the Stealth 64 Graphics adapters from Diamond Computer Corp. These adapters are based on the S3-964 Graphics controller chipset and support 2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1586.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1587.compressed DPT 2000 SCSI Driver: NeXTanswers # 1625/1626 The DPT 2000 Series SCSI adapter device driver supports the DPT 2021 ISA adapter as well as the DPT 2000 Series of high-performance caching SCSI adapters, including the DPT 2012 EISA, 2022 EISA, and 2122 EISA adapters. This driver replaces the DPT 2012-B EISA SCSI adapter driver on NEXTSTEP 3.2. Note: This driver does not support the DPT 2011 ISA Adapter. This updated driver fixes a number of problems associated with the driver shipping with NEXTSTEP release 3.2, including unreliable SCSI timeouts, adapter failure after SCSI resets during startup, and lack of support for multiple EATA protocol SCSI adapters. The updated driver also corrects a problem with Bernoulli and other removable drivers where the cache of a disk's file system isn't cleared when the disk is ejected and another inserted. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1625.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1626.compressed Number 9 GXE 64 Pro Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1584/1585 This new graphics driver supports the PCI version of the Number 9 GXE64Pro display adapters from Number Nine Corp. These adapters are based on the S3-964 graphics controller chipset and support 2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver. Note: This driver does not support the Number 9 GXE64 adapter series which are based on the S3-864 chipset and use DRAM instead of VRAM. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1584.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1585.compressed Tseng ET 4000W32 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1621/1622 This new graphics driver supports display adapters based on the Tseng ET4000W32 graphics controller chipset, including the NEC Image systems with on-board display adapters with 2MB DRAM and the Lightspeed VL adapter by STB Systems with 2MB DRAM. Caution: The ET4000W32i driver doesn't work with SoftPC full-screen mode if there are only 1MB video DRAM on the NEC Image systems. Caution: 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced modes are not supported by ET4000W32p chip on the NEC Image systems. 1024x768 16-bit interlaced mode is supported. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1621.compressed ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1622.compressed Note: The Lightspeed VL card uses ET4000W32p chip, and thus also supports 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced mode.
From: "Barry D. Beal" <bdbeal@libre.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group - July 14th Date: 12 Jul 1994 02:40:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vtdsm$7sf@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: The next meeting of the Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group will be Thursday, July 14th at Mesa Community College. We will be discussing the results of the recent NeXTSTEP Expo in San Francisco. Several members of our User Group attended the Expo and will be on hand to report on their experiences and impressions. I have talked to some people who attended the Expo and they are very enthusiastic about their experience. This meeting will include a demo of Nexttime and a special surprise demo. Doors open at 7:00, come early and get acquainted with the other members. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30. Location: Thursday, July 14th at 7:30 PM Mesa Community College Kirk Student Center (the clock tower building) Kiva Room on the lower level 1833 W. Southern Ave, Mesa Agenda: * Announcements. * Q & A - a chance to ask your NeXTSTEP related questions. * Discussion of the recent NeXTSTEP Expo. * Demonstration of NEXTTIME. For more information about the meeting or the User Group, please call Barry Beal at (602)834-3262.
From: dubois@primate.wisc.edu (Paul DuBois) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RTF Spec 1.3 available (Word, RTF, PostScript format) Date: 12 Jul 1994 15:51:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vus89$c8u@digifix.digifix.com> I've made version 1.3 of the RTF specification available via ftp, gopher, and WWW. It's available in Macintosh Word, RTF, and PostScript formats. (The specification is available only in some sort of DOS self-expanding format on Microsoft's ftp site.) The specification is available via any of the following: anonymous ftp to ftp.primate.wisc.edu (under /pub/RTF). The files are RTF-Spec-1.3.hqx (Word), RTF-Spec-1.3.rtf (RTF), and RTF-Spec-1.3.ps (PostScript). gopher to gopher.primate.wisc.edu (select "Primate Center Software Archives") WWW using URL http://www.primate.wisc.edu/ (select "Primate Center Software Archives") If you want Microsoft's DOS file, it's on ftp.microsoft.com under Softlib/MSLFILES/GC0165.EXE. -- Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu
From: yamagata@galaxy.linc.or.jp (Tomohiko Yamagata) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: 48th NeXus Meeting (Tokyo) on August 6 Date: 12 Jul 1994 16:06:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vut3l$cbr@digifix.digifix.com> NeXus (NeXT Users Society Japan) will hold a meeting in the Building-1, Meeting room-2, on Saturday, August 6, from 19:00 to 21:00. The Building-1 is at the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Nihon Univ., in Surugadai, Tokyo, Japan. Nearest JR Station is Ochanomizu. There are also Subway stations, Shin-Ochanomizu and Ogawa-machi at ten minutes walk distance. Speaker : Ms Junko Hanashima, Channel Marketing Manager, Japan Sun Soft "DOE Product Overview" See you ! NeXus may be the largest organization in the world for the users of the NEXTSTEP. It is a non-profitable organization operated solely by the members. NeXus (NeXT Users Society Japan) e-mail : NeXus-office@nexus.or.jp Fax : +81-45-959-1223 (attn. Mr. Inagaki) Postal: c/o Ohashi Clinic, 4-4-2, Ebara, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 142 Japan ------------ Tomohiko Yamagata yamagata@galaxy.linc.or.jp (NeXT mail OK) yamagata@omega.mtk.nao.ac.jp
From: David Aspinall <aspinall@Comnetix.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: libInspector Date: 12 Jul 1994 17:21:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vv1g8$d6u@digifix.digifix.com> David Aspinall aspinall@comnetix.com ComnetiX Computer Systems 1440 Hurontario Street, Mississauga Ontario, CANADA, L5G 3H4 Phone: (905) 274-4060 Fax: (905) 271-7776 Introduction libInspector is a Workspace Manager contents Inspector used to inspect the contents of archive libraries. The Inspector shows compiled architectures, and a list of compiled objects within the library. I wrote it to help track down a small confusing bug ( turned out one library I was using was single arch ..) Usage One installed (you may have to restart WM, or Update) then simply select the library ( .a) and press cmd-2 for the contents inspector. Availability ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/libInspector.compressed ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util/libInspector.README Architecture m68k, i386 Price Free. Comments welcome Systems requirements I have included FAT (m68k, i386), Intel and Motorola versions of the bundle. Simply place the bundle in your execution path ( ~Apps, /LocalApps ..). As soon as I convince my bosses to give me an HP I will upgrade the submission. About ComnetiX ComnetiX is a custom software development house, specializing in Police imaging and document management systems. Products are available for NeXTStep, DOS/Windows, and MacIntosh. Please send inquires to info@comnetix.com
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT (New York City) July 25 Date: 12 Jul 1994 17:39:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <2vv2hq$dbs@digifix.digifix.com> GOTHAM USERS OF NeXT Monday, July 25th I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. NEXTSTEP Expo Dispatch - 18:45 What all went on at Expo? What new? What's NS3.3? What, if not End-of-File, is EOF? III. Anderson Financial Systems (AFS) & WriteUpi - 19:15 Back in the dark ages of black hardware the Word Processor was WriteNow - but it never made it off that platform. Now, for color challenged hardware there is WriteUPi - as AFS puts it, The Word Processor for NEXTSTEP! Join AFS and GUN and see what WriteUpi, and its mother ship PasteUpi are all about. IV. Close of Meeting Win an extremely limited edition NEXTSTEP Expo "NUGI Steve Jobs" button!! The piece of Expo paraphernalia from Expo `94! Publication Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: Robert Davis <davisre@netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.1 -- A Pasteboard Application Date: 14 Jul 1994 00:41:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <302flh$1f9@digifix.digifix.com> I'm pleased to announce the first update to Pastry 1.0 which was released in February, 1994. For the uninitiated, Pastry is an application that provides 3 basic features: - it lets you put any number of items on the pasteboard instead of just one, - it lets you lock-in the items that you use frequently so they are always available for pasting, - it lets you examine the contents of any item on the pasteboard, plus other perks, like letting you combine several independently copied text items into a single item on the pasteboard, or letting you drag-n-drop any item to or from the pasteboard. But this description is feeble -- the best way to get the picture is to try the fully-functional demo available at the following sites: ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/ pub/next/binaries/next-interface/Pastry-1.1.tar.gz ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de currently in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/platforms/next/submissions/Pastry-1.1.tar.gz probably moving to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/platforms/next/Tools/pasteboard sonata.cc.purdue.edu currently in ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Pastry-1.1.tar.gz probably staying there ------------------- Some of the Improvements in 1.1: - Unlimited Undo/Redo - New locking feature lets you lock certain items, be they fonts, files, email addresses, TIFF images, or whatever, so that they are always available for pasting into any application. - Save/Open feature lets you save the items in a group as a single unit and reopen them later. - New File inspector makes opening or selecting a filename that's on the pasteboard in the Workspace. - Pastry now accepts dragged information so you can drag items from the Workspace or Librarian or some other app onto a Pastry group and they will be placed on the pasteboard. - Pastry provides several services to other applications: "Add to General Group," "Paste and Delete," "Select Next Item," and "Select Previous Item." - When the Font Group is set to Display Contents, it will show a letter "A" in the respective font of every item. - Localized for English and French (French translation by Andre Lalonde). - Complete, up-to-date online help (English only). ... and more. ------------------- Pastry is shareware -- see the online help for registration details. 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). Pastry uses a few classes from the MiscKit, the grassroots NeXTSTEP Objective-C kit developed by the NeXTSTEP community under the direction of Don Yacktman. Send correspondence about Pastry to davisre@netcom.com (use the Suggestion menu option in Pastry). Most of the new features were requested by users, and some that have been requested are still in the queue -- try 'em out, and let me know what you think. Robert Davis davisre@netcom.com July, 1994
From: Dick Locke <dick_locke@wiltel.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX Date: 14 Jul 1994 00:49:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <302g58$1h0@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX WilTel's Advanced Technology Group (ATG) has several permanent NeXTSTEP programming positions open in The Woodlands, Texas Required: NeXTSTEP development experience, 1+ years in commercial environment Appkit familiarity Firm grasp of Object-Oriented concepts Team-oriented Excellent verbal and written communications skills Objective-C programming Must be U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the US. Desired: UNIX experience Telecommunications industry experience B.S., B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience If interested, please send your resume and a brief cover letter to: Email: (preferred) dick_locke@wiltel.com (ascii or NeXTMail only please) US Mail: WilTel, Advanced Technology Group 8665 New Trails Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77381 Attn: Dick Locke About WilTel: Wiltel's ATG is pioneering the effort to deploy an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network in commercial settings via object network management systems development. WilTel offers data, voice, and video products and services. The company also provides end-to-end network services, communications equipment facilities management and maintenance, and has service and sales offices in more than 100 U.S. cities. WilTel owns and operates a nationwide digital fiber-optic network, one of only four in the United States, with access to more than 30,000 network miles. WilTel is one of the Williams Companies, Inc., a $5 billion corporation that also owns and operates three interstate pipeline systems, one of the nation's largest natural gas gathering and processing companies, and a company that provides financial and information-based products and services to the energy and financial industries. The company is listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges (symbol WMB).
From: David Aspinall <aspinall@Comnetix.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailPictures v0.4 Date: 14 Jul 1994 00:51:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <302g8s$1h7@digifix.digifix.com> July 12, 1994 MailPictures is a simple utility app designed to assist in the management of the /LocalLibrary/Images/People image database. Features: - accepts an alias through the services menu - will collect aliases that are not correctly configured and allow the user to assign them to valid user names. - create/delete password and alias file entries - assign/change pictures using drag and drop paradigm. - when saving the new data base, the old data files are backed up into a "/LocalLibrary/Images/People/.passwd-alias.backup" file. - the inspector will display details about the currently selected user, or it can display a list of netinfo group aliases. - Supports two document formats, one to encapsulate the photo and all the aliases for a given user, and one to hold complete copies of the passwd and alias data. Both document types can be merged into an existing database. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/mail/MailPictures-v0.4.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/mail/MailPictures-v0.4.README Compilied m68k, i386 Enjoy David Aspinall aspinall@comnetix.com Comments VERY welcome!!
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group - Thurs 7/28/94 Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:06:24 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042bg$6fq@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, JULY 28th, 1994 7:00pm to 9:00pm The July meeting of the Dallas Area NeXT Group features an demonstration of NEXTIME, the motion-picture viewer for NEXTSTEP from NeXT Computer. There will also be a showing of the keynote speeches from Jobs and McNealy at the recent NEXTSTEP EXPO. SPECIAL FEATURE: DaNG will sell a copy of PAGES by PAGES, at auction. Bring your checkbook and pick up this excellent word processor for an outstanding value! Thanks to Marc Munford at Pages for donating the software! 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. (BYTE Magazine, 1992) 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. 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. 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. 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: m@BlueRose.com (M Carling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group - July 21 - Pages Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:06:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042c3$6g0@digifix.digifix.com> BANG Meeting July 21st, 7:00pm, SLAC Auditorium Agenda: Following announcements and a technical Q&A free-for-all, Pages will be showing "Easy Pages". We will retire to a restaurant for food and drink at about 9:00pm. Directions: >From I280, take Sand Hill Road East. At the second traffic light, >turn right. Tell the sentry you are going to the main auditorium, >and he will point you toward the correct parking lot. For more information, contact Mike Gabrys, BANG President-elect, at mmg@tellurium.sf.ca.us.
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Color Mixing Software for Nextstep Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:07:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042d2$6g6@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 MIXING APPLICATION FOR NEXTSTEP. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 11, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the availability of the ColorMix application for the NEXTSTEP community. ColorMix allows you to combine colors together graphically with continuous sliders through as many color channels as you want, supporting both additive and subtractive color mixing. Another cool graphic-art tool. ColorMix You drag colors into color channels and add or subtract fractions of the color from the total result. You can drag the resultant color directly into other applications. Alpha is supported. User documentation is included. ColorMix (mixes multiple color together) $12.00 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. ** Flying Monkey Software's Software catalog is available via email; ** it describes all the offerings from your winged primate pals. Send ** a request and it'll be sent right out! 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 rockin up a storm. 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. Take walk on the software side. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. ColorMix is a NEXTSTEP application from Flying Monkey Software. Keep your elbows off the table, please.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, July 21st Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:07:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042ef$6ge@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, July 21, 1994 Time: 6:30pm Place: NEXTSTEP Lab (Skiles 157) Georgia Tech (Atlanta, USA) Cost: $1 but otherwise open to the public (rsvp) Agenda: NEXTSTEP Programming Seminar, #5 Mini-session (6:30pm): Introduction to OOP with Objective-C Main Topic (7:00pm): Introduction to Distributed Objects Instructors: Jon Bennett (Information Management, Inc.) Bert Lindgren (NEXTSTEP:atlanta) Directions to NEXTSTEP Lab, Skiles Hall (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). Continue in this direction and park in either lot to the north or south of Atlantic at the Stop-sign. The NEXTSTEP lab is in Skiles Hall, which is just across the southern lot from Atlantic and adjacent to the Library. The lab has 25 seats. If you are fairly certain that you will attend the seminar, please contact us to reserve one for you. (You may wish to bring disks for taking home sample code.) Please note that there will be a $1 fee (or $5 for six seminars). The Main Topic starts at 7:00. This should aid those of you who need some flexibility in your arrival time. Hope to see you there! Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-373-2619 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@home.net Email: prie@acm.org
From: John Lam <jlam@atd.rochester.ny.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: UnNUG, Upstate New York NeXT User Group - Tuesday, july 19 Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:09:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042gl$6gp@digifix.digifix.com> NEXT USER GROUP MEETING What has been happening at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford and at the Eastman School of Music? GET CLUED IN. What has Julius Smith been doing since leaving NeXT? What is Music Kit 4.0? What is the Yamaha VL-1, and what's the hubbub in /WiReD/ about this? FIND OUT. How is the Eastman School of Music using NeXT computers? ATTEND UnNUG MEETINGS. Mike DeMurga, graduate student at Eastman, will give an overview of the studio, and demo applications like SoundWorks, pvc.app (Phase Vocoder Program), C-Sound, SMS (Spectral Modeling Synthesis), and some physical modeling software from Stanford. Listen to works realized at the ESM Studio. BE THERE! When Tuesday, July 19, 7:30 pm Where Eastman School of Music Room 50 At a future meeting, Aleck Brinkman will demo Notability, music notation software, and Presto, a midi sequencer. The School of Music is in downtown Rochester at the corner of Main and Gibbs. Use the school entrance at Gibbs, not the Eastman Theatre entrance. Go to the end of the hall and descend into the basement. Room 50 is at the foot of the stairs. Seating is very limited. Come early. John & Aleck Upstate NewYork NeXT User Group
From: "Robert L. Masterson" <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Enhanced Demo of CodeReviewer v2.7.5, an SS&S CASE Tool, uploaded to archives Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:12:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3042mh$6i4@digifix.digifix.com> A demo of CodeReviewer, the graphical software analysis and quality maintenance tool from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is now available by FTP and directly from SS&S. The demo features enhancements in C++ code processing, metric presentation, and an expanded on line help facility. The demo version of CodeReviewer can be FTPed from the following places: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/README_CodeReviewer_2.7.5_demo.rtf ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_2.7.5_Demo.pkg.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_and_DRCS_Samples.pkg.tar.gz cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it:/incoming (soon to be moved to /pub/Software/Programming/Tools/Demos) sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions It consists of the following files: README_CodeReviewer_2.7.5_demo.rtf - an overview of the demo CodeReviewer_2.7.5_Demo.pkg.tar.gz - demo application and documentation CodeReviewer_and_DRCS_Samples.pkg.tar.gz - projects that show off CodeReviewer The CodeReviewer demo is also available directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. Contact us by email, fax, or phone at the addresses or numbers at the bottom of this message to obtain a demo if you do not have access to Internet FTP services. A short introduction to 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 and reducing maintenance costs by producing higher quality code. CodeReviewer allows project managers and developers to analyze versions of code visually and formally, according to industry-standard software metrics. Formal analysis across the objects in a project can guide a drill-down to the actual code of methods that needs to be revised. Visual analysis is supported for any type of code, while software metrics can be computed, compared, and graphed for Objective-C, C++, C, and YACC code. With CodeReviewer, a programmer can quickly see where to best spend limited resources in order to create the most bug-free, maintainable code possible. Project Managers use CodeReviewer to keep track of and manage changes to objects and other code in multi-person development efforts and to target effort at improving code that would otherwise have a high maintenance cost in the future. CodeReviewer integrates well with ProjectBuilder and the standard NEXTSTEP development tools, as well as 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. 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. Key features of CodeReviewer: o Lowers costs by finding trouble spots before they become costly bugs o Increases the productivity of developers o Gets new developers up to speed on a project quickly o Reduces maintenance costs by enabling higher quality code production o Supports visual analyses of versions of files o Allows changes different versions to be examined in context and merged o Computes formal software complexity and quality metrics on code o Supports formal analysis of Objective-C, C++, C, and YACC code o Enables hierarchical analysis to drill down to problem code quickly o Integrates well with optional source code management systems, including DRCS, RCS, CVS, and others o Allows development history to be examined o Fully integrated with ProjectBuilder and standard NEXTSTEP development tools o Supports analysis of multiple files and multiple projects simultaneously o Exports analysis results in a format readable by spreadsheets and other tools o Allows quick appraisal of legacy code and previous work Special Expo Pricing Extended through July 31st: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., has extended the duration of our special 50% off bundle offer on our award winning SS&S CASE Tools products, CodeReviewer and DRCS, through July 31st. CodeReviewer, the software project analysis tool (normal price $495), and DRCS, the graphical revision control system (normal price $245), are both being offered in single developer floating license triple fat binary versions for $370 total. There is a limit of one bundle per organization at this price. SS&S made this offer at the NEXTSTEP Expo, where we demonstrated these SS&S CASE Tools under NEXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC, Intel, and NeXT hardware at our booth, and received the Object Honors Award for consulting work employing these tools. We are repeating the offer to allow developers who were not able to attend the conference to take advantage of this special offer. Your savings on this special bundle will be preserved as you upgrade your license. If you wish to upgrade the number of users in your licenses for these special bundled versions of the SS&S CASE Tools in the future, you will need only pay the difference in cost between our normal single user license and the multi-user license of your choice. You can order CodeReviewer and DRCS at their special Expo bundle price of 50% off directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. To purchase this special bundle, email, fax, call, or mail in your order before the end of July 31st, 1994, to us at any of the following addresses or phone numbers: Software Services and Solutions, Inc. 94 Murray Street Meriden, CT 06450 email: CASE_Tools@sss.com phone: (203) 630-2000 fax: (203) 630-2020 About Software Services and Solutions, Inc.: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut, is an information technology consulting firm specializing in open systems technology, object-oriented software design and development, and networking. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology consulting, training, reengineering, and custom development services to businesses worldwide, and also produces high quality off-the-shelf development tools and ObjectWare for developers of custom applications. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., received the 1994 Object Honors Award for NEXTSTEP software development and project consulting work employing SS&S CASE Tools.
From: Norman Goldfarb <norman@whitelight.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers needed at WhiteLight Systems Date: 15 Jul 1994 13:54:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <306ih2$fvp@digifix.digifix.com> POSITIONS AVAILABLE: SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS Join our team developing WhiteLight/Engineer 3.0, 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. One position requires strong database skills. Location in San Francisco Bay Area location is preferred but not required. Many of our developers work remotely. We will cover relocation costs. Competitive compensation, including equity. WhiteLight Systems is one of largest NEXTSTEP independent software vendors. Our products include WhiteLight/Engineer, CrashCatcher, LightMail and, of course, Mission Critical Solitaire. Please contact: Norman Goldfarb norm@whitelight.com (415) 321-2183 (tel) (415) 321-2083 (fax)
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT and SIGS Announce NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Supplement Date: 15 Jul 1994 13:55:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <306iir$g02@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT and SIGS Announce NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Supplement NeXT Computer, Inc. and SIGS Publications, Inc. announced at NEXTSTEP Expo that SIGS would begin production of a supplemental publication called OpenStep Solutions dedicated to the NEXTSTEP and OpenStep marketplace. This supplement will be polybagged with both Object Magazine and the Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (JOOP), two of SIGS' flagship publications. OpenStep Solutions will provide a valuable new information resource for SIGS Magazine Readers as well as a communications resource for NeXT and OpenStep developers. The proposed editorial line-up includes an interview with Steve Jobs, Enterprise Objects Framework section, application stories, two third-party "tool set" articles, a calendar of events, and NeXT-related news. Submissions for articles and editorials are encouraged and should be sent to the editor-in-chief: Marie Lenzi Syrinx Corporation 236 West 26th Street, Suite 7SW New York, NY 10001 212 229-0320 212 807- 9111 fax OpenStep Solutions will debut in October 1994 and be published quarterly thereafter. This first issue will be announced and distributed at Object Expo Europe, September 26-30, 1994 in London, England. Subsequent issues will be available in January, May, July/August and October of 1995. The format will be a four color, 16- to 24-page magazine with original, commissioned art. With distribution through Object Magazine and JOOP, and related trade shows, circulation is expected to reach 80,000 by 1995. Please contact SIGS directly for advertising information and space reservations. East Coast Gary Portie: 212 242-7447 West Coast Diane Fuller: 408 255-2991 Trade Shows Shirley Sax: 212 242-7447 Following is the reprinted press release: Contact: Shirley Sax Karen Logsdon SIGS Publications NeXT Computer, Inc. 212 242-7447 415/780-3786 SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch OpenStep Solutions Quarterly Supplement Will Accompany Object Magazine and JOOP NEW YORK, June 28, 1994 -- SIGS Publications, publishers of Object Magazine and the Journal of Object Oriented Programming (JOOP), in conjunction with NeXT Computer, Inc., today introduced OpenStep Solutions, a 24-page quarterly magazine supplement designed to help users and developers learn more about NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. The premiere issue of OpenStep Solutions will debut in October and be distributed to more than 80,000 readers worldwide in conjunction with SIGS' flagship publications -- Object Magazine and JOOP. Marie Lenzi, Object Magazine's editor, will take on the additional responsibility of editing OpenStep Solutions. "OpenStep Solutions will address the needs of the emerging NeXT marketplace," Rick Friedman, president and group publisher of SIGS Publications. "SIGS believes NEXTSTEP and OpenStep will gain in popularity and in acceptance -- just as object-oriented programming has -- and OpenStep Solutions will grow along with the market." Focusing primarily on issues relevant to users and developer of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, the publication will also cover third-party developer applications and products through articles written by industry experts, experienced users and NeXT technical personnel. The magazine typically will include application stories, technical tips, interviews and product reviews/new related to NeXT and its third-party developers. "We are pleased that SIGS, the leading object technology information provider, is creating the vehicle to educate users and developers about NEXTSTEP and OpenStep," said Paul Vais, executive director of marketing at NeXT Computer, Inc. "The audience that SIGS reaches through its publications and conferences complements the customers and prospects that NeXT attracts." Founded in 1988, SIGS Publications publishes Object Magazine, the Journal of Object Oriented Programming, C++ Report, The Smalltalk Report, Report on Object Oriented Analysis & Design and The X Journal. The company's mission is to stimulate the user of object-oriented and other emerging technologies by publishing and sharing useable, technical and unbiased information on the fast-growing software industry. SIGS is headquartered in New York and has offices in London and Munich. 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, CA, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real-Time Event and Pattern Indicators Date: 15 Jul 1994 14:09:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <306jca$g3s@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - Real-Time Event and Pattern Indicators 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 by downloading any of the following demo applications from the archive site. -- Custom Demo One: (EventMarkers) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multi-channel event information in real-time. It implements features such as consecutive state-one marking, marking events stale on recycling, auto time axis shifting and scrolling, beeping when all channels have event state one, display of boolean channels like "3 out of 5 on", etc. -- Custom Demo Two: (LabelDancing) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display symbols in scatter format and in real-time. It displays between 64 and 1024 symbols simultaneously moving on an axes system. Used for resource tracking, pattern analysis, etc. -- Custom Demo Three: (DoubleBar) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multiple data sets in bar and line format in real-time. Used for display of synchronous and asynchronous indexed multi-value indicators. These demos show a few of the ways The Graph Object Library can be used for custom data display. When you purchase The Graph Object Library you receive the source code for these demos, the complete library API, full documentation, legendary support and innovative, solution-oriented technology with a breadth and depth on a par with your enterprise-wide goals. See below for instructions on how to ftp these applications. Please call VVI 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. VVI delivers a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via The 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 a 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. VVI has been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and delivers comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder 3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we haven't stopped there. VVI is currently working on Version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features of The Graph Object Library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. It's like having your own graph software development department. VVI customers have included financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI can assist you in the following areas of 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:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_i386.compressed ftp:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_i386.compressed ftp:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsLabelDancing_i386.compressed ftp:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_m68k.compressed ftp:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_m68k.compressed ftp:/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsLabelDancing_m68k.compressed 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: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 24 - 1994 Date: 15 Jul 1994 14:41:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <306l85$gcm@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 24). Monday July 04 through Friday July 15 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 23 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: Emerald Image Tool version 1.1 MAB SUBMISSION: Emerald Image Tool MAB demo on archives PRESS RELEASE: A Color List Conents inspector for WorkspaceManager PRESS RELEASE: Zippytech Upgrades InetObjects MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, July 7 MEETING: Los Alamos NEXTSTEP User's Group July 14 Announcing the New NeXTanswers BBS SUBMISSION: Demo of DRCS v1.8.6, an SS&S CASE Tool MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday Enterprise Objects Framework Registration SUBMISSION: OpenStep class hierarchy diagram SUBMISSION: PackageBuilder 1.1 SUBMISSION: Garbage.tar - Quicktime movie SUBMISSION: Harolds_Date.compressed - Quicktime movie New Drivers Available on NeXTanswers (long) MEETING: Phoenix NeXTSTEP User Group - July 14th SUBMISSION: RTF Spec 1.3 available (Word, RTF, PostScript format) MEETING: 48th NeXus Meeting (Tokyo) on August 6 SUBMISSION: libInspector MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT (New York City) July 25 SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.1 -- A Pasteboard Application JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX SUBMISSION: MailPictures v0.4 MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group - Thurs 7/28/94 MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group - July 21 - Pages PRESS RELEASE: Color Mixing Software for Nextstep MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, July 21st MEETING: UnNUG, Upstate New York NeXT User Group - Tuesday, july 19 SUBMISSION: Enhanced Demo of CodeReviewer v2.7.5, an SS&S CASE Tool, uploaded to archives JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers needed at WhiteLight Systems NeXT and SIGS Announce NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Supplement PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Real-Time Event and Pattern Indicators 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: Alan Atlas <alan@sarrus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Developer Openings at Sarrus Software Date: 15 Jul 1994 23:08:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <307iv7$j37@digifix.digifix.com> Sarrus Software is a small, aggressive, profitable company that leads the NEXTSTEP market for Group Information Management software. Since its founding three years ago, Sarrus Software has become the vendor of choice for corporate group scheduling and directory services software in this market. We're winning and having a blast in the process. We're expanding our software development team, and we have openings for two engineers with 2+ years of experience in commercial shrinkwrap software development using OOP techniques and principles. What's important to us is that we find committed, excellent, curious, disciplined, self-motivated, happy people who want to work in the NEXTSTEP OOP environment. If you're ready to come to a small company where you can really make a difference building cutting-edge, successful applications that customers love then we'd like to talk to you. And you'd like to talk to us. You should have experience in either NEXTSTEP, UNIX, Mac, OS/2, or Windows OOP environments. You should be committed to quality and willing to do what it takes to produce software that you are proud of. You will need excellent oral and written (English) communications skills. You should like to work on teams. Please respond as follows: alan@sarrus.com (NeXT Mail OK) OR fax to (415)345-9365 OR snail mail to: Alan Atlas Sarrus Software 565 Pilgrim Dr. Suite C Foster City, CA 94404 Principals Only Please
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: 21 NEXTSTEP positions open through Pencom Date: 15 Jul 1994 23:13:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <307j8i$j48@digifix.digifix.com> Pencom Seeks 21 NEXTSTEP/OOP Engineers for Internal and External Projects for Our Distinguished List of Clients. A NeXT-authorized systems integrator as well as a registered NEXTSTEP software developer, and Channel Partner, Pencom provides a full range of services to support users and vendors in adopting this revolutionary technology. Pencom continues to be the leader in NEXTSTEP/OO software development and consulting services. Pencom Systems Incorporated, a New York-based firm, has provided software engineering and manpower resources to Fortune 500 companies and leading computer firms since 1973. Currently the largest recruiting firm specializing in NEXTSTEP, UNIX, and the Open Systems markets, Pencom employs over 500 people and maintains a large heterogeneous network of workstations including more than 90 NeXT machines. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Clint Tomlinson, Manager, Advanced Technologies Recruiting Pencom 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North Austin, TX 78759 Fax: 512-346-6444 E-Mail: clint@pencom.com ++The following permanent and contract positions require NO LESS than 2 years industry experience, and permanent positions require permanent residence. Thank you for your cooperation. If you are interested in being kept informed about positions but are not actively seeking employment, please email your contact information and qualifications in confidence to clint@pencom.com. KEY** #positions-description-#years experience-geography-visa required (Yes/No) 1-Sr.level NS Architect-2/5yrs NS,6-10yrs total-S.Calif-yes 3-Jr/Mid level NS applications programmers-1/3yrs NS-CA.-yes 2-Mid/Sr level NS system administrator-2/4yrs NS-chicago-yes 9-Sr.level NS Applications Developers-3/5yrs NS-CA,IL,NYC,TX,WA,VA-yes 2-Sr.level NS Consultants/Developers-3/5yrs NS-CA,IL,NYC,TX-no 2-Sr.level NS Architects-2/5yrs NS, 6-10yrs total-N.Calif-yes 2-Sr.level NS Financial Application Contractors-3/5yrs NS-IL,VA-no
From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TickleServices1.11 - NEXTSEP Services framework Date: 17 Jul 1994 00:47:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30ad4n$qgj@digifix.digifix.com> CONTACT INFORMATION: Contact: Scott Hess 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 Telephone: (612) 895-1208 (home) or (612) 890-1332 (office) Internet: scott@nic.gac.edu or shess@ssesco.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (IF NOT SOONER) SCOTT HESS RELEASES TickleServices1.11 An Evolutionary Framework For Rapid Prototyping of NEXTSTEP Services Friday July 15, 1994, 4:00pm CDT SCOTT'S OFFICE - TickleServices1.11 is a new release of TickleServices which includes support for HP PA-RISC execution and minor bug fixes: o All executables now compiled "obese" with m68k, i386, and hppa architectures. o Added hppa support to the "Lipo/Edit Files..." service. o Renameds the TickleServices.ts service "Format // Comment" to instead read "Format Slash Comment". Since services uses "/" to separate menu items from their submenus, this confused some programs which processed services. Version 1.11 is a "FAT" binary which will run under NEXTSTEP3.0 and later on either Motorola, Intel, or PA-RISC 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 TickleServices1.11 is available NOW for NEXTSTEP3.x Motorola, Intel, and PA-RISC. 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: ftp://ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl/pub/next/submissions/TickleServices1.11.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/TickleServices1.11.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/TickleServices1.11.tar.gz To unarchive TickleServices, get to a command-line and use the command "gzcat TickleServices1.11.tar.gz | tar -xvf -". If you do not have ftp access, contact Scott Hess and he can send you a copy via email. If you're the kind to care, the output of running sum(1) on the file is: 57542 784 TickleServices1.11.tar.gz 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.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Senior Nextstep P/A-1yr-Washington D.C Date: 18 Jul 1994 15:39:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30elp5$7r1@digifix.digifix.com> I have been asked to identify a Senior Nextstep P/A-(two to four years Nextstep project experience) for a 12 month+ Washington D.C. development project. An employee or consultant will be considered. This growing Software Development division of an $1 billion dollar international corporation is looking for "can do" self starters who are also team players. They offer consulting as well as permanent/employee positions with very attractive technical growth, salary compensation plans & great benefits in a fresh, friendly, casual, easy going, environment with flexible hours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. 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: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY packages all its color apps together! Date: 18 Jul 1994 15:39:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30elpu$7r7@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 COLLECTS ALL ITS COLOR APPS IN A SINGLE SUITE. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 18, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced it has collected all its color applications into one package - ColorSuite1 - priced at a 10% discount over the individual items! Contained in ColorSuite1 are: Applications (fat binaries - user's guide always included) ColorInterpolator ($10.00) 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 ($17.50) 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. ColorMatch ($15.00) With ColorMatch, you may select any number of color lists or groups of color lists and match a color against them. Simply bring the color lists into the application, and drag in colors. Closest matches are located in the color lists and placed into a color well for dragging from. Both rectilinear (RGBA) and cylindrical (HSBA) color models are supported. Color sensitivity controls are provided to allow fine-tuning matching criteria. Collections of color lists may be saved as color list sets to leverage production-level needs. ColorMix ($12.00) You drag colors into color channels and add or subtract fractions of the color from the total result. You can drag the resultant color directly into other applications. Alpha levels are supported. ColorSplit ($8.50) You drag a color into the master-color well and its guide-color components are split out into their own wells. Drag a color into a guide well and the master will reflect its aspect. You can drag from any of the wells into other applications directly. HSB, RGB, and Alpha aspects are all supported and kept in sync at all times. Bundles (fat binaries - user's guide always included) WMColorListInspector ($4.00) 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 levels are supported. ColorSuite1 (All fat binaries) $60.00 (a $67.00 value.) The Color4Interpolator, ColorInterpolator, ColorMatch, ColorMix, and ColorSplit Applications, and the WMColorListInspectorBundle. Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. ** A wonderful catalog of all of Flying Monkey Software's products is ** available electronically - send a note and we'll send it right out! Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and would like to make your acquaintance. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. Monkey think, monkey fly! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. Color4Interpolator, ColorInterpolator, ColorMatch, ColorMix, and ColorSplit are NEXTSTEP applications from Flying Monkey Software. WMColorListInspector is a NEXTSTEP bundle for use under NeXT's WorkspaceManager from Flying Monkey Software. ColorSuite1 is a collection of applications and bundles from Flying Monkey Software. Now, say all that three times fast...
From: verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mummy.tar - Quicktime movie Date: 18 Jul 1994 22:57:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30ffe3$aac@digifix.digifix.com> Here's a Mac Quicktime movie converted for use with NEXTTIME. Though many QuickTime movies play as-is, many are stored on archives with Mac specific compression schemes, hence this converted version. This clip briefly shows the volume imaging of a mummy using a CT scanner and the post processing required. Here are the stats on the movie along with the original author's note. Duration 62.947 seconds Size 4.827 Mb Copyright File Format QuickTime Video Compression Cinepak Average Data Rate 78.522 kb / second Average Frame Rate 8.000 frames / second Natural Size 240W x 180H pixels Soung Channels Mono Sound Compression None You can find this submission on: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions with a final home of /pub/next/graphics sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok) - venice.sedd.trw.com #### BINHEX mummy.hqx **** From: "Michael W. Wheeler" <MWW@tntech.edu> Subject: [*] Mummy.MOV - QuickTime movie from NCSA Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 09:35:58 -0600 (CST) This is a QuickTime movie produced by NCSA. As the name says it's about a mummy. It is very good and large ~5.7MB. This file is available via MacMosaic at URL: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/MacMosaic/QuickTime/MUMMY.MOV It is not available by FTP. Self-extracting StuffIt archive. Michael Wheeler, mww@tntech.edu
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New Version of PoPa (0.07) Available Date: 19 Jul 1994 15:58:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30hb93$g32@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 32 273 315 phone +41 32 273 362 FAX e-mail: droux@info.isbiel.ch A new version of PoPa (0.07) is available on the anonymous ftp serverinext.info.isbiel.ch, directory /pub/parallel/PoPa. ftp://serverinext.info.isbiel.ch/pub/parallel/PoPa PoPa is an extension to C which allows portable parallel programs to be written following the CSP model and further executed on UNIX computers, on distributed systems, or on massively parallel machines (Intel Paragon, Transputer networks, etc). PoPa also provide a set of tools to ease the development of these programs as well as other features such as a client-server library and a parallel library manager. Main features of version 0.07: - PoPa parallel programs can be simulated on a UNIX workstation and executed in parallel on distributed system on top of PVM - PoPa has been successfully tested on NEXTSTEP, Linux, SunOS 4, and Solaris 2 and is easily portable to other operating systems. - The PVM implementation of PoPa is running on PVM 3.2 and 3.3.1 - The client-server library allows generic UNIX client applications to use remote PoPa parallel programs as servers. - PoPa is delivered with 11 demonstrations programs. - A complete user manual of 70 pages is available via ftp - PoPa can be installed on NEXTSTEP computers using Installer.app - A NEXTSTEP front-end for the PoPa utilities is also provided Here's an exhaustive list of the differences between the successive versions of PoPa: Version 0.07, July 5th, 1994 - First version of the client-server library (CS-Lib) implemented, allows clients to use UNIX and PVM servers. Tested on NEXTSTEP, SunOS 4, Solaris 2, Linux - Clever permission test in CS-Lib during server startup - Test for correctness of messages received from server at startup - password option of .popahost file implemented and tested - New demonstration demos/cslib/multi to demonstrate the multi-session capabilities of CS-Lib - Client applications can process messages coming from servers asynchronously - New demonstration demos/cslib/async to demonstrate the asynchronous processing of messages from servers - The compatibility of the client and server versions of the CS-Lib protocol is automatically tested during the initial connection. - Tested with Linux 1.0.8 - Tested with PVM 3.3.1 - More reliable connection establishment under Linux - Strong CS-Lib error management with 40 possible classified errors. - Asynchronous processing of messages fully documented in PoPa user manual. - New demonstration demos/cslib/nfact: client-server version of the NFACT program. - The message "popa: starting..." has been suppressed when a PoPa program is started with the "popa" utility - Check if PVM is running before starting a PVM program with the "popa" utility - It is now possible to print a report showing the virtual machine configuration and the hardware configuration using the option -v of "popa" - NEXTSTEP Installer adapted to allows the user to select the optional packages to be installed - Installation chapter of the documentation adapted to the current version Version 0.06, February 18, 1994 - NEXTSTEP on a NeXT computer and NEXTSTEP on an Intel computer are considered as two different architectures. - Previous demonstrations moved to demos/popa. - calc function of the nfact demo corrected. - bug when passing SHORT, UNSIGNED_SHORT, FLOAT, and CHAR parameters has been removed. - Client part of the PoPa Client-Server library terminated. - UNIX version of the Server part of the PoPa Client-Server library terminated. - New demo directory demos/cslib for Client-Server library demonstrations - New demonstration demos/cslib/simple to test the client-server library. - Documentation structure revisited. It now includes the Client-Server library description. Version 0.05, January 20, 1994 - No more channels snapshot in parallel construct - UNIX channels implementation split into two parts and restructured to allows the use of UNIX channels between threads of the same task with the PVM implementation. - PoPa version and compile date and time are written in the headers of the generated files. - csptest and alt demos modified such that the master tasks take the from_host and to_host channels as parameters. - All demonstrations tested with the PVM implementation. - Documentation partially corrected - alt demo renamed to alt_thread. This demo test only the ALT construct for channels between threads of the same task. - New demonstration alt_task available to test the ALT construct for channels connecting threads of different tasks. - New demonstration alt_mix available to test the ALT construct for channels connecting threads of different and the same tasks. - PVM implementation terminated, tested on NEXTSTEP and SunOS 4. - Do not duplicate module names in makefiles under UNIX and PVM. - The following additional architecture has been tested: * SunOS Release 5.3 (Solaris 2), SPARC - Much better (clearer and prettier) NEXTSTEP installation application. - Copyright notice added in each source file. - Documentation updated for the current distributed version. Version 0.04, January 4, 1994 - User name bug fix during unix configuration for use of PoPa from a front-end. - nfact master code slightly modified. Version 0.03, December 15, 1993 - The slaves are always linked with the math library. - The following additional UNIX architecture has been tested: * NEXTSTEP 3.2, Intel computer Version 0.02, December 7, 1993 - UNIX channels have been greatly optimized - The channels implementation structure has been reviewed - The following additional UNIX architecture has been tested: * NEXTSTEP 3.2, NeXT computer - The UNIX CSP alternate construct is now implemented - A new demonstration is available: demos/alt Version 0.01, December 3, 1993 - Only the simulated UNIX architecture is supported - The UNIX architecture has been tested on * NEXTSTEP 2.1, NeXT computer * NEXTSTEP 3.1, Intel computer * NEXTSTEP 3.1, NeXT computer * SunOs 4, Sun SPARC 10 * Linux SLS 0.99, Intel computer - The UNIX CSP alternate construct is not implemented
From: dpeter@hsd.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Introductory Pricing of $249 on Questor 3.0 Spreadsheet Date: 19 Jul 1994 15:59:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30hbb5$g3c@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA Xanthus International David Peter Jesper Lundh Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.com Email: info@xanthus.se Xanthus Offers Special Introductory Pricing of $249 for Questor 3.0 Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP San Diego, July 19, 1994 - Xanthus International today announced that it has begun shipping Questor 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. The new version offers Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. (Complete product info is at the end of this message) Xanthus also announced special introductory pricing on Questor 3.0 of $249 (Retail $595) for a single-user license, available through August 31, 1994. Questor 3.0 is delivered as fat (MAB) binaries for Motorola and Intel processors. Registered owners of Questor 2.0 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the new version. Xanthus is also offering special promotional pricing on Graphity, its business graphing and charting application which can be used together with Questor or as a stand-alone application. When purchased with Questor at the promotional price, Graphity can be purchased for an additional $50 (Retail $395). The total price for the Questor/Graphity bundle is $299, a savings of over $600. To order, email, fax or phone Xanthus USA at: Xanthus USA 345 First St., Suite O Encinitas, CA 92024 Ph. (619) 632-9700 Fax (619) 632-9702 Email: sales@xanthus.com When ordering, please provide the following information: Name _______________________________________________ Company _______________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________ City _______________________________________________ State _______________________________________________ Zip _______________________________________________ Country _______________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________________ Fax _______________________________________________ Email _______________________________________________ I would like to order (____) copies of Questor 3.0 at $249 each. I would like to order (____) copies of the Questor/Graphity bundle at $299 each. Method of Payment: ( ) COD ( ) Credit Card ( ) Company Check If Payment is via Credit Card, which type: ( ) VISA ( ) MC Expiration Date: _________________________________________ Name on Card: _________________________________________ Total Price $___________ Shipping charges will be added to your invoice. ----- Cut Here ------ _____________ Questor 3.0 Product Info _____________ Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of a "matrix-based" spreadsheet application with a number of unique features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with OpenWrite, the "Microsoft Word-like" word processor announced by Xanthus at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94, Questor is one of the cornerstones in it's Open Office product suite. The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody familiar with traditional spreadsheet programs such as 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. - A 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.
From: don@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New Version of PoPa (0.08) Available Date: 20 Jul 1994 16:35:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30k1q6$a8b@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 32 273 315 phone +41 32 273 362 FAX e-mail: droux@info.isbiel.ch A new version of PoPa (0.08) is available on the anonymous ftp server inext.info.isbiel.ch (147.87.67.1), directory /pub/parallel/PoPa. ftp://inext.info.isbiel.ch/pub/parallel/PoPa PoPa is an extension to C which allows portable parallel programs to be written following the CSP model and further executed on UNIX computers, on distributed systems, or on massively parallel machines (Intel Paragon, Transputer networks, etc). PoPa also provide a set of tools to ease the development of these programs as well as other features such as a client-server library and a parallel library manager. Main features of version 0.08: - PoPa parallel programs can be simulated on a UNIX workstation and executed in parallel on distributed system on top of PVM - PoPa has been successfully tested on NEXTSTEP, Linux, SunOS 4, and Solaris 2 and is easily portable to other operating systems. - The client-server library allows generic UNIX client applications to use remote PoPa parallel programs as servers. - The NEXTSTEP PoPa Kit provides a new class allowing clients to view servers as objects, and an InterfaceBuilder palette which contains a generic login window to select PoPa servers interactively. - PoPa is delivered with 11 demonstrations programs. - A complete user manual of 90 pages is available via ftp - PoPa can be installed on NEXTSTEP computers using Installer.app - A NEXTSTEP front-end for the PoPa utilities is also provided Here's an exhaustive list of the differences between the successive versions of PoPa: Version 0.08, July 20, 1994 - NXPoPaKit implemented and tested. This NEXTSTEP Kit provides a new PoPaServer class allowing a NEXTSTEP application to view servers as objects. It also provides a palette which contains a generic login window to select popa servers interactively. NXPoPaKit is supported by Motorola and Intel. - New demonstration demos/cslib/nfact/client.nextstep, a NEXTSTEP front-end for the NFACT parallel program using the NXPoPaKit. - NFACT server modified to allows multiple calculations within the same client-server session. - New directory src/tools to store the sources of the available interactive PoPa tools. - New directory src/tools/nextstep for the sources of the NEXTSTEP PoPa tools. - PoPaCenter sources distributed in src/tools/nextstep/PoPaCenter - InstallerNeXT sources distributed in src/tools/nextstep/InstallerNeXT - New user manual chapter on NXPoPaKit - Hardware configuration files have to include the header file <popa/config.h> instead of <popa/configX.h> where X correspond to the target architecture. - New user manual chapter on how to upgrade PoPa programs - Sources and header files directories completely restructured Version 0.07, July 5, 1994 - First version of the client-server library (CS-Lib) implemented, allows clients to use UNIX and PVM servers. Tested on NEXTSTEP, SunOS 4, Solaris 2, Linux - Clever permission test in CS-Lib during server startup - Test for correctness of messages received from server at startup - password option of .popahost file implemented and tested - New demonstration demos/cslib/multi to demonstrate the multi-session capabilities of CS-Lib - Client applications can process messages comming from servers asynchronously - New demonstration demos/cslib/async to demonstrate the asynchronous processing of messages from servers - The compatibility of the client and server versions of the CS-Lib protocol is automatically tested during the initial connection. - Tested with Linux 1.0.8 - Tested with PVM 3.3.1 - More reliable connection establishement under Linux - Strong CS-Lib error management with 40 possible classified errors. - Asynchronous processing of messages fully documented in PoPa user manual. - New demonstration demos/cslib/nfact: client-server version of the NFACT program. - The message "popa: starting..." has been suppressed when a PoPa program is started with the "popa" utility - Check if PVM is running before starting a PVM program with the "popa" utility - It is now possible to print a report showing the virtual machine configuration and the hardware configuration using the option -v of "popa" - NEXTSTEP Installer adapted to allows the user to select the optional packages to be installed - Installation chapter of the documentation adapted to the current version Version 0.06, February 18, 1994 - NEXTSTEP on a NeXT computer and NEXTSTEP on an Intel computer are considered as two different architectures. - Previous demonstrations moved to demos/popa. - calc function of the nfact demo corrected. - Client part of the PoPa Client-Server library terminated. - UNIX version of the Server part of the PoPa Client-Server library terminated. - New demo directory demos/cslib for Client-Server library demonstrations - New demonstration demos/cslib/simple to test the client-server library. - Documentation structure revisited. It now includes the Client-Server library description. Version 0.05, January 20, 1994 - No more channels snapshot in parallel construct - UNIX channels implementation splitted into two parts and restructured to allows the use of UNIX channels between threads of the same task with the PVM implementation. - PoPa version and compile date and time are written in the headers of the generated files. - csptest and alt demos modified such that the master tasks take the from_host and to_host channels as parameters. - All demonstrations tested with the PVM implementation. - Documentation partially corrected - alt demo renamed to alt_thread. This demo test only the ALT construct for channels between threads of the same task. - New demonstration alt_task available to test the ALT construct for channels connecting threads of different tasks. - New demonstration alt_mix available to test the ALT construct for channels connecting threads of different and the same tasks. - PVM implementation terminated, tested on NEXTSTEP and SunOS 4. - Do not duplicate module names in makefiles under UNIX and PVM. - The following additional architecture has been tested: * SunOS Release 5.3 (Solaris 2), SPARC - Much better (clearer and prettier) NEXTSTEP installation application. - Copyright notice added in each source file. - Documentation updated for the current distributed version. Version 0.04, January 4, 1994 - User name bug fix during unix configuration for use of PoPa from a front-end. - nfact master code slightly modified. Version 0.03, December 15, 1993 - The slaves are always linked with the math library. - The following additional UNIX architecture has been tested: * NEXTSTEP 3.2, Intel computer Version 0.02, December 7, 1993 - UNIX channels have been greately optimized - The channels implementation structure has been reviewed - The following additional UNIX architecture has been tested: * NEXTSTEP 3.2, NeXT computer - The UNIX CSP alternate construct is now implemented - A new demonstration is available: demos/alt Version 0.01, December 3, 1993 - Only the simulated UNIX architecture is supported - The UNIX architecture has been tested on * NEXTSTEP 2.1, NeXT computer * NEXTSTEP 3.1, Intel computer * NEXTSTEP 3.1, NeXT computer * SunOs 4, Sun SPARC 10 * Linux SLS 0.99, Intel computer - The UNIX CSP alternate construct is not implemented
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT at ObjectWorld - San Francisco, July 27-29 Date: 20 Jul 1994 16:53:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30k2rn$acd@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer, Inc. at ObjectWorld July 27-29 Moscone Center, San Francisco Booth #119 NeXT Computer will demonstrate NEXTSTEP, NEXTSTEP Developer, NEXTSTEP for PA RISC, Enterprise Objects Framework, PDO and other technology at Booth #119 at ObjectWorld, held July 27-29 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. In addition, NEXTSTEP will be demonstrated in the Digital and HP booths, #501 and #609, respectively. Calender of Events: Wednesday, July 27 9-noon Keynote: "Object Strategies - Two Years Later" Panel discussion lead by Chris Stone of OMG with guest panelists Steve Jobs of NeXT Computer, Joe Gugliemli of Taligent, Philippe Kahn of Borland, Lee Reiswig of IBM and Bud Tribble of SunSoft Inc. 10-5 Exhibit Hall Hours NeXT booth #119 5:30-7 ComputerWorld Object Application Awards Master of Ceremonies: Steve Jobs of NeXT Computer, Inc. Thursday, July 28 9-10 Live Sunergy Broadcast Hosted by John Gage of Sun Microsystems This interactive broadcast will allow guests Steve Jobs of NeXT Computer, Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems and Chris Stone of OMG to entertain questions from viewers in 40 different countries. 10-5 Exhibit Hall Hours NeXT booth #119 Friday, July 29 10-4 Exhibit Hall Hours To register for this conference, or to get more information, please call (800) 225-4698 or (508) 879-6700. Hope to see you there! Darren Smith NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: Michael Lofquist <sirius@interconnect.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: nibIT 1.0 - IB CASE Utility Date: 21 Jul 1994 23:53:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30nfsd$kle@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, July 1994 -------------------------------- SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies Pty Ltd announces the release 1.0 of nibIT. The nibIT palette is a NEXTSTEP CASE utility and Interface Builder enhancement utility that allows developers to support documentation requirements in the software lifecyle for the Interface Builder component of a NEXTSTEP project. The utility can generate 3 kinds of documentation for nib files, and allows developers to associate descriptions to Interface Builder objects, and store these descriptions within the nib file or in a separate archive file. These descriptions can be merged into the generated documents for the nib file. The documentation generated from nibIT is: * a NeXT style RTF document * a DIAGRAM!2 file describing object connections * an ascii basefile for user defined post processing Demo Version: ---------------- A demo version of nibIT 1.0 is available on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/nibIT1.0-demo.tar.gz This demo version will function until 31 September 1994. New Pricing: -------------- Please email sirius@interconnect.com.au for new price and ordering details (details are included with the demo version). SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies P/L. ------------------------------------------- SIRIUS is a NEXTSTEP software development and consulting company based in Sydney, Australia. SIRIUS is the co-developers of the 1994 NeXT Object Honors Award winning project, a NEXTSTEP based Network and Facility Mangement System.
From: Karl Kraft <Karl_Kraft@trapac.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE:The First Triple Fat CDROM for NeXTSTEP Date: 21 Jul 1994 23:58:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30ng4g$kln@digifix.digifix.com> Ensuing Technologies 4220 S. Maryland Parkway Building B, Suite 406 Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 792 6799 (702) 792 6794 fax cdrom@ensuing.com PRESS RELEASE For more information contact: Karl Kraft Karl_Kraft@ensuing.com (702) 792-6799 For Immediate Release --------------------- ENSUING TECHNOLOGIES RELEASES "THE FATTED CALF" THE FIRST TRIPLE FAT CDROM FOR NEXTSTEP Las Vegas, NV July 1st 1994 -- Ensuing Technologies has started volume sales of The Fatted Calf, the first triple fat CD-ROM for NeXTSTEP. Using NeXT's Multi Architecture Binary (MAB) technology, Ensuing Technologies has created a disc that contains the largest collection of "fat" and "triple fat" NeXTSTEP applications. This method of creating an executable allows use of the same application on NeXTSTEP/68K, NeXTSTEP/Intel, or NeXTSTEP/HPPA. For The Fatted Calf, This allows the consumer to purchase a single disc instead of two or three. "Fat" applications can run on either NeXTSTEP/FIP or the original NeXT workstations, and "triple fat" applications can also be run on NeXTSTEP/HPPA. "We are extremely pleased with how well The Fatted Calf has been received. During the three days of NeXTSTEP Expo, we managed to move over 300 units, with no pre-show advertising", said Karl Kraft, President/CEO of Ensuing Technologies. Compatibility ------------- The Fatted Calf was developed to be useful for NEXTSTEP users, regardless of platform selection. Touting the largest collection of triple fat applications, The Fatted Calf and it's documents can be used on NeXTSTEP/68k, NeXTSTEP/FIP, and NEXTSTEP/HPPA. Of the over 350 applications, over 120 are triple fat, including popular Unix utilities like zsh, tcsh, rz, sz, and fortune. The Fatted Calf uses the industry standard ISO9600 format with RockRidge extensions, which allows users to view it's contents on almost any operating system, including Solaris, DOS, Windows, Mac-OS, AIX, and Linux. Collection & Partnership ------------------------ The Fatted Calf is over 600 megabytes of what makes NeXTSTEP great. The Fatted Calf contains: over 25 megabytes of sound, movie, renderman, and raytrace documents over 50 megabytes of classes, kits, examples, and palettes. over 380 ready to use postscript fonts over 50 modules for backspace preference modules workspace modules shareware, freeware and public domain software in 29 categories: Astronomy Developer NeXTDimension Audio DockExtenders NotePads Audio-DSP Editors Publishing Benchmarks Fractals Scheduling Calculators Games TeX Clocks GraphicViewers UUCP Communication Graphics Unix Compression Harmless Utilities Conversion HexEditors Workspace Database Misc The Fatted Calf contains demos and information from 45 NeXTSTEP software vendors, several of which are not available or only partially available via ftp due to size. Many of these demos come with sample files that are not normally part of the ftp distribution. All demos are FAT and a few are triple FAT. Each demo is organized by company and by category. ActiveIngredients SNRI Athena_Design SUMERIS BLaCKSMITH Schema_Research Black_&_White_Software Second_Glance Civilized_Software Software_Services_and_Solutions Conextions Software_Ventures DART Stone_Design DTW Take_Three Digital_Recordings Tensor Ensuing_Technologies ThoughtfulSoftware Epitome TipTop_Software FirstClass Trilithon GESTEL Unter_Ecker_Software Hickman-Kenyon_Systems VISUS HyperSight WaterShed Metrosoft WhiteLight_Systems Mouthing_Flowers Xenon Nyro_Technix Yrrid ObjectiveTechnologies iXpoint Otherwise megatelGmbH Pages vhf Parabase workstation Professional_Software NeXTSTEP Developer Examples --------------------------- A significant portion of NeXT's installed base consists of independent and in-house software developers. To help this portion of the NeXTSTEP community, we have included a wide base of programming examples and source code. The disk has a special programming section with over 60 source code examples, 40 standalone classes, and 30 palettes covering a wide spectrum of NeXT kits and tools. Several of the most popular NeXTSTEP kits are also on The Fatted Calf. ****Examples**** AdobeExamples FindPanel RemoteMailCompose Animate Grabber SimpleReader AssociationExample InspectMe SimpleTableView-1 AtYourService InspectorPanelDemo Sizer BananaSplit LispExample SwapView_2.0r Bezier MWNUG-Sept1993 TIFFandEPS BooleanFormatter Matrix TWindow Broadcast Multi TableView ConvertXYtoChar NILoginPanelTest TextORama DBTVTest NormalBrowser TreeView DateFormatter OOP_Course Tutorial DeveloperLabs ObjectPalette Twin DragDemo ObserveTest WhatsUpDoc DragLab OrderByTest WindowSize DrawingInAnAppIcon PaginationLab YourWS_Inspector DynamicApp PersonalPreferences ZooView Ergo Plotter iDrag.0.6 ExecutiveTest QuickApp xView FactorBrowser ReaderDomain FileBrowser RecordManager ****Classes**** AppExceptions InspectorManager ScrollWindow BrainRulers Julian ScrollingTextDisplay BrowsableCell Matrix SliderDualActing CompSim Neural-Network SortedList ContourView NewInspector String CryptSums NumberLine SubprocessPlus DirPanel PopUpMenu SwapView DragFontPanel PortComm Tee FileQueue PriorityQueue WhereAmI FindManager PtrNumberLine XText GNULicense Puppeteer browser Gauges RCString serialComm HashFile RadioAssociation tcp_network_objects HashTable Random IEMappedFile Rubberview IconView SampleClasses ****Palettes**** BarChart FileSaverAndRetriever PAThumbWheel CVS HotShape Plotter Calculator JoyStick RTFScrollView Calendar KeyDownBrowser ScrollingTextField Chart LazyDebugger SwitchBox CircularSlider MailComposer TTools Clocks Moose TablePrinter ColorBrowser NibInfo WLabeledSlider Connector PAScrollViewDeluxe CubicSlider PAStringList ****Kits**** LGDCommunicationKit MiscKit_old gamekit MOKit MusicKit gamekit_future MeasurementKit SocketKit MiscKit ThreadKit Usability --------- To make using the CD-ROM as easy as possible, Ensuing Technologies wrote two special browsing applications called Navigator and FontBrowser. Both are being made available via ftp and email to allow users to examine the contents of the disc. Both Navigator and FontBrowser are triple fat, and can be used on any NeXTSTEP platform, with or without The Fatted Calf CD-ROM. o Navigator The Navigator application acts much like the workspace browser, allowing you browse the hierarchal layout of the disc contents. As each folder is selected, the associated README file is automatically displayed. The Navigator is a self contained application, and does not require the CD-ROM to be useable. This allows you to browse the CD's contents, without needing to have the CD. o FontBrowser The FontBrowser application shows the over 370 PostScript fonts from The Fatted Calf in six different sizes. Simply select the name of the font, and the font is displayed. IF you don't know the name of the font you want, you can engage the FontBrowser to begin cycling through all the fonts. The FontBrowser is a self contained application, and does not require the CD-ROM to be useable. This allows you to pick fonts that suit your project without having to install them and rebuild the font list. Note: to reduce the amount of material you need to ftp, the ftp version of the FontBrowser only supports three font sizes. In addition to these two useful tools, the READMEs on the disk have been indexed using the NEXTSTEP 3.2 Digital Librarian. To ftp the navigator or font browser: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/demos/misc/CALF_Navigator.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/demos/misc/CALF_Fonts.tar To receive the navigator via email: To: info@andi.org Subject: send ensuing navigator To receive the font browser via email: To: info@andi.org Subject: send ensuing fontbrowser For information on using the ANDI file server via email: To:info@andi.org Subject: help Avialability ------------ The Fatted Calf has a suggested retail of $30 and is available immediately from Alembic Systems International and Dancing Bear Enterprises. Alembic Systems Dancing Bear Enterprises 14 Inverness Dr 2622 Cortina Lane Suite G228 P.O. Box 4667 Englewood CO 80112 Vail, CO 81658-4667 800-452-7608 800-221-2217 303-799-6223 303-479-9101 303-799-1435 Fax 303-479-9442 Fax About Ensuing Technologies Inc. ------------------------------- Ensuing, Ensuing Technologies, The Fatted Calf and their respective logos are trademarks of Ensuing Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Ensuing Technologies 4220 S. Maryland Parkway 406B * Las Vegas, NV 89119 (800) 788-2466 * (702) 792-6799 * (702) 792-6794 FAX cdrom@ensuing.com
From: "Robert L. Masterson" <Robert_Masterson@sss.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Updated demo of DRCS v1.8.8 Date: 22 Jul 1994 15:32:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30p6sv$or4@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: Updated demo of DRCS v1.8.8, an SS&S CASE Tool, uploaded to archives An updated demo of DRCS, the graphical revision management system from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., has been uploaded to various archive sites worldwide. The demo of version 1.8.8 functions identically to the production version of DRCS during its limited evaluation period. The demo version of DRCS can be FTPed from the following places: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/DRCS_1.8.8_Demo.pkg.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/DRCS_Documentation.pkg.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/CodeReviewer_and_DRCS_Samples.pkg.tar.gz cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it:/incoming (soon /pub/Software/Programming/Tools/Demos) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/incoming/next (soon to be moved to its permanent location) sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions The DRCS v1.8.8 demo consists of the following files: DRCS_1.8.8_Demo.pkg.tar.gz - the complete application DRCS_Documentation.pkg.tar.gz - the complete text of the manual CodeReviewer_and_DRCS_Samples.pkg.tar.gz - sample projects maintained with DRCS The DRCS demo is also available directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. Contact us by email, fax, or phone at the addresses or numbers at the bottom of this message to obtain a demo if you do not have access to Internet FTP services. The older version 1.8.6 demo is obsolete, and if you currently have version 1.8.6, you should replace it by version 1.8.8, or contact SS&S to have an update kit emailed to you. A short introduction to DRCS: DRCS fills the gap in the NEXTSTEP development environment by providing graphical access to project version management functions that are tightly integrated with ProjectBuilder, Interface Builder, and the standard development environment. With DRCS, developers need never break the flow of their graphical development cycle by going to a shell window to check in or check out components of a project. DRCS handles all of the resources used in NEXTSTEP development, including nib files, binary files, and directories. 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. Special Expo Pricing Extended through July 31st: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., has extended the duration of our special 50% off bundle offer on our award winning SS&S CASE Tools products, CodeReviewer and DRCS, through July 31st. CodeReviewer, the software project analysis tool (normal price $495), and DRCS, the graphical revision control system (normal price $245), are both being offered in single developer floating license triple fat binary versions for $370 total. There is a limit of one bundle per organization at this price. You can order DRCS and CodeReviewer at their special Expo bundle price of 50% off directly from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. To purchase this special bundle, email, fax, call, or mail in your order before the end of July 31st, 1994, to us at any of the following addresses or phone numbers: Software Services and Solutions, Inc. 94 Murray Street Meriden, CT 06450 email: CASE_Tools@sss.com phone: (203) 630-2000 fax: (203) 630-2020 About Software Services and Solutions, Inc.: Software Services and Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut, is an information technology consulting firm specializing in open systems technology, object-oriented software design and development, and networking. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology consulting, training, reengineering, and custom development services to businesses worldwide, and also produces high quality off-the-shelf development tools and ObjectWare for developers of custom applications. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., received the 1994 Object Honors Award for NEXTSTEP software development and project consulting work employing SS&S CASE Tools.
From: "Jim W. Pratt" <jwp@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems Announces Corporate Reorganization Date: 22 Jul 1994 23:14:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30q1vb$rdf@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alembic Systems International, Ltd. 14 Inverness Drive East Suite G-228 Englewood, CO 80112 1-800-452-7608 info@alembic.com Englewood, Colorado, July 21, 1994 -- Alembic Systems International, Ltd. announced today a major corporate re-organization. Alembic is now completing the details of a new relationship with Globatronics, Inc., a Colorado corporation founded by a group of Australian business persons. Alembic will continue to be the pre-eminent source of NeXT capable hardware and the world's foremost clearing house and supplier of NeXT software. Rumors concerning the health of Alembic appear to be related to the recent departure of a few employees and the discovery of past mishandling of company funds. Upon discovery of these issues Alembic took immediate steps to remove and resolve all problems. We at Alembic are honoring all of our obligations and will continue to provide our customers in the NeXT community with the best available products and services. # # #
From: kurt@frsvnsvn.irvine.ca.us (Kurt Werle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: IndentMaster Date: 22 Jul 1994 23:17:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30q24h$res@digifix.digifix.com> Do you spend hours and hours wondering what parameters you should set for indent. Do you wonder why on earth you hit <command-I> in Edit and all your else's nestle up against your }'s? Do you lay awake at night wondering if the -sc option is worth the trouble? No? Well would you like to set your indent parameters without having to burrow through the MAN page? IndentMaster is a program to set the parameters for the UNIX utility 'indent' (the .indent.pro files). IndentMaster is a handy one-shot-app for you to set indent up so it won't nestle else's with preceding }'s (or whatever other options you may like). That's it. This program is covered by the GPL. Please see the file COPYING. I've submitted it only in source form, as it is useful only to those with compilers (why else would you be indenting code). It currently resides on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/programming/IndentMaster.1.0.tar.gz Kurt Werle
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@black-ice.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: QuickTime1.0-CDlinks, aid for QuickTime 1.0 Dev CD-ROM Date: 24 Jul 1994 01:11:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30st6t$47s@digifix.digifix.com> With the arrival of NeXTIME, NeXTSTEP users have been interested in picking up QuickTime movies just to see how well they work in NeXTIME. One cheap way to get a bunch of QuickTime clips is to pick up "Apple QuickTime Developer CD, Version 1.0" from Educorp. Once you have this CD, however, you find yourself up against a few inconveniences. For one, NeXTIME will only recognize a file as being a QuickTime movie if it has a suffix of ".mov". The CD-ROM, setup for a MacOS, doesn't bother with filename suffixes. The next problem is that the filenames on the CD-ROM include characters which make it challanging to work with them in Unix scripts. The third thing is that the movies all depend on the Macintosh resource fork for any given movie being around, and MacOS filesystem support of NeXTSTEP does a pretty good job of keeping those resource forks invisible. So.... Here's a tar file which should help out. What it contains is a directory called QuickTime1.0-CDlinks. This is a tree of symbolic links to files on the QuickTime CD. So, *if* you have that CD-ROM mounted, then you can use this tree-of-links to look at all the QuickTime movies on the CD-ROM. I've only included links to Quicktime movies that are on the CD (along with the resource forks for those movies), and I've only included those movies which seem to at least start up in NeXTIME. I don't know that they all *run* in NeXTIME, but at least you shouldn't get too many errors when opening the files. For each QuickTime movie on the CD, you will see two files in this QuickTime1.0-CDlinks directory. For a movie named "Blastoff", you'd see links "Blastoff.mov" and "Blastoff.mov.#rsrc#", for instance. You can untar the directory to anywhere on your hard disk. The result will take up about 660k of disk space (and that's just for *links* to all the movies...). If you use Opener.app to extract the directory, and if you run into trouble, the problem is probably that your version of Opener.app is using "tar" instead of "gnutar" to uncompress things. If gnutar is used to expand the archive then it should work fine. I have no connection to EduCorp, other than I just bought this CD-ROM from them and was determined to come up with a way to use NeXTIME to view the QuickTime clips on it. NeXTIME is a trademark of NeXT, except that they spell it with a capital E. QuickTime is a trademark of Apple. Staying up late on foolish errands is a trademark of me. Right now you can pick up the files via anon ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/QuickTime1.0-CDlinks.ReadMe ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/QuickTime1.0-CDlinks.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/QuickTime1.0-CDlinks.ReadMe ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/QuickTime1.0-CDlinks.tar.gz
From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: New Mailing for Emacs users under NEXTSTEP. Date: 25 Jul 1994 02:42:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <30vmsp$ao6@digifix.digifix.com> I've created a mailing list for discussion relating to Emacs under NEXTSTEP. The list's addresses are Administrative queries. emacs-for-ns-users-request@steffi.demon.co.uk Submissions to.. emacs-for-ns-users@steffi.demon.co.uk NOTE: You will be automatically subscribed upon your first message to the list. Alternatively, "subscribe" requests will automatically subscribe new users to the list also.
From: hoffmann@fzi.de (Kurt-Uwe Hoffmann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version of Wood (0.6) - draws tree diagrams Date: 25 Jul 1994 11:36:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <310m5l$dge@digifix.digifix.com> New version (0.6) of Wood.app now available on the archives: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: directory: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Graphics/vector files: Wood.0.6.b.NI.tar.gz (binaries + samples, 1.12 MB) Wood.0.6.s.tar.gz (sources, 0.410 MB, needs MiscKit to compile) Wood.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/science/Wood.0.6.b.NI.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/science/Wood.0.6.s.tar.gz ------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.6 fixes a few embarrassing bugs like: - app crashed when loading a filter twice - app crashed when closing an unsaved document - memory leak in contour update - inconsistency for edge endings in D! file format - some glitches in the drawing engine that let edges vanish when you scroll fast - removed border when writing to Postscript pasteboard - document size inconsistencies for large trees in Wood and Diagram - inconsistencies in Help and Command shortcuts - file incompatibility on different hardware platforms - keyboard navigation in a zipped tree Due to the fix of the file incompatibility bug you cannot load wood documents saved with version 0.5. Version 0.6 is distributed with the sources. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wood lets you draw horizontal tree diagrams. 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 - 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: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 25 - 1994 Date: 26 Jul 1994 01:10:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3125se$gl8@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 25). Friday July 15 through Tuesday July 26 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 24 - 1994 JOB: Developer Openings at Sarrus Software JOB: 21 NEXTSTEP positions open through Pencom SUBMISSION: TickleServices1.11 - NEXTSEP Services framework JOB: Senior Nextstep P/A-1yr-Washington D.C PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY packages all its color apps together! SUBMISSION: Mummy.tar - Quicktime movie SUBMISSION: New Version of PoPa (0.07) Available PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Introductory Pricing of $249 on Questor 3.0 Spreadsheet SUBMISSION: New Version of PoPa (0.08) Available NeXT at ObjectWorld - San Francisco, July 27-29 PRESS RELEASE: nibIT 1.0 - IB CASE Utility PRESS RELEASE:The First Triple Fat CDROM for NeXTSTEP SUBMISSION: Updated demo of DRCS v1.8.8 PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems Announces Corporate Reorganization SUBMISSION: IndentMaster SUBMISSION: QuickTime1.0-CDlinks, aid for QuickTime 1.0 Dev CD-ROM MAILING LIST: New Mailing for Emacs users under NEXTSTEP. SUBMISSION: New version of Wood (0.6) - draws tree diagrams If your submission is not listed above, please contact me at next-announce-request@digifix.com so we can see what happened. If you missed an announcement, I can next-mail it to you. I will also be packaging these up and uploading them to cs.orst.edu when I get a chance. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com Information/suggestions to next-announce-request@digifix.com Please send submissions as non-next mail. This makes the approval process much easier as much of it is done by a NEXTSTEP front end, and I don't want to have to reformat messages as I have in the past done them a dis-service. Scott Anguish or@
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet Date: 26 Jul 1994 01:11:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3125ub$gli@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: 26 Jul 1994 01:13:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <31262e$glp@digifix.digifix.com> NEW POLICY: In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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: Joseph W Reiss <jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Kismet game on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 27 Jul 1994 00:05:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <314mf2$og0@digifix.digifix.com> I've uploaded a small game I wrote to... ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Kismet.tar.gz A short excerpt from the README follows... KISMET v1.0 Ashamed as I am to admit it, I'd become addicted to a Windoze program. It was a PD game that I FTPed some time ago, and it was called -- can you guess -- Kismet. Well, I couldn't stand to have to use "The Evil OS" just to play this one game, so I decided that as my first complete programming project for NEXTSTEP, I'd rewrite the darn thing. This is the result. There is no online help for Kismet because the game is really pretty simple. It's very much like Yahtzee (tm), but with a twist. The faces of each die are different colors. 1 & 6 are yellow, 2 & 5 are red, and 3 & 4 are blue. On mono machines, these are actually different shades of gray. This allows the addition of some hands that weren't in Yahtzee, such as "Two pair same color", "Flush", "Full house same color", and so on. This app is compiled FAT for m68k and i386, so you'll need NS 3.x. I don't have access to HP/PA support yet, so I simply can't provide that binary. The game itself has undergone severe play testing in our household, so most of the bugs should be gone. Still, you can never guarantee that all of them are fixed, so let me know if you find a problem. Hope you enjoy the game!!! Joe Reiss jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
From: smith@nextone.niehs.nih.gov (Howard C. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Object World TV Broadcast - Jobs & Joy Date: 27 Jul 1994 11:22:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <315u3o$3r@digifix.digifix.com> TV SHOW TO FEATURE COMPUTER INDUSTRY PIONEERS STEVE JOBS AND BILL JOY Satellite Broadcast from Object World in San Francisco Will Address Revolutionary Programming Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- July 26, 1994 -- Object technology has been hailed as the most significant advancement in computer programming ever. On the Sunergy satellite television program, four of the industry's leading experts, including NeXT Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs and Sun Microsystems, Inc., co-founder and Vice President of Research Bill Joy, will discuss how this software breakthrough will revolutionize the industry. Award-winning "Sunergy", produced by Sun, will air from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. (PDT) July 28 from Object World in San Francisco and will be broadcast to thousands of sites in Europe and North America. Sunergy, hosted by John Gage, director of Sun's Science Office, reaches an international audience of developers, users, system administrators, business decision makers and the media. Jobs and Joy will discuss the advantages of object-oriented program- ming. This emerging new technology will enable creation of reusable software components that can be distributed and integrated into applications across the network. Among the topics to be covered are: why people want objects, who wants them, what is on the horizon, OpenStep for the Solaris software environment, and the NextStep- to-SPARC native port. Joining the two in the panel discussion will be Chris Stone, president and CEO of Object Management Group, Inc., and Bud Tribble, vice president of object products at SunSoft. Inc., who designed the leading-edge NextStep object software while at NeXT. The show will also feature an object technology demonstration and excerpts from "An Object Orientation," a play performed by Modus Ensemble of San Francisco, that dramatizes the relationship between life and technology. Information on Sunergy, including past shows and newsletters associated with the show, is available via Mosaic on the Internet at http://www.sun.com/sunergy/.
From: Matthew D Waters <matthew@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pencom Announces End-Of-Life on co-Xist 2.x Date: 27 Jul 1994 16:33:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <316ga3$1hb@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pencom Announces End-Of-Life on co-Xist 2.x Users must upgrade before September 30th to continue support. AUSTIN, Texas, July 25, 1994 - With the release of co-Xist 3.2m, the new Multi-Architecture Binary (MAB) version of co-Xist for both NeXT and Intel sytems, Pencom is also declaring product end-of-life on all 2.x releases of co-Xist for NeXT hardware. These include all co-Xist 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 versions. Begining with X11R4 and Motif 1.1.3 in April of 1991, co-Xist has remained the market-leading X implementation for NEXTSTEP. However, as significant enhancements have been made over the years to X11, Motif, NEXTSTEP, and co-Xist, the effort required to support these older versions is no longer feasible. Pencom is requesting that current license holders of 2.x versions upgrade to the most recent version of co-Xist by September 30, 1994. After this date, upgrade pricing will no longer be available. Technical support for all 2.x versions of co-Xist will also cease on that date. In November of 1992, Pencom began shipping co-Xist 3.0, specifically for NEXTSTEP 3.0. This release was an implementation of X11R5 and included significant performance enhancements. Motif 1.2.1 was also available at this time. In December of 1993, co-Xist 3.2i was released specifically for NEXTSTEP 3.2 on Intel Processors. With co-Xist 3.2m, Pencom introduces an updated MAB implementation of X11R5 for both NeXT and Intel hardware. Also new with this release is Motif 1.2.3, CD-ROM-only distribution, and a collection of freely available pre-compiled software. 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: jgoeller@next2.sbi.com (John Goeller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXTSTEP Position on Wall Street Date: 27 Jul 1994 16:33:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <316gac$1hh@digifix.digifix.com> Major New York Investment Bank seeks NeXTSTEP developer for full-time position. The postion requires 1-2 years of NeXTSTEP experience. SYBASE and general UNIX experience are also a plus. If you would like to part of a team which is implementing the first NeXTStep project in a major firm, please fax your resume to (212) - 783-2175 or respond via E-Mail.
From: khare@cco.caltech.edu (Rohit Khare) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: eText Engine PR1-02 is Available Now Date: 27 Jul 1994 16:58:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <316hop$1lf@digifix.digifix.com> eText Engine Pre-Release 1 Available by FTP, WWW Access ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText-PR1-02-FAT.tar.gz Contact: Rohit Khare khare@caltech.edu (818) 792-9114 CALTECH, 2:00 AM PST July 27, 1994 -- The eText Project's flagship eText Engine has finally entered public beta test-phase. Copies of this extensible hypermedia document authoring system are available on WWW at http://www.etext.caltech.edu and by ftp at ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText-PR1-02-FAT.tar.gz. These files are FAT for Motorola and Intel. Source distribution and documentation will appear over the next week, at which time a full release announcement will be made (Please contact us if you can volunteer time for an HP PA-RISC port). This release currently reads: RTF, RTFD, and ETFD (eText Format Document) and writes HTMD (HTML Document), TeXD (LaTeX Document), C, and formatted ASCII. This release comes after over a year of design and implementation work by Rohit Khare and the eText Group. * Note: If you download this version, please send in bug reports, feature requests, and remember to update your copies as new versions are announced. For more information, connect to the web site above or contact Rohit Khare directly. Mailing lists will be set up in the near future for eText users and developers. --30--
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT OFFERS "OBJECT EXPERTS" TO ASSIST CUSTOMER APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS Date: 28 Jul 1994 00:52:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <317dhl$3gu@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NeXT OFFERS "OBJECT EXPERTS" TO ASSIST CUSTOMER APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS NeXT expands professional services offering, providing innovative on-site training approach SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-July 27, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today introduced Object Experts, an innovative on-site support program to help ensure customer success in building and implementing custom object-oriented applications using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software. Object Experts will act as a customers' direct liaison to NeXT and will advise and facilitate the progress of an in-house corporate development team working on a large NEXTSTEP-based application projects. Through experience with a customer's business goals, hands-on access to project specifications and designs, and face-to-face relationship-building with corporate development teams and third parties, Object Experts will be able to provide proactive technical assistance. This will facilitate the smooth completion of NEXTSTEP projects and shorten the learning curve of developers new to object-oriented development concepts. NeXT's Object Experts will provide the following services to customers making the transition to object-oriented computing: * A full-time, on-site NEXTSTEP expert dedicated to the customer. * Customer access to NeXT technical staff resources to resolve problems and to provide timely technical information. * On-going knowledge and technology transfer of object-oriented concepts and improved use of NEXTSTEP tools to customers and third-parties. * Programming assistance. * Application and system design assistance. * Assistance with application and integration planning and testing. * Guidance and selection of third-party solutions. * Assistance for project leaders in assessing team skills and mapping team strengths to facilitate NEXTSTEP development. * Monthly customer management reviews and reports documenting technical inquiries and associated resolutions, project status and highlighting issues that may need attention. The Object Expert program compliments the Objects Learning Solution program, NeXT's customized training program for corporate developers. The Objects Learning Solution is a structured education program that enables new NEXTSTEP developers to learn object-oriented programming skills and create a classroom prototype. Once the Objects Learning Solution program is completed, the Object Expert will work closely with the students to transition the group from working on a classroom prototype to developing a real business application solution that shows the value of NEXTSTEP. "We understand that the transition to object-oriented computing is not easy," said Angela Spearman, director of professional services at NeXT Computer, Inc. "With programs like the Object Experts and Objects Learning Solution, we are making that transition easier for our customers in an effort to help them to develop object technology expertise in-house." Pricing and Availability Object Experts are priced at $25,000 per month for up to one year. Those interested in the program can call 1-800-TRY-NeXT for more information. 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, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. d commercial systems. 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, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Advanced Concepts Center and ACC are trademarks of Martin Marietta Corp. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Wiley Hodges <wiley@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Announces Intent to Port Its Complete Line of NEXTSTEP Productivity Applications To OpenStep Date: 28 Jul 1994 17:33:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31987u$7oo@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Announces Intent to Port Its Complete Line of NEXTSTEP Productivity Applications To OpenStep July 27, 1994 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd., developers of top-selling productivity solutions for the object-oriented NEXTSTEP, operating environment, today announced that it will port its family of eight products to OpenStep, the open object standard. OpenStep on Solaris is due for shipment in early 1995. The announcement was made in conjunction with Object World, an industry tradeshow being held at the Moscone Center from July 27-29. Lighthouse Design applications are being demonstrated in SunSoft's booth #601. "We're very pleased that Lighthouse intends to support OpenStep, and to port its suite of products," said Bud Tribble, VP, Object Products at SunSoft. "Lighthouse's applications provide clear evidence of the advantages object technology can deliver-to developers as well as end-users. We have every confidence the availability of Lighthouse's product suite will provide a compelling desktop environment for OpenStep on Solaris." "We are very encouraged by the strength of Sun's commitment to OpenStep and object technology," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "With OpenStep, SunSoft has recognized the degree to which objects and open standards have become a critical issue for the architects of enterprise information systems. Together with our applications, OpenStep on Solaris will allow object technology to transition from prototype to broadscale deployment." Lighthouse will begin porting its product line to the beta version of OpenStep, once it becomes available. Applications to be ported include Concurrence, a presentation and outlining package; VarioData, a multi-user database; Diagram!, a drawing program for information graphics; Quantrix, a multi-dimensional spreadsheet; ParaSheet, a traditional rows and columns spreadsheet; TaskMaster, a project and resource management application; WetPaint, a painting and image manipulation program; and, the Foundation Classes, a library of reusable object classes for custom developers. Lighthouse Design applications offer access to crucial legacy files created in standard PC applications. They are used by more than 200 of the industry's most influential enterprises, in the financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail and defense industries. The OpenStep initiative sponsored by SunSoft and NeXT Computer, Inc. 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. A preliminary OpenStep specification was published on June 30th. 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. SunSoft, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive supplier to World Cup USA 1994. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment for enterprise rightsizing and network computing applications. The company, which is the industry's highest-volume UNIX vendor, has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and is a leading supplier of 32-bit system software solutions for SPARC, Intel 386/486- and Pentium-based computers. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. 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., Diagram!, Concurrence, ParaSheet, Quantrix, TaskMaster, 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: kyounger@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Releases WriteUp 1.1 Date: 28 Jul 1994 17:37:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3198eh$7p5@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 RELEASES WRITEUP 1.1 Major release of popular NEXTSTEP word processing application SPRINGHOUSE, PA, July 29, 1994 ÐAnderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that WriteUp 1.1, an upgrade to its full-featured, low-cost native word processor for NEXTSTEP, is shipping. ŠWe spent much of our time improving performance and reliability,š said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO of AFS, Šbut this release also adds a series of frequently requested features like mail merge, columns, and an API that gives programmers access to the WriteUp feature set. The beta test group included more than 100 people, including many 1.0 users, so we have a high level of confidence in this release.š In addition to mail merge and columns, various forms of underlining, redlining and strike-out are now supported as text attributes. Redlining also provides a means to process the modified document, removing struck-out passages and inserting redlined passages, with one keystroke. Other notable new features include: updating date and time markers, visible text markers for tabs and spaces, NeXT-style word selection, item Šlockingš to prevent accidental modifications to document elements, and a special Šscreen/printerš toggle that makes documents easier to read on screen while retaining WriteUp's excellent typography on paper. RTF importing and exporting have experienced major improvements, including the ability to interchange RTFD (text with embedded graphics) seamlessly with other applications like Mail and Edit. And the Igor document service has been changed into a standard filter service that now includes the ability to read WordPerfect 5.x documents. Registered users of WriteUp 1.0 will receive free upgrades to 1.1. New copies can be ordered at a price of US$295 (US$149 student) + shipping and handling. There is also a 5-pack license available for US$1,195. A 30-day evaluation version, which is fully enabled and includes a user manual, can be purchased from AFS for US$20. This price is not refundable, but it is fully applicable towards eventual purchase. In addition, an electronic demo version will be available for FTP access from the Stepwise server in early August. WriteUp 1.1 ships MAB for Motorola and Intel hardware; a beta HP PA-RISC version is available from AFS by request. AFS has committed to shipping a final HP release within 30 days after NeXT and HP release the final version of that OS. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on IBM PCs and NeXT workstations. Representative clients include Citicorp, First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, American Capital Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: NSP's NextBook 9200 Date: 29 Jul 1994 15:03:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31bjpm$dlo@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, August 2nd, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM NSP demonstrates NextBook 9200 Gregory Howland from NSP will be demonstrating NSP's NextBook 9200 series notebook computer. It is a fast 486 notebook computer with a lot of great features. Bring any software you want to see how well it performs. 8:00PM Rumors of the Month. 8:15PM Q&A 8:30PM 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) 617.734.6372 (W) email: pericles@athena.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Assorted new files on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 29 Jul 1994 16:02:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <31bn8c$dvv@digifix.digifix.com> A whole bunch of files were moved on ftp.cs.orst.edu today... LionKing.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/graphics/LionKing.tar.gz LionKing.tar.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/graphics/LionKing.tar.README DoomLaunch2.0ldq.I.good.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/DoomLaunch2.0ldq.tar.gz Shoot.XoX.source.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/Shoot.XoX.source.compressed xoxsrc.940728.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/xoxsrc.940728.compressed xoxsrc.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/xoxsrc.README defender.src.xox.940728.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/defender.src.xox.940728.compressed KaBLAM_v2.0a_src.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/KaBLAM_v2.0a_src.tar.gz KaBLAM_v2.0a.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/KaBLAM_v2.0a.README KaBLAM_v2.0a.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/KaBLAM_v2.0a.tar.gz Shoot.README.rtf to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Shoot.README.rtf Shoot.XoX.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Shoot.XoX.compressed xoxFat.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/xoxFat.README xoxFat.940728.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/xoxFat.940728.compressed defender.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/defender.README Defender.XoX.compressed to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Defender.XoX.compressed ChooserPalette.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demo/programming/ChooserPalette.README GraphPalette.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/GraphPalette.README SmartFieldPalette.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demo/programming/SmartFieldPalette.README Impress.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demo/databases/Impress.README SqlBuddy.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demo/databases/SqlBuddy.README Gopher_1.13_MAB.tar.Z to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Gopher_1.13_MAB.tar.Z Gopher_1.13_MAB_README.rtf to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Gopher_1.13_MAB_README.rtf to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/ Gopher_1.13_Source.tar.Z to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/wide-area-info/Gopher_1.13_Source.tar.Z Gopher_1.13_Source_README.rtf to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/wide-area-info/Gopher_1.13_Source_README.rtf Tailor_2.0a.README to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0a.README Tailor_2.0a.tar.Z to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0a.tar.Z
From: "So. Cal. NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Users Group" <scan@csulb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: SCaN August 9 at Caltech Date: 29 Jul 1994 23:29:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31ched$fvt@digifix.digifix.com> SCaN is a group for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep users in Southern California. NEXTSTEP is an object-oriented operating environment available for NeXT and Intel hardware, and will soon be available for HP and SPARC systems. OpenStep is an open object standard which will be implemented on NeXTSTEP, SUN Solaris, and DEC OSF/1-Alpha in 1995. The details of the 9 August 1994 SCaN (So. Cal. NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Users Group) meeting (co-sponsored by CaJUN, the Caltech and JPL NEXTSTEP User's Group) are as follows: When: Tuesday 9 August 1994 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. social (junk food and drinks) 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. meeting Where: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena Jorgonson 74 (basement); Directions in August 8 reminder. Demos: Pages by Pages eText NeXTIME (Quicktime video player for NEXTSTEP) Dues: $2.00 Contact: Michael K. Mahoney, SCaN President Computer Engineering and Computer Sci. Dept. mahoney@csulb.edu, (310) 985-1550 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA 90840 or: Walt Duflock, SCaN Program Director (714) 730-8057 walt@integrate.com or: Ernie Prabhakar, CaJUN President (818) 395-8379 Caltech Physics Department ernest@cco.caltech.edu or: Rohit Khare, CaJUN Vice-President (818) 792-9114 Caltech Computer Science Department khare@cco.caltech.edu
From: Guido Quaroni <guido@gestel.it> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: solidThinking RELEASE 2 shipping Date: 30 Jul 1994 00:12:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31cjvn$g9s@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alex Mazzardo GESTEL Italia srl Ph.: ++39 444 964-974 Fax: ++39 444 964-984 E-mail: alex solid.gestel.it "GESTEL Italia announces release of solidThinking 2.0" Vicenza, Italy, July 31, 1994 - GESTEL Italia announces today the release of "solidThinking 2.0", a completely modular 3D environment running on every NEXTSTEP supporting platform.It includes modules for Modeling, Animation, Import. Advanced tools and ease of use are finally joined together in a single application. Completely based on Pixar's RenderMan, solidThinking provides unrestricted access not only for rendering but for every phase of the design process. The MODELING module, the standard one, includes: - Customizable user interface. - Rich set of 2D and 3D primitives. - Interactive 3D editing of Bezier and B-Spline curves and surfaces. - Editable 3D text with trimmed curves. - Apply extrusion, lathe and skin on multiple 3D profiles, patches and filled surfaces. - Automatic extraction of 3D paths from surfaces. - Automatic refinement of Bezier and BSpline curves and surfaces. - Precise surface's points editing. - Boolean operators. - Advanced shading controls (shaders can be customized). - Icon based attributes and objects library. - Conversion of bitmapped images into textures. - Object hierarchy browser. - Unlimited number of light sources. - Automatic generation of shadows and reflection maps. - Unlimited output resolution. The ANIMATION module requires the Modelling module. Features of the Animation module include: - Interactive editing of moving objects paths. - Hierarchical motion with kinematic controls using cubic splines. - Movement of lights and camera, just like any other objects. IMPORT modules are also available. They require the Modelling module and provide support for the following file formats: - DXF. - Wavefront. - TDDD. - RIB. A demonstrative version of solidThinking RELEASE 2 is available on the following ftp site: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/SOLIDTHINKING.tar.gz # # # # GESTEL Italia srl is a privately-held software company headquartered in Vicenza, Italy. Founded in 1989, GESTEL Italia is specialized in the development of 3D shrinkwrapped and customized applications. GESTEL Italia srl, Viale dell'Oreficeria 30/P, I - 36100 Vicenza (Italy) Ph.: ++39 444 964-974, Fax: ++39 444 964-984, Email: info@solid.gestel.it solidThinking is a registered trademark of GESTEL Italia srl. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
From: eb@object.com (Eric Bergerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OTI Demo Software on Archive Servers Date: 30 Jul 1994 00:34:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31cl96$gft@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Bergerson Objective Technologies, Inc. voice: 212/988-6268 email: info@object.com OTI Demo Software on Archive Servers Objective Technologies, Inc. Makes Demos Available On The Net NEW YORK - June 29, 1994, Objective Technologies, Inc.(R) (OTI), a leading supplier of software for NEXTSTEP(R), announced today that they have made demonstration versions of many of their best selling software products available on a public archive server on the internet. "As interest in our products grew we needed to find new ways to accommodate our customers desire to preview the various capabilities of our products" said Alex Cone, president of Objective Technologies. "Of course, using archive servers to satisfy this need is nothing new. It has long been a resource that our customers are familiar with, we figured it was about time that we took advantage of it." The following demonstration versions of Objective Technologies' products are now currently available on an archive server. All software requires NEXTSTEP 3.1+ and includes binaries for Intel and Motorola processors: Product Location ChooserPalette(TM) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming GraphPalette(TM) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming SmartFieldPalette(TM) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming Impress(TM) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/database SqlBuddy(TM) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/database Objective Technologies, Inc., founded in 1990, is a leading supplier of software for the NEXTSTEP platform. In addition, the company provides consulting services and custom software to a wide range of clients. Objective Technologies, Inc. markets its products worldwide through distributors and directly to end-users. The privately held company is headquartered in New York City. # # # # Impress, ChooserPalette, GraphPalette, SqlBuddy and SmartFieldPalette are trademarks of Objective Technologies, Inc. Objective Technologies is a registered trademark of Objective Technologies, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. Objective Technologies Archive Server Announcement
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version (1.13) of SCSI driver for BusLogic SCSI adapter Date: 1 Aug 1994 15:37:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31jiud$34u@digifix.digifix.com> Version 1.13 of BusLogic Family SCSI Adapter Device Driver for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors The new version of the driver has been uploaded to ftp.cs.orst.edu and placed in /pub/next/binaries/drivers directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily_1.13.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily_1.13.tar.Z OVERVIEW: BusLogic Family SCSI adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following SCSI adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus Bus Logic 445S VL-Bus Bus Logic 747S EISA The driver replaces the NeXT's universal Adaptec154xDriver on mentioned cards. Driver uses 32-bit addressing mode, therefore the disk performance is a little bit better on computers with more than 16 MB RAM. The increase of the performance is according to DrivePerformance.app about 8% on 486DX2/66 with 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GB TOSHIBA MK538FB SCSI-2 drive. COPYING: The BusLogicFamily is shareware. You can freely distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more detail see document Registration.rtf in the package. Changes between version 1.0 and 1.13: 1. The driver was tested and works with these version of firmware on BT445S: 3.31C, 3.36, 3.37. 2. The driver was tested and works with these version of firmware on BT747S: 3.37. 3. The driver works correctly with Toshiba XM-3401 CD-ROM and CDPlayer.app. The only thing you need is a program called XAmode, which switch TOSHIBA to XAmode. This also enables you to read KodakPhotoCD. XAmode is available from anonymous ftp ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/pub/systems/next/Tools. 4. Better timeout handling. 5. Copying policy of the driver was changed from freeware to shareware. 6. The name of the driver was changed from BusLogicBT445S to BusLogicFamily. Release 1.13 notes: 1. The BusLogic BT946C PCI card does not work yet. :-( Contact: Tomas Hurka Ondrej Cada Hukatronic (H.C.C.) OCSoftware Kankovskeho 8 Pernerova 61 182 00 Praha 8 180 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic Czech Republic e-mail: tom@hukatronic.cz e-mail: ocs@earn.cvut.cz
From: Evstathios Marinos <emarinos@marcon.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Final location of EOClassBuilder Date: 1 Aug 1994 15:39:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31jj1r$357@digifix.digifix.com> The EOClassBuilder files are available at ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/apps/EOClassBuilder.V0.1.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/apps/EOClassBuilder.V0.1.README EOClassBuilder.app is MAB (Intel/Motorola). It needs NS 3.2 (Intel or Motorola) and EOF Beta. The use of EOClassBuilder is free of charge. Please send bug reports and suggestions to em@marcon.de About EOClassBuilder.app ======================== EOClassBuilder is a tool which scans EOModels (.eomodel files) for custom classes. For each custom class found ( classes != EOGenericRecord ) it generates Interface and Implementation files for that class. It defines and implements a init, dealloc and set-, getMethods for all classProperties. The set-, getMethods names confirm to the EOF conventions, so they are called by the standard implementations of: - (BOOL)takeValuesFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary; - (NSDictionary *)valuesForKeys:(NSArray *)keys; In case of many custom EO classes, this save a lot of time and boring work. Contact ======= MARCON - Evstathios Marinos Consulting Evstathios Marinos | Phone : +49 721 37 71 78 Gartenstr. 2 | Fax : +49 721 37 71 79 76133 Karlsruhe (GERMANY) | E-Mail: em@marcon.de About MARCON: ============= MARCON - Evstathios Marinos Consulting is a privately held company. Founded in 1988 we are providing consulting, develop- ment & project management services to our customers. Since 1991 we are focused on NEXTSTEP.
From: Roger Rosner <pharos!rock@pangea.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday, August 10 Date: 2 Aug 1994 18:10:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31mg90$c8g@digifix.digifix.com> What: User Group Dinner When: Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 pm Where: The American Cafe, Tyson's Corner RSVP: If there's any chance you'll come, please let me know before the 10th so I can make reservations. Directions: 495 to Route 7 West Go 3 miles Left at Westwood Center Drive It's between the Mercedes and Cadillac dealers Roger Rosner Pangea Corporation rock@pangea.com 202-986-1720
From: dpeter@hsd.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Special Introductory Pricing of $249 for Questor 3.0 Date: 2 Aug 1994 23:38:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31n3g9$e9m@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA Xanthus International David Peter Jesper Lundh Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Fax: +46-8-98 70 6 Email: info@xanthus.com Email: info@xanthus.se Xanthus Offers Special Introductory Pricing of $249 for Questor 3.0 Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP San Diego, July 19, 1994 - Xanthus International today announced that it has begun shipping Questor 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. The new version offers Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. (Complete product info is at the end of this message) Xanthus also announced special introductory pricing on Questor 3.0 of $249 (Retail $595) for a single-user license, available through August 31, 1994. Questor 3.0 is delivered as fat (MAB) binaries for Motorola and Intel processors. Registered owners of Questor 2.0 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the new version. Xanthus is also offering special promotional pricing on Graphity, its business graphing and charting application which can be used together with Questor or as a stand-alone application. When purchased with Questor at the promotional price, Graphity can be purchased for an additional $50 (Retail $395). The total price for the Questor/Graphity bundle is $299, a savings of over $600. To order, email, fax or phone Xanthus USA at: Xanthus USA 345 First St., Suite O Encinitas, CA 92024 Ph. (619) 632-9700 Fax (619) 632-9702 Email: sales@xanthus.com Questor 3.0 Product Info Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of a "matrix-based" spreadsheet application with a number of unique features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with OpenWrite, the "Microsoft Word-like" word processor announced by Xanthus at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94, Questor is one of the cornerstones in it's Open Office product suite. The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody familiar with traditional spreadsheet programs such as 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. - A 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.
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces Support for Leading PC and Mac Word Processors Date: 3 Aug 1994 16:14:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31otqk$phv@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA Xanthus International David Peter Jesper Lundh Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.com Email: info@xanthus.se Xanthus Announces Support for Word, WordPerfect, Framemaker, Ami Pro and WriteNow File Formats In Its OpenWrite Word Processor For NEXTSTEP San Diego, CA August 2, 1994 Xanthus USA today announced that OpenWrite, its new word processor for NEXTSTEP, will include support for all of the leading Windows, DOS and Macintosh based word processors. Scheduled for release this summer, OpenWrite 1.0 will be available for NEXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola platforms. OpenWrite will read and write to a large variety of document formats, including ASCII, RTF, RTFD, WriteNow, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Maker Interchange Format (Framemaker) and Lotus Ami Pro and others, as well as most of the popular graphics formats found on the Macintosh and PC platforms. Exchanging documents with users on other platforms users is an extremely important issue for NEXTSTEP users and OpenWrite meets all demands said David Peter, Vice President of Sale for Xanthus USA. Peter added that OpenWrite is currently being evaluated at most large NEXTSTEP enterprise deployments, and we've added this support at their request. We'll deliver an extremely robust, full-featured word processor tailored to meet customer needs. OpenWrite is designed for the everyday word processing user and has most of the features found in an application like Microsoft Word, including headers, footers, footnotes, hierarchical styles, variables, borders, multi-level undo, mailmerge, NEXTSTEP spell-checking and multiple columns, as well as user controllable wrap-around graphics (fixed and floating), kerning, tracking, and free-floating text blocks. A future release will include support for multifile books, cross-references, table of contents, indexing and redlining. OpenWrite also supports Xanthus new Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard. The OOE standard allows for compound documents to be created and manipulated quickly and easily, and is built around standard NEXTSTEP building blocks such as Distributed Objects and the NEXTSTEP Pasteboard. For example, from within OpenWrite, the user can create spreadsheets, graphics, tables, etc., by using other applications that are OOE compliant. Current OOE compliant applications include Xanthus Questor (spreadsheet), Xanthus Graphity (charts and graphing), Xanthus BusinessDraw (diagram drawing), Digital Tool Works EquationBuilder (equation editor), Draw++ (drawing, free with OpenWrite) and Yap++ (postScript editing, free with OpenWrite). Support for OOE is also planned in Tiffany II (image processing) from Benchmark Development and Tailor (postscript editor) from FirstClass NV. In addition, OpenWrite has a robust API that is built on top of NeXT's Distributed Objects framework and allows for programatic opening, saving and creation of OpenWrite documents. The most powerful part of the API is the capability to dynamically load a module into OpenWrite, which can be called automatically at certain events. Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year.
From: "Sean T. Lamont" <zeno@zebu.abstractsoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the official release of WSI-Fonts Volume #2 Date: 4 Aug 1994 10:37:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31quff$4c7@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush or Sean T. Lamont Abstract Software P.O. Box 25045 Seattle, WA 98125-1945 206/361-5080 206/361-7545 fax info@abstractsoft.com Abstract Software Ships WSI-Fonts Professional Volume #2 SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE THROUGH SEPTEMBER! August 1, 1994 Seattle, WA -- Abstract Software announces the official release of WSI-Fonts Professional Volume #2 - Decorative Collection for NEXTSTEP. Abstract Software's second shipping font collection contains 110 of the most popular and unique decorative and is available now for both Motorola and Intel hardware. (HPPA support is slated for Q4 1994) ``Our first font collection was primarily aimed at desktop publishers who wanted to inexpensively round off their typeface library with a large number of popular text-setting typefaces. By contrast, our second collection contains many faces for titling and scripts, plus special-purpose fonts for giving a document a certain `flair', be it antique, childlike, digital, or nostalgic. We also include high-quality clones based on such popular fonts as CopperPlate, Arnold Bocklin, FreeStyle Script, and Lithos, to name just a few,'' said Sean T. Lamont, CEO of Abstract Software. As in our first collection, most fonts include the complete International Character Sets you need to work in English, French, Spanish, German, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese. All fonts are fully-scaleable Type 1 fonts and look great both on screen and on paper. Included with the collection is a font installation application which offers easy-to-use point and click font installation. Once the fonts are installed they are usable with virtually every NEXTSTEP application. Included with the collection is a 68-page manual, similar to the manual for WSI-Fonts Professional Volume #1 (which NeXTWORLD magazine deemed `Exceptional.') which gives font samples, plus descriptions of the typeface's history, potential uses, and installation instructions. A tiff file which shows an overview of the collection is available at the following archive site via anonymous ftp: ftp://ftp.abstractsoft.com/Fonts/Collection2.tiff.Z You can also try our experimental on-line WWW font browser by pointing your WWW browser to the following url: http://www.abstractsoft.com The WSI-Fonts Professional Collection Retails for $149, with a student edition available for $99. Contact us directly regarding pricing for educational discounts, user-group discounts, and multi-host licenses. *** SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER *** Until September 30, 1994, WSI-Fonts Professional Volume #2 - Decorative Collection will be available for $125. (You can also purchase both volumes for $250 through September 30th.) Abstract Software was founded in 1992 and is a company dedicated to the development, publishing, and marketing of quality software for NEXTSTEP. We are committed to supporting this and all future NEXTSTEP products under Intel, HP Precision , and Sparc architectures. NeXT, NeXTSTEP, and NeXTSTEP/Intel are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
From: Joseph W Reiss <jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version of Kismet Date: 4 Aug 1994 14:42:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31rcqm$5hp@digifix.digifix.com> Kismet v1.1 is a minor upgrade to the Yahtzee-like game I uploaded a few weeks ago. It fixes a couple of bugs, the most notable of which allowed the player to select dice from the previous hand before rolling again at the start of a new hand, thus leading to large amounts of cheating :-) The new Kismet has been uploaded to... ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Kismet1.1.tar.gz It's still compiled double-FAT for m68k and i386, thus requiring NS 3.0 or greater. Enjoy the game! Joe <jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Thoughtful Software announces new version of HyperSense Date: 4 Aug 1994 15:49:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31rgnv$5un@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: M. Baun internet: info@thoughtful.com phone: 303/221-4596 fax: 303/221-0841 Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1, 1994 - Thoughtful Software announced the release of a new version of HyperSense, its easy-to-use multipurpose authoring software for NEXTSTEP. This new release debuts many features which enhance the program, and make it even more accessible for all users. HyperSense lets anyone create and use interactive documents such as medical and 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 support the use of HyperCard stacks which can be converted for use in HyperSense. HyperSense has been enthusiastically received in the educational, medical and business communities. Users have found HyperSense to be an effective tool for presenting and interacting with text, images and sound. "HyperSense provided me all the tools I needed to create my hypertext dissertation on prostate cancer," said first-time authoring system user Greg Gliemi. "Without it I would have been lost." The latest release of HyperSense is available by FTP in the /pub/next/HyperSense directory at the Oregon State archive site (cs.orst.edu). The full file paths are as follows: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSense1.00B10b.README.rtf ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSenseApp.pkg.1.00B10b.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSenseDocs.pkg.1.00B10b.tar The Oregon State site also contains a growing repository of freely available HyperSense documents contributed by users of the program, ranging from a loan calculator which generates nicely formatted amortization schedules, to an extensive tutorial on 16th-century music theory. For those without FTP access to the Internet, Thoughtful Software will ship the software on floppy disks for a small media and shipping charge. The software can be fully enabled by purchasing a license from Thoughtful Software. Licenses for this pre-release version are available at the special price of $299, and include a free upgrade to HyperSense 1.0 (with printed manual) plus any other releases issued through June 1995. Quantity and educational discounts are available, as well as a special student license (no printed manual) for $99. ________________________________ Highlights of the New Release include: - Custom Help: Users can now easily add context-sensitive help to any document. - A new DocumentTools palette facilitates creating and modifying documents. The new panel (which is itself a HyperSense document) provides buttons for creating new documents in several formats, plus tools to make it easy to resize the pages of any stack, to change page colors, and to extend any windowFrame with the automatic addition of navigation buttons. - New Polygon and CurveLine drawing tools enhance the range of graphic objects available. - A new Preferences panel enables users to set a variety of personal preference options easily. - WindowFrame elements can now automatically resize with the window. - Many new object properties were added, including the ability to add a border to an imageElement and specify a different image for it to display on each page (thus effectively creating a "picture field"). - Numerous SenseTalk enhancements, including the ability to access and modify the properties of elements embedded within field text. - Many new or improved documents are included with this release, including an updated Home document and a new Bookmarks panel which allows each user to record a personal list of markers for quick navigation to any page of any document. ________________________________ Standard HyperSense Features include: - A rich document-based architecture, with multiple Stacks of Pages and multiple WindowFrames (window and panel definitions) within any Document. - Multiple Layers of elements on any Page or WindowFrame. Layers can be shared by various Pages in any combination, and can be hidden, redisplayed, and reordered either manually or under script control. - Object oriented drawing, on multiple layers. Each graphic is an independent object that can be resized, repositioned, or hidden. Graphic shapes include rectangles, ovals, lines, polygons, freehand shapes and curve lines. - User interface objects (controls) including fields, push buttons, switches, radio buttons, browsers, sliders, and more. - Drag and drop TIFF and EPS images onto a page to create scriptable image elements. - SenseTalk scripts can be assigned to any HyperSense object: Documents, WindowFrames, Stacks, Pages, Layers, and all types of Elements (both graphics and control objects). - Custom palettes of drag-and-drop elements are easily created. Palettized objects may include fully scripted functionality. - "Point and click" creation of active hypertext links from any Element to any Page of any Document. - Rich text fields with full support for multiple fonts, margins, rulers, spell checking, text-based services (Digital Webster, etc.), and embedded elements within the text. - Scripts can be assigned to any graphics and buttons embedded within text. - Shared and Unique Layers allow for forms-type database functionality plus the flexibility of adding unique fields and elements on individual pages. - Ability to search for text in all fields of a stack, or within a selected field on every page. - Object Inspector provides convenient access to all object properties. Multiple elements can be selected and modified at once. - HyperSense Browser gives a complete overview of all objects within a document, and permits reordering of pages, layers and elements by simply dragging them to a new position within the browser. - Digital audio recording, editing and playback capabilities are built in (on machines which support sound). - Exceptionally easy-to-understand SenseTalk scripting language is very English-like, and is compatible with HyperTalk. - Literally hundreds of built-in commands, functions, and object properties provide complete control of all aspects of the HyperSense environment, as well as a full range of capabilities for text manipulation, time and date conversion, mathematical and financial calculations, file import and export, and much more. - Script editing windows provide auto-indenting of scripts. A SenseTalk Browser panel lists all commands and features of the language in a convenient format, with brief descriptions and a fill-in-the-blanks template of each one which can be inserted directly into a script. - Complete serial port access is built into SenseTalk, giving control of laser disc players or any other device which can be controlled through a serial port. - Custom commands and functions can be added to the SenseTalk language through dynamically loaded external modules (XModules) - Ability to convert HyperCard stacks into HyperSense documents, with full access to all objects and scripts. - Fully indexed on-line manual, created in HyperSense. - Many sample HyperSense documents are included with the package, and more are freely available at major FTP sites. - A HyperSense-User e-mail list provides users with an open forum for exchanging ideas and receiving ongoing technical support.
From: sanguish@whitelight.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Part-time NEXTSTEP programmers needed Date: 5 Aug 1994 02:02:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31skl1$a78@digifix.digifix.com> WhiteLight Systems is looking for part-time NEXTSTEP programmers for small utility-type projects, and tools for the Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server. Requirements - work remotely at your location, with your equipment - experience programming NEXTSTEP - able to work on your own - able to send/receive NextMail or MIME it would also be helpful if you - HTML knowledge - parsing This is ideal for student programmers looking for extra money, and some commercial experience. Please send resumes via e-mail to sanguish@whitelight.com (NextMail OK). WhiteLight Systems, Inc. is located in Palo Alto, California, and develops products for NEXTSTEP, including WhiteLight/Engineer, Mission Critical Solitaire, and CrashCatcher. Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server can be reached via the World Wide Web at http://www.stepwise.com/index.html
From: Ullrich Platt <up.ATC@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ELSA Inc. receives Object Honors award Date: 5 Aug 1994 14:22:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31u017$e6r@digifix.digifix.com> August 5th, 1994 ELSA Inc. Contact: Thomas Neubert 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 109 South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone (415) 615 - 7799 Toll free 1-800-272-ELSA Fax (415) 588-0113 BBS (415) 615-5862 email thomasn@elsa-usa.mhs.compuserve.com ELSA RECEIVES "OBJECT HONORS AWARD" ELSA's WINNER PRO Graphics Board Series Offers Outstanding Performance in NEXTSTEP Aachen, Germany/San Francisco, CA - ELSA Inc., manufacturer of German-engineered high-performance products for computer graphics and data communications, announces it has received The Object Honors award for its WINNER PRO line of graphics boards. Sponsored by NeXT, DCI and SHL Systemhouse, The Object Honors acknowledges companies whose products are based on NEXTSTEP, the only object-oriented operating system available today. An independent panel of journalists and industry analysts selected ELSA's WINNER PRO series of add-in graphics accelerator cards on the basis of its ability to improve customer productivity through high resolution and true color display. ELSA unlocks the colors and the clearness of images necessary for power users who need increased detail and picture quality at high resolution with TrueColor support. Less panning and zooming allows the end user to view everything with precision, and reduces the amount of time spent on the editing or analysis process. ELSA WINNER PRO boards can be added into any existing PC system. With the user-friendly ELSA WINNER Inspector dialog box, users can customize screen resolution, color depth and refresh rate to a specific monitor. "We are very proud to receive The Object Honors award. This award confirms both our expertise in graphics acceleration and our commitment to the fast-growing NEXTSTEP market", said Theo Beisch, managing director of ELSA responsible for the computer graphics division. "We are especially pleased to be the first company worldwide to offer 1600 x 1200 resolution for NEXTSTEP. With crisp, clear images and high refresh rates, our customers know that we've designed our boards with ease of use and ergonomics in mind." The forward-looking operating system NEXTSTEP, which is based on Unix and the MACH system kernel, distinguishes itself by its functionality and intuitive usability. It offers Display Postscript and true WYSIWYG, supports network and client/server operations and is a powerful developing tool that allows custom software to be easily created. NEXTSTEP is the operating system of choice for the desktop publishing, color publishing, and digital image processing industries. Banking, insurance and stock exchange firms are quickly adopting this advanced system. Both the VESA Local Bus version and the PCI bus version of the ELSA graphics boards with their 64-bits graphics controller Vision964 or 864 offer the highest resolutions and refresh rates to NEXTSTEP users. ELSA boards come with a NEXTSTEP driver, as well as drivers for Windows 3.11, 4.0, Windows NT, OS/2 and AutoCAD. The WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-H with its 4 MB VRAM and 200-MHz RAMDAC is ELSA's latest development for the graphics board market. It allows a resolution of 1600 x 1200 with 16-bit color at 77 Hz. TrueColor mode with its 16.7 million colors is available at 1152 x 864 pixels and a refresh rate of 80 Hz. ELSA's affordable WINNER 1000PRO is also available for the NEXTSTEP system - and like all WINNER graphics boards, eases eyestrain with its flicker-free refresh rates. All ELSA WINNER boards are available right now. ELSA Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ELSA GmbH, a privately-owned company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built its world-renowned reputation for applying advanced engineering expertise to computer graphics and data communications for harsh environments. ELSA's customer list includes BASF, Philips, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Hughes Aircraft, NASA and General Electric. WINNER 2000PRO and WINNER 1000PRO are trademarks, and ELSA is a registered trademark of ELSA, Inc. All other copyrights, trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <31u0dn$e8k@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <31u0dn$e8k@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 5 Aug 1994 14:40:51 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <31u13j$ecd@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions) e.edu/pub/next/submissions/Fortune-1.3.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/BackSpace/Fortune-1.3.tar.gz Try not to use hasc.ca if you can avoid it. Here's the README: New for 1.3 Joe Riess added support for multiple databases (which is better than hardcoding them ;-). He's also added the Babylon-5 fortunes. If you want to add a database to the list, put the file into the db subdirectory and edit the FortuneView.dblist. The first column in FortuneView.dblist is the filename of the fortune database you've added, and the second column is the name you want to show up on the pop-up list. If the database filename is preceded with a question mark, it will activate the alert panel used to warn the user about offensive filenames. Thanks to Joe for doing the stuff I was too lazy to do! New for 1.2: - added a browser to delete unwanted fonts from the random picked. - allowed use of 2 bit grayscale in the random color picker, so monochrome screens look OK. - changed update timing so as to use a "time per word" instead of a "time per fortune" way of doing this. This means that people can set up using their comfortable reading speed. New for 1.1: - worked around some AppKit bugs 1.0: This screen saver makes use of several fortune databases that exist out there on the net ('fortune', 'zippy', 'star trek', and 'offensive'). Every 5 to 40 seconds, the display will pick a random fortune, and a random font to display on the screen. Have fun. - darcy (samurai@hasc.ca)
From: otccore@bou.shl.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Enterprise Objects Framework Beta Examples 1.0 Date: 6 Aug 1994 11:33:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <320ah3$ll6@digifix.digifix.com> Enterprise Objects Framework Beta Examples 1.0 SHL Object Technology Center e-mail: otccore@bou.shl.com This submission contains mini examples for the beta version of NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework and Foundation Kit. All examples contain full source. Please contact us at the above e-mail if you have any questions or comments. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/database/OTC_EOFBetaExamples_V1.0.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/database/OTC_EOFBetaExamples_V1.0.README Requirements NEXTSTEP 3.2 Developer Enterprise Objects Framework Beta Version 1.0 Sybase pubs Database (for some examples) Table Of Contents Enterprise Objects Framework 1. Access Layer - Programmatic usage of Access and Database levels of Adaptor Layer. 2. Buffering - EOController buffering options. 3. DataSource - Custom data source. 4. Delegation - Interactive trace of all delegate methods within EO Framework. 5. Enterprise Object - Custom enterprise object. 6. EOModel Inspector - WorkspaceManager contents inspector for .eomodel documents. 7. KeyValueCoding - NSKeyValueCoding protocol used for data transfer. 8. Querying - Impromptu querying. 9. Sorting - Impromptu sorting. Foundation Kit 1. Class Clusters - Subclassing class clusters. 2. Memory Allocation - New memory allocation scheme. 3. Notification - NSNotification and NSNotificationCenter framework. 4. NSFoundation - Property list classes NSString, NSArray, NSDictionary. Disclaimer You may freely copy, distribute, and reuse the code in these examples. SHL disclaims any warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to their fitness for any particular use.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TabCell Date: 6 Aug 1994 23:50:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <321lln$o7h@digifix.digifix.com> Moved to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/TabCell.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/TabCell.README From the README... TabCell After seeing Jean-Marie's new addition to Interface Builder, I just couldn't help wanting those cool tabs for my very own! Since I don't have IB source :-), I just had to figure it out for myself. There are two caveats (bugs?): 1) If you put these into a ScrollView, sometimes the little tab ends won't redraw themselves properly when scrolled after being clicked on. Since you probably shouldn't be putting a control like this into a ScrollView, this really shouldn't present a problem (although if someone want's to send me a bug fix, that'd be appreciated). 2) The first and last tab cells are 7 pixels (half a tab image width) shorter than the rest of the cells. This is due to a drawing issue with drawing inside the matrix. If the images on the first and last cell aren't shifted in, they get clipped by the matrix and don't look very good. If your cell's are relatively large, this really isn't very noticeable. The real way to fix this is to get in there, determine how many cells there are, and distribute this difference among all of them. Again, anyone wanting to send me this code should fell very free to do so. Have fun, Bill Edney bedney@firstsoft.com P.S. This code is totally free from any licenses or warranties or anything. In other words, use it however you want but don't blame me if it hoses something up!
From: Evstathios Marinos <emarinos@marcon.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Update of EOClassBuilder ( V0.1 -> V0.11 ) Date: 6 Aug 1994 23:51:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <321lnm$o7o@digifix.digifix.com> Hi, I've uploaded an update of EOClassBuilder to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions The files are named EOClassBuilder.V0.11.NI.b.tar.gz EOClassBuilder.V0.11.README ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/apps Notes on V0.11 ============== This update is just a bug fix. V0.11 got no new features. On some systems EOClassBuilder crashed, because of autoreleasing a variable twice (Stupid, I know). I don't know why EOClassBuilder is just crashing on some systems and not on every system. May be NeXT knows the answer? Notes ===== EOClassBuilder.app is MAB (Intel/Motorola). It needs NS 3.2 (Intel or Motorola) and EOF Beta. The use of EOClassBuilder is free of charge. Please send bug reports and suggestions to em@marcon.de About EOClassBuilder.app ======================== EOClassBuilder is a tool which scans EOModels (.eomodel files) for custom classes. For each custom class found ( classes != EOGenericRecord ) it generates Interface and Implementation files for that class. It defines and implements a init, dealloc and set-, getMethods for all classProperties. The set-, getMethods names confirm to the EOF conventions, so they are called by the standard implementations of: - (BOOL)takeValuesFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary; - (NSDictionary *)valuesForKeys:(NSArray *)keys; In case of many custom EO classes, this save a lot of time and boring work. Features planned for a future release ===================================== 1) Just generate classes selected in the Custom Class Browser. 2) Drag generated .h and .m files to other applications, e.g. ProjectBuilder. ( through dragging a selection out of the "Custom Class Browser" ) 3) Let the Custom Class be a subclass of Object or NSObject 4) Specify custom naming conventions for set and get Methods 5) Add some methods from EOGeneric Record, e.g. - (void)setObject:anObject forKey:(NSString *)key; - objectForKey:(NSString *)key; - (void)removeObjectForKey:(NSString *)key; 6) Change the implementation of the setMethods Contact ======= MARCON - Evstathios Marinos Consulting Evstathios Marinos | Phone : +49 721 37 71 78 Gartenstr. 2 | Fax : +49 721 37 71 79 76133 Karlsruhe (GERMANY) | E-Mail: em@marcon.de About MARCON: ============= MARCON - Evstathios Marinos Consulting is a privately held company. Founded in 1988 we are providing consulting, develop- ment & project management services to our customers. Since 1991 we are focused on NEXTSTEP.
From: Wolli Steiner <ws@comma.rhein.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: USER GROUP: New user group in Germany - BOING Date: 7 Aug 1994 14:08:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3237v5$r3k@digifix.digifix.com> There's a new user group in Bonn (Germany) since end of July. If anybody wants to participate - she/he is very welcome to mail! BOING - Bonn Independent NeXT Group Joachim Hartmann Lindenstrasse 30 D-53227 Bonn GERMANY Phone: +49-2225-701332 Fax: +49-2225-701332 Email: BOING-admin@balou.rhein.de joker@balou.rhein.de tommi@balou.rhein.de ut@tools.de Group-email: BOING@balou.rhein.de Meeting Schedule: monthly, TBA Dues: none Newsletter: Mailing List Founded: 25.07.1994 Greetings, tommi
From: kyounger@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WriteUp 1.1 and PasteUp 2.5 available via FTP Date: 8 Aug 1994 11:31:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <325j4a$5ck@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 PLACES DEMO COPIES OF WRITEUP 1.1 AND PASTEUP 2.5 ON FTP SITES. SPRINGHOUSE, PA, August 3, 1994 --Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that WriteUp 1.1 and PasteUp 2.5 are now available in demo form from ftp.cs.orst.edu now on the Internet. Production copies of these two popular applications can be found at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/PasteUp_Distribution.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/productivity/WriteUp_Distribution.tar They will also soon be available directly from the StepWise Server, in the Anderson Financial directory by FTP, and home page. The applications on the server are MAB for Motorola and Intel hardware; an HP PA-RISC version is available from AFS by request. 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: fct@mcs.com (Dennis Freidel, FCT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Freidel Computing Technology Ships DaisyDrop Version 1.0 Date: 8 Aug 1994 23:36:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <326tjh$8on@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Dennis Freidel Freidel Computing Technologies, Inc. 43 W 292 Plank Road Hampshire, IL 60140-8959 Phone: (708) 464-1040 Fax: (708) 464-1041 e-mail: fct@mcs.com Freidel Computing Technology Ships DaisyDrop Version 1.0 Drop your Problems on a Daisy! August 8, 1994 Hampshire, IL -- Freidel Computing Technologies announces the official release of DaisyDrop Version 1.0. DaisyDrop is an new style of Software to hook different kinds of GUI and non-GUI applications together without expensive recoding. It ties the heritage of UNIX to the NEXTSTEP GUI in ways which generalize the desktop. It makes it easy to use the strengths of different programs and to integrate legacy systems into the NEXTSTEP GUI. Daisy Drop is software with a new idea for productivity enhancement for Power Users, Developers and System Administrators, as well as for people designing desktops for users. DaisyDrop solves the problems of GUI programs using non-GUI programs and vice versa. Ever since Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) have come on the market, the computing community has struggled hooking the command line style of command execution into the GUI. The problem is two-fold: first, incrementally adding GUI to our old (and new) command line tools and applications (we usually just wrap it in a window). Second, providing the facilities provided by the command line tools to the GUI Applications (except through dumping to a file, etc.). DaisyDrop solves both of these problems for the NEXTSTEP environment and provides additional benefits along the way. DaisyDrop provides, first, a framework to organize all tools that can be started from the command line (typical UNIX tools as well as graphical tools -- over 500 are already loaded in the default configuration) and facilitate the execution of any of them from the Desktop. It organizes these tools for easy use and provides the framework to DaisyChain them together. These DaisyChains are then available as Named and Unnamed NEXTSTEP Services and as separate DropZones on the NEXTSTEP Desktop. You may push or drop files on these DropZones to execute the DaisyChains. The DropZones extend the Dock and the Desktop in a fully free-form method, whereby any arguments may be chosen, and any program may be run. The second main feature set is the group of Helpers -- tools called from the command line of shell scripts to interact with the user and with the NEXTSTEP environment. There are 10 different Helpers -- providing a variety of features (e.g., giving information to the user, asking questions of the user, and synchronizing different command execution streams). The third main feature is the set of tools and examples included (over 500). Quick overview of Features: A new style of Software: GUI / Shell Integrator. UNIX standard Scripting Language (Bourne shell) Ties any executable to GUI (Interactive mode, and 10 Helper programs): Interactive mode AskForText Helper requests textual information from the user, AskWM Helper makes requests to the Workspace Manager, Catch and Throw Helpers synchronize processes, CheckBoxes Helpers request options from the user, DoEdit Helper makes requests to programs for files, DoTerm Helper provide methods to run programs in windows, RadioButtons Helper requests alternatives from the user, Slider Helper requests a specific number from the user, and YesOrNo Helper informs the user and asks the user questions Ties GUI to executables in 10 modes: Drop and Push on Garden Editor, Drop and Push on DropZones, Unnamed Service Pipe, Source and Sink, Named Service Pipe, Source and Sink Executables are 3.2 MAB for NeXT Motorola and Intel platforms. Over 500 tools already accessible in the Default Garden. Samples included to enhance your productivity out of the box. Single-user licenses are $189. Site/multi-user licenses are available. E-mail, fax or call for a brochure to be faxed or U.S. mailed. Free upgrade later to 3-way MAB (including HP-PA) if demand/interest warrants it. FCT was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to the development, publishing, and marketing of quality software for NEXTSTEP. We have years of experience with programming methodology, parallel programming, UNIX, GUIs, and NEXTSTEP. ================================================================= NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and NEXTSTEP/Intel are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of Unix System Laboratories Inc. DaisyDrop is Copyright (c) 1994 by Freidel Computing Technologies, Inc. Dennis Freidel Freidel Computing Technologies, Inc. 43W292 Plank Road Hampshire, IL 60140-8959 e-mail: fct@mcs.com fax: (708) 464-1041 voice: (708) 464-1040
From: norgate@panix.com (Larry Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP programmer needed, NYC Financial Date: 9 Aug 1994 16:02:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <328nbq$f4o@digifix.digifix.com> Our client, a major investment firm in NYC has an immediate need for an experienced NEXTSTEP developer to re-write/develop various financial applications on NEXTSTEP. The ideal candidate will have at least 2+ years of NEXT development experience and some experience working in the financial industry. Please forward your resume in confidence to: Norgate Technology, Inc. email: norgate@panix.com fax# 516-822-0689
From: Alexander Wilkie <wilkie@CSlab.tuwien.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NXMine.app Date: 9 Aug 1994 16:15:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <328o4g$f6l@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: NXMine.app The application has been placed at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/NXMine.app.compressed NXMine is a NeXTStep clone of the (popular?) Windoze game Minesweeper. It works and looks alike, and is free software. The current version is 1.0, compiled for Motorola and Intel. If someone wants to recompile it for HP-NS, he can have the sources anytime. The sources are available on request only, because I wouldn't like those freaks out there to see what a native Pascal programmer did with their language. Bug: you have to manually activate the right mouse button via Preferences.app to play the game. This will be fixed in due course. Author: Alexander Wilkie Student at the Vienna University of Technology Vienna, Austria, Europe email : wilkie@cslab.tuwien.ac.at
From: sbender@harmony-ds.com (Scott Bender) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: NNTP News Reader Date: 9 Aug 1994 23:09:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <329gci$i6s@digifix.digifix.com> Now accepting applications for Beta testers for a NeXTSTEP NNTP news reader. We are looking for people to both test and provide input on needed features. If you read news regularly and would like to help us out, please send mail to News_Beta_Requests@harmony-ds.com. This test will include only about twenty people, so let us know why you should be in on the test. If you don't want to test, but have suggestions on features please mail to News_Suggestions@harmony-ds.com. Current Features: - No wait time at startup. Start reading news as soon as the app is up. - Only needed information is read from the server. Perfect for slow SLIP connections. - NewsGrazer(tm) reading and posting. Possibly MIME in the future. - Articles are read only once. No wait when going back to read articles.
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems Announces New Director in Charge of Corporate Restructuring Date: 10 Aug 1994 17:12:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32bfsg$h3@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: Contact: Alembic Systems International 17 Inverness Drive East Suite G-228 Englewood, CO 80112 Tel: 303-799-6223 Toll Free: 800-452-7608 Email:info@alembic.com ALEMBIC SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, August 10th. 1994 - Alembic Systems International Ltd. announced that George Peat of GLOBATRONICS, Inc., a Colorado based NEXTSTEP-savvy firm, operated by Australian businessmen, has been named a Director of Alembic. Mr. Peat is coordinating GLOBATRONICS, Inc's acquisition and restructuring of Alembic. Mr. Peat has an extensive background in computer electronics and has partnered and operated several businesses in Australia, before coming to the United States. He has a degree in Advanced Electronics. Globatronics will be providing Alembic with expert management resources. Alembic remains the pre-eminent source of NEXTSTEP compatible hardware and the world's foremost clearing house and supplier of the NEXTSTEP operating system and Third Party software. Alembic is currently producing a demo CD ROM disc covering NeXT compatible software which NeXT Computer Inc. will ship with each copy of NEXTSTEP and each NEXTSTEP upgrade sold worldwide. Mr. Peat also announced the relationship between Alembic and GLOBATRONICS Inc. will provide both new capital and new products -- resulting in Alembic's expanded ability to serve the NeXT community better than ever before. All this ensures Alembic's continued growth in the NEXTSTEP community. Alembic continues to honor all of its obligations and will continue to provide customers in the NeXT world with the best available NeXT products and services. # # # NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners
From: Kevin Blair <kab@fnbc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP developers needed, First Chicago Date: 11 Aug 1994 16:02:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32e050$6p3@digifix.digifix.com> Who: First National Bank of Chicago (Capital Markets Systems Group) What: NEXTSTEP Developer Positions Available Where: Chicago More on What: We have an immediate need for two experienced NEXTSTEP Developers in derivatives systems area. The ideal candidate would have at least 1+ years NS development experience and 3+ years overall experience. Good relational db, Objective-C and C skills are expected. Financial industry experience is a plus. These are permanent positions on expanding development teams. Please forward your resume to: email: kab@fnbc.com fax: 312-407-2743
From: David Andrew Knight <david@ffcsas.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OneStep Solutions Plc requires software NEXTSTEP shrinkwrap Date: 11 Aug 1994 16:43:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32e2if$70a@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: David Knight OneStep Solutions Plc 351 London Road Phone: 0702 551010 Hadleigh Intl: +44 702 551010 Essex. SS7 2BT Fax: +44 702 551515 England Email: david@ffcsas.demon.co.uk United Kingdom (NeXTMail welcome) August 10th, 1994, OneStep Solutions Plc require shrinkwrap apps, objects and palettes from software houses in the NEXTSTEP market. FFC Software and Systems Limited has increased its capitalization and taken on the new name of OneStep Solutions Plc. Probably the premier NeXT VAR in the UK, OneStep Solutions Plc has been trading since 1984 and has been involved in the NEXTSTEP marketplace for three years. Since our inception we have been providing in-house developed multi-user applications which meet our clients needs in the Insurance, Legal, Local Government, Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Financial Services and Entertainment industries. These products run under a proprietary operating system and are installed on some 2000+ seats. Over the last two years we have re-developed many of our core applications to run under NEXTSTEP and we are now commencing an immediate plan to convert our existing clients to take this new generation of software and hardware. We believe this plan will be completed over the next three years and, including growth, will ultimately lead to some 3000 installed seats. Of course, our core applications are only part of a package which represents a total solution to our customers; they also require a diverse range of word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, productivity tools, communications, administration software, utilities etc. We therefore call upon all developers in the NeXT community throughout the world to contact us with information and ideas as to how your products can be of benefit to our clients. Due to the technical nature of our company we would ideally like to have direct relationships rather than the more complicated distributor channels which we have found ineffective, due to a lack of product knowledge and added value. We have considered a working model by which a relationship could be formed and would ideally like to have the opportunity to discuss this at more length with any interested parties. Initially we require from yourselves a brief overview, preferably in rtf format via email, of your product along with retail and VAR pricing. We would hope that your software should follow some simple but important guidelines; Fully functional demonstration software should be available and should expire after, preferably 90 days. We consider it unacceptable for our clients not to be able to print and save several hours of testing work for later editing or sharing in the evaluation process. A well documented API, if applicable. Applications should read the users default paper size (usually A4 in the UK) and not default to "Letter". Groupware should have a minimum 3 user license. Products should have floating or site license policies across m68k, i486, PA-RISC and SPARC platforms. Automated suggestion and support panels should have a default address mechanism which allows us to insert our own email address as the destination, so that we remain the front line of support. There should be good on-line help, tutorials and sales support literature. The ability to supply multi-lingual NIBs and help files when required. We look forward to your replies. ---- OneStep Solutions, the OneStep Solutions logo are trademarks of OneStep Solutions Plc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other products and brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Ralph_Zazula@NeXT.COM (Ralph Zazula) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP EXPO Advanced Programming Examples Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:36:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32eqol$1gu@digifix.digifix.com> Hi - The slides and programming examples for my NEXSTEP EXPO presentation "Transporting Objects Between Applications" are now available from NeXTanswers. You can find the files on "ftp.next.com" in the following location: ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/Files/General_NeXT_Information/NEXTSTEP_Expo/1677_AdvancedProgrammingExamples.compressed or you by email... send a message with 1677 in the subject to NextAnswers@next.com >From the README: This is a set of example applications presented during the Advanced NEXTSTEP Programming session at the 1994 NEXTSTEP EXPO. These examples demonstrate the motivation and development of an API for creating "transportable" objects classes whose instances can be easily shared between applications. The presentation covered various ways of transporting objects, including: filesystem, pasteboard, services, drag/drop and distributed objects. These programming examples show how to implement the suggested API as well as how to use the various mechanisms. Enjoy, Ralph
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Ivo-1.1 (Backspace Module) Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:40:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32equv$1i1@digifix.digifix.com> What Is IvoView? ================ IvoView is the coooolest screensaver of them all. It was the very first NEXTSTEP thing Ivo and I did, back when the first NeXTdimensions came out. We filmed Ivo's head, and captured via the ND, I doodled on it, then we modified "Globe" to show Ivo's demonic spinning head instead of the nice blue and green earth. If you have NEXTSTEP and color, this thing is a must. It looks best on 32bit hardware (which is why I haven't played with it since I left my ND behind until I got a #9GXE64 on a Pentium) but should look OK on 16bit hardware with the new modifications. I also added some stuff to bring it up to date with the latest BackSpace (it was written with the original BackSpace in mind). Download it, play with it, and scare your kids/parents/loved ones. ;-). Or better yet, plug it into your ND and put it on a big projection screen at christmas, er, Halloween ;-). Find it at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/screen/Ivo-1.1.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Ivo-1.1.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/BackSpace/Ivo-1.1.tar.gz - darcy --------------------- V1.1 Changes: 1) lightened the images so they can be better viewed (esp. on 16bit) 2) added an inspector 3) added settable frames/second 4) LZWed all the TIFFs which saves a couple megs of disk space ------------------------ V1.0 Howdy. This is a disturbing screen saver that I made, using the code from GlobeView. All I did was to change the name of some variables, and supply the animation. Ivo supplied the video camera, and the head. If the images are too big for you (they are 32 bit colour) just open the Ivo.anim file by double clicking. This will open it in Icon.app. Choose "Save Animation As" from the Image menu cell. Choose 12 bit, or 4 bit or 2bit from the Save dialogue, and it will save the animation in that format, and save you some space. To make, just type make on the command line. You can move the IvoView.o and Ivo.anim into the BackSpace directory by hand, or try 'make install' Anyway, it was fun! - darcy samurai@hasc.ca
From: Joe Reiss <joe@opus.ohio-state.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Triple-FAT Kismet and source on orst Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:45:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32er8l$1ir@digifix.digifix.com> Hopefully the final release of Kismet. Thanks to Erik Kay at NeXT, it's been compiled Triple Fat for m68k/i386/hppa. Also, I'm releasing the source to Kismet this time too. The new Kismet can be found in... ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Kismet1.1a-bin.tar.gz The source code is in... ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/source/games/Kismet1.1a-src.tar.gz Enjoy! Joe <jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
From: info@xanthus.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces File Format Support for OpenWrite Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:55:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32ers4$1lq@digifix.digifix.com> Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR WORD, WORDPERFECT, FRAMEMAKER, AMI PRO AND WRITENOW FILE FORMATS IN ITS OPENWRITE WORD PROCESSOR FOR NEXTSTEP San Diego, CA ą August 2, 1994 ą Xanthus International today announced that OpenWrite, the company's new word processor for NEXTSTEP, will include support for all of the leading Windows, DOS and Macintosh based word processors. Scheduled for release this summer, OpenWrite 1.0 will be available for NEXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola platforms. OpenWrite will read and write to a large variety of document formats, including ASCII, RTF, RTFD, WriteNow, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Maker Interchange Format (Framemaker), Lotus Ami Pro and others, as well as most of the popular graphics formats found on the Macintosh and PC platforms. ŠExchanging documents with users on other platforms is an extremely important issue for NEXTSTEP users and OpenWrite meets all demandsš said David Peter, Vice President of Sales for Xanthus USA. Peter added that ŠOpenWrite is currently being evaluated at most large NEXTSTEP enterprise deployments, and we've added this support at their request. We'll deliver an extremely robust, full-featured word processor tailored to meet customer needs.š OpenWrite is designed for the everyday word processor user and has most of the features found in an application like Microsoft Word, including headers, footers, footnotes, hierarchical styles, variables, borders, multi-level undo, mailmerge, NEXTSTEP spell-checking and multiple columns, as well as user controllable wrap-around graphics (fixed and floating), kerning, tracking, and free-floating text blocks. A future release will include support for multifile books, cross-references, table of contents, indexing and redlining. OpenWrite also supports XanthusĐ new Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard. The OOE standard allows for compound documents to be created and manipulated quickly and easily, and is built around standard NEXTSTEP building blocks such as Distributed Objects and the NEXTSTEP Pasteboard. For example, from within OpenWrite, the user can create spreadsheets, graphics, tables, etc., by using other applications that are OOE compliant. Current OOE compliant applications include Xanthus Questor (spreadsheet), Xanthus Graphity (charts and graphing), Xanthus BusinessDraw (diagram drawing), Digital Tool Works EquationBuilder (equation editor), Draw++ (drawing, free with OpenWrite) and Yap++ (postScript editing, free with OpenWrite). Support for OOE is also planned in Tiffany II (image processing) from Benchmark Development and Tailor (postscript editor) from FirstClass NV. In addition, OpenWrite has a robust API that is built on top of NeXT's Distributed Objects framework and allows for programatic opening, saving and creation of OpenWrite documents. The most powerful part of the API is the capability to dynamically load a module into OpenWrite, which can be called automatically at certain events. Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: info@xanthus.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Introductory Pricing for Questor 3.0 Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:57:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32ervl$1m1@digifix.digifix.com> Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se Xanthus Offers Special Introductory Pricing of $249 for Questor 3.0 Spreadsheet Application for NEXTSTEP San Diego, August 11, 1994 - Xanthus International today announced that it has begun shipping Questor 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. The new version offers Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. (Complete product info is at the end of this message) Xanthus also announced special introductory pricing on Questor 3.0 of $249 (Retail $595) for a single-user license, available through August 31, 1994. Questor 3.0 is delivered as fat (MAB) binaries for Motorola and Intel processors. Registered owners of Questor 2.0 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the new version. Xanthus is also offering special promotional pricing on Graphity, its business graphing and charting application which can be used together with Questor or as a stand-alone application. When purchased with Questor at the promotional price, Graphity can be purchased for an additional $50 (Retail $395). The total price for the Questor/Graphity bundle is $299, a savings of over $600. A demo version is available for FTP from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/ To order, email, fax or phone Xanthus USA at: Xanthus USA 345 First St., Suite O Encinitas, CA 92024 Ph. (619) 632-9700 Fax (619) 632-9702 Email: sales@xanthus.com Questor 3.0 Product Info Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of a "matrix-based" spreadsheet application with a number of unique features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with OpenWrite, the "Microsoft Word-like" word processor announced by Xanthus at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94, Questor is one of the cornerstones in it's Open Office product suite. The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody familiar with traditional spreadsheet programs such as 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. - A 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.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, August 18th Date: 11 Aug 1994 23:59:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32es2r$1mc@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, August 18, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: Information Management's conference room 4th floor, Suite 430 (Decatur) Cost: free and open to the public Agenda: Demos of: PasteUp (page layout application) PaperSight (document and image management tool) Craftman (HyperCard-like application) NXFax (integrates with NEXTSTEP) 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: Tod Rieger Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: prie@acm.org
From: hugh@hodain.ci.net (Hugh Secker-Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: POP servers, MAB binaries and sources Date: 12 Aug 1994 16:59:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32gnrd$6hl@digifix.digifix.com> I have just uploaded MAB binaries and sources for two slightly different Post Office Protocol (POP) servers for NEXTSTEP to the OSU archives: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/mail/popper.MAB.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/mail/popper.MAB.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/mail/popper.src.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/mail/popper.src.tar.gz >From popper.MAB.README: The gzipped tar file, popper.MAB.tar.gz, contains binaries for two separate versions of the popper Post Office Protocol (POP) server. One is the standard RFC-compliant Berkeley popper and the other is Qualcomm's slightly enhanced and altered version of the Berkeley popper. The stripped excutables were compiled MAB (i386, m68k) for NEXTSTEP 3.2. They've been tested on a NeXTstation running NS 3.2, but not exhaustively. Unpacking the file will create a directory called popper, with READMEs, RFCs and subdirectories with the executables and manpages. Use Opener.app or % gunzip < popper.MAB.tar.gz | tar -xf - >From popper.src.README: The gzipped tar file, popper.src.tar.gz, contains sources for two separate versions of the popper Post Office Protocol (POP) server. One is the standard RFC-compliant Berkeley popper and the other is Qualcomm's slightly enhanced and altered version of the Berkeley popper. A few minor changes have been made to the sources to get them to compile under NS 3.2 The compilation and the servers have been tested on a NeXTstation running NS 3.2, but not exhaustively. Unpacking the file will create a directory called popper, with this README and two subdirectories: popper-1.83beta is the Berkeley version qpopper2.1.1 is the Qualcomm version Use Opener.app or % gunzip < popper.MAB.tar.gz | tar -xf - Look for README.next in each of the subdirectories. Thanks to the following for responding to my query on c.s.n.admin and pointing me to the sources: Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> Sunil Punnoose <sunil@linus.smcm.edu> R.J. Kohlhepp <kohlhepp@shark.nwc.com> Stephen David Beck <sbeck@marais.math.lsu.edu> Eric P. Scott <eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Hugh -- Hugh Secker-Walker | hugh@hodain.ci.net (NeXTmail ok) | hugh@ear.mit.edu
From: kehoe@fortuity.sf.ca.us (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Exchange old NeXT printers for new Date: 12 Aug 1994 17:00:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32gnu5$6ic@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: The Printer Works 3481 Arden Road, Hayward, CA 94545 USA Stephen Roberts, Doug Swanson, or Lynn Hawthorne Toll-free: 800-225-6116 Phone: +1-510-887-6116 Fax: +1-510-786-0589 Email: tpw@netcom.com EXCHANGE OLD NEXT PRINTERS FOR NEW:The Printer Works Announces a Program to Replace Aging NeXT Printers Hayward, CA -- August 12, 1994 -- The Printer Works today announced an unusual program for owners of NeXT laser printers. In a move likely to please users of NeXT's original black hardware, the Hayward, California printer specialist has offered to exchange a new, factory-original NeXT laser printer for any used NeXT laser printer for an exchange fee of $295. (The offer is limited to The Printer Works existing inventory of 1000 units.) "At many NeXT sites, the printer is 'first-to-fail' equipment, especially if users make heavy use of printing," said Stephen Roberts, president of The Printer Works. "Printers are machines with parts of rubber and plastic. They get tired and wear out. We're offering NeXT users an opportunity to replace any aging or broken NeXT laser printer with a brand-new, factory-boxed NeXT laser printer -- effectively doubling the life of a worn-out printer for less than the cost of an annual maintenance contract." The Printer Works has specialized in repair depot service of printers for computers since 1982. The company runs one of the largest printer-only repair facilities in North America, serving as "the repairmen's repairman" to computer service companies and corporate repair centers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company is a Canon authorized service facility (ASF) and a Canon OEM. The Printer Works is committed to supporting the NEXTSTEP user community for the long term. The Printer Works manufactures two new 600-dpi laser printers exclusively for NEXTSTEP users, called the StepWriter-BX and StepWriter-NX. The Printer Works will accept any NeXT laser printer, working or not, for the exchange program. The company asks that interested NEXTSTEP users phone, fax, or email requesting an "advance exchange." The Printer Works will ship a brand-new, factory-boxed NeXT laser printer on receipt of a credit card order, check, or purchase order. After receiving the new printer, customers should retain their toner cartridge, but return the old printer, paper tray, and printer cable in the new printer's shipping carton. Users pay shipping both ways. A ninety-day warranty guarantees that The Printer Works will replace the new printer should it fail within ninety days of receipt. "It's a brilliant offer," commented Daniel Miles Kehoe, former contributing editor for NeXTWORLD magazine and a consultant to The Printer Works. "NeXT users get new printers, and if people are pleased, The Printer Works wins loyal customers." NEXTSTEP users can get more information about The Printer Works products and this special offer by sending email to tpw@netcom.com, telephoning 800-225-6116 or +1-510-887-6116, or faxing +1-510-786-0589. The Printer Works is a privately-held company, founded in 1982, that provides depot repair service and manufacture of laser printers for specialty markets. # # # The Printer Works is a trademark of The Printer Works, Inc. NeXT, NeXTSTEP, and NEXTSTEP/Intel are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Canon is a trademark of Canon Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
From: khare@cco.caltech.edu (Rohit Khare) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: eText Engine PR2-01 is Available Now Date: 14 Aug 1994 01:17:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32k9dk$hb@digifix.digifix.com> eText Engine Pre-Release 1 Available by FTP, WWW Access ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText-PR2-01-FAT.tar.gz Contact: Rohit Khare khare@caltech.edu (818) 792-9114 CALTECH, August 13, 1994 -- The eText Project's flagship eText Engine has entered its second round of public beta. Copies of this extensible hypermedia document authoring system are available on WWW at http://www.etext.caltech.edu and by ftp at ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText-PR2-01-FAT.tar.gz. These files are FAT for Motorola and Intel. Source distribution and documentation are still not ready; the target for a 1.0 with these is "end of summer." We are committed to making sources freely available to the public for (at least) non-commercial use at that time. This release currently reads: RTF, RTFD, and ETFD (eText Format Document) and writes HTMD (HTML Document), TeXD (LaTeX Document), C, and formatted ASCII. This release comes after over a year of design and implementation work by Rohit Khare and the eText Group. * Note: If you download this version, please send in bug reports, feature requests, and remember to update your copies as new versions are announced. For more information, connect to the web site above or contact Rohit Khare directly. Mailing lists will be set up in the near future for eText users and developers. --30--
From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: General release version of TransSys PNI available Date: 14 Aug 1994 01:39:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32kan0$jd@digifix.digifix.com> TransSys PNI 1.11 release 13 August 1994 Software and Documentation is Copyright 1993, 1994 by TransSys, Inc. and Louis A. Mamakos All rights reserved. TransSys (finally) announces the the general release of its PNI software package. WHAT IT IS ---------- This software distribution is the first (non-beta) 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. There are three versions of the software available: PNI-SLIP -- A freely available version which implements SLIP. This version is available both as a demo of the software and as a public service to the NeXT community - NEXTSTEP systems should have a SLIP solution available free of charge, as do many other platforms. PNI-BASIC -- a commercial version of the software which implements SLIP (as above) as well as CSLIP, which is SLIP with TCP Header Compression. PNI-PRO -- a commercial version, which, along with the PNI-BASIC features, also includes IP packet filtering (including idle link timeouts) and support for IP tunnels. See the file 'ORDER', included in the demo distributions, for detailed ordering information. TransSys recommends that only those users that are already familiar with SLIP and IP networking in general attempt to install and use the package. Of course, it costs nothing to try to install the demo software, however, limited support is available. RANDOM TOPICS ------------- There are plans for an HP-PA version, but no estimated date for such a version is available. For now, this package on runs on Intel and Motorola based 3.1 and 3.2 NeXTSTEP systems. There are reports that it runs on the first 3.3 pre-release kernel. I expect that version PNI 1.11 will *not* run on the released 3.3 kernel which will include IP multicast support and likely different kernel interfaces. This version doesn't implement dial-on-demand, though PNI-PRO can implement idle link timeouts using a very precise packet filter specificiation. WHERE YOU CAN GET IT -------------------- A demo version of TransSys PNI is available via anonymous FTP from: ftp://FTP.UU.NET/vendor/TransSys/TransSys-PNI-1.11.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/TransSys-PNI-1.11.tar.gz ftp://cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/TransSys-PNI-1.11.tar.gz the copy on FTP.UU.NET will only exist until the next release is available, and should be considered to be the definitive version; the ones on the Purdue and Oregon State archives will likely move to their final resting places fairly quickly. Archive maintainers: please remove any earlier versions you might have. The base-SLIP only version is free of charge, just like TransSys DialUp-IP. Other capabilities (CSLIP, filtering, tunnels, etc) will be licensed at an additional charge. Included is a SLIP-only license key string with no expiration date. You can request a demo license key to enable CSLIP, packet filtering and tunnels by sending a request to pni-demo@TransSys.COM requesting a demonstration license key. The demo version can be upgraded to other functions by purchasing a license key which will enable the additional features. Existing PNI beta test users can use the license key string: jA@KiYiHhm6EgoKDruI with release 1.11 until they make arrangements to purchase a license key string if desired. This license key string expires on October 13. 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 'jA@KiYiHhm6EgoKDruI' Users of TransSys DialUp-IP who have purchased a license for the CSLIP version (prior to August 1, 1994) will have a free (or nominal cost if media is required) upgrade to TransSys PNI. MORE INFORMATION ---------------- Please read the doc/pni.ps.Z file which contains the documentation for TransSys PNI. You should uncompress it and either print the file (about 90 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. Alternatively, if you have Internet connectivity and a WorldWideWeb browser application, you can examine the URL http://WWW.TransSys.COM/TransSys/pni-info.html to examine the manual (and other information) without having to fetch the entire package. This WWW service is experimental, and may change without notice. Additional information on TCL and TCL extensions are available in the files doc/Tcl.ps.Z and doc/TclX.ps.Z. Comments, suggestions and feature requests can be sent via email to pni@TransSys.COM. Users of the PNI package that would like to be notified of new release and other occasional information should also drop a message to pni@TransSys.COM to get added to a distribution list for announcements. Louis Mamakos TransSys, Inc. ($Id: README,v 1.9 1994/08/14 01:39:52 louie Exp $)
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NXplot3d v3.1 Date: 16 Aug 1994 15:21:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32r3jq$aek@digifix.digifix.com> NXplot3d v3.1 for NeXTStep For those of you who missed the earlier releases, NXplot3d is a 3d function/data plotting program. It incorporates features for producing publication quality (or nearly publication quality) plots. This includes tick marks, labels, contour overlays, etc ... This version is distributed in 3 separate archive files. NXplot3d.3.1.FAT.tar.gz - The FAT executable. Be sure to read the enclosed installation file. NXplot3d.3.0.sample.tar.gz - Sample plots from v3.0. I didn't see the need to update them yet. NXplot3d.3.1.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 ftp://ion.rice.edu/pub/next/plotting. You can also access it via WWW via http://ion.rice.edu/nsci/top.html Here's a list of some of the new features/bug fixes: - Data can now be read for scatter plots, not just mesh plots. - The density plot is now in color. The colors will match the mapping on the 3d surface. This allows, among other things, for the colors to be inverted (black high, white low). If the 3d plot is in mono mode, the density plot reverts to grey scale. - Simple labels/ticks on contour/density plots. Not publication quality, but better than nothing. - The "density EPS" menu item now works properly. - The cylinder plotting option has become a histogram-like option. The plot will be histogram style, except the individual points are cylindrical instead of rectangular. - Corrected position of tick meshes on contour plot, was shifted by ~1/2 of a data point. Bug reports and suggestions should be directed to : Steve Ludtke steve@ion.rice.edu stevel@alumni.caltech.edu 72335,1537 @ compuserve
From: federico@heinz.com (Federico Heinz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:59:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32pdj0$5th@digifix.digifix.com> F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer NEW DEVELOPMENT TOOL: InterfaceViewer F. HEINZ consultora is proud to introduce a pre-release version of InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation tool for NEXTSTEP developers. The multi-architecture program may be retrieved from by anonymous FTP from ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de, under the name ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/apps/InterfaceViewer.0.1.NI.b.tar.gz and from other NEXTSTEP archive sites. This fully functional pre-release version will stop working on September 15th. By then, the final commercial release and a new demo with the full feature set will be available from the same sources. What does InterfaceViewer do? InterfaceViewer solves a problem common to all NEXTSTEP development: documenting the contents of InterfaceBuilder documents (the ubiquitous nib files). While IB offers great tools for creating user interfaces, its capabilities are very limited when it comes to finding out the inner workings of an existing nib file, or documenting the contents of such a file along with the rest of the source code for a project. IV is useful when you want to use one of NeXT's great mini-examples to find out something about the AppKit: the source code is usually easy to follow and profusely documented, but you still have to painfully untangle the connections inside the nib files one by one before you understand what the program does. It is also a boon when you get someone new in your team, and she has to catch up with what the rest of the group has done so far. She can just take the nib files to IV and play with the connections until she knows what's in there. It is most useful at achieving other minor feats such as creating high-quality EPS representations of you UI elements for inclusion in you user documentation or at making poster- or blackboard-sized documents for showing during team work. And InterfaceViewer is the only way to completely document the working of your system (unless you enjoy doing diagrams of the user interface by hand... :-). How does it do it? To discover the contents of a nib file, just open the file with InterfaceViewer. What you get is a canvas with a diagram of all objects and all connections of the nib file on it. You get to see it all at once, everything is neatly laid out and clearly labeled. And it works with any nib file at all, even those that contain custom objects loaded from IB palettes---all you have to do is load the palette into InterfaceViewer too, and it just works! And what can I do with such a drawing? While you work on the screen, InterfaceViewer does a lot to help you read the diagram it created: you can selectively disable the display of connectors according to criteria such as ``I want to see only connectors of class DBTableConnector or IBOutletConector that depart from the currently selected objects''. You can change the graphics attributes of the connectors, change the arrangement of the objects, resize the canvas, get the diagram just as you like it. And while you are at it, let the auto-router lay out the connections for you, so you don't have to position each segment on the page yourself. And you can print the diagram to post on the wall or in your documentation records, too. InterfaceViewer will break the canvas into pages according to the page layout and scale. Or you can save the image for later reference, either in InterfaceViewer's own format, or as an EPS image or in Diagram!2 format. You can also cut and paste parts of InterfaceViewer's diagram into other documents for your documentation records, or to get high-quality PostScript images of your windows for inclusion in you manuals. About F. HEINZ Consultora F. HEINZ Consutora is a privately-held network consulting and software development company located in Cordoba, Argentina. We are committed to the production of high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP users and developers, and to the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP-based customer solutions. Our product line currently includes Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers. FOR MORE INFORMATION contact us at our development labs in F. HEINZ Consultora Benigno Acosta 4528 5009 V. Centenario Cordoba, Argentina Tel+Fax: (+54 51) 81 75 97 E-Mail: info@heinz.com
From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@viriconium.ocms.ox.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Perl-4.036 Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:54:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32pd95$5rv@digifix.digifix.com> Perl 4.036 for NeXTSTEP 3.2 Do you want to use Larry Wall's amazing and astonishingly useful Perl language on your NeXT box, but can't get the standard perl-4.036.tar.gz distribution to compile? Even worse, you don't have the NeXT developer release, so you can't even contemplate compiling Perl? Well, your prayers may well be answered. Take your pick from one of these three packages: Perl-4.036.NI.b.pkg.tar The perl and taintperl executables, together with the full perl library, man page and auxiliary programs (a2p, s2p, find2perl etc.) compiled FAT and packaged ready for Installer.app. No compilation required. Perl-4.036-how-to-build-for-NS3.2.tar.gz A small (11089 byte) set of instructions for building Perl under NS 3.2. You will also need the standard source distribution of perl-4.036.tar.gz, available from your local Gnu archive, in order to build Perl. Simply ungzip and untar on top of the standard distribution, and follow the instructions in the README.next file. Perl-4.036.NI.bs.tar.gz The whole kit and caboodle --- the complete perl distribution, already configured, compiled and waiting to be installed. Passes all of the 'make test' tests, and includes all of the files in Perl-4.036-how-to-build-for-NS3.2 as well. These packages are available for anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.orst.edu: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/proglang/Perl-4.036.NI.b.pkg.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/proglang/Perl-4.036-how-to-build-for-NS3.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/proglang/Perl-4.036.NI.bs.tar.gz Nb. this distribution supercedes the previous MAB compiled distribution for NS, ie. perl-4.036-FAT.tar.gz, which has incomplete functionality. If either of the following tests *completely fail to do anything* with your installed perl, you probably have that distribution, and should replace it:
From: ken@suite.suite.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DOME Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:55:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32pdca$5sg@digifix.digifix.com> P R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- August 15, 1994 Contact: Ken Fleming Suite Software (714)938-8850 Anaheim -- Developers who need to create truly distributed applications now have an Objective-C Distributed Object Management Environment. Suite's DOME, whcih will release in August, is a complete distributed object-oriented architecture with class libraries, application development tools and run-time environment. DOME 3.0 Benefits Suite's DOME 3.0 lays the foundation for a truly distributed computing environment. All basic functionality needed to create a true Distributed Object Management Environment are present. The business benefits of DOME are time and money. DOME reduces the time needed to build applications that work across distributed and heterogeneous environments. All companies today face the problem that old applications run on physically disparate environments. The DBMSs, network protocols and operating systems are not homogenous. New application development is being forced to build applications that work with the old applications. Computers on the desktop are a reality. DOME facilitates building new applications that take advantage of the new high performance workstations while making it easy to tie the new applications to the old applications, i.e., application interoperability. All of this can be done much easier and quicker, with fewer maintenance problems with DOME. DOME Communication Services (DCS) is the underlying piece that allows objects to communicate with each other regardless of location. The Store and Forward is guaranteed message delivery. This means that the programmer does not have to handle synchronization issues. DCS guarantees that all messages will arrive correctly and in the proper order. LinkServices is the part of DCS that facilitates the building of protocol specific links. All of the logic of how to interface to the DOME is provided and the user would only have to code a very simple piece known as the Input-Output Subsystem Driver (IOSD). The IOSD is mostly done in the form of a Suite provided template so that the user only has to deal with the protocol specific issues. This also reduces the time needed for Suite to add new protocols. Once the LinkServer is done, it can be configured into the DOME dynamically and all DOME services can now route messages via this new Link. Since all messaging within in the DOME is done logically, this would be available with potentially no new code. DOME Message Services (DMS) is to allow user defined messages to be handled within the application as a data structure. DMS will pack and unpack the message and handle conversion of data formats between platforms. DOME Directory Services (DDS) supports name and location translation. This gives the user the ability to dynamically configure and reconfigure the enterprise environment without having to recode. Concerns give the DDS and the user the ability to keep cached information up to date without flooding the network with unnecessary messages. DOME Time Services (DTS) is needed by the user to handle all of the time problems that will be encountered by physical distribution. DOME 3.0 will supply library routines (classes) to deal with time conversion, time formatting, time zones, time arithmetic, etc. DOME Data Management (DDM) allows the user to distribute data and to find the data through the same definitions. The DDM's Data Dictionary is based on the DDS so the DDM can find all Catalogs, Schemas, Relations, etc. by domain. That is, the user does not have to worry about location or changes. The DDM takes care of these issues. DDM is SQL92 compliant as well as supporting much of Sybase's Transact SQL.DDM supports full query and distribution transparency. This allows a user to put the data where it makes sense, and access it from where it is needed. DOMEShell is a full featured scripting engine. Not only does it allow the user to write scripts to handle such things as logon sequences, it facilitates the building of applications that can analyze an input string or message and build output strings and messages. All DOME facilities (including user written ones) are available from the DOMEShell. That means that the user can write solutions from within the script without having to drop in to 'hardcode'. This is totally dynamic. Scripts are objects and can be distributed and invoked by all resources having access. Concerns may be posted on scripts. For example, a LinkServer would use a script to log into a remote site and would be assured of having the latest logon sequence. DOME Object Services 3.0 is the beginnings of OMG compliance. Object Services supports the registrations, storage and management of objects within the DOME. Fully supported types are User, Process, Application, Node, and Environment Objects. User Objects may be defined, stored and managed by the DOME. This facilitates the movement to object-oriented programming by those users wishing to make use of this facility. Features Messaging - Store and forward (i.e., queueing) - Sessions - Multicast - Link Services - Scripting support - Uses Directory Services - Message packing and unpacking - Message translation Directory Services - Scripts - Object location - Parent/child and peer-to-peer - Aliasing (i.e., logical names) - Concerns (i.e., the ability to notify users of an object of a change) - Application, process, user, node object support - Caching Time Services - Time arithmetic - Time stamps - String formatting - Time zone conversions DDM - SQL92 (DML and DDL) - Horizontal fragmentation (i.e., data stored in more than one location by value) - Vertical fragmentation (i.e., data stored in more than one location by type of data) - Replication (partial and full) - SQL92/Sybase interoperability - Distribution of data handled by DBA and DA, not the application programmer DOMEShell - Scripting, full lexical parsing, regular expressions, flow control, buffer managemernt. - Ability to invoke all DOME services from within script EventServices - Event Queueing - Callbacks - Event Priority Scheduling LockServices - Distributed Lock Management Object Services - Object store - Object location - Object registration Suite Software is a privately held company with offices in Anaheim, California and Dallas, Texas. The company was founded in 1988 and provides products and software services for VAX/VMS, UNIX-based environments, Windows, OS2 and NT. For additional information about the company or its products, contact SuiteSoftware in Anaheim at (714)938-8850. Or via email info@suite.com. # # # SuiteSoftware, SuiteDOME, Distributed Object Management Environment, DDM, DOME Data Manager and DOME are trademarks of Suite Software. All other brand and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Kurt Herrmann <kherrman@CERF.NET> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE:StepAhead Software's AddressBlaster for NEXTSTEP Now Shipping Date: 17 Aug 1994 16:26:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <32trqa$hs7@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE: StepAhead Software's AddressBlaster Now Shipping! Contact: Kurt Herrmann StepAhead Software (619) 459-9123 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 1994 StepAhead Software's AddressBlaster for NEXTSTEP Now Shipping! -------------------------------------------------------------- San Diego, CA -- StepAhead Software today announced that release 1.0 of AddressBlaster(TM) for NEXTSTEP users is now shipping. AddressBlaster is the all-new enterprise management tool that combines superior contact management features with an integrated graphical mail-merge to give users instant access to all of their contacts. "We started out trying to build an app that was competitive with commercially available DOS, Windows, and Macintosh packages, but NEXTSTEP let us go way beyond that," said Kurt Herrmann, founder and president of StepAhead Software. "NEXTSTEP's kit objects, integrated fax, and networking, let us give our customers revolutionary capabilities with AddressBlaster." About AddressBlaster -------------------- In addition to standard contact management features, AddressBlaster makes it possible to blast personalized faxes and letters instantly to any number of contacts. AddressBlaster's RTFD mail-merge templates can include color and graphics for company logos, product graphics, charts and illustrations. The same simple interface prints envelopes, mailing labels, phone books, newsletters, postcards, letters, memos, and more. AddressBlaster also provides complete import/export capability, allowing users to share contact info with each other, with other NEXTSTEP applications, and even with DOS, Windows, or Macintosh applications. Fax numbers stored with AddressBlaster are available to all NEXTSTEP applications. MCCA developers and system integrators are invited to contact StepAhead Software to discuss EnterpriseContacts(TM), the object-oriented API to AddressBlaster. Introductory Price Available ---------------------------- For a limited time, StepAhead is offering a special introductory price for AddressBlaster. Through September 30, 1994, customers can license AddressBlaster 1.0 for only $199 per user and save 33% off the regular price. AddressBlaster 1.0 requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Intel or NeXT computers. About StepAhead Software ------------------------ San Diego-based StepAhead Software was founded in 1993 with the mission of developing state-of-the-art applications and objects for NEXTSTEP enterprises. For more information, contact StepAhead Software, 8012 El Paseo Grande, La Jolla, CA 92037. Telephone: (619) 459-9123. FAX: (619) 459-9106. # # # AddressBlaster and EnterpriseContacts are trademarks of StepAhead Software. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. # # # Kurt Herrmann StepAhead Software kherrman@cerf.net
From: mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu (Mike Mezzino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GatorFTP v 1.7 Date: 18 Aug 1994 23:41:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3319lu$rtf@digifix.digifix.com> Hello GatorFTP Users: GatorFTP_1.7 has a few new features. The new version can be found on our new archive site ftp://uhoop.egr.uh.edu/pub/misc/GatorFTP/GatorFTP_NS3.0_1.7.app.tar.Z ftp://uhoop.egr.uh.edu/pub/misc/GatorFTP/GatorFTP_MAB_1.7.app.tar.Z BUG: 1) Preferences and switch settings are now archived and restored properly. NEW FEATURES: 1) GatorFTP now handles links. I am not sure why we didn't do this long ago. 2) We now support .gz files, if gunzip is installed in one of the usual places (i.e., /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). All NS3.2 systems have this. 3) We now support gnutar, if it is installed in one of the usual places (i.e., /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). All NS3.2 systems have this. 4) A Double-click option has been added for files. You may now define a double-click to mean one of the following: a) Do nothing b) Display file c) Get file d) Get file and uncompress/untar 5) New preferences supporting double-click options have been added. 6) App icon animation during a fetch has returned. 7) A Suggestion menu option has been added to automate mailing your ideas. 8) I have finally defined a good use for the comments window (Command-d). If you begin a line with the key word ":Directory:", then after logging into that site, you will be immediately positioned to the specified directory in the browser. For example, if you include :Directory: ~/pub/next/submissions in the comment window for sonata.cc.purdue.edu, then the submissions subdirectory will be the first column in the browser after logging on. The Home Directory and Root Directory buttons still function in the usual way. Regards, Mike Mezzino gatorftp@gauss.cl.uh.edu
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Phone-2.0 Date: 18 Aug 1994 23:43:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3319o6$rtm@digifix.digifix.com> Phone.app: phone and address management software Contact: The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation phone: 514/499-2067 fax: 514/499-3666 info@hasc.ca Phone.app is a handy little application that we've developed internally at Hutchison. We're releasing it as shareware, with a low-low price of $X.XX. Feel free to download it and play around with it. It's pretty cool... features include intra-text hypertext buttons for phone dialing (not implemented yet... see the Q+A) and NeXTmail-ing, customizable colors, memorized open documents, free-format text searching and database format, fast case insensitive searching, etc. It's really worth every penny! (And hey, you did say you wanted inexpensive software!). You can find it at: ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Phone-2.0.tar.gz Here's a short Q+A from the help panel: Q: What is Phone.app? A: It's a phonebook manager which can read and write ASCII plain text files. If you're currently using perl or some other command line tool to read phonebook files, then this application can live side-by-side with your tool, and you'll not have to change your file format one bit. Q: Gee, that's cool. Are you sure about the file format thing? A: Well, we're pretty sure! By default Phone.app is looking for records like this: Herve Avril Hutchison Ave. Software herve@hasc.ca Darcy Brockbank Hutchison. Ave. Software 514/499-2067 samurai@hasc.ca Danny Gagne danny@hasc.ca ... As you can see, you don't have to do anything special with your records. They can be in pretty much any order. Phone uses some intelligent algorithms to figure out what's what. You can set this application up so that it reads colon delimited files, or whatever! Q: So, why is plain text better than binary? A: Because you can read it with the tool of your choice. You can also bring your phonebooks to other computers (ie. running DOS) and read them there if you need to. It also allows Phone to reside in your system along with perl or bourne shell scripts which read your ASCII phonebook file. Plain text lets everyone get along fine. Q: Ok, enough about the file format junk. How do I use this thing? A: It's pretty easy. Make a new phonebook, and hit the "Insert" menu item to add a new record. Phone will search case insensitively for records that match your search. You can search forwards or backwards based on the contents of your query field. Q: Does this app do anything else? A: You can set the color of each of your open phonebooks to help you find them amidst the break grey windows that abound on NEXTSTEP. While we figured it would make Steve Jobs have a hemorrhage, we found that a small grey window was often hard to locate. So, we allow you to drag and drop in the color of your choice. You, the user, are being allowed to be a victim of your own poor taste ;-). Q: Very funny. Do you expect me to pay you for this? A: Yes we do. This app is shareware, and if you find that you're using it, then you should send ten bucks to: Hutchison Ave. Software 3481 Aylmer, Suite B Montreal, Qc., CANADA H2X 2B4 Q: OK, if I do that, will I get free upgrades? A: Minor upgrades and bugfixes are free. We use this app internally and continue to upgrade it and add features. This is the first public release of this app, so there's bound to be more. Q: Are there any secret hidden features? A: Yes, but if we told you what they were, they wouldn't be secret and you wouldn't have any fun. :-P. Q: When are you going to implement telephone dialing? A: As soon as someone sends us some public domain phone tones, or we get our hands on a digital microphone. Q: OK... by the way, those are pretty cool color wells. Much more svelte than the usual breed. A: Why thank you! We like the emacs keybindings in the text field too. Q: I have no more questions. I'd just like to say ``What a great deal!'' A: Wait! There's more! Phone can be programmed to use hints when it parses your plain text. We're not ready yet to disclose this feature to everyone, but if you really need it, let us know. Using hints will help it determine what's what... it already uses some that are pre-programmed. Q: OK, are you finished? A: Yes. Enjoy the app. And don't forget to send us some cash :-). About Hutchison Avenue Software: The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation is a software company based in Montreal, developing innovative custom and shrink-wrap solutions for corporate clients. Our clients include Equinox Capital Management, WSC Investment Services, Bell Canada, and Hewlett Packard.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Pre-release positions at NeXT! Date: 18 Aug 1994 23:46:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3319u3$rvi@digifix.digifix.com> Full-time Temporary Positions at NeXT in Redwood City, California The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department 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 Customer support (installation and configuration issues) 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: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Functional Tester Temporary position at NeXT! Date: 18 Aug 1994 23:46:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3319uh$rvr@digifix.digifix.com> Full-time Temporary Position at NeXT in California The Functionality Testing group of NeXT's Software Quality department is now hiring for a full-time temporary testing position in Redwood City. This job has these benefits, among others: First-hand access to the most current versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP The job description is as follows: Performance, stress and regression testing of software (with and without formal testplans) Database querying Writing test reports Communicating to software engineers Requirements: 1 or more years hands-on experience with NEXTSTEP Have good verbal and written communication skills Be well organized and detail-oriented Be a fast learner (new software, methodologies and processes) Preferred: NEXTSTEP or Unix programming experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Familiar with Intel-based PCs Deductive logic, troubleshooting and analytical skills Comfortable with e-mail communications Important note: This position is at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com
From: Claire NORMAND <claire@intuisys.com.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Intuitive Systems Seeks Software Engineer and Sales Representative Date: 18 Aug 1994 23:48:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <331a1v$s03@digifix.digifix.com> Intuitive Systems Seeks Software Engineer and Sales Representative Location: Palo Alto, California Start Date : August/September 1994. Intuitive Systems, Inc. is an application software company entirely dedicated to the development of high quality software for NEXTSTEP. Originally located in Paris, France, Intuitive Systems moved to Palo Alto, California in December 1993, and is now expanding its Development and Marketing Departments in its new location. Intuitive Systems, Inc is the developer of Cub'X-Window, X Window solution for NEXTSTEP, and intuitiv'3d, modeler and renderer in three dimensions for NEXTSTEP. SOFTWARE ENGINEER - 1+ years NEXTSTEP application development - Significant UNIX knowledge. - Computer graphics knowledge (at least 2D bitmap drawing). - X Window experience is a plus - Ability to work with limited supervision - Strong problem solving skills - BS/CS degree or equivalent. SALES REPRESENTATIVE - Sales or sales support experience in the NEXTSTEP/UNIX marketplace. - Ability to work within a team environment - Very good verbal and written communication skills - Ability to manage multiple tasks - 4-year degree or equivalent experience Please send resume to : Claire Normand Intuitive Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 60849 Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA tel : 415 852 0245 fax : 415 852 1271 c_normand@intuisys.com
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Phone-2.2 Date: 20 Aug 1994 00:44:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3341nk$6si@digifix.digifix.com> This version fixes several small bugs, and implements telephone dialing through phone tones played through the speaker of your computer. There's a couple new small features that will help a bit, and it is in general a little more robust than the last one. It's surprising how many problems you can find after you decide to release something ;-). The biggest new feature is that Phone-2.2 can be found at the following ftp sites, aside from hasc.ca (which is a really slow link, sorry!). ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/productivity/Phone-2.2.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Phone-2.2.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Phone-2.2.tar.gz Again, hasc.ca is a slow link, so avoid it if you can. - darcy
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GISO v3.3 on archives Date: 20 Aug 1994 00:48:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3341v5$71b@digifix.digifix.com> INTRODUCTION What's GISO? GISO provides an easy way to convert sounds to and from different sound formats and also preview NEXTSTEP sounds. *** Version 3.3: (8/18/94) - AUTO CONFIGURES AND CONVERTS MANY SOUND TYPES!!!! - OFFERS A CONVERT SOUND SERVICES ENTRY!!!!! - sox patch level 11!!!! - snd extension now assumes NEXTSTEP format. - Can automatically play a sound after conversion. - NEXTSTEP help added. - UI and object improvements. ARCHIVE SITES: MAB (m68k,i386) NS3.2 binary: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/sound/GISO.MAB.v3.3.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/GISO.MAB.v3.3.tar.gz Source ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/sound/GISO.src.v3.3.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/GISO.src.v3.3.tar.gz \n Ronin Consulting Nicholas W. Christopher Nick_Christopher@gun.com
From: Vince Jordan <vjordan@bou.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP positions available Date: 19 Aug 1994 15:13:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33308e$2oi@digifix.digifix.com> SHL, an $800 million Systems Integration firm, is recognized as the industry leader in client/server technology. SHL employs over 4,500 people worldwide and maintains a large heterogeneous network of workstations including more than 200 NeXT machines. A NeXT-authorized systems integrator as well as a registered NEXTSTEP software developer, and Channel Partner, SHL provides a full range of services to support clients in adopting and applying this revolutionary technology. SHL continues to be the leader in NEXTSTEP/OO software consulting services. We continue to assemble the best NEXTSTEP expertise available. Since April '92 we have hired a core group based in Boulder, Colorado and deployed world-wide. We are executing concepts that others are still only talking about - Reusable Object Library - Standard Certification of Objects - Distributed Development Furthermore we have established an Object Technology Center(OTC) for applied Object Oriented methodologies and development techniques. The OTC in Boulder, is exploring the cutting edge of the relatively new object technology. The charter of the Center is two-fold: to explore and understand all hardware and software related to the object-orienteddevelopment industry; and to support OO development efforts world-wide in conjunction with SHL client activities. SHL currently has a number of exciting long-term opportunities available in locations such as Washington, D.C., London, England and Colorado Springs, Colorado. SHL is interested in software engineers with at least 2 years solid experience with the NEXTSTEP development environment. If interested, please e-mail your resume to Sherry Nauss at snauss@bou.shl.com or mail your resume to: SHL OTC 4900 Pearl East Circle, Suite 201W Boulder, Colorado 80301
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group -- Thurs. Aug. 25 Date: 22 Aug 1994 17:02:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33b3ol$mak@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, AUGUST 25th, 1994 7:00pm to 9:00pm The August meeting of the Dallas Area NeXT Group presents a videotape of the recent SUNERGY television broadcast, featuring conversations and interviews with notable Sun and Next personages, such as Steve Jobs, Scott McNealy and a host of others. This meeting will be hosted by Dave Eschliman of NeXT Computer and Rick Chatham of Temerlin McClain. 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: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Temp Pre-release positions available Date: 22 Aug 1994 17:02:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33b3pl$mat@digifix.digifix.com> The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department is now hiring for several full-time temporary positions in Redwood City. NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com This job has these benefits, among others: First-hand access to the most current versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP The job description is as follows: Process incoming bugs and suggestions from NEXTSTEP customers Verify (try to duplicate) bug reports Communicate with customers to get further information Submit bug reports to NeXT's Software Engineering team Assist with distribution of Pre-Release software to sites Customer support (installation and configuration issues) General assistance within the Pre-Release Team Requirements: 1 or more years hands-on experience with NEXTSTEP Have good verbal and written communication skills Be well organized and detail-oriented Be a fast learner Preferred: NEXTSTEP programming experience NEXTSTEP and other networking experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Important note: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com
From: sbender@harmony-ds.com (Scott Bender) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: BackManager v1.2 Date: 22 Aug 1994 17:29:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33b5bf$nba@digifix.digifix.com> BackManager 1.2 by Harmony Data Systems is now available. 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. Changes in 1.2: 1. If an application is already running, it will be given the focus, or the control key can be held down to launch a second copy. 2. The dock no longer gets covered up. 3. Dynamic menus are read much faster and now include all files in a directory. Other bugs w/ dynamic menus fixed. 4. Applications can be launched with no icon. 5. You can choose if a background image is tiled, centered, or scaled. BackManager is shareware for Black and White hardware and can be registered for $30.00. Questions or comments can be sent to Scott_Bender@harmony-ds.com BackManager is available at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/util/BackManager1.2.pkg.tar.gz
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Product Marketing Manager Date: 22 Aug 1994 17:30:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33b5dc$nd3@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, is currently searching for a an application development environment product marketing manager. NeXT develops and markets object oriented programming solutions that produces mission critical custom applications for Fortune 1000 customers. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume using the following mediums. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this ad or forward the contents through e-mail. Thank you, Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. "resumes@next.com" Fax to 415-780-4554 Or use direct mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************** Position: ADE Product Manager Department: Product Marketing Position Charter To manage and market NeXT's application development environment - NEXTSTEP Developer. The Product Manager will be responsible for both product management as well as product marketing for the product. Responsibilities Product management consists of defining the product feature set jointly with engineering, through input from the sales force and direct customer contacts. The product manager is responsible for the overall strategy of the product line, to insure that it remains ahead of the competition in its market. In addition, the product manager has the responsibility for the proper marketing of the product line to the potential customer markets. Be well-versed in the area of object-oriented development, and be able to communicate the benefits to customers, press, and analysts Gather, distill, and prioritize customer need information from the NeXT sales force, channels of distribution, and customers for use during product planning and development cycle Deliver NeXT products to market, including pricing, packaging, and promotion. Be knowledgeable of competing products, and disseminate the information to the sales force as needed Insure the product strategy is complementary to the overall NEXTSTEP strategy in the market Work with key industry partners to create a whole-product solution in the area of application development Act as spokesperson for NeXT's application development environment, competitive advantages, product positioning, etc. Develop sales tools (eg. selling guides, slide shows, demos) that communicate NeXT's development advantage. Qualifications B.S. in Computer Science or related area 3 - 5 years development experience in a GUI environment Experience with Object-Oriented development paradigms and programming environments Experience in face-to-face customer interaction, speaking with industry press and analysts, and making public presentations Knowledge of industry standards such as OMG's CORBA specification, OSF's DCE technology Familiarity with UNIX, Microsoft Windows, and various development environments available for those operating systems Familiarity with client-server development tools Basic understanding of network computing, and network standards 2 years experience in project management, marketing and/or sales of software development tools and technology ************************************************************************** "resumes@next.com" Fax to 415-780-4554 Or use direct mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: checkers@zion.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MAB Checkers 1.5 Date: 22 Aug 1994 22:53:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33boc4$q06@digifix.digifix.com> For more information, contact: David J. Ferrero Zion Software & Consulting. 56D Nanel Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA tel: 203-659-4257 fax: 203-657-3542 email: checkers@zion.com Price: $20 shareware donation requested. ****** AVAILABLE NOW ****** Zion Software & Consulting SUBMITS MAB Checkers 1.5 Checkers for Intel/NeXT Game Lovers! Glastonbury, Conn., August 18, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting announced the submission of MAB Checkers: a new version of the original NeXT Checkers. Compiled for both NeXT and Intel NEXTSTEP environments. "We added game save and load features, improved the overall speed by fifty five percent, as well as made it available for Intel users." said David Ferrero, President at Zion. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS * Checkers game with 3 levels of difficulty. * Unlimited undo! * M68K/Intel MAB compiled. * Game Save/Restore with undo. * 55% speed increase over version 1.0 AVAILABILITY: Checkers is available on Internet archive servers such as cs.orst.edu. A $20 shareware fee is requested if you enjoy the game and want more good NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP products. About the company: Zion Software & Consulting is based in Connecticut, and specializes in Custom and Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment. Other shipping products include: ** MTP - Midi Time Piece Configuration application for MTP/Midi NeXT users. ** TeleComm - inexpensive/robust modem software with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, x,y,zmodem file transfer. ** ZionDECView objectware - Palettized VT100/ANSI color terminal emulation for MCCA development. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: mtp@zion.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: m68k Midi Time Piece Config app Date: 22 Aug 1994 22:55:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33boeh$q0f@digifix.digifix.com> For more information, contact: David J. Ferrero Zion Software & Consulting. 56D Nanel Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA tel: 203-659-4257 fax: 203-657-3542 email: mtp@zion.com Price: $20 shareware donation requested. ****** AVAILABLE NOW ****** Zion Software & Consulting SUBMITS m68k Midi Time Piece Config app! Glastonbury, Conn., August 18, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting announced the submission of MTP: a Midi Time Piece configuration application. MTP is a configuration tool for the Midi Time Piece (a sophisticated multiport midi interface). It was written to assume the job which the Macintosh DA did for the MTP on the Macintosh Computer. In order to register this program, receive support and upgrades, as well as be able to open, save, and make default MTP configurations, a shareware donation of $50 payable to Zion Software & Consulting is requested. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS * view MTP connection status * view MTP settings * change MTP settings ** save changes to MTP default ** save changes to file ** load MTP with saved changes from file AVAILABILITY: MTP is available on Internet archive servers such as cs.orst.edu. About the company: Zion Software & Consulting is based in Connecticut, and specializes in Custom and Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment. Other shipping products include: ** Checkers - an improved 1.5 Checkers application compiled MAB! ** TeleComm - inexpensive/robust modem software with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, x,y,zmodem file transfer. ** ZionDECView objectware - Palettized VT100/ANSI color terminal emulation for MCCA development. MTP is a registered trademark of Mark of the Unicorn, Inc. NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are a registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Apple Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 27 - 1994 Date: 22 Aug 1994 22:57:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33boj9$q13@digifix.digifix.com> SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 26 - 1994 Submission Guidelines SUBMISSION (correction): TIFFany archive location Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet SUBMISSION: New version (1.13) of SCSI driver for BusLogic SCSI adapter SUBMISSION: Final location of EOClassBuilder MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday, August 10 PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Special Introductory Pricing of $249 for Questor 3.0 PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces Support for Leading PC and Mac Word Processors PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the official release of WSI-Fonts Volume #2 SUBMISSION: New version of Kismet PRESS RELEASE: Thoughtful Software announces new version of HyperSense JOB: Part-time NEXTSTEP programmers needed PRESS RELEASE: ELSA Inc. receives Object Honors award SUBMISSION: Fortune-1.3 SUBMISSION: Enterprise Objects Framework Beta Examples 1.0 SUBMISSION: TabCell SUBMISSION: Update of EOClassBuilder ( V0.1 -> V0.11 ) USER GROUP: New user group in Germany - BOING PRESS RELEASE: WriteUp 1.1 and PasteUp 2.5 available via FTP PRESS RELEASE: Freidel Computing Technology Ships DaisyDrop Version 1.0 JOB: NEXTSTEP programmer needed, NYC Financial SUBMISSION: NXMine.app BETA TEST: NNTP News Reader PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems Announces New Director in Charge of Corporate Restructuring JOB: NEXTSTEP developers needed, First Chicago PRESS RELEASE: OneStep Solutions Plc requires software NEXTSTEP shrinkwrap SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP EXPO Advanced Programming Examples SUBMISSION: Ivo-1.1 (Backspace Module) SUBMISSION: Triple-FAT Kismet and source on orst PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Announces File Format Support for OpenWrite PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus Offers Introductory Pricing for Questor 3.0 MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, August 18th SUBMISSION: POP servers, MAB binaries and sources PRESS RELEASE: Exchange old NeXT printers for new BETA TEST: eText Engine PR2-01 is Available Now PRESS RELEASE: General release version of TransSys PNI available SUBMISSION: Perl-4.036 PRESS RELEASE: DOME PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer SUBMISSION: NXplot3d v3.1 PRESS RELEASE:StepAhead Software's AddressBlaster for NEXTSTEP Now Shipping PRESS RELEASE: "peanuts" Archive Again With Demos/Shareware Part SUBMISSION: GatorFTP v 1.7 SUBMISSION: Phone-2.0 JOB: Pre-release positions at NeXT! JOB: Functional Tester Temporary position at NeXT! JOB: Intuitive Systems Seeks Software Engineer and Sales Representative JOB: NEXTSTEP positions available SUBMISSION: Phone-2.2 SUBMISSION: GISO v3.3 on archives MEETING: Dallas Area NeXT Group -- Thurs. Aug. 25 JOB: NeXT: Temp Pre-release positions available SUBMISSION: BackManager v1.2 JOB: NeXT: Product Marketing Manager SUBMISSION: MAB Checkers 1.5 SUBMISSION: m68k Midi Time Piece Config app 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 22 Aug 1994 22:58:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33bokj$q1a@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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 (Scott Anguish) 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: 22 Aug 1994 22:58:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33bola$q1h@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 and information server, 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 http://digifix.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news://comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news://comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news://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. news://comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news://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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-848-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS OFFERS INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR 3.0 Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:47:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33efrs$3v5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS OFFERS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR 3.0 NEW VERSION OF AWARD-WINNING SPREADSHEET APPLICATION FOR NEXTSTEP OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 1994 San Diego, August 23, 1994 - Xanthus International today announced that it has begun shipping Questor 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. The new version offers Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. (Complete product info is at the end of this message) Xanthus also announced special introductory pricing on Questor 3.0 of $249 (Retail $595) for a single-user license, available through August 31, 1994. Questor 3.0 is delivered as fat (MAB) binaries for Motorola and Intel processors. Registered owners of Questor 2.0 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the new version. Xanthus is also offering special promotional pricing on Graphity, its business graphing and charting application which can be used together with Questor or as a stand-alone application. When purchased with Questor at the promotional price, Graphity can be purchased for an additional $50 (Retail $395). The total price for the Questor/Graphity bundle is $299, a savings of over $600. MAB (Motorola and Intel) versions of these applications are available via FTP at the following location: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_Demo.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Graphity_Demo_10.compressed In addition, complete documentation and source code for Questor's powerful API, as well as several demo applications, are also available: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_API.compressed HP PA-RISC versions are available directly from Xanthus at customer request. _____________ Questor 3.0 Product Info _____________ Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of a "matrix-based" spreadsheet application with a number of unique features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with OpenWrite, the "Microsoft Word-like" word processor announced by Xanthus at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94, Questor is one of the cornerstones in it's Open Office product suite. The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody familiar with traditional spreadsheet programs such as 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. - A 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.
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <33efqt$3ut@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <33efqt$3ut@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:47:37 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33efsp$3v8@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: XANTHUS PLACES QUESTOR 3.0 AND GRAPHITY ON FTP SITES Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:48:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33efu2$3vf@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS PLACES DEMO COPIES OF QUESTOR 3.0 AND GRAPHITY ON FTP SITES San Diego, CA, August 23, 1994 -- Xanthus USA today announced that demo versions of its award-winning spreadsheet and graphics applications, Questor 3.0 and Graphity, are available for FTP on the Internet. MAB (Motorola and Intel) versions of these applications are available via FTP at the following location: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_Demo.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Graphity_Demo_10.compressed In addition, complete documentation and source code for Questor's powerful API, as well as several demo applications, are also available: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_API.compressed HP PA-RISC versions are available directly from Xanthus at customer request. Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS INTRODUCES SPECIAL STUDENT PRICES - QUESTOR 3.0 ONLY $50, GRAPHITY $25 Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:49:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33efvp$3vm@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-632-9700 Fax: +1-619-632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS INTRODUCES SPECIAL STUDENT PRICES - QUESTOR 3.0 ONLY $50, GRAPHITY $25 San Diego, CA, August 23, 1994 -- Xanthus USA today announced special reduced prices for students on its popular spreadsheet and graphics applications for NEXTSTEP, Questor 3.0 and Graphity. Beginning immediately, qualified students may purchase a single-user license for Questor 3.0 for $50, and a single-user license for Graphity for $25. Conditions are as follows: - Students must have FTP access to obtain the software - Telephone support and documentation are not included - Upgrades are included, available via FTP - Only one license for each program per customer - A valid (current) student ID is required - Payment must be made via credit card (Visa or MasterCard) MAB (Motorola and Intel) versions of these applications are available via FTP at the following location: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_Demo.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Graphity_Demo_10.compressed To order, complete the attached order form and fax it along with a copy of your student ID directly to Xanthus USA at (619) 632-9700. After your order has been confirmed, a licensing string will be sent to you via email at the address specified on your order form. Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. Submit any questions you may have via email to info@xanthus.com. Xanthus USA 345 First St., Suite O Encinitas, CA 92024 Ph. (619) 632-9700 Fax (619) 632-9702 Email: info@xanthus.com
From: Michael Lofquist <sirius@interconnect.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: nibIT 1.0 IB CASE Utility Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:50:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33eg1p$3vv@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 -------------------------------- SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies Pty Ltd announces the release 1.0 of nibIT. The nibIT palette is a NEXTSTEP CASE utility and Interface Builder enhancement utility that allows developers to support documentation requirements in the software lifecyle for the Interface Builder component of a NEXTSTEP project. The nibIT utility provides support for attaching documentation in the form of text descriptions of individual NIB file objects, and merging these descriptions into the nibIT generated documentation. The nibIT utility can generate 3 kinds of documents: * a NeXT style RTF document * a DIAGRAM!2 file describing object connections * an ascii basefile for user defined post processing The object descriptions can be included in the RTF document and the ascii base file, and can be archived in the nib file or in a seperate archive file. Demo Version: ---------------- A demo version of nibIT 1.0 is available on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/nibIT1.0-demo.tar.gz This demo version will function until 31 September 1994. New Pricing: -------------- 1 developer seat US $100 1 academic seat US $30 5 developer seats US $200 unlimited seats US $400 all prices include shipping and handling. SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies P/L. ------------------------------------------- SIRIUS is a NEXTSTEP software development and consulting company based in Sydney, Australia. SIRIUS is the co-developers of the 1994 NeXT Object Honors Award winning project, a NEXTSTEP based Network and Facility Mangement System.
From: info@stone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships Productivity Suite for HP Date: 23 Aug 1994 23:53:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33eg8l$40g@digifix.digifix.com> For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 ====================================== Stone Design Ships Productivity Suite for HP ALBUQUERQUE, NM, August 23, 1994 - Stone Design began shipping DataPhile, Create and 3D Reality for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for HP's PA-RISC workstations today. "It's excellent to see leading NEXTSTEP commercial developers like Stone Design taking advantage of the multiplatform market opportunities we're providing" commented David Spitzler, Manager of Developer Relations at NeXT Computer, Inc. "NEXTSTEP performance on PA-RISC is exceptional, and the port was trivial," said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "We are pleased to be able to provide our existing customers who can ftp with the HP binaries at no charge". Registered users who have the STONE_CD can ftp the binaries from: ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/HP/HP_README ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/HP/Create_3DReality_HP.tar ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/HP/DataPhile_HP.tar DataPhile is a self-contained database which can store text, rich text, sound, files, images, monetary figures, dates and values. Anyone can create and modify databases quickly and easily, and generate professional forms, labels and reports. Data entry aids such as scrolling lists, switches, and data validation make using DataPhile a joy. Create is a professional multi-page drawing package that brings the power of PostScript to the mere mortal. Advanced features include: user-created PostScript patterns, online image library, text to spline conversion, arbitrary clipping of images, object linking to and from Create, save as EPS, TIFF, PS, Ascii, RTF, an expert PostScript writing environment, etc. 3DReality is an extensible 3D modeling package and frontend to Pixar's Photorealistic Renderman. Libraries of 3D clip art, shapes, images, shaders and textures, as well as programming examples, are included in the distribution. Reality's Application Programmer's Interface allows end users to create their own shapes above and beyond the supplied ones. To automatically receive information on Stone products, send email to: ns-products@stepwise.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://www.stepwise.com/Vendors/Stone_Design_Corp.htmld> 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: grunwald@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Grunwald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP programmers needed for music synthesis project Date: 24 Aug 1994 14:44:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33g4f9$89n@digifix.digifix.com> Stanford University's Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) is seeking consultants with experience in NextStep programming and an understanding of signal processing and music synthesis for work on a music synthesis development project. Positions open immediately. Contact OTL Senior Associate Joe Koepnick at "sputnick@leland.stanford.edu" for more information. vision to its best-selling presentation and outlining program for the object-oriented NEXTSTEP, environment. Lighthouse also said it will offer Concurrence 2.0 at a special introductory price of $695, with upgrades available at $199 until November 30th. "This first revision includes an extraordinary array of enhancements to NEXTSTEP's premiere presentation program," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "Concurrence 2.0 clearly demonstrates an unflagging commitment to our customers and NEXTSTEP. With NEXTSTEP now running on traditional PC and workstation hardware, we hope to invite an even larger portion of the enterprise computing community to sample the advantages of object orientation and Lighthouse Design's productivity offerings." Concurrence 2 is an integrated presentation and outlining program that enables users to quickly and easily create high-impact professional presentations for 35mm slides, overheads, viewgraphs and on-line briefings. Enhancements in this newest release of Concurrence include the following: -"Build" and "Continuation" slides, allowing presenters to build on one thought over multiple slides -Named master slides that allow users to create and manage standard formats for consistent enterprise presentations -Speaker notes and user configurable discussion handouts -Automatic "tokens" display page numbering, dates, file and view names -User customizable digital "highlighters" that allow presenters to add freeform markup during on-screen presentation -Compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint files -User controllable drop shadows on text and graphics -Customizable bullets and labels -Dozens of new, optimized transition effects for on-screen slideshows -Support for NEXTSTEP 3.0 Object Links -User controllable page breaks on outlines Broad array of new and improved graphics tools that allow users to draw on the screen, rotate and resize graphics, and drag and drop images formatted in any one of 30 standard image file formats New output options support "thumbnail" views of up to 16 slides per page with room for notes Support for color slide "drafts" and handouts that can be automatically transformed to black and white for easy review on standard laser printers Bundled collection of professionally designed slide templates Improved application interface, including a new "Button Ribbon" for easy function access Concurrence's drag and drop outline processor automates the preparation of structured documents, from legal briefs and memoranda to discussion documents and reports. Easy-to-use "Master Topics" now centralize formatting and structure for outline topics, as "Master Slides" centralize formatting for slides. Outlines and slides are seamlessly integrated so that large presentations can be created first in outline form (in "brainstorming" fashion), then automatically formatted into slides. Outlines and slides can be edited simultaneously, eliminating revision errors, and providing significant flexibility during presentation development and delivery. Concurrence 2.0 is available now for Intel-, HP PA-RISC- and Motorola-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. Through November 30th, Concurrence will be priced at $695 per user license with upgrade pricing for Concurrence 1.x users set at $199. Founded in 1989, Lighthouse Design is a privately-held software firm based in San Mateo, California, dedicated to delivering high quality, well-integrated productivity solutions to the enterprise desktop. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or over the internet, try http://www.lighthouse.com/. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., Quantrix, ParaSheet, Diagram!, TaskMaster, Concurrence, VarioData, WetPaint, the Foundation Classes and the Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer for HP PA-Risc Workstations Ships Date: 24 Aug 1994 23:22:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33h2p7$bbn@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Lynne Hanson Hewlett-Packard Company 408-447-1415 NEXTSTEP AND NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER FOR HP'S PA-RISC-BASED WORKSTATIONS SHIPS REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-August 17, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the shipping of NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 for HP's PA-RISC-based workstations. NeXT's object-oriented operating system software isnow shipping for the HP 9000 Model 712, 715, 735 and 755 workstations. The two companies' have targeted the financial services and telecommunications markets for the product, and upon customer request, HP will preload the software on selected workstations for large enterprises. One customer benefitting from the NeXT/HP relationship is McCaw Cellular Communications, which is 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," said Jonathan Weeks, technical architect at McCaw Cellular Communications. "Banks, trading institutions and telecommunications companies are already using NEXTSTEP and HP hardware to develop and deploy innovative applications that would be impossible or impractical given traditional methods," said Bernard Guidon, General Manager, HP's Workstations Systems Group. "HP's powerful workstations willlet these applications run even faster, further strengthening our joint customers ability to increase competitive advantages." NeXT and HP Deliver Object*Enterprise Products NEXTSTEP for HP's PA-RISC architecture completes the delivery of desktop to data center solutions being delivered as part of Object*Enterprise, the relationship NeXT and HP formed in May 1993. Object*Enterprise was designed to enable customers to use NeXT and HP technology to develop and deploy object-oriented client/server-based applications across the enterprise. "NeXT and HP are now delivering NEXTSTEP on HP's fast RISC workstations and servers - right on schedule with the plan we announced a year ago," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This combination gives our customers a trulyscalable object-oriented architecture today." NEXTSTEP for HP's PA-RISC workstation products is a complete port of the NEXTSTEP operating system currently shipping on Intel processors, including the HP Vectra PCs. Also shipping is NEXTSTEP Developer, the complete graphical object-oriented development environment that enables the rapid development of client/server applications. The NEXTSTEP Object Frameworks, the basis of OpenStep, enable existing NEXTSTEP applications to be ported to the PA-RISC workstations with no source code changes. "This release of NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC is further evidence of NeXT's success in making NEXTSTEP an architecture independent operating environment," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "With barely a man month's work, we were able to port our entire product line to HP PA-RISC workstations, creating yet another market opportunity for our family of eight productivity applications. NEXTSTEP drastically reduces the complexity of such ports, increasing the opportunity for its developers and customers." For HP servers, NeXT is shipping PDO-Portable Distributed Objects-for HP-UX. PDO is the first industry product to provide aheterogeneous client/server framework based on objects, and extends the same seamless object model and messaging architecture as NEXTSTEP's operating environment. WIth PDO, NEXTSTEP clients can access objects residing on the HP 900 Series 800 business servers and Series 700 workstations deployed as servers. 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 within HP OpenView network and system management environment. 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 are well suited forbusiness-critical business modeling and simulation programs, market data dissemination, decision support suites and management products. The Series 700 workstations provide the power needed ina rapid application-development environment. The Series 800 services provide a secure computing environment for large databaseoperations and serve as gateways to global multi-vendor networks. 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 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, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP has 97,000 employeesand had revenue of $20.3 billion in its 1993 fiscal year. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo, NEXTSTEP and OpenStep are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. PA-RISC means Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX operating system. It also complies with X/Open's XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS 151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
From: ericw@its.com (Eric Wespestad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): August 30th Date: 24 Aug 1994 23:54:24 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33h4lg$bm8@digifix.digifix.com> MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): August 30th Announcing LoopGroup August 30th Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 30th 1994 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Place: Information Technology Solutions 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 Agenda: The INTERNET and NEXTSTEP - Ted Shelton, President & CEO, IT Solutions A very broad discussion about how to "get on", "use" and "amuse" one's self on the INTERNET using NEXTSTEP. What is SLIP, PPP and ISDN? How do you "get connected"? What services are available? All about NetNews, the World-Wide-Web, Gopher, Archie, and other Net.Friendly entities. Learn about Modems, Routers, Bridges, DNS, TCP/IP, bind, telnet, sendmail, domain names, and more weird things. ANSWERS to ALL your INTERNET and CONNECTIVITY questions. This session is less a formal presentation, and more of an "Internet Class". R.S.V.P PLEASE CALL OR SEND EMAIL IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. Contact: 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: bediger@nugget.rmnug.org (Bruce Ediger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Updated M68K disassembler Date: 25 Aug 1994 15:50:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33isms$h5t@digifix.digifix.com> I put a Mach-O object file format, M68K disassembler on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/util/dis.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/util/dis.tar.Z It is Bill Spitzak's "Hack Kit 2" disassembler updated, cleaned up and compilable under NS 3.2. The source code compiles cleanly under NeXTStep 3.2, and the executable seems to work OK. The README file: This is a version of Bill Spitzak's Mach-O object file format 680x0 disassembler. It was originally distributed along with "Hack Kit 2" just as NeXTStep 2.0 was released. I needed a disassembler and I found the source code this is based on. It didn't compile at all under NeXTstep 3.0. So, I hacked on it a little bit. Now it compiles fairly cleanly under NeXTStep 3.2, and it still does the same disassembly as it used to. Bruce Ediger bediger@teal.csn.org ediger@metamatic.denver.co.us Main changes: 1. Total reformatting of source code. The original style was a little eccentric, seemingly chosen to minimize source code line count at the expense of clarity. 2. Removed most of the Magic Numbers used in the code, replaced them with symbolic constants from system .h files. There's still a few Magic Number Constants in the disassembly code, but they don't have a header file replacement. The original code seemed to have an allergy to symbolic constants. 3. Made the Mach-O file support work with the official system header files. Spitzak had concocted some custom thing that subsumed most of mach-o/loader.h, mach-o/nlist.h, mach-o/ldsyms.h and a few others. Needless to say, this concoction didn't track official NeXT include file updates. This change necessitated changing arguments to a lot of the functions that dealt with Mach-O files, or the original author's conception of them. 4. Removed a few inexplicable things like using lseek() to find a file's size. 5. Used a simple memory-mapped file object to replace the scattered uses of map_fd(). This neccessitated making the main() routine be Objective-C source. What I couldn't do, but wanted to do: 1. Make the symbol table use comprehensible. I still don't really understand what's going on. It seems to me that the code does things the hard way. A hashtable or something might be faster and more understandable, but I was afraid to replace the code already existant because it seems to work. 2. Make it use the symbol table and/or LINKEDIT info from shared libraries to identify calls into the shared libraries. This stems from the odd symbol table stuff. Unfortunately, a dissassembly of a stripped object file won't be as informative as it could. 3. Make it completely ANSI C. There appears to be some hoseup in sys/types.h vs bsd/libc.h in the NeXTStep 3.2 include files. Or kill me. --
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces the ICON MILL Date: 27 Aug 1994 00:07:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33me5k$ruv@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 THE ICON MILL, CUSTOM GRAPHIC AND ICONIC DESIGN SERVICES. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, August 26, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announced the opening of its fabled ICON MILL, where you can have app icons, company logos, caricatures, or whatever, digitally rendered for inclusion in your computer products... Iconic Design at reasonable prices. The Icon Mill is a wonderful place, where the happy, flying mill-workers crush pixels into pictures. Pictures that seem to glow with that special something that makes everything seem just a little bit better - that little something extra... In the Icon Mill, digital artwork is created to make your stuff look great! Image files (Icons, logos, etc.) can be designed in monochrome; 2, 3, 4, or 8 bit greyscale; or 12 or 24 bit color - to any particular size or color scheme, with or without transparency. You just name it. All images are custom-created; sets of related images for an entire product or product line, or individual images to fill a specific need can be generated quickly to your specification. Its Serious, Professional-Quality Stuff! Either $25.00/hour or by the job. Hey - we're flexible flyers! ** By the way - Flying Monkey Software also writes and sells NEXTSTEP ** Applications! A wonderful catalog of all of Flying Monkey ** Software's products is available electronically - send a note and ** we'll send it right out! Flying Monkey Software provides object, application and graphic design services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and would like to make your software world a better place. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. One Monkey, Two Monkey, Red Monkey, Blue Monkey... NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. There - nice and legal...
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Alain Pinel Realtors Date: 27 Aug 1994 00:07:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33me6l$rv6@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Ursula Fischer ufischer@apr.com 408-741-1111 Alain Pinel Realtors is recognized world-wide as a clear leader inpioneering computer automation in the real estate industry. Our use of object-oriented software tools to gain competitive advantage has been recognized in Forbes, The New York Times, in books and studies about business process engineering. We have been recognized at DB/Expo and Object World for our solutions. We are looking for a highly productive programmer to join our team in creating the next generation of our suite of Nextstep applications. Database design experience, Objective C, AppKit/Interface Builder experience are important. UUCP, sendmail, netinfo and Internet knowledge helpful. We are a young and growing firm in the spotlight of our industry and will be pioneering work in replicating databases on mobile computers, use of the Internet for real estate searches, and continuing app development. Please send resume to Ursula Fischer (ufischer@apr.com) or phone at 408-741-1111.
From: pat%cesar@CAM.ORG (Patrique Lalonde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Redmark Demo Date: 27 Aug 1994 00:10:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33mec1$rvf@digifix.digifix.com> REDMARK -- ON-SCREEN DOCUMENT MARKUP The latest version (1.2.2) of Epitome Incorporated's Redmark(TM) on-screen document markup software for NEXTSTEP(R) is now available for downloading from several archive sites. Redmark provides on-screen markup for all types of documents. With Redmark, users can mark up all types of documents including word processing, page layouts, illustrations, and spreadsheets, using one application. Other applications provide annotation tools that work only with their own documents. Redmark is as simple to use as marking on paper with a red pencil. It enables users to mark up documents by creating a "print image" PostScript(R) file of the document being reviewed. Reviewers place comments into transparent overlays using sticky Post-it-style notes, voice recordings, text annotations, standard proofreading symbols, and drawn or imported graphics. With Redmark, a completely paperless document review cycle is now possible. Redmark 1.2.2 is fully localized for both English and French. Version 1.2.2 also fixes several bugs in the previous version. Of course, Redmark 1.2.2 is upward compatible with all documents produced by previous versions. Both the Redmark multi-architecture binary application and its Digital Librarian-compatible online user's manual are available for downloading. The Redmark demo application is fully functional except for saving and printing. You can get them by anonymous ftp from the following sites ... ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/editors (US) ftp://ftp.fdn.org/pub/NeXTSTEP (France) ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next (Germany) Or, you can get them by NeXTmail from the ANDI InfoServer. For instructions, send e-mail to info@andi.org with "index Epitome" in the subject field. Prices: Redmark 1.2.2 (Full markup functionality) US$ 285 Redview 1.2.2 (No markup. View and print only.) US$ 145 Education and site discounts are available. VISA and MASTERCARD accepted. For more information or ordering, contact Epitome Incorporated 716 Summit Lake Court, Suite 100 Knoxville, TN 37922-3156 (615) 675-0910 voice (615) 966-2558 fax 72677.1034@compuserve.com (NeXTMail) (Inquiries in English) -OR- (Outside USA) Plexus Distribution 6727 Christophe-Colomb Montreal, Qc Canada H2S 2H3 Phone: (514) 271-1294 Fax: (514) 271-2941 Internet: info@lala.cam.org (NeXTMail) (Inquiries in French and English)
From: Michael Lofquist <sirius@interconnect.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: nibIT 1.0 IB CASE Utility Date: 28 Aug 1994 23:16:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33rjud$932@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 -------------------------------- SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies Pty Ltd announces the release 1.0 of nibIT. The nibIT palette is a NEXTSTEP CASE utility and Interface Builder enhancement utility that allows developers to support documentation requirements in the software lifecyle for the Interface Builder component of a NEXTSTEP project. The nibIT utility provides support for attaching documentation in the form of text descriptions of individual NIB file objects, and merging these descriptions into the nibIT generated documentation. The nibIT utility can generate 3 kinds of documents: * a NeXT style RTF document * a DIAGRAM!2 file describing object connections * an ascii basefile for user defined post processing The object descriptions can be included in the RTF document and the ascii base file, and can be archived in the nib file or in a seperate archive file. Demo Version: ---------------- A demo version of nibIT 1.0 is available on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/nibIT1.0-demo.tar.gz This demo version will function until 31 September 1994. New Pricing: -------------- 1 developer seat US $100 1 academic seat US $30 5 developer seats US $200 unlimited seats US $400 all prices include shipping and handling. SIRIUS Object Oriented Technologies P/L. ------------------------------------------- SIRIUS is a NEXTSTEP software development and consulting company based in Sydney, Australia. SIRIUS is the co-developers of the 1994 NeXT Object Honors Award winning project, a NEXTSTEP based Network and Facility Mangement System.
From: starksm@genesis.mcs.com (Scott M. Stark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Archie 2.16 release Date: 28 Aug 1994 23:52:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33rm26$97c@digifix.digifix.com> I have just put a new version of Archie in ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Archie_216.tar.gz Archie_216.README contents: This is the 'Archie version 2.16, August 28 1994' release of the overweight(i386,m68k) Archie binary. Stats: -rw-rw-r-- 1 me 451135 Aug 28 15:06 Archie_216.tar.gz sum output: 55151 441 Bug Fixes: 1. FTP menu open command has been repaired. 2. Resolution of links to items in the directory being loaded now works. 3. A directory entry with an unknown mode no longer causes all successive entries to be skipped. 4. Successive FTP service queries now properly null terminate the current request to avoid seeing garbage from a previous query. Additions: 1. I have added a transfer priority setting to the FTP Preferences panel due to concern over the CPU usage during FTP transfers. The default behavior is to run the transfer thread at the lowest priority. Scott Stark Stark International Software starksm@genesis.mcs.com (NeXT mail accepted)
From: rudy_weber@il.us.swissbank.com (Rudy Weber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Nextstep Developer at Swiss Bank Corp. Date: 28 Aug 1994 23:54:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33rm5t$97m@digifix.digifix.com> Swiss Bank Corporation has a full-time opening for an experienced Nextstep application developer. The candidate will lead the development and deployment of Nextstep applications within Information Technology, Corporate Systems, New York. Swiss Bank Corporation is a leading global financial institution committed to delivering innovative financial products and services to our customers. Our IT Corporate Systems group is responsible for the development of Credit and Risk Control applications and EIS/MIS systems for Swiss Bank Corporation globally. As part of our IT strategy, we have made a broad commitment to Nextstep technology. The position will be based in New York City, and will involve some travel. Swiss Bank Corporation offers excellent compensation and benefits, and an opportunity to work on exciting projects in a state-of-the-art environment. If you have at least one year of experience in NEXTSTEP and Objective 'C' application development, knowledge of relational database technology, 4+ years of overall experience, and an interest in developing sophisticated financial and risk management applications, please forward your resume with salary requirements in confidence: by FAX: (212) 574-6255 Attn: Rudy Weber by EMAIL: rudolf@il.us.swissbank.com Rudy Weber Swiss Bank Corporation
From: dimitri@duti609a.twi.tudelft.nl (Dimitri Tischenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NiNe, NEXTSTEP In the Netherlands Date: 29 Aug 1994 00:14:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33rnb3$9aa@digifix.digifix.com> Meeting: NiNe, (NEXTSTEP In the Netherlands) the Dutch NEXTSTEP user group Location: Utrecht, Holiday Inn, Hojel room Date: Saturday, September 24 Time: 12:00 On September 24, a meeting of the Dutch NEXTSTEP user group NiNe will take place. The definitive program is not yet available, but expect the following items: - an "official" part with reports from the board - report from NEXTSTEP Expo'94 in San Francisco - NiNe is member of NUGI, the NEXTSTEP User Groups International - OPENSTEP: what's it all about? - Object-Oriented methods and techniques - demos: NEXTIME, Enterprise Objects Framework, HP/NEXTSTEP, NEXTSTEP 3.3 sneak preview and more... For information: mail NiNe@negen.twi.tudelft.nl NiNe is also reachable via WWW: http://www.twi.tudelft.nl/Local/NeGeN/NiNe.html NiNe/connectivity program has started. Exclusively for NiNe members: uucp email: Dfl.15 a month + Dfl.3 per connect hour uucp news + email: Dfl.20 a month + Dfl.3 per connect hour For more information: mail NiNe-connect@negen.twi.tudelft.nl
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 28 - 1994 Date: 29 Aug 1994 00:39:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33roqm$9f2@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 28). Monday August 22 through Monday August 29 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 27 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet SUBMISSION: XANTHUS OFFERS INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR 3.0 PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS OFFERS INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR 3.0 SUBMISSION: XANTHUS PLACES QUESTOR 3.0 AND GRAPHITY ON FTP SITES PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS INTRODUCES SPECIAL STUDENT PRICES - QUESTOR 3.0 ONLY $50, GRAPHITY $25 PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships Productivity Suite for HP PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships Concurrence 2.0 JOB: NEXTSTEP programmers needed for music synthesis project NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP Developer for HP PA-Risc Workstations Ships MEETING: LoopGroup (Downtown Chicago NEXTSTEP User Group): August 30th SUBMISSION: Updated M68K disassembler PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces the ICON MILL JOB: Alain Pinel Realtors SUBMISSION: Redmark Demo PRESS RELEASE: nibIT 1.0 IB CASE Utility SUBMISSION: Archie 2.16 release JOB: Nextstep Developer at Swiss Bank Corp. MEETING: NiNe, NEXTSTEP In the Netherlands 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 29 Aug 1994 00:40:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33rord$9fb@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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 (Scott Anguish) 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: 29 Aug 1994 00:40:41 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <33ros9$9fi@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 and information server, 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 http://digifix.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news://comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news://comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news://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. news://comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news://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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-848-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: Matthew Moran <moran@akira.opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc Date: 29 Aug 1994 17:48:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33tl2i$gda@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For Information Contact: Wes Carrington OpenSource, Inc. 800-TRY-OPEN info@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. Announces Single-Source Availability of NEXTSTEP Products Representing over 150 third-party software and hardware offerings DENVER, CO -- August 29, 1994 -- OpenSource, Inc., a value added reseller of NEXTSTEP based products, today announced the immediate availability of nearly all third-party solutions for the NEXTSTEP operating system, including its own pre-configured line of Intel based OPENstation computers. "OpenSource offers users a single-source for NEXTSTEP productivity solutions, both hardware and software. In addition, I believe the quality of our customer service and support team is unparalleled in this market, " said Matthew Moran, president of OpenSource. "With the emergence of OpenStep, we have recognized the growing need for a market-wide resource were users can not only obtain all the information necessary to make fully informed decisions, but can receive an unprecedented level of service, support and satisfaction." To obtain a product catalog or more information on services offered by OpenSource, call 1-800-TRY-OPEN or email info@opensource.com. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. 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, and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: burton@het.brown.edu (Joshua W. Burton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Joshua Burton's E-text Trove (release 3) -- now by ftp! Date: 29 Aug 1994 17:48:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33tl3v$gdi@digifix.digifix.com> My 200+ MB collection of public-domain literary texts, totalling some 350 book-length works plus numerous poems and short stories, has found a home. Everything is cross-filed by subject, title, and author, broken up into chapters for convenient Digital Librarian use, and converted to RTF with reasonable respect for the subtleties of left- and right-quotes, em- and en-dashes, foreign accents, footnotes, and so on. Right now it's in ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/submissions/Literature, and last fall's release 2 (only about 52 MB) is still sitting around in ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/Literature. By later today, Don Yacktman, who deserves a hearty vote of thanks for donating the space to house the texts, should have release 3 moved to the latter location. His FTP server is smart enough to gnutar and gzip whole directories and send them to you in a lump, so you don't have to download 136 chapters of Moby_Dick one by one. You can snarf the whole Bible, or the whole Novels/British/19c hierarchy, or even the whole collection if you have a T1 connection, by just following the directions in the online message. See my posting last Friday on c.s.n.misc for details about what is in the trove, or just look for yourself. If anyone wants to convert texts to RTF and contribute them, I have some sed tools that will make the job more efficient, and some suggestions about the part that requires AI-level pattern recognition. If anyone knows of any major source of texts that I have not tapped, please let me know---the trove now consists of more or less the union of the Gutenberg Project, the Cleveland Freenet, the Eris Project, the Online Books Initiative, the Internet Wiretap, and the PD part of the Oxford Text Archive. Lots of people have written to me over the weekend about the possibility of releasing all this lovely text, complete with DL indexing of course, on a CD. I'm not opposed to the idea, but there may be legal problems with charging even a distribution fee for texts that were scanned in by volunteers in free-etext projects. My RTF conversions add some value, but the issues are murky. I may do something about this for release 4 in the coming year, but no promises. Meanwhile, please don't do anything obnoxious like trying to make a CD without my participation or consent---just enjoy the free texts, and feel free to mirror the FTP site, or at least put a pointer to it on your Web page, if you possibly can.
From: suckow@contrib.de (Ralf Suckow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MusicBuilder 1.0 shipping Date: 29 Aug 1994 18:43:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33to9l$gpr@digifix.digifix.com> MusicBuilder 1.0 Final Release Shipping 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. A prerelease of MusicBuilder has been out for a while. All bugs reported for it, and a number of unreported ones, have been fixed. Installation and file handling have been improved significantly. It is not planned to submit a new demonstration version until new main features of MusicBuilder will be available. Please mail to suckow@contrib.de if you want a demo of the final release to be installed on the ftp-servers. I may change my plans. MusicBuilder is available now. It runs on NEXT computers and on Intel processors under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 (3.0 under work). MusicBuilder comes for a suggested retail price of $199 plus VAT, handling, and shipping. Floating multi-user network licenses are also available. For additional information and mail orders, please, contact melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin Ludwig-Renn-Strasse 62 12687 Berlin, Germany e-mail: suckow@contrib.de fax: (+4930) 932 19 01 Ralf Suckow PS.: Many people from the usenet helped to find out bugs in the prerelease. Also they submitted good ideas for enhancements in future releases. Especially I would like to thank the following people: Curtis Bahn Steve Brandon Malcolm Crawford Jacques Garbi Charlie Gunn Royce Howland Hugues Richard Rick Sanford Peer Sandtner Ian Stephenson Mane Wuehr NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. MusicBuilder is a trademark of melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin.
From: Max Boehm <boehm@cube.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: EasyBTX 1.0 Videotex Decoder Date: 29 Aug 1994 18:43:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33toa0$gq6@digifix.digifix.com> EasyBTX 1.0 Videotex Decoder EasyBTX is a software decoder for interactive videotex services conforming to the CEPT standard (BTX, Prestel, Teletel, Viditel, ...). Features of version 1.0 - auto login possible - user defined list of videotex page numbers - load/save session protocol - copy/paste support for TIFF and ASCII data - online help (German only) planned for next version - remote access via Distributed Object interface A MAB (Motorola and Intel, NS3.2) version of EasyBTX is available at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm/EasyBTX.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/communication/EasyBTX.1.0.NI.b.tar.gz EasyBTX may be tried free of charge for short sessions and can be registered for DM 99. For more information please contact: Max Boehm Phone: +49-2301-14658 Fax: +49-2301-14459 Email: boehm@cube.de Germany
From: starksm@genesis.mcs.com (Scott M. Stark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Archie update 2.17 Date: 29 Aug 1994 23:03:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33u7hd$hvp@digifix.digifix.com> Archie version 2.17, August 29 1994 I am sorry to have to do this, but I did an inexcusably poor job of testing the 2.16 release I made yesterday. This version fixes the dumb mistakes I left in that caused it to crash when preferences were saved. The Help.store also appeared corrupted and selection of the 'What is Archie.." item also was crashing the program. The Archie_217 files have again been placed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/binaries/wide-area-info/Archie_217.tar.gz The readme contents follow: This is the 'Archie version 2.17, August 29 1994' release of the overweight(i386,m68k) Archie binary. Stats: -rw-rw-r-- 1 me 495979 Aug 29 21:15 Archie_217.tar.gz sum output: 30261 485 Bug Fixes: 1. FTP menu open command has been repaired. 2. Resolution of links to items in the directory being loaded now works. 3. A directory entry with an unknown mode no longer causes all successive entries to be skipped. 4. Successive FTP service queries now properly null terminate the current request to avoid seeing garbage from a previous query. Additions: 1. I have added a transfer priority setting to the FTP Preferences panel due to concern over the CPU usage during FTP transfers. The default behavior is to run the transfer thread at the lowest priority. Scott Stark Stark International Software starksm@genesis.mcs.com (NeXT mail accepted)
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DataPhile 2.1 and Mesa 1.5B Now Available as A Bundle** Date: 29 Aug 1994 23:40:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <33u9nf$i4r@digifix.digifix.com> **DataPhile 2.1 and Mesa 1.5B Now Available as A Bundle** NEWS For Immediate Release At Athena Design Contact: At Stone Design Contact: Tracy Kugelman Katie Graunke 1.617.734.6372 1.505.345.4800 DataPhile 2.1 and Mesa 1.5B Now Available as A Bundle BOSTON - AUGUST 26, 1994 - Athena Design, Inc. and Stone Design Corporation, two premier NEXTSTEP developers, are jointly announcing today that they will offer their respective best-selling productivity applications, Mesa and DataPhile, as a bundle at discounted prices. In a show of support and commitment to the NEXTSTEP community, the bundle is offered for a limited time at $995 plus shipping. The products are sold separately at $695 each. "This bundle offers NEXTSTEP users the core functionality of office productivity software, for a great price," says Andrew Stone, President of Stone Design. "Stone Design and Athena Design have been working together to provide seamless interoperability between DataPhile and Mesa, and the results are fantastic!" David Pollak, President of Athena Design, concurs. "Athena and Stone have been staunch supporters of the NEXTSTEP community for years. I'm really psyched about working with Stone to offer our complementary products together in one discounted package. This offers NEXTSTEP users the most popular spreadsheet and database packages for NEXTSTEP in one convenient bundle." The bundle can be ordered now by contacting Katie Graunke at Stone Design, Inc. and will be available soon through NEXTSTEP reseller channels. Mesa is the best-selling NEXTSTEP spreadsheet and the winner of NeXTWorld Magazine's "Best of Breed: award for Data Modeling Tools." 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. Mesa accepts real-time feeds from a variety of sources, contains palletized objects, accepts 1-2-3, Excel, and SYLK file formats and runs on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC. DataPhile is a flat-file database manager designed for people who need flexibility without the complexities of a rigid, relational system. Using DataPhile's intuitive front end, anyone can build and manage a database, modifying it and generating reports easily. DataPhile also comes with a number of useful template databases so you can begin using it right out of the box. DataPhile requires no additional servers; it functions alone or in a networked environment, on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC processors. Athena Design, Inc. was founded in 1989 by David Pollak to manufacture and sell Mesa spreadsheet software for 32-bit operating environments. For more information about Athena Design or Mesa spreadsheet software, contact the company at 17 St. Mary's Court, Boston, MA, 02146, 1.617.734. 6372, fax at 1.617.734.1130 or by e-mail at info@athena.com. Stone Design's mission is to make it easy for anyone to unleash the power of NEXTSTEP and have a great time doing it. Incorporated in 1984, Stone's programmers were among the first developers in the NeXT environment. For more information about Stone Design, or DataPhile, contact the company at 3725 Rio Grande NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107-3041, 1.505.345.4800, fax at 1.505.345.3424 or by e-mail at info@stone.com. =-= Mesa is a trademark of Athena Design, Inc. DataPhile is a trademark of Stone Design, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. Excel and SYLK are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Motorola is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Other trademarks which apply belong to their respective companies.
From: jkarab@exNeXT.com (John Karabaic) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Logitec Trackman Mouse Replacement for Non-ADB NeXT Computers Date: 30 Aug 1994 15:23:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3400vq$mn8@digifix.digifix.com> For those of you with non-ADB rodents which are ready to become scratching post accessories for your feline companions, I've uploaded to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/documents/LogitechTrackManTrackballReplacement.ps.gz ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Documents/LogitechTrackManTrackballReplacement.ps.gz and http://www.stepwise.com/NEXTSTEP_Usenet/FAQs/MouseReplacement.htmld/ the instructions on how to replace your NeXT mouse with a Logitec TrackMan (and possibly MouseMan) *BUS VERSION*. You should be reasonably handy with a soldering iron to attempt this. John S. Karabaic, jk@exNeXT.com, 513 825 6266, 513 825 0443 (fax) Senior Software Engineer, Vanguard Software Corporation
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Graph Object Library - HP PA-RISC version Date: 30 Aug 1994 23:54:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <340uud$qso@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - HP PA-RISC version Contact: VVI-DCS, 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 by downloading any of the following demo applications from the archive site. -- Custom Demo One: (EventMarkers) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multi-channel event information in real-time. It implements features such as consecutive state-one marking, marking events stale on recycling, auto time axis shifting and scrolling, beeping when all channels have event state one, display of boolean channels like "3 out of 5 on", etc. -- Custom Demo Two: (LabelDancing) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display symbols in scatter format and in real-time. It displays between 64 and 1024 symbols simultaneously moving on an axes system. Used for resource tracking, pattern analysis, etc. -- Custom Demo Three: (DoubleBar) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multiple data sets in bar and line format in real-time. Used for display of synchronous and asynchronous indexed multi-value indicators. These demos show a few of the ways The Graph Object Library can be used for custom data display. When you purchase The Graph Object Library you receive the source code for these demos, the complete library API, full documentation, legendary support and innovative solution-oriented technology with a breadth and depth on a par with your enterprise-wide goals. See below for instructions on how to ftp these applications. Please call VVI-DCS if you are unable to ftp and/or are interested in a demonstration. Best Regards, - VVI-DCS -- GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------- VVI-DCS, 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. VVI-DCS delivers a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via The 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 a 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. VVI-DCS has been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and delivers comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder 3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we haven't stopped there. VVI-DCS is currently working on Version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features of The Graph Object Library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. It's like having your own graph software development department. VVI-DCS customers have included financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI-DCS can assist you in the following areas of 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 LOCATION ----------------------------------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsLabelDancing_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsLabelDancing_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsLabelDancing_m68k.compressed Then, from the Workspace Manager double click DEMO_NAME and decompress it. Double click the resulting application to launch it. Click the various buttons to demonstrate the application and The Graph Object Library. The Graph Object Library, GraphBuilder, OpenGraph, VVI-DCS, and VVimaging are trademarks of VVI-DCS, Inc. NEXTSTEP and Workspace Manager are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Steve Hayman <shayman@Objectario.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Toronto area NeXT Group, Wed September 14th Date: 31 Aug 1994 15:16:09 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <342ktp$26f@digifix.digifix.com> Toronto area NeXT Group Wednesday September 14 7:00 - 8:30 PM The Toronto area NeXT Group (TaNG) is having an informal meeting on Wednesday September 14th at 7:00 PM, at the Duke of Westminster restaurant, downtown at First Canadian Place. Please join us for dinner and/or drinks, stimulating conversation, rumours, speculation, and a chance to keep up to date on what other NeXTSTEP users and developers in the area are doing. On the "agenda" - actually we don't like to call it an "agenda", since that sounds very formal, and in reality people will talk about whatever they want to talk about - Those of us who went to NeXTSTEP Expo will share their thoughts on what we saw and learned. Dave Aspinall of Comnetix Computer Systems has threatened to discuss and compare some popular object kits for developers. Directions: The Duke of Westminster restaurant is located on the north side of First Canadian Place, on Adelaide St. between Bay and York. You can take the subway to King station and walk through Scotia Plaza to First Canadian Place; parking is also available in First Canadian Place. FOR MORE INFORMATION Steve Hayman shayman@Objectario.com (416) 769-8995
From: Todd Steigerwald <todd@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Announces Release of HP PA-Risc Stations w/NEXTSTEP Date: 31 Aug 1994 15:17:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <342l0r$26p@digifix.digifix.com> 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 Englewood, CO August 28, 1994P Alembic Systems International Ltd. anounces the release of Hewlett Packard Model 712/60 & 712/80i PA-RISC Stations running NEXTSTEP. The HP workstations feature a unique combination of price/performance, ease of use, and networking functionality ideally suited for today's growing enterprise desktop requirements. Combined with Object-Oriented NEXTSTEP, the HP line of workstations provide an extremely powerful combination. High-performance graphics as well as superb integer performance also make these workstations excellent tools for design, development, and analytical work. The Model 712/60 has an unequaled integer performance for its price: 58.1 SPECint92. The Model 712/80i is even more powerful, with a SPECint92 measure of 84.1. The Models 712/60 and 712/80i are designed for simple installation, expansion and serviceability. They are as easy to configure as stereo components, featuring plug-in memory modules and disks. Great application flexibility is provided through a wide selection of inexpensive networking and rmulti-media devices. To provide the best possible performance and cost savings for the user, the systems have the following built-in interfaces: IEEE (802.3) local area networking (LAN), external SCSI-2, bi-directional parallel (Centronics), one RS-232C. Two IBM PS/2 ports allow connection of a standard PC 101/102 key keyboard and a mouse. The system may be expanded with inexpensive plug-in cards. The cards available include a second RS-232C port, a second LAN (IEEE 802.3 or IEEE 802.5), and X.25 wide area networking. Technical Specifications for 712/60 / 712/80i System Processing Unit Central processor: PA7100LC Clock frequency: 60MHz / 80MHz Performance:SPECint92 58.1 / 84.1 SPECfp92 79 / 79 MFLOPS (DP) 12.8 / 15.6 AIM APR II 44.5 / 66.3 Memory management unit Virtual memory address: 48 bit Instruction TLB and data TLB: 120 page entries unified 16 variable block entries unified full associative. External cache* Instruction data eache size: 64KB / 256KB Organization: Direct Mapped Bus width: 64 bits Instruction cache bus: 400MB per second peak performance: I-fetch (4 byte) Data cache size: 64KB / 256KB Organization: Direct mapped Data bus width: 64 bits Data cache peak bus performance: 400MB/second store (8 byte) Main Memory Type** ECC SIMMs single bit correct/double bit correctCapacity: 16-128MBMain Memory bus width: 64 data bits w/8 check bitsMain memory bus peak performance: 160MB/sec (64 byte duration) System DRAM technology: 70ns, 4 &16 Mbit DRAM Memory Options: 16,32,64,128MB A broad set of choices for monitor sizes and resolutions fit easily on any deskspace. Mass Storage: Internal Capacity: 260MB-1GB Total external capacity: 14GB Removeable Media: Internal Option: 1.44MB Floppy *Note: Instruction and data cache are shared, the 712/60 has a total of 64KB external cache, and the 712/80i has 256KB total external cache. **Note: The system has 4 memory expansion slots, and memory is installed in matching pairs. Memory modules are available in 4, 8, 16 and 32MB sizes.
From: Dan Kramer <dan@talus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Talus Systems Color Notebook Date: 31 Aug 1994 23:55:14 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <343jb2$59m@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION: TALUS Imaging & Communications Corporation: 1304 Langham Creek #300 Houston, TX 77084 Contact: Dan Kramer Voice: (713) 578-1434 Fax: (713) 578-1815 Internet: info@talus.com TALUS Systems, Inc.: Contact: Jason McNamara Voice: (713) 578-1547 Fax: (713) 578-1815 Internet: jason@talus.com *** Talus Imaging & Communications Corp. announces the creation of a new hardware manufacturing and systems integration company, along with a new color laptop for NEXTSTEP 3.2.*** August 31, 1994 HOUSTON, TEXAS..... Talus Imaging Vice President Dan Kramer announced today that a new company has been formed to produce integrated hardware solutions specifically for the NEXTSTEP market. The new company, Talus Systems, Inc., will be headed by Steve Hurst, former Vice President of Talus Imaging & Communications Corporation. The new company will also be headquartered in Houston, Texas. The first offering from Talus Systems is a machine for which the entire NEXTSTEP community has been waiting: a color laptop that works today under NEXTSTEP 3.2. The Talus T-100 is powered by an Intel DX4-100 processor and features both 16-bit TFT color and 16-bit stereo sound. The T-100 will offer hard drive options up to 524MB and RAM up to 32MB. The T-100 also offers an optional built-in 14.4 kbps fax/modem. Each notebook that is purchased with NEXTSTEP preloaded from Talus will come bundled with a free copy of Metrotools, which includes six useful utilities to enhance NEXTSTEP productivity, along with a fully licensed copy of SoftPC for easy access to Windows applications. The T-100 is fully NEXTIME compatible. Steve Hurst observes that "users have been plagued with a lack of drivers that work properly with the other components in their machines. With access to the driver/software resources of the Talus family of companies, we can guarantee that everything works together." As Dan Kramer points out, "We have received hundreds of requests to provide totally integrated maximum performance machines that will run right out of the box. Customers are frustrated at the expensive and lengthy process of trying to match components that all work together. They want a machine that 'just works.' Talus Systems will meet that need." "Early responses to the T-100 color laptop have been overwhelmingly positive," Steve Hurst further noted. "This is a long-awaited machine. We understand that NEXTSTEP 3.3 will offer 8-bit color support sometime in the future, but the power users of the NEXTSTEP market need color now. We have a portable16-bit color solution today." Talus Imaging and Communications Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, has been producing quality device drivers and application software for NEXTSTEP since 1989. Talus I&C Corp. will continue meeting the software needs of the NEXTSTEP market and Talus Systems, Inc. will provide hardware manufacturing and integration functions. MetroTools is a trademark of Metrosoft. SoftPC is a trademark of Insignia Solutions, Inc. NEXTSTEP and NEXTIME are registered trademarks of NeXT, Inc. Other trademarks which apply belong to their respective companies.
From: peter@firstclass.be Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany and Tailor Office bundle Date: 1 Sep 1994 15:41:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <345app$bgu@digifix.digifix.com> Image Editing Bundle ******************** TIFFany and Tailor Office bundle announced by benchMark Developments Inc. and FirstClass NV ********************************************* Contact : Neil Greene e-mail : Info@bMD.com voice : 1 606 231 6599 1 800 872 3131 benchMark Developments, Inc. 120 East Main Street, Suite 1101 Lexington, KY 40507 Lexington, September 1, 1994 --- NEXTSTEP third party developers Caffeine Software and FirstClass NV today announce that they have agreed to co-market their respective applications as a powerful image editing bundle. TIFFany II is the leading pixel image editor for the NEXTSTEP platform. The application incorporates a unique set of tools for image manipulation and editing. Your may select from over 40 actions, filters, morphology, contrast, brightness, retouching, color correction, masking and much more to create award winning images. And you can quickly view and manage your image archives with TIFFany's image database to create thumb nail sized images for quick access. Tailor Office 2.0 is the proven PostScript editor, unique to the NEXTSTEP platform. With Tailor, you can visually edit PostScript documents, without any specialized knowledge at all. You can cut pieces out of a document and copy them to any other application, including TIFFany II. Or recover text paragraphs for use in your favorite word processor. And all this regardless of where the PostScript or EPS document originated. Bundled together as TIFFanyAndTailor, these applications offer powerful editing capabilities for nearly every image you are likely to encounter on your NEXTSTEP workstation. Don't settle for boring, low quality images that weaken the message you wish to portray. Enhance the images for your company's brochures, signs, manuals and ads using the powerful tools offered in this application bundle. The TIFFanyAndTailor bundle lists $830 for a single license, or 30% less than the sum of both products separately. Educational price for a bundle license is $450. There are no upgrades from current TIFFany or Tailor licenses to the bundle. However, future upgrade paths are guaranteed. For example, upgrade from Tailor Office 2.0 to Tailor Publishing 2.0 lists $570 as usual ($285 educational). The TIFFanyAndTailor bundle runs on NEXTSTEP release 3.1 or higher. Supported architectures include Intel-based and NeXT computers, and shortly HP PA-RISC workstations. The bundle is available now, directly from benchMark Developments Inc. and from selected resellers. About benchMark Developments, Inc. ---------------------------------- benchMark Developments markets and handles channel distributions as well as sales of TIFFany by Caffeine Software. Contact : Neil Greene e-mail : Info@bMD.com voice : 1 606 231 6599 1 800 872 3131 benchMark Developments, Inc. 120 East Main Street, Suite 1101 Lexington, KY 40507 About FirstClass NV ------------------- FirstClass NV was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1993 by publishing industry professionals, as a privately owned company. Its business mission is to develop and market graphics applications for high-end desktop platforms. Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be Avennesdreef 32 9031 Drongen, Belgium
From: zac@ccsi.canon.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP position open, Canon, Costa Mesa Date: 1 Sep 1994 23:29:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <346676$dme@digifix.digifix.com> DATABASE MANAGER, ORACLE / NEXTSTEP Canon Computer Systems, Inc., a leader in the personal computer and printer industry, has an excellent opportunity for a Data Base Manager to join its Information Systems Department. You will be responsible for all aspects of our growing ORACLE 7 data base environment, and will participate in numerous implementation projects currently underway. You will provide technical guidance and support for SQL*Forms applications and Object Oriented development projects using NEXTSTEP. Requirements include BSCS (or related field) and 5+ years of recent hands-on experience developing/supporting ORACLE data base applications and 3 years of data base design and administration. UNIX and C programming. Object oriented design experience and client/server architecture a plus. Must have strong technical, management and communication skills. We offer an attractive salary and benefits program, profit sharing, 401(k) plan and the potential for professional advancement. Send your resume to: Canon Computer Systems, Inc., Information Systems Department, Attn: Bruce Nolan, 2995 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Date: 1 Sep 1994 23:30:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34667v$dmt@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group MeetingTuesday, September 6th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM NeXT released its NEXTTIME multimedia viewer at NEXTSTEP Expo in June. It is a software only Quicktime movies viewer for NEXTSTEP. We will get our first look at it. 8:00PM Rumors of the Month. 8:15PM Q&A 8:30PM General milling around that will result in some of us goingoff to dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: 617.628.4136 (H) 617.734.6372 (W) email: pericles@athena.com Directions: >From the North. Take Rt 95S to Rt 93S. Eventually Rt 93S will travel along a long elevated bridge into Boston. Stay to the right. The road will merge into another road on the left. Stay on the right (an exit-only lane.) Take the exit for Storrow Drive. Get into the left lane (which becomes exit-only) and stay in it under the short underpass and off Storrow Drive. This is the exit for the Longfellow bridge. Take a right at the blinking red light and go over the bridge. At the other end of the bridge, take a right on to Memorial Drive Westbound. There are buildings to your right and a median to the left. Once you see an open common boxed in by three buildings (in a U shape) and Memorial Drive then you should attempt to find a parking place along Memorial Drive. If you over shoot this area you will either merge on to Massachusetts Ave. or go under it and continue along Memorial Drive. In the later case then stay to the left and take the uturn a little ways down the road. Continue under Massachusetts Ave. and find a parking spot along this side of the road. Walk to Building 1. Building 1 is adjacent to Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave. The entrance is behind the Memorial Drive side. Rm 190 is to the left of the entrance. >From Memorial Drive Eastbound (toward the Science Museum): Take the underpass at Massachusetts Ave. Take first left on Memorial Drive and take Memorial Drive Westbound. Find a parking place along the Charles River side of Memorial Drive or take the first left on Memorial Drive and then take Memorial Drive Westbound. Find a parking space and along Memorial Drive. Walk to Building 1. Building 1 is adjacent to Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave. The entrance is behind the Memorial Drive side. Rm 190 is to the left of the entrance. >From Boston: Take Massachusetts Ave. North. Cross the Harvard Bridge. Take a right on to Memorial Drive Eastbound. Find a parking place along the Charles River side of Memorial Drive or take the first left on Memorial Drive and then take Memorial Drive Westbound. Find a parking space and along Memorial Drive. Walk to Building 1. Building 1 is adjacent to Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave. The entrance is behind the Memorial Drive side. Rm 190 is to the left of the entrance.
From: Alan Chung <alan@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks Software Engineers Date: 1 Sep 1994 23:31:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3466a6$do4@digifix.digifix.com> 1 September 1994 SOFTWARE ENGINEERS SOUGHT Lighthouse Design is in search of two full time Software Engineers to join our engineering team. Lighthouse Design is the premier provider of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep. Work can begin as soon as October 15. - Position I - Responsibilities: * Contribute to the design and specification of productivity applications * Create implementation designs and schedules * Code, test, and debug * Ship high quality applications Skills and Experience Required: * 1 or more years professional NEXTSTEP application development experience * User interface design skills and experience are desirable, but not required * Familiarity with Sun workstations and Solaris a plus * B.S. in Computer Science or related areas - Position II - Responsibilities: * Develop and implement the infrastructure and frameworks necessary for cross platform file importing and exporting in current and future applications * Create implementation designs and schedules * Work with project engineers to integrate the file import and export mechanisms into applications, in addition to providing support for specific file formats Skills and Experience Required: * 1 or more years professional NEXTSTEP application development experience, or * 2 or more years professional GUI development with strong Object-Oriented background * Extensive user experience with Macintosh and Windows applications and environments * Macintosh or Windows development experience a plus * Good verbal and written communication skills * B.S. in Computer Science or related areas - Benefits - * Opportunity to work in NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, state of the art object oriented environments * A chance to develop your career, with extensive exposure and involvement in the full product development cycle * Work in small, highly motivated teams, in a pleasant and collegial professional environment * Competitive compensation, including stock options * Comprehensive health coverage * Free food and, more importantly, free gourmet coffee - How to Apply - Resumes may be submitted in any of the following ways (listed in order of preference). The submission deadline is *October 5*. Send e-mail to resume@lighthouse.com. NeXT Mail is best. MIME attachments are acceptable, too. Fax us at +1-415-570-7787. Please be sure and put Human Resources on the cover sheet. US Mail is fine too, but doesn't always get the quick response that electronic submissions do. Send mail to: Human Resources Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 USA Note, if you have access to the web, we maintain the latest Lighthouse hiring information on our World Wide Web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/Recruiting.html/ - More Information about Lighthouse Design - If you wish to learn more about Lighthouse Design and our products, you can obtain more information via our web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/
From: cmarq@salyko.cube.net (Christoph Marquardt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NetHack.app (v. 0.9 beta) Date: 2 Sep 1994 17:41:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34865g$ipv@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: NetHack.app (v. 0.9 beta) Ever tired of playing nethack in a terminal window with white background and simple charcacters? NetHack.app is a graphical front end for nethack 3.0i. Instead of text based terminal output there are little images for every symbol. And more ... - Command panel with the most important commands - Real sound for some events - it's free :-) It can be found in: FTP://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/NetHack.NI.b.tar.gz This archive contains a fat (i386, m68k) binary. -rw-r--r-- 1 me 929833 Sep 1 21:26 NetHack.NI.b.tar.gz Source is available in: FTP://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/NetHack.s.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 me 941785 Sep 1 21:30 NetHack.s.tar.gz I developed it on NEXTSTEP 3.x so I'm not sure whether the binary runs under 2.x. Christoph Marquardt cmarq@cube.net (NO NeXTmail, please)
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ghostHPDJ 0.1 - a utility to print on HP deskjet printers Date: 2 Sep 1994 17:42:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34867p$iqg@digifix.digifix.com> ghostHPDJ v0.1 Copyright 1994 Steve Ludtke ------------------------------------------ This package should allow you (with a clean ghostscript2.61 distribution) to print on your HP Deskjet 500C, 520C, 550C or 560C printer from NeXTStep. It has several features not found in the current release of the commercial programs that do this (Dots and Jetpilot) including color mapping (which allows for gamma correction, etc ...) and FS dithering. Best of all, this package is free for non-commercial use. You can get it from: ftp://ion.rice.edu/users/ftp/pub/next/wordproc/ghostHPDJ.1.tar.gz or from cs.orst.edu. Feel free to distribute it to other sites. This package contains 4 things: 1) Instructions for installing ghostscript on your NeXT and a patched gdevcdj.c driver which does color correction. 2) Instructions for installing 2) and 3) and setting up a printer entry in netinfo that NeXTStep will be happy with. 3) HPColorCorrect - An app which allows you to set printer options and choose a color map to use for color correction. It also allows you to create new colormaps if you don't like the default ones. 4) pp0cat - a program which gets around the feature (bug) in NeXT's parallel port driver which causes data loss, and hence, garbage in your printouts. If you have already installed ghostscript on you machine, you can skip part 1) and go directly to "Install2.rtfd". Otherwise begin with "Install1.rtfd". DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT READING THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! ------ There is NO warrantee implicit or explicit on this package, including the implicit warrantee of fitness for a particular purpose. It is distributed as freeware, and the author takes no responsibility for any harm caused directly or indirectly by this package. If you become aware of a flaw in this package which causes harm to your machine, please report it immediately! This package is distributed under the GNU license. See the enclosed COPYING file for details. ------ Known Bugs: Improperly installing this package may cause a security hole which would allow users to illegally access other user's files. Report bugs or make suggestions to: Steve Ludtke steve@ion.rice.edu stevel@alumni.caltech.edu 72335,1537 @ compuserve
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <34866q$iq6@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <34866q$iq6@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 2 Sep 1994 17:42:51 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34868r$iql@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sdformat 1.2 binary for HP-PA - sets block size of SCSI device Date: 4 Sep 1994 23:36:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34e3o0$2sf@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/util/sdformat_1.2.MIH.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/util/sdformat_1.2.MIH.README The first file is for Releases 3.1 and 3.2, with support for Black, White and Green hardware (now that the Generic SCSI Driver has been fixed for the final release of NEXTSTEP 3.2 for the HP-Gecko). The second file is the README. sdformat.tar.Z should be maintained on orst for pre-3.1 users. The README is excerpted here for your reading pleasure... sdformat -------- INTRO ----- 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. REVISION HISTORY ---------------- This is a the second major release version of sdformat (Version 1.2), and the first to support NEXTSTEP HP-PA. There was only one reported problem with Version 0.9, so version 1.1 was released to address problems with very large hard drives (about 3 GB or more). It has since been proven to work with drives as large as 9 GB (The Seagate ELITE), even though NeXT's sdform would not work on that drive. The newest version adds more verbose error message text from the ANSI SCSI specification, in addition to the HP-PA support. BACKGROUND ---------- 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 hand le 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. Note: There was one report from the Internet by someone who knew of an IBM drive which would destroy its factory formatting if the SCSI format command was issued, but I would consider that a firmware bug. 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 dire ctly 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] Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU NeXTmail welcome Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DoomView.app - FAT program to browse Doom "WAD" files and print maps Date: 4 Sep 1994 23:40:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34e3v5$2t3@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/DoomView.app.MI.b.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/DoomView.app.MI.b.tar.gz (M == Motorola, I == Intel, b == binary) DoomView.app is a NEXTSTEP application for browsing the contents of the "WAD" file that is part of the Doom.app game for the Intel and Motorola releases. I didn't bother compiling an HP version since Doom doesn't run on that machine anyway. DoomView.app lets you listen to sounds, view pictures, walls, and floors, and look through lists of objects on each level. The handiest feature is that you can view the map for any level, scroll through it, and print an automatically scaled map to your PostScript printer. Items are shown as colored circles on each map, with the color as a rough indication of which difficulty levels the objects appear on. Clicking on an object will reveal its name and a verbose list of the difficulty levels in which you'll find that object. If you're having trouble getting your score up on those "secret" rooms, command-clicking on a trigger (usually shown in purple on the maps) will automatically scroll the map view to the section that is triggered by that crossing, and will highlight the area affected. One obscure thing to mention is the extra two PopUpLists that appear with images. The color palettes in Doom are 24-bit, from an 8-bit palette. There are 32 levels of brightness (darkness) which can be selected by the middle PopUpList. Strangely, the second to the last one is some strange black and white palette (?). The rightmost PopUpList selects from the palettes used for player damage (8 levels of red shading), animated feedback for picking up objects (4 levels of green shading), and a palette used when the radiation suit is worn (another green hue). You can play with these, but the default selections show the images best. Check out "SKY1" under "Walls" for the mountains in the background. Clicking within an image will display the X and Y position of the mouse in that image's coordinate system. The application has not been tested on 2-bit displays, but I suppose it shouldn't look any worse than Doom itself does on the same display :-) Depending upon time and interest, this may become an editor for custom Doom adventures. If you feel like letting me know how much you enjoy this little exercise, your comments are welcome. Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU NeXTmail welcome Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA
From: Chris Saldanha <csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Sept 8 Date: 5 Sep 1994 23:03:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34gm65$8cn@digifix.digifix.com> Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Sept 8, 1994 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, September 8 Topics: -Software Demonstrations: -PasteUp 2.5 A much improved DTP app -Hardware Demonstrations: -DayDream DayDream is a ROM-box that connects to the DSP port which allows you to boot a NeXT (black) machine into Macintosh System 7 I had a couple of requests to see this again. -Steve Jobs Keynote We have the video of Steve's Keynote from NeXTEXPO. -An overview of the Enterprise Objects Framework For those who didn't get to Expo, this is one of NeXT's best new tools for database development. -Gossip as always :-) Hope to see you there!
From: zac@ccsi.canon.com (Zacharias J. Beckman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Position available at Canon, Costa Mesa Date: 5 Sep 1994 22:38:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34gko2$88f@digifix.digifix.com> PROJECT MANAGER - ORACLE / NEXTSTEP / FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Canon Computer Systems, Inc., a fast-growing leader in the expanding personal computer and printer industry, is seeking an individual to lead application development and project implementations for its Accounting and Customer Service divisions. You will be responsible for the implementation and support of the PEOPLESOFT financial system, and the support and enhancement of custom ORACLE applications, as well as integration with in-house NEXTSTEP applications. Requirements include BSCS (or related field) and 5+ years of recent hands-on experience developing/supporting/managing ORACLE data base applications. ORACLE 7, SQL*Forms v. 4, and C programming expertise required. PeopleTools/PeopleSoft experience a plus. Must have strong technical, project management and communication skills. We offer an attractive salary and benefits program, profit sharing, 401(k) plan and the potential for professional advancement. Send your resume to: Canon Computer Systems, Inc., Information Systems Department, Attn: Bruce Nolan, 2995 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
From: Roger Rosner <pharos!rock@pangea.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday, Sept 14 Date: 5 Sep 1994 23:02:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34gm4n$8cd@digifix.digifix.com> What: Washington DC User Group Dinner When: Wednesday, Sept 14, 8:00 pm Where: The American Cafe, Tyson's Corner RSVP: If there's any chance you'll come, please let me know before the 14th so I can make reservations. Directions: 495 to Route 7 West Go 3 miles Left at Westwood Center Drive It's between the Mercedes and Cadillac dealers Roger Rosner Pangea Corporation rock@pangea.com
From: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NeXT-cc-2.5.8 Date: 5 Sep 1994 23:36:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34go4r$8kb@digifix.digifix.com> A triple fat freshly COMPILED version of NeXT's cc-2.5.8 (as develivered as source code with NEXTSTEP 3.2 for HP Computers) can be found on our FTP server peanuts: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/nextsou rces/cc-NeXT.2.5.8.NIH.ba.tar.gz The contents of the above file: drwxr-xr-x 0 Sep 4 09:16 1994 bin/ -r-xr-xr-x 196608 Sep 4 09:16 1994 bin/cc drwxr-xr-x 0 Sep 4 09:16 1994 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 0 Sep 4 09:14 1994 lib/hppa/ -r-xr-xr-x 270336 Sep 4 09:13 1994 lib/hppa/cpp -r-xr-xr-x 3768320 Sep 4 09:13 1994 lib/hppa/cc1obj -r-xr-xr-x 4759552 Sep 4 09:14 1994 lib/hppa/cc1objplus -r--r--r-- 1471 Sep 3 23:59 1994 lib/hppa/specs -r--r--r-- 194688 Sep 4 09:14 1994 lib/hppa/libcc.a drwxr-xr-x 0 Sep 4 09:16 1994 lib/m68k/ -r-xr-xr-x 270336 Sep 4 09:14 1994 lib/m68k/cpp -r-xr-xr-x 3588096 Sep 4 09:15 1994 lib/m68k/cc1obj -r-xr-xr-x 4603904 Sep 4 09:16 1994 lib/m68k/cc1objplus -r--r--r-- 1435 Sep 4 09:08 1994 lib/m68k/specs -r--r--r-- 174820 Sep 4 09:16 1994 lib/m68k/libcc.a drwxr-xr-x 0 Sep 4 09:18 1994 lib/i386/ -r-xr-xr-x 270336 Sep 4 09:16 1994 lib/i386/cpp -r-xr-xr-x 3563520 Sep 4 09:17 1994 lib/i386/cc1obj -r-xr-xr-x 4579328 Sep 4 09:18 1994 lib/i386/cc1objplus -r--r--r-- 1429 Sep 4 09:11 1994 lib/i386/specs -r--r--r-- 183580 Sep 4 09:18 1994 lib/i386/libcc.a To install it unpack the above file in / (it goes to /bin and /lib). It replaces the old versions. So first rename the old versions! The usual disclaimers apply (No warranty! Use it at your own risk! ...). Robert.
From: jj@ife.fdn.org (Jean-Jacques Dubray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Magellan 3.0 Date: 6 Sep 1994 21:22:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34j4kd$6gs@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Jean J. Dubray IFE Technologies. 138, bd de Pontoise 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles France FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paris (France) - September 5th 1994, IFE technologies announced the availability of Magellan v3.0, a state of the art object oriented supervisory control and data acquisition system running under UNIX. It is being offered on 486 and pentium PCs, HP 9000 series 700. Magellan is designed to control high precision material processes involving temperature, pressure, digital ... controls, safety interlock and in situ monitoring. Applications range from semi-conductor, thin films to ceramic and polymer production or research, involving thermal, liquid, plasma... processes. Magellan is 100 % production oriented : its unique Process Calibration Database enables day to day reproducibility and customer driven flexibility. Several working points of the reactor can be maintained in the database minimizing switching time between production batches. Recipes are adjusted automatically with the database. The user configures Magellan by instanciating individual objects corresponding to the different controllers on the reactor : PID temperature, pressure, mass flow controllers, pyrometer, pressure gauge, digital, step motors controllers ... Magellan reconfigures itself according to the object list. The Process Calibration Database is created and each source of material can be calibrated. Complex recipes are written by describing the different steps of the recipe with time or conditionnal sequencing. The Recipe Editor enables nested loops for multilayer material deposition, and non-linear set point curves that can generate any composition gradients to mach interfaces for instance. Materials layer structure can be defined in terms of thickness and composition. Magellan calculates subsequently the corresponding durations and set points according to the database. Magellan Man-Machine Interface can be defined for three process user's levels : Developper, Engineer, Operator. Operators can only execute recipes. Process Engineers can modify maintain the Process Calibration Database up to date and change parameters in the recipes, follow SPC data and write reports mixing graphs tabular data, measures .... Process Developpers have access to system configuration, can write recipes, and test non-linear set point curves. Magellan has a built-in object oriented real-time kernel : DLCs can be combined from several vendors eliminating the need for a common sequencing controller. Communication drivers are available for a large variety of controllers. Magellan v3.0g is a reduced version that enables to built grafcet controllers Man-Machine Interfaces in minutes. Magellan v3.0p can control up to 4 reactors simultaneously running individual recipes. Batch capabilities are supported for integrated production system. For processes that rely on permanent in situ or ex situ monitoring to insure constant quality by correcting long term deviations, Magellan Application Kit (MAK) enables you to implement expert behavior in hours or days, directly traducing process engineer knowledge into complex regulation loop. IFE technologies developer team will develop free of charge : - any given communication protocol. - already in Magellan's kit on a two weeks period. Magellan single-user licence purchase price is $9,990. Any subsequent operator licence is $2,990. MAK Development kit can be purchased for $ 5,990. Educational price is $5,990 for both licence and MAK development kit. For detailed information about Magellan, send electronic mail to <jj@ife.fdn.org> or contact IFE technologies at 34, rue Desnouettes 75 015 Paris, France. Facsimile can be sent to (+33 1) 34 50 65 10 and voice calls are accepted at (+33 1) 39 78 61 14. IFE technologies is a privately owned company that performs Materials Science system Engineering and mission critical development since 1991.
From: pat%cesar@CAM.ORG (Patrique Lalonde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Redmark and Redview DEMO available Date: 6 Sep 1994 21:23:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34j4m8$6h3@digifix.digifix.com> Please note that Redmark and Redview were moved to ftp://ftp@informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/text Redmark.README Redmark.NI.b.tar.gz RedmarkDoc_English.README RedmarkDoc_English.d.tar.gz RedmarkDoc_French.README RedmarkDoc_French.d.tar.gz RedmarkOptions.README RedmarkOptions.NI.bd.tar.gz The following FTP sites maintain a mirror of Munich's NeXT archive: France: ftp.fdn.fr (OR) ftp.fdn.org /pub/NeXTSTEP Switzerland:ftp.eunet.ch /pub/next Germany: ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de /pub/NeXT Germany: ftp.tu-chemnitz.de /pub/NeXT Germany: ftp.uni-hamburg.de /pub/next "informatik.uni-muenchen.de" suggests that large files be downloaded outside the usual working hours (0800-1800 MET), local German time. File names and paths on cs.orst.edu and info@ANDI remain unchanged. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/editors RedmarkProgram_MAB.tar.gz.README RedmarkProgram_MAB.tar.gz RedmarkOptions_MAB.tar.gz.README RedmarkOptions_MAB.tar.gz RedmarkDoc_English.tar.gz.README RedmarkDoc_English.tar.gz RedmarkDoc_FR.tar.gz.README RedmarkDoc_FR.tar.gz Or, you can get the files by NeXTmail from the ANDI InfoServer. For instructions, send e-mail to info@andi.org with "index Epitome" in the subject field. -Andre Lalonde Plexus Distribution info@lala.cam.org (NeXTMail) for Epitome, Inc. <72677.1034@compuserve.com> ---------------------------
From: klynch@frame.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Frame Technology Ships FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP Date: 7 Sep 1994 23:03:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34luuu$d9u@digifix.digifix.com> FRAME NEWS RELEASE....For Immediate Release Frame Technology Ships FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP Multiarchitecture binary now available for Intel and HP PA-RISC environments Kate Lynch, Director, Communications Frame Technology (klynch@frame.com) 408.975.6292 (direct) 408.975.6600 (FAX) Sandra L. Knox, Product Manager Frame Technology (slk@frame.com) 408.975.6183 (direct) 408.975.6600 (FAX) SAN JOSE, CA -- September 7, 1994 -- Frame Technology today announced the availability of FrameMaker for NEXTSTEPTM. Now NEXTSTEP users can run the award-winning desktop authoring and publishing software on HP PA-RISC Series 700 workstations and 486 and Pentium PCs with Intel processors, as well as NeXT computers. All three platforms are included on one disk set in this newest version of FrameMaker, based on FrameMaker 3 for NeXT. "FrameMaker is an award-winning software package that will further contribute to the success of NEXTSTEP in the marketplace and attract more users," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "With Frame's experience in multiplatform environments, FrameMaker will integrate seamlessly into the NEXTSTEP environment." For customers like McCaw Cellular, FrameMaker's compatibility across a wide variety of environments is a strong point. "FrameMaker is a company standard and the primary tool we use for technical documentation and operational user guides," said Jonathan Weeks, technical architect at McCaw Cellular. "One of the best aspects of the program is that FrameMaker is available on so many platforms, so we can easily share documents between multiple authors and increase our overall efficiency." Advanced Product Features FrameMaker software combines word processing, page layout, graphics, equations, conditional text, tables and book-building tools for creating a wide range of publications, from lengthy technical manuals, to reports, newsletters and presentations. Advanced features in FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP include integration with NEXTSTEP's Digital Librarian, and Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus. With FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP, customers also receive -- as a bonus -- international-language dictionaries providing spelling and hyphenation support for French, German, Italian, Spanish, U.K. and U.S. English, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish (hyphenation only), Norwegian and Swedish languages. "Our decision to support the NEXTSTEP marketplace was based on a growing demand from customers, and on our commitment to support the industry's leading computing environments," said William R. Pieser, Frame's vice president of marketing. "By building this version using our successful FrameMaker for NeXT product as a base, we were able to make it available to NEXTSTEP users much sooner than if we had waited for future FrameMaker architecture." Special Offer Through October 31, 1994, Frame will be offering an introductory price for new and upgraded single-user licenses. A new FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP single-user license is priced at US$995 (MSRP). Also through October 31, 1994, single-user upgrades are priced at US$495 (MSRP) for those customers who wish to switch from FrameMaker 3 running on NeXT computers to HP PA-RISC or Intel-based 486 and Pentium computers. After October 31, 1994, regular pricing for single-user FrameMaker licenses for NEXTSTEP will be US$1,495 (MSRP), with single-user upgrades priced at US$795 (MSRP). System Requirements The minimum system requirements for FrameMaker on standard NEXTSTEP configurations include: NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 software, 25 MB of free disk space, and 16 MB of RAM (24 MB recommended). Customers in the U.S. and Canada who wish to extend beyond their 30 days of free technical support can purchase a one-year Technical Support Subscription for US$300, directly from Frame. FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP is available directly from Frame as well as through Frame Registered Resellers. Frame Technology publishes award-winning document publishing software for individual or workgroup creation and distribution of critical documents. Frame's products are widely recognized for their PC, Macintosh and UNIX cross-platform compatibility, enabling companies, government agencies and academic institutions to increase productivity by leveraging valuable business and research data. The publicly held company (NASDAQ:FRAM) is newly located at 333 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, California 95110 USA. # # # Frame and FrameMaker are registered trademarks of Frame Technology Corporation. NeXT is a registered trademark, and NEXTSTEP is a trademark, of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product and company names are the trademarks of their respective holders.
From: rod@dard.eric.on.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP, CANADA, GENETICS, BIOTECH START-UP Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:16:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34ok23$jup@digifix.digifix.com> Visible Genetics is a Toronto based start-up in the business of developing leading edge technology for genetic testing. We presently have about 20 employees (5 in software) and solid first round financing is in place. The software we are developing consists primarily of applications running on NeXTStep. We are presently looking for a small number of very high caliber NeXTStep developers. We are looking for individuals that can provide very significant contributions quickly. In return, we offer opportunities to make a difference in people's lives and the potential to participate in substantial equity returns. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor in an exciting new field of technology while using state of the art equipment and an excellent object oriented software environment. Candidates should have the following: - A history that demonstrates major contributions to software based products that have been successful in the marketplace. - Two or more years experience in developing applications in the NeXTStep/Appkit/Interface Builder environment. - Strong Object-Oriented background. - Intelligence, enthusiasm and drive. - Computer science, engineering or related degree(s). Pluses: - Familiarity with Enterprise Objects and networked databases. - Familiarity with formal UI development methodology such as User Centered Design. - Familiarity with automated testing. Responsibilities: Successful applicants will work in small teams or as individuals and will take responsibility for the design, scheduling, implementation, testing, quality assurance and overall excellence of applications for genetic analysis and laboratory automation. How to Apply: The preferred method with which to submit resumes is via e-mail to: resume@visgen.com NeXT Mail is best. Alternatively our fax number is (416) 369-5126 and our snail mail is: Human Resource Visible Genetics 399 Bathurst Street, MP-6 Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8
From: cbradley@bozell.com (Chris Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Software Analyst/Technical Writer (Dallas, TX USA) Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:18:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34ok6o$jv3@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: cbradley@bozell.com Distribution: world Reply-To: cwigingt@dallas.bozell.com Software Analyst/Technical Writer Primary responsibilities will be to analyze software, write, edit and proof technical materials such as User Guides, Tutorials, training outlines, etc. Position will include training and supporting company trainers at each site; therefore, travel is required. Excellent computer skills and knowledge of graphic software packages (Virtuoso, Concurrence, Quark, PageMaker) as well as production background would be very beneficial. Must be a self-starter and have strong presentation and organizational skills. At least two years of experience analyzing or training software required. Please send your resume, in confidence, to: Ms. Connie Wigington Director of ICC Training Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. 201 E. Carpenter Frwy. Irving, Texas 75062 tel: (214) 830-2495 fax: (214) 830-2687 e-mail: cwigingt@bozell.com (NeXTmail OK) -= BJK&E is an Equal Opportunity Employer =-
From: Leonard Manzara <uulen!len@trillium.ab.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Trillium Sound Research Announces Special Offer on TextToSpeech User Kits Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:19:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34ok8a$jva@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS RELEASE...FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION. Trillium Sound Research Announces Special Offer on TextToSpeech User Kits. CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA -- September 7th, 1994 -- Trillium Sound Research Inc. today announced a time-limited special offer on their TextToSpeech User Kits. The Kits will sell for $99 CDN (approximately $75 US) until the end of September, for savings of over 40% off the regular price of $175 CDN. The User TextToSpeech Kit gives users the ability to convert any length of text into synthetic speech in real time. It includes PrEditor, an application used to customize pronunciations, and BigMouth, an application which provides a text-to-speech service to any application which has a Services menu. Converting text to speech is as simple as highlighting text, or dragging a file into a well. The user has full control over speaking rate, pitch, volume, and stereo balance. Natural-sounding intonation is provided automatically, and may be controlled manually. Controls such as pause, resume, and stop are also included. 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, abbreviations, and the like are handled intelligently. Developers can incorporate text-to-speech capabilities into their applications by using the TextToSpeech Developer Kit. A superset of the User Kit, it includes the TextToSpeech Object, example code, and full developer documentation. The User Kit can be upgraded to the Developer Kit easily and inexpensively. The User Kit costs $99 CDN (approx. $75 US), plus shipping, in single quantities, till September 30th (regular price is $175 CDN). Site licenses and discounts on quantity purchases are available for the User Kit. The Developer Kit costs $350 CDN (approx. $290 US), plus shipping. 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 the nominal 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, $40 to overseas destinations). Currently, the TextToSpeech Kits run only on NeXT Computers. Ports to other platforms are in progress. The Intel port is expected in the fourth quarter of 1994. To order, or to receive a brochure, price schedule, and order form, contact Trillium Sound Research at: email: TTSInfo@trillium.ab.ca order desk: 1-800-L-ORATOR (US and Canada only) other queries: (403)284-9278 fax: (403)282-6778 mail: Trillium Sound Research Inc. 1500, 112 - 4th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0H3 Be sure to include your name, surface mail address, and email address and phone number, if available. ------ TextToSpeech Kit, PrEditor, and BigMouth are trademarks of Trillium Sound Research Inc. NeXT, and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
From: "David J. Ferrero" <david@zion.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Zion Software & Consulting ships ZionDECView - Palettized Terminal Emulation Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:33:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34ol2n$k1n@digifix.digifix.com> ________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: David J. Ferrero Zion Software & Consulting. 56D Nanel Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA tel: 203-659-4257 fax: 203-657-3542 email: palette@zion.com ****** AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ****** _______________________________________ Zion Software & Consulting ships ZionDECView - Palettized Terminal Emulation Glastonbury, Conn., September 8, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting announced the release of ZionDECView, MAB terminal emulation palette and objectware for applications needing VT100/VT102 and ANSI Color terminal support. Summary: Zion's ZionDECView.palette, libZionDECView.a, and associated files provide the building blocks for any custom or commercial NEXTSTEP applications utilizing either VT100/VT102 or ANSI terminal emulation. Whether the application needs a command line interface in addition to the NEXTSTEP GUI, or the application is an intermediate step while moving legacy applications to a Client/Server (NEXTSTEP) environment, Zion's palettized terminal emulation objectware will fit the bill. You don't have to throw away your valuable data and supporting mainframe or mini software just because your company is migrating towards client/server. With objectware such as Zion's ZionDECView, your developers can begin building custom terminal based software in a GUI environment, or allow existing software to be accessed from your NEXTSTEP environment. Why redevelop and debug terminal emulation code when your application can take advantage of Zion's efforts within minutes? PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Palette Inspector support ------------------------- Window Size: Columns, Rows. Screen Colors Enabled, Background, Foreground, Cursor Color. Scrollback Buffer Enabled, Length, Scroll to the bottom on input. Fixed pitch font to use. Copy support: Ascii. Paste support: Ascii. Find support: Next, Previous, Case, Jump to selection. Font Panel support: Fixed Pitch. Terminal Emulation ------------------ DEC VT102/VT100, ANSI Color VT100/102 Function Key support: PF1-4 keys are emulated via the 4 top keys on the number-key-pad. Cursor Key / Application Mode support: Full cursor key and keypad emulation for applications using the proper escape sequences. Pricing The suggested retail price for developer licenses is as follows: $995 - 1 developer license $1595 - 3 developer licenses $1995 - 5 developer licenses Licensing All licensed developers will receive free email support, and limited phone support. A developer license code fully enables this palette for custom application development and authorizes the right to purchase additional run-time licenses. Each developer license comes with a complementary run-time license. Deploy finished applications which utilize Zion's ZionDECView by purchasing additional Run-Time Licenses from Zion as needed. Developer and run-time site licensing for Zion's ZionDECView palette and objectware is available. For commercial applications which include ZionDECView, Zion offers a discount on the run-time licensing fees. Please contact Zion for further information. AVAILABILITY: ZionDECView is available on NEXTSTEP Internet sites such as cs.orst.edu, or may be obtained via NEXTMAIL, Floppy, or Modem for sites without ftp access. Please contact Zion in this situation. It can be found as: ZionDECViewPalette.tar.gz - objectware folder with ColorTerm example. ZionDECViewPalette.README - this file. About the company: Zion Software and Consulting is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut and was founded in September 1992. Zion specializes in Custom and Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment. Other shipping products include: ** MTP - Midi Time Piece Configuration application for MTP/Midi NeXT users. ** TeleComm - inexpensive/robust modem software with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, x,y,zmodem file transfer. ** Checkers - NEXTSTEP Checkers with full undo and game save! ZionDECView and TeleComm are trademarks of Zion Software & Consulting. NEXTSTEP && OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. VT102 and VT100 are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder - The Graph Object Library - Log Axes and PA-RISC version Date: 7 Sep 1994 21:31:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34lphr$cq5@digifix.digifix.com> GraphBuilder/The Graph Object Library - Log Axes and PA-RISC version Contact: VVI-DCS, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com VVI-DCS responds to customers and makes GraphBuilder and The Graph Object Library even more powerful. GraphBuilder and The Graph Object Library have been improved with the features described below. Customer input is strongly encouraged and very much appreciated. For more information please see below, or contact us direct. Best Regards, - VVI-DCS -- LOG AXES ------------------------------------------------------- -- Log axes are done in style and include: Axes type now include: 1. x-linear, y-linear 2. x-linear, y-log (semi-log) 3. x-log, y-linear 4. x-log y-log 5. polar (r, theta) 6. log-polar (r-log, theta) 7. elliptic (r, theta) arbitrary aspect 8. log-elliptic (r-log, theta) arbitrary aspect 9. polar and elliptic pie-section axes for linear and log 10. Any combination of the above, for example left labels linear, right labels log, upper-lower labels linear, etc. by overlaying axes. -- Log axes implement BOTH DB and Linear styles. Styles are remapped at a click of a button. -- The labels are formatted with the correct (and specified) base, for example, base 10, 2, e, any positive integer, any positive floating point value when using the scientific format option. The input options for axes extremum and increment correctly compute these values in the specified base. -- All data axes drag out like any other graphic element. -- Data on any data axes is instantly transformed to any other data axes (coordinate system) by the correct (non-linear) transformation at the click of a button. -- Even contour plots transform to and between log, linear, and polar representations. -- All the goodies of our other axes systems, for example: 12 tick positions all on/off in any order or combination, labels out/in left, right, up, down, or center, all colors and widths modified through the inspector, rotate or select single or multiple labels, RTF graphic labels, titles, etc., etc. -- Complete integration: Although this is a feature enhancement from GB3.2e to GB3.2i this technology has been under development for several years and is completely integrated in GraphBuilder and The Graph Object Library. -- Since GraphBuilder is based on a general drawing model any number of data sets can be overlaid and transformed all at once and any number of axes can be displayed at once on one window or multiple windows. -- MISC ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- GraphBuilder is shipped as Multiple Architecture Binaries, m68k only, i386 only, and/or HP PA-RISC only versions. -- 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. -- 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-DCS customers include financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI-DCS 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 ---------------------------------------------- - VISA/Mastercard/Company P.O. - Free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions. - 100% compatible with previous document versions. - Runs on NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Motorola, Intel, and HP PA-RISC. - Full support, documentation, and complete API. - Free upgrade to GraphBuilder3.3. Will include ... many more improvements already being implemented. Customer input is strongly encouraged and very much appreciated. The Graph Object Library, GraphBuilder, OpenGraph, VVI-DCS, VVindustries and VVimaging are trademarks of VVimaging, Inc. NEXTSTEP and Workspace Manager are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - OpenGraph Date: 7 Sep 1994 21:33:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34lpki$cqc@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - OpenGraph Contact: VVI-DCS, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com OpenGraph is a combination of world-class graphing objects, applications, and a vision of interactive real-time graphing and data analysis. VVI-DCS is currently seeking academic institutions who are interested in creating OpenGraph applications using The Graph Object Library and suggest/recommend and even implement extensions to The Graph Object Library. We will provide free of charge: - The Graph Object Library; including MAB libraries for Motorola, Intel, and HP PA-RISC computers (Sun and OpenStep compliant versions when these products ship commercially) for all computers of your department. - Full documentation -- 1500 Pages of documentation formatted in the tradition of NEXTSTEP. - High Quality Example Source Code (see below). - Our Commitment. We are interested in extending the envelope of custom, real time, and interactive graphing and data analysis, NO MATTER WHAT PLATFORM OR OPERATING SYSTEM. If you are interested send us a note via e-mail or call us direct. Best Regards, -- VVI-DCS -- DEMO INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------- Discover why The Graph Object Library is the enterprise-wide graphing solution of choice by downloading any of the following demo applications from the archive site. ** NEW: Custom Demo One: (vanDerPol) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display trajectories synchronized with time series and how to search through phase space. -- Custom Demo Two: (EventMarkers) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multi-channel event information in real-time. It implements features such as consecutive state-one marking, marking events stale on recycling, auto time axis shifting and scrolling, beeping when all channels have event state one, display of boolean channels like "3 out of 5 on", etc. -- Custom Demo Three: (DoubleBar) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multiple data sets in bar and line format in real-time. Used for display of synchronous and asynchronous indexed multi-value indicators. -- Custom Demo Four: (GraphBuilder3.2i) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used as an end-user application. These demos show a few of the ways The Graph Object Library can be used for custom data display. When you purchase The Graph Object Library you receive the source code for these demos, the complete library API, full documentation, legendary support and innovative, solution-oriented technology with a breadth and depth on a par with your enterprise-wide goals. See below for instructions on how to ftp these applications. Please call VVI-DCS if you are unable to ftp and/or are interested in a demonstration. Best Regards, - VVI-DCS -- GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------- VVI-DCS, 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. VVI-DCS delivers a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via The 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 a 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. VVI-DCS has been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and delivers comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder 3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we haven't stopped there. VVI-DCS is currently working on Version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features of The Graph Object Library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. It's like having your own graph software development department. VVI-DCS customers have included financial service companies, medical clinics , and government and commercial laboratories. VVI-DCS can assist you in the following areas of 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 LOCATION ----------------------------------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_m68k.compressed The Graph Object Library, GraphBuilder, OpenGraph, VVI-DCS, VVindustries and VVimaging are trademarks of VVimaging, Inc. NEXTSTEP and Workspace Manager are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Data Acquisition Validation Sites Date: 7 Sep 1994 21:34:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34lpn2$cqk@digifix.digifix.com> The Graph Object Library - Data Acquisition Validation Sites Contact: VVI-DCS, Inc. 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com VVI-DCS is currently seeking organizations who are interested in using and testing data acquisition interfaces such as high speed and low speed IEEE 488 data acquisition controllers for NEXTSTEP platforms (NeXT, Intel, HP PA-RISC, Sun when available). The interfaces are bundled with specific custom applications based on The Graph Object Library. The acquisition interface and display can be reconfigured using The Graph Object Library direct. If you are interested send us a note via e-mail or call us direct. Best Regards, -- VVI-DCS -- DEMO INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------- Discover why The Graph Object Library is the enterprise-wide graphing solution of choice by downloading any of the following demo applications from the archive site. ** NEW: Custom Demo One: (vanDerPol) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display trajectories synchronized with time series and how to search through phase space. -- Custom Demo Two: (EventMarkers) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multi-channel event information in real-time. It implements features such as consecutive state-one marking, marking events stale on recycling, auto time axis shifting and scrolling, beeping when all channels have event state one, display of boolean channels like "3 out of 5 on", etc. -- Custom Demo Three: (DoubleBar) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used to display multiple data sets in bar and line format in real-time. Used for display of synchronous and asynchronous indexed multi-value indicators. -- Custom Demo Four: (GraphBuilder3.2i) Demonstrates how The Graph Object Library is used as an end-user application. These demos show a few of the ways The Graph Object Library can be used for custom data display. When you purchase The Graph Object Library you receive the source code for these demos, the complete library API, full documentation, legendary support and innovative, solution-oriented technology with a breadth and depth on a par with your enterprise-wide goals. See below for instructions on how to ftp these applications. Please call VVI-DCS if you are unable to ftp and/or are interested in a demonstration. Best Regards, - VVI-DCS -- GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------- VVI-DCS, 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. VVI-DCS delivers a standard and high quality graphing client for NEXTSTEP via The 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 a 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. VVI-DCS has been in the business of developing NEXTSTEP applications since 1989 and delivers comprehensive solutions for data display and analysis with a full range of services and products. - Technical excellence. GraphBuilder 3.2 already excels in graphing functionality. But we haven't stopped there. VVI-DCS is currently working on Version 4.0. You will be able to use the new features of The Graph Object Library with virtually no source code changes and full document compatibility on any platform. It's like having your own graph software development department. VVI-DCS customers have included financial service companies, medical clinics, and government and commercial laboratories. VVI-DCS can assist you in the following areas of 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 LOCATION ----------------------------------------- To obtain a demo application, select the appropriate application name corresponding to the demo application and host type. (Intel = i386, NeXT = m68k, HP PA-RISC = hppa) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_hppa.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_i386.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsDoubleBar_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsEventMarkers_m68k.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsVanDerPol_m68k.compressed The Graph Object Library, GraphBuilder, OpenGraph, VVI-DCS, VVindustries and VVimaging are trademarks of VVimaging, Inc. NEXTSTEP and Workspace Manager are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NeXT-as, gdb, libg++ Date: 7 Sep 1994 21:34:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34lpnk$cqr@digifix.digifix.com> Triple fat freshly COMPILED versions of NeXT's as-1.3.8, gdb-4.7 and libg++_for_3.2 (as develivered as source code with NEXTSTEP 3.2 for HP Computers) can now also be found on our FTP server peanuts: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/nextsou rces/as-1.38.NIH.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/nextsou rces/gdb-4.7.NIH.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/nextsou rces/libg++_for_3.2.NIH.ba.tar.gz The contents of the above files: as-1.38.NIH.tar.gz: -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 57344 Sep 7 18:37 1994 bin/as -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 368640 Sep 7 18:38 1994 lib/hppa/as -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 409600 Sep 7 18:38 1994 lib/i386/as -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 499712 Sep 7 18:38 1994 lib/m68k/as -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 368640 Sep 7 18:38 1994 lib/sparc/as drwxr-xr-x stabl/inst 0 Sep 7 17:41 1994 usr/local/lib/ drwxr-xr-x stabl/inst 0 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/m88k/ -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 368640 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/m88k/as drwxr-xr-x stabl/inst 0 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/m98k/ -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 409600 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/m98k/as drwxr-xr-x stabl/inst 0 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/i860/ -r-xr-xr-x stabl/inst 352256 Sep 7 18:38 1994 usr/local/lib/i860/as gdb-4.7.NIH.b.tar.gz: drwxr-xr-x stabl/wiss 0 Sep 7 17:23 1994 bin/ -rwxr-xr-x stabl/wiss 1630208 Sep 7 17:21 1994 bin/gdb To install it unpack the above files in / (it goes to /bin, /lib, /usr/lib, and /NextDeveloper). It replaces the old versions. So first rename the old versions! The usual disclaimers apply (No warranty! Use it at your own risk! ...). Robert.
From: Nick Christopher <nwc@ny.shl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT - Sept 26 Date: 11 Sep 1994 01:33:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <34u4qr$4re@digifix.digifix.com> GOTHAM USERS OFNeXT Monday, September 26th I. Q&A - 18:30 Questions. Answers. News. II. The Eiffel Language on NEXTSTEP - 18:45 Aaron Hillegass will discuss the Object Oriented language Eiffel, in particular Tower Technology's NEXTSTEP implementation. Also covered will be its Objective-C and C++ interfaces. There will be a demonstration of the compiler, showing its incremental compilation, the emacs-based environment, and what can be done with Eiffel and Interface Builder. III. Close of Meeting A call to arms! GUN needs people interested in the NEXTSTEP community in the NYC area to participate, and in particular join GUN's board of directors! Anyone interested in an active role is invited to stay after the discussion, attend the board meeting and see what role they could play! Publication Directions 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503 212-213-6500 Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or info@gun.com
From: stephan@rodion.muc.de (Stephan Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Cribbage 1.0 Date: 12 Sep 1994 00:21:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <350l0k$9so@digifix.digifix.com> Cribbage.app 1.0 by Stephan Wacker This is an implementation of a two-player version of the card game Cribbage. You play against the computer. The complete rules of the game are included in the online help. I've uploaded the file Cribbage.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions and it should be moved to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/card
From: stephan@rodion.muc.de (Stephan Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Rulers.app 1.0 Date: 12 Sep 1994 00:21:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <350l0v$9sv@digifix.digifix.com> Rulers.app 1.0 by Stephan Wacker This application provides a set of horizontal and vertical rulers floating on your screen. You can measure distances in any of several units: inches, centimeters, points and picas. There are also modes for "true" units on black 17" and 21" screens. Developers: Check it out! This app shows off some cool features: Windows don't have a title bar and resize bar but can be moved by a knob and resized by small buttons. Buttons and Boxes have a transparent background. Objects change their class after initialization from nib file. Panels change from regular layering to floating over other windows. I've uploaded the file Rulers.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions and it should be moved to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/screen
From: tommi@balou.rhein.de (Thomas Pfleiderer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BOING (Bonn Independent NeXT Group) Date: 12 Sep 1994 00:22:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <350l1d$9t6@digifix.digifix.com> What: User Group Dinner, When: Thursday, August 16, 8:00 pm Where: China-Restaurant Tin-Zhun Friedrichstrasse 33 D-53111 Bonn There are no special items, just a nice dinner :-)
From: stephan@rodion.muc.de (Stephan Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Rulers_by_SW.app 1.0 (Was SUBMISSION: Rulers.app 1.0) Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:28:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35369q$g41@digifix.digifix.com> Bryce Jasmer (Bryce_Jasmer@NeXT.COM) told me that there is already another application named `Rulers.app' by RightBrain -- first thing I heard about it. To make things clear I've renamed my work to `Rulers_by_SW.app'. The place stays the same and the package is `Rulers_by_SW.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz'. I also want to point out that all sources are included but only m86k binaries. If I get enough response I will install the Intel libraries on my machine and post a MAB version (m68k & i386). Have fun Stephan In article <350l0v$9sv@digifix.digifix.com> Stephan wrote: > >Rulers.app 1.0 by Stephan Wacker > >This application provides a set of horizontal and vertical rulers >floating on your screen. You can measure distances in any of several >units: inches, centimeters, points and picas. There are also modes >for "true" units on black 17" and 21" screens. > >Developers: > >Check it out! This app shows off some cool features: Windows don't >have a title bar and resize bar but can be moved by a knob and >resized by small buttons. Buttons and Boxes have a transparent >background. Objects change their class after initialization from nib >file. Panels change from regular layering to floating over other >windows. > > >I've uploaded the file Rulers.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz to >ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions >and it should be moved to >ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/screen >
From: ajmartin@bozell.com (Jill Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Software Support and Training in DFW Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:29:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3536a7$g48@digifix.digifix.com> Large NEXTSTEP site looking for software trainer in Dallas/Fort Worth area. Requires: At least 2 years experience with general productivity software (spreadsheet, word processor, flat-file database, presentation, etc.), preferably under NEXTSTEP. Applicants should have a natural aptitude for computers with the ability to learn software quickly. Training experience preferred but not required. Primary responsibility is in-house classroom training and user support on a NEXTSTEP network. Must be a self-starter with excellent communication skills. Send resume and cover letter to: Temerlin McClain c/o Jill Martin Training & Support Supervisor 201 E. Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 ajmartin@bozell.com
From: suckow@contrib.de (Ralf Suckow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MusicBuilder 1.0.1 DEMO (runs on NEXTSTEP 3.0) Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:30:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3536bo$g4f@digifix.digifix.com> A demo version of MusicBuilder 1.0.1 has been uploaded to the submission directories of a number of ftp archives. The main difference to the version 1.0 is that MusicBuilder now runs on NEXTSTEP 3.0. The software will be placed under the following paths: In the U.S.: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/sound filenames are MusicBuilder-1.0.1-Demo.tar and MusicBuilder-1.0.1-Demo.README In Germany: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/audio filenames are MusicBuilder-Demo.1.0.1.NI.b.tar.gz and MusicBuilder-Demo.1.0.1.README The latter archive is mirrored (among others) to France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/pub/NeXTSTEP/Commercial/audio Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/pub/next/Commercial/audio | For further information, | Information for local resellers | | suggestions, and bug | | | reports, please contact | Worldwide distributor for MusicBuilder is | | | | | melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin | MEDICOM GmbH | | Ludwig-Renn-Strasse 62 | Mehringdamm 43 | | 12687 Berlin, Germany | 10961 Berlin, Germany | | | | | | phone: +49 30 693 25 40 | | fax: +49 30 932 19 01 | fax: +49 30 693 56 82 | | suckow@contrib.de | office@medicom.medicom.de |
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeuroDimension, Inc. Announces Free Evaluation Copies of NeuroSolutions Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:30:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3536ct$g50@digifix.digifix.com> NeuroDimension, Inc. Announces Free Evaluation Copies of NeuroSolutions, the Neural Network Simulation Environment. The software provides an advanced, object-oriented environment forneural network design and applications. The innovations featured in this package provide unparalleled power to deploy neural networks to solve real world problems such as financial forecasting, targeted marketing, signal and image processing, and quality control. The package implements both static and recurrent neural networks with incredible flexibility and speed, provides extensive probing capabilities and supports several data formats. NeuroSolutions version 1.0 is available on the following ftp site: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/science/NeuroSolutions.pkg.tar Without a license key the application will run in demo mode. A 30-day, unrestricted license key can be obtained by contacting Gary Lynn at (800) 634-3327 (904-377-5144 outside of the U.S.) or gary@nd.com. A portion of the manual is available free of charge via NeXTMail or ftp, or a complete printed copy can be purchased for the cost of printing ($45).
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SCSI driver for UltraStor 34F VL-Bus SCSI adapter Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:34:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3536jn$g7b@digifix.digifix.com> Version 1.1 of UltraStor Family 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 /software/NeXT/submissions directory. Driver should be moved to the /software/NeXT/binaries/drivers directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/drivers/UltraStorFamily_1.1.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/drivers/UltraStorFamily_1.1.tar.Z Note: Oregon State University archive was moved from cs.orst.edu to ftp.cs.orst.edu !!! OVERVIEW: UltraStor Family SCSI adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following SCSI adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus Ultra Stor 34F VL-Bus COPYING: The UltraStorFamily driver is shareware. You can freely distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more details see document Registration.rtf in the package. Version 1.1 release notes: 1. The driver works correctly with Toshiba XM-3401 CD-ROM and CDPlayer.app. The only thing you need is a program called XAmode, which switch TOSHIBA to XAmode. This also enables you to read KodakPhotoCD. XAmode is available from anonymous ftp ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/pub/systems/next/Tools. Contact: Tomas Hurka Hukatronic (H.C.C.) Kankovskeho 8 182 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic e-mail: tom@hukatronic.cz
From: dbruce@gonzo.cs.uoguelph.ca (Dave Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: TANG meeting (& revised agenda) Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:18:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <354tt9$ksv@digifix.digifix.com> Toronto area NeXT Group Wednesday September 14 7:00 - 8:30 PM Duke of Westminster restaurant (First Canadian Place, downtown Toronto) * demo of NEXTSTEP on an HP 712/60 * those of us who went to NeXTSTEP Expo will share their thoughts on what we saw and learned * Dave Aspinall of Comnetix Computer Systems has threatened to discuss and compare some popular object kits for developers * app doorprize Directions: The Duke of Westminster restaurant is located on the north side of First Canadian Place, on Adelaide St. between Bay and York. You can take the subway to King station and walk through Scotia Plaza to First Canadian Place; parking is also available in First Canadian Place. FOR MORE INFORMATION Steve Hayman shayman@Objectario.com (416) 769-8995
From: leuker@bolgolam.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Leuker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NetTalk 1.2 Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:18:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <354ttq$kta@digifix.digifix.com> NetTalk.app 1.2 by Stefan Leuker is out now! This is an implementation of the shell command talk that makes use of the NEXTSTEP user interface. See the README or the NetTalk online help for further information. The files NetTalk.1.2.N.b.tar.gz and NetTalk.1.2.README are located in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps. Please report any bugs or write suggestions to leuker@POOL.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Thank you!
From: halkin@netcom.com (Hal Kinney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Objective C NEXT Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:19:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <354tvc$kto@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: << Programmer NEXT - Bay Area>> Agent sfsys Skills : NEXT Programmer with Objective C Minimum Industry : 2 years Experience (College Projects do "not" qualify). Location : San Francisco Start Date : ASAP Pay Rate : Market Length : 3 months ++ H1 Visa ok ? : NO Comments ; If you are strong with programming in the NEXT environment with Objective C ... FAX/email resume and/or let's talk. San Francisco Systems, Inc Contact: Hal Kinney halkin@netcom.com 110 Sutter St. Suite 701 Voice: 415.982.3500 San Francisco, Ca. 94104 FAX: 415.982.6013 (high res. please)
From: rob@bedazzled.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXT IN LINE seeks writers with experience configuring Intel-based systems Date: 14 Sep 1994 22:51:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <358crr$n1@digifix.digifix.com> NEXT IN LINE SEEKS WRITERS FOR NEW SERIES ON CONFIGURING INTEL-BASED SYSTEMS TO RUN NEXTSTEP NEXT IN LINE, a bimonthly publication for the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community, seeks writers with experience in configuring Intel systems. Anyone who has attempted to configure an Intel system running NEXTSTEP knows it can be a rather frustrating task. Users migrating from NeXT black hardware or other "controlled" architectures, such as the Macintosh, are often confused by the various set-up files, IRQs, and inconsistencies among CPUs and peripherals that are commonplace in the Intel world. As NEXT IN LINE continues to enjoy success as the premiere source of information for the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community, we realize that our coverage must expand. Issue #3 marks the debut of a new column dedicated solely to tips and tricks when configuring Intel-based systems to run NEXTSTEP. We are currently seeking anyone with experience in configuring or administering Intel-based systems running NEXTSTEP to share experiences with our readers. Please contact our publisher, Robert A. Wyatt, directly and provide a writing sample if possible. Thank you! Robert A. Wyatt NEXT IN LINE P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 (703) 955-5045 rob@bedazzled.com (NeXTmail, MIME)
From: rob@bedazzled.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXT IN LINE seeks motivated writers Date: 14 Sep 1994 22:51:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <358csa$n8@digifix.digifix.com> NEXT IN LINE SEEKS MOTIVATED WRITERS! NEXT IN LINE, a bimonthly publication for the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community, seeks writers to cover all areas of the market. With a core editorial staff established, NEXT IN LINE now seeks both technical and non-technical writers to cover such topics as product reviews; Internet connectivity; systems administration; NetInfo; graphics, publishing, and design using NEXTSTEP; application development; commentary; issues of concern to black hardware owners; and tips and tricks for users configuring Intel hardware. With issue #2, NEXT IN LINE added two new columns, one geared towards black hardware owners, the other for graphic artists and publishers. Issue #3 will see the debut of several additional columns, including a series on Internet connectivity, a column for World Wide Web users, and a tips/tricks series for users configuring Intel hardware to run NEXTSTEP. We'd like to encourage all members of the NEXTSTEP community to contribute to NEXT IN LINE. After all, we want NEXT IN LINE to be your voice. So, speak up! Let us know what you want! Anyone interested in writing for NEXT IN LINE is encouraged to contact our publisher, Robert A. Wyatt, via phone or email (preferred): NEXT IN LINE P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 (703) 955-5045 rob@bedazzled.com (NeXTmail, MIME) Please submit a writing sample if possible. Thank you!
From: Thomas Funke <thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.1 Date: 14 Sep 1994 22:54:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <358d1q$o1@digifix.digifix.com> A new release of CryptorBundle, the missing bundle for encryption of NeXT Mail, has been submitted to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Mail/apps/CryptorBundle.1.1.NI.b.tar.gz CryptorBundle now uses PGP-2.6mit which has no more patent violations of the RSA algorithm. Also some minor bugfixes. CryptorBundle-1.1 is backward compatible of the former version which used PGP-2.2 for encryption. CryptorBundle-1.1 ----------------- This is the bundle which reenables NeXTMail-Encryption. It uses PGP-2.6 (included), one of the best encryption software which is available for free. CryptorBundle-1.1 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-1.1 ? ----------------------- 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. 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.
From: Nick Jacquet <nickj@wimsey.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Vancouver Next Users Society and The BC OpenStep Group Date: 14 Sep 1994 23:57:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <358gnf$159@digifix.digifix.com> The Vancouver Next Users Society (VNUS) and The BC OpenStep Group (BCOG) Meeting Sept 28th 1994 19:00 - 21:00 Software Productivity Centre 450 - 1122 Mainland Street Vancouver (SkyTrain: Stadium Station) Lots of nearby parking. Agenda 1) Advanced Light Imaging Technologies (ALI) will be showing the UltraPacs program ALI's product is something called UltraPACS(tm). PACS is a medical industry acronym which stands in for Picture Archiving and Comunications. Our particular system is customized for the needs of ultrasound clinics and hospital departments (hence the name UltraPACS). PAC systems act as a digital replacement for film. It is desirable to replace film since it is time-consuming and costly to produce, difficult to store (eg. some sites need to retain a patients file for up to 20 years), and prone to quality problems (ie. fogged images). 2) Post San Fran NeXTSTEP Expo 3) Special Promo: Fatted Calf CDRom 4) Updates and Info
From: m@BlueRose.com (M Carling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BANG meeting Sept. 15 Date: 15 Sep 1994 14:44:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35a4me$tq@digifix.digifix.com> General Meeting Bay Area NeXT Group Sept. 15, 7:00pm Where: SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park One mile East of I-280 What: Following a technical Q&A period, Lighthouse Design will be showing Concurrence 2.0. After: Food and drink at a local restaurant. For more information, call 415-327-BANG.
From: Dick Locke <dick_locke@wiltel.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX Date: 17 Sep 1994 23:29:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35gc7j$5cb@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX WilTel's Advanced Technology Group (ATG) has several permanent NeXTSTEP programming positions open in The Woodlands, Texas Required: NeXTSTEP development experience, 1+ years in commercial environment Appkit familiarity Firm grasp of Object-Oriented concepts Team-oriented Excellent verbal and written communications skills Objective-C programming Must be U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the US. Desired: UNIX experience Telecommunications industry experience B.S., B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience If interested, please send your resume and a brief cover letter to: Email: (preferred) dick_locke@wiltel.com (ascii or NeXTMail only please) US Mail: WilTel, Advanced Technology Group 8665 New Trails Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77381 Attn: Dick Locke
From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: STONE DESIGN and benchMarkDevelopments ship THE TOTAL GRAPHICS SUITE Date: 17 Sep 1994 23:32:06 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35gcbm$5dp@digifix.digifix.com> News For Immediate Release For more information: info@stone.com info@bmd.com Katie Graunke of Stone Design Neil Green of bMD (505) 345-4800 (800) 872-3131; 606-231-6599 Stone Design and benchMark Developments Ship The Total Graphics Suite: TIFFany II, Create 2.1 and 3D Reality 1.5 Bundle ALBUQUERQUE, NM, September 15, 1994 _ Stone Design Corp. and benchMark Developments, Inc. began shipping the TIFFany II, Create 2.1 and 3D Reality 1.5 bundle today. The bundle is only $999.00 for TIFFany II, Create 2.1 and 3D Reality 1.5. Users who want Tiffany and either Create or 3D Reality can get the two applications for $799.00. List price for all three applications is $1685.00. Andrew Stone of Stone Design said, "We're really excited about this deal. Not only can our users get our products at a great price, but they can also get TIFFany, which is a necessity for any serious artist or designer using NEXTSTEP. With Create's Object drawing, Reality's 3D rendering and Tiffany's sophisticated pixel manipulation, this bundle provides the tools for a truly integrated graphics suite. We're also thrilled about working with the good people at benchMark and Caffeine because our apps work together seamlessly." Neil Green of benchMark Development was equally enthusiastic, "benchMark Developments and Caffeine Software are proud to offer quality software to the NEXTSTEP community with one of the premiere and long term running NEXTSTEP development houses, Stone Design. Use your NEXTSTEP machine for the purpose it was so well designed for: presentation and graphics." Create 2.1 is a multipage high end drawing package. It is offered in multiple-architecture binary form, making it compatible with Motorola, Intel, and HP-based hardware running NEXTSTEP version 3.1 or later. Create 2.1 can be shared on a network comprised of mixed hardware; documents created on any machine can be opened on any other machine running the same version of Create. 3D Reality is the extensible 3D modeler front end for Renderman on NEXTSTEP 3.1 or greater. 3D Reality 1.5 is also offered in multiple-architecture binary form. TIFFany II is a powerful image manipulation and editing tool by Caffeine Software. TIFFany II allows the graphic artist to work with a collection of filters and image processing tools in a fully multi-threaded environment. TIFFany II moves forward from the traditional tool to action concept by allowing any action to be used by any tool, extending the application's power and capabilities. TIFFany includes support for the standard image file formats a well as etended file format support through NEXTSTEP's built in services. Stone Design was incorporated in 1984, and was one of the original NeXT developers. In addition to Create and 3D Reality, Stone produces DataPhile, the best-selling, award winning flatfile database application. benchMark Developments started in 1992 as a NEXTSTEP only consulting business. benchMark distributes and co-produces TIFFany II by Caffeine Software, in addition to offering NEXTSTEP and Oracle consulting services. -=- TIFFany II is a trademark of benchMark Developments, Inc. and Caffeine Software. Create and 3D Reality are trademarks of Stone Design Corp. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer. Renderman is a trademark of Pixar, Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation, Motorola is a trademark of Motorola Corporation, HP is an abbreviation for Hewlit Packard. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, September 22nd Date: 17 Sep 1994 23:32:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35gcct$5e0@digifix.digifix.com> MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, September 22nd Date: Thursday, September 22, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: NEXTSTEP Lab (Skiles 157) Georgia Tech (Atlanta, USA) Cost: $1 but otherwise open to the public (rsvp) Agenda: NEXTSTEP Programming Seminar, #6 Main Topic: Dynamic Bundling (Checkbook.app) Instructor: Jon Bennett (Information Management, Inc.) Directions to NEXTSTEP Lab, Skiles Hall (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). Continue in this direction and park in either lot to the north or south of Atlantic at the Stop-sign. The NEXTSTEP lab is in Skiles Hall, which is just across the southern lot from Atlantic and adjacent to the Library. The lab has 25 seats. If you are fairly certain that you will attend the seminar, please contact us to reserve one for you. (You may wish to bring disks for taking home sample code.) Please note that there will be a $1 fee (or $5 for six seminars). Hope to see you there! Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-373-2619 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@home.net Email: prie@acm.org
From: gbol@Think.COM (Gregory Lampshire) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gnat-1.82-m68k-next-bin.tar.gz on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 17 Sep 1994 23:33:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35gcdh$5e7@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/gnat-1.82-m68k-next-bin.tar.gz There are some installation errors that might be encountered and are mentioned in the README.NEXT in the distribution. Limitations of the ported compiler are also mentioned. It was built on NS3.2. gnat-1.83 will be released shortly by the GNAT team. gnat-1.82 *might* be capable of building gnat-1.83 (patches will be required). gnat for NEXT is not stable. The installation process is rough but if you are familiar with software builds you will be able to remedy the problems quickly. gnat-1.82 is based on gcc-2.6.0. The gcc distribution is not required for installation.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Invoice.app Date: 17 Sep 1994 23:33:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35gcem$5ee@digifix.digifix.com> Invoice Tracking and Generation for small to medium sized businesses. Contact: Darcy Brockbank The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation phone: 514/499-2067 fax: 514/499-3666 darcy@hasc.ca The Hutchison Avenue Software Corp. announced the release date for "Invoice" today. Invoice is an application aimed at helping businesses track and generate invoices. The release date is scheduled for September 30th, and Hutchison will be taking orders starting today. In busy small and medium-sized businesses, there can often seem to be more work to be done than time in which to accomplish it all. Most people in such businesses wear more than one hat and may have to switch hats repeatedly in the course of a day or week or month. ``Account Manager'' may be only one of many hats a single individual wears, and consequently only one of many tasks they are juggling. Everyone knows the billings are important for the future of the business, but so is supporting clients, meeting product or service deadlines, etc. As well, cash flow is a constant challenge for small and medium-sized businesses trying to at least stay alive, and more likely, grow and develop. Billings handled ineffectively can have serious implications for cash flow and consequently for the future of a small or medium-sized business. We at Hutchison faced these challenges, as do many of our peers in the NEXTSTEP arena. Our aim was to come up with an application that took these challenges into account. Over the past year we've developed a Mission Critical Custom Application to solve these problems for us: Invoice. When we realized that everyone else was having the same problems that we did, we we decided to polish it up, and bring Invoice to market. It's a straightforward yet powerful application that provides reliable, effective invoice management while minimizing the time and energy required to keep track of billings. Henry McGilton of Trilition Software was one of the early beta testers for Invoice. "Invoice is a great match to the size of my business. It has just the right blend of features to handle my customer list and invoicing." said McGilton. Tim Reed, of Black Market Technologies, another early beta tester, said, "Invoice is one of the first applications that I've beta tested that I've been able to use out of the box for production work - and the production version is even better." Features -------- Invoice generation features allow you to... - generate the invoice you send to your client - expedite that invoice electronically, via NeXTmail, with the click of a button - tailor the look of your invoices (using RTF, ASCII, PostScript, or Diagram2 template files) - prepare and store invoices in any currency - define the transaction types (categories) of work your company invoices - define the tax names and rates that apply in your company - have your invoices numbered automatically - have your clients numbered automatically Invoice tracking features allow you to... - maintain a database of exchange rates so you can quickly summarize your billings in your preferred currency - prepare invoices in advance and be notified automatically by Invoice when the billing date arrives - set other notification flags to keep you advised on the status of invoices - apply various filters on selections of client and invoice information to get different views of your billings; these filters specify the: - billing interval of interest - currency or currencies of interest - payment status (advance, current, old) of interest - transaction types of interest - obtain invoice summaries (subtotal/taxes/total, paid/unpaid portions) by: - Client - Invoice - Selection - through the use of prioritized invoice labelling and sorting, allowing you to see at a glance those invoices which are (in order of priority): - Past due, and have not been sent - Due, and have not been sent - Past due, and have been sent - Due, and have been sent - Advance, and have been sent - Advance, and have not been sent Other Features include... - a plain-text ASCII format database which allows users to build additional tools - multiple multi-user invoice databases - database locking - client and/or invoice sorting by state, number or name - exporting of clients or invoices to a plain-text ASCII file of any format - On-line Manual Platform -------- Invoice requires at least NEXTSTEP 3.1, and is available for both Intel and Motorola architectures. Availability ------------ Invoice will ship on September 30, and will be available directly from Hutchison, as well as through various resellers. Pricing ------- Invoice is available at a suggested retail price of $199.00 (USD) Demos ----- We will be making a demonstration version of Invoice available on September 15 which will allow you to keep an invoice database consisting of a fixed number of invoices. In all other ways, this will be a full-featured version. If you send email to "invoice-demo@hasc.ca" we'll send you the demo when it's ready on September 15th. Otherwise, you'll be able to find it on the archives: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz Note: hasc.ca is a slow link. About Hutchison Avenue Software: -------------------------------- The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation is a software company based in Montreal, developing innovative custom and shrink-wrap solutions for corporate clients. Our clients include Equinox Capital Management, Telerate Systems, WSC Investment Services, Bell Canada, and Hewlett Packard.
From: rob@bedazzled.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXT IN LINE Announces Several Policy Changes Date: 19 Sep 1994 23:11:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35ljtf$243@digifix.digifix.com> NEXT IN LINE ANNOUNCES SEVERAL POLICY CHANGES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE Several recent complaints regarding NEXT IN LINE customer service have caused us to reconsider some of our policies and procedures. The following changes are designed to improve relations with our customers: * Several subscribers have complained of not receiving issue #1. All subscriptions received up until issue #2 is mailed will start with issue #2 (issue #1 is free and does not count towards your subscription). There was some confusion concerning who needed issue #1 and who did not. Consequently, several subscribers expecting issue #1 never received it. We apologize for the confusion and will be happy to send anyone a copy of our premiere issue. If you have not received issue #1, please contact us: NEXT IN LINE P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 703.955.5045 voice Issue-1@nil.com * Effective immediately, NEXT IN LINE no longer accepts email subscriptions. This decision was made due to several recent complaints about email subscriptions not being processed. Some of these subscriptions simply never reached us. Until we have a 99% effective system in place for accepting email subscriptions, we are suspending this service. * NEXT IN LINE will be posting a copy of our subscription form, in PostScript format, to all major NEXTSTEP archives this week, including Stepwise (ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/NEXT_IN_LINE/) (http://www. stepwise.com/NEXT_IN_LINE/subscription.html) and our server (ftp://nil.com). This should make it easier for users around the world to subscribe. * Effective immediately, NEXT IN LINE no longer accepts "Bill Me" subscriptions. This pertains only to United States residents as we have always required foreign orders to be prepaid. NEXT IN LINE is a rapidly growing publication. We must, however, still conserve resources whenever possible. At the moment, the added expense of generating, mailing, and tracking invoices is not justifiable, especially considering that all sample copies requested are mailed with a pre-addressed business reply envelope. All "Bill Me" subscriptions received before Monday, September 19 will be honored. Invoices will arrive with the next issue of NEXT IN LINE. * Any current subscriber requiring a receipt above and beyond his/her cancelled check or charge on his/her credit card statement, should contact us directly: NEXT IN LINE P.O. Box 392 Berryville, VA 22611 703.955.5045 voice receipt@nil.com All receipts will be mailed with the next issue of NEXT IN LINE. Future subscribers will be given the option (on our new subscription form) to select whether or not they wish to receive a receipt. We'd like to thank all of our subscribers for their patience and understanding. The above measures will insure better service in the future. And, finally, we'd like to encourage our readers to tell us what we can do to further improve service. Virtually all of the above-mentioned changes are the direct result of customer feedback. We do listen. So, speak up! Thank you. -NEXT IN LINE
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: simpsons fortune file Date: 19 Sep 1994 16:43:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35kt53$a6@digifix.digifix.com> "simpsons" is the quotes file for the popular TV show "The Simpsons." I've translated the quotes file using DataMorph into fortune format. By following these simple instructions, you can add this file to the Fortune-1.3 backspace module: 1) copy "simpsons" to /LocalLibrary/BackSpaceModules/FortuneView.BackModule/db (or wherever the module may be) 2) add a line to "FortuneView.dblist" in the module of the form: "simpsons The Simpsons" Quit and launch BackSpace. The Simpsons should be added to the popup list for the Fortune backspace module. If you don't have Fortune-1.3, poke around the archives. It's still in the submissions directory for sonata, I think. I've submitted "simpsons" to: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/simpsons.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/simpsons.gz - darcy
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FirstClass NV ships Tailor 2.0 on HP PA-RISC Date: 22 Sep 1994 15:36:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35smc7$k33@digifix.digifix.com> Visual PostScript Editing ************************* FirstClass NV ships Tailor 2.0 on HP PA-RISC ******************************************** Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be GHENT, September 22, 1994 --- FirstClass NV today announces the availability of Tailor Office 2.0c and Tailor Publishing 2.0c on NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC. New Tailor Revision =================== Tailor 2.0c is the latest revision of the proven visual PostScript editor. It is provided as a Multiple Archtitecture Binary for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. In addition to some minor problems fixes, there are important new features : - Support for the Open Object Embedding standard proposed by Xanthus Int. - Use of CrashCatcher from WhiteLight Systems to improve robustness - German on-line help A complete distribution package for Tailor 2.0c is available from the Oregon State archive server (see below). Owners of Tailor Office or Publishing 2.0a can upgrade to 2.0c at no cost (other than downloading the distribution package) using the same license strings. In demo mode (i.e. when unlicensed) Tailor 2.0c is fully functional except : - it does NOT load keystones (ReconstructText, SaveIllustrator,...), - it has disabled output functions (save, print, copy). Open Keystone API ================= Keystones are dynamically loadable extensions for Tailor. The keystone programming interface specification is now available from the Oregon State archive server (see below). The specification includes full documentation on how to write keystones. Several source code examples are provided. This means that users or third parties can develop specific solutions, leveraging the power of the base application. Archive Server ============== The files listed below have been submitted to the Oregon State archive server (ftp.cs.orst.edu). They now reside in ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions and will soon be transferred to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu//pub/next/demos/graphics by the archive administrator. Tailor_2.0c.README General introduction Tailor_2.0c_DemoScript.tar.Z Detailed demo script with demo files Tailor_2.0c_Information.tar.Z Product brochure and customer testimonial Tailor_2.0c_Okapi.tar Open Keystone API specification Tailor_2.0c_Packages.tar Tailor Office/Publishing 2.0c distribution Ordering ======== Tailor Office 2.0 lists $495 and Tailor Publishing 2.0 lists $995. Upgrades from Tailor 1.0 are available. Educational users receivea 50% discount. Tailor is available from the partners listed below and from most resellers. GS Corporation 929 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., C342 Kentfield, CA 94904, USA voice : 1 415 257 4700 fax : 1 415 257 4707 e-mail: info@goldleaf.com OpenSource Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203, USA voice : 1 303 861 4411 fax : 1 303 861 2393 e-mail: info@opensource.com Alembic Systems International Ltd. 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-228 Englewood, CO 80112 voice : 1 800 452 7608 voice : 1 303 799 6223 fax : 1 303 799 1435 e-mail: alembic@alembic.com FirstClass NV ============= FirstClass NV was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1993 by publishing industry professionals, as a privately owned company. Its business mission is to develop and market graphics applications for high-end desktop platforms. Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be Avennesdreef 32 9031 Drongen, Belgium
From: chris@alchemy.geo.cornell.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SCSI2 ToolKit (Beta) on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 23 Sep 1994 00:48:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35tmnp$ms6@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/Next/submissions/SCSI2_ToolBox_940921.NI.tar.gz SCSI2_ToolBox - A set of SCSI tools for NeXTSTEP 3.2 users and developers on Motorola and Intel hardware. Beta Release: 940921 (Sep 21, 1994) Software, Documentation and Source Code Copyright 1994, Christopher A. Wolf INTRODUCTION ------------ The SCSI2_ToolBox provides a powerful set of tools for interacting with SCSI peripheral devices. The package consists of two components: the SCSI_Inspector.app for users and the SCSI2_Class for developers. One of the major advantages of the SCSI2_ToolBox over previously available solutions is that the SCSI2_ToolBox works, without modification, on both Intel and Motorola based NEXTSTEP 3.2 systems. For more information about each component of the SCSI2_ToolBox please refer to the documentation included within each of the following folders: SCSI2_Class -- An Objective-C class which provides the ability to access and issue commands to SCSI-2 and SCSI-1 devices. The methods and header files provided hide the many architecture dependent implementation details of low-level SCSI access so that the developer can easily write SCSI tools which will build and execute, without modification, on both Intel and Motorola architectures. The SCSI2 parent class provides a framework which can be extended via sub-classing to provide additional device specific capabilities. DriveSCSI and TapeSCSI sub-classes are provided as an example of how to extend the parent-class to provide control of disk and tape drive devices. A CDSCSI sub-class is also in progress but is completely undocumented and not yet in a useful state. Full documentation and complete commented source code is included. SCSI_Inspector -- A ready-to-run application which provides extensive technical information about any SCSI peripherals which are attached to the computer. In addition to displaying device specifications and parameters, SCSI_Inspector.app can also perform sophisticated benchmarking and simple diagnostic functions. All of these features are accessible through an easy to use NEXTSTEP graphical interface. SCSI_Inspector.app is distributed as a FAT executable which uses the SCSI2_Class to provide architecture independent SCSI functionality on both Intel and Motorola NEXTSTEP 3.2 systems. Complete (but at this time sparsely commented) source code is provided as an example of how to use many of the features of the SCSI2_class. The current version of SCSI2_ToolBox is a beta test version which is still under development and portions of it have not been exhaustively tested. Programs using these tools to perform low level SCSI access functions have the potential to destroy data if bugs exist in the program or the SCSI2_Class. Please exercise caution when using these tools and, as always, be sure to keep current back-ups of all your important data. LEGAL ----- The software, documentation and source code provided as a part of SCSI2_ToolBox are Copyright 1994, Christopher A. Wolf. Portions of the source code and documentation of this kit are directly derived from source code and documentation included with an earlier work, SCSI_Inquirer.app, Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 by Jiro Karen Nakamura and Focal Point Computer. In personal e-mail dated July 1, 1994, Jiro Karen Nakamura <jn19@cornell.edu> stated that she is no longer actively developing or supporting SCSI_Inquirer and granted me permission to assume responsibility for its continued development and maintenance. In personal e-mail dated July 2, 1994, Jiro Nakamura provided the following statement releasing previous distribution restrictions on her work: > Focal Point Computer, Inc. has transferred all rights to SCSI Inquirer > to Jiro Nakamura. Jiro Nakamura allows both the source code and object > code of SCSI Inquirer to be used as learning tools on the NeXTSTEP > computer. They may be freely distributed and modified so long as no > attempt at profit is made. If you want to go through the minor steps > to make SCSI Inquirer a Free Software Foundation GNU program, I give > you my blessing... In accordance with these terms the components of SCSI2_ToolBox are distributed under the GNU Public Licenses. SCSI_Inspector.app is distributed under the GNU General Public License, whose complete text can be found in this archive in the file SCSI_Inspector/Documentation/COPYING. SCSI2_Class is distributed under the Library GNU Public License, whose complete text can be found in this archive in the file SCSI2_Class/Documentation/COPYING. This software and documentation 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. DISTRIBUTION AND FEEDBACK CHANNELS ---------------------------------- SCSI2_ToolBox is available for ftp from the NEXTSTEP archive on ftp.cs.orst.edu. New versions of SCSI2_ToolBox will be uploaded to the /software/NeXT/submissions directory but will probably be quickly moved to a more permanent home by the archive maintainer. New versions of SCSI2_ToolBox will be announced on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.next.announce when they are available. Bug-reports, comments, suggestions, and feature requests can be sent via e-mail to chris@alchemy.geo.cornell.edu. (NeXTmail accepted and preferred.) This is my first publicly released complete NEXTSTEP application so any and all feedback will be appreciated. Please be sure to consult the documentation and TODO files before complaining about missing or broken features. Also please be sure to mention which revision of the SCSI2_ToolBox tools you are using. Thanks. Sincerely, Christopher Wolf
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Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 20:04:54 GMT Message-ID: <CwLMG6.H8w@uunet.uu.net> comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. Group submission address: next-announce@digifix.com Moderator contact address: next-announce-request@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: Justin Morgan <jmorgan@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group Date: 24 Sep 1994 00:42:22 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <360ane$6n@digifix.digifix.com> The Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday September 27th at 6:30 pm at the offices of Pencom Software. Demonstrations of the Eiffel object-oriented programming language (implemented by Austin's own Tower Technology) and NEXTSTEP 3.3 will highlight the evening. Please contact Clint Tomlinson for information at 512-343-1111 or via e-mail at clint@pencom.com. Complementary pizza will be served. Directions to Pencom Software Pencom is located at 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North, Suite 100, in the Great Hills Corporate Center (GHCC). Take Highway 183 (Research Boulevard) north and take the Capitol of Texas Highway exit (Loop 360) going westbound. Pencom will be on the north side of Capital of Texas Highway.
From: ak272@freenet.buffalo.edu (Douglas Boyce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CSound for Intel Date: 23 Sep 1994 17:16:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <35vgje$re3@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/csound_intel.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/csound_intel_README The binary and patch included in this archive are that Intel users can use the csound sound synthesis package. This is also required if Intel users want to use Csnd.app a graphical front-end to csound. Once the patches are applied it may not compile clean for Motorola users prior to 3.1. The csound source package can be obtained from: ftp://cecelia.media.mit.edu/pub/Csound/csbeta If you want to compile you own binary apply the patch supplied then follow the directions of the README in the csound archive. Be advised that once these patches are applied it may not compile clean on pre 3.1 systems. Doug Boyce WHAT Software, Inc. (NEXTSTEP software developing and computer reselling) ak272@freenet.acsu.buffalo.edu NeXTmail and MIME welcome PGP 2.6 public key available upon request
From: stephan@rodion.muc.de (Stephan Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Typing Arcade 1.00 for German keyboard Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:26:12 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <365f0k$b04@digifix.digifix.com> German Version of Typing Arcade 1.00 [From the README of the original version] Arcade is a small typing tutor in the form of an arcade game. Letters are falling, and you can destroy them before they hit the bottom by typing the correct key. You can choose the set of keys you want to play with (home keys, letters only, whole keyboard,...). This is an MAB version (m68k, i386) of Jim Patterson's game. I've added an interface for the old black German keyboard. If you have any experience with localization it shouldn't be hard to adopt it to other languages and keyboards, too. I've uploaded the file Typing_Arcade_EnglishGerman.1.00.NI.bs.tar.gz to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions and it should be moved to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Science/education Distributed with kind permission of the author: "This program is (C) Copyright 1992 Jim Patterson. It can be distributed freely as long as the source and all files are included in this distribution. You can modify and transform this program as long as you distribute freely the modified code, under the same conditions and that the name of the author remains on all files present in the original distribution. This code is not to be used for commercial applications without the author's express consent. (Insert more legalese, that's not my forte)." Enjoy Stephan
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: check_nibs v1.0 - developer tool to detect out of date .nibs Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:27:38 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <365f3a$b0b@digifix.digifix.com> check_nibs ---------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/submissions/check_nibs-1.0.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/submissions/check_nibs-1.0.MIH.b.gz These should probably be moved to /software/NeXT/binaries/programming INTRO ----- check_nibs is a tool for the NEXTSTEP developer. It is a quick and dirty (well, not too filthy) utility to the check time stamps of header files against nibs which have parsed those same headers. Any out of date nibs are listed along with the class that should be parsed into them (as well as the name of the header file which describes the class, in case the default assumed by Interface Builder is not used). There is support for header files which contain multiple class interfaces, and there is no restriction that Interface Builder's naming convention for class files be used. nibs for all languages in the project are checked, and the .nib~ backups are not reported. check_nibs has even helped bring my attention to vestigial classes in some nibs which I decided to remove since they were no longer in use. REVISION HISTORY ---------------- This is the first release, version 1.0, and support for Motorola (NeXT), Intel, and HP-PA is included. CAVEATS ------- The foremost problem is that this program begs for more features. I decided to release this early version anyway to see if it is useful to NEXTSTEP programmers. Future versions will attempt to address the following: 1-4) <See the README> 5) NOTE: Any part of this may need to be updated for the EOF IB. USAGE & INSTALLATION -------------------- check_nibs can be run at the command prompt or inserted into a project's makefile such that it will stop the build with an error if any nibs are out of date, providing a listing in the project builder window of the parse operations which must be done. In either case, the recommended installation point is in /usr/local/bin (or ~/Unix/bin if you do not have write access to /usr/local). <See the README> AUTHOR Brian Willoughby Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Aug 29 - to date Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:28:53 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <365f5l$b0o@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last few weeks (week 29). Monday August 29 through Sunday September 25 SUMMARY: csn.announce Week 28 - 1994 Submission Guidelines Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc SUBMISSION: Joshua Burton's E-text Trove (release 3) -- now by ftp! PRESS RELEASE: MusicBuilder 1.0 shipping SUBMISSION: EasyBTX 1.0 Videotex Decoder SUBMISSION: Archie update 2.17 PRESS RELEASE: DataPhile 2.1 and Mesa 1.5B Now Available as A Bundle** SUBMISSION: Logitec Trackman Mouse Replacement for Non-ADB NeXT Computers PRESS RELEASE: Graph Object Library - HP PA-RISC version MEETING: Toronto area NeXT Group, Wed September 14th PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Announces Release of HP PA-Risc Stations w/NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: Talus Systems Color Notebook PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany and Tailor Office bundle JOB: NEXTSTEP position open, Canon, Costa Mesa MEETING: Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks Software Engineers SUBMISSION: NetHack.app (v. 0.9 beta) SUBMISSION: ghostHPDJ 0.1 - a utility to print on HP deskjet printers SUBMISSION: sdformat 1.2 binary for HP-PA - sets block size of SCSI device SUBMISSION: DoomView.app - FAT program to browse Doom "WAD" files and print maps JOB: Position available at Canon, Costa Mesa MEETING: DC user group meeting Wednesday, Sept 14 MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Sept 8 SUBMISSION: NeXT-cc-2.5.8 PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Magellan 3.0 SUBMISSION: Redmark and Redview DEMO available PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource Announces 583900542nitial Purchase Discount PRESS RELEASE: GraphBuilder - The Graph Object Library - Log Axes and PA-RISC version PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - OpenGraph PRESS RELEASE: The Graph Object Library - Data Acquisition Validation Sites SUBMISSION: NeXT-as, gdb, libg++ PRESS RELEASE: Frame Technology Ships FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP JOB: NEXTSTEP, CANADA, GENETICS, BIOTECH START-UP JOB: Software Analyst/Technical Writer (Dallas, TX USA) PRESS RELEASE: Trillium Sound Research Announces Special Offer on TextToSpeech User Kits PRESS RELEASE: Zion Software & Consulting ships ZionDECView - Palettized Terminal Emulation MEETING: Gotham Users of NeXT - Sept 26 SUBMISSION: Cribbage 1.0 SUBMISSION: Rulers.app 1.0 MEETING: BOING (Bonn Independent NeXT Group) SUBMISSION: Rulers_by_SW.app 1.0 (Was SUBMISSION: Rulers.app 1.0) JOB: Software Support and Training in DFW SUBMISSION: MusicBuilder 1.0.1 DEMO (runs on NEXTSTEP 3.0) PRESS RELEASE: NeuroDimension, Inc. Announces Free Evaluation Copies of NeuroSolutions SUBMISSION: SCSI driver for UltraStor 34F VL-Bus SCSI adapter MEETING: TANG meeting (& revised agenda) SUBMISSION: NetTalk 1.2 JOB: Objective C NEXT NEXT IN LINE seeks writers with experience configuring Intel-based systems NEXT IN LINE seeks motivated writers SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.1 MEETING: Vancouver Next Users Society and The BC OpenStep Group MEETING: BANG meeting Sept. 15 JOB: Programmer, NeXTSTEP, TX PRESS RELEASE: STONE DESIGN and benchMarkDevelopments ship THE TOTAL GRAPHICS SUITE MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, September 22nd SUBMISSION: gnat-1.82-m68k-next-bin.tar.gz on ftp.cs.orst.edu PRESS RELEASE: Invoice.app SUBMISSION: simpsons fortune file PRESS RELEASE: NEXT IN LINE Announces Several Policy Changes SUBMISSION: DoomView v1.0 - browse Doom "WAD" files, print maps, and export resources JOB: Athena needs a cool developer PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft Announces Hardware Bundles PRESS RELEASE: FirstClass NV ships Tailor 2.0 on HP PA-RISC SUBMISSION: SCSI2 ToolKit (Beta) on ftp.cs.orst.edu SUBMISSION: CSound for Intel MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group SUBMISSION: Typing Arcade 1.00 for German keyboard SUBMISSION: check_nibs v1.0 - developer tool to detect out of date .nibs 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information on the Internet Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:29:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <365f70$b16@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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission Guidelines Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:29:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <365f7j$b1d@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <365f6u$b0v@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <365f6u$b0v@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:31:14 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <365fa2$b2l@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: William Shipley <wjs@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSON: OmniWeb 0.7.5 is now available Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:26:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36779j$gjh@digifix.digifix.com> Omni Development, Inc. is happy to announce that OmniWeb 0.7.5 is now available. Current OmniWeb users can download it by highlighting http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniWeb and hitting command-shift-U. Others can download it from our ftp site, ftp://ftp.omnigroup.com/pub/software. OmniWeb is a World-Wide-Web browser for NEXTSTEP. Users of Mosaic and Lynx on other platforms will find it very familiar, yet with a number of pleasing touches. The World-Wide-Web is quickly becoming the de facto standard for information distribution and unattended transactions. For example, on the World-Wide-Web you could read about HP, Sun, and Lighthouse Design, find all the movies your favorite star has been in, order books, peruse the Library of Congress catalog, download pictures of the comet that struck jupiter, and much, much more. OmniWeb currently requires an image filter in order to view most popular image types; OmniImageFilter works and is available from ftp.omnigroup.com. (OmniImageFilter also enables viewing of foreign images in other programs, as well.) OmniWeb only runs under NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher. OmniWeb 0.7.5 is primarily a bug fix release; users will find it much more stable and usable than previous releases. All known crashers have been fixed, forms are much more robust, and a number of highly requested features have been added, including proxy support for sites with firewalls, and a find panel. OmniWeb 0.7.5 is the last completely free version of OmniWeb. Subsequent versions will require a license if more than one person at a site is using them. Note that, if you are the only person at your site using OmniWeb, IT WILL ALWAYS BE FREE. I'll say it again: the first user at a site gets to use OmniWeb for free, forever. No share-ware, no nothing. Only the second user will have to pay. I think this is a nice compromise. Shareware just makes people feel guilty, freeware woudl make us no money and so we'd never update OmniWeb, and normal commercial software is too expensive for individuals. This way individuals can use our software for free, but businesses can have a supported app they can trust will be upgraded periodically. OmniWeb version 0.7.5 bug fixes and new features: * Display * Yet another new look to the main window. * Find panel added. * Automatic redirection is invisible, doesn't make the program insane. * Crashers for some pages fixed. * Dragging URL into mail doesn't cause lost text. * ISO Latin character encoding is available through a preference. * New "View Source" menu command added. * " works. * 2-point link text after buttons icons gone. * Printing documents now actually reformats them for the printed page. * History windows remember where they were between sessions. * Crasher when NXBrowser gets about 10 deep fixed (NEXTSTEP bug). * Forms * Forms can be submitted multiple times. * Mailto: forms don't crash. * TEXTAREA fields show multiple lines. * Hidden elements are now hidden. * Image elements are displayed, but don't do anything yet. * Forms with just a single text element submit with the return key. * General * Gopher site crasher fixed. * URLs with "#" in them don't fail any more. * Add local file menu option added. * Protocol * Firewall support added via a preference for using a proxy server. * Support for multiple IP addresses added. * Protected servers now correctly prompt for passwords. * Also, we switched from the LYNX WWW library to the CERN 2.16 WWW library, which will (hopefully) move forward faster than the LYNX one. Unfortunately, CERN didn't support aborts or status messages or forms like the LYNX library, so we had to add those. CERN did give us cool proxy support, and gracefully handles multiple I/O requests. It also gave us neater FTP sessions, and allows cached icons. * Lots of small bug fixes.
From: Wiley Hodges <wiley@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships VarioData PRO Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:27:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3677bb$gjp@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, contact: Robin Shields 415/570-7736, ext.10 robin@lighthouse.com For press information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736, ext. 30 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Ships VarioData PRO - Advanced Version of Workgroup Database for NEXTSTEP Application enables non-programmers to easily build scalable multi-user databases, for workgroup enterprise deployment SEPTEMBER 26, 1994 - SAN MATEO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today announced that it has shipped VarioData PRO 3.1, an advanced version of VarioData, its multi-user flatfile database. VarioData PRO is available now for the Intel-, HP PA-RISC-, and Motorola-based versions of the object-oriented NEXTSTEP operating environment. VarioData provides users with a simple point and click interface to workgroup database design and information management. VarioData PRO adds SQL back-end support to VarioData, allowing customers within client/server computing environments to migrate flatfile databases and entry forms to more scalable SQL back ends. Support is provided for Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Interbase databases. Targeted at enterprises with workgroup data management needs, VarioData PRO is suited to a spectrum of tasks, from customer databases and departmental inventories to bug tracking systems. VarioData PRO takes full advantage of NEXTSTEP, providing an intuitive interface for non-programmers to actually build and deploy custom mixed-media workgroup databases. "VarioData PRO includes VarioData's ease-of-use and standard user interface, and adds the SQL scalability our enterprise users are increasingly demanding," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "With these enhancements, workgroup data managers can now smoothly link VarioData databases and entry forms to the SQL engines on which they run their organizations. We're pleased to add this critical database product to our suite of productivity applications and to continue delivering flexible solutions to the NEXTSTEP market." Like VarioData, VarioData PRO comes bundled with VarioBuilder, a database design tool. Users with no knowledge of programming create data entry forms simply by dragging and dropping text, time, date, number and currency fields onto layout windows. VarioBuilder simplifies the creation of workgroup databases by 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'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, record revision histories and audit trails, access system calls and scripts, and even pass information to mission-critical applications. VarioData PRO includes transparent record locking to prevent users from unwittingly writing over vital information. Record locking restricts write access to a record when it is being edited, while allowing other users to view it. VarioData PRO 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 a SQL back-end, VarioData PRO offers complete access to Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Interbase databases. VarioData PRO also supports Import/Export access to the merge formats for Microsoft, Word, FrameMaker,, FileMaker, and a variety of other applications. VarioData PRO is priced at $1295 and VarioData is priced at $695. Both are available now for Motorola-, Intel- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP. Academic discounts are available for VarioData. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering high-quality, well integrated productivity applications to object-oriented desktops. The company is privately held, and located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its line of productivity software, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or over the internet, try http://www.lighthouse.com/ -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., VarioData, and the Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Drew Davidson <drew@canon1> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Developer in Chicago Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:29:43 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3677f7$gku@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Developer Position Available First National Bank of Chicago Technology and Development Infrastructure Group Chicago, IL We have an immediate need for an experienced NEXTSTEP Developer for our Infrastructure Group. This group is responsible for the building, documenting and maintaining our core object repository and our custom build system (based on GNU make and TeamOne from Legent). This is a newly formed group so the opportunity for influence in the future direction of the group is enourmous. Our Technology and Development group is working on the cutting edge of NEXTSTEP technology. Over the past two years we have built and have in production tools that are only now starting to appear elsewere, like EOF and FoundationKit. We are seeking a motivated self-starter with the following qualifications: - Excellent Objective-C skills - Good Relational DB skills (Sybase preferably). - EOF and FoundationKit concepts familiarity a big plus - At least 2+ years of NEXTSTEP development and 4 years of overall industry experience - Financial industry experience is a plus, but not required. Please send your resume (principals only please) to: Drew Davidson (312) 732-7650 (voice) (312) 732-1657 (fax) drew@fnbc.com (NeXTMail)
From: Robert Davis <davisre@netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.2 -- A Pasteboard Application Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:30:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3677gp$glf@digifix.digifix.com> I'm pleased to announce a publicly available update to Pastry, a shareware application that provides 3 basic features: - it lets you put any number of items onto the pasteboard instead of just one, - it lets you lock-in the items that you use frequently, such as your favorite fonts or your email signature, so they are always available for pasting into any application, - it lets you examine the contents of any item on the pasteboard without leaving the application you are working in, plus many other features including drag-n-drop to and from the pasteboard, unlimited undo/redo, combination of separately-copied text items into a single item on the pasteboard, complete online help, and localization for English and French. But my description is feeble -- the best way to get the picture is to try the fully-functional demo available at the NeXTSTEP archive sites listed below. ------------------- Some of the changes from Pastry 1.1 (July 1994) to 1.2 (September 1994): NEW FEATURES "Refuse to Hide" preference. Causes Pastry not to hide when an application's icon is command-double-clicked. "Font Size" preference. You can set the size of the text on the buttons, and Pastry uses the Application font set in Preferences.app. New descriptive text on font items. Instead of "Font" it shows the font name and point size. Object Link support improved -- click on the "link icon" in the Inspector Panel to open the source document. Services support improved -- Pastry can accept data returned by other apps through services. Image inspector allows selection of a piece of the image by dragging out a rubber band. File inspector allows double-clicking a filename to open a file in the Workspace. InspectorPanel allows selection of a specific type to inspect by clicking in the "Types List Inspector." Updated Help. BUG FIXES (several -- these are the most important) Problems working with Data Links and /usr/bin/copy corrected. Two fatal bugs were squashed. ------------------- You can find Pastry 1.2 in a MAB (Motorola and Intel -- mail me for the HP version) Installer package at the following sites: currently in ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Pastry1.2.tar.gz probably moving to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/next-interface/Pastry1.2.tar.gz currently in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/platforms/next/submissions/Pastry1.2.tar.gz probably moving to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/platforms/next/Tools/pasteboard/Pastry1.2.tar.gz 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). Send me mail if you need a copy that is pre-thinned for 3.0. Pastry is shareware. A single license is $25 -- see the online help for registration details. Registered users of previous versions of Pastry do not need to re-register to use 1.2. Just grab it from one of the sites -- or send me mail if you don't have access to ftp. Pastry uses a few classes from the MiscKit, the Objective-C kit developed by the NeXTSTEP community under the direction of Don Yacktman. Send correspondence about Pastry to davisre@netcom.com (use the Suggestion menu option in Pastry). Blissfully, Rob September, 1994
From: annalea@its.com (Annalea Sommerville) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: LoopGroup September 27th Date: 26 Sep 1994 17:51:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <367fpe$imp@digifix.digifix.com> There will not be a LoopGroup meeting for the month of September. The meeting on Tuesday, October 25th will feature Talus and their Color NEXTSTEP Laptop. We look forward to seeing those of you who can make it. Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 500 West Madison Street, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 312-474-7700 800-394-4487 loopgroup@its.com
From: masino@logicstream.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LogicStream Announces Espionage: The Art of Plotting Date: 27 Sep 1994 01:18:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3689ut$lga@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Thomas Masino, President LogicStream 35 Alpine Terrace, Suite #5 San Francisco CA 94117 415.863.8633 415.863.8637 fax masino@logicstream.com LOGICSTREAM ANNOUNCES NEW DATA-VISUALIZATION APPLICATION FOR NEXTSTEP: ESPIONAGE: THE ART OF PLOTTING SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 15, 1994 - LogicStream, a leading provider of data visualization solutions and services for the NeXT/Unix community, has released Espionage: The Art of Plotting. The most powerful and complete charting and graphing application designed and built for NEXTSTEP, Espionage's unique features make it a one-of-a-kind tool in the scientific, academic, and corporate UNIX arenas. Espionage is a full-featured plotting and graphical analysis tool. Espionage specializes in the production of publication quality graphic representation of data. Espionage gives users very detailed GUI control over all the graphical attributes of a plot, and then allows them to leverage that effort through the use of Plot Format and Document Template tools. A complete application programmer's interface (API) is included. "We designed Espionage for people who work with numbers daily - engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, and finance professionals - and who need to present their data them graphically" said Thomas Masino, founder of LogicStream. Espionage delivers an elegant and powerful solution to data visualization. Yet new users will be surprised at the ease with which they get up and running - it's plug-and-play plotting. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES * Plot Formats can be saved, applied to other plots, or used as default * Single-step repeat analysis of a collection of plots via Document Templates * Quick change of plot type and/or underlying data * Automatic Updating of plots after changing data values in the data table * Completely flexible and intuitive plot layout controls * Plot Formats operate independently of plot type * Direct RTF editing of plot title and axis labels * Multiple plots per page, and multiple pages per plot canvas * Zoom, Grid and Alignment tools * Drawing tools including arrows and text labels * Curve Fitting (linear and polynomial) * Model Builder to generates data from mathematical expressions * Two and three graphical dimensions for display (uses 3DKit for 3D plots). ESPIONAGE IS A COMPLETE NEXTSTEP APPLICATION. * Live Links to spreadsheet programs * Live Links to imported data files * Drag and Drop data files onto Espionage's spreadsheet-like Data Table * Drag and Drop images/text onto the Plotting Canvas * Drag out finished plots into other applications such as Mail. * Link Plots to other application's documents * Rich importing and exporting capabilities * Publication quality output every time * Drive Espionage via the API as a visible application or as a remote server * User Loadable Plot Modules provide for an ever growing plot-type library * Online Help LOGICSTREAM'S N-DIMENSIONAL PLOTTING ENGINE Espionage is the first stand-alone application to incorporate LogicStream's N-Dimensional Plotting Engine (TM). Use of the Plotting Engine along with User-Loadable Plot Modules, means the library of plot types grows with customer demand and creativity. The plotting engine does most of the work of creating a plot, so adding a new plot type is usually a simple process. The N-Dimensional Plotting Engine puts no restrictions on the dimensionality of the data representation. Espionage currently ships with plot types of two to five data dimensions. CURRENT PLOT TYPES SHIPPING WITH ESPIONAGE: * Line Plot Module: CategoryLine, CategoryLine3D, XYLine, XYZLine3D, CategoryStepLine, CategoryArea, CategoryPercentArea, CategoryArea3D, CategoryStepLine3D, CategoryStackedArea3D, CategoryPercentArea3D, CategoryStackedArea, XYErrorLine, CategoryErrorLine. * Bar Plot Module: VerticalBar, VerticalBar3D, HorizontalBar, NormalizedVerticalBar, NormalizedVerticalBar3D, NormalizedHorizontalBar, StackedVerticalBar, StackedVerticalBar3D, StackedHorizontalBar, HorizontalBar3D, StackedHorizontalBar3D, NormalizedHorizontalBar3D, HorizontalErrorBar, VerticalErrorBar. * Scatter Plot Module: XYScatter, XYBubble, CategoryScatter, XYZBubble3D, XYZScatter3D, CategoryScatter3D, CategoryErrorScatter, XYErrorScatter, XY2DErrorScatter. * Contour Plot Module: Contour2D, Contour3D, Wireframe3D, XYZContour2D, XYZContour3D, Surface3D, XYZSurface3D, XYZWireframe3D. * Financial Plot Module: High-Low-Close, Candlestick. * Pie Plot Module: TiledPie, ConcentricPie. * Polar Plot Module: PolarArea, PolarLine, PolarScatter, PolarArea3D, PolarLine3D, PolarScatter3D, Polar2DValue, Polar3DValue. PRICE: $495.00 Educational Use Discount: 35% Student Price (License Only): $79 Available now for Intel and NeXT hardware. HP version forthcoming. Contact LogicStream to order. 30-day money back guarantee. Major credit cards and purchase orders accepted. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Espionage.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Espionage.1.0.README Demonstration copies available on ftp.cs.orst.edu in and upon request from LogicStream. Demo version can be enabled with purchase of a license key. Floating licenses available for multi-user sites. Privately held LogicStream has been providing data-visualization solutions to the NeXT/UNIX community since 1991. Through headquarters in San Francisco, LogicStream sells Espionage: The Art of Plotting to major scientific institutions, universities, and corporations throughout the world. LogicStream also operates a European sales office in Zaragoza, Spain (011 (34) 76 34 42 13 fax, +011 (34) 76 31 23 66 voice). "Espionage", and "Espionage:The Art of Plotting" are trademarks of LogicStream. "NEXTSTEP" is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 13:10:28 GMT Message-ID: <CwsHxH.5wv@uunet.uu.net> comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. Group submission address: next-announce@digifix.com Moderator contact address: next-announce-request@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: starksm@genesis.mcs.com (Scott M. Stark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Archie Triple Fat Date: 28 Sep 1994 02:02:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36b0uh$1l7@digifix.digifix.com> Archie version 2.18, September 27 1994 This version has a couple of bug fixes, but mostly it is being released because it is a triple fat binary. The corresponding source is also being released. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions and moving to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info 656322 Sep 27 23:03 Archie_218.tar.gz sum: 33622 641 634653 Sep 27 23:05 ArchieSrc_218.tar.gz sum: 13080 620 Scott Stark Stark International Software starksm@genesis.mcs.com (NeXT mail accepted)
From: mmieszko@ac.dal.ca (Marek Roland-Mieszkowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Digital Audiometer Software for NEXTSTEP Computers Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:04:23 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <369qbn$ps4@digifix.digifix.com> Digital Audiometer Software for NeXTSTEP Computers - new product AUDIO-Tone.demo.app is a demo of the Digital Audiometer software - hearing testing software for NeXTSTEP - compatible computers. This version should work on all Motorola and Intel - based NeXTSTEP computers with NeXTSTEP versions 2.* => 3.* . AUDIO-Tone.demo.app is available on the following FTP sites: ( please look for file AUDIO-Tone.tar.Z ) ftp.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 For more information please contact: Digital Recordings - Advanced R & D 5959 Spring Garden Road, Suite 1103 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H-1Y5, Canada Tel./ Fax. (902) 429-9622 E-mail: mmieszko@ac.dal.ca
From: info@blacksmith.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: BLaCKSMITH Searching for Enthusiastic Developers Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:21:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <369rbn$q1g@digifix.digifix.com> BLaCKSMITH, Inc., a NEXTSTEP/OpenStep software company in Fairfax, VA, plans to hire NEXTSTEP developers to support its expanding business enterprise. BLaCKSMITH is the developer of CHaRTSMITH, the presentation-quality charting and graphing application that is quickly becoming one of NEXTSTEP's premiere business productivity applications. In addition, the company provides consulting services to commercial and government clients who seek object-oriented solutions to meet their productivity requirements. Success with CHaRTSMITH and the growing demand for BLaCKSMITH consulting services have allowed the company to expand its business strategy. With this expansion, more resources are being focused on NEXTSTEP and OpenStep commercial and custom product development. BLaCKSMITH intends to hire several developers to support this new business plan. BLaCKSMITH is looking for solid performers with the following experience: - Minimum two (2) years C programming experience - Minimum two (2) years UNIX experience - One (1) years experience designing and developing object-oriented software - C++/Objective-C experience helpful The positions involve: - Support for commercial, custom and contract product development opportunities. (In recent months, BLaCKSMITH has begun development of its new commercial product with expected release in 1995.) -The opportunity to do full life-cycle product development including: - conceptual design and development - market and technical research - software design - software development - software testing - product marketing and support - Small team efforts that rely heavily on individual input BLaCKSMITH, founded in 1992, is a young, energetic company whose employees are dedicated to producing state-of-the-art object-oriented software. The company offers a comfortable and flexible work environment and is located just outside of Washington, D.C. Finally, BLaCKSMITH takes pride in its strong, supportive relationships not just with the NEXTSTEP developer community but also with its clients and customers. Please contact or send resumes no later than October 30 to: Tony Rennier President, BLaCKSMITH Inc. 9401 Mathy Drive Suite 300 Fairfax, VA 22031 800/619-6147 703/250-1741 Fax: 703/250-1744 email: info@blacksmith.com We look forward to hearing from you!
From: Gideon King <gideon@black_albatross.otago.ac.nz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Journaler app Date: 27 Sep 1994 16:25:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <369v49$r32@digifix.digifix.com> This program records mouse and keystroke events that occur within any application (or applications) you want, allowing you to save these events, and play them back later, thus recreating the exact sequence of events you recorded. It uses the NXJournaler class. I actually wrote this about a year ago to try out the journaling functions and see how good they were. I then built journaling into an application I was writing, using it as part of a demo to show people how to use the program. Currently available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions Black & white binaries and source code included. Gideon King University of Otago Department of Computer Science Dunedin, New Zealand e-mail gideon@Black_Albatross.otago.ac.nz
From: Scott Violet <scott@nacm.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Granola.app Date: 28 Sep 1994 15:13:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36cf87$5mr@digifix.digifix.com> What is it? Granola is yet another dock extender. At work I would continually be running out of dock space, hence this app. What distinguishes this app from other dock extenders is that it takes essentially no space, and adds a couple of cool features I wanted to see so I tossed them in. To access your extended dock you just click on the dimple that appears over the NeXT icon on your dock. Neat... Granola is available FAT (i386k and m68k) at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions Enjoy, -Scott Violet (xepo@miller.cs.uwm.edu)
From: Bill Tschumy <other!bill@uunet.uu.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ScreenCast 1.1 Date: 28 Sep 1994 16:08:32 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36cig0$69u@digifix.digifix.com> Otherwise is pleased to announce their latest version of ScreenCast is now available on the ftp sites: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/ScreenCast_1.1.tar.Z ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/Otherwise/ScreenCast_1.1.tar.gz This copy runs for 3 minutes unlicensed -- just enough to whet your appetite. However, the following license string will be good for one month (until 30 October 1994) and will allow you to fully test out the power of ScreenCast: 4CC2-AE4D-2212-9D98-5BC5 WHAT IS SCREENCAST? ScreenCast lets users broadcast the display of one NEXTSTEP computer to one or more other computers on the same network. The sender's display is duplicated on each of the receiving computers. What's more, everything that appears on the sender's display-typing, window movements, mouse actions-is simultaneously echoed on the receiving machines. The number of receivers that can simultaneously participate in a ScreenCast session is limited only by network bandwidth. Under normal conditions, approximately 20 receivers is a practical limit. The receiving machines can do more, however, than just echo the image of the sender's display. Each participant in a ScreenCast session can also interact with the shared image. Typing and mouse actions on any machine in the group appear on all machines. Some important uses of ScreenCast include: USER SUPPORT. ScreenCast is perfect for providing user support within an organization. Support personnel can troubleshoot problems by viewing a copy of the user's display and watching-or guiding-the user's actions. REMOTE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION. With ScreenCast, system administrators can configure or maintain remote machines from the convenience of their own office. No longer do they need to walk down the hall or across the campus for every day administrative tasks. EDUCATION/TRAINING CLASSES. ScreenCast is also great for educational computer labs. Students can easily monitor the instructor's display by watching their individual computer screens. The need for expensive projection systems is eliminated. COMPUTER BASED CONFERENCING. With ScreenCast, users can talk on the phone while they discuss-and interact with-the shared display. It doesn't matter whether they are across the hall or across the country. ScreenCast removes the barriers to truly collaborative computing. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? * ScreenCast requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or later. * All sending and receiving machines must be running ScreenCast. All must have a valid license. HOW DO I GET IT? Release 1.1 of ScreenCast (supporting both Motorola and Intel hardware) is now available directly from Otherwise as follows (shipping and handling included - 30 day money back guarantee): Single user non-floating license: $140 Floating network license: $160/user (volume discounts available) A 35% educational discount will be given on all prices. Orders and inquires should be addressed to : Otherwise 2520 Greenlee Dr. Austin, TX 78703 512-474-5533 (voice) 512-474-4556 (Fax) screencast@otherwise.com Bill Tschumy Otherwise bill@otherwise.com
From: Bill Tschumy <other!bill@uunet.uu.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: WatchMe 1.08 Date: 28 Sep 1994 16:09:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36cih6$6a9@digifix.digifix.com> ANNOUNCEMENT: Otherwise would like to announce their latest version of WatchMe is now available on the ftp sites: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/WatchMe_1.08.tar.Z ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/Otherwise/WatchMe_1.08.tar.gz This copy runs for 3 minutes unlicensed -- just enough to whet your appetite. However the following license string will be good for one month (until 30 October 1994) and will allow you to fully experience the coolness of WatchMe: 3718-4EC9-B5BA-64DE-356A WHAT IS WATCHME? 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: 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. 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. 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. DEMONSTRATING THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS. Third-party developers may use WatchMe to produce demonstration tapes showing off 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. REQUIREMENTS: 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: Release 1.08 of WatchMe is now available directly from Otherwise as follows (shipping and handling included - 30 day money back guarantee): Single user non-floating license: $110 Floating network license: $140/user (volume discounts available) A 35% educational discount will be given on all prices. Orders and inquires should be addressed to : Otherwise 2520 Greenlee Dr. Austin, TX 78703 512-474-5533 (voice) 512-474-4556 (Fax) watchme@otherwise.com Hope you enjoy it, Bill Tschumy Otherwise bill@otherwise.com
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BusLogic Announces Strategic Partnership with NeXT Computer Date: 30 Sep 1994 16:21:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36hs13$oug@digifix.digifix.com> Paige Burgess or Kellie DiNaro Walt & Sommerhauser Communications, Inc. 408/496-0900 Jennifer Lee BusLogic Inc. 408/492-9090 BUSLOGIC ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NEXT COMPUTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 32-BIT SCSI SUPPORT FOR NEXTSTEP SANTA CLARA, CA, September 30, 1994 -- BusLogic, a leading supplier of high performance SCSI, IDE, and RAID I/O solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with NeXT Computer, Inc. in support of NeXT's NEXTSTEP operating environment. Specifically, BusLogic and NeXT have developed a 32-bit device driver which makes BusLogic's SCSI host adapters compatible with the NEXTSTEP object-oriented software, which has been designed for the development of custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. The new device driver utilizes the BusLogic 32-bit extended mode, enabling data to be transmitted with greater efficiency for optimum performance. The BusLogic driver will be available through NeXT's future release of NEXTSTEP version 3.3, and also via NeXT's various bulletin boards and support systems. BusLogic has worked closely with NeXT to ensure that BusLogic's entire family of SCSI host adapters are compatible with the NEXTSTEP operating environment. In addition to the NEXTSTEP OS, BusLogic supplies device drivers for all major operating systems including DOS/Windows, NetWare, Windows NT, SCO UNIX, O/S 2, Solaris, Interactive UNIX, UnixWare, and many others. BusLogic drivers are also embedded in leading operating systems such as NetWare 3.12 and 4.x, Windows NT and Solaris. "We are delighted to be a partner with NeXT in supporting it's industry-leading applications development environment," said Julian Elliot, director of marketing at BusLogic Inc. "Through our NEXTSTEP OS device driver, we reinforce BusLogic's commitment to and market position in offering the broadest range of operating system support in the industry." "NeXT has been committed to working with BusLogic in its development of support for NEXTSTEP because our customers have been demanding access to BusLogic's industry-leading high performance SCSI host adapters to provide them with the highest levels of I/O throughput available today," said Bob Lawton, strategic technology manager of NeXT's Intel-based product line. "We believe this new support will allow our customers to optimize their operating environments." Founded in 1988, BusLogic Inc. develops and markets a broad range of quality and performance-driven hardware and software solutions for controlling storage and network systems to OEMs and distributors. All BusLogic products are backed by a responsive and flexible customer support organization. Headquartered at 4151 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, Calif., the company is privately held. BusLogic's disk array software division, the Chantal Group, is located at 7220 Trade St., Suite 115, San Diego, Calif. NeXT Computer, Inc. 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, Calif. and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. ---- Product and company names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces new SHAREWARE Date: 30 Sep 1994 23:06:30 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36ijnm$qtl@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 NEW SHAREWARE: A STANDARDIZED DEFAULTS MECHANISM WEST CHESTER, Ohio, September 30, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announces the beginning of it Shareware Department. The first offering is a standardized defaults mechanism for NEXTSTEP, which features an extensible framework for defaults database access and manipulation. Three objects, FmsDefaultController, FmsPointerPair, and FmsStringPair make up the shareware, and along with a couple "helping" classes implement a very minimal control panel for a racing simulator called RaceDay. The pseudo-app is Nothing Fancy, but it does demonstrate the defaults database hiding and clean access technique. There are many possibilities for variations on this theme. We're doing this one as shareware because we want to see how that goes, and, well, because something like this could make a lot of jobs easier, and give everybody a break... You see, Back a while ago, a small set of rebel monkeys in Monkeychusettes, led by their beloved Richard Stallmonkey, started writing free gncode. They believed that writing gncode was something that you'd just do, and if you gndid stuff gnothers gnliked, they'd just give you gnmoney. Gnwell, gnwe flying monkeys gnsometimes gnfeel a gnsort of gnattraction to gnyoung Richard's gnideas and gnhave gndecided gnto gnshare gnsome gnsoftware gnwith gneverybody... So best of all it's free! If you find use for it in your own stuff, or you use a compiled form in your products, we ask that you make a small charitable donation to the Flying Monkey Shareware Fund. If you try to sell the source to someone else for money, though, bad things may happen to you - you formally do not have permission to do that. If you modify it and want to redistributed the source, you have to give your changes away for free (or as shareware asking for a small donation. Copyleft and all, you know.) To get at the Shareware, simply ftp it. It's on the stepwise ftp server at... ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/Flying_Monkey_Software/DefaultsExample.tar.gz or you can get it, and other Flying Monkey stuff, through that wild and wooly world wide web... <a href="http://digifix.digifix.com/ThirdParty/Developers/Flying_Monkey_Software.htmld/index.html">just click here</a> If you don't have www access yet, we can send you an email copy of the Flying Monkey Software Catalog directly, in rtf or postscript. (Rtf is default, otherwise you'll get postscript. Ask for what you want.) Flying Monkey Software provides object, application, graphic design, and shareware services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and would like to be the monkeys you turn to with your flying needs. 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. Fly the monkey skies! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. Postscipt is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. FmsDefaultController, FmsPointerPair, and FmsStringPair are public shareware classes from Flying Monkey Software, code rights reserved. "Stallmonkey Lives!" -- Dave Anderson Mead Data Central B5F2 9555 Springboro Pk Miamisburg OH 45342 513-865-6800 x6087 dja3@meaddata.com djanders@nox.cs.du.edu http://www.meaddata.com/~dja3/
From: Terrence Talbot <tjt@dtw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Digital Tool Works Announces Maintenance Release of EquationBuilder Date: 30 Sep 1994 23:38:58 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36ilki$sda@digifix.digifix.com> News For more information, contact: Terrence Talbot Digital Tool Works Email: info@dtw.com Voice/Fax: (405) 751-2895 Digital Tool Works Announces Maintenance Release of EquationBuilder, Adds Support for NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC and Open Object Embedding OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, September 30, 1994 - Digital Tool Works(TM) today announced the availability of EquationBuilder(TM) 3.2v307, a triple-FAT maintenance release designed to support NEXTSTEP(R) for HP PA-RISC(TM) (HP-PA) and the Xanthus(TM) Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard. "We are pleased to renew our commitment to NEXTSTEP by adding support for NEXTSTEP HP-PA with this release," said Terrence Talbot of Digital Tool Works. "And we are extremely pleased to be among the first vendors to support Xanthus's Open Object Embedding standard. With support for both the %%Baseline directive and OOE, the combination of EquationBuilder and Xanthus's new OpenWrite(TM) word processor will provide users with a very powerful solution for writing technical documentation. The level of integration between these applications is doubly impressive." This maintenance release is available via anonymous ftp from several archives. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/EquationBuilder3.2v307.tar will be going to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/editors/EquationBuilder3.2v307.tar ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/3.0/com/EquationBuilder3.2v307.tar will be going to ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/3.0/com/EquationBuilder3.2v307.tar This release has also been uploaded to ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de under the name EquationBuilder3.2v307.tar. As always, the ftp archive release of EquationBuilder(TM) 3.2v307 is a fully functional, fully documented demonstration version. EquationBuilder licenses are available from several NEXTSTEP resellers, including PCConnection, OpenSource, and Alembic Systems International. 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: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <36g889$kfv@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <36g889$kfv@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 30 Sep 1994 01:57:54 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36g9d2$kj3@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.7 Date: 30 Sep 1994 01:58:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36g9do$kjc@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.7 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, Sept 30, 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: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.7.s.gnutar.gz and should move to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/objects/MiscKit1.2.7.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.7.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.2.7.s.gnutar.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 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 graduate 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: V1.2.7 9/30/94 Maintenance and update release: IBMole palette contributed. (Montgomery Zukowski). MiscDragViews palette significantly enhanced. (Various). Changed some method names in the MiscAppDefaults category, fix for receiptfilter to work with Mail.app 3.3, added MiscShell and QuickProject to the Temp area. (Steve Hayman). Enhancements and bug fixes to MiscMatrix (Darrin Smart, Steve Quirk, Scott Violet). Enhancements to MiscCircularSlider (Laurent Daudelin). Enhancements and bug fixes to MiscTime (Steve Hayman, Kurt Werle). Added MiscRtMatrix object (Thomas Engel). Added MiscBackWindow, MiscFramingView, MiscTargetActionView, MiscFileFinder, and MiscRemoteApplication objects (Dale Amon). Added Examples/ProjectTemplates, MiscParseTable functions and MiscDictionary, MiscMailSpeaker, and MiscMailApp objects with MailTest app (Don Yacktman). Any many other bug fixes, tweaks, and enhancements.
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting Date: 30 Sep 1994 16:38:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36ht0o$p23@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting Tuesday, October 4th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Charles Perkins will demonstrate Daydream. Daydream is a hardware addin that converts your NeXT computer to a 68040 Macintosh computer. Bring any Macintosh programs you want to see how well they perform on it. 8:00PM Rumors of the Month. 8:15PM Q&A 8:30PM General milling around that will result in some of us goingoff to dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information or directions please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: 617.628.4136 (H) 617.734.6372 (W) email: pericles@athena.com
From: yackd@alaska.et.byu.edu (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: CORRECTION: MiscKit 1.2.7 Date: 30 Sep 1994 16:39:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36ht2s$p2e@digifix.digifix.com> A short note to all MiscKit fans-- If you already grabbed the MiscKit, go and get it again; but grab the file with the version 1.2.7a on it. The 1.2.7 distribution had three broken Makefiles in it which are fixed in the a distribution. There is also an addition to the IBMole palette. Sorry for any inconveniences; if you haven't got the kit yet, go and get it _now_ -- it is well worth the effort! ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz and should move to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/objects/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
From: lien@lysis.ch (Lien Pham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: - NS developer needed in Switzerland Date: 30 Sep 1994 16:43:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36htac$p3o@digifix.digifix.com> Lysis S.A. Broadcast solutions Lausanne - Switzerland The LYSIS company specializes in the manufacture and supply of complete easy-to-use environment for small, medium and large sized radio and TV broadcasters. We have an immediate need for an experienced NEXTSTEP Developer We are seeking for a developer with the following qualifications: - good Objective-C skills - good Postscript skills We can provide a working permit for a non-swiss developer. Please contact or send resumes to: Li n PHAM Lysis S.A. Cotes de Montbenon 8 1003 Lausanne Switzerland voice: ++41 21 312 91 91 fax : ++41 21 312 93 43 Email: lien@lysis.ch (NeXTmail)
From: Michael Lachmann-Tarkhanov <dirk@weismann.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MandelView bundle for BackSpace Date: 1 Oct 1994 23:19:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36l8s5$5do@digifix.digifix.com> This bundle zooms in on the mandelbrot set and its surrounding using an interesting drawing algorithm (Well - more interesting than drawing line after line...). It connects to BackSpace.app. It is currently available as ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/mandel.BackModule.NI.bs.tar.gz It includes binary for black&white and sources. Michael Lachmann-Tarkhanov e-mail dirk@charles.stanford.edu nments. It's light-weight, quick, and free for non-commercial use (i.e. you can use it to run your business, but you can't sell it without making arrangements with the author). This is a preliminary release of the MiniSQL adaptor, so don't count on it to work without error, though chances are good that typical Database Kit style transactions will work without troubles. This release of MSQLAdaptor does not come with source code, but only because we're not sure whether we're able to post the supplementary documentation and source provided by NeXT to adaptor developers. If we're advised that this is alright, we'll bundle up a new copy of the adaptor complete with source. MiniSQL is provided with source. REVISION HISTORY: This is the first release of the NeXTSTEP Database Kit adaptor for Mini-SQL. It is compiled for both black and white hardware, but tested on white only. For further release information about the Mini-SQL DBMS, please refer to the files found on ftp.cs.orst.edu. MSQL FEEDBACK: <<see documentation included in msql-0.2-p3.940930.NI.bsa.tar.gz>> ADAPTOR or NEXT-RELATED FEEDBACK: Bug-reports, comments, suggestions, and feature requests can be sent via electronic mail to ask-oa@oa.guild.org. ABOUT US: M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. is a privately held NEXTSTEP consulting firm serving clients in the Toronto area, and abroad. For information on OA consulting services, send electronic mail to ask-oa@oa.guild.org, or call +1 416 462.3954.
From: Scott Violet <scott@nacm.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Granola.app (v .11) Date: 3 Oct 1994 00:02:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36nvnp$eqo@digifix.digifix.com> Granola is yet another dock extender. At work I would continually be running out of dock space, hence this app. What distinguishes this app from other dock extenders is that it takes essentially no space, and adds a couple of cool features I wanted to see so I tossed them in. To access your extended dock you just click on the dimple that appears at the top and middle of your screen, or over the NeXT icon on your dock (depending upon your environment). Granola v .11 fixes a problem in v .1 that made Granola unusable if your dock was not sunk. Granola v .11 is available at ftp.cs.orst.edu in the directory ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions -Scott Violet (xepo@miller.cs.uwm.edu)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: Sept 25 - Oct 03 1994 Date: 3 Oct 1994 00:27:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <36o17m$evi@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week. Sunday September 25 through Monday October 03 SUMMARY: csn.announce Aug 29 - to date NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information on the Internet Submission Guidelines SUBMISSON: OmniWeb 0.7.5 is now available PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships VarioData PRO JOB: NEXTSTEP Developer in Chicago SUBMISSION: Pastry 1.2 -- A Pasteboard Application MEETING: LoopGroup September 27th PRESS RELEASE: LogicStream Announces Espionage: The Art of Plotting PRESS RELEASE: Digital Audiometer Software for NEXTSTEP Computers JOB: BLaCKSMITH Searching for Enthusiastic Developers SUBMISSION: Journaler app SUBMISSION: Archie Triple Fat SUBMISSION: Granola.app SUBMISSION: ScreenCast 1.1 SUBMISSION: WatchMe 1.08 SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.7 BusLogic Announces Strategic Partnership with NeXT Computer MEETING: Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Meeting CORRECTION: MiscKit 1.2.7 JOB: - NS developer needed in Switzerland SUBMISSION: dbmAdaptor-0.4 PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces new SHAREWARE PRESS RELEASE: Digital Tool Works Announces Maintenance Release of EquationBuilder SUBMISSION: Free SQL database, Database Kit adaptors available SUBMISSION: MandelView bundle for BackSpace SUBMISSION: Granola.app (v .11) 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMIN: Submitting articles to comp.sys.next.announce Date: 3 Oct 1994 00:31:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <36o1fi$f1a@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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 (Scott Anguish) 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 Oct 1994 00:32:33 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <36o1h1$f1j@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 and information server, 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 http://digifix.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news://comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news://comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news://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. news://comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news://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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-848-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: Jolly@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de, alias@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de, Patrick@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de, Stein@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Console for HP Date: 3 Oct 1994 16:45:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36pqgg$kbr@digifix.digifix.com> This is the README for FastConsole Version 0.02 ( 12.Sep 1994 / 13:25:42 ) Announcing the second in my series of 'Fast*' programs ====================================================== WHERE to get FastConsole: This program can be found on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/workspace/FastConsole.0.02.s.tar.gz WHY i've written it: Cause I didn't have anything else to do last night and there is no Console program on the HP-architecture. TODO configuration of : - what not to show in the Console (filtering) - updateIntervall BUGS The Return Button does not work - yeah yeah FirstResponder ANNOTATION Watch out for FastSokoban on: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/FastSokoban.1.00.NI.b.tar.gz Jolly alias Patrick Stein jolly@cis.uni-muenchen.de
From: Ted Shelton <ems@its.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago - Mini-Trade Expo of NEXTSTEP Solutions Date: 3 Oct 1994 17:03:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36prjo$kgk@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT DAY CHICAGO -- A MINI-TRADE EXPOSITION OF NEXTSTEP SOLUTIONS IT Solutions hosts day of product demonstrations and talks on using NEXTSTEP (CHICAGO Oct 3, 1994) -- IT Solutions, a leading provider of consulting services and messaging products in the NEXTSTEP marketplace, has announced that it will be sponsoring a mini trade exposition on NEXTSTEP solutions on Friday October 28, 1994 in their Chicago offices. Already 12 companies have agreed to participate in product demonstrations and seminars about using NEXTSTEP for corporate software development projects and office automation projects. Computer systems and operating systems companies Canon, Hewlett-Packard, and NeXT Computer, Inc. will all have representatives at the show. At least 9 ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) will also be showing their products including: Athena Design, GS Corp., IT Solutions, Inc., Metrosoft, Inc, Pages Corp., Pangea Corp., Sarrus Software, Whitelight Systems, and Xanthus Corp. The trade show will be open from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm on Friday Oct 28th. The show is free to current or prospective NEXTSTEP customers. Registration is required, and a packet of materials about the exposition will be mailed to every individual who registers prior to October 21, 1994. Registrants should send name, company name, and address to: IT Solutions, Inc. NeXT Day Chicago 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 email: annalea@its.com fax: (312) 474-9361 information. "The inclusion of Emissary as an OpenMail supported client, extends yet another powerful tool across corporate enterprises," stated Korak Mitra, Messaging Business Manager for HP's enterprise messaging solution. Large companies are looking to manageable and scalable client/server messaging solutions like OpenMail, because messaging is serving a crucial role in providing enterprise communication between divisions and geographically disparate work groups. Products like HP's OpenMail allow a company to build a company-wide messaging infrastructure which can become a corporate information utility -- routing all type of information, extending workgroup computing across the corporation, linking users to information resources, and providing automated database access. This flattened architecture reduces administration and management costs as well as ensures the safe and reliable delivery of your information. NEXTSTEP is a leading object oriented development environment and user environment. NeXT, Inc. has introduced a line of object development tools which allow companies to build distributed, object-oriented applications which can support enterprise computing requirements. HP entered into a relationship called "Object Enterprise" in May 1993. Object Enterprise was designed to enable customers to use NeXT and HP technology to develop and deploy object-oriented, client/server-based applications across the enterprise. "One gap in the technologies available for enterprise computing," said Shelton, "has been an efficient way of distributing objects and communications between processes across the entire enterprise. With OpenMail and NEXTSTEP we expect to bridge this gap by providing a line of development tools which allow corporations to leverage their investment in OpenMail by building e-mail enabled applications in NEXTSTEP." This new product line from IT Solutions is called "Messaging Solutions" and includes end-user applications, configurable server applications, and object-oriented development tools for NEXTSTEP and OpenMail. The first product from IT Solutions in the "Messaging Solutions" product line, Emissary, shipped to customers this week. A second release, expected by the end of November, will expand the electronic mail application to allow add-in modules to extend the functionality a user has available. The first add-in, allowing access to OpenMail "bulletin boards" will also ship in late November. Emissary is a trademark of Information Technology Solutions, Inc. NEXTSTEP and NeXT are trademarks of NeXT, Inc. CONTACT: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Lisa Glick (312) 474-7700 lisa@its.com Hewlett-Packard Andrew Ransom (408) 447-1514 Ransom_Andrew/HP-Cupertino_om2@hpiala2.cup.hp.com
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces THUMBNAIL Date: 3 Oct 1994 17:05:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36prm9$kh0@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 THUMBNAIL: A BIT-PER-CHARACTER CODE VIEWER AND SEARCHER - A HIGH-PRODUCTIVITY LEVER WEST CHESTER, Ohio, October 3, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announces ThumbNail, an application for NEXTSTEP developers which provides a quick bit-per-character view of a lot of code at once, including searching and highlighting, with direct access to the NeXT Edit application. ThumbNail is a neo-classic developer tool. Let's say you have thirty or forty source files you need to do development or maintenance on. Zip - load them into ThumbNail! Zap - run some global searches and with a keystroke weed out the unrelated files! Zoom - click and drag on the ThumbNail (directly on the bit-per-character image of the code) and scroll the file directly in Edit. Ever since we wrote it, it's our source code navigation tool of choice! ThumbNail, high-altitude source browsing $35.00 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. To get a full look at all of our Flying Monkey stuff, through that wild and wooly world wide web... http://digifix.digifix.com/ThirdParty/Developers/Flying_Monkey_Software.htmld/index.html If you don't have www access yet, we can send you an email copy of the Flying Monkey Software Catalog directly, in rtf or postscript. (Rtf is default, otherwise you'll get postscript. Ask for what you want.) Flying Monkey Software provides object, application, graphic design, and shareware services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and keep flying higher and higher. Our credo is satisfaction guaranteed: all Flying Monkey products will work - or we'll fix them for free. We'll also extend them for requesting customers on a contractual basis. The sky is really blue from up here. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. ThumbNail is a an application for NEXTSTEP from Flying Monkey Software. Yee Haw!
From: "Howard R. Cole" <hcole@rt66.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Rendezvous Version 1.2 Available Date: 3 Oct 1994 23:19:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36qhjn$ml5@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Satellite Tracking Version 1.2 of Rendezvous is now available from the NEXTSTEP archive sites. Rendezvous is a general purpose Satellite Tracking and Space Surveillance utility for NEXTSTEP users. Rendezvous is currently compiled only for Motorola and Intel architectures. See the Rendezvous1.2.README file on the archives for complete information. New for version 1.2 o Lunar Eclipses are calculated and displayed in the Telescope Inspector window. o The Map in the Main Window now has an option to display the lunar shadow (umbra and penumbra) as it passes over the earth during a Solar Eclipse. o Autoscaling has been implemented in the Trajectory Plot Inspector. All graphs in the Trajectory Plots window are autoscaled by default. o Slight rearrangement of controls in the Telescope Inspector. New for version 1.1 o A Solar System Inspector has been added which shows the relative positions of the planets in their orbits around the sun. o The Telescope Inspector now has an option to display the planets in the field of view allowing a user to find the azimuth and elevation to a planet from his location. Demo copies of Rendezvous are available at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Rendezvous1.2.NI.tar.pkg ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Rendezvous1.2.NI.tar.pkg The copy on the ftp.cs.orst.edu site will eventually migrate to: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/science/demos/Rendezvous1.2.NI.tar.pkg The demonstration copy is a fully functioning copy of Rendezvous, with the caveat that only calculations done with the Epoch Date set prior to June 1, 1994 are correct. For ordering information call Alembic Systems at: Alembic Systems 14 Inverness Dr E. Bldg G228 Englewood CO 80111 Voice: 1-800-452-7608 Fax: 1-303-799-1435 email: info@alembic.com Or contact Howard Cole at Tripod Engineering: Tripod Engineering 4816 McMahon Blvd NW N125 Albuquerque, NM 87114 Voice/Fax: 1-505-898-1483 email: hcole@rt66.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Files moved on ftp.cs.orst.edu today Date: 4 Oct 1994 17:22:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <36sh37$2bi@digifix.digifix.com> I finally got the 'keys' to the new orst machine, and moved alot of the files in the submissions directory to their final resting place These files can now be found at the locations below ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/MSQLAdaptor.adaptor.940930.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/MSQLAdaptor.adaptor.940930.NI.b.tar.gz.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/dbmAdaptor-0.4.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/dbmAdaptor-0.4.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/msql-0.2-p3.940930.NI.bsa.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/database/msql-0.2-p3.940930.NI.bsa.tar.gz.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/next-interface/Pastry-1.2.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/next-interface/Pastry-1.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/plotting/Abscissa1.8.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/plotting/Abscissa1.8.app.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/programming/check_nibs-1.0.MIH.b.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/programming/check_nibs-1.0.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/screen/mandel.BackModule.NI.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/sound/play3401-1.3.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/sound/play3401-1.3.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Archie_218.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Archie_218.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Yftp.0.355.NI.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Yftp.0.355.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/database/DBEdit.V1.0.4.NIH.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/database/DBEdit.pkg.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/editors/EquationBuilder3.2.307.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/editors/EquationBuilder3.2.307.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Espionage.1.0.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Espionage.tar ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/GraphObjectsAdvantage.ps.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/misc/CALF_Upgrade.pkg.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/screen/ScreenCast_1.1.tar.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/screen/WatchMe_1.08.tar.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/screen/WatchMe_1.08_README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/sound/AUDIO-Hearing.ps.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/sound/AUDIO-Tone.demo.app.tar.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/InvoiceDEMO.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/MiscKit1.2.7a.s.gnutar.gz.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/TabMatrixPalette.0928.NIH.bs.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/TabMatrixPalette.0928.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/plotting/XYPlotPalette.0926.NIH.bs.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/plotting/XYPlotPalette.0926.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/programming/Journaler.NI.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/programming/Journaler.readme ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/programming/SearchAndReplace.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/programming/SearchAndReplace.tar.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/wide-area-info/ArchieSrc_218.tar.gz
From: Matthew Moran <moran@akira.opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc. announces availability of Tailor 2.0 Date: 4 Oct 1994 23:02:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36t4v9$4aj@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN Phone: 1-303-681-4411 Fax: 1-303-681-2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. announces availability of Tailor Office 2.0 and Tailor Publishing 2.0! DENVER, COLORADO - October 3, 1994. OpenSource, Inc. today announced an agreement with FirstClass NV to sell Tailor Office 2.0 and Tailor Publishing 2.0 worldwide. "I believe Tailor is of major importance to the NEXTSTEP third-party software market. It provides a significant capability that can be found on no other platform, making it a true keystone solution" says Matthew Moran, President of OpenSource. According to Peter Camps, CEO of FirstClass NV, "OpenSource is a great resource for NEXTSTEP users. They are a single source for NEXTSTEP specific software and hardware. We felt that it was only natural that they represent our Tailor family of PostScript editing products." Tailor 2.0 ---------- With Tailor, you can visually edit PostScript documents, effortlessly and cleanly - no specialized knowledge required at all. You can cut pieces out of a document and copy them to any other application. Or recover text paragraphs for use in your favorite word processor. And all this regardless of the platform the document was generated on. Tailor offers numerous tools for productive, visual editing, even of the most complex documents. Imagine the resulting flexibility and time savings ! Tailor Office 2.0 ----------------- Tailor Office is targeted towards the general user. Among many other possible uses, it is perfectly suited for the following office tasks: * update information on brochures, press releases, contracts, ... * extract formatted text for use in other documents * fine-tune or enhance business graphics to fit presentations * correct spelling errors or make other last-minute revisions Tailor Office 2.0 is the successor of the proven Tailor 1.0. It sports substantially improved PostScript import capabilities, and a large number of new features : * support for importing Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files * optional generation of EPSI or PC TIFF preview section in EPS * 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 Publishing 2.0 --------------------- Tailor Publishing includes all functionality of Tailor Office, and adds a suite of features targeted towards the graphic arts professional. The current release includes : * support for the overprint attribute used for trapping * exporting to Adobe Illustrator0 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. Price: Tailor Office 2.0 ----------------- $495 Commercial $248 Educational Tailor Publishing 2.0 --------------------- $995 Commercial $495 Educational Availability Motorola: Now Intel: Now PA/RISC: Now -- FirstClass NV FirstClass NV was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1993 by publishing industry professionals, as a privately owned company. Its business mission is to develop and market graphics applications for high-end desktop platforms. OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. "NEXTSTEP" is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
From: chris@computerActive.on.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Oct 6, 1994 Date: 5 Oct 1994 17:42:48 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36v6ko$bcj@digifix.digifix.com> Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Oct 6, 1994 ============================================ 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, Oct 6 The meeting is open to anyone interested in NeXTSTEP. Hope to see you there! Chris
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MOVIE MACHINE PRO Date: 5 Oct 1994 17:43:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36v6m0$bcq@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ MOVIE MACHINE PRO, RELEASE 1.0 NOW SHIPPING Munich, interpersonal-computing, October 5th - The second video solution is now available for NEXTSTEP on Intel. THE MOVIE MACHINE PRO This board combines four features on one board: VIDEO overlay, TV-Tuner, framegrabber and VIDEO editing. The Movie Machine Pro digitizes video regardless whether the source is an external composite video signal or the internal TV-Tuner. The live video may be sized or positioned 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 · 2 video inputs · 1 video output · audio output · PAL and NTSC support · full video resolution · true color overlay · realtime digitization · frame grabbing · freely sizeable overlay · onboard TV-tuner · automatic program search · digital trick effects · luma and color keying · NEXTIME ready THE PACKAGES The Basic Package Three in one: the Movie Machine Pro combines live overlay, tv-tuner and a frame grabber on one ISA PC card. Movie Machine Pro digitizes video in YUV 4:1:1 true color. You'll be able to display videos at arbitrary sizes up to full screen resolution. Take your VCR or any other external video source for your multimedia presentations, or just enjoy the integrated, cable capable TV tuner which also supports automatic channel search and an unlimited number of channels. Not included is the hardware. HARD FACTS: 2 external video inputs (NTSC/PAL) FBAS/composite 1 internal TV input, 1 video output (NTSC/PAL) 1 audio output TV tuner supporting many channels from antenna or cable overlay video freely scalable frame grabbing in YUV 4:1:1 and TIFF resolutions guaranteed up to 800x600 (1024x768 possible on some systems) Retail Price: 250 US$ Software MMStudio (optional add on) The optional MMStudio software will turn your computer into your private video studio. Select any of 3 video sources for mixing and cutting your videos. Using a T-bar you will be able to comfortably control more than 30 sophisticated digital video effects like flip, zoom, negative, wipe, scroll, chroma or luma keying. Add or mix still images smoothly for video documentations, graphic charts for business presentations, or text for titling your holiday videos. Record the final takes in high quality on your VCR and you will have finished an amazing presentation, company video, or surprise for your family and friends with startling effects in your private videos. Retail Price: 295 US$ Software VDOrecorder (optional add on) Forget about video tapes, rewinding, and piles of video cassettes. The CODY option for Movie Machine Pro offers completely digital video editing. Up until now nonlinear cuts directly from hard disc were reserved for professional video studios. The CODY option enables you to directly store and retrieve videos from your hard disc using motion JPEG. Being NEXTIME compatible, the CODY option will give you the next dimension of video editing under NEXTSTEP. The software VDOrecorder controls the add on hardware (Motion-JPEG board) and allows the cross conversion from and to NEXTIME. Not included is the hardware. HARD FACTS: 24 bit RGB true color, NTSC/PAL 30 frames/s NTSC, 25 frames/s PAL compression up to 1:120 full screen resolution dynamical rate Retail Price: 395 US$ SCREEN MACHINE II vs. MOVIE MACHINE PRO Two different boards and of course also different specs. Which board is the right one for your application? If tuner support and NEXTIME recording is your main problem, you should use the Movie Machine Pro. If you have to grab high quality images and need custom video development we recommend to use the Screen Machine II. SOURCES & UPDATES Nearly every NEXTSTEP dealer offers bundles of software and hardware. We also have addresses of more than 100 hardware suppliers all over the world. Software licenses can be ordered thru resellers or directly from us. The latest releases are available on ftp. The unique license and order system allows this applications to be used as demo and final licenses. FTP SOURCES The following files can be ordered via ftp from the Munich ftp server: -rw-r--r-- 1 cbaur 590933 Oct 5 13:33 MMStudio.1.0beta.I.b.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 cbaur 598806 Oct 5 13:33 MMTV.1.0.I.b.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 cbaur 3354 Oct 5 13:36 MMTV.1.0.README FTP SERVER: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/next/Commercial/graphics/video FOR MORE INFORMATION: interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY Phone: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 75 Fax: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 76 E-mail: mm@interpc.de NeXT Mail (international<20kB) Welcome
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SCREEN MACHINE II Date: 5 Oct 1994 17:43:52 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36v6mo$bd3@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ SCREEN MACHINE II APPLICATIONS, RELEASE 3.0 NOW SHIPPING Munich, interpersonal-computing, October 5th - The third generation of video integration on NEXTSTEP is now shipping. THE SCREEN MACHINE II The high quality frame grabber and live video overlay board for NEXTSTEP on Intel. The supplied applications were improved and the driver has moved into a complete new release. The unique fact of the availability of a video developer kit on UNIX makes NEXTSTEP to the solution platform for customized video integration. THE PACKAGES The Basic Package This is a application and driver collection, which is needed to start up with Screen Machine II on NEXTSTEP. Included are the applications SMCamera specialized on frame grabbing and SMPreview for standard live overlay. This package also contains the driver license for the VDOboards driver, and a printed english manual. Not included is the hardware. Retail Price: 320 US$ The TV option For Screen Machine II are two different TV modules available. The internal solution is a 16 Bit ISA board which handles cable TV, antenna signals, stereo audio and video text. The external solution is connected with a special cable and offers the options as the internal board, but doesn't consume a slot. Not included is the hardware. Retail Price: 195 US$ The Audio option This is a additional hardware option which controls the video sounds. It supports three stereo inputs and two stereo outputs (rear and front). This option is automatically supported by any application at no extra costs. Not included is the hardware. The Developer Kit 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, so that you are able to integrate live video into your application in only a few minutes. The SMPalette will give you an idea how. Included is an english manual and many source code examples as well as one year free support. Retail Price: 998 US$ SOURCES & UPDATES Nearly every NEXTSTEP dealer offers bundles of software and hardware. We also have addresses of more than 100 hardware suppliers all over the world. Software licenses can be ordered thru resellers or directly. The latest releases are available on ftp and can also be used as FREE update for current Screen Machine on NEXTSTEP users. FTP UPDATES The following files can be ordered via ftp from the Munich ftp server: -rw-r--r-- 1 cbaur 1640 Oct 5 13:36 SM.3.0.README -rw-r--r-- 1 cbaur 2106297 Oct 5 13:33 SMApps.3.0.NI.b.tar.gz FTP SERVER: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/next/Commercial/graphics/video FOR MORE INFORMATION: interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY Phone: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 75 Fax: ++49 (0) 89 22 33 76 Email: sm@interpc.de NeXT Mail (international<20kB) Welcome
From: BARBARA GAVIN <DCIGAVIN@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Expo '95 Date: 5 Oct 1994 17:45:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36v6pd$bdq@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 June 19 - 21, 1995 San Francisco, CA NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 will be the largest object event of the year. Extending this year's successful program, we are combining six exciting events to create a comprehensive three-day NEXTSTEP/OpenStep experience. * NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Developer Conference for software developers, MIS managers, system integrators and other technical users. * Introduction to Objects Program for non-technical users. * NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Exposition, an exciting product exhibition with over 100 software, hardware and solutions from NEXTSTEP/OpenStep partners. * NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Tutorials for beginning and advanced users and developers. * Second Annual Object Honors Award Ceremony, recognizing the most innovative object solutions in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep marketplace. * NEXTSTEP/OpenStep International User Group Program for all user group members. We're expecting over 8,000 attendees at NEXTSTEP EXPO '95! Representatives will come from Fortune 1000 type organizations worldwide. You can participate by making a presentation at this world class conference. By presenting in the NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 conference program, you can share your knowledge and experience with attendees while also learning about what's new and exciting in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep object marketplace. Most sessions will be conducted in panel format, including individual presentations of 15 to 30 minutes in length. However, some single-speaker, hour-long sessions will also be included in the program. To be considered for a speaking slot, simply call (508)470-3870 or send EMail to barbara@dci-inc.com to receive an application form via USMail. Alternatively, you can design your own form by answering the questions that are attached. Either way, please return your speaker application by November 15, 1994 to: EMail: NSX_95_conference@NeXT.com FAX: (415) 780-3828 Mail: NeXT Computer, Inc. NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 Conference Speaker Application Form 900 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA You will be notified by December 15, 1994 whether or not your presentation has been selected for the conference. Anyone whose paper is selected for the NEXTSTEP EXPO Developer Conference will receive a FREE pass to the conference. To register early for this event or for more information about NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 call (800) 767-2336 or (508) 474-9258 and mention your preferred customer code FGANU00. See you at the EXPO! NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 Team NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 Speaker Application Form Give the speaker' name, job title, company, address, telephone and fax number and EMail address. Indicate if the speaker can receive NeXT Mail. Give us the title of the proposed talk, and its' duration: 15, 30 or 60 minutes. What level of experience would you expect in the audience? New to NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Technical Familiar with NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Non-Technical Experienced with NEXSTEP/OpenStep What sort of business might the audience be in? Corporate Application Developers VARS Scientific Application Developers Systems Integrators/ Object Channel Providers Consultants Marketing Managers System and Network Administrators Resellers MIS Manager End-Users These are the potential track titles; where might this presentation fit? Client/Server Computing Application Design and/or Development Object Oriented Design and/or Programming Database Applications Design Systems Administration (Redundancy and Network Design) Tricks and Tips Abstract: Please prepare a concise, one page description of the content of your presentation. Describe your topic, key points you will cover, as well as the conclusions, generalizations or take home points. Please use the back of this form or attach a separate sheet. Complete and return this form to: EMail: NSX_95_conference@NeXT.com FAX: (415) 780-3828 Mail: NeXT Computer, Inc. NEXTSTEP EXPO '95 Conference Speaker Application Form 900 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces DEMO of THUMBNAIL Date: 5 Oct 1994 22:56:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36vp03$d0e@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 DEMO OF THUMBNAIL: A RESTRICTED VERSION OF IT'S BIT-PER-CHARACTER CODE VIEWER AND SEARCHER. WEST CHESTER, Ohio, October 5, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announces ThumbNailDemo, a demo version of it's application for NEXTSTEP developers which provides a quick bit-per-character view of a lot of code at once, including searching and highlighting, with direct access to the NeXT Edit application. We had a lot of interest, but a lot of people wanted to see what in the heck we were talking about. Bit-per-character and all that... Well, we asked Scott Anguish, the High Master of NeXT-Netdom, if he'd be so kind as to put up a demo version for everyone, and voila, it's here. ThumbNailDemo, limitted high-altitude source browsing - free via ftp The demo is a full-featured version of ThumbNail, but has alt-drag-file-to-the-app-icon disabled, and will only open files that begin with the letter capital Y. I suggest checking it out on some files in Yap. It's at... ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/Flying_Monkey_Software/ThumbNailDemo.tar.gz There's a link on our web pages to download the demo. To get a good look at all of our Flying Monkey stuff, through the world wide web... http://digifix.digifix.com/ThirdParty/Developers/Flying_Monkey_Software.htmld/index.html If you don't have www access yet, we can send you an email copy of the Flying Monkey Software Catalog directly, in rtf or postscript. (Rtf is default, otherwise you'll get postscript. Ask for what you want.) Flying Monkey Software provides object, application, graphic design, and shareware services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, are here for your algorithmic enjoyment. 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. Welcome to the Monkey House. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. ThumbNailDemo is a restricted version of the ThumbNail application for NEXTSTEP from Flying Monkey Software. Have at it!
From: tikin@hasc.ca (Martin Lavertu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Invoice 1.0 Date: 5 Oct 1994 23:00:51 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <36vp93$d1h@digifix.digifix.com> Invoice 1.0 is now available. The final version of Invoice contains minor bug fixes and a couple new features. Don't forget that Invoice is very flexible application and it can be used more than for only invoicing. Here, I'm thinking of managing purchase orders and quotations. The final demo version of Invoice have been installed on the following ftp sites: ftp//ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/spreadsheets/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz ftp//sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz ftp//hasc.ca/pub/next/InvoiceDEMO.tar.gz Note: hasc.ca is a slow link. Here some of the features that have been added or changed since the demo version was published on September 15. - handling Tab and Return properly in the Invoice Panel - quantity fields accept decimal values, (you can bill for hours now) - Command-f when editing in the Item ID field brings up an inventory item finder - Commands for sending and marking invoices without opening the Invoice Panel. - Examples of export files - Command-s when editing in a Client Panel or an Invoice Panel will add or modify the client or the invoice contained in the opened panel to the database. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Invoice Tracking and Generation for small to medium sized businesses. Contact: Darcy Brockbank The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation phone: 514/499-2067 fax: 514/499-3666 darcy@hasc.ca The Hutchison Avenue Software Corp. announced the release date for "Invoice" today. Invoice is an application aimed at helping businesses track and generate invoices. The release date is scheduled for September 30th, and Hutchison will be taking orders starting today. In busy small and medium-sized businesses, there can often seem to be more work to be done than time in which to accomplish it all. Most people in such businesses wear more than one hat and may have to switch hats repeatedly in the course of a day or week or month. ``Account Manager'' may be only one of many hats a single individual wears, and consequently only one of many tasks they are juggling. Everyone knows the billings are important for the future of the business, but so is supporting clients, meeting product or service deadlines, etc. As well, cash flow is a constant challenge for small and medium-sized businesses trying to at least stay alive, and more likely, grow and develop. Billings handled ineffectively can have serious implications for cash flow and consequently for the future of a small or medium-sized business. We at Hutchison faced these challenges, as do many of our peers in the NEXTSTEP arena. Our aim was to come up with an application that took these challenges into account. Over the past year we've developed a Mission Critical Custom Application to solve these problems for us: Invoice. When we realized that everyone else was having the same problems that we did, we decided to polish it up, and bring Invoice to market. It's a straightforward yet powerful application that provides reliable, effective invoice management while minimizing the time and energy required to keep track of billings. Henry McGilton of Trilition Software was one of the early beta testers for Invoice. "Invoice is a great match to the size of my business. It has just the right blend of features to handle my customer list and invoicing." said McGilton. Tim Reed, of Black Market Technologies, another early beta tester, said, "Invoice is one of the first applications that I've beta tested that I've been able to use out of the box for production work - and the production version is even better." Features -------- Invoice generation features allow you to... - generate the invoice you send to your client - expedite that invoice electronically, via NeXTmail, with the click of a button - tailor the look of your invoices (using RTF, ASCII, PostScript, or Diagram2 template files) - prepare and store invoices in any currency - define the transaction types (categories) of work your company invoices - define the tax names and rates that apply in your company - have your invoices numbered automatically - have your clients numbered automatically Invoice tracking features allow you to... - maintain a database of exchange rates so you can quickly summarize your billings in your preferred currency - prepare invoices in advance and be notified automatically by Invoice when the billing date arrives - set other notification flags to keep you advised on the status of invoices - apply various filters on selections of client and invoice information to get different views of your billings; these filters specify the: - billing interval of interest - currency or currencies of interest - payment status (advance, current, old) of interest - transaction types of interest - obtain invoice summaries (subtotal/taxes/total, paid/unpaid portions) by: - Client - Invoice - Selection - through the use of prioritized invoice labelling and sorting, allowing you to see at a glance those invoices which are (in order of priority): - Past due, and have not been sent - Due, and have not been sent - Past due, and have been sent - Due, and have been sent - Advance, and have been sent - Advance, and have not been sent Other Features include... - a plain-text ASCII format database which allows users to build additional tools - multiple multi-user invoice databases - database locking - client and/or invoice sorting by state, number or name - exporting of clients or invoices to a plain-text ASCII file of any format - On-line Manual Platform -------- Invoice requires at least NEXTSTEP 3.1, and is available for both Intel and Motorola architectures. Availability ------------ Invoice will ship on September 30, and will be available directly from Hutchison, as well as through various resellers. Pricing ------- Invoice is available at a suggested retail price of $199.00 (USD) About Hutchison Avenue Software: -------------------------------- The Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation is a software company based in Montreal, developing innovative custom and shrink-wrap solutions for corporate clients. Our clients include Equinox Capital Management, Telerate Systems, WSC Investment Services, Bell Canada, and Hewlett Packard.
From: Susan Peterson <susan@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software announces first shipment of PAGES 1.5 Date: 7 Oct 1994 15:57:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37496j$26p@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 PAGES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FIRST SHIPMENT OF PAGES 1.5 SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 - SAN DIEGO, CA _ Pages Software today announced it has begun world-wide shipment of Pages 1.5, a significant upgrade from Pages by Pages 1.0, the company's premiere ObjectBased(tm) word-processing application, which shipped last March. Pages 1.5 is an ObjectBased word-processing solution that can range from a single-user personal word-processor, to a complete enterprise-wide document environment. The new release of Pages contains many new features requested by our customers, as well as modifications to the user interface to make Pages easier to use. Larry Spelhaug, President and CEO of Pages Software Inc says this of the new release, "We are listening to customer feedback and are responding by improving our product in ways that will make our users more productive." The results have come quickly and are quite significant. Pages 1.5 includes enhancements to the user interface that make the product easier to use, and new features such as a Ruler, Speed Bar, Keybindings, Tabs, the ability to specify font size and leading, Mail Merge, enhanced word-processor filters, and an additional Design Model. "A revision of this significance would not have been possible to do in a six-month time-frame without the underlying architecture and tools the NEXTSTEP environment provides for us," states Jim Hamerly, Pages' Vice President of Engineering. "While the first rev of Pages didn't come out as quickly as we'd have liked," continues Hamerly, "time taken in properly architecting the product, along with the tools available in the NEXTSTEP environment, allowed us to quickly make significant improvements in our new release." Pages is one of the few applications available today that was designed entirely with objects from its inception. Pages 1.5 is offered as a free upgrade to Pages 1.0 retail customers, and will be sold for $49.00 as an educational upgrade. The product lists at $595.00 for new customers, with an educational discount to $195.00. Site license discounts are available. 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. Pages is available for Motorola-, Intel- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP. System requirements are NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher with a minimum of 20MB of hard disk space and 16MB of RAM. For NEXTSTEP Intel, 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. - 30- 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.
From: Darren Smith <Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP/UNIX System Administration positions Date: 7 Oct 1994 16:51:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374ccu$30q@digifix.digifix.com> AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 5, 1994 - A NeXT-authorized systems integrator as well as a registered NEXTSTEP software developer, and Channel Partner, Pencom provides a full range of services to support users and vendors in adopting this revolutionary technology. Pencom continues to be the leader in NEXTSTEP/OO software development and consulting services. Pencom Systems Incorporated, a New York-based firm, has provided software engineering and manpower resources to Fortune 500 companies and leading computer firms since 1973. Currently the largest recruiting firm specializing in NEXTSTEP, UNIX, and the Open Systems markets, Pencom employs over 500 people and maintains a large heterogeneous network of workstations including more than 90 NeXT machines. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: TOM MORGAN Vice President or CLINT TOMLINSON Manager, Advanced Technologies Recruiting Pencom 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North Austin, Texas 78759 phone: 512-343-1111 Fax: 512-346-6444 E-Mail: clint@pencom.com E-Mail: tom@pencom.com **The following permanent and contract positions require NO LESS than: 1 year industry experience, and permanent positions require permanent residence. THANK YOU for your cooperation. 1) Sr. level UNIX SADM, with experience designing and setting up heterogeneous networks. Needed to develop a logical network design, and work on various interoperability issues. Strong script programming skills are a must. Environment: HP, Netware, NEXTSTEP servers and an OS/2 server for Lotus Notes; Both NeXT and PC clients. There are 200 nodes on the LAN; also 32 remote sites connected on a WAN... Very visible, full time position in Northern California.. 1) DBA--Knowledgeable in the following area: a) UNIDATA b) UNISQL c) Sybase (OpenClient/OpenServer) d) Data Migration Schema/Mapping skills e) CASE tools experience f) Configuration Management/Version Control experience helpful Full time position in Northern California.. 2) NEXTSTEP system administration contractors for 12 month assignments in the VA/MD area..Working on a large NEXTSTEP Network.. 1) NEXTSTEP/UNIX Network Architect--Full time position in Chicago working on large NEXTSTEP/UNIX network..Must have strong Network Architecture and Network development experience.. We are always looking for talented NEXTSTEP/UNIX system administrators if you would like to be kept informed of future positions, please email or call for more details...
From: osg@Onramp.NET Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:02:39 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374d1f$33i@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT 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 several openings for October, and November in the following area: Top End NeXT Developers Minimum 8 years total experience with 4 years NeXTStep, Objective C to work on exciting NeXT development project in the Northeast. Send resume to osg@onramp.net , US mail your resume to Object Systems Group, Inc., Attn: Glenda Maddox, 5001 Infomart, 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Tx. 75207, or fax to 214 746-5974.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Jargon-3.1 Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:03:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374d3e$33s@digifix.digifix.com> *** Announcing Jargon-3.1 *** Jargon-3.1 is the popular Webster-style interface to the fabulous internet jargon file. Previous versions of Jargon have been reviewed by NeXTWORLD Magazine, and NEXT IN LINE both of which recommended it, and gave it a 4 out of 5 rating. The newest version of Jargon is triple-fat, so you can finally get those ever-so-useful definitions on your HP machines. Numerous bugs have been fixed in 3.1 version, and 3.1 is also shareware. Yes, it's shareware, so you'll have to send us a cheque for $15 if you want to keep it. We think it's only fair since we've been working on Jargon for well over a year, giving lots of free support, and producing newer and better versions every few months. It's time we got a little bit of thanks for all our hard work! ;-). Anyway, download the software, check it out, and if you're a past user or a new user of Jargon, follow your conscience, and support a NEXTSTEP developer who's trying to bring you cool software for almost-free. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/toys/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz Note: hasc has a slow link. Avoid it if you can. - darcy Darcy Brockbank samurai@hasc.ca
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: InternetCookbook for Jargon.app Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:04:16 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374d4g$343@digifix.digifix.com> This is a digital dictionary for use with Jargon.app. It's composed of the collected recipies from rec.food.cooking (about 7M worth of data). I've done a quick and dirty assimilation of these into the dictionary. It's not pretty, but it does work. And, it's free. In order to use this, you'll first need to get Jargon-3.1 from the archives. (Don't forget to register it!). If you move the Jargon.dictionary out from the app directory and move in the InternetCookbook.dictionary, you'll then get recipies rather than jargon when you access the dictionary. If enough people register Jargon, we'll continue to support it and add features and add a multiple-document UI, so you won't have to do this filesystem hacking in order to change dictionaries. Who knows, maybe we'll even open up the dictionary API so you can make your own... :-). You can find the dictionary at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/toys/InternetCookbook.dictionary.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/InternetCookbook.dictionary.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/InternetCookbook.dictionary.tar.gz hasc is a slow link. Avoid it if you can. - darcy Darcy Brockbank samurai@hasc.ca
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: PDA access comes to Phone.app Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:05:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374d6r$34l@digifix.digifix.com> Hutchison Ave. Software has finished developing a bundle for use with Phone.app, (current shareware release is 2.2). This bundle allows users who have a Sharp Wizard series 8000 and higher to exchange phonebook files to and from their NEXTSTEP computer. Hutchison also has plans to develop a Newton access bundle for Phone.app. You can download Phone version 2.2 from the archives. People registering Phone version 2.2 get a free upgrade to version 3.1, which includes PDA access. Contact us at phone@hasc.ca for information about obtaining version 3.1. Note: if you're using Phone.app, please register it. So far, we've had one (1) person register their software. Hutchison is trying to produce some neat software for NEXTSTEP users, and make it available for cheap. There's certainly no incentive to do this when hundreds of people are using the software and only one person has bothered to send in the ten bucks to register it. Also note: version 3.1 has other bug fixes and improvements over 2.2 (incuding enhanced dialing support!), incorporating quite a few suggestions from the net. We'd like to take the time to do more, but considering the number of people that have registered the software, we're not able to keep adding features and improvements. If you want cheap and good software, do the right thing and register today, and allow us to continue making updates. Here's a short Q+A on Phone. What's new? We've added the following: - numerous bug fixes - PDA access (downloading and uploading phonebooks) - password protection - faster phone dialing - dialing prefixes (comma for pause) What is Phone.app? It's a phonebook manager which can read and write ASCII plain text files. If you're currently using perl or some other command line tool to read phonebook files, then this application can live side-by-side with your tool, and you'll not have to change your file format one bit. Gee, that's cool. Are you sure about the file format thing? Well, we're pretty sure! By default Phone.app is looking for records like this: Herve Avril Hutchison Ave. Software herve@hasc.ca Darcy Brockbank Hutchison. Ave. Software 514/499-2067 samurai@hasc.ca Danny Gagne danny@hasc.ca ... As you can see, you don't have to do anything special with your records. They can be in pretty much any order. Phone uses some intelligent algorithms to figure out what's what. You can set this application up so that it reads colondelimited files, or whatever! So, why is plain text better than binary? Because you can read it with the tool of your choice. You can also bring your phonebooks to other computers (ie. running DOS) and read them there if you need to. It allows Phone to reside in your system, and work on the same phonebook file that you may have perl or awk or bourne shell scripts for reading. Here's an example perl script which will read files in a plain-text format: #!/usr/local/bin/perl $/ = ""; #enable paragraph mode. open (ROLODEX, "/Net/eos/Users/murphy/lib/rolodex/rolodex") || die "Can't open rolodex.\n"; while (<ROLODEX>) { print if ((/$ARGV[0]/i) && (/$ARGV[1]/i) && (/$ARGV[2]/i)) } Ok, enough about the file format junk. How do I use this thing? It's pretty easy. Make a new phonebook, and hit the "Insert" menu item to add a new record. Phone will search case insensitively for records that match yoursearch. You can search forwards or backwards based on the contents of your query field. You've got emacs keybindings within your query field, so be sure to use them! Also, Phone will do a "and" search if you list more than one wordin your field. Does this app do anything else? You can set the color of each of your open phonebooks to help you find them amidst the break grey windows that abound on NEXTSTEP. While we figured it would make Steve Jobs have a hemorrhage, we found that a small grey window wasoften hard to locate. So, we allow you to drag and drop in the color of your choice. You, the user, are being allowed to be a victim of your own poor taste! . Other features include telephone number dialing (click the little phone icon); email window opening (click the little NeXTmail icon (both of these icons show up in the document window). Everything else should be pretty much self-explanitory in the best Keith Ohlfs fashion. Very funny. Do you expect me to pay you for this? Yes we do. This app is shareware, and if you find that you're using it, then you should send ten bucks (and we don't mean male deer) to: Hutchison Ave. Software 3481 Aylmer, Suite B Montreal, Qc., CANADA H2X 2B4 I have a Sharp Wizard PDA. Can I access my phonebook there? Yes. We have a bundle you can drag and drop into Phone.app which will allow you to upload and download phonebooks to and from your Wizard. The bundle costs $20.00, so you'll have to contact us to register for it. Cool! How about the Newton? We're in the process of adding support for the Newton as well. Ditto on pricing, etc. OK, if I register this, will I get free upgrades? Minor upgrades and bugfixes are free. We use this app internally and continue to upgrade it and add features. The NEXTSTEP community is notorious for not paying for stuff, so please register this application if you're using it. Registering this app encourages us to continue to develop and enhance it. Not registering encourages us to abandon NEXTSTEP development. This is a decent and cool piece of shareware, and you can part with ten bucks, can't you? Are there any secret hidden features? Yes, but if we told you what they were, they wouldn't be secret and you wouldn't have any fun. (HINT: "dwrite Phone HandsetBitmapFile"... look under the app directory before you do this). OK... by the way, those are pretty cool color wells. Much more svelte than theusual breed. Why thank you! We like the emacs keybindings in the text field too. I have no more questions. I'd just like to say ``What a great deal!'' Wait! There's more! Phone can be programmed to use hints when it parses your plain text. We're not ready yet to disclose this feature to everyone, but if you really need it, let us know. Using hints will help it determine what's what... it already uses some that are pre-programmed. OK, are you finished? Yes. Enjoy the app. And don't forget to send us some cash.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <374d5s$34b@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <374d5s$34b@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:06:18 -0400 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374d8a$34p@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Kristopher Magnusson <magnkj@palladium.zinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NWBench available on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:20:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374e25$376@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/tools/nwbench.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/tools/nwbench_NIH.tar.gz NWBench is NEXTSTEP benchmarking software developed by Simson Garfinkel for NeXTWORLD magazine. It provides a number of useful benchmarks for determining NEXTSTEP hardware performance, including: * dhrystones and MIPS (based on the BYTE Unix Benchmarks--Release 3) * DRAM to VRAM, VRAM to VRAM composites * Ethernet write performance * disk performance * How fast the computer can look for a predetermined set of words in Webster.app * How fast the computer can compile BusyBox.app ABSOLUTE CAVEAT: This source is unsupported by anyone whatsoever. Thanks to Michael B. Johnson <wave@mosch.media.mit.edu>, I'm able to include a triple-fat binary of NWBench.app. I'll distribute this separately. By Simson's own admission, this code needs some work. So by including the source, I hope someone with more time and expertise than I have can polish up this source. In fact, this would be a nice project for a device driver shop, a user group or NeXT SIG, or a dedicated individual. If you're wondering why I'm distributing this instead of Simson, here's a brief explanation. When I used to market NEXTSTEP hardware, I sent NeXTWORLD a prototype Intel box for a review. When the machine came back, NWBench was loaded on the hard drive. Lately, after I pieced together a Pentium 90 system from mail-order components, I wished there were a standard benchmark so I could compare my machine's performance against that of others. So I thought of NWBench, sent Simson some mail asking about it, and he mailed me the source for distribution. Here're some sample scores from an HP 735/99, a HP 712/80, and a Pentium 90 clone. I suppose I could collect NWBench scores, but I think others are doing so already. I don't mind if people want to send 'em to me, though. (Be sure to run the benchmarks as root to get a report of /dev/rsd0a.) The HP benchmarks look a little goofy, as the MIPS ratings are low, and the video performance is really high. This could be a fault of the benchmarks. HP 735/99 ------------------------------------------------- Name of System: HP 735/99 CPU Speed: 99MHz Disk Subsystem: HP LAN Adaptor: HP Graphics Card and Resolution: HP CRX24 at 1280x 1024 "Kernel Flags" = ""; "Instance" = "0"; "Active Drivers" = "HPAdvancedAudio"; "Kernel" = "mach_kernel"; "Install Mode" = "No"; "Version" = "1.2"; "Boot Graphics" = "Yes"; "Boot Drivers" = "HPPANGLEFrameBuffer HILMouse eci596 HILKeyboard"; MIPS: 88.182854 PostScript speed: D-V: 5.808 V-V: 5.92 Ethernet speed: 495.170776 Webster benchmark: 15.93438 Compile: 35.680454 HP 712/80 ------------------------------------------------- Name of System: HP 712 CPU Speed: 80MHz Disk Subsystem: HP LAN Adaptor: HP Graphics Card and Resolution: HP CRT 1280x1024 "Kernel Flags" = ""; "Instance" = "0"; "Active Drivers" = "GeckoMouse"; "Kernel" = "mach_kernel"; "Install Mode" = "No"; "Version" = "1.2"; "Boot Graphics" = "Yes"; "Boot Drivers" = "HPPANGLEFrameBuffer eci596 Floppy GeckoKeyboard"; MIPS: 63.492062 PostScript speed: D-V: 10.416 V-V: 10.352 Ethernet speed: 193.704346 Webster benchmark: 21.319118 Compile: 47.859516 MIPS: 63.492062 Pentium/90 ------------------------------------------------- #9 GXE64 Pro 4 MB 32 MBs of RAM resolution, color depth unknown PostScript speed: D-V: 31.04 V-V: 7.088 Ethernet speed: 0.448727 Webster benchmark: 26.004328 Compile: 49.031303
From: peter@tpt.com (Peter F. Armstrong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: New Developer Openings at Triple Point Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:21:11 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <374e47$37h@digifix.digifix.com> First, thanks to all of you who have responded in the past... And now, due to faster than anticipated growth... Triple Point Technology, Inc. has an immediate need to fill three new full-tim developer positions. The positions and experience requirements are listed below: CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECT C, Unix Sybase or other relational database Design and development of client-server, distributed systems Inter-process communications NEXTSTEP Distributed Objects (not necessary) NEXTSTEP APPLICATION DEVELOPER Objective-C, NEXTSTEP AppKit Graphical User Interface design Sybase (not necessary) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPER Financial application development Sybase or other relational database C programming Option, swap, derivative experience (not necessary) Commodity trading application development (not necessary) ABOUT TRIPLE POINT ---------------------------------------------------- Triple Point Technology develops distributed, client-server, real-time trading systems for its global customers on a variety of platforms, including NEXTSTEP, Windows, and HP-UX. Triple Point's offices are situated in a marina over-looking Long Island Sound, in Rowayton, CT, just 35 miles outside of New York City. Triple Point offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health insurance, great benefits, merit-based bonuses, and an opportunity to work with the latest technology. CONTACTING TRIPLE POINT ---------------------------------------------------- If you meet the above criteria and are interested in pursuing a position with Triple Point, please send your resume: by email: peter@tpt.com by fax: (203) 831-4106 Peter F. Armstrong Triple Point Technology, Inc. 71 Rowayton Avenue Rowayton, CT 06853
From: markus@isolde.stgt.sub.org (Markus Stoll) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Rosetta 2.1 Date: 9 Oct 1994 23:16:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37abml$gsn@digifix.digifix.com> Rosetta 2.1 Rosetta is a shareware tool to help you handling the different character sets of several common computer systems. These character sets are equal within the 7 bit range (0 to 127, called ASCII) and differ in the upper half (128 to 255), where a lot of special characters (e. g. German umlauts) are located. Version 2.1 implements the NeXTstep release 3 dragging mechanism. Furthermore this version of Rosetta offers conversion by the Services menu. More new features: conversion into TeX style, new design and an inclusion of a MAB for Motorola, Intel and HP-PA processors. Release 2.1 can be obtained on the most common ftp sites, e. g.: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/tools/Rosetta_2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Text/apps/Rosetta.2.1.NIH.b.tar.gz The authors can be reached vie EMail: rosetta@amylnd.s.bawue.de
From: jmartin@Dallas.bozell.com (Jeff Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Software Engineers, Dallas, TX Date: 10 Oct 1994 23:19:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37d08v$nml@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Software Engineers, Dallas, TX Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt is a full service communications agency with complete advertising, direct marketing and public relations capabilities. We are looking for several NEXTSTEP software engineers with database and user interface design experience for our Dallas office. Development will focus on productivity and information management applications. Great working environment. Please send cover letter and resume to Jeff Martin Director of Software Engineering Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. jmartin@bjke.com FAX: (214) 830 - 2687 TSTEP object-oriented software, which has been designed for the development of custom, enterprise-wide, client/server applications. The new device driver utilizes the BusLogic 32-bit extended mode, enabling data to be transmitted with greater efficiency for optimum performance. The BusLogic driver will be available through NeXT's future release of NEXTSTEP version 3.3, and also via NeXT's various bulletin boards and support systems. BusLogic has worked closely with NeXT to ensure that BusLogic's entire family of SCSI host adapters are compatible with the NEXTSTEP operating environment. In addition to the NEXTSTEP OS, BusLogic supplies device drivers for all major operating systems including DOS/Windows, NetWare, Windows NT, SCO UNIX, OS/2, Solaris, Interactive UNIX, UnixWare, and many others. BusLogic drivers are also embedded in leading operating systems such as NetWare 3.12 and 4.x, Windows NT and Solaris. "We are delighted to be a partner with NeXT in supporting its industry-leading applications development environment," said Julian Elliott, vice president of marketing at BusLogic Inc. "Through our NEXTSTEP OS device driver, we reinforce BusLogic's commitment to and market position in offering the broadest range of operating system support in the industry." "NeXT has been committed to working with BusLogic in its development of support for NEXTSTEP because our customers have been demanding access to BusLogic's industry-leading high performance SCSI host adapters to provide them with the highest levels of I/O throughput available today," said Bob Lawton, strategic technology manager of NeXT's Intel-based product line. "We believe this new support will allow our customers to optimize their operating envronments." NeXT Computer, Inc. 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, Calif., and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. Founded in 1988, BusLogic Inc. develops and markets a broad range of quality and performance-driven hardware and software solutions for controlling storage and network systems to OEMs and distributors. All BusLogic products are backed by a responsive and flexible customer support organization. Headquartered at 4151 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, Calif., the company is privately held. BusLogic's disk array software division, the Chantal Group, is located at 7220 Trade St., Suite 115, San Diego, Calif.
From: office@medicom.medicom.de (Medicom Office) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MEDICOM Distributes WSI-FONTS in Europe Date: 10 Oct 1994 23:20:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37d0ae$nms@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, contact: MEDICOM GmbH Mehringdamm 43 D-10961 Berlin, GERMANY Tel:++49-30-693 2540 Fax:++49-30-693 5682 E-mail:office@medicom.medicom.de MEDICOM DISTRIBUTES WSI-FONTS in Europe. Berlin, Germany-October 4, 1994 - MEDICOM today announced that it is starting to distribute of WSI-FONTS Collection, Volume #1 & Volume #2 and WSI-FONTS ProfessinalComposer Collection in Europe. Nothing enchances your graphical expression more than a well-rounded type library. Whether you_re designing a one-page sign or a 1000-page book, a good font collection can help you evoke a variety of imagery, from high-tech to antique to informal. WSI-Fonts Professional The WSI-Fonts Professional Collection, Volume #1, is the solution to your basic typeface needs. For DM 345,-- (inkl. VAT), less than many companies charge for a single font family, you get 123 professional-quality fonts. Each font is carefully designed with pair kerning and hinting, so they look good whether you_re reading them at 92 or 2400 dpi. In addition, most fonts have full support for the complete international character set for working in French, Italian, German, Spanish, etc.. All of our fonts will work with any application, including any custom applications you might have. Volume #2, our Decorative Collection, is a collection of decorative, script, headline, and special purpose fonts that give your document a decorative flair. You_ll find fonts to help most any document stand out. All fonts in the Decorative Collection are designed with the same care given to Volume #1. Priced at DM 345,-- (inkl. VAT) for 110 fonts, this collection is an inexpensive way to enrich your type library. WSI-Fonts Professional - quality that satisfies the professional with a price that pleases the amateur. The Composer Collection The WSI-Fonts Professional Composer Collection is aimed at those who are interested in making professional looking music manuscripts. The collection consists of the Composer font, which is glyph compatible with SonataTM from Adobe Systems, Inc.. The Composer font contains all of the glyphs you need for typesetting musical document, including note heads and stems, rests, clefs, accidentals as well as time and key signature glyphs, grace notes, trills, pedal and bow marketings, etc.. In addition to the Composer font, the collection includes the Bernadette Family (Regular, Italic and Bold) which is useful for typesetting standard lyrics or for use with any other application. Finally, for a classical flair for lyrics, titles, etc., the Daniela font is also included. "The "WSI-Fonts Professional" collection covers all the basics for most publishing tasks... the fonts are all good and include text, script, display, and specialty typefaces. Each is complete with kern pairs. The accompanying manual is exceptional, with informative discussions of each typeface and the principles behind its design." (NeXTWORLD Magazine, June/July 1993) MEDICOM GmbH is a privately held systemhouse and sells NeXTSTEP based software & hardware products in Germany, Europe and worldwide directly as well as though a variety of channels like resellers. MEDICOM is based in Berlin, Germany. MEDICOM handles the Sales to the EndUser though his partner company ACADEMY Systemhaus GmbH at the same address, phone resp. fax number and e-mail address. For further information on WSI-Fonts Professional, contact MEDICOM GmbH (if you are a reseller) or ACADEMY GmbH (if you are EndUser) directly at ++49-30-693 25 40 or send a fax to ++49-30-693 56 82, or send electronic mail to office@medicom.medicom.de.
From: office@medicom.medicom.de (Medicom Office) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MEDICOM ships MusicBuilder Date: 10 Oct 1994 23:21:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37d0bb$nn3@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, please contact: MEDICOM GmbH Mehringdamm 43 D-10961 Berlin Tel:++49-30-693 2540 Fax:++49-30-693 5682 E-mail:office@medicom.medicom.de MEDICOM SHIPS MusicBuilder 1.0 of melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin. Berlin, Germany-October 7, 1994 - MEDICOM today announced that it is starting the shipment of MusicBuilder 1.0 developed by melonSoft. MEDICOM is the worldwide distributor for MusicBuilder. MusicBuilder is a music creation application for the NeXTSTEP operating system, which is now available as a triple-architecture binary for Motorola, Intel Processors and HP PA-Risc. It is designed to give composers, scientists and hobby musicians a new instrument to create music from the initial score up to a ready-to-play CD-quality soundfile. Unlike known programs like sequencers or notation software its main purpose is to create music and let the user listen to it. MusicBuilder differs from other music programs in two ways. The user interface is designed for maximum support of the user's creativity and intuition. Well-known user interface paradigms are intermixed with methods adopted from outside the computer world. The user interface principle of MusicBuilder is "What you see is what you hear". It appeared that musicians working with traditional music creation methods intuitively understand what the meaning of the things in MusicBuilder's interface is. MusicBuilder is human-oriented, not machine-oriented. The other difference to existing programs is that MusicBuilder lets you create high-quality output. Not only that it uses double-precision floating point format for all parameters and calculations, you can also fine-tune all parameters of the different elements taking part in the music calculation, to get exactly the music you want to hear. MusicBuilder acts according to the principle "More haste - less speed". The music calculation is performed in non-real time and thus allows calculations of any complexity, with any number of simultaneous voices, etc. Due to the non-realtime behavior, faster calculation algorithms can be implemented than the ones normally used in realtime systems. MusicBuilder offers an easy-to-use graphical interface, but also provides access to the underlying mathematical system. By changing the mathematics, you can change what the interface elements mean, how the colors are interpreted, etc. MusicBuilder runs on the NEXTSTEP operating system which allows to create applications with a maximum of ease-of-use and user productivity. MusicBuilder does not require a special hardware and thus will run on all future NEXTSTEP platforms. MusicBuilder consists of five programs. MLScore supports composers to create scores. It uses the traditional score notation that has been a standard for centuries. MLOrchestra lets you orchestrate a score. Also, you may process the notes from the score to change their tempo, dynamics, volume relations, etc. MLOrchestra uses the paradigms of an orchestra pit, microphones, and studio mixers. MLVoice is used to build instruments. Since you are not able to feel the sound of the wood or metal with a computer, a visual feedback is the only way to go for a music software. The frequency picture known from speech classes for deaf people is used as paradigm for this program. MLProducer puts the things together. It uses MLScore to produce a list of notes, MLOrchestra to process it, MLVoice to calculate a sound for each of the notes, and adds the sounds up to a resulting NEXTSTEP .snd file. Besides the MLVoice synthesizer output, existing sounds (.snd files) can be included in the music. MLFunctionEd is a support tool to let you graphically edit color lists, graphs, and tables instead of writing tedious formulas. The MusicBuilder programs work together according to a well-defined and published interface. Other programs supporting this interface may replace or supplement the MusicBuilder programs. Thus, MusicBuilder is open to be integrated with existing technologies like hardware-synthesizers or recording devices. MusicBuilder runs on NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher on Motorola and Intel processors. Single user license retail price is US $199 and the educational price is US $160. Floating network and educational licenses are available. MusicBuilder is available since September 1994. Currently two additional features are under development, allowing MusicBuilder to be integrated in existing music creation environments: score printing in MLScore, and MIDI file import and export, which will be available as an upgrade for US $20. All orders placed until the end of November (November 31, 1994) will include a free upgrade to the new version. MusicBuilder is a trademark of melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. MEDICOM GmbH is a privately held systemhouse and sells NeXTSTEP based software & hardware products in Germany, Europe and worldwide directly as well as though a variety of channels like resellers. MEDICOM is based in Berlin, Germany. MEDICOM handles the Sales to the EndUser though his partner company ACADEMY Systemhaus GmbH at the same address, phone resp. fax number and e-mail address. For further information on MusicBuilder, contact MEDICOM GmbH (if you are a reseller) or ACADEMY GmbH (if you are EndUser) directly at ++49-30-693 25 40 or send a fax to ++49-30-693 56 82, or send electronic mail to office@medicom.medicom.de.
From: slugg jello <mouthers!slugg@nwnexus.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Mouthing Flowers Ships New Version Of TIMEFLIES Date: 10 Oct 1994 23:22:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37d0db$nna@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 NEW FEATURES WITH TIMEFLIES FOR NEXTSTEP Seattle, WA, October 6th, 1994 - Mouthing Flowers announced today that it is now shipping a new upgrade of its popular time management application TimeFlies. The latest release of TimeFlies is version 2.5 and is available to current TimeFlies users with no upgrade charge. Version 2.5 sports new features including: - Alarms that can issue UNIX shell commands. - Alarms that can be set to go off after a specified period of time. - A substantially revised alarms user interface. - A handy calendar. - The option to display a datepad in the icon. TimeFlies is a powerful, easy, and well-priced time management application for NEXTSTEP-enabled computers. TimeFlies' objective is to save you time and money by helping 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 With TimeFlies Alarms Create alarms that: - play sounds, - send email, - issue a message panel on your screen, - execute a shell command, - 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, - any combination of the above, - or after a specified period of time. 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 has a handy calendar for quick reference. 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 (ftp.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 $19 for full-time students, seniors, and handicapped (prices subject to change). Multi-user network rates are available. Mouthing Flowers, Inc. is a Pacific Northwest software development and consulting firm which provides expertise in NEXTSTEP and Microsoft Windows software environments. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: Oct 03 1994 - Oct 11 1994 Date: 11 Oct 1994 01:32:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <37d80n$oug@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 31). Monday October 03 through Tuesday October 11 SUMMARY: Sept 25 - Oct 03 1994 ADMIN: Submitting articles to comp.sys.next.announce Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet SUBMISSION: Console for HP PRESS RELEASE: IT Solutions Introduces NEXSTEP Client for HP OpenMail PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago - Mini-Trade Expo of NEXTSTEP Solutions PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces THUMBNAIL PRESS RELEASE: Rendezvous Version 1.2 Available SUBMISSION: Files moved on ftp.cs.orst.edu today PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc. announces availability of Tailor 2.0 MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Oct 6, 1994 PRESS RELEASE: MOVIE MACHINE PRO PRESS RELEASE: SCREEN MACHINE II PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Expo '95 PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces DEMO of THUMBNAIL SUBMISSION: Invoice 1.0 PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software announces first shipment of PAGES 1.5 JOB: NEXTSTEP/UNIX System Administration positions JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers SUBMISSION: Jargon-3.1 SUBMISSION: InternetCookbook for Jargon.app ANNOUNCENT: PDA access comes to Phone.app PRESS RELEASE: PDA access comes to Phone.app SUBMISSION: NWBench available on ftp.cs.orst.edu JOB: New Developer Openings at Triple Point SUBMISSION: Rosetta 2.1 PRESS RELEASE: BusLogic Announces Strategic Partnership with Next JOB: NEXTSTEP Software Engineers, Dallas, TX PRESS RELEASE: MEDICOM Distributes WSI-FONTS in Europe PRESS RELEASE: MEDICOM ships MusicBuilder PRESS RELEASE: Mouthing Flowers Ships New Version Of TIMEFLIES 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 (Scott Anguish) 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 Oct 1994 01:32:44 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <37d81s$ouo@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 and information server, 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 http://digifix.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news://comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news://comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news://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. news://comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news://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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-848-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: comp.sys.next.announce Submission Guidelines Date: 11 Oct 1994 01:33:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <37d82p$ouv@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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: annalea@its.com (Annalea Sommerville) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago! Date: 11 Oct 1994 16:04:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37er49$8b@digifix.digifix.com> Have you always wanted to show your friends and co-workers how cool the NEXTSTEP operating system is? Now's your chance! ITSolutions is pleased to announce a "mini-trade show" of NEXTSTEP SOLUTIONS to be held in Chicago on Friday, October 28th. You are receiving this message as an invitation to participate in this event. From 12:00 noon until 6:00 pm on 10/28/94, ITS will transform its offices at 500 West Madison in downtown Chicago into a marketplace of solutions for companies considering NEXTSTEP. ITS will provide an Intel of Motorola based workstation and a desk-sized table top for each company choosing to participate. ITS will also run advertising in the local area and work with NeXT to attract interested individuals to the show. So far, the following companies will be participating in NeXT Day Chicago (alphabetical order) INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS Athena Design GS Corp. IT Solutions, Inc. Metrosoft, Inc. Ocean Software Pages Corp. Pangea Corp. Planning Sciences Sarrus Software VVI Whitelight Systems Xanthus Corp. OTHERS: Canon Computer Systems, Inc. Hewlett-Packard NeXT Computer, Inc. Customers that have confirmed that they will be attending include (so far): Abbott Labs Apollo Derivatives Group CRT-NationsBanc Distributed AD Tools First Continental Trading First Chicago The Gould Group Companies Medical College of Wisconsin NOIR (mac reseller - not NeXT Org Internatinal...) Pioneer Financial Proactive Solutions Reliability Ratings Swiss Bank Corporation The University of Chicago University of Notre Dame Ziconix We are preparing an insert for Crain's Chicago Business which will reach over 9000 downtown Chicago business people. In addition we are sending special invitations to 500 people in the local region who have expressed an interest in NEXTSTEP or are currently NeXT customers. Local big customers we are, of course, calling personally. It looks like we will have a terrific turn-out for the event! The show is free to current or prospective NEXTSTEP customers. Registration is required, and a packet of materials about the exposition will be mailed to every individual who registers prior to October 21, 1994. Registrants should send name, company name, and address to annalea@its.com If you are interested in attending, you might also want to contact NeXT regarding their Chicago Seminar "Object Lessons" which will be held the on Thursday, October 27th. Finally, On Saturday, October 29th, ITS will host a meeting of NEXTSTEP ISV's to discuss how we can help each other build our marketplace through events such as this one. Regards! Annalea Sommerville annalea@its.com (NeXTMail Welcome!)
From: jim_tykal@il.us.swissbank.com (Jim Tykal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXT/Sybase Developer Needed! Date: 13 Oct 1994 16:48:37 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37k6f5$gnj@digifix.digifix.com> Sybase Developer Needed: * 1+ years Sybase experience on NeXT platform * Interface w/Managers to develop high-level report requirements * Generate reports in Sybase * Experience should include table creation, triggers, procedures, views, etc. * Downtown Chicago location. Casual, high energy work environment. * 6-12 month consulting assignment. Reply via e-mail, or fax resume to (708)240-0234.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, October 20th Date: 13 Oct 1994 16:49:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37k6g0$gnq@digifix.digifix.com> MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta Date: Thursday, October 20, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: NEXTSTEP Lab (Skiles 157) Georgia Tech (Atlanta, USA) Cost: $1 but otherwise open to the public (rsvp) Agenda: NEXTSTEP Programming Seminar, #6 Main Topic: Dynamic Bundling (Checkbook.app) Instructor: Jon Bennett (Information Management, Inc.) Directions to NEXTSTEP Lab, Skiles Hall (Georgia Tech) I75/85 to 10th Street exit 10th west to Atlantic (on the left, before traffic light at 10th and State) Continue on Atlantic, going through traffic light (at Ferst). Continue in this direction and park in either lot to the north or south of Atlantic at the Stop-sign. The NEXTSTEP lab is in Skiles Hall, which is just across the southern lot from Atlantic and adjacent to the Library. The lab has 25 seats. If you are fairly certain that you will attend the seminar, please contact us to reserve one for you. (You may wish to bring disks for taking home sample code.) Hope to see you there! Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-373-2619 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@home.net Email: prie@acm.org
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: JetPilot 1.6 - printer driver for HP Desk/Laser Jet printers Date: 13 Oct 1994 16:50:08 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37k6i0$go1@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ JetPilot, RELEASE 1.6 NOW SHIPPING Munich, interpersonal-computing, October 13th - JetPilot under new management and completely redesigned. The other way of printing. JetPilot is more than a simple PRINTER DRIVER for non PostScript(TM) printers. Because it uses the NeXT WindowServer color option as well as supporting data compression for high speed transfer to certain printers, it is remarkably fast. Another feature is the true 24 bit RGB support, which renders stunning results. By means of an error-diffusion algorithm it is possible to use a wider range of colors without loss of resolution. The driver is completely integrated into NEXTSTEP and accessed via the NeXT print panel for available options. Configuration is completely done in the PrintManager.app and supports any of the standard I/O interfaces (parallel, serial and TCP/IP-JetDirect). DEMO LICENSE This package contains the JetPilot 1.6 printer-driver for HP-DeskJet and HP-LaserJet type printers. All printer options are fully supported, with the exception that the word Demo is printed diagonally over each page. With the purchase of a license you will get a registration key which you can apply to the driver using the registration application. This will disable the demo mode and enable normal printing. The JetPilotReg.2.0.app will help you with an automatic order system to purchase a license key. A running release is 150 US$ outside the EC, members of the EC have to add 15% VAT. Call for Higher Ed. All Updates between major releases are FREE!!! FTP SERVER: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de PATH: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/printer FILES: JetPilot.1.6.NIH.b.tar.gz JetPilot.1.6.README SPECIAL PRICE ============= Until 31/10/94 we offer a special 50% discount on the current list price. Simply add the words "SPECIAL DISCOUNT" to your order. Only orders with this key words will receive the discount! DIRECT SUPPORTED PRINTERS: DeskJet/DeskJet+ DeskJet 500 DeskJet 500C DeskJet 550C DeskJet Portable DeskJet 1200C DeskJet 510 DeskJet 520 LaserJet II/IIP LaserJet III/IIIP LaserJet 4/M/L/P .. Canon BJ10 portable EPSON LQ mode Compatible printers... And ANY printer, which offers a compatible mode to one of the above named. UPDATE FOR CURRENT USERS Currently we ship the release 1.6, which is available on ftp. All owners of previous releases may use is as -FREE- update. Simply mail/fax/print the Update License Form and add your old key. You will receive your free update key within 48 h (probably faster). The release 1.6 is a completely redesigned driver and solves many problems previous releases. ARCHITECTURE AND NEXTSTEP RELEASES We support ALL architectures (Intel, Motorola, HP) as well as any operating system release since NEXTSTEP 3.0. Further Information: interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich ++49 (0) 89-22 28 63 c/o Jens Ch. Gloede ++49 (0) 89-22 33 75 Oettingenstrasse 2 ++49 (0) 89-22 33 76 fax 80538 Munich/GERMANY jetpilot@interpc.de
From: darcyh@glasgow.eiffel.com (Darcy Harrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ISE Eiffel object-oriented development environment on NEXTSTEP Date: 13 Oct 1994 16:58:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37k70q$got@digifix.digifix.com> The full ISE Eiffel 3 graphical environment is now available on NEXTSTEP, both on NeXT hardware and Intel-based 486 and Pentium PCs. Commercial licenses as well as special full-time student/faculty packages are available for both ISE Eiffel for NEXTSTEP and EiffelKits. The license includes these components of the environment: - EiffelBench: graphical development environment supporting compiling (all modes: Melting Ice Technology for fast recompilation, generation of portable C code, optimization), debugging, browsing etc. - EiffelVision: library for graphics and user interfaces. - EiffelBase: library of data structures and algorithms. - EiffelLex, EiffelParse: libraries for language analysis. - Full documentation ISE Eiffel 3 for NEXTSTEP includes a version of EiffelBench based upon NEXTSTEP and Display Postscript, with the addition of standard cut and paste mechanisms and printing of any windows. The EiffelVision library for NEXTSTEP allows the creation of graphical applications that are fully portable between the NEXTSTEP environment (where they are based on the NeXT AppKit and Display Post Script) and other X/Motif based platforms. ISE and Quarried Software (third-party vendor) have released EiffelKits, a special NEXTSTEP-specific class library which contains the following components: - A class library that encapsulates the NeXT AppKit Objective-C class library. - Online documentation in a form suitable for use with the NeXT Digital Librarian for the standard ISE Eiffel 3 class libraries (EiffelBase, EiffelLex, EiffelParse & EiffelVision) as well as the EiffelKits class library. The documentation is in the form of the ancestors and flat-short class listings. - A Palette for use with the NeXT Interface Builder that allows graphical applications to be created using the Interface Builder and the EiffelKits class library. - Hard-copy documentation for EiffelKits in the form of the ancestors and short-flat listings with an introductory chapter describing the use of the class library in detail. - Full documentation Reminder: the fully graphical ISE Eiffel 3 environment is also available on the following platforms: DEC Alpha, DG Aviion, Fujitsu, HP 9000, IBM RISC 6000, Pyramid, SCO Unix, Silicon Graphics, Sun (SunOS and Solaris 2.3), DEC Ultrix. The non-graphical version of the environment is available on Windows (386 and above) in both a personal version (with no C code generation) and a professional version (including all facilities of the Unix version except for the graphics). The graphical versions will be available at the end of the year. All ISE Eiffel versions are fully source-compatible with each other. For information contact your ISE Eiffel distributor or ISE: Interactive Software Engineering Inc. 270 Storke Road, Suite 7 Goleta CA 93117 USA telephone 805-685-1006, fax 805-685-6869 E-mail info@eiffel.com Darcy G. Harrison Interactive Software Engineering Inc. darcyh@eiffel.com
From: Brian Hill (Contractor) <Brian_Hill@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RoachesView BackSpace module v 1.1 (tri-fat) Date: 13 Oct 1994 23:51:54 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37kv8q$im3@digifix.digifix.com> Buggy SoFTware (aka Brian Hill <bhill@physics.ucla.edu>) releases version 1.1 of the RoachesView BackSpace module. RoachesView is designed to be run as a background as well as a screensaver (since it is only in the former case that the behavior of the roaches is interesting). Care has been taken to use the same background color as selected through Preferences. The color used reverts to black when RoachesView is used as a screensaver. Substantial changes to make RoachesView use less cpu and animate more smoothly were made shortly after v 1.0 was released. The only recent change is a quick hack to eliminate a broken feature (search the source for "Hack" if you're curious). V 1.1 is tri-fat, and has no known bugs. An oft-requested feature, the ability to kill roaches, has not been added, but the source (Copyleft 1994) is also on the archives, and if you want to turn RoachesView into a game, you are welcome to. The performance of RoachesView has improved due to the suggestions of Grant Baillie, Darcy Brockbank, Mitch Golden, Paul Griffin, Scott Hess, and others. Availability: ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/RoachesView.BackModule-1.1MAB.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/RoachesView.BackModule-1.1src.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/screens/RoachesView.BackModule-1.1MAB.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/screens/RoachesView.BackModule-1.1src.tar.gz and replaces v1.0, which is presently in /software/NeXT/binaries/screen. 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. Additional Information: See the source.
From: federico@heinz.com (Federico Heinz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer 1.0 and Special Introductory Offer Date: 14 Oct 1994 02:05:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37l737$j70@digifix.digifix.com> F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer 1.0 F. HEINZ Consultora is proud to introduce the first release of InterfaceViewer, the developer-friendly user interface documentation tool for NEXTSTEP. The multi-architecture program for Motorola and Intel hardware and sample files may be retrieved by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer.README ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer.1.0.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer-Samples.d.tar.gz and from other NEXTSTEP archive sites. The program works in demo mode until properly licensed. Pricing information and demo license strings (valid for thirty days) are available on request from the addresses listed below. SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER All orders for InterfaceViewer placed before November 1st, 1994 will be granted a 25% discount off the list price. This offer applies also to orders for which academic discount (50% off the list price) is applicable. ====================================================================== What does InterfaceViewer do? InterfaceViewer solves a problem common to all NEXTSTEP development: documenting the contents of InterfaceBuilder files (the ubiquitous nibs ). While IB offers great tools for creating user interfaces, its capabilities are very limited when it comes to finding out the inner workings of an existing nib file or documenting the contents of such a file along with the rest of the source code for a project. IV is useful when you want to use any of NeXT's great mini-examples to find out something about the AppKit: the source code is usually easy to follow and profusely documented, but you still have to painfully untangle the connections inside the nib files one by one before you understand what the program does. It is also a boon when you get someone new in your team, and she has to catch up with what the rest of the group has done so far. She can just take the nib files to IV and play with the connections until she knows what's in there. It is very useful at achieving other minor feats such as creating high-quality EPS representations of the UI elements for inclusion in your user documentation or at making poster- or blackboard- sized documents for discussion during team work. InterfaceViewer is the only way to completely document the working of your system, other than doing diagrams of the user interface by hand. How does it do it? To uncover the contents of a nib file, just open the file with InterfaceViewer. What you get is a canvas with a diagram of all objects and all connections of the nib file on it. You get to see it all at once, with every object showing exactly as it appears on screen, respecting all its graphics attributes. Everything is neatly laid out on the canvas and clearly labeled according to your taste. InterfaceViewer will also show a hierarchical view of all objects, reflecting the object tree within the nib file and ensuring that you absolutely can't miss anything that is inside the nib. And it works with any nib file at all, even those that contain custom objects loaded from IB palettes---all you have to do is load the palette into InterfaceViewer too, and it just works! And what can I do with such a drawing? While you work on the screen, InterfaceViewer does a lot to help you read the diagram it created: you can selectively disable the display of connectors according to criteria such as ``I want to see only connectors of class DBTableConnector or IBOutletConector that depart from the currently selected objects''. You can change the color and other graphics attributes of the connectors, change the arrangement of the objects, resize the canvas, get the diagram just as you like it. And while you are at it, let the auto-router lay out the connections for you, so you don't have to position each segment on the page yourself. You can also hide objects as well as connectors, to concentrate on a subset of the contents of the nib. All connections concerning hidden objects disappear automatically as well, of course, until you tell InterfaceViewer to show the objects again. And you can print the diagram to post on the wall or in your documentation records, too. InterfaceViewer will break the canvas into pages according to the page layout and scale. Or you can save the image for later reference, either in InterfaceViewer's own format, or as an EPS image or in Diagram!2 format. You can also produce an ASCII dump of key data concerning the objects in the nib. InterfaceViewer's parseable ASCII format contains information on each object's class and position within the nib's hierarchy, as well as optional information on its name, title, value, frame, etc. Every connection is included as well, with the same level of detail. You can also cut and paste parts of InterfaceViewer's diagram into other documents for your documentation records, or to get high-quality PostScript images of your windows for inclusion in you manuals. How does InterfaceViewer interact with IB palettes? InterfaceViewer loves palettes. You can load palettes into it just by opening them as a normal document, and InterfaceViewer will do the right thing. Once a palette is loaded, you can open nib files that contain objects created from it. And InterfaceViewer will remember to load the palette every time it starts up (unless you tell it not to, of course). Palette authors can even use the InterfaceViewer's API to create custom representations of objects in their palettes. Using the API, objects can be shown in InterfaceViewer's canvas at any desired level of detail, with any custom graphic representation the developer wishes. So this is a demo of InterfaceViewer? The freely available software will work in demo mode for as long as you wish. In demo mode, InterfaceViewer is basically a viewer for its own documents, so you can use it to review the demo documents available from the same source where you got the software, or any documents created with InterfaceViewer by other people. You will not be able to create new diagrams, and saving files will be disabled. To fully exploit InterfaceViewer's potential, you must purchase a license, which is embodied in a license string. Once you enter a valid license string, InterfaceViewer will allow you to create your own diagrams, and you will be able to save them in all the supported formats. Evaluation licenses for trying out InterfaceViewer for a period of thirty days are available on request from F. Heinz Consultora. Just send us a note by E-mail to <InterfaceViewer@heinz.com>, or check the program's on-line help for more information on contacting us and our distributors. You can purchase InterfaceViewer licenses for one, five, ten or thirty simultaneous network users, or as an unlimited site license. Price information on each kind of license as well as on academic pricing is available on request. About F. HEINZ Consultora F. HEINZ Consultora is a privately-held network consulting and software development company located in Cordoba, Argentina. We are committed to the production of high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP users and developers, and to the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP-based customer solutions. Our product line currently includes Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers. FOR MORE INFORMATION contact us at our development labs in F. HEINZ Consultora Benigno Acosta 4528 5009 V. Centenario Cordoba, Argentina Tel+Fax: (+54 51) 81 75 97 E-Mail: info@heinz.com
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Sr. Technical Writer position available Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:32:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mpsq$o9l@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX Email: cm@next.com Job Description Title: Sr. Technical Writer Dept: Technical Publications Primary Responsibilities: Write conceptual overviews and detailed reference material for the NEXTSTEP software kits, working from information provided by programmers, gleaned from source code, and discovered from your own test programs. Participate in the design and review of new kits and help in the refinement of their APIs (application programming interfaces). Work with peer writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. Act as a mentor for junior technical writers. Examples of current projects are: AppKit: A framework for all NEXTSTEP applications. OpenStep: Documenting our new OpenStep classes. Enterprise Objects: An object-oriented approach to relational databases. NEXTIME: A multimedia framework. Development Environment: A collection of tools for developing NEXTSTEP apps. DriverKit: A framework for creating various types of hardware drivers. Required writing skills: 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. Required technical knowledge: The ablity to program in one or more languages is required. Knowledge of C and object-oriented programming (OOP) is highly desirable. Knowledge of one or more of these languages and environments is a plus: Objective C, C++, NeXTSTEP, SQL, PostScript, UNIX, Mach. General qualifications required: Minimum 5+ years experience as a technical writer is required. Teaching experience is a plus. General interest in various areas of software technology is necessary, since the nature of our projects can vary widely and this writer will no doubt be called upon to document technologies that don't exist yet and cannot be predicted. Flexibility and adaptability to dynamic engineering environment is necessary for success.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Sr. Test Engineer position available Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:35:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mq25$obv@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Senior Test Engineer - with OS focus. Department: Software Engineering, Software Quality Major areas of responsibility DriverKit and Device Driver API Testing or UNIX API Device Drivers (Serial, Networking, Filesystem(s), etc...) Specific Responsibilities Develop structured test plans Develop suites of automated functional, stress and performance tests Orderly release of those tests (documentation sufficient to de-skill test application) Minimum Qualifications and Background - MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. - Basic project management skills (spec/documentation writing, setting/communicating expectations, scheduling). - Requires little/no supervision. Is capable of setting objectives/expectations and providing appropriate status updates. - Strong 'C' programmer. - Understands generic OS (UNIX preferred) implementation details as related to device drivers (i.e. VM & stack usage, User/System-side interfaces, interrupts, etc...). - Must be able to work with development engineers as a peer. - Demonstrated initiative, problem-solving skills, ability to pick things up on own. - "Not afraid to get hands dirty". Normally tests will be run in automated fashion or with help of temps, but since we're still a small organization, it may be necessary from time to time to perform certain tests manually (certainly during test debug at least). - Able to work well with others - Good communications skills Additional Qualifications that would be beneficial OS Internals (UNIX preferred). UNIX device driver {writing|testing|maintain} experience DriverKit experience UNIX Networking experience, BSD Fast Filesystem OOP experience NEXTSTEP programming experience familiarity with QA techniques and terminology
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Software Engineer position available Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:36:02 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mq3i$oco@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Software Engineer Department: NEXTSTEP 4.0 (AppKit Group) Primary Responsibility Design, develop, and maintain printing software for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Specific Role and Responsibilities This person will be responsible for the development and support of NEXTSTEP printing software. He or she will: Be responsible for development and maintenance of all printing software throughout the release cycle. The printing software includes applications, Application Kit objects and panels, daemons, printer drivers, and legacy UNIX software. Be the principal technical contact for printing issues in the Software Development organization. This includes providing expertise to the engineering organization, occasional developer and customer contact, contributing to product planning, and maintaining some awareness of both NeXT and non-NeXT printer usage and printing issues. Contribute to API design of other software layers used by the printing software. Required Background, Skills, and Abilities BS/CS degree or equivalent. 4 years professional programming experience, including experience with a large software system. Ability and motivation to learn many levels of printing software: applications, toolkit objects, spooler software, output device drivers, etc. Independent and Proactive. Can do requirements analysis and design with a minimum of supervision. Solid engineering skills. Generalist. Has the capacity to understand and discuss a complex, multi-layered software system. Is comfortable working with information from many sources: reported bugs, co-workers, customers, other NeXT people, competing products. Product-oriented. Focuses on defining customer needs and problems, and delivering solutions to those needs. Excellent problem solving skills. Good communication skills. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience in some (not all) of the areas below is strongly preferred, in loose order of importance: Toolkit design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Printing application software and/or system software (e.g., experience with the printing aspect of a DTP application). Coding and/or API design in an object-oriented language. The PostScript language, PostScript print job structure, and/or Adobe printing standards. Printer drivers and experience with output devices. Print spooling and administration, especially UNIX lpd. User interface design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Color management.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Windows Engineer/PDO Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:36:19 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mq43$od0@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Software Engineer - PDO Department: PDO Primary Responsibility Port of the PDO reference product to various platforms, with a focus on the runtime and emulation server components. Specific Responsibilities runtime integration with GNU tools Runtime enhancement/maintenance for Objective C on foreign OS Enhancement/maintenance of emulation services including Mach IPC and nmserver DO class enhancement in the context of PDO Tool productization for source products and binary shrinkwrap products Portability engineering for all products above The candidate will primarily work on the various platforms, although will be involved with other foreign OSs such as HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 4 year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience 3 - 5 years experience in the software industry Excellent problem solving skills, in areas of software design and implementation. Good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Potential to grow into roles with greater design and architectural responsibility. Self-motivated, with a high energy level. Experience with NEXTSTEP. Previous experience with GNU tools and other OS's (Windows NT) desireable.
From: ak272@freenet.buffalo.edu (Douglas Boyce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WHAT Software Resells Certified PC Hardware Date: 15 Oct 1994 01:25:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37np3c$rv8@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE Contact: WHAT Software, Inc. 282 South Huxley Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 (716) 834-2117 voice/fax e-mail: ak272@freenet.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY, October 12, 1994 - WHAT Software, Inc announces that it is a reseller of Intel, DEC, and Hewlett Packard 486 and Pentium based systems. The systems that WHAT Software resells to the NeXT community have either been certified by NeXT or are designated by NeXT as being compatible by a third party with NEXTSTEP/FIP. "Two things make WHAT Software unique in the NeXTSTEP hardware market place." says Kevin Kumpf, Marketing Director, "Organizations who are in need of both on-site hardware support and NeXTSTEP technical support may receive both from us." Following the specifications of each system is a description of the standard and extended warranty from the manufacturer. DIGITAL LPx Series Specifications (Desktop) CPU Intel 486 DX2 66 Mhz Intel 486 DX4 100 Mhz RAM Expandable to 64MB SLOTS 4 Full size ISA 2 VESA/ISA VIDEO S3 805 1MB Weitek P9000 2MB DISPLAY 14" Energy Star multi-sync (1024 x 768) 15" Energy Star multi-sync (1024 x 768) 17" SVGA multi-sync (1280 x 1024) 19" SVGA multi-sync Trinitron (1280 x 1024) SCSI Adaptec 1542CF ISA DPT 2021 ISA Bus Logic 445S VESA LB PORTS 2 integrated Serial ports 1 integrated Parallel port DIGITAL XL Series Specifications (Tower) CPU Intel DX2 66 MHz and DX4 100MHz Intel Pentium 60 Mhz, 66 Mhz, and 90 Mhz (in the future can be upgraded to DEC Alpha AXP 150Mhz processor) RAM Expandable to 128MB (Expandable to 192MB on Pentium systems) SLOTS 2 PCI 3 Full size ISA 1 PCI/ISA interleaved (can be used as either PCI or ISA at a time) VIDEO Diamond Viper PCI 2MB DISPLAY 14" Energy Star multi-sync (1024 x 768) 15" Energy Star multi-sync (1024 x 768) 17" SVGA multi-sync (1280 x 1024) 19" SVGA multi-sync Trinitron (1280 x 1024) SCSI Integrated PCI SCSI (the third party driver currently does not work with some CD-ROM's and tape drives) Adaptec 1542CF DPT 2021 ISA CDROM Toshiba 2X spin SCSI PORTS 2 integrated Serial ports 1 integrated Parallel port Digital Warranty PC's and their components (internal, mouse, keyboard) have a standard 3 year warranty with the first year being on-site, the remaining years being return to Digital. The return policy is 48 hour turnaround after receipt with the warranty covering labor and materials. This can be upgraded to 3 years on-site. Monitors come with a 1 year on-site warranty if purchased with a PC, if purchased separately it is a 1 year return to Digital. Hewlett Packard Vectra XP PC (Desktop) CPU Intel Pentium 60 Mhz RAM Expandable to 192 MB SLOTS 2 ISA 1 PCI 1 PCI/ISA interleaved (can be used as either PCI or ISA at a time) VIDEO Integrated S3-928 PCI Video adapter with 2 MB VRAM (expandable to 4 MB) DISPLAY 15" Ergonomic Ultra VGA multi-sync (1024 x 768) 17" Ergonomic Ultra VGA multi-sync (1024 x 768) 21" Ultra VGA multi-sync (1600 x 1200) SCSI Adaptec 1542CF DPT 2021 ISA PORTS 1 integrated Serial port 1 integrated Parallel port 1 integrated 115 KBaud infrared port and optional Hewlett Packard Warranty 3 years with the first year being on-site, the remaining two are return for service. This can be upgraded to "Express Exchange" which is next day unit replacement. Intel Premiere/PCI ED CPU Intel Pentium 60 Mhz RAM Expandable to 128 MB SLOTS 2 ISA 4 PCI 1 PCI/ISA interleaved (can be used as either PCI or ISA at a time) VIDEO Integrated S3-928 PCI Video adapter with 2 MB VRAM (expandable to 4 MB) DISPLAY 15" Ultra VGA multi-sync (1024 x 768) 17" Ultra VGA multi-sync (1024 x 768) 19" Ultra VGA multi-sync (1200 x 1024) 21" Ultra VGA multi-sync (1600 x 1200) SCSI Adaptec 1542CF DPT 2021 ISA PORTS 2 integrated Serial ports 1 integrated Parallel port Intel Warranty 1 year return for service to a third-party servicer. WHAT Software is primarily engaged in developing NEXTSTEP based information systems utilizing touch screen technology as the input device. Third party developers engaged in a similar focus can obtain touch screen and PC hardware from WHAT Software to complete their projects. WHAT Software also provides certified and compatible Intel based hardware systems so that organizations can run NEXTSTEP out of the box. Above average service warranties are available for organizations whose systems uptime is a critical part of their business. -----------END-CUT--------- -- Doug Boyce WHAT Software, Inc. (NEXTSTEP software developing and computer reselling) ak272@freenet.acsu.buffalo.edu NeXTmail and MIME welcome PGP 2.6 public key available upon request
From: daj@cmn14.Stanford.EDU (David Jaffe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Announcing Music Kit 4.1 for Intel and NeXT hardware Date: 14 Oct 1994 15:46:46 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mn76$nsg@digifix.digifix.com> The CCRMA Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution now runs on Intel-based hardware under NEXTSTEP, using one or more plug-in DSP cards to support music synthesis and digital audio processing. MIDI is similarly provided by plug-in cards. The new release, designated "4.1," is essentially Release 4.0 plus support for NEXTSTEP 486/Pentium machines. (A list of highlights is given below.) The release is "fat" so there is only one package that works on both NeXT and Intel-processor computers. It is available free of charge by anonymous FTP from host ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/MusicKit/ For those unfamiliar with the Music Kit see the "BACKGROUND" section below. For music synthesis and digital audio processing on Intel hardware, the 4.1 Music Kit provides drivers for three DSP sound cards, the Ariel PC-56D, the Turtle Beach Multisound and the i*link i56 (see below for details.) For MIDI on Intel hardware, the Music Kit provides a driver for MPU-401 cards (such as the MusicQuest family and the SoundBlaster-16), emulating the functionality of NeXT's MIDI driver, including synch to MIDI time code. Source to all the drivers is included in the Music Kit Source Package. While only one DSP card is required, the power of a system can be scaled up by the use of multiple cards. An application built with the Music Kit can simultaneously use multiple DSP and MIDI cards by the same or different manufacturers, with details of DSP resource allocation handled automatically. In addition, the drivers provide automatic sensing so that applications can be moved between machines with different hardware configuration with no re-configuration necessary. NeXT hardware has not been left behind-the Music Kit now supports the 192K DSP extension memory board (available from S.F.S.U.) with automatic sensing. Other new features include a MusicKit panel for the Preferences application for setting various defaults and managing multiple DSP and MIDI cards. DETAILS OF SOUND CARDS 1.ARIEL PC56D. The Ariel card comes with a 27 or 33 MHz DSP, 64K of zero-wait-state SRAM, and a moderate-quality CODEC (not currently supported by the Music Kit.) It also includes a NeXT-compatible DSP connector which can be used to do high-quality ADC/DAC via the Ariel ProPort. Other serial port devices, such as the Ariel DATPort, Singular Solutions A/D64x, Stealth DAI2400, etc. may be used to do analog and/or digital I/O. Ariel has put together three attractive packages specially for Music Kit users which are described in the Music Kit release notes. Ariel can be contacted at the following address: Ariel Corp Main Office 433 River Road Highland Park, NJ 08904 U.S.A. (201) 249-2900 (201) 249-2123 (FAX) email: info@ariel.com 2. I*LINK I56 The i*link i56 board includes a 33 MHz DSP with 8K of zero-wait-state SRAM, a 16-bit 44 Khz CODEC (currently not supported by the Music Kit), and a NeXT-compatible DSP port which can be used to do high-quality ADC/DAC or digital I/O (using the devices listed above.) In addition i*link provides support for NEXTSTEP sound functions (sound library). With the Mix package (which costs extra), the i56 can also be used as an automatic telephone answering system, fax, modem, and telephone address book. i*link can be contacted at the following address: Kommunikationssysteme GmbH Nollendorfstrasse 11-12, 10777 Berlin _ Germany. phone: +49 30 - 216 20 48 fax: +49 30 - 215 82 74 mix: +49 30 - 215 83 42 email: info@ilink.de Distribution in North America: Alembic Systems International, Ltd. phone: 1-800-452-7608 phone: 303-799 6223 fax: 303-799 1435 email: info@alembic.com 14, Inverness Drive East, Suite G-228 Englewood, CO 80112, U.S.A. 3. TURTLE BEACH The Turtle Beach Multisound and Tahiti cards include a 40 MHz DSP, 32K of 3-wait-state static RAM, and a 16-bit 44 KHz CODEC for DAC/ADC. The Multisound also has a built-in Emu sample-playing synthesizer and a MIDI port (currently not supported by the Music Kit). Turtle Beach cards are widely available from sources such as Computability ((800) 554-9951). Turtle Beach can be contacted at: Turtle Beach Systems 52 Grumbacher Rd York, PA 17402 (717) 843-6916 FAX (717) 843-8319 Technical Support (717) 764-5265 BACKGROUND The Music Kit is an object-oriented software system for building music, sound, signal processing, and MIDI applications under the NEXTSTEP operating system. It includes programmer libraries, applications, a music scripting language, documentation and programming examples. It has been used in such diverse commercial applications as music sequencers, notation packages, computer games, and document processors. Professors and students have used the Music Kit in a host of areas, such as music performance, scientific experiments, computer-aided instruction, and physical modeling of musical instruments. The Music Kit is the first to comprehensively unify the MIDI and Music V paradigms, thus combining interaction with generality. It was developed by NeXT Computer, Inc. from 1986 to 1991 and has been supported since then by CCRMA at Stanford University and developers such as Pinnacle Research, Inc. Please send Music Kit requests to musickit@ccrma.stanford.edu. To subscribe to a Music Kit news group, send to mkdist-request@ccrma.stanford.edu. MUSIC KIT RELEASE 4.0--HIGHLIGHTS Here is a partial list of highlights of the 4.0 release of the Music Kit (also supported in release 4.1): * Extensible, high-level object-oriented framework that is a super-set of Music V and MIDI paradigms. * Representation system capable of depicting phrase-level structure such as legato transitions. * General time management/scheduling mechanism, supporting synchronization to MIDI time code. * Efficient real-time synthesis and sound processing, including option for quadraphonic sound. * Fully-dynamic DSP resource allocation system with dynamic linking and loading, on multiple DSPs. * Complete support for multiple MIDI inputs and outputs. * Digital sound I/O from the DSP port with support for serial port devices by all popular vendors. * Non-real time mode, where the DSP writes a sound file (NeXT hardware only.) * Suite of applications, including WaveEdit--a graphical waveform editor, Ensemble--an intLibrary of unit generators for synthesis and sound processing. * Documentation, programming examples, utilities, including a sound file mixer, sample rate converter, etc. * ScoreFile, a scripting language for music. NOTES ON INTEL-BASED HARDWARE Care must be taken to be sure that NEXTSTEP and the sound cards are configured properly. For information on configurations supported by NEXTSTEP, please contact NeXT (email: NeXTanswers@next.com). Note that the Ariel PC56D and i*link i56 use several high addresses in I/O space to signal DSP reset and memory map configuration. Be careful that these addresses do not conflict with other devices, PCI bus configuration cycles, etc. For information on CCRMA-tested configurations, send email to musickit@ccrma.stanford.edu.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Debugger Engineer position available Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:27:49 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mpk5$o5e@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Debugger Engineer Department:DevEnv Primary responsibilities: Design, development and maintenance of gdb and related debugging tools. Possibilities to work on performance analysis tools, fix-n-go, and RobinHood. Specific responsibilities: o integration of gdb with ProjectBuilder including, possibly, development of the ProjectBuilder UI for debugging. o maintenance and bug fixing for gdb o coordinating changes with FSF and NeXT's porting group o implementation of new debugger features o responsible for portions of the compiler which have to do with debugging including generation of stabs o improving our support for C++ debugging o improving the performance of the debugger (turn-around time) Position Requirements: o interest in and experience with working on debuggers o knowledge of at least one machine architecture including stack frame layouts and calling conventions. o knowledge of compilers, assemblers, loaders helpful o experience working with FSF would be a plus o experience working with GDB would be a plus Education and Experience: B.S in Computer Science or related field. 3+ years of experience. Additional Success Factors: Seeks high degree of customer satisfaction.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Performance Tools Engineer position available Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:28:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mpkh$o5m@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Performance tools engineer Department: DevEnv Primary responsibilities: Maintain, enhance, and productize in-house and external tools for analyizing and improving the performance of NeXT's software. Work with other engineers to define new features for performance analysis tools and help the organization, in general, with performance related issues. Participate in and possibly lead a comittee charged with improving performance of NeXT's software. Specific responsibilities: Maintenance and development of performance analysis tools such as gprof, sample, malloc_debug (for leak detection), and others. Recommend areas to concentrate for the 4.0 timeframe and recommend tools to productize for (probably) after 4.0. Consider presentation issues (i.e. do we need a spiffy gui?) and integration issues (i.e. do we need to talk to ProjectBuilder?). Work with group charged with making performance improvements on strategy for improving overall system performance. Position Requirements: Interest in performance analysis tools. Experience with some "low-level" aspects of software engineering for example: compilers, debuggers, OS. For at least one architecture good knowledge of stack-frame layouts and calling conventions. Ability to work well with others Good oral and written communication skills. Education and Experience: B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent. Likely 3-10 years industrial experience. Additional Success Factors: Knowledge of NeXTSTEP won't hurt. Knowledge of gcc and gdb. Knowledge of prof & gprof.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Manager/Director, OS Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:28:59 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mpmb$o6j@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX Position: Director/Manager, Operating Systems Reporting: Executive Director, Operating Systems Primary Responsibilitites: Responsible for all NeXTSTEP operating system software, including all machine-independent and Intel specific components. Responsible for Kernel, Networking, System Administration, commands and libraries, SoftPC support, etc. Position Requirements: Ability to formulate and sustain a vision about how to keep NeXT competitive in the OS business Excellent oral, written and presentation skills Strong process-orientation A proven track record of managing broad, OS-oriented technology groups The ability to recruit and grow a NeXT-quality OS group Strong technological background in OS BSCS, 10+ years experience or equivalent. Additional success factors: Incumbent must possess the technical respect of the individuals in the group. If the person has not been involved in creating a Unix client operating system (i.e. only has experience with server operating systems), the person must demonstrate some understanding of what the differences in those two endeavors might be. Some exposure to Object-Oriented technology also desirable but not required At least a cursory knowledge of NeXT and its position in the marketplace would be desireable.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Network Drivers Engineer Date: 14 Oct 1994 16:29:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mpmr$o6r@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Position: Network Driver Engineer Department: Drivers Primary responsibility: Develop and sustain NeXT's suite of network drivers for the Intel platform. Specific responsibilities: Development of new network drivers for the Intel platform. Sustaining engineering on existing drivers and other code. Develop and maintain relationships with hardware vendors. Assist in creation of driver specifications and product plans for network adapter support Development of network driver test harness. Work with SQA and technical support to maintain high quality and customer satisfaction Contribute to the development of additional network interfaces (FDE, Fast Ethernet, FDDI, ATM) for NEXTSTEP Position Requirements: BSCS or equivalent and 2-3 years experience writing network device drivers Fluency in C required, experience with assembly language desirable Highly experienced with development and debugging of network drivers under UNIX, Mach, or NEXTSTEP. Familiarity with Intel-compatible hardware, UNIX or Mach kernels, and object-oriented design is highly desirable. Additional Success Factors: Strong problem solving skills... good at learning new areas Able to work in an environment characterized by aggressive schedules, a high level of interrupts, targets and expectations which change over time. Focus on high quality engineering Ability to work with customers directly NEXTSTEP programming experience Highly motivated, self-starter
From: John Lam <jlam@atd.rochester.ny.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: UnNUG meeting Tuesday, October 18 Date: 14 Oct 1994 17:28:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <37mt5h$opo@digifix.digifix.com> NEXT USER GROUP MEETING What do you know about OpenStep, the open platform port of NextStep? GET CLUED IN. What is MECCA? Do you even know where it is... in Saudi Arabia? FIND OUT. Where are NextStep and NeXT going? ATTEND UnNUG MEETINGS. Darren Smith, NeXT's user group representative, is sending a video tape of NextStep Expo '94 keynote speeches. Come hear Steve Jobs present his vision of topia in a style of oratory that only SJ can deliver. BE THERE! When Tuesday, October 18, 7:30 pm Where The Distillery, 1142 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester NY Near the U/R campus, across the street from Mount Hope Cemetery. Boo! John Upstate NewYork NeXT User Group
From: rob@bedazzled.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXT IN LINE Offers Bulk Subscription Rates Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:31:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3817qu$lkn@digifix.digifix.com> In an effort to reach more NEXTSTEP users at large "mission critical" sites, NEXT IN LINE now offers bulk subscription rates. To qualify: * A minimum of 15 copies must be ordered. * All copies ordered must be delivered to the same address. We hope that many NEXTSTEP sites, user groups, and educational institutions will take advantage of this offer. For more information, send email to nil-info@nil.com or call (703) 955-5045.
From: Justin Morgan <jmorgan@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP User Group --> 10/25/94 <-- Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:34:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38180b$ll3@digifix.digifix.com> The Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group is pleased to announce our October meeting: Date: Tuesday October 25th Time: 6:30 pm Where: Pencom Software (see below for directions) AGENDA: After the traditional bull session and pizza+beer, there will be demonstrations of: - The hot new Canon "object.station" - New features in NEXTSTEP 3.3 ANUG would like to thank Jim Mynatt from the Austin office of NeXT Computer, Inc. for lending us the object.station for our demo. Todd Frenzel of Pencom will be our host for the NEXTSTEP exhibition. GIVEAWAYS: ANUG will be giving away a copy of the GS Corp "Solutions Suite" CD-ROM at each of the next three ANUG meetings, beginning this month. Winners will be selected via a random drawing. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. Again, thanks to Jim Mynatt of NeXT Computer for the donation. FURTHER INFORMATION: Please contact Todd Frenzel for information at 512-343-6666 or via e-mail at toddf@pencom.com. DIRECTIONS TO PENCOM SOFTWARE Pencom is located at 9050 North Capital of Texas Highway, Suite 100, in the Great Hills Corporate Center (GHCC). To get here, take Highway 183 (Research Boulevard) north, then exit onto Capitol of Texas Highway (Loop 360) going westbound. Pencom will be on the north side of Capital of Texas Highway about a half mile from the exit, just past the Dell world headquarters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ANUG NEWS There are still some ANUG T-shirts available in all sizes. Each colorful shirt features the ANUG logo on the front and a stair motif on the back. The back reads "Step up to NEXTSTEP." The cost is $15 for cotton or $14 for cotton/poly. Profits are donated to ANUG, thank you for your support! __ Just to keep y'all informed about the ship date for one of NEXTSTEP's two vaporware competitors (Cairo being the other)... TalAE (Taligent Application Environment) has been delayed. - TalAE for OS/2 has been pushed back from "the first half of 95" to the "second half" - TalAE for AIX, originally due in August, has been "put on hold" Source: InfoWorld 10/10/94 p. 3.
From: Georg Fleischmann <georg@vhf.cube.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ZENON Cut - Cutting under NEXTSTEP Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:35:55 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38182r$lla@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Germany: VHF Computer GmbH Daimlerstrasse 13 D-71101 Schoenaich, Germany Voice +49 7031 75019-0 Fax +49 7031 654 031 E-mail info@vhf.cube.de USA and Canada: globesoft 6446 Dryden Drife McLean, VA, 22101 Voice [703] 448-9854 E-mail info@globesoft.com Availability: Motorola now, Intel now, HP PA Prices: DM 780.-- $ 458.-- ZENON Cut - Cutting under NEXTSTEP Schoenaich, Germany, October 18, 1994 - VHF Computer recently presented ZENON CUT, a powerful sign making software developed for the sign industry. ZENOT CUT delivers versatility at an extremely low price. Specifically designed to work with Adobe Illustrator or Virtuoso it allows clean import of multicolored PostScript, HPGL and DXF files from DTP or CAD applications and their processing on common cutting plotters. ZENON CUT delivers productivity at an outstanding value. VHF even offers the possibility to upgrade ZENON CUT to ZENON DTP at a later time. VHF Computer offers a demo version of ZENON Cut which is limited in its functionality. The demo version can be found at: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/ZenonCut.1.00.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/ZenonCut.1.00.README VHF Computer was founded in 1988 and is specialized in developing CAD/CAM products for NEXTSTEP, MS-Windows and other platforms. A well-known and established 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 programs for importing and exporting files in different non standard formats.
From: Georg Fleischmann <georg@vhf.cube.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenEnd 1.1 - Vector Graphics Converter Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:36:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <381844$llh@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.cube.de USA and Canada: globesoft 6446 Dryden Drife McLean, VA, 22101 Voice [703] 448-9854 E-mail info@globesoft.com Availability: Motorola now, Intel now, HP PA Prices of the basic package: DM 980.-- $ 576.-- Educational prices: DM 490.-- $ 288.-- OpenEnd - Vector Format Conversion - Version 1.10 Schoenaich, October, 18, 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 via ftp. ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/convertors/OpenEnd.1.10.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/convertors/OpenEnd.1.10.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: Georg Fleischmann <georg@vhf.cube.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Zenon DTP 1.05 - Cutting, Milling and Engraving Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:37:00 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38184s$llo@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.cube.de USA and Canada: globesoft 6446 Dryden Drife McLean, VA, 22101 Voice [703] 448-9854 E-mail info@globesoft.com Availability: Motorola now, Intel now, HP PA Prices: DM 2990.-- $ 1,760.-- Educational prices: DM 1495.-- $ 880.-- ZENON DTP 1.05 - Cutting, Milling and Engraving under NEXTSTEP Schoenaich, Germany, October 18, 1994 - VHF Computer announced today a new version of the engraving and cutting Software Zenon DTP. Zenon DTP is a powerful tool for the engraving or cutting of all kind of signs and advertisement boards. ZENON allows the import of PostScript, Adobe Illustrator, HPGL and DXF files from DTP or CAD applications and their processing on common routing plotters. 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. 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 offers a demo version of Zenon DTP which is limited in its functionality. The demo version can be found at: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/apps/ZenonDTP.1.05.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/apps/ZenonDTP.1.05.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: Matthew Moran <moran@opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Canon object.station 41 available through OpenSource, Inc. Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:30:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3817p3$ljd@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: OpenSource, Inc. Lisa Larkin 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Canon Computer Systems Inc. Denver, CO 80203 5250 NE Elam Young Parkway Suite 200 Toll Free: 1.800.TRY.OPEN Hillsboro, OR 97124 Phone: 1.303.681.4411 Phone: 503.681.2533 Fax: 1.303.681.2393 Fax: 503.693-7396 E-mail: info@opensource.com E-mail: lisa_larkin@ato.canon.com OpenSource, Inc. announces the availability of the Canon object.station 41. DENVER, COLORADO - October 17, 1994. OpenSource, Inc. today announced the availability of Canon Computer Systems Inc.'s (CCSI) object.station 41, the first Intel-based workstation designed from the ground-up to optimize NEXTSTEP performance. Built around the Intel DX4-100MHz processor and incorporating a proprietary Canon video subsystem into a highly integrated system design, the object.station 41 delivers performance up to 30 percent faster than other 486 systems and comparable performance to current Pentium systems running NEXTSTEP. The Canon object.station 41 was engineered specifically for NEXTSTEP by the Advanced Technologies Operation of CCSI. Everything you need is available pre-configured: NEXTSTEP, Insignia's SoftPC Demo, on-board SCSI and Ethernet, CD-quality audio, a built-in microphone, speaker and an optional integrated CD-ROM player. In addition, there are four available expansion slots. It even has NeXT specific keycaps and keyboard controls for audio volume and monitor brightness. "OpenSource is thrilled to have the Canon object.station as our premiere NEXTSTEP hardware line," said Wes Carrington, VP of Sales and Marketing at OpenSource. "With Canon's commitment to the NEXTSTEP market and the object.station's level of hardware integration, we believe it's currently the best NEXTSTEP workstation on the market. In addition, with OpenSource's extensive third-party product offerings, NEXTSTEP users are now able to purchase the first truly complete custom workstation solution for plug and play capability." "Canon had two primary objectives when designing this machine," said Dale Fuller, director of Marketing at Canon Computer Systems, ATO. "First, to satisfy customer demand, and second, to do something no one else in the industry had ever done before -- design a workstation entirely around the NEXTSTEP operating system. The result is the only machine on the market that has the hardware guts to accommodate native NEXTSTEP functions, simply because its architecture is designed and balanced to do so." The Canon object.station is currently available through OpenSource and can be pre-bundled with over 100 different software products or with additional hardware components, such as the new Movie Machine Pro from interpersonal-computing, or an internal fax/modem solution. Please contact OpenSource for a list of pre-configured options. # # # OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Canon Computer Systems Inc. Founded in 1992, Canon Computer Systems, Inc. is chartered to lead Canon's efforts in the U.S. computing market. The company develops and markets desktop and notebook PCs, scanners, and printers under the Canon brand name using its proven Bubble Jet, laser and other Canon technologies. Small office/home office (SOHO) customers are reached via the mass market channel. Through its recently formed Advanced Technologies Operation (ATO), CCSI supplies personal workstation products for Fortune 1000 companies and supports user workgroups and enterprise computing requirements world-wide. CCSI is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Advanced Technologies Operation The ATO was organized earlier this year to extend CCSI's leading position in the home and small office computing markets by broadening its marketing directions, integrating new high-end computing products and technologies and developed computing solutions. The object.station 41 has been completely designed from scratch and is made in the company's factory in Memphis, Tennessee. The ATO is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. "NEXTSTEP" is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
From: "Michael M. Gabrys" <Michael_Gabrys@tellurium.sf.ca.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group, October 20 7:00pm at SLAC Auditorium Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:31:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3817pn$lk8@digifix.digifix.com> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting on Thursday, October 20, 1994 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% When: 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 20 Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA (415) 926-3300 Topics: Pages will show Pages 1.5, a significant upgrade of their premiere ObjectBased(tm) word processing application, and Cypress Computers Inc. will show their Pentium and 486 based NEXTSTEP notebook computers. Contact: Michael Gabrys, BANG president Michael_Gabrys@tellurium.sf.ca.us BANG, P.O. Box 1731, Palo Alto, CA 94302 (415) 327-BANG 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. Also: Join us at this month's developer SIG meeting, on October 25 at 7:00 PM at the NeXT Computer offices in Redwood City, where Bertrand Serlet, main architect of NeXT's new Foundation Kit, will present and discuss the Foundation Kit, core of OpenStep and NEXTSTEP 4.0. To get to NeXT, take highway 101 to the Woodside road/Seaport boulevard exit in Redwood City, and take Seaport boulevard east. Turn left on Chesapeake drive at the traffic light one quarter mile from the freeway. NeXT is on the right, at 900 Chesapeake drive. See you there!
From: info@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc. Announces On-Line Catalog Date: 18 Oct 1994 16:00:28 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3819gs$lpb@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN (Orders/Tech. Support) Phone: 1-303-681-4411 Fax: 1-303-681-2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. Announces On-Line Catalog via Stepwise World Wide Web Server. DENVER, COLORADO - October 17, 1994. OpenSource, Inc. announces the availability of its comprehensive catalog via Stepwise, the World Wide Web server for the NEXTSTEP community. Nearly 25 pages of detailed product information can be accessed through Stepwise, allowing NEXTSTEP users to browse the most extensive list of third-party software, hardware and service offerings available anywhere in the NEXTSTEP market. OpenSource's home page can be accessed at: http://stepwise.com/Resellers/OpenSource.htmld/index.html According to Matthew Moran, President of OpenSource, "OpenSource is very proud to be represented on the Stepwise WWW server. We made a strong effort to build the highest quality, most comprehensive product resource in the NEXTSTEP market, and we will continue to expand our WWW pages as our product offerings grow." Below is an ascii representation of what you'll find on the OpenSource WWW home page: -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page OpenSource, Inc. The Company · About OpenSource - The One Resource for NEXTSTEP Products · Additional Methods for Obtaining Product Information and Availability · Technical Support and Return Policies Promotions and Specials · No Current Promotions Frequently, OpenSource will offer special discounts or bundles. Look here often for details on current programs, as they will typically be subject to time limitations. Software Products · Communication · Database · Development · Document Processing · Emulation · Graphics · Information Management · Input-Output · Multimedia · Networking · Scheduling · Scientific · Spreadsheets · Utilities · Complete Listing (index) Hardware Products Canon - object.stations DEC - pcXL 'Kernel' Systems to build upon Peripherals - Third Party add-ons for Intel-based machines Extended Services Extended Technical Extended Support Training Services and Consulting -------------------------------------------------------------- OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. "NEXTSTEP" is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.
From: "David J. Ferrero" <david@zion.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Zion Software & Consulting releases TeleComm v1.2 upgrade! Date: 18 Oct 1994 23:12:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3822qk$ogd@digifix.digifix.com> Glastonbury, Conn., October 18, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting announced the upgrade of TeleComm version 1.2. -- modem software for NEXTSTEP computers. The upgrade improves many areas including: ------------------------------------------ - VT100/VT102/ANSI Color - Terminal emulation - File Transfer Statistics - Settings Inspector and Preferences - Phone Database file format - Copy feature - Text Selection - Developer API documentation for loadable Terminal Emulation types. The upgrade is free to all current TeleComm owners, except shipping and handling charges where applicable. It is available via ftp, NeXTMail, Modem, USMail. Please contact Zion if ftp access is not an option. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm for the latest release. Currently, Zion Software & Consulting sells TeleComm through Money Order, personal or company check, company PO, and COD transactions. Alembic Systems International supports our credit card orders at this time: 800-452-7608, 303-799-6223, or fax 303-799-1435. The current version of TeleComm v. 1.2 is priced as follows for a single user license: $89.95 + $5 s/h. $45 + $5 s/h (full time-students with current valid ID). TeleComm v1.2 features: ------------------ - Easy to use GUI for terminal emulation and modem communications. - Accurate VT102, VT100 terminal emulation. - ANSI color emulation for BBS sites. - Terminal Emulation API (for custom data handling). - File Transfer using XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM. - File Transfer API (for custom data handling). - File Transfer statistics and progress wheel. - Support for simultaneous multiple connections. - Scrollback buffer. - Copy, paste, find support. - Font panel support. - Robust per site settings. - Dialing Directory with stored configurations. - ASCII readable configuration file. - UUCP LCK protocol support. Company Contact Information: ---------------------------- Zion Software & Consulting 56 Nanel Drive, Suite D Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA tel: 203-659-4257 fax: 203-657-3542 email: telecomm@zion.com About the company: Zion Software and Consulting is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut and was founded in September 1992. Zion specializes in Custom and Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment. Other shipping products include: - MTP - Midi Time Piece Configuration application for MTP/Midi NeXT users. - ZionDECView - terminal emulation palette and objectware API library for VT100/VT102/ANSI terminal types. - Checkers - NEXTSTEP Checkers with full undo and game save! ZionDECView and TeleComm are trademarks of Zion Software & Consulting. NEXTSTEP && OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. VT102 and VT100 are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.--
From: "David J. Ferrero" <david@zion.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Software & ZyXEL modem bundles for NEXTSTEP computers from Zion! Date: 18 Oct 1994 23:12:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3822rp$ogm@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: David J. Ferrero Zion Software & Consulting. 56 Nanel Drive, Suite D Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA tel: 203-659-4257 fax: 203-657-3542 email: info@zion.com ****** AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ****** Software & ZyXEL modem bundles for NEXTSTEP computers from Zion! Glastonbury, Conn., October 18, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting announced the availability of three Software/Modem bundles for NEXTSTEP computers. Code: Summary: SMB-01 TeleComm v1.2, ZyXEL U-1496 E highspeed data/fax modem, cable. SMB-02 TeleComm v1.2 + ZyXEL U-1496 E+ highspeed data/fax modem, cable. SMB-03 TeleComm v1.2 + ZyXEL U-1496 + highspeed data/fax modem, cable. MSRP Zion's Price SMB-01 $449 $379 + s/h. SMB-02 $599 $489 + s/h. SMB-03 $849 $699 + s/h. Prices subject to change without notice. BUNDLE HIGHLIGHTS By combining two leading NEXTSTEP communications products into a bundle, Zion offers an integrated solution for accessing remote data via modem at a substantial discount. ZyXEL modems received 5 cubes in their review by the late NEXTWORLD magazine, and were described as "The Cadillac of modems...", offering supperior data/fax modem performance, and numerous features. TeleComm v1.01, and now TeleComm v1.2, a product by Zion, continues to gain strength as a NEXTSTEP communications software solution. AVAILABILITY: Software/Modem bundles are available directly through Zion Software & Consulting through Money Order, OR personal/company check. About the company: Zion Software and Consulting is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut and was founded in September 1992. Zion specializes in Custom and Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment. ZionDECView and TeleComm are trademarks of Zion Software & Consulting. NEXTSTEP && OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. ZyXEL U-1496 modems are a product of ZyXEL Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: angst!dylan@netcom.com (Dylan Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Sys. Engr. at Warner Brothers Feature Animation Date: 19 Oct 1994 17:02:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3841hn$mi@digifix.digifix.com> Warner Brothers Feature Animation has a Senior Systems Engineering position available for one experienced in the field of digital scanning. The engineer will be responsible for the integration and installation of the high-resolution digitizing camera systems that will be used for scanning pencil and color artwork for use in Warner Brothers' animated feature-length films. The position requires a substantial amount of low- and high-level software development, creating driver code to enable image capture, and fittig this functionality to a GUI consistent with other animation tools in development by our team. Requirements/Knowledge/Skills (in order of priority): - Thorough knowledge and experience in UNIX operating system - C/C++ programming languages - Device driver design - NEXTSTEP programming - HP workstations - Color/light spectrum and matching - Image processing - Understanding of optics - Ability to deal with outside vendors - Ability to coordinate and specify work of outside contractors - Ability to work with film recording engr. to ensure output color quality - Familiarity with high-bandwidth networking Please send resumes to: Warner Bros. Human Resources 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank CA 91522 attn: Vince Lowery #IN Warner Brothers is an equal-opportunity employer.
From: angst!dylan@netcom.com (Dylan Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Sys. Prog. at Warner Brothers Feature Animation Date: 19 Oct 1994 17:02:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3841i1$mr@digifix.digifix.com> Warner Brothers Feature Animation has a Systems Programmer position available for one experienced in the field of graphics. Under direct supervision of the production systems architect, the engineer will be responsible for the evaluation, selection, modification, and/or development of third-party software solutions for the purpose of previewing traditional rough animation tests (a.k.a. pencil tests). Warner Brothers animators will use the system in production of animated feature-length films. Thus, the position also requires the engineer to train, support, and obtain feedback from the production staff. Requirements/Knowledge/Skills: - C/C++ programming languages - Experience in object-oriented design and implementation - Ability to deal with outside vendors - Ability to coordinate and specify work of outside subcontractors To enable a wide selection, the following skills are also important: - Thorough knowledge and experience of UNIX operating system - Mac development skills - SGI environment programming - NEXTSTEP development - TCP/IP networking Please send resumes to: Warner Bros. Human Resources 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank CA 91522 attn: Vince Lowery #IN Warner Brothers is an equal-opportunity employer.
From: angst!dylan@netcom.com (Dylan Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: SysAdmin at Warner Brothers Feature Animation Date: 19 Oct 1994 17:03:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3841i7$n3@digifix.digifix.com> Warner Brothers Feature Animation has a position available for an experienced Systems Administrator. This person will administer a large, heterogeneous network of SGIs, HPs, NEXTSTEP, and Macintoshes. The network is used directly and in support of production for Warner Brothers' feature-length animated films. The ideal candidate will have excellent scripting, archival, and networking experience in all of the above systems; experience in high-bandwidth networking is also required. Please send resumes to: Warner Bros. Human Resources 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank CA 91522 attn: Vince Lowery #IN Warner Brothers is an equal-opportunity employer.
From: Matthew Moran <moran@opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BlueSky Software Announces Release Of IconMaker 2.0, Availability Through OpenSource, Inc.. Date: 19 Oct 1994 17:06:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3841os$or@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: BlueSky Software 2014 Verdugo Blvd, Suite A Glendale CA, 91208 Email: gsl@netcom.com Fax: (818) 541-1984 OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN Phone: 1-303-681-4411 Fax: 1-303-681-2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com BlueSky Software Announces Release Of IconMaker 2.0, Availability Through OpenSource, Inc.. Glendale, CA October 20 1994. -- BlueSky Software announced today that it is shipping IconMaker 2.0, the premier NEXTSTEP application for creating and manipulating icons. They also announced a partnership with OpenSource Inc. to become the worldwide reseller for IconMaker. "With its extensive feature list and incredible pixel specific capabilities, we feel IconMaker 2.0 is exactly what many people have been dreaming about in an icon manipulation tool" Said Wes Carrington, VP of Sales and Marketing for OpenSource, Inc.. "IconMaker is a really cool product.", said Greg Lindholm, President, of BlueSky Software. "In a graphic environment like NEXTSTEP you need an easy way to create high quality icons. IconMaker gives you this and it's a lot of fun to use." "We are thrilled that OpenSource has emerged as the leading source for NEXTSTEP software and hardware. They make it possible for third-party developers like ourselves to bring you great software like IconMaker." PRODUCT OVERVIEW ======================= The IconMaker application gives you all the tools you need to create and install your own icons. Personalize your home folders with fun informative icons. Use IconMaker to create quality professional icons for custom applications. NeXTWORLD Magazine gave IconMaker a "Four Cube Rating" stating: "...BlueSky has provided tools that are specifically designed for quickly gaining access to, and editing icons. "...[with additions] IconMaker could be the icon editor NEXTSTEP has needed since its inception. " All of the suggestions and more have incorporated into IconMaker to bring to you a program that's sturdy, fast, friendly and complete. FEATURES ======================= Full set of drawing tools - Pencil, line, circle, square, button (eight styles), text, eraser, stamper, fill, selection. Extensible Stamper tool - Stamp common images onto your icons. Extend it with your own images. Icon Importer - Create an icon from an existing image. Scale the image down to icon size or crop out an icon sized piece from the original or scaled image. Gradation tool - Select two colors and it will fill an area with a gradation between the two colors. There are 6 different styles of gradations from which to choose. Image Combiner - Combine images together using the full power of the Composite and Dissolve operators. Effects Tools - Nudge, Flip, Scale, Rotate, and Gradation. Icon Browser - Display all the icons in a folder at one time. Works even with "hidden" folders and application wrappers. Multiple Image tool - Create and manipulate icons that contain multiple representations of an image. Large highly magnified drawing window - Gives you the precision and detail needed for creating quality icons. Grid and background control - Place the grid over the image, under the image or turn it off. Switch the background from normal gray to highlighted white. Icon Viewer - View the icons in there normal unmagnified size. Tool Inspector - See what mark the tool will make before you use it. Multiple undo levels - Undo up to the last ten changes you made. Superior Text tool - Easily and exactly, add text to your icons. Folder Icon Installer - The simplest way to install an icon as a Folder or Open Folder icon. Image Filtering Services - IconMaker uses user-installed image filter services for converting unsupported image file types. (Works with ImageViewer, McFilter etc. for importing GIF, JPEG, etc.) Grab Service enabled - Import an image using Grab from the Services menu. DEMONSTRATION ======================= A demonstration version of IconMaker Version 2 is available from ftp.cs.orst.edu. This demo is full featured and allows you to save once before it terminates. It is compiled MAB for Intel and Motorola. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu//software/NeXT/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.README PURCHASE INFORMATION ======================= IconMaker is compiled MAB for Intel and Motorola under NEXTSTEP 3.2. A Single User License of IconMaker is $120.00 U.S. IconMaker is available directly from BlueSky Software or from OpenSource, Inc. BlueSky Software 2014 Verdugo Blvd, Suite A Glendale CA, 91208 Email: gsl@netcom.com Fax: (818) 541-1984 OpenSource Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203, USA toll free: 1 800 TRY OPEN (879 6736) voice : 1 303 861 4411 fax : 1 303 861 2393 e-mail: info@opensource.com Bulk discounts and Multi-User Network Licenses are available, contact us for more information. BlueSky Software ---------------- BlueSky Software is a software company based in Glendale, developing cool and useful software for NEXTSTEP. OpenSource, Inc. ---------------- OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
From: nickj@prime.wimsey.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: British Columbia OpenStep Group - October 26th Date: 19 Oct 1994 17:11:03 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <384217$qs@digifix.digifix.com> The British Columbia OpenStep Group Agenda for October 1994 Where: Software Productivity Centre 450 - 1122 Mainland Street Vancouver (SkyTrain: Stadium Station) Lots of nearby parking. When: Wednesday, October 26th 1994 Time: 19:00-22:00 Cost: Members free, all others $5.00 at the door NOTE: The door closes at 19:15, so to prevent your grief and ours please do not be late. 1. LET'S WELCOME: Brian Willoughby, from Sound Consulting, is a contract programmer. Brian has done work for McCaw Cellular, Goldleaf Software, and Ensoniq Corp and is also the brains behind DoomView, MPEG_Play, News2mbox, MusicData, Calibration, WinMail2mbox, various Interface Builder palettes, check_nibs, and sdformat.. Other projects of interest are sound and sound hardware. Brian's talk is going to be centered around NEXTSTEP Development concerns ... the SCSI Standard itself ... how formatting a drive is different from initializing the file system ... explain what sdformat is and is not designed to handle. 2. DISCUSSION / QUESTION PERIOD (Refreshments included) 3. NEW BUSINESS FOR BCOG MEMBERS For more information: Nick Jacquet, nickj@prime.wimsey.com
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Technical Writer Date: 19 Oct 1994 22:42:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <384les$2u5@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX Email: cm@next.com Job Description Title: Sr. Technical Writer Dept: Technical Publications Primary Responsibilities: Write conceptual overviews and detailed reference material for the NEXTSTEP software kits, working from information provided by programmers, gleaned from source code, and discovered from your own test programs. Participate in the design and review of new kits and help in the refinement of their APIs (application programming interfaces). Work with peer writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. Act as a mentor for junior technical writers. Examples of current projects are: AppKit: A framework for all NEXTSTEP applications. OpenStep: Documenting our new OpenStep classes. Enterprise Objects: An object-oriented approach to relational databases. NEXTIME: A multimedia framework. Development Environment: A collection of tools for developing NEXTSTEP apps. DriverKit: A framework for creating various types of hardware drivers. Required writing skills: 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. Required technical knowledge: The ablity to program in one or more languages is required. Knowledge of C and object-oriented programming (OOP) is highly desirable. Knowledge of one or more of these languages and environments is a plus: Objective C, C++, NeXTSTEP, SQL, PostScript, UNIX, Mach. General qualifications required: Minimum 3+ years documentation experience, plus 2+ years programming experience is required. Teaching experience is a plus. General interest in various areas of software technology is necessary, since the nature of our projects can vary widely and this writer will no doubt be called upon to document technologies that don't exist yet and cannot be predicted. Flexibility and adaptability to dynamic engineering environment is necessary for success.
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Computer, Inc. and SunSoft, Inc. release final OpenStep API Date: 20 Oct 1994 17:43:01 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <386o95$dhn@digifix.digifix.com> [note: this isn't the offical announcement, but I noticed it was there, and wanted to let everyone know..] October 19, 1994 NeXT Computer, Inc. and SunSoft, Inc. are pleased to release the specification of the final OpenStep application programming interface. The specification is available in two formats: OpenStepSpec_rtf.tar.Z Rich Text format (RTF) OpenStepSpec.ps.Z PostScript format The RTF version is especially suitable for on-line study since it allows text searches. However, it doesn't preserve the page numbering and footers of the original. The PostScript version, which does preserve page formatting, is provided for those who wish to print the specification. ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/OpenStepSpec/OpenStepSpec_rtf.tar.Z ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/OpenStepSpec/OpenStepSpec.ps.Z
From: Denise Schneider <Denise_Schneider@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE Date: 20 Oct 1994 22:53:36 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <387afg$fho@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE ORDER NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE BEFORE DECEMBER 16, 1994 . . . AND RECEIVE A COPY OF NEXTIME FOR FREE NeXT Telesales is now taking orders for upgrades to NEXTSTEP User 3.3 for Intel and Motorola processors. Based on feedback from NeXT's customers, more than 1,000 enhancements have been made to NEXTSTEP to address critical deployment issues for enterprise-wide client/server applications. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes enhancements in the areas of interoperability, scalability and ease of use. Specifically, the new release offers more support for Intel-based PCs, eases system administration efforts, improves large network scalability, provides enhanced mail features, and through SoftPC, supports enhanced-mode MS-DOS & Windows applications. NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5683) - Motorola $199 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5659) - Intel $199 Orders placed before December 16, 1994, will receive a complimentary copy of NEXTIME. NEXTIME is NeXT's entry into time-based digital media for corporate customers interested in video applications. In its first release, NEXTIME provides NEXTSTEP users the ability to play movie files. NEXTIME supports the industry-standard QuickTime file format and Cinepak compression scheme. Future releases will add support for recording movies using video capture cards, as well as additional file formats and compression schemes. NEXTSTEP upgrades are scheduled to ship mid-December 1994. For additional product information or to order, please contact NeXT Telesales in North America at 1-800-848-NeXT. Visa and Mastercard accepted, plus shipping/handling and applicable state sales tax. Please have serial number of previous version available.
From: Ted Shelton <ems@its.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago Information Now on WWW Server Date: 22 Oct 1994 01:20:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38a7ek$s56@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Day Chicago Information Now on WWW Server... If you are attending the October 28th mini-trade expo NeXT Day Chicago -- or you are just wondering what we are doing -- check out our presence on the World Wide Web by connecting to: http://www.its.com/ As we get closer to the show, more and more information will be placed on this server about the events being held and about the participants. This server is "under construction" so please forgive the mess... If you want to attend the event and have not yet registered, send email to: annalea@its.com IT Solutions, Inc. NeXT Day Chicago 500 West Madison, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 474-7700
From: vrobi@bugs.sfsu.edu (Robert Vasvari) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:helpfilebuilder 1.0 is now available Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:46:18 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38fama$ai2@digifix.digifix.com> helpfilebuilder 1.0 is now available. Contact: Robert Vasvari <vrobi@ernie.sfsu.edu> Description: helpfilebuilder is a useful tool to build helpfiles for NEXTSTEP programs. This command-line utility reads an application's main nib file which contains the menus and creates an RTFD for each menu item. These RTFD's will look just like the ones in Workspace or Edit. Available: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/programming/helpfilebuilder.1.0.tar.Z Supported Architectures: Motorola, Intel, HPPA Price: free OS version requirements: NS 3.1 or newer
From: "Jim W. Pratt" <jwp@alembic.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems/Object Technologies Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:46:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38fana$ai9@digifix.digifix.com> Englewood, Colorado, October 21, 1994. Alembic Systems international, Ltd., and Object Technologies, Inc. today announced that the shareholders of Alembic have approved the plan previously negotiated and approved by both corporations for the reorganization of Alembic. The plan approved today provides for the acquisition of the Alembic name, and all assets and contracts of Alembic by Object Technologies which will continue Alembic's business from its former offices. Both corporations are also pleased to announce that the key employees of Alembic will be working for Object Technologies thereby guaranteeing that there will be no interruption of service to our vendors or customers. The acquisition plan provides cash for Alembic to pay its creditors, provides that Object Technologies will assume all contract obligations of Alembic after November 3, 1994. Object Technologies will operate as "Alembic/Object Technologies" beginning Thursday, November 3, 1994. Questions regarding the reorganization should be directed to Jim Pratt, President of Alembic and the President of Object Technologies, at (303) 799-6223, or to Jim Underhill, the attorney for the corporation at (303) 721-7112.
From: cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ToMPEG.app --- compress your animations! Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:49:21 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38fas1$aiq@digifix.digifix.com> This simple double-fat app, with source included in the appwrapper, provides a simple tool to translate animation bundles like "Globe.anim", which consist of a numbered sequence of files, one for each frame, into a single MPEG compressed file, which can be played by any number of available apps, and which are often small enough to make them available through WorldWideWeb. The individual frame files can be NeXT-style TIFF, or GIF and other formats supported by pbmplus, or your own SPECIAL format, in which case you provide a routine to write it in PPM format, as explained in the Help. See the README for more info. You can find it at ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Graphics/movie or ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/graphics Once your animations are in MPEG format, you not only save lots of disk space, but also it's easy to make them available over the net, as I did on a couple of my W3 pages: http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/~cahalan/Home.html Of course, it'll be nicer once OmniWeb stops tacking the extra "mpeg" on the end of every animation. Anyway, enjoy! And feel free to improve the code.
From: siannce@volta.elee.calpoly.edu (Stephen P. Iannce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TripleYachtZ.app Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:50:45 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38faul$aj1@digifix.digifix.com> I've uploading my version of Triple Yacht-Z to several of the popular NeXT archives. The game allows up to for people to play against each other, and uses sound and color. The program is still beta, and several more features are planned for the next release (Including computer opponents). It is compiled FAT for Black and Intel (Sorry, don't have access to an HP). Source is available from me if you request it, but I'm not putting it on the ftp sites until after v1.0. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/TripleYachtZ.tar.Z ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/TripleYachtZ.tar.Z ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/TripleYachtZ.0.9.NI.b.tar.Z Thanks, Stephan Iannce (siannce@volta.calpoly.edu)
From: Thomas Funke <thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.2 Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:51:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38fb01$aja@digifix.digifix.com> A new release of CryptorBundle, the missing bundle for encryption of NeXT Mail, has been submitted to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Mail/apps/CryptorBundle.1.2.NIH.b.tar.gz The major new feature is the long awaited compatibility with the HP version of NeXTSTEP. Also there are rumors that it might work with Mail-3.3 (pr2). CryptorBundle uses PGP-2.6mit which has no more patent violations of the RSA algorithm. Also some minor bugfixes. CryptorBundle-1.2 is backward compatible of the former version which used PGP-2.2 for encryption. CryptorBundle-1.2 ----------------- This is the bundle which reenables NeXTMail-Encryption. It uses PGP-2.6 (included), one of the best encryption software which is available for free. CryptorBundle-1.2 comes as a fat bundle, compiled for intel, m68k and hppa 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-1.2 ? ----------------------- 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. 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. -- ----- Thomas Funke ----------------------- thomas@gamelan.sh.sub.de ----- C++ is to C as Lung Cancer is to Lung
From: Eric Bloom <bacchus!eric@uu9.psi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Bacchus Offers Higher Ed Bundle Date: 23 Oct 1994 23:52:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38fb2f$ajl@digifix.digifix.com> BACCHUS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PRICES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION USERS - PIXEL MAGICIAN / IMAGE AGENT BUNDLE FOR $45.00 Santa Monica, CA, October 24, 1994 -- Bacchus today announced special higher education pricing for Pixel Magician and Image Agent, their image conversion/processing applications. Students can purchase a single user license for both Pixel Magician and Image Agent for $45.00. This offer is also available to faculty members for $75.00. The applications ship in MAB format for Motorola and Intel. --- Pixel Magician Pixel Magician converts to and from all the popular image file formats: TIFF, GIF, PICT, PCX, Photo CD, DCX, JPEG, TARGA, PS, EPS, Windows BMP, Sun Raster, FAX, IFF/ILBM, MacPaint, XBM, XWD, PNM and MTV. Use the automated capabilities of the convert window to view, scale, rotate, quantize and convert an entire directory of image files with a single mouse click. Features: Batch image conversion, Image viewing, PostScript to Raster, Color Quantization, Error Diffusion Dithering, paletted formats, precise scaling and rotating, variable aspect ratios and image resolutions, alpha channel support, image aliases, thumbnail views, flexible output options and a polished, easy-to-use user interface. A complete manual is available on-line using the NEXTSTEP hypertext help system. --- Image Agent With Image Agent, users can simply drag/drop non-native image files directly into NEXTSTEP applications, such as Diagram! 2, WriteUp, PasteUp, TIFFany II, WetPaint, Create, Pages, and have the images instantly appear. Image Agent transparently performs the image conversion as if it were part of the actual application in use. Image Agent works with any application that uses image filter services. Supported image formats include: TIFF, GIF, PS, EPS, TARGA, PICT, MacPaint, PCX, DCX, Windows BMP, MTV, IFF/ILBM, Sun Raster, JPEG (JFIF), XWD, XBM, PNM and others. Demo versions are available from ... Location: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:pub/next/demos/graphics Files: PixelMagician1.4b.MAB.compressed ImageAgent1.2b.MAB.compressed Conditions - Students must FAX or e-mail proof of current enrollment - No hardcopy manual included for Pixel Magician. A complete manual is available on-line - Must be running NEXTSTEP 3.1 or later - Shipping charges are not included Payment terms - MasterCard, Visa or COD - University P.O.'s accepted for faculty members To place an order, please contact: Bacchus, Inc. 2118 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 330 Santa Monica, CA 90403-5784 info@bacchus.com ( NeXTMail ) 310 820-9145 (voice) 310 820-5930 (fax)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Oct 11 - Oct 24 Date: 24 Oct 1994 01:52:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <38fi2f$cf2@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 32). Tuesday October 11 through Monday October 24 SUMMARY: Oct 03 1994 - Oct 11 1994 Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet comp.sys.next.announce Submission Guidelines PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago! JOB: NEXT/Sybase Developer Needed! MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, October 20th PRESS RELEASE: JetPilot 1.6 - printer driver for HP Desk/Laser Jet printers PRESS RELEASE: ISE Eiffel object-oriented development environment on NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION: RoachesView BackSpace module v 1.1 (tri-fat) PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora introduces InterfaceViewer 1.0 and Special Introductory Offer SUBMISSION: Announcing Music Kit 4.1 for Intel and NeXT hardware JOB: NeXT Computer: Debugger Engineer position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Performance Tools Engineer position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Manager/Director, OS JOB: NeXT Computer: Network Drivers Engineer JOB: NeXT Computer: Sr. Technical Writer position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Sr. Test Engineer position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Software Engineer position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Windows Engineer/PDO MEETING: UnNUG meeting Tuesday, October 18 PRESS RELEASE: WHAT Software Resells Certified PC Hardware JOB: System Admin/Database Admin PRESS RELEASE: Canon object.station 41 available through OpenSource, Inc. MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group, October 20 7:00pm at SLAC Auditorium PRESS RELEASE: NEXT IN LINE Offers Bulk Subscription Rates MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP User Group --> 10/25/94 <-- PRESS RELEASE: ZENON Cut - Cutting under NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: OpenEnd 1.1 - Vector Graphics Converter PRESS RELEASE: Zenon DTP 1.05 - Cutting, Milling and Engraving PRESS RELEASE: OpenSource, Inc. Announces On-Line Catalog PRESS RELEASE: Zion Software & Consulting releases TeleComm v1.2 upgrade! PRESS RELEASE: Software & ZyXEL modem bundles for NEXTSTEP computers from Zion! JOB: Sys. Engr. at Warner Brothers Feature Animation JOB: Sys. Prog. at Warner Brothers Feature Animation JOB: SysAdmin at Warner Brothers Feature Animation PRESS RELEASE: BlueSky Software Announces Release Of IconMaker 2.0, Availability Through OpenSource, Inc.. MEETING: British Columbia OpenStep Group - October 26th JOB: NeXT Computer: Technical Writer NeXT Computer, Inc. and SunSoft, Inc. release final OpenStep API NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Day Chicago Information Now on WWW Server SUBMISSION:helpfilebuilder 1.0 is now available PRESS RELEASE: Alembic Systems/Object Technologies SUBMISSION: ToMPEG.app --- compress your animations! SUBMISSION: TripleYachtZ.app SUBMISSION: CryptorBundle-1.2 PRESS RELEASE: Bacchus Offers Higher Ed Bundle 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 (Scott Anguish) 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 Oct 1994 01:54:50 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <38fi7a$cfg@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 Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online ---------------------------------------------------- A product directory and information server, 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/ http://www.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. 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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. 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Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SCANNING - software for HP/NeXT/Intel Date: 24 Oct 1994 15:22:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38h1i7$h49@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE SCANNING - software for HP/NeXT/Intel Munich, October 24, ipc -- ScanOmatic, release 1.0 is finally shipping and available on ftp. ScanOmatic is the first real shipping scanning software for all NEXTSTEP architectures and the most popular scanners. ScanOmatic supports desktop scanners like the HP ScanJet family, the Umax scanners, all HSD scanners as well as the Rayven x-ray scanners on HP-PA RISC, the NeXT computers and on most of the Intels systems. SUPPORTED SCANNERS ================== HP ScanJet: II, IIc, IIcx, IIp Umax: UC630, UC80, UC1200 ... HSD: color, mono XRS: RSU-1, x-ray Scanner And any scanner, which offers a compatible mode to one of the above named. Architectures and NEXTSTEP Releases =================================== We support ALL architectures (INTEL, MOTOROLA and HP). Due to differences in SCSI support on Intel and HP you are invited to test it with your configuration before purchasing a license. ONE STEP SCANNING ================= Now even the business user is able to scan stunning results without the need to adjust complicated settings. Once you have chosen your favorite configurations, you have up to 6 of them at your fingertips. For the professional user panels with all options are available. SCANNING AS A SERVICE ===================== Imagine, you are in your word processor and quickly need a scan of a photo -- just click on your Service Menu an start a scan with one of your presettings. Filtering, hardware adjustments all will be applied automatically and image finally placed in your text. HARDWARE & SOFTWARE FILTERS =========================== ScanOmatic uses the scanner built in filters of each of the supported scanners. Additionally you may enhance scanned images with a set of fast software filters. (tint adjust, rotates, equalization, brightness, scale...) ************* * FREE DEMO * ************* Take the chance for a free test drive. You will find the latest releases on ftp. FTP SERVER: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/scanner/ScanOmatic.1.0.NIH.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/scanner/ScanOmatic.1.0.README Just go through the order from and order a free, unrestricted demo key, which enables you to use the application for one month. FEATURE LIST ============ - one button scanning - OCR service support - scanning as a service - desktop support: HP, Umax, HSD - medical support Rayven x-ray scanners - loadable filters - modular scanner devices (planned: Microtek ...) - hardware independent user interface - integrated order & update system - floating and multi-user licenses - free updates between major releases FUTURE RELEASES =============== New scanners like the Microtek series, EPSON scanners will be integrated in the next release. Also we added more software filters to enhance scanned images. The preview section supports ZOOM. PRICES ====== DESKTOP SCANNERS Retail 350 US$ Students Disc. 245 US$ X-RAY SCANNERS Retail 995 US$ Contact Information =================== interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY ++49 (0) 89-22 33 75 ++49 (0) 89-22 33 76 fax info@interpc.de Jens Ch. Gloede
From: annalea@its.com (Annalea Sommerville) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Loop Group - Tuesday, October 25th at ITSolutions Date: 24 Oct 1994 16:39:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38h62j$i7j@digifix.digifix.com> The meeting on Tuesday, October 25th will feature Talus and their Color NEXTSTEP Laptop. We look forward to seeing those of you who can make it. Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 500 West Madison Street, Suite 2210 Chicago, IL 60661 312-474-7700 800-394-4487 loopgroup@its.com
From: Pedja Bogdanovich <pedja@luka.tiptop.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TipTop telecommunication for NS/HP Date: 24 Oct 1994 23:59:56 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38hvrs$lcs@digifix.digifix.com> Bethesda, Maryland, September 27, 1994; The only telecommunication package currently available for use with NEXTSTEP/HPPA is being offered by TipTop software. 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 Motorola, Intel, and HP PA-RISC machines running NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher. TipTop costs $185 + S/H ($4 within US). The price includes a free upgrade. TipTop 1.0 can be purchased directly from TipTop Software: TipTop Software Email: tiptop@tiptop.com Tel/Fax: +1 (301) 656-3837 (9am--5pm US EST, Mon--Fri) USPS: PO Box 30681, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA Visa/MasterCard accepted.
From: "'Carl A. Wright'" <WRIGHT@SWITCH.LAA.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LAA Real-Time Rating System Date: 25 Oct 1994 00:00:17 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38hvsh$ldp@digifix.digifix.com> Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. (LAA) announces its Real-Time Rating System (RTRS) for the A.T.& T. 5ESS(R) telephone switch. The RTRS prices telephone services for coin phone calls, credit card calls, collect calls, and third party calls handled by telephone operators. It also prices person-to-person and station calls. The RTRS has already been delivered to two telephone companies, Minnesota Equal Access Network Services (Plymouth, MN) and Brazoria Telephone Company (Brazoria, TX). Minnesota Equal Access is a network services company owned by more than sixty small telephone companies in Minnesota. Brazoria Telephone Company is a small family-run company located an hour's drive from Houston, TX. The RTRS is implemented in Objective-C in the NextStep operating system using distributed objects. It is available to run on Intel and Hewlett- Packard computers. The RTRS is a high-demand mission-critical applica- tion delivered on two redundant computer systems. The A.T.& T. 5ESS(R) switch is connected to the RTRS over two X.25 digital links on which transaction loads are shared. Each data link is connected to a separate computer system. LAA delivers the RTRS as a turn-key solution of hardware, software, tariff database, training, and installation support. Delivery takes approximately six weeks from contract signing. RTRS consists of four major software components. Three of these components run on NextStep and the fourth runs in the DOS/Windows environment. 1. The "Real-Time Rating" component receives all the rating transactions from the 5ESS switch, processes them, and answer the transactions. All knowledge of the 5ESS switch is within. 2. The "TeleRate(tm) Rating" component performs all pricing of telephone services. All knowledge of telephone services, their costs, and the database of tariffs is within. 3. The "RTRS Control" component is an application which communicates with the real-time process to stop, start, monitor, and modify the mission-critical RTRS application. 4. The "RTRS Data Control" is a DOS/Windows suite of applications for the tariff analysts who control the data on which pricing is based. "TeleRate(tm) Rating" and "RTRS Data Control" components are used in our "Operator Reference Data Base" product and act as servers when more than one application which use them is running. For more information, contact Mr. Carl Wright at +1 313 995-5590 or at "wright@laa.com". Mailing address: Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. 2350 Green Road, Suite 160 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Fax phone: +1 313 995-5989 Immediate availability 5ESS(R) is a trademark of A.T.& T.
From: "'Carl A. Wright'" <WRIGHT@SWITCH.LAA.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LAA Operator Reference Data Base Date: 25 Oct 1994 00:00:29 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38hvst$le0@digifix.digifix.com> Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. (LAA) announces its Operator Reference Data Base (ORDB) for the A.T.& T. 5ESS(R) telephone switch. The ORDB provides on-line access to a suite of databases used by telephone operators to answer caller questions and to handle emergency situations. The ORDB connects to the specialized telephone operator workstations through the A.T.& T. 5ESS(R). The ORDB will be delivered by year end to three telephone companies, Minnesota Equal Access Network Services (Plymouth, MN), Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), and Brazoria Telephone Company (Brazoria, TX). Minnesota Equal Access is a network services company owned by more than sixty small telephone companies in Minnesota. Compania Dominicana de Telefonos is a GTE owned wireline telephone company which serves the entire Dominican Republic. Brazoria Telephone Company is a small family-run company located an hour's drive from Houston, TX. The ORDB is implemented in Objective-C in the NextStep operating system using distributed objects. It is available to run on Intel and Hewlett- Packard computers. The ORDB is a high-demand mission-critical applic- ation delivered on two redundant computer systems. The A.T.& T. 5ESS(R) switch is connected to the ORDB over a number of X.25 digital links. The number of links is dependent on the number of operators and expected transaction loads. LAA delivers the ORDB as a turn-key solution of hardware, software, tariff database, training, and installation support. Delivery takes approximately six weeks from contract signing. ORDB consists of five major software components. Three of these components run on NextStep and the fourth and fifth run in the DOS/Windows environment. 1. The "Operator Service" component receives all the queries from the operators connected to the 5ESS switch, processes them, and answers the transactions. All knowledge of the 5ESS switch is within. 2. The "TeleRate(tm) Rating" component performs all pricing of telephone services. All knowledge of telephone services, their costs, and the database of tariffs is within. This service provides rate information for customer queries. 3. The "ORDB Control" component is an application which communicates with the real-time process to stop, start, monitor, and modify the mission-critical ORDB application. 4. The "ORDB Data Control" is a Windows application for the operator service data clerks who control the data on which operator services are based. 5. The "RTRS Data Control" is a DOS/Windows suite of applications for the tariff analysts who control the data on which pricing is based. "TeleRate(tm) Rating" and "RTRS Data Control" components are used in our real-time rating product and act as servers when more than one applica- tion which use them is running. For more information, contact Mr. Carl Wright at +1 313 995-5590 or at "wright@laa.com". Mailing address: Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. 2350 Green Road, Suite 160 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Fax phone: +1 313 995-5989 Immediate availability 5ESS(R) is a trademark of A.T.& T.
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:WavesWorld 2.0: tcl & 3D animation objects Date: 25 Oct 1994 15:54:15 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38jnp7$rth@digifix.digifix.com> <<warning: this software requires NS 3.2 or greater>> I'm pleased (and relieved) to announce the official 2.0 release of two of my palettes and kits from WavesWorld, my PhD-system-under-construction at the MIT Media Lab. The first palette integrates the scripting language tcl into the NEXTSTEP environment, by palettizing a tcl interp and a large set of UI objects which can be used to both manipulate state in the tcl interp and visualize the contents of the tcl interp. The second builds on both the first palette and RenderMan by providing both a comprehensive set of objects for doing animation and modeling in NEXTSTEP. Advanced features of RenderMan like motion blur are automagically supported. All source code, and an enormous number of examples are included. A WWW site will be going into operation in the next few weeks which will have this release avaiable from it, as well as updated example images, models, and scenes of what I'm actually doing with this stuff. It is *hoped* that people who want to experiment with 3D under NEXTSTEP will grab these palettes and dive in, and be willing to share their work with others. With the advent of the most awesome Larry Gritz's Blue Moon Rendering Tools release (a set of shareware RenderMan compatible renderers which support X, gl, and raytracing & radiosity renderers) available, I expect the number of publicly available RIB models and scenes, as well as RenderMan Shading Language shaders, will radically increase in the next few months, and now you can make your own contribution using these tools! so come on, use up some bandwidth and disk space and ftp this stuff today and play! Feedback is essential... --> Michael B. Johnson -- wave@media.mit.edu --> MIT Media Lab -- Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> 20 Ames St. E15-023G -- (617) 666-4119 (day office) --> Cambridge, MA 02139 -- (617) 253-0663 (night office) Here's the README at ftp://media.mit.edu/pub/WavesWorld/2.0 This directory should contain the the 2.0 release of some of my WavesWorld IB palettes after about 8AM Oct 22. This is a much debugged version from the beta releases, and should be compatible with the beta releases. It has some documentation, lots of examples, and tons of source code. It can be obtained via anonymous ftp via ftp://media.mit.edu/pub/WavesWorld/2.0/ PLEASE USE GNUTAR TO EXTRACT THINGS!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be including a triple-fat binary of WW3DTester.app, for those who want to play before they compile. Note: you'll need 3.2 to use this. I can't guarantee the TCL stuff works on less than that, and I'll guarantee the 3D stuff won't work on less, and I've also heard of problems un-tarring the distribution, because the path names are so long, and it seems only the 3.2 gnutar can handle it. There is also an app that Ian Wilkinson at Canon, UK wrote for me called BugWave.app, which is similar to BugNeXT. A triple fat binary is included with all releases. This replaces the earlier one; it has an updated Topic hierarchy, and sends me safe-tcl mail with your bug report. Please use it to submit bug reports. Ian also wrote the cool WW3DText, which is in the WW3DKit (see below). This release contains a slightly improved version of my TCL palette which should now be name space protected from everything except the old PAThumbwheel palette (which most people probably just use the later, MiniExample Thumbwheel anyway). This has lots of little bug fixes and a few major new objects: WWSimpleMovieView, WWMovieVarView, WWMovieProcView, and WWTTTimer. WWSimpleMovieView is effectively a superset of WWSimpleImageView, which it replaces (WWSimpleImageView will be gone from the real 2.0 release). It allows you to have both a background color (with alpha), an image, and a movie (i.e. an .anim, which is a directory of numbered tiff files). The image can go over or under the movie, and you can control the frames/second of playback, as well as what behavior triggers start and stop of playback. This is then subclassed as a VarView and a ProcView, which allow you to assign the value of a given tcl variable or a given tcl proc, respectively, and redefine it with drag-and-drop. Secret Squirrel note: if you cmd-click a WWSimpleMovieView when in test interface mode (or after you've linked the class in your app and brought the appropriate nib into your app's project), you will get a ControlPanel (which looks suspiciously like it's IBInspector...) that will let you change the running behavior of the object. I'm still experimenting with the best way to deal with this; suggestions appreciated. WWTTimer is an extended version of Thomas Burkholder's TTimer object. It has a few new things, but basically it allows you to send tcl msgs to an interp periodically, with the current value of the timer embedded in the msg. There are obviously more ways to extend this timer; if you can convince they're really useful, I'll happily consider your suggestion. Using WWMovieVarView, WWMovieProcView, WWTTTimer, and the UI objects that were already on the palette, I think I'm approaching a complete set of objects to layer a visual programming metaphor on top of tcl, which, of course, can run completely in test interface mode in IB. If I'm missing anything you think would be generally useful, please tell me. That's the point of an alpha release... Also note that if you're using the (way too buggy for me) beta IB that came with EOF, you will need to comment out the ExportImages line in palette.table to get the palette to load in IB. This palette has been tested extensively on black hardware, and to a lesser degree on HP. I haven't run it on white; as it is a rare and uninteresting quantity here at the Media Lab (although if we ever get that shipment from Intel, that may change...). Also, (ta da!), this contains the long awaited 2.0 version of my 3D palette, which supports animation. Please read the IntroToWW3DKit.rtfd in the Documentation directory to get an idea of what you can do. There are lots of examples, and you should just try and play around after reading the intro. The Examples/canonicalRIB directory is s good place to start, and then you might move on to the heads directory. One of the most elegant things about the way my stuff now works is that motion blur comes for free - so feel free to use prman liberally. I also have a way of spitting out a QuickTime movie directly, but I haven't had the time or inclination to find out from Apple if I can redistribute the code, so it's not in this release. Also, do NOT use the 3D palette on 24 bit HP hardware, as it will crash the Window Server. For that matter, if you run your white hardware's video at 24 bits, or you have a NeXTDimension, you won't be able to load the palette either. This is NeXT's bug, and they know about it; hopefully it will be fixed in 3.3. In the meantime, you should install the 3D palette and then compile the WW3DTester app. It runs without crashing the Window Server, and you can drop stuff into that. Anyway, enjoy, and let me know what you come up with.
From: Vesa P Kautto <vkautto@snakemail.hut.fi> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FontAnalyzer-PreAlpha1 Date: 25 Oct 1994 15:58:05 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38jo0d$ru7@digifix.digifix.com> I have just upload the files of pre-Alpha release of FontAnalyzer to location mentioned below. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/FontAnalyzer-PreAlpha1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/FontAnalyzer-PreAlpha1.tar.gz Where they end up I do not know but FontAnalyzer is primarily a font utility so something like /Fonts/Apps or Utilities could the right place for it. I hope that I get some comments how poorly or well I have done in this my first submission as a member of NeXTSTEP community. I hope that even some of you enjoy the application even though it is Motorola binary only. Below is the short README of the application. October 18th 1994 FontAnalyzer.app is intended to be typeface selection and design aid for everybody IF YOU o don't know what is a font (or a typeface) o don't want to know more about them o don't want to try software that is still under development FORGET THIS APPLICATION ! Other good reasons to forget about this application (at least for time being) o in this release there is ONLY Motorola binary so if have black hardware you can try out this app. o this is in a way a test release of a possible shareware product so even it is completely free you have to contact me to make it fully functional (printing is disables without a license key) Keywords: typeface selection problem, automatically generated documents (typeface profiles and specimen pages), new Font Panel(s) allowing selection from many different type families, design with type Supported CPU's and OS version requirements ------------------------------------------- Motorola binary only (this release) NS3.0 was the development environment. FontAnalyzer Overview --------------------- In short FontAnalyzer.app is a font profiler and type-specimen generator. It is also much more than that. It is most of all an utility for someone who works often with different typefaces and gets confused about all different characteristics that they may have or may not have. It doesn't do a particularly good job in analyzing the the contents of a font but that should be improved by next release. This application was developed on my free time so it is not a polished product. However if there is enough interested I could turn this into a shareware product which acts like a real NeXTSTEP application. The principle idea is to let the computer do what it can do best: calculations, repetitions, etc. If I have done it intelligently the application can give you valuable information about the typeface/typefaces you are interested in. There are few new features whose useability I am testing in this application so everything doesn't necessarily happen as you might expect. I have tried to keep the new user interfaces as easy and natural as possible but I may have failed... This application is freeware but registration is required to enable printing so see License Keys (in Info menu or in Help Panel) for details. _____________________________________________________________________________ Known bugs: (Oct 18th 1994) o Document Type 4 fails somehow on the first try ??? o menu items are not updated correctly. E.g. "Select all" is valid all the time but e.g., it doesn't do anything when no Text object is selected (should select all Text objects). ______________________________________________________________________________ Vesa P Kautto <vkautto@snakemail.hut.fi> valid at least until May 1995
From: oe_staffing@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT - Object Expert Date: 25 Oct 1994 16:26:26 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38jpli$as@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX Email:oe_staffing@next.com Job Description Title: Object Expert Dept: Professional Services NeXT Inc. is now hiring talented, multi-disciplined, consulting engineers to join our newly formed Object Expert group. This team will work closely with NeXT's strategic customers to ensure the success of their NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP application development projects. In this role the Object Expert helps the customer design applications for scalability, performance and re-use. They also assist with team organization issues and project dynamics. We are looking for engineers with a minimum of three to four years of NEXTSTEP development expertise (AppKit, Objective-C, DBKit, etc), strong background in relational database technology, and experience with distributed computing architectures. Experience with C++, SQL, and Postscript is a plus. These positions also require a strong customer management and expectation setting expertise, not to mention a solid understanding of project management and the software development process. Positions are available now in major metropolitan areas in the US and Europe. If you want to get in on the ground floor of a group that is going to have a pivotal impact on NeXT's success and help bring object technology to a broader business market, send you confidential resume and salary history to oe_staffing@next.com. NeXT is an equal opportunity employer.
From: annalea@its.com (Annalea Sommerville) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Day Chicago on Friday, October 28th Date: 25 Oct 1994 17:28:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38jtaf$qm@digifix.digifix.com> Greetings - Here is the latest update from ITSolutions about NeXT Day Chicago. We're expecting a terrific turnout! Below is a list of vendors and customers and a timetable of the event. Please contact me if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you there! Regards! Annalea Sommerville annalea@its.com ----------------------------- The following vendors are scheduled to participate: Athena Design BLaCKSMITH Canon Computer Systems, Inc. GS Corp. Hewlett-Packard Company ITSolutions Lighthouse Design Metrosoft, Inc. NeXT Computer, Inc. OpenSource Pages Software Pangea Corp. Planning Sciences Proponent Sarrus Software SELECT Technology Sun Microsystems VNP VVI-DCS WhiteLight Systems Xanthus Corp. Yrrid, Inc. ------------------------ So far, a total of 85 registrants are attending from the following companies: Abbott Laboratories ABN-AMRO Bank AESOP Systems Appolo Derivatives Group Applied Financial Management Borg Warner Automotive City of Chicago Corporate Staffing Dimensional Management Distributed AD Tools EDS Epsilon Lambda Electronics Corp. Eversoft Software Corp. First Continental Trading First National Bank of Chicago Gibbs &Cox, Inc. The Gould Group Companies Grand Valley State University Grant Thornton Gypsy Designs Hopkins & Sutter Hutchison Shockey Erley & Co. Independent Object Group Linnco Futures Group Medical College of Wisconsin Media Station, Inc. NationsBanc-CRT New Century Computer Northwestern Memorial Hospital Novell, Inc. PSC-Envision Proactive Solutions Reliability Ratings Revco D.S., Inc. SHL Systemhouse SIGS Publication Single Source Systems, Inc. Smart Practice, Inc. Swiss Bank Corp. Tad Graphic The University of Chicago The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center The University of Chicago Department of Obstetrics The University of Illinois Valley City Linen Corp. Washington University WeatherLabs, Inc. The University of Notre Dame Xexos Ltd. ZiConix ---------------------- Here is a timetable for the day of the show - Friday, October 28th: 12:00pm Doors open to NeXT Day Chicago 12:10 -12:50pm Lighthouse Design showing Quantrix 1:00 - 1:40pm BLaCKSMITH showing CHaRTSMITH 1:50 - 2:30pm Athena Design showing Mesa 1.5b 2:40 - 3:20pm Sarrus Softwre showing Pencil Me In 3:30 - 4:10pm Pages Software showing Pages 1.5 4:20 - 5:00pm Xanthus showing OpenWrite 5:10 - 5:50pm VVI-DCS showing OpenGraph 6:00pm NeXT Day Chicago concludes ----------------------------- ITSolutions is located at 500 West Madison Street on the 22nd Floor. We are in the Northwestern Train Station/Citibank building.
From: dcl@panix.com (David Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fiend v1.1: Substantially revised dock/shelf extender Date: 25 Oct 1994 23:35:35 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38kiq7$2so@digifix.digifix.com> I've just placed the new revision of Fiend, version 1.1 on: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/software/NeXT/binaries/util/Fiend.1.1.NI.b.tar.gz Although it bears release number 1.1, it contains substantial revisions and new features, in addition to many bug fixes from version 1.0. Hope you enjoy it. - David C. Lambert 24 October, 1994 dcl@homer.uu.panix.com FROM THE README: 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. It also loads BackSpace modules, and supports multiple screen machines. FROM THE FIEND v1.1 RELEASE NOTES: Well, around the beginning of September this was supposed to be version 1.1, but after I fixed all the bugs from v1.0, I decided to add "just one more" feature. This process continued until now, more than a month after I began, it has most of the features that I wanted to put in to v2.0, but not quite. So I was going to call it version 1.8. But the tiff on the info panel still said 1.1, and it was something I just didn't feel like playing with.....so, version 1.1 it is. NEW FEATURES: * Named dock levels * Level-independent icons * Document autolaunching * Full animated icon support * Dock level following for apps * Services support - input and output * Smart copy and paste - saves positions * Multiple screen support (for NeXT Dimensions) for Fiend Shelf, Fiend Dock and BackSpace * Smarter icon placement algorithms for Fiend Dock and Shelf * Multiple item dragging from Fiend Shelf and Fiend Dock * New tricks..... Bugs Fixed: * "No more processes" when running Fiend * Fiend not saving state at logout * Fiend Shelf not making destroy sound after a cut * Fiend crashing after resize-add-resize to Dock * Fiend Dock dropping first drag event * Fiend not finding ".dir.tiff" file for root * Fiend not handling file names with spaces * Fiend Shelf not caching thumbnail images when moving * Alt-dragging from Mail.app to Fiend Shelf crashes Fiend * Fiend not asking Pasteboard for types * Fixed a bug in BoinkView module that kept it from being displayed properly on the HP machines. Cleanups: * More informative initialization progress panel * Defined addition to Fiend Dock/Shelf as copy instead of link (for Pastry compatibility) * Moved all previous "dwrites" to Preferences panel * Fixed name cells on shelf icons so they don't chop the bottoms off of descending letters * Moved the FiendDock and FiendShelf files to ~/.AppInfo, and made them dependent on screen size * Dragging the dock now drags all the windows at once * Added a previous level button for the Fiend Dock * Less color-machine oriented - new icon * Apps now show filenames on Fiend Shelf * Dock menu rearranged * Docked icons found by using "Find Icon" are briefly hilighted if found
From: Oren Golan <oreng@black_albatross.otago.ac.nz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: tri-fat Solitaire Date: 25 Oct 1994 23:47:47 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38kjh3$2vm@digifix.digifix.com> I've uploaded a new compilation of Solitaire.app, in which both the application and all the game bundles are triple-fat (working on HP-PA as well). It is available from : ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Solitaire.2.1a.tri-fat.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Solitaire.2.1a.tri-fat.tar.gz Oren Golan. Oren Golan Computer Science Department University of Otago, Dunedin, New-Zealand. Phone: (03) 479 8347 Fax: (03) 479 8529 e-mail: oreng@Black_Albatross.otago.ac.nz
From: Karen_Logsdon@NeXT.COM (Karen Logsdon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT SHIPS ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK Date: 26 Oct 1994 15:46:42 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38mbn2$8h7@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NeXT SHIPS ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK Breakthrough technology bridges gap between relational data and objects REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-October 26, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today delivered Enterprise Objects Framework, a breakthrough technology that integrates NEXTSTEP-based object-oriented applications with data from leading relational databases from Oracle Corporation and Sybase, Inc. As a result of Enterprise Objects Framework's object-relational integration capabilities, users can create and reuse enterprise business objects, transforming "data" into "information" and reducing the time and costs of application development and maintenance. "The Enterprise Objects Framework elegantly and seamlessly integrates object and relational technologies," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This will be the catalyst for objects to penetrate the heart of the enterprise." Enterprise Objects integrate business data with the business policies that make the data meaningful. For example, a customer credit rating (data) has little meaning separate from the policy that determines credit ratings. In addition, a credit rating that is computed according to an obsolete policy is erroneous. As a result of existing within the NEXTSTEP application development environment, Enterprise Objects can be reused in application after application. Therefore, as business requirements change, the policies in effect for a particular business object can easily be redefined and every application automatically incorporates the new policies. "NeXT is again demonstrating its lead in object-oriented technology, by bridging the gap between object-oriented business modelling and relational databases," said Jnan Dash, vice president of product strategy and technology of Oracle Corporation. "Enterprise Objects Framework merges the benefits of object persistence with the power and reliability of a relational database such as Oracle." Product Components, Pricing and Availability Enterprise Objects Framework consists of three modules: * The Enterprise Object Modeler is used by developers to build Enterprise Objects (NeXT's term for business objects); and it creates a mapping structure that sits between these Enterprise Objects and the databases used by the application. If the structure of the database changes, the Enterprise Object Modeler can be used to reconfigure the mapping structure. * The framework enables Enterprise Objects to run on the NEXTSTEP operating system and is required for all systems on which Enterprise Objects Framework-built applications will be deployed. This runtime module is available for NEXTSTEP today and will be available for PDO early next year, enabling Enterprise Objects to be deployed on servers running HP-UX, SUN OS, Solaris and Digital OSF/1 operating systems. * The adaptor layer provides database independence by enabling the framework to communicate to a variety of RDBMSs, transparent to Enterprise Objects. Today, database adaptors for Oracle and Sybase are bundled with the product. In the future, adaptors for many other databases will be available from NeXT, database vendors and third party developers. Enterprise Objects Framework is available today at a U.S. list price of $299. 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, NEXTSTEP, PDO, Portable Distributed Objects, the PDO logo and Enterprise Objects are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP,Objective-C,$600/da-NYC Date: 26 Oct 1994 15:47:27 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38mbof$8hj@digifix.digifix.com> Qualified candidates must have at least 2 years experience - after - graduation, with a company in the USA --- not a school --- working on business systems and must be a US citizen or not require sponsorship, thanks. If you know someone who is coming to NYC/NJ, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: William Shipley <wjs@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Id and Omni announce DOOM II for NEXTSTEP (coming soon) Date: 26 Oct 1994 23:42:13 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38n7il$amc@digifix.digifix.com> Omni Development, Inc. announced today that it has been entrusted by Id Software to enhance and market DOOM and DOOM II for NEXTSTEP. DOOM is Id's best-selling, extremely fast, almost sickeningly realistic three-dimensional multi-player first-person bug-hunt. DOOM won numerous awards as last year's best game for MS-DOS systems, and DOOM II is even better, featuring new weapons, new monsters, and 30 new levels. Omni's enhanced DOOM for NEXTSTEP improves on the current shareware NEXTSTEP DOOM player not only in the inclusion of the commercial levels but also by including sound support, Interceptor support for fast graphics, a full-screen mode for even faster graphics, and fixed-priority Mach scheduling for yet faster graphics. DOOM for NEXTSTEP will still be able to load user-written levels ("wad" files) for DOS versions of DOOM. DOOM and DOOM II for NEXTSTEP will be available soon. You can follow their progress by checking our WWW page -- http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/Doom DOOM II for MS-DOS is available now, distributed by GT Interactive Software @ 1-800-362-9400. The unenhanced, shareware version of DOOM is already available under NEXTSTEP. It can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/Doom1_2_FAT.compressed The shareware version is not as fast, doesn't support sound, and doesn't include the commercial levels. Id Software develops and markets the best-selling, coolest games for MS-DOS. Omni Development writes and works on all kind of software for NEXTSTEP, including Frame's FrameMaker for NS/Intel and NS/HPPA, OmniImage, OmniWeb, parts of Lighthouse's Concurrence, Quantrix, and Parasheet, McCaw Cellular's Axys project, and the custom database software for the William Morris Agency. ## DOOM, and DOOM II are trademarks of Id Software, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computers, Inc. MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft. "Yoikes, and away!" is a trademark of Daffy Duck.
From: Jens Gloede <jens@interpc.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Live Video Hard Disk Recording Date: 26 Oct 1994 23:46:31 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38n7qn$ao0@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE LIVE VIDEO HARDDISK RECORDING Munich, October 26, ipc -- we are looking for beta testers, who have access to appropriate hardware and are willing to test the new software and driver. VDORecorder is the first application, which supports live video harddisk recording on NEXTSTEP with the full frame rate. You can record motion JPEG movies direct to harddisk as well as play them back on video out or in a freely scalable overlay. Supported are frame rates up to 30 frames per second. You may even convert them into a NEXTIME file format and play them back on any machine with NEXTIME without any additional hardware support. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ===================== System: any NEXTSTEP PC RAM: 16 MB, 24 MB recommended Harddisk: any, SCSI preferred disk space: always more Digitizer: FAST Movie Machine Pro Compressor: FAST Motion JPEG Option SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ===================== OS: NEXTSTEP 3.2 fIp Digitizer: MMTV and VDOboards driver Recorder: VDORecorder and Zoran driver (included in this package) NEXTIME: not necessary but recommended PRICES & CONDITIONS =================== The time limited beta is free for anyone who can prove to be in possession of such boards. The best beta tester receives a free set of the recording licenses. (That's not necessarily the guy with the most submissions!) SOFTWARE SOURCE =============== The following files can be found on ftp: SERVER: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/video/VDOrecorder.0.007.I.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/video/VDOrecorder.0.007.README MARKETING ========= Forget about video tapes, rewinding, and piles of video cassettes. The CODY option for Screen Machine II and Movie Machine Pro offers completely digital video editing. Up until now nonlinear cuts directly from hard disc were reserved for professional video studios. The CODY option enables you to directly store and retrieve videos from your hard disc using motion JPEG. Being NEXTIME compatible, the CODY option will give you the next dimension of video editing under NEXTSTEP. The hard facts: - 24 bit RGB true color - NTSC/PAL/(SECAM) - up to 30 frames/s NTSC, 25 frames/s PAL - compression up to 1:120 - full screen playback - dynamical rate - arbitrary sizes playback Please contact us, if you need hardware sources in your country. Contact Information =================== interpersonal-computing GmbH ++49 (0) 89-22 33 75 NeXT Center Munich ++49 (0) 89-22 33 76 fax Jens Ch. Gloede vdo@interpc.de Oettingenstrasse 2 info@interpc.de 80538 Munich/GERMANY
From: kehoe@fortuity.sf.ca.us (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Laser Printers for NEXTSTEP now on World Wide Web Date: 27 Oct 1994 16:44:34 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38p3fi$ghe@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: The Printer Works 3481 Arden Road, Hayward, CA 94545 USA Toll-free: 800-225-6116 Phone: +1-510-887-6116 Fax: +1-510-786-0589 Email: tpw@netcom.com LASER PRINTERS FOR NEXTSTEP NOW ON WORLD WIDE WEB The Printer Works Signs As Major Sponsor of the Stepwise World Wide Web Server Hayward, CA -- October 28, 1994 -- The Printer Works today announced the availability of its NEXTSTEP printer catalog via Stepwise, the World Wide Web server for the NEXTSTEP community. NEXTSTEP users will find nearly 20 pages of detailed information about printers for NEXTSTEP on the Stepwise server. Web pages for The Printer Works can be found at: http://www.stepwise.com/ThirdParty/ThePrinterWorks.htmld/index.html Web pages provide information about: * Two new laser printers for NEXTSTEP -- the StepWriter NX and BX models * New and refurbished NeXT Laser Printers (priced at $395 and $295) * A unique Exchange Program for used & broken NeXT Laser Printers (only $295) * Background about The Printer Works -- who we are and how to contact us In recognition of the importance of the Stepwise WWW server to the NEXTSTEP community, The Printer Works has signed as a major sponsor of the Stepwise service. Stephen Roberts, President of The Printer Works commented, "We want to do everything we can to help NEXTSTEP users find the information they need to get full use of NEXTSTEP. With the demise of NeXTWORLD magazine and the growing importance of the World Wide Web as an information resource, sponsoring Stepwise is the right thing to do." Norman Goldfarb, CEO of WhiteLight Systems, Inc, and underwriter of the Stepwise server, said, "Having wrestled with NEXTSTEP on white hardware, I really appreciate The Printer Works' commitment to supplying printers engineered for NEXTSTEP use. Of course, Stepwise users also will appreciate The Printer Works' financial support of the NEXTSTEP community's WWW server." The Printer Works is a privately-held company, founded in 1982, that provides depot repair service and manufacture of laser printers for specialty markets. The company has committed to supporting the NEXTSTEP market with new printers designed specifically for NEXTSTEP, plus sale and repair of the original NeXT Laser Printer. # # # The Printer Works is a trademark of The Printer Works, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Stepwise is a trademark of WhiteLight Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
From: Jeff Martin <jmartin@dallas.bozell.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Draw3D - A 3D drawing and rendering application Date: 27 Oct 1994 16:51:25 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38p3sd$gkf@digifix.digifix.com> Draw3D allows you to construct and photo-realistically render simple 3D scenes. The interface is very much like many 2D drawing programs, with an additional button to choose between dragging and rotating selected shapes. Tools include cube, cone, sphere, cylinder, torus, text, polygon and light. Other features include: Shape Grouping Super Selection - select shapes inside a group with double click Face Forward - selected shapes turn to face camera Animation - Choose # of frames and the transform between frames Multiple levels of Undo Draw3D is available on ftp.cs.orst.edu and sonata.cc.purdue.edu. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/graphics/Draw3D.app.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/graphics/Draw3D.README This version of Draw3D is set to expire June 1, '95. Several known bugs exist in this version of Draw3D. Texture maps are not supported in this version of Draw3D. Draw3D was written by Jeff Martin, currently Manager of Software Engineering at Bozell, inc. Several of the objects in Draw3D are available in the NeXT Answers archives (NeXTanswers@NeXT.COM, ftp.next.com) - 1257 ThumbWheel, 1254 StringList, 1582 UndoManager. Jeff Martin jmartin@bozell.com 2129 Milford Flower Mound, TX 75028 (214) 830 - 2301
From: Matthew D Waters <matthew@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pencom Announces Initial Release of co-Xist for HP PA-RISC Date: 28 Oct 1994 23:26:07 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38sfcf$7u5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pencom Announces Initial Release of co-Xist for HP PA-RISC Special Beta Offer to Satisfy High Customer Demand AUSTIN, Texas, October 28, 1994 - Pencom announces a new release of co-Xist for NEXTSTEP on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC. 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. A complete development environment also allows the porting of X clients to the native NEXTSTEP processor. SPECIAL BETA OFFERING -- Due to the extremely high customer demand HP PA-RISC support, co-Xist 3.3 for NeXT, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard systems is being offered initially as beta software. According to Frank King, president of Pencom Software, "With the number of large end-user organizations already utilizing co-Xist that had requested the HP release, we had a more than adequate beta program in place." "However," King continued, "with the extremely high demand for this product, we chose not to limit its initial release to only those preferred customers. Instead, we are making this offer of co-Xist beta at a special price to all NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC users." Those users who purchase the beta release will not only benefit from using the product immediately, but will also receive the final release automatically at no cost and avoid the subsequent price increase. The final release of co-Xist 3.3, is scheduled for December 1, 1994. NOW ACCEPTING PRE-ORDERS -- Pencom is also now accepting pre-orders for the new release of co-Xist. By pre-ordering co-Xist 3.3 before the December 1st ship date, NEXTSTEP users on NeXT and Intel systems can also take advantage of current pricing and avoid scheduled price increases. co-Xist allows users to: - Eliminate costly development efforts with the ability to run and develop standard X applications on local or remote platforms. - 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. co-Xist also includes: - A Multi-Architecture Binary for easy and efficient network installation accessible by all supported platforms. - GUI-based Installation simplifies installation and set-up by eliminating the need for running scripts in the installation process. - Release 1.2.3 of the Open Software Foundation's Motif. - 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. (Final release only.) FOR SALES INFORMATION -- call 1-800-PENCOM-4 or e-mail co-Xist_info@pencom.com (please confirm if you can receive NeXT Mail and specify platforms of interest). Or, point your WWW client to; http://www.pencom.com/co-Xist/ 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 focused solely on open systems computing. Pencom is unique in it's ability 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 of their respective owners. ###
From: angst!dylan@netcom.com (Dylan Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Warner Bros. seeks OS/Networking Engineer Date: 30 Oct 1994 00:28:20 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <38v7d4$5rt@digifix.digifix.com> WARNER BROS. FEATURE ANIMATION is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer (Operating System/Network Engineer) to architect and integrate complex network and storage systems for this start-up division. As a member of the Technology department, you will be part of an engineering team providing imaging systems to and working hand-in-hand with film artisans to create the best animated films in the world. Reporting directly to the Manager of Production Systems, you will be responsible for : - researching, recommending, and implementing system-wide networks, - designing and implementing necessary code to interface network subsystems and peripherals, - dealing with vendors and procuring related equipment, - working with engineers assigned to production subsystems to ensure all systems adequately interface into network system, - providing direction and guidance to lower level programmers implementing subsystems, - being on-call to service production problems. To be considered for this position, you must have: - BS Computer Engineering or equivalent, - Thorough knowledge of: ATM, FDDI, and fast Ethernet networking protocols Unix and NEXTSTEP operating environments C/C++ programming languages on-line, near-term, and long-term storage/retrieval systems - 10 years experience programming of system internals and drivers in large, distributed, client-server computing environments, - knowledge of high-end graphics workstations and theatrical film production a plus. Please submit resume to: Warner Bros. Feature Animation (NE) 15303 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 500 Sherman Oaks CA 91403 attn: Sharon O'Neill #IN --
From: jmartin@Dallas.bozell.com (Jeff Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Software Engineers, Dallas, TX Date: 31 Oct 1994 17:30:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <393r5i$ha0@digifix.digifix.com> Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt is a full service communications agency with complete advertising, direct marketing and public relations capabilities. We are looking for several NEXTSTEP software engineers with database and user interface design experience for our Dallas office. Development will focus on productivity and information management applications. We have no legacy code and we do more multimedia than any of those financial houses. Great hardware, competitive pay and private offices. Junior level positions available. Please send cover letter and resume to: Jeff Martin Director of Software Engineering Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. 201 E. Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 jmartin@bjke.com FAX: (214) 830 - 2687
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.8 Date: 31 Oct 1994 17:55:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <393skf$hfj@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.2.8 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, Oct 31, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It contains 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: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/classes/objects/MiscKit1.2.8.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.8.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.2.8.s.gnutar.gz There is also an accompanying binary package which is built for Intel and Motorola machines, available only at: ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.2.8.NI.b.gnutar.gz.README 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, 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 graduate 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: V1.2.8 10/31/94 Maintenance and update release: Made more refinements to the Makefiles, fixed profile target, and fixed build/runtime problems with DragViewTest app. Added -plainTextForRTF and -(BOOL)isRTFText to MiscString. Added MiscDistributor object to MiscTee palette and created a test app to demonstrate its use. Added MiscDateView palette. Added MiscRuntimeExtensions Object category, MiscTextExtensions Text category, MiscString_ExtendedParsing MiscString category, and added to the MiscListExtensions List/Object categories. MiscSerialPort2 in Temp area. Fixes to MiscReadOnlyColorWell, MiscArrowButton, MiscMatrix, MiscDragView, MiscLock, MiscStringArray, MiscParseTable, MiscDictionary, MiscMailApp, MiscThreeStateButton, MiscString, documentation. [More details about the bug fixes and additions can be found in the MiscKit's History.rtf file.]
From: "C. Scott Keith" <scott@sdc.MV.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: QuickBase 4.1 ships with EOF adaptor Date: 31 Oct 1994 18:11:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <393tin$hkf@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Keith SofDesign Corporation 58 Greenfield Road Francestown, NH 03043 Voice: 603/547-8404 Fax: 603/547-2423 E-Mail: info@sdc.mv.com October 31, 1994, Francestown, NH, SofDesign Corporation announces QuickBase 4.1 and EOF adaptor for HP, Intel and Motorola computers running NEXTSTEP. The QuickBase client-server database provides advanced features and graphically based utilities to make it easy to build database applications. Along with support for the latest in object-oriented tools, including Enterprise Objects Framework, QuickBase features transaction processing, derived columns, application notification, index training, dynamic SQL, and schema-design programs. NextCenter Danmark, the leading NEXTSTEP system integrator in Denmark, is using QuickBase 4.1 to build a state-of-the-art command-and-control system for the Royal Danish Police. "The command-and-control center handles all 911 calls for Copenhagen, the capitol of Denmark, and its vicinities, which in total encompasses approximately 1.5 million people", says Geert B. Clemmensen, Managing Director of NextCenter Danmark, "We selected QuickBase because it is a fast database engine that is fully integrated with the NEXTSTEP environment and Enterprise Objects Framework. SofDesign has also exhibited excellent response time in providing service." QuickBase 4.1 has been redesigned to support large NEXTSTEP installations and large databases. The new version also supports KANJI and other 16 bit character sets, as well as customizable sorting for all international languages. Huge money values are supported, accepting values up to $92,233,720,368,547,760.00 in any currency. QuickBase index training provides automatic performance tuning based on use. Servers are able to build optimal indexes on the fly, eliminating the need for guesswork on the part of application designers. Index training works in the background and does not obstruct the multi-threaded processing of user requests. QuickBase is available on all NEXTSTEP platforms, with plans for OPENSTEP. Call SofDesign to receive an evaluation copy of QuickBase. QuickBase Demo Available After Tuesday, November 1st, a final copy of QuickBase 4.1 will be available at ftp://ftp.sirius.com/pub/NeXT/demos Please FTP a copy. A 30 day trial is available for evaluation purposes. QuickBase User Group To join the QuickBase users group send mail to quickbase-request@gun.com and include the keyword subscribe in the subject followed by your e-mail address. To address mail to the group send your message to quickbase@gun.com. Features * Application Notification * EOF Adaptor * Transaction Processing * Triggers * Dynamic SQL * Online Backups * Objective-C interface * DBKit adaptor * Variety of data types * Huge binary storage * Interactive SQL program * Database alarm tracker * User manager * Data Viewer * Schema design tool * Application design tool * Index Training QuickBase Includes 1. Enterprise Objects Framework adaptor 2. DBKIT adaptor 3. Schema Builder database creation tool 4. Application Builder Palette 5. QuickBase Manager application 6. Client management program 7. ISQL(source included). 8. Example programs with source. Price Information Database HP PA-RISC Users Intel & Motorola Upgrade 3 $895 $134 6 $1,745 $261 9 $2,550 $382 12 $3,310 $496 15 $4,026 $603 20 $5,144 $771 Site License $6,495 $974 Educational $95
From: misha@dusya.osd.com (Misha M. Melikov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ATI Mach 64 driver FREE! Date: 31 Oct 1994 23:45:18 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <394h4u$jcu@digifix.digifix.com> Moscow, Russia, October 28, 1994 -- Object Software Development (OSD/SEANET) today announced availability of the ATI Mach 64 driver for NEXTSTEP 3.2/Intel. The ATIGraphicsProTurbo Display Adapter Device Driver supports ATI 88800GX based PCI and VLB graphics cards with multiple, industry standard DAC's including : ATI68860, ATI68875 , TLC34075, STG1700/02/03 , AT&T21C498 , SC15021, BT481/482 and more. Following video modes are supported: 2 MB VRAM ================================================== 8-bit Grayscale 1600x1200 60 Hz 1280x1024 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 74 Hz 1152x896 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 75, 80 Hz 1024x768 87(I), 60, 66, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 2 MB VRAM ================================================== 16-bit Color 1152x896 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 75, 80 Hz 1024x768 87(I), 60, 66, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 2 MB VRAM ================================================== 32-bit Color 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 640x480 60, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 4 MB VRAM ================================================== 8-bit Grayscale 1600x1200 60 Hz 1280x1024 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 74 Hz 1152x896 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 75, 80 Hz 1024x768 87(I), 60, 66, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 4 MB VRAM ================================================== 16-bit Color 1600x1200 60 Hz 1280x1024 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 74 Hz 1152x896 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 75, 80 Hz 1024x768 87(I), 60, 66, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 4 MB VRAM ================================================== 32-bit Color 1152x896 87(I), 95(I), 60, 70, 75, 80 Hz 1024x768 87(I), 60, 66, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 800x600 96(I), 60, 70, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz 640x480 60, 72, 75, 90, 100 Hz Note: ATI Graphics Pro Turbo boards use several RAMDAC types, video memory types ( VRAM/DRAM ), clock generator chips etc. That's why the supported mode list is dependent on individual board configuration. Advanced cunfiguration options ( Expert Inspector ) ATIGraphicsProTurbo Device Driver has extended Select Mode Panel for Configure.app. User part offers standard Select Panel features. Expert part is designed for experienced users who wish to custom-tailor their card configuration for best possible performance. Special panel is used for: 1. Changing refresh rate for current resolution/color depth 'on the fly'- without system rebooting. 2. Tuning screen adjustments ( screen centering, sizing, refresh rate and line frequency on one mode, keeping all other modes unchanged ). Display modes may be configured for use of the best resolution and refresh rate your monitor can support. 3. Changing current mode ( resolution, color depth and refresh rate ) by restarting the WindowServer without complete system reboot ( 'exit' command in Login Panel ). Complete manual is available on-line. Driver is available from ftp://ftp.seanet.com:pub/next/drivers/ATIGraphicsProTurbo.pkg.compressed ftp://ftp.seanet.com:pub/next/drivers/ATIGraphicsProTurbo.ReadMe.rtf Payment terms Free. Contact: Object Software Development, Inc. Columbia Seafirst Center 701 Fith Avenue, Suite 6801 Seattle, WA 98104-7014 info@osd.glas.apc.org ( NeXTMail ) (206) 343-7828 (voice) (206) 628-0722 (fax)
From: ivank@mcs.com (Ivan Kiselev) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Yet another "isql" work alike - SYBTOOL v.1.3 Date: 1 Nov 1994 16:35:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <396cag$ood@digifix.digifix.com> I'd like to announce a general availability of SYBTOOL v1.3 - a better (I hope) choice for SYBASE administrators and developers than "isql". I realize that it's extremely difficult to perfect such tool as "isql" and that there are some other attempts to do it floating around, but, nevertheless, I'd like to offer my solution of the problem. I'm not planing to compete with SYBASE on SQL tools market, just want to ease the pain for users of the beast. Here is a brief list of features: 1. Most of "isql" command-line parameters are supported. 2. On-line editing is allowed (emacs-style key binding) and editing buffer is saved between connection sessions. 3. Read-line library is not used for editing, so it should be very portable. 4. Some additional options for batch processing (no column headers, no padding if desired). Great for script writing! 5. Very simple C++ source - hack as you like to achieve any special behavior. 6. It runs on NeXT. 7. It's free. Any feedback, bug reports, improvements, ports will be greatly appreciated. Ivan Kiselev (ivank@mcs.com or ivank@crt.com, whatever works for you) P.S. Yea, almost forgot: you can get it from ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/ivank/sybtool-1.3.tar.gz or ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/ivank/sybtool-1.3.tar.Z or send a request to me, I'll send it via "tarmail". P.P.S. ftp.mcs.com is kind of busy site, so if you can put it on some other ftp sites, it will be appreciated.
From: Chris Saldanha <csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Nov 3 Date: 1 Nov 1994 23:24:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3974ao$qrb@digifix.digifix.com> To all, Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3 1994 ======================================================= 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, Nov. 3 Demonstrations: -MovieMachine Pro and software for it. -Live video mixing from 2 sources (with effects) in NeXTSTEP with output to TV/VCR -Direct-to-disk M-JPEG video recording Hope to see you there! --Chris
From: dcl@panix.com (David Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fiend v1.2, triple-fat dock/shelf extender Date: 1 Nov 1994 23:26:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3974dp$qs0@digifix.digifix.com> Hi. I've just placed a triple-fat Fiend v1.2 executable on: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/software/NeXT/binaries/util/Fiend.1.2.NIH.tar.gz (Thanks to Alex Cone for the use of an HP to do the compile.) I apologize for making a new version you have to download so quickly after the last release, but it took a few days to get a triple-fat version, and in those few days, I found a couple of bugs.... I also realized that I had made a mental note to do something to both the Dock and the Shelf to make them faster. Unfortunately, given the wee hours wherein work gets done on Fiend, I mislaid this mental note, so only the Fiend Dock got this improvement. Since I had a few days, I put it in the Shelf too. Also, people have been clamoring for a way to turn off the Fiend Shelf. I don't know why...I like it, personally. But, there's a dwrite to get rid of it now. - David C. Lambert dcl@homer.uu.panix.com PS - Thanks very much to the people that have been vocally supporting Fiend on the Net. I'm glad you like it. =============================================================== >From the Fiend v1.2 Release Notes: NEW FEATURES: * Fiend Shelf can now be disabled with a "dwrite" * Triple-Fat binary (I know, it's not really a feature...) CLEANUPS: * Dropping icons from the file viewer to the Fiend Shelf now places the dropped icons in a square like it's supposed to * Shelf is a lot faster overall (moving icons, in particular) * Shelf no longer removes icons for files no longer present * Better two-bit-gray icon (thanks to Bill Shirley for the starting point for these icons). BUGS FIXED: * Fiend not displaying docked icons properly after a resize followed by a drag * Fiend allowing animation flag for documents
From: jolly@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Patrick Stein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: FastConsole.0.07.NIH.b.tar.gz Date: 2 Nov 1994 14:24:49 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Distribution: world Message-ID: <3987fh$3rs@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> This is the README for FastConsole Version 0.07 ( 2.Nov 1994 / 15:09:08 ) Announcing the second in my series of 'Fast*' programs ====================================================== WHERE to get FastConsole: This program can be found on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in /pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/workspace/FastConsole.0.07.s.tar.gz (if you have the latest version of Yftp installed, just select the above two lines, and choose Services->Yftp->get from the mainmenu) WHY i've written it: Cause I didn't have anything else to do last night and there is no Console program on the HP-architecture. Once again there was nothing else to do last night at 3 am. DONE VERSION 0.07.1 - filtering / very simple but it works Every line in the Filtertext that matches in the /dev/console won't popup FastConsole TODO - clean up Match.m cause not used any longer - don't crash everytime something goes wrong - save Filter in .AppInfo instead of old 'Console Tool' .NeXT/ConsoleFilter - updateIntervall - documentation BUGS send them to the address below ANNOTATION Watch out for FastSokoban on: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/FastSokoban.1.01.NIH.b.tar.gz so long - jolly =================================================================== Jolly alias Patrick Stein jolly@cis.uni-muenchen.de office : USA (no longer availible ) DE (089) 211 06 70 fax : USA (no longer availible ) DE (089) 211 06 74 private: USA (no longer availible ) DE (089) 950 57 34 =================================================================== City councelor : " What are all those channels for ? " Architect : " For all the blood." City councelor : " And what are all those knifes for ? " Architect : " To chop everybodys head off. " m.python ===================================================================
From: t6882tm@network.cfc.com (Timothy Mills (Anatec)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: SEMiNUG (South Eastern Michigan NEXTSTEP Users' Group) Date: 2 Nov 1994 16:11:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <398v97$2v9@digifix.digifix.com> What: meeting of SEMiNUG (South Eastern Michigan NEXTSTEP Users' Group) Date: Tuesday, November 8, 1994 Time: 7:30 PM Where: 301 Lorch Hall 611 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, MI (Lorch Hall is located on the central campus of the University of Michigan, just south of South University, directly across the street from the Law Quad. If the door on Tappan is locked, enter the building through the South entrance.) Planned Schedule of Events: Q&A (approx. 15 - 20 Minutes) News (approx. 10 - 15 minutes) Demo of CheckSum application (approx. 15 - 20 minutes) Demo of Distributed Objects (approx. 15 - 20 minutes) Off-line discussion Refreshments available of course. If you would like additional directions or information or if you have ideas for topics to be covered in future meetings, contact one of the following: Timothy Mills t6882tm@network.cfc.com phone: 810-948-4959 Roland Telfeyan roland@gomidas.mi.org phone: 313-761-9590 Shan Bell t5277jb@network.cfc.com phone: 810-948-3199
From: sca@netcom.com (Iris Financial Engineering ne network) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT developers [San Francisco] Date: 2 Nov 1994 16:24:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39902d$32t@digifix.digifix.com> We are looking for experienced NeXT developers to staff a new project in San Francisco. We are looking for people who can work at the architecture level (as well as to write code) and help us exploit the OO/dynamic binding aspects of the environment to their fullest degree. To that end, experience with Smalltalk and Enterprise Objects is a plus. We are willing to consider either contractors or permanent employees. This is approximately a 6 month project to develop a trading system for a major Wall Street firm and will have high visibility (and support) both within NeXT and from the client. I believe this will be an exciting project, and will offer the opportunity for even seasoned Next developers to work with new aspects of the technology. Please send your resume to: Director of Engineering Iris Financial Engineering & Systems, Inc. 456 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94104-1241 FAX: (415) 986-6874
From: Brian Willoughby <brianw@sounds.wa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: check_nibs v1.4 - dev. tool reports .nibs out of sync with custom classes Date: 2 Nov 1994 16:32:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3990hi$35h@digifix.digifix.com> check_nibs ---------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/programming/check_nibs-1.4.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/programming/check_nibs-1.4.MIH.b.tar.gz INTRO ----- check_nibs is a tool for the NEXTSTEP developer. It is a utility which makes the task of synchronizing Interface Builder nibs files with their corresponding custom class headers much easier. Many crashing bugs during development are caused by outlets and instance variables which are trashed when a nib is loaded after the File's Owner class has been modified and recompiled but which has not yet been reparsed in IB. Any out of sync nibs are listed along with the class(es) that should be parsed into them (as well as the name of the header file which describes the class). There is support for header files which contain multiple class interfaces, and there is no restriction that Interface Builder's naming convention for class files be used. nibs for all languages in the project are checked, and the .nib~ backups are ignored. I have even found vestigial classes in some nibs which I decided to remove since they were no longer in use. REVISION HISTORY ---------------- This is the second public release, version 1.4, with support for Motorola (NeXT), Intel, and HP-PA included. CHANGES ------- 1) check_nibs is now much faster. The PB.project file is consulted to narrow the search to just the header and nib files within a project. There should be no worries about having your total build times slowed by using this utility. It takes a mere 19 seconds for check_nibs to examine and report on all 36 projects in my development source code directories: i.e. check_nibs ~/Projects/* Individual times are usually under 1 second for most projects, and under 5 seconds for my largest project containing 20 nibs and 52 classes. 2) check_nibs no longer relies on the time stamps of nibs and interface headers to determine validity of files. All relevant files are double-checked against each other and reported whereever there is a discrepancy. CAVEATS ------- Most of the caveats from version 1.0 have been addressed by now. The foremost problem remaining is that this program begs for a couple more features. Future versions will attempt to address the following: 1-2) <See the README> 3) NOTE: Any part of this may need to be updated for the final EOF IB. AUTHOR ------ Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development Bellevue, WA NeXTmail welcome BrianW@SoundS.WA.com
From: rdf@arad.ucsd.edu (Ronald D. Fellman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NXSpice now available for HP-PA WOrkstations running NextStep Date: 2 Nov 1994 16:37:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3990qo$36i@digifix.digifix.com> I have just compiled and placed a copy of NXSpice in the pub/next/submissions directory on nova.cc.purdue.edu and ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/science/NXSpice-PA.tar.Z The "fat" version of NXSpice should also be on those sites and work for Black and Intel hardware. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/science/NXSpice-fat3.tar.Z The HP-PA version is not fat. Please let me know if this and the Intel version still works. NXSpice is the Berkeley Spice (version 3c1) with a NextStep graphical user interface. Spice is a widely-used general purpose electronic circuit simulation program. Thanks, -ron fellman (rfellman@ucsd.edu)
From: Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Oregon State Univ NUG - Friday, Nov 11, 1994 at 3pm Date: 2 Nov 1994 22:49:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <399mk3$5dv@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT USER GROUP MEETING: Friday, Nov 11, 1994 at 3pm ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEMONSTRATION OF... > HP 712/60 running NEXTSTEP and several 3rd party applications DISCUSSIONS ABOUT... > NEXTSTEP Compatible Hardware - Intel, HP, Digital, Sun > Enterprise Objects Frameworks (EOF) - NOW SHIPPING. > NEXTSTEP 3.3 User and NEXTIME. > NEXTSTEP 4.0 and OPENSTEP. > rumors... When: Friday Nov 11th at 3pm Where: Electrical Computer Engineering Building, Room 101 or ECE-101 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR; Phone: (503) 737-2270 Come by and get a brochure on NEXTSTEP 3.3 and Enterprise Objects Frameworks. "Enterprise Objects Frameworks (EOF) is designed to bring the benefits of object-oriented programming to database application development... The three benefits are the following: - seamless integration of object and relational database technologies, providing object persistence in RDBMS without requiring developers to write code to move data between their objects and the database. - minimized database application development and maintenance costs. - cooperative client/server computing by leveraging NEXT's distributed and portable distributed objects technology to distribute business objects." ..from OpenStep Solutions October 1994 NEXTSTEP 3.3 includes new kernal enhancements for large networks, IP multicasting, new scheduler for heavy loads, new administrative tools, and much more. A brochure is available and upgrade price is $199. NEXTSTEP 4.0 is OPENSTEP compatible, contains unicode, foundation kit, and new developer tools. All languages including Japanese will be available in this new release. A new strategy called "Fix and Go" includes a new incremental compiler along with new dynamic shared library and dynamic binding technology. Plus NEXTIME 2.0 will be available and much more. For more information, please contact John Sechrest <sechrest@cs.orst.edu> or Tim Pugh <tpugh@oce.orst.edu>
From: khare@xent.caltech.edu (Rohit Khare) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: eText5.0 Release 0.8 Date: 3 Nov 1994 23:16:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39cci6$e39@digifix.digifix.com> FOR RELEASE _IMMEDIATELY_ http://www.etext.caltech.edu/eTextEngine/ ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText5.App.tar.gz ftp://etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText5.Source.tar.gz REQUIRES 3.2, HP also requires OmniImageFilter For more information please contact: Rohit Khare (818)792-9114 khare@caltech.edu THE eText PROJECT AT CALTECH PUBLISHES eText5 Powerful New System for Hypermedia Authoring is Available MY OWN PRIVATE HELL, June 125th, 1994 -- "Well, at least we shipped before Chicago." That's all we could get out of Rohit Khare, the evil genius behind the eText Engine, once a contender for the Best-Of-Breed award for Vapor. Sadly, they've broken their winning streak by acually deciding to ship. The current version is eText5, 0.8. They hemmed and hawed for five full releases, but couldn't hold out any longer. The eText Engine is a extensible document-centric hypermedia framework for authoring interactive multimedia compound documents using customizable, dynamically bound annotations. While is it not suitable for use on the information superhighway, the Project is currently working to shoehorn 'workgroup' into its tag line. Information about further buzzword support was not available at press time. In order to capitalize on the prominence of other major marketing themes, eText will be interoperable with current tools for World-Wide-Web and HyperText Markup Language. We guarantee that our press releases will be feature-for-feature compatible with those from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the new MIT-CERN WWW Consortium. The advent of eText brings the power of the Web back to NEXTSTEP, where it began. Users will be able to interactively author and manage HTML document trees in a multimedia, WYSIWYG environment. The eText Engine has evolved from eTwriter, FormHack, and several other multimedia applications and objects unreleased over the last few years by Rohit Khare and other people who have personalities on USENET, some of them multiply so. -- Rohit Khare Rohit Khare is a student and secret overlord of the California Institute of Technology, working towards a BS in Engineering, a BS in Economics, an MS in Computer Science, and a stress-induced heart attack by the age of 25. He acts as the eText Project Software Architect in between panic attacks. "Classes are getting in the way of my education"
From: Drew Davidson <drew@fnbc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Developer Position at First National Bank of Chicago Date: 3 Nov 1994 23:16:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39ccio$e3h@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Developer Position Available First National Bank of Chicago Technology and Development Infrastructure Group Chicago, IL We have an immediate need for an experienced NEXTSTEP Developer for our Infrastructure Group. This group is responsible for the building, documenting and maintaining our core object repository and our custom build system (based on GNU make and TeamOne from Legent). This is a newly formed group so the opportunity for influence in the future direction of the group is enourmous. Our Technology and Development group is working on the cutting edge of NEXTSTEP technology. Over the past two years we have built and have in production tools that are only now starting to appear elsewere, like EOF and FoundationKit. We are seeking a motivated self-starter with the following qualifications: - Excellent Objective-C skills - Good Relational DB skills (Sybase preferably). - EOF and FoundationKit concepts familiarity a big plus - At least 2+ years of NEXTSTEP development and 4 years of overall industry experience - Financial industry experience is a plus, but not required. This is a full-time position with excellent benefits and relocation assistance. Please send your resume (principals only please) to: Drew Davidson (312) 732-7650 (voice) (312) 732-1657 (fax) drew@fnbc.com (NeXTMail)
From: leif@pattern.rmNUG.ORG (Leif Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP Developers, Thursday, 17 Nov, Denver Date: 3 Nov 1994 23:18:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39ccng$e41@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Developers & Schemers Meeting This is an opportunity for conversation, exchange of ideas, and schemes intended to take advantage of the tools provided by NEXTSTEP. There is no set program, but everyone is encouraged to bring questions, opinions, news, product descriptions, jokes, cartoons, and other possibly useful information. 6 pm, Thursday, November 17, at D. C. Dudley & Associates, Denver, 1776 Lincoln, 9th Floor. If you arrive after the Lincoln Street doors are locked, go to the Sherman Street door and attract the attention of the guard (no bail available; please do this cautiously) . Leif Smith & Chris Huston leif@pattern.rmnug.org chuston@dudley.com
From: Andy Lee <lee@marble.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Marble Associates Date: 3 Nov 1994 23:19:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39ccoo$e49@digifix.digifix.com> Marble is looking to hire a few good persons. We're looking for: - industrious engineers - unstumpable system administrators - voracious learners - multi-talented nerds - meticulous managers - compassionate leaders - confident communicators You might ask yourself: - Do I have the stamina, discipline, and virtuosity to crank out excellent applications in any programming language known to mankind? - Do I understand object orientation well enough to explain it to a five-year-old? - Do I know the difference between a UI that makes the client happy and a UI that would make me happy? - Can I install and maintain any relational database under the sun? - How about any object-oriented database? - Can I design a data model for any business imaginable, and maintain it as the business evolves? - Can I migrate data from an old COBOL database to a new relational database? - Can I do systems administration on any conceivable configuration of hardware and software? - Do I get off on relieving a client's huge headaches? - Can I deal with incomplete information? If any of the above interests you, you can reach me in any of the following ways: - Send me e-mail at lee@marble.com (NeXT mail okay). - Call me at 617-487-0500. - Fax me your resume at 617-487-7044. Feel free to contact me directly; I'd be happy to share my personal experiences and feelings about Marble. All communications will be kept confidential, of course. I hope to hear from you soon! --Andy
From: William Shipley <wjs@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MAILING LIST: Enterprise Objects Framework mailing List Date: 4 Nov 1994 00:32:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39ch0t$ein@digifix.digifix.com> Omnigroup has created a new mailing list for discussion of features, bugs, programming, etc... concerning the NeXT Enterprise Objects Framework To Subscribe.. send email to listproc@omnigroup.com
From: jhuff@next1.mc.maricopa.edu (Jeffrey Huff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING:PheNUG (Phoenix Area NUG) Nov 10 Date: 4 Nov 1994 23:19:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39f14j$1vl@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Meeting 7:00 PM November 10, 1994 Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Ave Mesa, AZ 85202 Different Room! MP Studio West side of campus First building south of the microwave dish (Look for Center for Teaching and Learning sign) Agenda: Announcements & Rumors Open Forum for ANY NeXT related questions User Group Business Tour of NEW Computer Lab Net surfing with Omniweb For more information contact: Brad Kincaid at 461-7103 or Jeff Huff at 894-6080 Jeff Huf jhuff@next.mc.maricopa.edu
From: Jolly alias Patrick Stein Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,de.comp.sys.next Subject: SUBMISSION: FastConsole.NIH now somewhat stable ( Version 1.00 ) Date: 6 Nov 1994 16:27:43 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Distribution: world Message-ID: <39j05v$fv9@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> WHAT IS FastConsole FastConsole is a console monitor like the one in the Workspace ( Tools -> Console ) . This program just pops up a window with the contents of the console file ( /tmp/console.log ) whenever there is an change in the console file. The advantage using FastConsole is, that it gives you the opportunity of scanning the console, that it only pops up when needed. WHERE to get FastConsole: This program can be found on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in /pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/workspace/FastConsole.1.00.NIH.b.tar.gz (if you have the latest version of Yftp installed, just select the above two lines, and choose Services->Yftp->get from the mainmenu) ANNOTATION Watch out for FastSokoban on: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/strategic/FastSokoban.1.01.NIH.b.tar.gz Jolly alias Patrick Stein jolly@cis.uni-muenchen.de
From: Florian Gutzwiller <Florian.Gutzwiller@open.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: PointBreak Software PBTableView Date: 6 Nov 1994 23:44:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39kbc9$1s0@digifix.digifix.com> PointBreak Software: PBTableView - CALL FOR BETA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: PointBreak Software A Division of Open Systems AG Petersplatz 12 CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland Tel.+41 61 262 0505 Fax.+41 61 262 0510 E-Mail. Info@PointBreak.com PointBreak Software PBTableView - CALL FOR BETA Basel/Zurich, October 30th, 1994 - PointBreak Software is looking for BETA Sites for it's new EOF compliant DBTableView/NXTableView alternative PBTableView. PBTableView is the first product in a line of Swiss quality NEXTSTEP/OpenStep objects & palettes including the following and more features: - multi line headers - frozen columns - hidden columns - page scrolling - cursor navigation - block selection & copy - text overlapping - plug & play method compatibility to NXTableView and DBTableView - platform for future features (calculation rows, zoom, color, etc.) Qualified PBTableView beta sites have the unique chance to contribute to the final release of PBTableView 1.0. It is our goal to release a product that is strongly built on the opinions and feedback of the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community. To apply for beta choose one of the following media: WWW Registration Form: http://www.pointbreak.com/pb-tvbetaprog.html E-Mail Registration: beta-form@PointBreak.com Generic Requests: info@PointBreak.com Telephone/Fax: +41 61 262 0505/+41 61 262 0510
From: Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailWatchView - a BackSpace Module Date: 7 Nov 1994 00:10:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39kcre$21d@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: MailWatchView - a BackSpace Module Currently on ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/screen/MailWatchView.tar.gz Following is an excerpt from the README file: Description: ----------- Names of users bounce around the screen like gas particles in a box. Generally, the names are dark gray however, when a user has mail waiting, the name changes white (on 2-bit systems) or randomly changes color (on color systems). The purpose of this module is to save users the trouble of logging in just to see if they have mail. The module has become especially useful since the release of SpaceSaver by Christopher_Lane@Med.Stanford.EDU. This replacement for loginwindow.app's ScreenSaver.bundle allows the root user to specify a BackSpace module to run on top of the login window. Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu
From: info@xanthus.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus OpenWrite pre-release available by FTP Date: 7 Nov 1994 16:19:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39m5kl$790@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-730-0370 Fax: +1-619-730-0373 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS OPENWRITE (TRI-FAT) AVAILABLE ON FTP SITE San Diego, CA, November 7, 1994 -- Xanthus International today announced that the pre-release version of OpenWrite, the company's powerful new word processor for NEXTSTEP, is available via FTP on the Internet. OpenWrite is scheduled for release this month at a special introductory price of $295 (retail $395). OpenWrite and all demo applications are compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC hardware. OpenWrite is available at the following location: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/editors/ The release includes the following files: OpenWrite_README_0.96 Info about this release of OpenWrite OpenWrite_0.96.tar.gz The OpenWrite application OpenWrite_Converters_0.96.tar.gz File conversion filters for OpenWrite OpenWrite_Extras_0.96.tar.gz OpenMerge and OOE demo applications OpenWrite_Developer_0.96.tar.gz Demos and sources for the OpenWrite API and OOE NOTE: The files with a .gz file extension can be uncompressed with the gunzip UNIX command in a Terminal window, or with the Opener application (version 3.0 or higher). If you would like to fully enable this demo version of OpenWrite, please send your request for a FREE evaluation license string, along with the following information, to sales@xanthus.com: Name Company Address City State Zip Country Phone Fax Email Number of NEXTSTEP seats at your site ABOUT THE COMPANY Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: October 24 - November 08 Date: 8 Nov 1994 01:22:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <39n5fm$aa0@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for the last week (week 33). Monday October 24 through Tuesday November 08 PRESS RELEASE: SCANNING - software for HP/NeXT/Intel MEETING: Loop Group - Tuesday, October 25th at ITSolutions PRESS RELEASE: TipTop telecommunication for NS/HP PRESS RELEASE: LAA Real-Time Rating System PRESS RELEASE: LAA Operator Reference Data Base SUBMISSION:WavesWorld 2.0: tcl & 3D animation objects SUBMISSION: FontAnalyzer-PreAlpha1 JOB: NeXT - Object Expert NeXT Day Chicago on Friday, October 28th SUBMISSION: Fiend v1.1: Substantially revised dock/shelf extender SUBMISSION: tri-fat Solitaire NeXT SHIPS ENTERPRISE OBJECTS FRAMEWORK JOB: NEXTSTEP,Objective-C,$600/da-NYC PRESS RELEASE: Id and Omni announce DOOM II for NEXTSTEP (coming soon) PRESS RELEASE: Live Video Hard Disk Recording PRESS RELEASE: Laser Printers for NEXTSTEP now on World Wide Web SUBMISSION: Draw3D - A 3D drawing and rendering application SUBMISSION: FastView MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting: SUN and OpenStep Talk PRESS RELEASE: Pencom Announces Initial Release of co-Xist for HP PA-RISC JOB: Warner Bros. seeks OS/Networking Engineer JOB: NEXTSTEP Software Engineers, Dallas, TX SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.2.8 PRESS RELEASE: QuickBase 4.1 ships with EOF adaptor PRESS RELEASE: ATI Mach 64 driver FREE! SUBMISSION: Yet another "isql" work alike - SYBTOOL v.1.3 MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, Nov 3 SUBMISSION: Fiend v1.2, triple-fat dock/shelf extender MEETING: SEMiNUG (South Eastern Michigan NEXTSTEP Users' Group) JOB: NeXT developers [San Francisco] SUBMISSION: check_nibs v1.4 - dev. tool reports .nibs out of sync with custom classes SUBMISSION: NXSpice now available for HP-PA WOrkstations running NextStep MEETING: Oregon State Univ NUG - Friday, Nov 11, 1994 at 3pm SUBMISSION: eText5.0 Release 0.8 JOB: Developer Position at First National Bank of Chicago MEETING: NEXTSTEP Developers, Thursday, 17 Nov, Denver JOB: Marble Associates MAILING LIST: Enterprise Objects Framework mailing List MEETING:PheNUG (Phoenix Area NUG) Nov 10 BETA TEST: PointBreak Software PBTableView SUBMISSION: MailWatchView - a BackSpace Module PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus OpenWrite pre-release available by FTP 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: Chuck Fleming <cfleming@alleg.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Night Owl Software announces Hotscan for HP Date: 8 Nov 1994 15:28:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39on1s$p8@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Digital Direct 1316 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (800)993-4485 or (215)735-1026 (215)735-7051 fax HOTSCAN NOW AVAILABLE FOR HP Night Owl Software and Digital Direct would like to announce the availability of Hotscan, Night Owl Software's application for Nikon's Coolscan film scanner, for HP workstations running NEXTSTEP. Coolscan is a 35mm film scanner that can scan slides and negatives at resolutions up to 2700 dots per inch. Coolscan attaches to your SCSI bus and provides accurate scanning in both black and white and 24-bit color. Hotscan provides a very intuitive and powerful interface to Coolscan under NEXTSTEP. Features include film previewing, easy selection of target regions, LZW image compression, scanner focusing, automatic control of exposure setting, and adjustments for exposure, contrast, and brightness. Hotscan runs under NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher on NeXT, Intel-based, and HP computers. Hotscan can be purchased from Digital Direct, which is also bundling Hotscan with the Coolscan scanner. Academic pricing is available.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers-(10),perm+cons,NYC/NJ Date: 8 Nov 1994 15:05:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39olln$f4@digifix.digifix.com> (Please DO NOT return a copy of this announcement with your response!) Preferred candidates will live in the NJ/NY/PA area, already be in town for an interview or be able to get themselves here for an interview. No relocation assistance will be given to candidates living out of the area. I have been asked to assemble a team of ten independent consultant and employee NEXTSTEP Developers for a large, long term project in NYC & NJ at attractive rates/salaries. This international Software Development division of an $1 billion international client/server systems integration & outsourcing corporation is looking for "can do" self starters who are also team players that want to grow professionally, (comprehensive training offered). They offer both consulting & permanent/employee positions with very attractive technical growth, salary compensation plans & great benefits in a fresh, friendly, casual-(jeans & shirts), easy going, environment with flexible hours. If you have a friend who might like to find out more, have them fax and email/mail a resume also.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All WSI projects are on-site at the location specified. If you know someone whose skills are close, Email an ascii resume here, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. - Jay L. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, NY, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: Ullrich Platt <up@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ELSA introduces first 8-MB graphics board worldwide Date: 8 Nov 1994 15:09:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39oltk$i9@digifix.digifix.com> November 7th, 1994 ELSA Inc. Contact: Thomas Neubert 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 109 South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Phone +1-415-615-7799 Toll free 1-800-272-ELSA Fax +1-415-588-0113 BBS +1-415-615-5862 Email thomasn@elsa-usa.mhs.compuserve.com ELSA INTRODUCES FIRST 8-MB BOARD WORLDWIDE FOR NEXTSTEP USERS South San Francisco, CA - ELSA Inc., manufacturer of German-engineered high performance products for computer graphics and data communications, today announced the first graphics board worldwide featuring 8 MB VRAM and a 250-MHz RAMDAC - ELSA's WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-8. ELSA's WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-8 provides TrueColor for phenomenal resolutions up to 1600 x 1280 pixels - and with 78 Hz the display is still flicker-free and ergonomic. "With our NEXTSTEP experience, we are able to meet the special needs of professional NEXTSTEP users", said Theo Beisch, president and CEO of ELSA GmbH. The outstanding performance of the WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-8, together with NEXTSTEP's Display PostScript and true WYSIWYG features, make the board an ideal choice for DTP professionals, developers, and the financial services. Any user in the "screen estate" market with demanding display requirements will be satisfied with ELSA's solution. ELSA offers driver support now - its WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-8 is supported by ELSA's latest WINNER display driver, version 1.20, released on Nov. 1st, 1994. ELSA Inc. will present its high-end products at COMDEX (Nov. 14-18, 1994), Sands Expo & Convention Center, booth #S 563. ELSA GmbH is a privately-owned company based in Aachen, Germany, with subsidiaries in South San Francisco, California, and Taipei, Taiwan (ROC). Founded in 1980, ELSA has built its world-renowned reputation for applying advanced engineering expertise to computer graphics and data communications products. ELSA's customer list includes Computer 2000, BASF, Philips, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Hughes Aircraft, NASA, General Electric, and others.
From: Ullrich Platt <up@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ELSA announces version 1.20 of its WINNER display driver Date: 8 Nov 1994 15:10:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39olvd$io@digifix.digifix.com> November 7th, 1994 ELSA Inc. Contact: Thomas Neubert 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 109 South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Phone +1-415-615-7799 Toll free 1-800-272-ELSA Fax +1-415-588-0113 BBS +1-415-615-5862 Email thomasn@elsa-usa.mhs.compuserve.com ELSA ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.20 OF ITS WINNER DISPLAY DRIVERS South San Francisco, CA - ELSA Inc., manufacturer of German-engineered high performance products for computer graphics and data communications, today announced that it released the latest ELSA WINNER display driver, version 1.20, on Nov. 1st, 1994. With ELSA's graphics boards WINNER 2000PRO-2, WINNER 2000PRO-4 and WINNER 2000PRO-H, version 1.20 of the driver significantly speeds up display modes that use 16 bits per pixel (bpp). When color space "RGB:444/16" is selected, the hardware uses the internal color representation of the NEXTSTEP window server, thus eliminating the need for time-consuming software conversion. The speed gain can amount to 30 % at a resolution of 1600 x 1200. In addition, ELSA's latest driver generally supports 256 colors at 8 bpp under NEXTSTEP 3.3 for all WINNER PRO graphics boards. This means that color is now available in high resolution modes even for users of the WINNER 1000PRO. Version 1.20 of the WINNER display driver also supports ELSA's WINNER 2000PRO-PCI-8, the first graphics board worldwide featuring 8 MB VRAM and a 250-MHz RAMDAC. It offers 16.7 million colors with a resolution of 1600 x 1280 pixels at 78 Hz to NEXTSTEP users. With ELSA's NEXTSTEP driver, users can conveniently select the appropriate ELSA WINNER board in a special dialog box called ELSA WINNER Inspector. Since the default frame buffer allocation is made board-depending, ELSA WINNER Inspector chooses the default frame buffer address for the respective board so that users can just can just plug and play. ELSA Inc. will present its high-end products at COMDEX (Nov. 14-18, 1994), Sands Expo & Convention Center, booth #S 563. ELSA GmbH is a privately-owned company based in Aachen, Germany, with subsidiaries in South San Francisco, California, and Taipei, Taiwan (ROC). Founded in 1980, ELSA has built its world-renowned reputation for applying advanced engineering expertise to computer graphics and data communications products. ELSA's customer list includes Computer 2000, BASF, Philips, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Hughes Aircraft, NASA, General Electric, and others.
From: Daryl Thachuk <dst@montage.ccinet.ab.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PopupFormatter Date: 9 Nov 1994 01:09:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39pp27$gv@digifix.digifix.com> PopUpformatter By Daryl Thachuk, Montage Technologies Inc. After several requests from people for more information, I've finally made available a miniexample of how to put a PopUpList into a DBTableView. The PopUpformatter allows you to select into the column cell one value from a predefined list of values. By clicking on the cell with the PopUpformatter you will be shown a list of valid values for that cell. Credit I want to thank Jeff Martin for his StringList class and Mai Nguyen of NeXT for the Boolean formatter from which this is taken and the RandomTableView miniexample. Have fun, Daryl Thachuk Montage Technologies Inc. dst@montage.ccinet.ab.ca PopupFormatter is currently available on: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/PopUpFormatter.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/PopUpFormatter.README Daryl Thachuk Montage Technologies Inc dst@montage.ccinet.ab.ca
From: David Peter <dpeter@xanthus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus announces ship date for OpenWrite Date: 9 Nov 1994 14:46:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39r8u2$4tp@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-730-0370 Fax: +1-619-730-0373 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS ANNOUNCES SHIP DATE FOR OPENWRITE AND OPEN OFFICE SUITE OF NOVEMBER 21 OFFERS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICES ON NEW PRODUCTS San Diego, CA, November 7, 1994 -- Xanthus International today announced that OpenWrite(tm), the company's powerful new word processor for NEXTSTEP, will begin shipping November 21 at a special introductory price of $295. OpenWrite is compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC hardware. Customers who place their orders before December 31 will receive the introductory price, as well as a FREE copy of Xanthus' Frequent Phrases application - a quick and intuitive way to add commonly used text to documents (regularly $149). After December 31, OpenWrite will retail for $395. OPENWRITE -- MICROSOFT WORD STYLE WORD PROCESSOR OpenWrite is designed for the everyday word processor user and has most of the features found in an application like Microsoft Word, including headers, footers, footnotes, hierarchical styles, variables, borders, multi-level undo, mailmerge, NEXTSTEP spell-checking and multiple columns, as well as user controllable wrap-around graphics (fixed and floating), kerning, tracking, and free-floating text blocks. A future release will include support for multi-file books, cross-references, table of contents, indexing and red-lining. OPENWRITE OFFERS ADVANCED IMPORT/EXPORT FEATURES OpenWrite will import and export to a large variety of document formats, including WriteNow, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Framemaker, AmiPro, ASCII, RTF, RTFD, and others, as well as most of the popular graphics formats found on the PC and Macintosh platforms. OPEN OFFICE SUITE ALSO ANNOUNCED Xanthus also announced that it will begin shipping its Open Office Suite(tm), which includes: OpenWrite; Questor, the company's high-end spreadsheet application; as well as Graphity, a 3D presentation charting and graphing application. The Suite, which has a retail price of $895 will be available at a special introductory price of $695 through December 31. "With the Open Office Suite, NEXTSTEP users have the functionality of products like the Microsoft Office, but with all the benefits of NEXTSTEP; including Distributed Object APIs and Open Object Embedding that other platforms can't offer" said David Peter, VP of Sales at Xanthus. Open Object Embedding is a standard for compound documents widely supported by vendors of third-party NEXTSTEP applications. "We are extremely pleased to be among the first vendors to support Xanthus's Open Object Embedding standard. With support for both the %%Baseline directive and OOE, the combination of Equation Builder and Xanthus's new OpenWrite(tm) word processor will provide users with a very powerful solution for writing technical documentation" said Terrance Talbot of Digital Tool Works. "The level of integration between these applications is doubly impressive." SPECIAL OFFERS FROM VENDORS OF OOE COMPLIANT APPLICATIONS The OpenWrite word processor supports the Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard, making it ideal for compound documents to be created and manipulated quickly and easily. Many NEXTSTEP developers have announced the availability of OOE compliant applications, including: Create (Stone Design), Tailor (FirstClass), Chartsmith (Blacksmith), Tiffany II (Caffeine Software), Equation Builder (Digital Tool Works), Questor (Xanthus), Graphity (Xanthus), Draw++ and Yap++ (NeXT, modified by Xanthus). The OpenWrite package contains special offer coupons from several vendors of OOE compliant applications: Company Product Special Offer ----------- ---------- --------------- Stone Design Create 50% discount Benchmark Tiffany II 30% discount Blacksmith Chartsmith 20% discount First Class Tailor 20% discount Xanthus offers volume discounts and site licenses for corporate customers, as well as reduced prices for students and educational institutions. For more information, please contact Xanthus directly. ABOUT THE COMPANY Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: Oren Golan <oreng@black_albatross.otago.ac.nz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: triple-fat Yftp.0.355 Date: 10 Nov 1994 00:18:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39safg$961@digifix.digifix.com> Another contibution to the NeXT-on-HP users community: Yftp version 0.355 is now triple-fat. You can find it on - ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/wide-area-info/Yftp.0.355.NIH.b.tar.gz Yftp was written by Marc Guenther (yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de) - I only recompiled it. For those unfamiliar with it - the following is from the README file: ------- YFtp is a graphical FTP-Client. Some of its features include: - a persistent directory cache, that lasts between sessions - automatic reconnect after lost connection - reget !! - directories and README's have higher priority than filetransfers (filetransfers are interrupted, when these have to be transferred) - U can set a default dir for every ftphost (e.g. /pub/next) - Only directories that have been modified are retransferred, when the cache times out. - NEW: A Services menu entry !! For example, if Jolly writes in comp.sys.next.announce about his new toy: "This program can be found on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in /pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/workspace/FastConsole.0.02.NIH.bs.tar.gz " just: - select that line - choose from the menu Services->Yftp->Get and Yftp will login to that host, get the file and you can try it out :) ------- Any further re-compilations of useful applications for HPPA are most welcome! Oren. Oren Golan e-mail: oreng@farli.otago.ac.nz Computer Science Dept. University of Otago Dunedin, New-Zealand.
From: Michael.McMahon@il.us.swissbank.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Swiss Bank Corporation seeks NEXTSTEP developers. Date: 10 Nov 1994 16:58:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39u522$gsj@digifix.digifix.com> Swiss Bank Corporation has multiple full-time opportunities for developers and project managers experienced in NEXTSTEP. The candidates will lead in the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP applications within Swiss Bank Corporation. Swiss Bank Corporation is a leading global financial institution committed to delivering innovative financial products and services to our customers. Our Information Technology group is responsible for the development of several financial systems for Swiss Bank Corporation globally. As part of our Information Technology strategy, we have made a broad commitment to NEXTSTEP technology. The positions will be based in New York City. Swiss Bank Corporation offers excellent opportunities to work on exciting projects in a state-of-the-art environment. If you have at least one year of experience in NEXTSTEP and Objective 'C' application development, knowledge of relational database technology, 4+ years of overall experience, EOF experience is a plus, and an interest in developing sophisticated financial applications. We are looking for bright, enthusiastic people with experience in NEXTSTEP application development. We offer an outstanding compensation and benefits packages. For confidential consideration, please send resume with salary history and requirements to: Michael McMahon Swiss Bank Corporation P.O. Box 395 - Church Street Station New York, New York, U.S.A 10008 Telephone: 212-574-3000 Fax: 212-574-6255 E-Mail: mcmahon@swissbank.com [NeXTMail] Michael McMahon Swiss Bank Corporation
From: Matthew Moran <moran@opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ipc and OpenSource announces availability of products. Date: 10 Nov 1994 17:49:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <39u82c$h52@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: interpersonal-computing GmbH NeXT Center Munich Oettingenstrasse 2 80538 Munich/GERMANY Phone: +49 (0) 89-22 33 75 Fax: +49 (0) 89-22 33 76 fax E-mail: info@interpc.de OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN Phone: +303.861.4411 Fax: +303.861.2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com interpersonal-computing announces availability of products through OpenSource, Inc.. DENVER, COLORADO - November 7, 1994. interpersonal-computing GmbH and OpenSource Inc. today announced OpenSource will offer interpersonal-computing's complete line of NEXTSTEP multi-media products. interpersonal-computing is the developer of award winning NEXTSTEP software and hardware packages including: Screen Machine II, Movie Machine Pro, and ScanOmatic. "We are excited to offer the NEXTSTEP community our full line of video editing solutions and our new ScanOmatic scanning software." says Jens Gloede of interpersonal-computing. "With their extensive NEXTSTEP knowledge and dedication to customer service, OpenSource is quickly becoming the reseller of choice for the NEXTSTEP market. We believe our products will be well represented." According to Dan Gamble, Account Representative for OpenSource, Inc., "Video is quickly becoming more than a novelty technology for many desktop users and interpersonal-computing is leading the way on the NEXTSTEP platform. Many of our customers have a need for complete video solutions, this agreement gives them yet another reason to tap OpenSouce for their NEXTSTEP needs." ABOUT THE PRODUCTS: -------------------------------------------------- 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 hard disk. Once digitized you may use it in NEXTIME, edit or play it back to video again. Features -------------------------------------------------- · Live overlay · Cable ready TV-tuner · Audio Support · 2 external video inputs · FBAS/composite video output (VHS compatible) · Digital trick effects · Live frame grabbing 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. MMEffectEditior: There is no limit than your creativity. With the MMEffectEditor you may create your own special effects for the MMStudio. VDORecorder (BETA): VDO Recorder is the first application which supports live video hard disk recording on NEXTSTEP with the full frame rate. You can record motion JPEG movies direct to hard disk as well as play them back on video out or in a freely scalable overlay. Supported are frame rates up to 30 frames per second. You may even convert them into a NEXTIME file format and play them back on any machine with NEXTIME without any additional hardware support. Specifications -------------------------------------------------- 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 inputs · 1 internal input (TV-TUNER) Outputs · Video FBAS/Composite (VHS Compatible) · Audio Support 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 -------------------------------------------------- Screen Machine II -------------------------------------------------- An overlay board, allowing the displaying and grabbing of live video on your NEXTSTEP screen. Honored with the 1993 BEST OF BREED award by the NeXTWORLD magazine. The Screen Machine II offers the best video quality you can have on your PC. Standard Software -------------------------------------------------- SMCamera Allows easy 'grabbing' and storage of images from live video. SMPreview Live Video of any size and position on your computer screen. SMAnimatorDemo Demo of digitized video sequences. SMAnimate Simple playback software for Screen Machine movies. SMDemoPalette Demo version of the Screen Machine Developer Palette. Specifications -------------------------------------------------- Technical Data: · 24-bit true color (16.7 million colors) · 1/50 sec. field PAL (1/60 NTSC) · 1/25 sec. frame PAL (1/30 NTSC) · 14.75 MHz (PAL) with 2x oversampling · PAL, NTSC, SECAM Inputs · composite, max. 1Vpp 75 Ohm, AGC · 3 FBAS inputs, software selectable · or 1 FBAS and 1 S-Video input · up to 4 Screen Machine IIs per PC Geometric Resolution · 768x576 PAL/SECAM, 640x480 NTSC · square pixels Resolutions · 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 · 1120 x 832 (68 Hz) (all non interlaced) · 1280 x 1024 (interlaced) · video scaling from icon size up to full screen *There is an optional Developer Toolkit for building custom applications using ScreenMachine. -------------------------------------------------- ScanOmatic Scanning Software -------------------------------------------------- ScanOmatic is the first real shipping scanning software for all NEXTSTEP architectures (Motorola, Intel, PA-Risc) and the most popular scanners. ScanOmatic supports desktop scanners like the HP ScanJet family, the Umax scanners, all HSD scanners as well as the Rayven X-Ray scanners on HP-PA RISC, the NeXT computers and on most of the Intels systems. Supported Scanners*: -------------------------------------------------- HP ScanJet: II, IIc, IIcx, IIp Umax: UC630, UC80, UC1200 ... HSD: color, mono XRS: RSU-1, X-Ray Scanner (currently not in this binary) *Any scanner, which offers a compatible mode to one of the above named. FTP SERVER: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ScreenMachineII and Movie Machine Pro Path: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/graphics/video ScreenMachineII and Movie Machine Pro Files: VDOrecorder.0.007.I.b.tar.gz VDOrecorder.0.007.README SM.3.0.README SMApps.3.0.NI.b.tar.gz MMStudio.1.01beta.I.b.tar.gz MMTV.1.01.I.b.tar.gz MMTV.1.01.README ScanOmatic Path: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/scanner ScanOmatic Files: ScanOmatic.1.0.NIH.b.tar.gz ScanOmatic.1.0.README ### interpersonal-computing GmbH interpersonal-computing develops award winning video and image editing software for the NEXTSTEP platform. OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. http://www.stepwise.com/Resellers/OpenSource.htmld/index.html
From: Alan Chung <alan@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks System Administrator/Toolsmith/Release Engineer Date: 11 Nov 1994 18:48:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3a0vtb$68k@digifix.digifix.com> 11 November 1994 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR/TOOLSMITH/RELEASE ENGINEER SOUGHT Lighthouse Design is in search of one self starting expert to maintain and improve our internal system facilities and work environment. The responsibilities of this position can be divided into three areas, system administration, tools, and release engineering. If you enjoy the challenge of a wide variety of responsibilities and the freedom to tackle them, then this is the job for you. Lighthouse Design is the premier provider of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep. Work can begin as soon as possible. - Responsibilities - System Administration: * Completing backups, monitoring disk space, maintaining aliases and user accounts. * Troubleshooting and maintaining an Ethernet network of NEXTSTEP machines include NeXT, Intel, HP, and soon Sun hardware. * Maintain and improve our external network connection, and network services such as mail, news, web, etc. * Recommending hardware budgets and coordinating purchases of equipment. * Troubleshooting and installing newly purchased machines. * Setting up equipment for meetings and demos. Tools: * Improving the work environment at Lighthouse by creating internal tools via scripts, Makefiles, programs, and NEXTSTEP applications for engineering and other areas of the company. * Downloading and building GNU tools, and interesting NEXTSTEP applications as new software or upgrades become available on the Net. Release Engineering: * Building release versions of our multi-architecture applications. * Preparing software for our CD-ROM and coordinating CD-ROM production. - Skills and Experience Required - * NEXTSTEP and UNIX system administration * Configuring NEXTSTEP on Intel machines * Knowledge of state-of-art hardware and networking technologies (CPU's, disk, networking, etc...) * Ethernet performance measuring and improvement * Sendmail * SLIP/PPP * Firewalls and Security * WWW servers * C programming (Objective-C a plus) * Numerous scripting languages (e.g., shells, Perl, etc...) * make * NetInfo administration a plus * Solaris administration a plus * Sybase and SQL experience a plus - Benefits - * Opportunity to work in NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, state of the art object oriented environments * A chance to define and shape the internal facilities of Lighthouse as we grow and expand * Work in a small and highly motivated company, in a pleasant and collegial professional environment * Competitive compensation package * Comprehensive health coverage * Free food and, more importantly, free gourmet coffee - How to Apply - Resumes may be submitted in any of the following ways (listed in order of preference). The submission deadline is *December 2*. Send e-mail to resume@lighthouse.com. NeXT Mail is best. MIME attachments are acceptable, too. Fax us at +1-415-570-7787. Please be sure and put Human Resources on the cover sheet. US Mail is fine too, but doesn't always get the quick response that electronic submissions do. Send mail to: Human Resources Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 USA Note, if you have access to the web, we maintain the latest Lighthouse hiring information on our World Wide Web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/Recruiting.html/ - More Information about Lighthouse Design - If you wish to learn more about Lighthouse Design and our products, you can obtain more information via our web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/
From: phil@cnam.fr (Philippe Provost) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NewsBase 3.0 triple fat Date: 11 Nov 1994 18:51:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3a101u$68v@digifix.digifix.com> greetings to the community, NewsBase 3.0 is now available for Intel, Motorola and HP systems running NEXTSTEP 3.2. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/news/NewsBASE3.0.NIH.tar.gz This application has been compiled for the Internet Comunity by the Computer Survey Laboratory (CSL) of the French Army. We would like to thank Phillip Tokumaru, and Ernie Prabhakar (President, NEXTSTEP User Groups International) for their help. Right now, only NewsBase 3.0 has been compile triple fat. As soon as the problems we encounter with the jpeg pack will be resolved, you should be able to get the MMEdit software as well. We are at the service of the community, so do not hesitate to ask us for building triple fat software. Philippe Provost CSL French Army philip@seriat.fr
From: sbieser@netcom.com (Scott Bieser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Consultant for game company Date: 12 Nov 1994 23:05:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3a43a9$em4@digifix.digifix.com> Interplay Productions, a computer game company based in Irvine, CA, is seeking a consultant to perform occasional sys admin chores in its (currently) one-seat NeXTStep/Pentium system. Specifically I need someone who can come in for a day and help me resolve some system problems, then be available on occasion for system upgrades, reconfigs, and whatnot. Please respond to Scott Bieser at sbieser@interplay.com. This netcom address will be suspended soon. --Scott Bieser, senior artist Interplay Productions, Inc. (voice) 714-724-8411
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Functionality Testers - Temp positions available Date: 15 Nov 1994 00:55:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3a9ihf$6l@digifix.digifix.com> Full-time Temporary Position at NeXT in California *** NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com *** The Functionality Testing group of NeXT's Software Quality department is now hiring for a full-time temporary testing position 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: Performance, stress and regression testing of software (with and without formal testplans) Database querying Writing test reports Communicating to software engineers 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 (new software, methodologies and processes) Preferred: NEXTSTEP or Unix programming experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Familiar with Intel-based PCs Deductive logic, troubleshooting and analytical skills Comfortable with e-mail communications Important note: This position is at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com
From: dpeter@xanthus.com (David W. Peter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS Announces $149 competitive "upgrade to Openwrite" Date: 15 Nov 1994 16:10:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ab83d$5r5@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-730-0370 Fax: +1-619-730-0373 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS ANNOUNCES $149 COMPETITIVE "UPGRADE TO OPENWRITE" PROMOTION Special Offer to users of WriteNow, WordPerfect, WriteUp and Pages San Diego, CA, November 14, 1994 -- Xanthus International today announced a competitive "Upgrade to OpenWrite" promotion for its powerful new word processor for NEXTSTEP(tm). For $149, users of any word processor for NEXTSTEP, including WriteNow(tm), WordPerfect(tm), WriteUp(tm) or Pages(tm), may purchase a single-user license of OpenWrite(tm) for only $149. The offer is good through the end of the year. "Not only are we giving a powerful migration solution to users of WriteNow and WordPerfect, which are no longer available for NEXTSTEP, but we strongly feel that every current user of a word processing product on NEXTSTEP will benefit from upgrading to OpenWrite." said David Peter, Vice President of Sales for Xanthus USA. "OpenWrite provides the functionality, familiarity, and features of Microsoft Word, at an affordable price. It's what the NEXTSTEP market has needed all along." Peter added. The product's advanced import and export capabilities allow it to open a company's existing WriteNow and WordPerfect documents, as well as those from virtually any popular word processors for the Mac or PC. "The integration is seamless" noted Jesper Lundh, President of Xanthus, "users can simply double-click to open their existing files in OpenWrite, then save them as OpenWrite documents or in a format that can be shared with other users on their network, not matter what type of computer and word processor they have on their desktop." OpenWrite is currently compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC based computers. Xanthus is fully committed to supporting every hardware platform that NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP will run on. DETAILS OF THE OFFER - One single-user license per customer (per machine if you are upgrading from WriteNow) - Orders must be received no later than December 31, 1994 - Tax will be added to orders shipped within California - Shipping charges of $10 per license will be added to your order - Shipments will begin November 23 - OpenWrite is shipped on CD ROM or available via ftp To qualify for the competitive upgrade price, the following must be submitted with your order: - WordPerfect, Pages or WriteUp users -- a copy of the cover of your manual. - WriteNow users -- the serial number of your NeXT computer. To request an order form, please contact Xanthus USA directly: Xanthus USA 800 Grand Ave., Suite A20 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Ph. (619) 730-0370 Fax (619) 730-0373 Email: sales@xanthus.com (NEXTMAIL Accepted) OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS Users that do not currently have a word processor can take advantage of special introductory pricing for OpenWrite of $295, available through the end of the year. After December 31, OpenWrite will retail for $395. Xanthus also announced that it will begin shipping its Open Office Suite, which includes: OpenWrite; Questor(tm), the company's high-end spreadsheet application; as well as Graphity(tm), a 3D presentation charting and graphing application. The Suite, which has a retail price of $895 will be available at a special introductory price of $695 through December 31. ABOUT THE COMPANY Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: Wiley Hodges <wiley@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships ParaSheet 1.0 for NEXTSTEP Date: 15 Nov 1994 15:07:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ab4do$5b8@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, contact: Robin Shields 415/570-7736, ext.10 robin@lighthouse.com For press information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736, ext. 30 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Ships ParaSheet 1.0 for NEXTSTEP NOVEMBER 15, 1994 - SAN MATEO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today announced that it has shipped ParaSheet 1.0, a traditional rows and columns spreadsheet, to the object-oriented NEXTSTEP operating environment. ParaSheet is a general-purpose spreadsheet, providing a familiar rows and columns approach to spreadsheet analysis. 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. "ParaSheet fills a crucial market gap," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "Our largest enterprise customers have been seeking a strong two dimensional spreadsheet from Lighthouse, as an extension to their current Lighthouse desktop and a replacement for other products. ParaSheet is the perfect starting point for those users, and the first of many offerings Lighthouse will be presenting in the spreadsheet arena-an arena in which our customers will be hearing a lot from us in the upcoming year." ParaSheet is compatible with the popular PC spreadsheets, as well as with Lighthouse Design's Quantrix-a multi-dimensional spreadsheet used by developers for its robust API and real-time engine, and by end-users who require sophisticated financial analysis tools. Quantrix 1.0 will begin shipping later this month. ParaSheet includes full support for a wide variety of charts, 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. ParaSheet includes extensive function libraries organized by mathematics, statistics, accounting, logic, time/date, selection/lookup, and formatting and grouping. ParaSheet also provide inter-sheet linking, allowing cells in one worksheet to reference other worksheets and views. ParaSheet is an important addition to Lighthouse Design's growing line of products, which now includes Diagram!, a drawing program for information graphics; Concurrence, a presentation and outlining package; Quantrix, a multi-dimensional spreadsheet and financial analysis tool; 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. Lighthouse is also an authorized reseller of Frame Technology Corporation's FrameMaker 3.2 on NEXTSTEP for Intel, the industry's premier document publishing package. ParaSheet is available now for the Intel-, Motorola- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. ParaSheet is priced at $595. Site licenses are available as well as academic discounts. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering unsurpassed productivity to enterprise developers and end-users of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. The company is located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its products, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or see Lighthouse Design's World Wide Web page at http://www.lighthouse.com/. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., ParaSheet, Quantrix, Concurrence, Diagram!, TaskMaster, WetPaint, VarioData, the Foundation Classes, and the Lighthouse logo 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: Van_Simmons@vnp.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: VNP Software Enhances DevMan; Extends Support to Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX Date: 15 Nov 1994 15:38:12 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ab67k$5ig@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Susan Marks or Ronald V. Simmons VNP Software, Inc. Phone: (802) 496-7799 Fax: (802) 496-7790 Email: DevMan_Info@vnp.com VNP Software Enhances DevMan; Extends Support to Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX Cambridge, MA - November 15, 1994 - VNP Software today announced availability of DevMan Version 1.2. The leading Software Configuration Management (SCM) tool for NEXTSTEP computers, DevMan provides powerful, yet easy-to-use support for development projects of any size. DevMan's core functionality is now also available on Solaris, SunOS, and HP/UX systems. DevMan's user interface provides programmers with easy, reliable access to source code control functions. Daily tasks, such as checking files in and out or synchronizing your work area with other developers' work, can be performed either from the Workspace Manager's ŠServicesš menu, from the command line, or from DevMan's GUI. Additional consistency features extend the usefulness of source-code control - identifying newly added or modified files during the check-in process, and automatically removing files that others have deleted from the repository. DevMan also transparently handles NeXT file packages such as .nib and .dbmodel directories. Central to DevMan's design is the concept of Šdevelopment branches,š which allows parallel independent development in the same directory. For example, development branches allow developers to apply emergency fixes to a protected production branch within a source-code repository - allowing an easy merge of production fixes with the active development branch when appropriate. DevMan uses development branches in conjunction with Šconfiguration mapsš to designate static or dynamic configurations of any set of source files. This key feature allows all of the files and directories for any project to be grouped, maintained, released and recovered as a single unit, using very simple commands. DevMan also offers a security layer that lets you control access to operations at both the configuration management and source code control levels. ŠDevMan gives us sophisticated configuration management and source-code control at a fraction of the cost of competing products,š said Jim Loree, Senior Software Analyst, Chrysler Financial Corporation. ŠOur developers rely on DevMan's synchronization features to coordinate their work, and the configuration management features are essential for managing our systems across the development, test and production phases.š DevMan Version 1.2 is priced at $495 per seat and is available immediately. A demo version of DevMan is available via anonymous ftp at ftp://vnp.com/pub/DevMan World Wide Web users may access the DevMan home page at http://www.vnp.com/DevMan. VNP Software (Cambridge, MA) offers development tools and consulting expertise to the NEXTSTEP community. Other VNP Software products include the AccessKit, for class-based database access; and the UIBinder Palette, for binding object information to the user interface. Send email to info@vnp.com for more details.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: EOF Position available Date: 15 Nov 1994 22:58:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ac018$7u4@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a Senior Development Engineer for the Enterprize Object Framework group. This is an expansion position. NeXT develops and markets object oriented programming software in order to produce mission critical custom applications for Fortune 1000 customers. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Development Engineer Department: Enterprise Object Framework Primary Responsibilities: The person filling this position will be part of the Enterprise Object (EO) Framework engineering group and will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining major components of the EO Framework with particular emphasis on the user interface oriented components and tools. Specific Responsibilities: Work with team members on design and implementation of next version of EO Framework Work with customers and management team to understand, assess, and prioritize requirements for subsequent releases of the product Drive usability testing Design and implement ease-of-use features Evaluate other products Position Requirements: Fluency in object oriented implementation language and environment (preferably Objective C and NEXTSTEP) Expert in graphical user interface design and implementation Fluency in C Experience in usability testing and evaluation Experience in Object Oriented design and implementation methodology Experience in shipping high volume products on tight schedules Excellent team skills Excellent problem solving skills Excellent communication skills Education and Experience: Engineering background: 5 - 8 years BSCS or equivalent Additional Success Factors: Experience in 4GL Multi-platform experience (UNIX, PC) Relational DBMS experience Object Oriented DBMS experience NEXTSTEP development experience Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design tools Experience in enterprise-wide distributed systems ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: Temporary Pre-release positions available Date: 15 Nov 1994 22:58:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ac01r$7ub@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for temporary Pre-release team members for the Software Quality group. **These are expansion positions.** NeXT develops and markets object oriented programming software in order to produce mission critical custom applications for Fortune 1000 customers. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department is now hiring for several full-time temporary positions in Redwood City. This job has the following benefits, among others: First-hand access to the most current (and future) versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP and other NeXT products 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 Customer support (installation and configuration issues) General assistance within the SQA/Prerelease Program 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 Highly Preferred: NEXTSTEP programming experience NEXTSTEP and other networking experience Familiarity with SQL Experience with EOF and/or PDO Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Important note: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. ************************************************************************ Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Dynamic Bundle Loading Date: 15 Nov 1994 23:29:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3ac1ro$83q@digifix.digifix.com> Hi - I've just submitted a subclass of NXBundle (RZBundle) to the archive sites. This is a class I've been using (and talking about) for quite a while that makes dynamically loading bundles fun and easy! ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/RZBundle.compressed This class allows you to have any part of a class hierarchy implemented in bundles and takes care of loading bundles in the right order. That is, if your hierarchy looks like this: @interface A : Object @interface B : A and you want to get an instance of "B", the bundle for "A" will be loaded automatically before the bundle for "B" is loaded. The file "RZBundle.compressed" has an RTF document explaining the motivation and implementation details. There is a simple example program although this class has proven robust in more rigorous environments. The makefile hacks suggested make some assumptions about how your development environment looks (okay, it assumes it looks like mine) but it is flexible. It's actually based on a dev-env scheme whereby all class libraries are compiled into three forms: a collection of .o files, a libFOO.a file and a FOO.bundle - all from the same source tree... OpenStep NOTE: This class is based on NXBundle, not NSBundle. It is not foundationalized, etc. I hope to create one that is but, if you beat me to it, I'd love to take a look at the results. Comments, suggestsions and feedback are welcome. Enjoy, Ralph Ralph Zazula NeXT, Inc. Ralph_Zazula@next.com (415) 780-2893
From: "Nathan F. Janette" <nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Elm City NeXT Users Hardware Fair, New Haven, CT Date: 16 Nov 1994 16:09:18 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3adsdu$4ui@digifix.digifix.com> Elm City NeXT Users Hardware Fair - See NEXTSTEP on Intel hardware: Canon object.station DEC MTE - See NEXTSTEP on HP hardware: HP 712/60 HP 712/80 - Other hardware surprises possible! - See some of the best third-party software available on any platform! Surf the World Wide Web NEXTIME videos DOS, Windows, and X software emulators More, more, more! - Meet other NEXTSTEP users/developers/administrators. - Curious onlookers welcome! - Share experience using NEXTSTEP and third-party products. - Discuss future user group activities. - Our famous home baked goodies will be served! Where: BCMSB 405, 266 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT When: Wed 30-Nov-94, 4:00-8:00 PM Schedule: 4:00 - 8:00 PM Hardware exhibit open for demo 7:00 - 8:00 PM NUG business 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: Matthew Moran <moran@opensource.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: InterfaceViewer 1.0 Available Through OpenSource, Inc. Date: 16 Nov 1994 16:11:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3adshf$4v1@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN Phone: 1-303-681-4411 Fax: 1-303-681-2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com F. HEINZ Consultora's InterfaceViewer 1.0 Available Through OpenSource, Inc. DENVER, COLORADO - November 4, 1994. Argentina's F. HEINZ Consultora and Colorado's OpenSource, Inc. announced today that OpenSource will resell InterfaceViewer ą a compelling new user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers. "The InterfaceViewer beta was quite a hit at last Spring's NeXT Expo," says Garrett Rice, Account Executive at OpenSource, Inc. "It can be an important tool for both developers and academic computer science departments." According to Federico Heinz, the admiration is mutual, "We are delighted to have OpenSource, Inc. represent all of our products. They have established themselves as an important resource for the NEXTSTEP community." InterfaceViewer 1.0 solves a problem common to all NEXTSTEP development: documenting the contents of InterfaceBuilder files (the ubiquitous nibs ). While IB offers great tools for creating user interfaces, its capabilities are very limited when it comes to finding out the inner workings of an existing nib file or documenting the contents of such a file along with the rest of the source code for a project. IV is useful when you want to use any of NeXT's great mini-examples to find out something about the AppKit: the source code is usually easy to follow and profusely documented, but you still have to painfully untangle the connections inside the nib files one by one before you understand what the program does. It is also a boon when you get someone new in your team, and she has to catch up with what the rest of the group has done so far. She can just take the nib files to IV and play with the connections until she knows what's in there. It is very useful at achieving other minor feats such as creating high-quality EPS representations of the UI elements for inclusion in your user documentation or at making poster- or blackboard- sized documents for discussion during team work. InterfaceViewer is the only way to completely document the working of your system, other than doing diagrams of the user interface by hand. The multi-architecture demo for Motorola and Intel hardware and sample files may be retrieved by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer.README ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer.1.0.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/developer/apps/InterfaceViewer-Samples.d.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/programming/InterfaceViewer.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/programming/InterfaceViewer.1.0.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/programming/InterfaceViewer-Samples.d.tar.gz ### OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. WWW -- http://www.digifix.com/Resellers/OpenSource.htmld/index.html F. HEINZ Consultora F. HEINZ Consultora is a privately-held network consulting and software development company located in Cordoba, Argentina. We are committed to the production of high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP users and developers, and to the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP-based customer solutions. Our product line currently includes Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers. F. HEINZ Consultora Benigno Acosta 4528 5009 V. Centenario Cordoba, Argentina Tel+Fax: (+54 51) 81 75 97 E-Mail: info@heinz.com
From: phil@cnam.fr (Philippe Provost) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION:NewsBase and MMEdit triple fat Date: 17 Nov 1994 16:29:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3aghvo$ha@digifix.digifix.com> greetings, This is the complementary annoucement concerning NewsBase 3 and its companion applaction MMEdit. NewsBase 3.0, a netnews reader and MMEdit, a netnews editor/poster are now available in binary form, triple fat (for Intel, NeXT and HP). these are available at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/news ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps These applications have been compiled for the Internet Comunity by the Computer Survey Laboratory (CSL) of the French Army. We would like to thank Phillip Tokumaru, and Ernie Prabhakar (President, NEXTSTEP User Groups International) for their help. We are at the service of the community, so do not hesitate to ask us for building triple fat software. Philippe Provost CSL French Army philip@seriat.fr
From: Justin Morgan <jmorgan@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group *** 29 Nov 94 *** Date: 17 Nov 1994 17:28:23 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3agle7$169@digifix.digifix.com> The Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday November 29th at 7:00 pm. In a departure from previous tradition, this meeting will be held at the Bitter End brew pub instead of the Pencom office complex. The itinerary for this month's meeting is simple: hold ANUG officer elections (president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer are up for grabs). Anyone is welcome to nominate themselves for any position. Once the elections are finished, the remaining meeting time will be spent on the following important topics: (1) Cold beverage of your choice, (2) Food, and (3) lively discussion of whatever. Show your NEXTSTEP spirit!! There are still some full-color yet inexpensive ANUG T-shirts available in all sizes. Please contact Todd Frenzel for information about the meeting at 512-343-6666 or via e-mail at toddf@pencom.com. Directions to the Bitter End Brew Pub The Bitter End is located in Austin, Texas at 311 Colorado, between 3rd St and 4th St. The best way to get there from the north part of town is to go south on Mopac, take the 5th St exit going east, then take a right onto Colorado. If necessary, you can call the Bitter End for further directions at (512) 478-BEER. NOTE: There will be no December meeting due to the holiday season. ========================================================== Minutes of General Meeting Tuesday, 25 October 1994 Austin NEXTSTEP User Group Courtesy of Tom Weaver, ANUG Secretary-Treasurer The meeting was called to order by Todd Frenzel, Vice President, at 6:51 P.M. Before the start of the meeting, a Steve Jobs promotional video was played while pizza and beer were furnished by Pencom. Todd noted that the next meeting is scheduled for the third Tuesday (15 November) to avoid a conflict with Thanksgiving. It was pointed out that that conflicts with an Objects Conference. Another meeting date will be selected and members will be notified. The Secretary-Treasurer, Tom Weaver, reported that the User Group is still $198.54 in debt for the User Group T-shirts. T-shirts were available for sale at the meeting. Justin Morgan demonstrated NEXTSTEP running on a Canon Object.station lent by NeXT Computer. The Object.station is a fast computer with hardware optimized for running NEXTSTEP. The computer demonstrated contains a 100 MHz 486 DX4 processor (upgradable to a Pentium P24T chip), 32 MB RAM, a 1 GB internal hard drive, internal double speed CD-ROM drive, 1.44 MB floppy drive, SCSI-II card, Ethernet AUI or 10-T card, 2 serial ports, one parallel port, built in speaker and microphone, Wingine graphics accelerator video system, a keyboard with special NeXT keys, and a 17 inch color monitor. The list price is approximately $XXXX including a NEXTSTEP license. The graphics were very fast. The unit demonstrated had a beige case but it is also available with a black case. Lorne Wilson provided expert comments on the system. Todd Frenzel demonstrated NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 Prerelease 2. It fixes bugs and contains more drivers, mail upgrades, power management, enhanced Preferences, color in the Terminal application, and more tools for networks and network administrators. Todd and Justin held a drawing for two GS Corporation CD-ROMs donated by Jim Mynatt of NeXT Computer, Inc. The meeting was adjourned at 8:05.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: PDO Software Engineer Date: 18 Nov 1994 17:16:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3aj94k$9fr@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for software engineer for Portable Distributed Objects. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - PDO Engineer/NT Department: RISC Engineering (PDO) Primary Responsibility Port of the PDO reference product to Windows NT, with a focus on the developer tool component. Specific Responsibilities GCC integration for foreign OSs and NEXTSTEP runtimes GAS integration support for NeXT shrinkwrap platforms GDB integration with NeXT enhancements for NeXT shrinkwrap platforms Tool productization for source products and binary shrinkwrap products Runtime enhancement/maintenance for Objective C on foreign OS Portability engineering for all products above The candidate will primarily work on the Robin Hood platforms, although will be involved with other foreign OSs such as HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 4 year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience 3 - 5 years experience in the software industry Excellent problem solving skills, in areas of software design and implementation. Good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Potential to grow into roles with greater design and architectural responsibility. Self-motivated, with a high energy level. Experience with NEXTSTEP. Previous experience with GNU tools and other OS's (Windows NT) desireable. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: PDO Engineer - runtime and emulation focus Date: 18 Nov 1994 17:19:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3aj994$9hb@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for software engineer for the Portable Distributed Objects area. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - PDO Engineer/NT Department: PDO Primary Responsibility Port of the PDO reference product to various platforms, with a focus on the runtime and emulation server components. Specific Responsibilities runtime integration with GNU tools Runtime enhancement/maintenance for Objective C on foreign OS Enhancement/maintenance of emulation services including Mach IPC and nmserver DO class enhancement in the context of PDO Tool productization for source products and binary shrinkwrap products Portability engineering for all products above The candidate will primarily work on the various platforms, although will be involved with other foreign OSs such as HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 4 year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience 3 - 5 years experience in the software industry Excellent problem solving skills, in areas of software design and implementation. Good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Potential to grow into roles with greater design and architectural responsibility. Self-motivated, with a high energy level. Experience with NEXTSTEP. Previous experience with GNU tools and other OS's (Windows NT) desireable. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Sr. Test Engineer - mass storage driver kit focus Date: 18 Nov 1994 17:20:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3aj9ap$9hr@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a Senior Test Engineer with mass storage driver kit focus for our Software Quality group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Test Engineer - with mass storage driverkit focus Department: Software Engineering, Quality Assurance Major area of responsibility DriverKit and Device Driver Testing Specific Responsibilities become intimately familiar with DriverKit write test plans (from a template) for Drivers (Ethernet, TokenRing, SCSI, Serial, etc...) develop go/no-go tests (that may be applied automatically wherever feasible) orderly release of those tests (documentation sufficient to de-skill test application) Minimum Qualifications and Background MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. basic project management skills (spec/documentation writing, communication, scheduling). requires little/no supervision. Is capable of setting objectives/expectations and providing appropriate status updates. strong 'C' programmer. Understands generic OS (UNIX preferred) implementation details as related to device drivers (i.e. memory & stack usage, interrupts, latency, etc...). able to work with development engineers as a peer. demonstrated initiative, problem-solving skills, ability to pick things up on own. "Not afraid to get hands dirty". Normally tests will be run in automated fashion or with help of temps, but since we're still a small organization, it may be necessary from time to time to perform certain tests manually (certainly during test debug at least). able to work with others good communications skills Additional Qualifications that would be beneficial OOP experience UNIX device driver {writing|testing|maintain} experience SCSI, Floppy, CDROM experience good communications skills NEXTSTEP programming experience familiarity with QA techniques and terminology ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: Jason Fosback <jason.fosback@mccaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PopOver v1.2 tripple fat Date: 19 Nov 1994 00:11:45 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak1eh$c0o@digifix.digifix.com> PopOver v1.2 is now available tripple fat. Several bugs have been fixed since version 1.1, and additional on-line help is available. It has been uploaded to several different sites: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz.README and will move to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/mail/PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/mail/PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz.README ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz.README Most likely moving to: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Mail/apps ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz PopOver.v1.2.NIH.bd.tar.gz.README Here is the readme: PopOver ---------------- PopOver is a program designed to retrieve your mail from remote mail hosts. It is most useful in a situation where: * An organization has a centralized mail server * You are not directly connected to a network * You're in a mixed network and want to use NeXTmail The remote mail hosts can be any machine which provides POP3, POP2, or IMAP2 services. If you don't know if your mail hosts provide any of these services, contact your system administrator. PopOver is an extremely easy to use and well tested mail client that can be used to retrieve your mail. It works independently of what mail reader you use; it simply retrieves your mail. The good news about this is that you can use NeXTmail, with the ease and convenience of Mail.app. For people who use SLIP, or people that are familiar with cron jobs, a Unix command-line interface is provided to simply retrieve your mail with a single command. Extensive help information is available through the NEXTSTEP 3.x interface. PopOver has been well tested on several different mail servers. Great detail has gone into locking and re-entrance, as well as compliance with various RFCs. PopOver will only delete mail messages on remote hosts that are retrieved properly (or will leave them. See the help panels for more information). Since PopOver was originally designed for users of low-speed modem connections, this is extremely valuable if there is a transmission error. PopOver does not require root privilege to use, and should NOT be run suid. It can be dragged into ~/Apps or /LocalApps, and the Unix command line version can be placed in ~/bin, or /usr/local/bin. I sincerely hope that this program proves useful. -jason Jason Fosback, Systems Engineer Paradigm Systems Corp NeXT mail: jason_fosback@psca.com
From: Susan Peterson <susan@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Announces First Shipment of API Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:47:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak01t$bp5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 619 492-9050 ext 225 619 492-9124 FAX susan@pages.com Pages Software Announces First Shipment of API San Diego, CA _ November 3, 1994 _ Pages Software today announced it has begun world-wide shipment of release 1.0 of the Pages Remote Object Kit(tm)(PROKit) (tm). The Pages Remote Object Kit gives developers programmatic access to Pages' document components and turns the Pages application into a back-end report generator _ letting users create reports that integrate messages and data from their custom applications. As an OpenStep productivity application, Pages is designed to live in a world of mission-critical custom applications (MCCAs). Kevin Berg, principal API engineer states, "With the PROKit, we aim to bring the Pages' hallmark design leverage to the MCCA developer in a way that rapidly accelerates delivery of high-quality reporting capabilities." The API streamlines report generation by allowing developers to focus on providing content versus calculating the intricacies of page layout, thereby reducing the amount of code developers need to generate. What does this mean to customers deploying an OpenStep desk-top? It means that they can use Pages to create a variety of documents that all automatically adhere to corporate or government design specifications. It means that an MCCA hooked to a database can integrate with Pages through our API and advanced Mail Merge feature to automatically generate e-mail, fax, or printed correspondence and reports. It means that a document assembly application can use Pages to put together complex legal or professional documents, merging essential content with required format. Our advanced feature-set gives Pages by Pages(tm) an unparalled fit as an easy-to-use and adaptable productivity application that can be deployed with and work with mission-critical custom applications. Marty Rhodes, VP Systems Integration, Single Source Systems, Inc. (one of the leading corporate NEXTSTEP integrators) notes, "Pages and the PROKit API allows us to have control of the content of a Pages document. Because the PROKit API gives us complete access to the framework of a document, our developers can focus on what goes into a document and not have to worry about how it's going to get there." The PROKit is currently in use by most corporate NEXTSTEP system integrators and major customers. The Pages Remote Objects Kit sells for $995.00. Orders can be placed by calling 1-619-492-9050 or by sending e-mail to info@pages.com. Pages Software Inc, located at 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, California 92124, is a leading developer of ObjectBased productivity applications. Pages was founded in June 1990, with the intent to lead the document processing software industry with easy-to-use, productive solutions for all levels of office professionals. The company's products, initially available on NEXTSTEP, are planned for multiple computer platforms and operating systems. # # # Pages by Pages, Pages Remote Objects, and PROKit are trademarks of Pages Software Inc. NeXT, NEXTSTEP, and OpenStep are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - PDO Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0j7$bqs@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the Portable Distributed Objects group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - PDO Engineer/NT Department: Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) Primary Responsibility Port of the PDO reference product to various platforms, with a focus on the runtime and emulation server components. Specific Responsibilities runtime integration with GNU tools Runtime enhancement/maintenance for Objective C on foreign OS Enhancement/maintenance of emulation services including Mach IPC and nmserver DO class enhancement in the context of PDO Tool productization for source products and binary shrinkwrap products Portability engineering for all products above The candidate will primarily work on the various platforms, although will be involved with other foreign OSs such as HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 4 year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience 3 - 5 years experience in the software industry Excellent problem solving skills, in areas of software design and implementation. Good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Potential to grow into roles with greater design and architectural responsibility. Self-motivated, with a high energy level. Experience with NEXTSTEP. Previous experience with GNU tools and other OS's (Windows NT) desireable. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Functionality Tester - Temporary position Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0jc$br4@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a temporary FUNCTIONALITY TESTER for the Software Quality group. This position is open as a result of a transfer to regular, full time employment within NeXT. Some temporary folks have transitioned to regular, full time technical positions within NeXT. Therefore, these positions can be great gateways to career development. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Full-time Temporary Position at NeXT in California 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: Performance, stress and regression testing of software (with and without formal testplans) Database querying Writing test reports Communicating to software engineers 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 (new software, methodologies and processes) Preferred: NEXTSTEP or Unix programming experience Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Familiar with Intel-based PCs Deductive logic, troubleshooting and analytical skills Comfortable with e-mail communications Important note: This position is at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Release Control Engineer Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0ji$brb@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the Release Control group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Release Engineer, Release Control Department: Software Engineering Primary Role Develop and enhance tools to support Release Engineering processes. Perform system administrative and other operational tasks. Specific Responsibilities This person will design and develop tools to build, master, verify, and archive NeXT software releases. Possible development projects include: Distributed builds Multi-CDROM production for internal distribution Investigation of TeamNet version control software for use in Release Engineering Project attribute database Required Background, Education, Skills and Experience A candidate for this position must possess the following qualifications: Computer Science or Engineering or related degree, or equivalent experience. 3+ years experience in the software industry. Extensive Unix programming experience. The following qualifications are preferred: Familiarity with Perl. 1-2 years experience with release integration of large software systems. Object oriented and distributed programming experience. Unix system and network administration experience. PC hardware experience. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Debugger Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0jo$bri@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the development environment group working on debugger. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Debugger Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Design, development and maintenance of gdb and related debugging tools. Possibilities to work on performance analysis tools and fix-n-go. Specific responsibilities: * integration of gdb with ProjectBuilder including, possibly, development of the ProjectBuilder UI for debugging. * maintenance and bug fixing for gdb * coordinating changes with FSF and NeXT's porting group * implementation of new debugger features * responsible for portions of the compiler which have to do with debugging including generation of stabs * improving our support for C++ debugging * improving the performance of the debugger (turn-around time) Position Requirements: * interest in and experience with working on debuggers * knowledge of at least one machine architecture including stack frame layouts and calling conventions. * knowledge of compilers, assemblers, loaders helpful * experience working with FSF would be a plus * experience working with GDB would be a plus Education and Experience: *B.S in Computer Science or related field. *3+ years of experience. Additional Success Factors: *Seeks high degree of customer satisfaction. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Development Environment Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0jt$brq@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the Development Environment. This is position opened as a result of a promotion. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Development, maintenance, and enhancement of ProjectBuilder. Refine the existing product based on customer feedback. This includes debugging, modification of existing features and implementation of new features. Specific responsibilities: * Development & maintenance of ProjectBuilder * Implementation of specific aspects of ProjectBuilder including (possibly) SCM integration, class browser, documentation integration, InterfaceBuilder integration, editor enhancements, "syntax" coloring, other tools integration etc. * Debugging and performance tuning of ProjectBuilder Position Requirements: * interest in building an integrated development environment * experience building an integrated development environment a plus Education and Experience: * B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent. * 3-10 years industrial experience. Additional Success Factors: * Knowledge of NeXTSTEP & appkit programming ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Performance Tools Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0k2$bs1@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the performance tools group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Performance Tools Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Maintain, enhance, and productize in-house and external tools for analyizing and improving the performance of NeXT's software. Work with other engineers to define new features for performance analysis tools and help the organization, in general, with performance related issues. Participate in and possibly lead a comittee charged with improving performance of NeXT's software. Specific responsibilities: Maintenance and development of performance analysis tools such as gprof, sample, malloc_debug (for leak detection), and others. Recommend areas to concentrate for the 4.0 timeframe and recommend tools to productize for (probably) after 4.0. Consider presentation issues (i.e. do we need a spiffy gui?) and integration issues (i.e. do we need to talk to ProjectBuilder?). Work with group charged with making performance improvements on strategy for improving overall system performance. Position Requirements: * Interest in performance analysis tools. * Experience with some "low-level" aspects of software engineering for example: compilers, debuggers, OS. * For at least one architecture good knowledge of stack-frame layouts and calling conventions. * Ability to work well with others * Good oral and written communication skills. Education and Experience: * B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent. * 3-10 years industrial experience. Additional Success Factors: * Knowledge of NeXTSTEP won't hurt. * Knowledge of gcc and gdb. * Knowledge of prof & gprof. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer, Device Drivers Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0k7$bs8@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the device driver group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Driver Engineer Department: Software Engineering, Device Drivers Primary Responsibility Architecture, development , and maintenance of NEXTSTEP device drivers for a variety of hardware including Floppy Drives, Keyboard & Mouse devices, and Serial & Parallel ports. Also responsible for Test Suit development for these subsystems. Specific Responsibilities Maintenance engineering on existing drivers and other code. Serve as a source of expertise on Intel platform issues to the rest of the company, including Sales, Marketing, Support, QA and other groups within Engineering. Serve as technical liaison with engineers from adapter & peripheral vendors as needed during development and maintenance of drivers. Assist in creation of driver specifications and product plans. Design and implement driver test suites, and consult with publications on documentation efforts. Minimum Requirements BSCS or equivalent and 3-5 years experience in driver or kernel development Highly experienced with development and debugging of drivers for Intel hardware under UNIX, Mach, or NEXTSTEP. Familiarity with Intel-compatible hardware and busses (ISA/EISA/VL-Bus/PCI) Has developed under Unix (familiar with Unix development tools: make, cc, nm,... ) Understanding of filesystems, UNIX or Mach kernels, and object-oriented design is highly desirable. Has developed driver test suits and/or harnesses; use of logic analyzer is a plus. Ability to deal with changing priorities and tasks, and yet stay focused on key deliverable. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Senior Networking Engineer Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0kc$bsf@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a senior level networking engineer to join the OS group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Networking Engineer Department: Operating Systems Primary responsibilities: All aspects of network related network product development, from device drivers to administrative applications for a multiple protocol architecture (TCP/IP, IPX, OSI, etc) system. Specific responsibilities: In short term, maintenance and upgrading of current product components. In long term, be a contributer to group redesigning and implementing networking to: a) run outside the kernel b) be runtime configurable c) provide open ended (i.e., multiple) networking architecture support. Position Requirements: Excellent programming skills Data structures Critical-time applications Education and Experience: B.S.C.S + 6 years industry experience or equivalent. 4-6 years experience with lower levels of networking. 4-6 years experience in near realtime programming. Additional Success Factors: Good communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to think on the macro level with regard to networking technology. Emphasis on quality and maintenance. OO experience Concurrent programming experience UNIX (BSD or other) experience Netware experience is a plus ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Sr. Development Engineer - EOF Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:57:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0kl$bso@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a senior development engineer to join the Enterprize Object Framework group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Development Engineer Department: Enterprise Object Framework Primary Responsibilities: The person filling this position will be part of the Enterprise Object (EO) Framework engineering group and will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining major components of the EO Framework with particular emphasis on the user interface oriented components and tools. Specific Responsibilities: Work with team members on design and implementation of next version of EO Framework Work with customers and management team to understand, assess, and prioritize requirements for subsequent releases of the product Drive usability testing Design and implement ease-of-use features Evaluate other products Position Requirements: Fluency in object oriented implementation language and environment (preferably Objective C and NEXTSTEP) Expert in graphical user interface design and implementation Fluency in C Experience in usability testing and evaluation Experience in Object Oriented design and implementation methodology Experience in shipping high volume products on tight schedules Excellent team skills Excellent problem solving skills Excellent communication skills Education and Experience: Engineering background: 5 - 8 years BSCS or equivalent Additional Success Factors: Experience in 4GL Multi-platform experience (UNIX, PC) Relational DBMS experience Object Oriented DBMS experience NEXTSTEP development experience Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design tools Experience in enterprise-wide distributed systems ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Senior Technical Writer Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:58:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0kp$bsv@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a senior technical writer for the Technical Publications group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Title: Sr. Technical Writer Dept: Technical Publications Primary Responsibilities: Write conceptual overviews and detailed reference material for the NEXTSTEP software kits, working from information provided by programmers, gleaned from source code, and discovered from your own test programs. Participate in the design and review of new kits and help in the refinement of their APIs (application programming interfaces). Work with peer writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. Act as a mentor for junior technical writers. Examples of current projects are: AppKit: A framework for all NEXTSTEP applications. OpenStep:Documenting our new OpenStep classes. Enterprise Objects:An object-oriented approach to relational databases. NEXTIME:A multimedia framework. Development Environment:A collection of tools for developing NEXTSTEP apps. DriverKit:A framework for creating various types of hardware drivers. Required writing skills: 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. Required technical knowledge: The ablity to program in one or more languages is required. Knowledge of C and object-oriented programming (OOP) is highly desirable. Knowledge of one or more of these languages and environments is a plus: Objective C, C++, NeXTSTEP, SQL, PostScript, UNIX, Mach. General qualifications required: Minimum 3+ years documentation experience, plus 2+ years programming experience is required. Teaching experience is a plus. General interest in various areas of software technology is necessary, since the nature of our projects can vary widely and this writer will no doubt be called upon to document technologies that don't exist yet and cannot be predicted. Flexibility and adaptability to dynamic engineering environment is necessary for success. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:58:07 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0kv$bt8@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the mail group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Design, develop and own the infrastructure for handling documents in services and applications. Many of the pieces of the infrastructure pre-exist, such as document storage, full text indexing, or file attachments. The challenge consists, in a short time frame, to design a portable and coherent infrastructure sufficient for all the needs of a distributed document storage system under development. Longer term, this infrastructure should expand into a full-blown document infrastructure, spanning things like embedding, connectivity with standards, or DO-Automation. Specific Responsibilities Create a new library gathering and rationalizing pieces from various places. Collaborate on all aspects of the development of a distributed document storage system. Prototype user interface for bringing back-end functionality to users. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS or equivalent. 2+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. Very strong skills in OOP and API design. Experience with document frameworks such as OLE or OpenDoc desirable. Some experience in designing user interfaces is desirable. Last but not least, experience with NEXTSTEP is highly desirable due to the scheduling of this project. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Printing technology area Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:58:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0l3$btf@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the printing technology area. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: NEXTSTEP 4.0 (AppKit Group) Primary Responsibility Design, develop, and maintain printing software for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Specific Role and Responsibilities This person will be responsible for the development and support of NEXTSTEP printing software. He or she will: Be responsible for development and maintenance of all printing software throughout the release cycle. The printing software includes applications, Application Kit objects and panels, daemons, printer drivers, and legacy UNIX software. Be the principal technical contact for printing issues in the Software Development organization. This includes providing expertise to the engineering organization, occasional developer and customer contact, contributing to product planning, and maintaining some awareness of both NeXT and non-NeXT printer usage and printing issues. Contribute to API design of other software layers used by the printing software. Required Background, Skills, and Abilities BS/CS degree or equivalent. 4 years professional programming experience, including experience with a large software system. Ability and motivation to learn many levels of printing software: applications, toolkit objects, spooler software, output device drivers, etc. Independent and Proactive. Can do requirements analysis and design with a minimum of supervision. Solid engineering skills. Generalist. Has the capacity to understand and discuss a complex, multi-layered software system. Is comfortable working with information from many sources: reported bugs, co-workers, customers, other NeXT people, competing products. Product-oriented. Focuses on defining customer needs and problems, and delivering solutions to those needs. Excellent problem solving skills. Good communication skills. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience in some (not all) of the areas below is strongly preferred, in loose order of importance: Toolkit design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Printing application software and/or system software (e.g., experience with the printing aspect of a DTP application). Coding and/or API design in an object-oriented language. The PostScript language, PostScript print job structure, and/or Adobe printing standards. Printer drivers and experience with output devices. Print spooling and administration, especially UNIX lpd. User interface design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Color management. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: UI Software Engineer Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:58:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0ld$btm@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineering in UI area. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Contribute, as part of a small team, to the development of the user interface software for NEXTSTEP's email system. Specific Responsibilites Evaluate alternative strategies for exposing the underlying email technology to users. Help resolve feature set vs. schedule requirements. Prototype UI features, solicit feedback, and iterate as necessary. Maintain and enhance the UI software by debugging, optimizing performance, and restructuring as needed. As part of the 4.0 Engineering organization, shepard the email software through the development process as a product that meets quality and schedule milestones. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS/CS or equivalent coursework. 4+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. NEXTSTEP experience is highly desired. Prior experience working on the UI of email or other large, end-user applications highly desired. A good understanding of how to organize large bodies of object-oriented software. Good software bug-fixing and problem-solving skills. Experience with effective, efficient software design that retains flexibility. Ability to be flexible and meet project requirements in the face of changing specifications. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Several PRE-RELEASE positions - Temporary Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:58:25 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ak0lh$btt@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for several PRE-RELEASE engineers for our software quality group. These are a TEMPORARY positions. However, some engineering temps have been known to move on to regular, full time employment in various technical areas at NeXT. This position may therefore be a great career development pathway. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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. It also will be integrated into SunSoft's Solaris system software. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and become the accepted alternative to Microsoft in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications over any Microsoft and companion product, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun and Hewlett-Packard to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department 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 Customer support (installation and configuration issues) 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: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com ************************************************************************** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: todd@ticonderoga.alembic.com (Todd White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Canon Computer Signs Exclusive Educational Market Agreement with Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. Date: 19 Nov 1994 03:11:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3akbv5$up@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-228 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Toll Free: 1-800-452-7608 Phone: 1-303-799-6223 Fax: 1-303-799-1435 E-mail: info@alembic.com Canon Computers Signs Exclusive Educational Market Agreement with Alembic / Object Technologies. ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO - November 18, 1994. Canon Computers, Inc. and Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. announced today the signing of an agreement which makes Alembic the Exclusive Reseller of the Canon object.station for all Educational clients. " The signing of this agreement allows Alembic to provide excellent pricing for our educational clients, especially when bundled with our specially priced software packages", says Jim Pratt, President of Alembic / Object Technologies. "Canon has worked hard with us to provide us with a solution which fits within the budgets of almost any student, faculty member, or educational institution." Alembic, in addition to offering specially priced Canon object.stations, has arrangements in place to offer several solution specific software bundles ranging from a Basic Student Package which includes both NeXTStep User and Development environments (including Enterprise Objects Framework) and over 600 Mb of software on three CDs, to a fully loaded Internet Graphics Package which includes all the software for applications development, Internet access, and Graphics / Presentation Design. Users may choose to go for a more science oriented product which is why Alembic also supplies an Internet Science Package which includes all the latest software for Graphics / Presentation Design, Mathematical and Statistical Modelling, as well as the Internet Connectivity Tools. For the commercial user, Alembic, in arrangements with Canon Computers, Inc., also has specially packaged Basic User, Basic Developer, Advanced Developer , and Power Development Systems. All systems are pre-configured to run directly out of the box, and requires only minimal adjustments to activate the Internet functions according to the user's environment. "This arrangement with Canon, as well as support from our vendors, has allowed us to bring the most viable NeXTStep solutions to the NeXTStep community. We have made the seriousness of our commitment to customer satisfaction known to Canon, and with the dedication they have shown to servicing the NeXTStep community, we will provide the highest level of support and service available anywhere". ############### Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc., with access to vendors, consultants, and hardware manufacturers, is the largest distributor of NeXTStep Complete System Solutions (NCSS) in the world with resellers in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Pretoria, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emeriates, United States, and the United Kingdom. Customer service is directly available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese from our Englewood, Colorado office.
From: Oliver Unter Ecker <untereck@iphcip1.physik.uni-mainz.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ComposeInColor Lite Date: 19 Nov 1994 03:34:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3akdao$13h@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Unter Ecker Software +351 2 753-1171 fax. untereck@iphcip1.physik.uni-mainz.de In the US: Select Technology, Inc. (415) 495-2474 (415) 495-2513 fax. cic@select-tech.com UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE announces ComposeInColor Lite Miramar, Portugal - UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE announces ComposeInColor Lite, a new image editing application for NEXTSTEP. ComposeInColor Lite is a stripped version of ComposeInColor Pro 2.2. It's very easy to use, has everything for image editing you normally need, and is unbeatable affordable at <<less than two-hundred dollars>>. ComposeInColor Lite uses the same engine as ComposeInColor Pro and, hence, performand ComposeInColor is renowned for. In fact, ComposeInColor is many times faster than any other NEXTSTEP image editing application. Lite has most of ComposeInColor Pro's functionality, but lacks certain productivity features required in first place by professional and high-end users. Stripped functions are: database, scripting, color range selection, custom pencil design, image extraction, monitor calibration, video, animation, custom palettes, preview, and statistics. All other functions are still in place, including ComposeInColor Pro's 40 filters, superior retouching, geometric selection, and interactive compositing capabilities. In addition, ComposeInColor Lite can optionally take advantage of UNTER ECKER SOFTWARE's BlackBox high-end image computer. Even stripped, Lite has many features competing and more expensive products do not have. While ComposeInColor Pro is for users with high-end needs, Lite is for everyone who needs to edit images for normal purposes. Lite users can run Pro in demo mode and upgrade at any time by simply entering a new licen, highly visual interface, making it very easy to use. With Lite no more than two windows and one tool palette are typically on screen. Nearly all functions are accessed by self-explaining icons. Rich on-line help is available. Both ComposeInColor Lite and Pro run on NEXTSTEP for NeXT, Intel, and HP computers and support six languages. A fully functional demo version, without Save function, is available on the net.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce Nov 08 - Nov 21 Date: 21 Nov 1994 00:50:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3apcfo$clf@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings from Tuesday November 08 through Monday November 21 SUMMARY: October 24 - November 08 JOB: NEXTSTEP Developers-(10),perm+cons,NYC/NJ PRESS RELEASE: ELSA introduces first 8-MB graphics board worldwide PRESS RELEASE: ELSA announces version 1.20 of its WINNER display driver PRESS RELEASE: Night Owl Software announces Hotscan for HP SUBMISSION: PopupFormatter PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus announces ship date for OpenWrite SUBMISSION: triple-fat Yftp.0.355 JOB: Swiss Bank Corporation seeks NEXTSTEP developers. PRESS RELEASE: ipc and OpenSource announces availability of products. JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks System Administrator/Toolsmith/Release Engineer SUBMISSION: NewsBase 3.0 triple fat JOB: Consultant for game company JOB: NeXT: Functionality Testers - Temp positions available PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships ParaSheet 1.0 for NEXTSTEP PRESS RELEASE: VNP Software Enhances DevMan; Extends Support to Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX PRESS RELEASE: XANTHUS Announces $149 competitive "upgrade to Openwrite" JOB: NeXT: EOF Position available JOB: NeXT Computer: Temporary Pre-release positions available SUBMISSION: Dynamic Bundle Loading MEETING: Elm City NeXT Users Hardware Fair, New Haven, CT PRESS RELEASE: InterfaceViewer 1.0 Available Through OpenSource, Inc. SUBMISSION:NewsBase and MMEdit triple fat MEETING: Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group *** 29 Nov 94 *** JOB: NeXT: PDO Software Engineer JOB: NeXT: PDO Engineer - runtime and emulation focus JOB: NeXT: Sr. Test Engineer - mass storage driver kit focus PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software Announces First Shipment of API JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - PDO JOB: NeXT: Functionality Tester - Temporary position JOB: NeXT: Release Control Engineer JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Debugger JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Development Environment JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Performance Tools JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer, Device Drivers JOB: NeXT: Senior Networking Engineer JOB: NeXT: Sr. Development Engineer - EOF JOB: NeXT: Senior Technical Writer JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer - Printing technology area JOB: NeXT: UI Software Engineer JOB: NeXT: Several PRE-RELEASE positions - Temporary SUBMISSION: PopOver v1.2 tripple fat PRESS RELEASE: Canon Computer Signs Exclusive Educational Market Agreement with Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. PRESS RELEASE: ComposeInColor Lite 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet Date: 21 Nov 1994 00:51:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3apchb$clm@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 Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online ---------------------------------------------------- A product directory and information server, 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/ http://www.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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. news://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!!! news://comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news://comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news://comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news://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. news://comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news://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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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 VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. 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From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Comp.sys.next.announce Submission Guidelines Date: 21 Nov 1994 00:51:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3apcho$clv@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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: "Stephen J. Perkins" <perkins@sidney2b.cps.msu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: Testers for HP verison of PPP-2.2 Date: 21 Nov 1994 01:52:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3apg2i$dm5@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Steve Perkins email: perkins@cps.msu.edu This is a request for testers for the HP port of PPP-2.2. If you are interested, please contact me at the above address. Both source and an MAB installer package are available. Background ========== There is a NeXT port in progress for the public domain PPP-2.2 distribution. This distribution offers several enhancements over ppp-2.1.2. Especially noteworty is that it implements BSD packet compression. Using packet compression can lead to higher throughput than typical compressing modems provide. The PPP-2.2 distribution is currently in alpha stage (3rd release). However, the NeXT port of this code is very stable. The NeXT port will remain in alpha stage as long as the PPP-2.2 remains in that stage. Then, the NeXT port will follow the stages of the PPP-2.2 distribution. The port works on Motorola, Intel (both Mux and NeXT supplied serial drivers), and HP systems running OS 3.2 or greater. It also works in conjunction with Black and White's NXFAX software. Both source and MAB Installer packages are available. In order to keep the sources and READMEs up to date with the current status of the PD PPP-2.2, all current work resides in a centralized location (ftp://ftp.duq.edu/pub/next/ppp). For more information on this work, check out: ftp://ftp.duq.edu/pub/next/ppp/README The 2.2 source is encrypted. This is just a precaution to force awareness of the fact that the work is in alpha stage. If you need the source, please email me for the crypt key. Regards, - Steve Stephen Perkins Department of Computer Science perkins@cps.msu.edu Michigan State University
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Temporary Assignment/Contract - Release Control Date: 21 Nov 1994 23:40:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3arso9$2vi@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a temporary or contract Release engineer for the Release Control group. This is a 3 month assignment. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Release Engineer, Release Control Department: Software Engineering Status: Full-Time, Temporary position, 3 month assignment Overall Role Perform release operations for NEXTSTEP releases. In addition, perform administrative and development tasks. Specific Responsibilities This person will be responsible for release operations for the NEXTSTEP release. * Build and distribute software integrations, baselines, and internal software updates. * Master and verify release and pre-release CDROM and floppy images for duplication. * Archive NeXT software offline to secure location. * Configure and administer the network of release control machines. * Assist in the development of release engineering tools. Required Background, Education, Skills and Experience * 5+ years software engineering experience and CS/Engineering or related degree or equivalent. * Extensive Unix experience. Additional success factors: * Unix programming experience strongly preferred. * 1-2 years experience with release integration of large software systems. * PC hardware experience. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: lcox@NeXT.COM (Lynn Cox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer - Premium Developer Support Engineer position Date: 21 Nov 1994 23:40:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3arsnt$2vb@digifix.digifix.com> Position: Premium Developer Support Engineer Department: Professional Services, Customer Support Location: Redwood City, Chicago, or Washington, D.C. Primary Responsibilities: You will be the lead technical contact for 4-5 corporate accounts including on-site support for critical issues. Provide solutions to technical problems for developers in a variety of areas of NEXTSTEP and object oriented program design. You will be responsible for providing technical account management as well as supporting corporate customers in the development of NEXTSTEP applications software. Requirements: BSCS or equivalent, In depth knowledge of NEXTSTEP development and object oriented programming, At least two years of commercial experience in one or more of the following areas: Application development Rapid prototyping of productivity applications Account management or on-site technical support Excellent problem solving and problem avoidance skills Excellent written and oral communication skills Other desirable experience includes: * On-site development support * Database development * Programming with object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C or C++. * Distributed application development using Distributed Objects, RPC, or sockets If you are qualified for this position, 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: Susan Peterson <susan@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software announces first shipment of three new design models Date: 21 Nov 1994 23:44:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3arsva$2vq@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information, please contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 619 492-9050 ext 225 619 492-9124 FAX PAGES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FIRST SHIPMENT OF THREE NEW DESIGN MODELS(tm) SAN DIEGO, CA ą November 22, 1994 ą Pages Software today announced it has begun world-wide shipment of several new Design Models. The new Design Models complement the company's premiere ObjectBased(tm) word-processing application, Pages by Pages(tm). Pages is an ObjectBased word-processing solution that can range from a single-user personal word-processor to a complete enterprise-wide document processor. What makes Pages different ą and better ą is its professional page layout and design technology embedded in Design Models ą unique Pages products that define the look and feel of an organization's documents. Every document created with a particular Design Model adheres to the same rules and maintains a consistent look. Users don't have to spend hours, or even days, setting up elaborate stylesheets. The new Design Models add new features requested by our customers. The Correspondence Design Model is designed to emulate a standard word processor. It offers letter and report column structures, simple but striking headline styles, business-oriented table structures, organized graphics placement, and special paragraphs for memos, letter openings or closings, and centered passages. Correspondence comes bundled with the new Pages 1.5 release. The Documents Design Model is designed to permit fast and efficient production of documentation materials for any professional use. New page sizes and element styles provided are based on research that covered a wide range of the most popular products and titles; it offers unique design styles such as deco rules, stub heads and graphics, and bleed letterheads. The Documents Design Model incorporates favorite page-layout styles in an easy to work with package. The Legal Design Model has a simplified set of choices tailored for users who produce legal documents such as contracts, agreements, and licenses. It provides styles such as legal-specific paragraph structures, and enumerated listing styles. These professionally designed style choices make the Legal Design Model a true productivity tool for all document-intensive law firms and corporate legal departments. The new Design Models complement the Design Models bundled with Pages 1.0, which all include a variety of professionally designed templates to facilitate quick and easy use. Custom Design Models and templates are also available from Pages Software Inc. The new Design Models list for $95.00 each. Site license discounts are available. Pages Design Models are sold directly from Pages Software Inc. Orders can be placed by calling 1-619-492-9050 or by sending e-mail to info@pages.com. Pages by Pages, and Pages Design Models are available for Motorola-, Intel- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP. Pages Software Inc, located at 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, California 92124, 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, and Design Models 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.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT and SUNSOFT release final OpenStep Specification Date: 21 Nov 1994 23:45:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3art1l$307@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415-780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 or Emily Cohen Hi-Tech Communications for SunSoft, Inc. 415-904-7000 NeXT AND SUNSOFT RELEASE FINAL OPENSTEP SPECIFICATION REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-November 21, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and SunSoft, Inc. released on-time the final specification which defines the application programming interface (API) for OpenStep. The OpenStep specification is now available to the public via anonymous FTP from NeXT's archive server: ftp.next.com. The delivery of this open specification, jointly announced by NeXT and SunSoft, Inc. one year ago this month, demonstrates the two companies' dedication to creating an open object standard. OpenStep is an industry-endorsed specification for an operating system independent object standard, based on NeXT's proven, industry-acclaimed NEXTSTEP object-oriented software. Applications written to the OpenStep specification are portable across all OpenStep implementations, regardless of the underlying operating system. NeXT, SunSoft, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company and Digital Equipment Corporation intend to ship OpenStep-compliant products in 1995. "Publishing the OpenStep specification represents a major milestone for NeXT and its partners, Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "Today, sixty-eight percent* of the UNIXi marketplace has endorsed OpenStep, and we are all working to drive OpenStep to become the volume object standard for the industry." "SunSoft is pleased that the market momentum for OpenStep continues to grow, and that the leading system software vendors in the industry are helping to make OpenStep the volume object standard," said Edward J. Zander, president of SunSoft. "Customers are telling us that they want a robust enterprise object environment in which to develop and deploy OpenStep applications. SunSoft is committed to delivering this with Project DOE, based on the Solaris operating environment." NeXT is developing a test suite to validate independent implementations of the OpenStep API. The OpenStep specification will be submitted to an international standards body by NeXT for consideration in early 1995. SunSoft, Inc. SunSoft headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., with offices worldwide. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment to enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage through information systems. SunSoft delivers a suite of solutions that easily and cost-effectively connect, integrate and manage large enterprise environments. 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'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, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, SunSoft, the SunSoft logo, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. *According to a 1993 International Data Corporation study.
From: Alan Chung <alan@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks File Format Engineer Date: 23 Nov 1994 22:37:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b11p7$jbf@digifix.digifix.com> 23 November 1994 File Format Engineer Sought Lighthouse Design is in search of one full time File Format Engineer to join our engineering team. The person filling this position will be responsible for all the file format related issues of our product developments. This includes, in the short term, designing and implementing import and export capability, of select Mac and PC application files, for our current applications. And in the longer term, developing generalized infrastructures and frameworks to support the cross platform compatibility needs of all our future applications. Work can begin immediately. Lighthouse Design is the premier provider of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep. - Responsibilities - * Design and implement import and export facilities of select Mac and PC application files * Work with project engineers to integrate the file import and export mechanisms into current Lighthouse applications * Design and implement the infrastructures and frameworks necessary for cross platform file importing and exporting in our future applications * Create design and implementation schedules * Ship high quality products - Skills and Experience Required - * 1 or more years professional NEXTSTEP application development experience * Extensive user experience with Macintosh or Windows applications and environments * Experience in doing file format translation work a big plus * Macintosh or Windows development experience a plus * B.S. in Computer Science or related areas - Benefits - * Opportunity to work in NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, state of the art object oriented environments * A chance to develop your career, with extensive exposure and involvement in the full product development cycle * Work in a small and highly motivated company, in a pleasant and collegial professional environment * Competitive compensation package, including stock options * Comprehensive health coverage * Free food and, more importantly, free gourmet coffee - How to Apply - Resumes may be submitted in any of the following ways (listed in order of preference). The submission deadline is *Janurary 4*. Please be sure to put "Resume for the File Format Engineer opening" on your cover sheet. Send e-mail to resume@lighthouse.com. NeXT Mail is best. MIME attachments are acceptable, too. Fax us at +1-415-570-7787. Please be sure and put Human Resources on the cover sheet. US Mail is fine too, but doesn't always get the quick response that electronic submissions do. Send mail to: Human Resources Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 USA Note, if you have access to the web, we maintain the latest Lighthouse hiring information on our World Wide Web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/Recruiting.html - More Information about Lighthouse Design - If you wish to learn more about Lighthouse Design and our products, you can obtain more information via our web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/
From: William Shipley <wjs@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Omni Development seeks NEXTSTEP engineers Date: 23 Nov 1994 23:52:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b166k$jqd@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: Omni Development seeks NEXTSTEP engineers. Omni Development, Inc. is seeking programmers who are interested in joining a small, cool company. What's Omni like? Omni does all kinds of NEXTSTEP consulting: We wrote the custom DBKit software for The William Morris Agency, we write custom DBKit and EOF software for McCaw Cellular Communications, we ported FrameMaker to 3.2-fat, we worked on Concurrence for Lighthouse, we wrote Lighthouse's new text file architecture (used in all their new apps), we wrote OmniImage (shipped with Concurrence), we are writing OmniWeb, and we're working on DOOM II for NEXTSTEP. Working for Omni means perks galore. We offer the full gamut of traditional benefits to employees: - Decent salaries. - Monthly performance bonuses. - Year-end profitability/performance bonuses. - Stock options. - Full health coverage. - Vision and dental coverage. - Long-term disability insurance. When we founded this business we had the attitude that we were going to spend a ton of time here, so it should be fun as well as easy to work in. So, we also have these other, less traditional benifits: - Omni has a live-in cook, buyer, and housekeeper. Dinner is at eight every weeknight. Bring your SO if you like. - Omni buys you all the food and drinks you consume while you are working. Even if you go out to eat. Even if you don't think about work. - The Omni office is a big, old house, so it's very comfortable. It has a full kitchen and guest rooms, for example. - Omni has a THX home theater system with LD, VCR, 600-watt amp, and a 35" TV in the rec room. You should hear those dinos in Jurassic Park. - Omni has a couple of DOS machines for game-playing, with ThrustMaster rudder, throttle, and joystick, and a SoundBlaster AWE32 card hooked up to Bose powered speakers. We also have a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega, and a Jaguar -- not to mention an Apple IIe and Atari 800, for when you absolutely must play a game of Lode Runner or Mule or Star Raiders. - Omni buys almost every game that comes out and is decent. - Omni has a full-size vintage Star Wars video arcade game. - Omni constantly buys new workstations, or "toys" as we call them. For example, we have two Geckos and are ordering a Pentium/90. Don't get the impression all we do is goof around, though: our best consultants put in between 160 and 200 billable hours a month. This isn't normally a requirement: some of our people work consistently half-time (and get consistently half-pay). But being willing to do what it takes to make a project succeed is a requirement, always. Omni has never advertised, and is always swamped with work. We have a history of success, and reputation for honesty and integrity that means everything to our clients. Omni maintains an excellent relationship with NeXT. We serve as beta-testers for lots of their software (EOF, 3.3, various ports, etc), and have access to a number of their engineers. Omni is located in rainy Seattle, possibly the most beautiful city in North America. Yes, you've heard all about how livable it is, how cool we all dress, how great our music is, how we have more micro-breweries than almost anywhere else, and how the deer and the antelope play. The air here is still clean, the people still friendly, local brands are still more popular than national brands, music festivals still feel like they are for the people, and the bassist for SoundGarden does bit spots on our local comedy show. We don't travel out of the city to our customers. Our clients are either local or they put up with us working at our site. This means we miss some business, but it also means we get to make Seattle our real home, and not just our mail stop. We have wives and friends here. (And, besides, we're not exactly hurting for business, or we wouldn't be hiring, would we?) What kind of applicants are we seeking? We are looking for someone who is smart, but not conceited. If you think you know all the answers, we're not interested. If you think you know some of the questions, send us a resume. We don't put up with big individual egos, although we fully admit to having a big collective ego. You must be something of a team player. You must, must, must be self-motivating. You must be willing to take the bad assignments when necessary to get to the good. Not every assignment is DOOM II. You must be the sort of person who can see the glamor in any project if it has an elegant design. You must be the sort of person who finds bad design physically nauseating. If you're the sort of person who instantly tries another approach when one fails, don't bother applying. If you're the sort who figures out why the first approach failed, always, then applies that knowledge to fix the problem, you're for us. We're not interested in someone who can whip up quick hacks. We want people who know how to think through entire systems; who can tell you the failure points in their designs before they've written any code. We only do NEXTSTEP work, so NEXTSTEP experience is a plus, although we'll consider outstanding applicants with none. Database experience is also a plus, and EOF experience would be great, but hey, it's a new product. We don't discriminate based on anything that would upset you, like race or sex or religion or sexual preference. We won't hire anyone who doesn't like Thai food, though. (Although we'll allow you to wimp out and order Phad Thai if you must.) Send your resume (in any NeXT-friendly form) to wjs@omnigroup.com.
From: greg@afs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: AFS and Lighthouse Design Ink Marketing Agreement for WriteUp and PasteUp Date: 22 Nov 1994 17:10:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3atq8o$9lf@digifix.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 207 Springhouse, PA 19477 215 653 0911 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Gregory H. Anderson Voice: 215 653 0911 Greg_Anderson@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND LIGHTHOUSE DESIGN INK MARKETING AGREEMENT SPRINGHOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 22, 1994 -- Anderson Financial Systems Inc. (AFS) today announced that it has signed a broad marketing agreement with Lighthouse Design Ltd. for its NEXTSTEP-based word processing and page layout products. Under terms of the agreement, Lighthouse will sell and support WriteUp and PasteUp as part of its productivity applications suite, and will have the exclusive right to provide site licenses for both products. "We are excited to enter into a relationship with Lighthouse Design," said Gregory H. Anderson, founder and CEO of AFS. "WriteUp and PasteUp offer unparalleled innovation and productivity. We are confident that with Lighthouse as our marketing partner, the products will quickly reach a broader customer base, assuring their long-term evolution and success." "Lighthouse is excited to be working with such a committed partner, and to be presenting AFS's technology to our enterprise customers," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design. "WriteUp's ease of use and approachability deliver the word processing solution NEXTSTEP customers have been waiting for, while both products bolster the strength of Lighthouse's growing family of productivity offerings." WriteUp is the leading NEXTSTEP word processor for routine document needs. Easy to learn and use, WriteUp adheres to NEXTSTEP standards while making new users from other platforms feel very comfortable. It supports "set it and forget it" importing and exporting of all common document formats, including Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, WriteNow, and AmiPro. It also provides template documents and paragraph styles, which help enforce enterprise document standards without limiting flexibility. PasteUp is the original high-end "creative" document processor for NEXTSTEP. It provides sophisticated page layout capabilities for all kinds of users, not just those with graphic arts degrees. Like WriteUp, it imports all common word processing and image formats. It also supports ObjectLinks, which make it easy to build and maintain complex documents from multiple sources like spreadsheets and graphing programs. AFS will continue to sell the products in single-user and five-pack configurations, and will provide ongoing technical support to existing customers and resellers. ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in 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 First National Bank of Chicago, Dean Witter, Paine Webber, Soros Fund Management, and Oppenheimer Management Corp. Since adding NEXTSTEP to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP and OpenStep operating environments. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering unsurpassed productivity to enterprise developers and end-users of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. The company is located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its products, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or see Lighthouse Design's World Wide Web page at http://www.lighthouse.com/.
From: "Bruce F. Webster" <bwebster@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pages 1.5 self-running demo Date: 22 Nov 1994 18:13:14 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3attua$a5b@digifix.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: Pages 1.5 self-running demo A self-running demo of Pages by Pages(tm) is available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/editors. With this file, you can view a 15-minute, narrated, self-running demo of Pages 1.5, the object-based document processor from Pages Software Inc. This demo was recorded and is played back using the WatchMe(tm) application from Otherwise (which you must also download, if you don't already have it). Here are the files available at the FTP site: FILE DESCRIPTION SIZE ---------------------- --------------------------------- ------ PagesSRD.README Contains this same information 2 KB PagesSRD.watch The complete 15-minute Pages demo 13 MB PagesSRD_NoSound.watch The same demo, but w/out narration 5.5 MB PagesSRD_Install.txt Instructions on running the demo 2 KB PagesSRD_Install.ps Same, but nicely formatted Pages doc 222 KB PagesSRD_Script.ps The demo's narrative script 242 KB WatchMe.app An unlicensed copy of WatchMe 533 KB Here are the files you will want/need: WatchMe.app (found at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/screen) PagesSRD_Install.txt (or .ps, if you like it nicely formatted) PagesSRD.watch OR [PagesSRD_NoSound.watch AND PagesSRD_Script.ps] The version of WatchMe.app will by itself only run for 3 minutes. However, if you double-click on PagesSRD.watch, it will launch WatchMe, run to completion, and then exit WatchMe. If you download PagesSRD_NoSound.watch, you will need to first change its name to PagesSRD.watch before launching it. Pages by Pages is a trademarked product of Pages Software Inc p-mail: 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92124 e-mail: info@pages.com vox: 619.492.9050 fax: 619.492.9124 web: http://www.stepwise.com/Developers/Pages_Software_Inc.htmld/ WatchMe is a trademarked product of Otherwise p-mail: 2520 Greenlee Dr., Austin, TX 78703 e-mail: watchme@otherwise.com vox: 512.474.5533 fax: 512.474.4556 web: http://www.stepwise.com/Developers/Otherwise.htmld/
From: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Mynah, a MIME capable mail user agent Date: 25 Nov 1994 16:38:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b5lge$5qn@digifix.digifix.com> A copy of Mynah has been placed at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/mail/Mynah_0.8aw.tar.gz This version is triple fat (Motorola/Intel/HPPA). >From the README: Features: + IMAP + Receives uuencode, BinHex, NeXTMail, MIME, NewsGrazer + X-Face support + Filenames displayed below icons of attached files + Uses Workspace Addressbooks + Reformat/Quote/Insert Signature built in + Reformat/Quote/Insert Signature provided as Services to other apps + Full headers can be displayed + Headers to be hidden selectable by user + Threaded Mailboxes + Messages can be postponed + Any message from you can be resumed (handy for resending messages) + Date/Time in message list is in your local time zone + Messages marked for deletion NOT hidden + Uses mail spool, doesn't move to home directory + Bcc, Reply-To headers available within Compose window + Compose window title reflects Subject + SPACE and - keys page up/down message text + Uses Images/People without stupid passwd file + Strips local domain when looking for Images/People tiff + Icon to indicate a message has been replied to + Quote button built into Compose window + Quoted text can be reformatted (Format/Text/Reformat Selection)
From: leuker@clustrol.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Leuker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NetTalk 1.2 triple fat Date: 25 Nov 1994 16:38:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b5lgq$5qu@digifix.digifix.com> NetTalk.app 1.2 by Stefan Leuker is available triple fat now (m68k, i386, hppa)! This is a talk program that makes use of the NEXTSTEP user interface. It is, however, not compatible with the shell talk, xtalk, etc. See the README or the NetTalk online help for further information. The files NetTalk.1.2.NIH.b.tar.gz and NetTalk.1.2.README are located in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/next/Network/apps. Please report any bugs or write suggestions to leuker@POOL.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Thank you!
From: dimitri@duti609a.twi.tudelft.nl (Dimitri Tischenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NeGeN-Taylor-UUCP-1.05 package on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 25 Nov 1994 16:41:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b5lld$5rb@digifix.digifix.com> We have just uploaded the following files to the submissions directory of the archive: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/comm/NeGeN-Taylor-UUCP-1.05.NI.b.Distribution.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/comm/NeGeN-Taylor-UUCP-1.05.NI.b.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/comm/NeGeN-Taylor-UUCP-1.05.NI.b.README.rtf This package, created and distributed by NiNe (NiNe stands for NEXTSTEP Users in the Netherlands, Dutch NEXTSTEP user group) enables every NEXTSTEP user with a reasonable modem to install and configure UUCP simply by answering a couple of questions. No knowledge of UNIX, UUCP or sendmail is required. The README file of the package is attached below. For questions and suggestions concerning the pacakge, mail to NiNe-connect@negen.twi.tudelft.nl. For questions about NiNe mail NiNe@negen.twi.tudelft.nl or see http://www.twi.tudelft.nl/Local/NiNe/NiNe.html Dimitri --- Dimitri Tischenko D.B.Tischenko@TWI.TUDelft.NL NeXTmail preferred! Taylor UUCP for NEXTSTEP NeGen/NiNe/R&A package September 1994 IMPORTANT NOTE: To install the MUX drivers from this distribution you have to have the Taylor UUCP package available in the same directory as the MUX package. The complete setup has been "fixed" to fit on one NEXTSTEP floppy. When you copy the packages make sure you make "new links" when asked to. This is the binary distribution of Taylor UUCP for NEXTSTEP, as brought to you by NeGeN/NiNe (the Dutch NEXTSTEP user group) and R&A. It is meant as a complete replacement of the (slow, inefficient) BSD uucp that comes with the standard NEXTSTEP distribution. Taylor UUCP is distributed as a NEXTSTEP Installer package, which support will be added as soon as we can lay our hands on a NS/HP developer system) and documentation, but also tries to create a working Taylor UUCP configuration. This configuration assumes that you have a standalone system that is to be connected to the outside world by means of a single UUCP link. If your situation is different you'll have to adapt this configuration to your own needs. See the Taylor UUCP manual for more detailed information about configuration. (The manual is available in GNU info hypertext format in /usr/local/info/uucp.info* after installation of the package. You can browse through it using emacs' info mode, with the standalone `info' program or with just about any text editor.) Note that this version of Taylor UUCP is deliberately NOT configured to support the old BSD-style uucp configuration files; this is to avoid confusion and simplify our configuration support efforts. This README file contains some (hopefully helpful) hints to assist you in creating a configuration that is right for your system. IMPORTANT: you must install this package as "root". This is because some executables must be installed as setuid uucp, and also because some system configuration files must be edited in the configuration process, i.e. /etc/crontab.local and /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf. If you don't know how to become "root", you'll have to ask your system administrator to install this package. (If you are your own system administrator and you still don't know how to become "root", you have a serious problem:-) The NS 3.1 and 3.2 serial port drivers for Intel are notoriously unreliable at high speeds, so you may consider installing the Mux serial driver instead. Unfortunately this driver is reported not to work together with NXFax 1.04, so if you want fax capability you'll have to settle for the original NS driver at lower speed, like 9600 baud. The installation guides you through a series of questions where you have to fill in the information listed below, and creates a new Taylor UUCP configuration in the directory /usr/local/conf/uucp. If you don't have a working Taylor UUCP configuration yet, you'll have to collect the following information about your UUCP link before you install the package: - the UUCP name of your system, i.e., the name by which your system is known to the mailhost of your UUCP provider. (This defaults to the hostname of your system.) - the UUCP name of the mailhost. (This defaults to "sun4nl", the mailhost of NLnet in Amsterdam.) - the phone number for the modem to call in order to make a connection to the mailhost. (This defaults to "0206658599", for sun4nl.) - the name by which your system should login at the mailhost in order to make a UUCP connection. (This defaults to "U<your UUCP name>", which conforms to the naming convention used by NLnet.) - the password for your UUCP login at the mailhost. (No default, obviously) - the full Internet host name by which your system is known by the outside world. (This defaults to "<your hostname>.NeGeN.NL"). - The type of your modem. The following modem types are available: o MT2400D Micro Technologies MT2400D (V22bis) modem. Recommended: 2400 baud, with hardware flow control (cuf?). o TrailblazerPlusPEP Telebit Trailblazer with PEP protocol. Recommended: 19200 baud. o TrailblazerPlusAuto Telebit Trailblazer auto-configuring. <<really?? Gerben?>> Recommended: 19200 baud. o V32bis Generic V32bis (eg. ZyXEL?) modem. Recommended: 38400 baud if your serial port can handle it, else 19200 or even 9600 baud. o MT1432BAI MultiTech MT1432bai modem. Recommended: 38400 baud if your serial port can handle it, else 19200 or even 9600 baud. o MTZDX Recommended: 38400 baud if your serial port can handle it, else 19200 or even 9600 baud. Notes: at high speeds hardware flow control is mandatory. Make sure that your modem cable supports h/w flow control. Old 68030 cubes don't support h/w flow control at all. If you have a modem that is not listed above, you'll have to choose one that is close to your own modem, and hope for the best. (You'll probably have to create a new entry for your modem in dial and port (in /usr/local/conf/uucp) to get it to work correctly; please let us know when you succeeded so we can add it to the distribution.) Finally you are asked to make some administrative decisions about your own system: - Where to have the UUCP spool directory: choose either the default /usr/spool/uucp or /usr/spool/taylor-uucp. This is probably a matter of personal taste. - Whether you want to use the new sendmail configuration that is supplied with the package instead of NeXT's standard sendmail configs. If you already have a sendmail configuration that works with the original uucp you can choose to update it for use with Taylor UUCP. (In any other circumstance, if you choose to use NeXT's standard sendmail configuration, you're on your own as far as sendmail support is concerned..., however we have had reports that replacing the mailhost sendmail with our sendmail actually just works). When you install our sendmail it is placed in /usr/local/conf/uucp and a link is created in /etc/sendmail. Ask gerben@rna.nl for details) - When to call the mailhost for the daily poll. This creates an entry in /etc/crontab.local which forces an outgoing call to the mailhost. (if it doesn't already exist) - Whether you want outgoing mail to be sent more-or-less immediately instead of queueing it until the daily poll. This creates another entry in /etc/crontab.local which checks for work every 15 minutes. If you have already installed the UUCP package, and you want to change the configuration without re-installing the entire package, you can run the shell script <package-name>.post_install in the Package wrapper by hand in a terminal window. --
From: yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Yftp 0.447 available Date: 27 Nov 1994 02:18:32 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <3b8q9o$jdd@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Keywords: ftp client Hello, finally there is a new version of Yftp available. It still isn't finished, but as I don't have ANY time in the near future, I decided to release it. It has some nice improvements over 0.355 It is available on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/Yftp.0.447.NIH.bs.tar.gz I have put it also on ftp.cs.orst.edu, where it will probably end up in /pub/next/Binaries/wide-area-info. Its also on sonata.cc.purdue.edu, but I don't know in which directory. The newest version can always be found on ftp.cis.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/yoda What it is: ----------- Yftp is a NextStep FTP client. It has some features I've never seen in any other ftp client (whether they are graphical or not) and is missing some basic ones, which I hadn't time to implement, coz I was working on the "cool" ones :) - term support (NEW) - filesize for every file is displayed in the browser (NEW) - a persistent directory cache, that lasts between sessions - automatic reconnect after lost connection - reget !! - directories and README's have higher priority than filetransfers (filetransfers are interrupted, when these have to be transferred) - Services: Yftp is able to parse for example the above two lines: "It's available on..." so you just select it, go to Services, and the file will be transferred. - Only directories that have been modified are retransferred, when the cache times out. For more info look at the README, which is in the same directory as the tar file, or better, just play around with the program. Any suggestions, bug reports, etc appreciated. May the force be with you !! Yoda -- yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de
From: vrobi@axon.csus.edu (Robert Vasvari) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: helpfilebuilder 1.1 is now available Date: 26 Nov 1994 22:45:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3b8vdk$f3m@digifix.digifix.com> Description: helpfilebuilder is a useful tool to build helpfiles for NEXTSTEP programs. This command-line utility reads an application's main nib file which contains the menus and creates an RTFD for each menu item. These RTFD's will look just like the ones in Workspace or Edit. Changes since 1.0: 1: better handling of errors. 2: helpfilebuilder now fills in the text portion in all of the standard menus. The text is configurable by altering the Language_helpfile.strings file. 3: language support. 4: helpfilebuilder now comes in a bundle (as opposed to a single file). Available: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/programming/helpfilebuilder_1.1.tar.Z Supported Architectures: Motorola, Intel, HPPA Price: free OS version requirements: NS 3.1 or newer Keywords: helpfilebuilder
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCS NeXT User Group: The Fatted Calf CD-ROM Date: 28 Nov 1994 13:25:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bd7ac$rol@digifix.digifix.com> Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group MeetingTuesday, December 6th, 1994 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM The Fatted Calf CD-ROM We will be demonstrating the applications, fonts and other goodies on the Ensuing Technologies' Fatted Calf CD-ROM. Come by and try them out for yourself. 8:00PM Rumors of the Month. 8:15PM Q&A 8:30PM Dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: 617.628.4136 (H) 617.734.6372 (W) email: pericles@athena.com
From: capkoga!dag@uunet.uu.net (Dennis Alfred Gaastra) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BCOG re-scheduled to 14-dec-94 Date: 29 Nov 1994 15:16:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bg27f$as5@digifix.digifix.com> Keywords: BCOG meeting Distribution: world Meeting BCOG re-scheduled to 14-dec-94 The British Columbia OpenStep Group has changed their meeting to Wednesday 14-dec-94 (was 28-Nov-94). Time: 19:00 to 22:00 Place: Software Productivity Centre Vancouver, B.C. Canada Agenda: -will follow- Dennis A.Gaastra (604) 732 3358 Nick Jacquet (604) 988 4204 - NOTHING BUT OPEN/NEXTSTEP WILL DO!!! -
From: maretick@woodstock.abbott.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CodeCounter.app Date: 29 Nov 1994 15:19:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bg2da$at3@digifix.digifix.com> Description: CodeCounter.app (from README) The CodeCounter app does exactly what it says: it counts the lines of code in a module. It will count physical non-commented lines of code in files with "c", "h", "m", "cc", "e" extensions and display them on the panel next to Lines: . It will also count the physical lines of comments, either C-style comments (/*.....*/) or Objective-C/C++ style comments (//) and display them on the panel next to Comments: . Finally, the number of physical blank lines are displayed on the panel next to Blanks: . The file is selected by a file browser. The source code for the application is in the public domain and was originally written as 'kdsi.c' by Brian Renaud and subsequently modified by me. The usual disclaimers apply (see comments in ConvertObject.m). Please feel free to modify the code as you see fit, but please give credit to the original author (Brian Renaud) and myself (Scott Maretick) for our contributions. If you have any comments or questions you may reach me at the email address below. I also have a command line version of this application which accepts wild cards for input arguments. If you would like a copy of this code, email me and I will send it. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/programming/CodeCounter.tar.gz and ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de Scott Maretick maretick@woodstock.abbott.com
From: Dick Locke <dick_locke@wiltel.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXTSTEP Developer (FT), WilTel ATG, The Woodlands, TX Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:08:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgts0$do6@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: Position: NeXTSTEP Developer (FT), WilTel ATG, The Woodlands, TX WilTel's Advanced Technology Group (ATG) has openings for experienced NeXT developers. The successful candidates will be part of a team involved in the ongoing analysis, design, and programming of the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay (FR) Network Management Systems being developed by the ATG. Minimum Experience: - 1+ year NeXTSTEP development in a commercial environment - Appkit familiarity, Objective-C programming - B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent Desired Experience: - UN*X - Telecommunications industry software development Other Desirable Traits: - Team-oriented individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills - Firm grasp of Object-Oriented concepts MUST be U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. If interested, please send your resume and a brief cover letter to: Email: (preferred) dick_locke@wiltel.com (ascii or NeXTMail only please) US Mail: WilTel Advanced Technology Group Attn: Dick Locke 8665 New Trails Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77381 About WilTel and ATG: WilTel is a long distance carrier of voice, data, and video transmissions over a national fiber optic network. WilTel merges a decade of its market-leading innovations with the aggressive growth of LDDS, reshaping the telecommunications landscape of the United States. The merger represents a powerful combination of revenues, market shares, infrastructure, and expertise. As a result, there are now four preeminent long-distance companies in the United States: WilTel, AT&T, MCI, and Sprint. The partnership delivers advanced data communications services, such as commercial Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) service and commercial Frame Relay (FR) service--an industry first. WilTel and LDDS have a common goal: to remain the industry leader in customer service. With this in mind, the commitment to exploring new technologies is vital. WilTel's Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is an R&D group committed to developing and deploying leading-edge software and network-management technologies for WilTel and the telecommunications industry. The unparalleled R&D environment supports creativity, teamwork, and personal and professional growth. The ATG's systems combine the power of Object-oriented technology and the NeXTSTEP environment for both development and deployment. Consisting of approximately 100 hardware and software engineers, testers, analysts, designers, architects, and technical writers, the ATG is a forerunner in ATM technology. The ATG developed the Network Management System (NMS) to control WilTel's ATM network. While the ATG continues to add significant new features to the ATM NMS, the group is developing an NMS for Frame Relay that will offer WilTel customers easy-to-use interfaces and problem-solving tools. About The Woodlands The Woodlands is a 25,000-acre new community designed to become largely self-sustaining in human, environmental and economic terms. Opened October 19, 1974, it has grown steadily ever since to become one of Texas' most desired places to live and work. The projected population of The Woodlands is planned for nearly 150,000 residents, but it will never seem crowded because of a carefully considered master plan of controlled growth and development standards. In The Woodlands, approximately one quarter of the land is designated for greenbelts, parks, and protected reserves, so the natural beauty of the forestland will always remain. The Woodlands is located 27 miles north of downtown Houston, and is linked to downtown by two freeways. The Woodlands' residents enjoy the neighborhood parks and tot lots, located conveniently to their homes. More than 60 miles of footpaths connect the homes with parks, which include swimming pools, tennis courts, playfields, picnic facilities, and children's play equipment. More than 460 firms including WilTel, Dresser Industries, Hughes Christensen, Penzoil Products, and Chevron have selected The Woodlands as a business location.
From: djensen@NeXT.COM (Dawn Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Southwest Land Title and Tensor Information Systems Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:08:54 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgtsm$dod@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toni Blue-Price Fred Fleury Southwest Land Title Co. Tensor Information Systems, Inc. 214-788-2883 817-246-2141 SOUTHWEST LAND TITLE CO. PROCESSES $1 BILLION OF REAL ESTATE USING EXPERT TITLE DALLAS, Texas November 22, 1994 Southwest Land Title Co. and Tensor Information Systems, Inc., today announced that over $1 billion dollars of real estate transactions and 150,000 documents have been processed using the Expert Title Applications, while doubling employee productivity in major processing areas. Expert Title consists of seven custom NEXTSTEP applications designed to operate as an integrated Title Insurance and Escrow Services solution. The Southwest system was designed and implemented by Tensor, a Next Object Channel Partner. Expert Title is a document processing and workflow management toolset used for preparing real estate closing documents. The applications contain over 100 documents consisting of promulgated forms, policies, endorsements, binders, real estate transaction documents and other related forms. In addition to the existing documents, custom documents may be added as needed. All documents are WYSIWYG and share common information from the database to virtually eliminate repetitive data entry thus offering substantial savings. The legal documents support drag and drop of standardized legal paragraphs and the forms support electronic notes. The underlying structures to the documents support EDI and the Expert Title system will support EDI as the specifications for title insurance are released. The Expert Title system contains an integrated disbursement system for managing escrow accounts from the settlement statements using both automatic and manual receipts and disbursements. Disbursements are handled for multiple bank accounts and multiple branch offices. The checks are encoded with the proper MICR and bank information when printed, and use customizable blank check stock for a significant cost savings. Significance of Expert Title "With the implementation and utilization of Expert Title and NEXTSTEP, we are not only more competitive than we ever envisioned, but we have the technological capabilities to offer computer services not yet imagined by most of our competitors," said Scott Moize Chief Operations Officer of Southwest Land Title Co. "The custom solution provided by Tensor has far exceeded the commercially available title and escrow software products, as well as our expectations of what computers could accomplish in streamlining our operations and dramatically increasing the productivity of our personnel." "Expert Title has been successful because of NEXTSTEP," said Travis TeSelle president of Tensor Information Systems, Inc. "The iterative development process and reusability of objects has been crucial to the implementation." Coding for the project began in May of 1993 with the first Expert Title application deployed in October 1993, just five months after the project commencement. Since October 1993, six additional custom applications have been delivered. About Southwest Land Title Co. Southwest Land Title Co. is the one of the largest Title Agency operations in the nation, providing title insurance and escrow services, primarily in the Texas market, but also throughout the country. Southwest was founded in 1965 and provides commercial and residential title insurance and escrow services, accounting for more than $1 billion dollars annually in real estate value and corresponding transactions. About Tensor Information Systems, Inc. Tensor Information Systems, Inc. is a computer systems integrator and Next Object Channel Partner. Tensor provides custom software applications in the financial services and telecommunications markets. With reusable objects and extensive tools, Tensor integrates business information systems requiring document processing, workflow management, imaging, customer service and reporting using the client-server model. Tensor Information Systems, Inc. is headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas and provides solutions around the world. Expert Title is a trademark of Expert Title. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: TEMP Pre-release engineers Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:09:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgtt1$dok@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for temporary pre-release engineers. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department is now hiring for several full-time temporary positions in Redwood City. NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com 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 Customer support (installation and configuration issues) 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: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: ************************************************************************** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT Computer: TEMP Release Control Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:09:14 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgtta$dor@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a TEMPORARY Release Engineer for the Release Control group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Release Engineer, Release Control Department: Software Engineering Status: Full-Time, Temporary position, 3 month assignment Overall Role Perform release operations for NEXTSTEP releases. In addition, perform administrative and development tasks. Specific Responsibilities This person will be responsible for release operations for the NEXTSTEP release. * Build and distribute software integrations, baselines, and internal software updates. * Master and verify release and pre-release CDROM and floppy images for duplication. * Archive NeXT software offline to secure location. * Configure and administer the network of release control machines. * Assist in the development of release engineering tools. Required Background, Education, Skills and Experience * 5+ years software engineering experience and CS/Engineering or related degree or equivalent. * Extensive Unix experience. Additional success factors: * Unix programming experience strongly preferred. * 1-2 years experience with release integration of large software systems. * PC hardware experience. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: JOB: Software Engineer (AppKit group handling document infrastructure) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:09:59 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgtun$dp9@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the AppKit group handling document infrastructure. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Design, develop and own the infrastructure for handling documents in services and applications. Many of the pieces of the infrastructure pre-exist, such as document storage, full text indexing, or file attachments. The challenge consists, in a short time frame, to design a portable and coherent infrastructure sufficient for all the needs of a distributed document storage system under development. Longer term, this infrastructure should expand into a full-blown document infrastructure, spanning things like embedding, connectivity with standards, or DO-Automation. Specific Responsibilities Create a new library gathering and rationalizing pieces from various places. Collaborate on all aspects of the development of a distributed document storage system. Prototype user interface for bringing back-end functionality to users. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS or equivalent. 2+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. Very strong skills in OOP and API design. Experience with document frameworks such as OLE or OpenDoc desirable. Some experience in designing user interfaces is desirable. Last but not least, experience with NEXTSTEP is highly desirable due to the scheduling of this project. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: JOB: Software Engineer Mail Development Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:10:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgtvq$dpi@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for backend mail development. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Design, develop and own the infrastructure for handling documents in services and applications. Many of the pieces of the infrastructure pre-exist, such as document storage, full text indexing, or file attachments. The challenge consists, in a short time frame, to design a portable and coherent infrastructure sufficient for all the needs of a distributed document storage system under development. Longer term, this infrastructure should expand into a full-blown document infrastructure, spanning things like embedding, connectivity with standards, or DO-Automation. Specific Responsibilities Create a new library gathering and rationalizing pieces from various places. Collaborate on all aspects of the development of a distributed document storage system. Prototype user interface for bringing back-end functionality to users. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS or equivalent. 2+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. Very strong skills in OOP and API design. Experience with document frameworks such as OLE or OpenDoc desirable. Some experience in designing user interfaces is desirable. Last but not least, experience with NEXTSTEP is highly desirable due to the scheduling of this project. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Software Engineer (printing) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:10:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu09$dpp@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer focusing on printing software for the AppKit group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: NEXTSTEP 4.0 (AppKit Group) Primary Responsibility Design, develop, and maintain printing software for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Specific Role and Responsibilities This person will be responsible for the development and support of NEXTSTEP printing software. He or she will: Be responsible for development and maintenance of all printing software throughout the release cycle. The printing software includes applications, Application Kit objects and panels, daemons, printer drivers, and legacy UNIX software. Be the principal technical contact for printing issues in the Software Development organization. This includes providing expertise to the engineering organization, occasional developer and customer contact, contributing to product planning, and maintaining some awareness of both NeXT and non-NeXT printer usage and printing issues. Contribute to API design of other software layers used by the printing software. Required Background, Skills, and Abilities BS/CS degree or equivalent. 4 years professional programming experience, including experience with a large software system. Ability and motivation to learn many levels of printing software: applications, toolkit objects, spooler software, output device drivers, etc. Independent and Proactive. Can do requirements analysis and design with a minimum of supervision. Solid engineering skills. Generalist. Has the capacity to understand and discuss a complex, multi-layered software system. Is comfortable working with information from many sources: reported bugs, co-workers, customers, other NeXT people, competing products. Product-oriented. Focuses on defining customer needs and problems, and delivering solutions to those needs. Excellent problem solving skills. Good communication skills. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience in some (not all) of the areas below is strongly preferred, in loose order of importance: Toolkit design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Printing application software and/or system software (e.g., experience with the printing aspect of a DTP application). Coding and/or API design in an object-oriented language. The PostScript language, PostScript print job structure, and/or Adobe printing standards. Printer drivers and experience with output devices. Print spooling and administration, especially UNIX lpd. User interface design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Color management. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer (Development Environment group) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:11:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu18$dq0@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer to work in the Development Environment group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Development, maintenance, and enhancement of ProjectBuilder. Refine the existing product based on customer feedback. This includes debugging, modification of existing features and implementation of new features. Specific responsibilities: * Development & maintenance of ProjectBuilder * Implementation of specific aspects of ProjectBuilder including (possibly) SCM integration, class browser, documentation integration, InterfaceBuilder integration, editor enhancements, "syntax" coloring, other tools integration etc. * Debugging and performance tuning of ProjectBuilder Position Requirements: * interest in building an integrated development environment * experience building an integrated development environment a plus Education and Experience: * B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent. * 3-10 years industrial experience. Additional Success Factors: * Knowledge of NeXTSTEP & appkit programming ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer (debugger) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:11:41 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu1t$dq7@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer to work on the debugger within the Development Environment group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Debugger Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Design, development and maintenance of gdb and related debugging tools. Possibilities to work on performance analysis tools and fix-n-go. Specific responsibilities: * integration of gdb with ProjectBuilder including, possibly, development of the ProjectBuilder UI for debugging. * maintenance and bug fixing for gdb * coordinating changes with FSF and NeXT's porting group * implementation of new debugger features * responsible for portions of the compiler which have to do with debugging including generation of stabs * improving our support for C++ debugging * improving the performance of the debugger (turn-around time) Position Requirements: * interest in and experience with working on debuggers * knowledge of at least one machine architecture including stack frame layouts and calling conventions. * knowledge of compilers, assemblers, loaders helpful * experience working with FSF would be a plus * experience working with GDB would be a plus Education and Experience: *B.S in Computer Science or related field. *3+ years of experience. Additional Success Factors: *Seeks high degree of customer satisfaction. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: UI Software Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:11:53 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu29$dqe@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a UI engineer for the frontend mail development group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Contribute, as part of a small team, to the development of the user interface software for NEXTSTEP's email system. Specific Responsibilites Evaluate alternative strategies for exposing the underlying email technology to users. Help resolve feature set vs. schedule requirements. Prototype UI features, solicit feedback, and iterate as necessary. Maintain and enhance the UI software by debugging, optimizing performance, and restructuring as needed. As part of the 4.0 Engineering organization, shepard the email software through the development process as a product that meets quality and schedule milestones. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS/CS or equivalent coursework. 4+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. NEXTSTEP experience is highly desired. Prior experience working on the UI of email or other large, end-user applications highly desired. A good understanding of how to organize large bodies of object-oriented software. Good software bug-fixing and problem-solving skills. Experience with effective, efficient software design that retains flexibility. Ability to be flexible and meet project requirements in the face of changing specifications. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Networking Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:12:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu2g$dqn@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a senior networking engineer for the OS group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Networking Engineer Department: Operating Systems Primary responsibilities: All aspects of network related network product development, from device drivers to administrative applications for a multiple protocol architecture (TCP/IP, IPX, OSI, etc) system. Specific responsibilities: In short term, maintenance and upgrading of current product components. In long term, be a contributer to group redesigning and implementing networking to: a) run outside the kernel b) be runtime configurable c) provide open ended (i.e., multiple) networking architecture support. Position Requirements: Excellent programming skills Data structures Critical-time applications Education and Experience: B.S.C.S + 6 years industry experience or equivalent. 4-6 years experience with lower levels of networking. 4-6 years experience in near realtime programming. Additional Success Factors: Good communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to think on the macro level with regard to networking technology. Emphasis on quality and maintenance. OO experience Concurrent programming experience UNIX (BSD or other) experience Netware experience is a plus ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Engineer (Development Environment/performance tools) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:12:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu36$dr4@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a software engineer for the Development Environment group whose focus will be performance tools development. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Performance Tools Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Maintain, enhance, and productize in-house and external tools for analyizing and improving the performance of NeXT's software. Work with other engineers to define new features for performance analysis tools and help the organization, in general, with performance related issues. Participate in and possibly lead a comittee charged with improving performance of NeXT's software. Specific responsibilities: Maintenance and development of performance analysis tools such as gprof, sample, malloc_debug (for leak detection), and others. Recommend areas to concentrate for the 4.0 timeframe and recommend tools to productize for (probably) after 4.0. Consider presentation issues (i.e. do we need a spiffy gui?) and integration issues (i.e. do we need to talk to ProjectBuilder?). Work with group charged with making performance improvements on strategy for improving overall system performance. Position Requirements: * Interest in performance analysis tools. * Experience with some "low-level" aspects of software engineering for example: compilers, debuggers, OS. * For at least one architecture good knowledge of stack-frame layouts and calling conventions. * Ability to work well with others * Good oral and written communication skills. Education and Experience: * B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent. * 3-10 years industrial experience. Additional Success Factors: * Knowledge of NeXTSTEP won't hurt. * Knowledge of gcc and gdb. * Knowledge of prof & gprof. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Drivers Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:12:29 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu3d$drc@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a drivers engineer for the Driver Development group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Driver Engineer Department: Software Engineering, Driver Development Primary Responsibility Architecture, development , and maintenance of NEXTSTEP device drivers for a variety of hardware including Floppy Drives, Keyboard & Mouse devices, and Serial & Parallel ports. Also responsible for Test Suit development for these subsystems. Specific Responsibilities Maintenance engineering on existing drivers and other code. Serve as a source of expertise on Intel platform issues to the rest of the company, including Sales, Marketing, Support, QA and other groups within Engineering. Serve as technical liaison with engineers from adapter & peripheral vendors as needed during development and maintenance of drivers. Assist in creation of driver specifications and product plans. Design and implement driver test suites, and consult with publications on documentation efforts. Minimum Requirements BSCS or equivalent and 3-5 years experience in driver or kernel development Highly experienced with development and debugging of drivers for Intel hardware under UNIX, Mach, or NEXTSTEP. Familiarity with Intel-compatible hardware and busses (ISA/EISA/VL-Bus/PCI) Has developed under Unix (familiar with Unix development tools: make, cc, nm,... ) Understanding of filesystems, UNIX or Mach kernels, and object-oriented design is highly desirable. Has developed driver test suits and/or harnesses; use of logic analyzer is a plus. Ability to deal with changing priorities and tasks, and yet stay focused on key deliverable. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Kernel Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:12:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu3l$drk@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for an operating systems engineer for the kernel team. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Title: OS Engineer (Kernel) Reporting to: Manager, OS group Position Description: This engineer will perform general OS programming tasks (including the kernel, libraries, commands and loadable modules), primarily in the machine independent portions of both UNIX and Mach. Responsibilities Assist with kernel tasks including: general kernel enhancements file system enhancements (UFS and NFS) virtual memory enhancements performance tuning multiprocessing Assist with general OS tasks including: C (and related) library enhancements UNIX/Mach command enhancements out of kernel file system enhancements security multi-threading Platform support: Intel PCs Sun Sparc workstations HP PA-RISC workstations NeXT Motorola workstations Required Experience and Skills 4+ years OS engineering background: UNIX internals, Mach internals a plus Understands how to write OS code that is portable across diverse computer platforms Fluency in C, experience with assembly language BSCS or equivalent Desired Experience and Skills 3-8 years OS internals Device driver development experience Knowledge of RISC architectures and assembly languages Experience with designing and documenting APIs, with an appreciation of the issues required for platform independence, future extension and backward compatibility Experience with object-oriented languages (Objective C, C++, Smalltalk) NEXTSTEP programming experience Required Hiring Criteria Strong problem solving skills... good at learning new areas Team oriented - able to work well with others. Able to work in an environment characterized by aggressive schedules, a high level of interrupts, targets and expectations which change over time. Focus on high quality engineering Desired Hiring Criteria Ability to propose innovative solutions Strong communication skills - able to interact with other groups Quick to take ownership of issues rather than pass the buck Can follow a myriad of details within a large project Broad knowledge of OS technologies in order to contribute to the company strategically ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: EOF Development Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:13:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu4l$ds3@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a senior development engineer for the Enterprise Object Framework group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Development Engineer Department: Enterprise Object Framework Primary Responsibilities: The person filling this position will be part of the Enterprise Object (EO) Framework engineering group and will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining major components of the EO Framework with particular emphasis on the user interface oriented components and tools. Specific Responsibilities: Work with team members on design and implementation of next version of EO Framework Work with customers and management team to understand, assess, and prioritize requirements for subsequent releases of the product Drive usability testing Design and implement ease-of-use features Evaluate other products Position Requirements: Fluency in object oriented implementation language and environment (preferably Objective C and NEXTSTEP) Expert in graphical user interface design and implementation Fluency in C Experience in usability testing and evaluation Experience in Object Oriented design and implementation methodology Experience in shipping high volume products on tight schedules Excellent team skills Excellent problem solving skills Excellent communication skills Education and Experience: Engineering background: 5 - 8 years BSCS or equivalent Additional Success Factors: Experience in 4GL Multi-platform experience (UNIX, PC) Relational DBMS experience Object Oriented DBMS experience NEXTSTEP development experience Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design tools Experience in enterprise-wide distributed systems ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Release Engineering Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:12:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu3s$drr@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a Release Engineer for the Release Control group. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Release Engineer, Release Control Department: Software Engineering Overall Role Develop and enhance tools to support Release Engineering processes. Perform system administrative and other operational tasks. Specific Responsibilities This person will design and develop tools to build, master, verify, and archive NeXT software releases. Possible development projects include: Distributed builds Multi-CDROM production for internal distribution Investigation of TeamNet version control software for use in Release Engineering Project attribute database Required Background, Education, Skills and Experience A candidate for this position must possess the following qualifications: 4 year Computer Science or Engineering or related degree, or equivalent experience. 3 or more years experience in the software industry. Extensive Unix programming experience. The following qualifications are preferred: Familiarity with Perl. 1-2 years experience with release integration of large software systems. Object oriented and distributed programming experience. Unix system and network administration experience. PC hardware experience. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Technical Writer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:13:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu56$dsa@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a Senior Technical Writer for the Technical Publications group. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Title: Sr. Technical Writer Dept: Technical Publications Primary Responsibilities: Write conceptual overviews and detailed reference material for the NEXTSTEP software kits, working from information provided by programmers, gleaned from source code, and discovered from your own test programs. Participate in the design and review of new kits and help in the refinement of their APIs (application programming interfaces). Work with peer writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. Act as a mentor for junior technical writers. Examples of current projects are: AppKit: A framework for all NEXTSTEP applications. OpenStep:Documenting our new OpenStep classes. Enterprise Objects:An object-oriented approach to relational databases. NEXTIME:A multimedia framework. Development Environment:A collection of tools for developing NEXTSTEP apps. DriverKit:A framework for creating various types of hardware drivers. Required writing skills: 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. Required technical knowledge: The ablity to program in one or more languages is required. Knowledge of C and object-oriented programming (OOP) is highly desirable. Knowledge of one or more of these languages and environments is a plus: Objective C, C++, NeXTSTEP, SQL, PostScript, UNIX, Mach. General qualifications required: Minimum 3+ years documentation experience, plus 2+ years programming experience is required. Teaching experience is a plus. General interest in various areas of software technology is necessary, since the nature of our projects can vary widely and this writer will no doubt be called upon to document technologies that don't exist yet and cannot be predicted. Flexibility and adaptability to dynamic engineering environment is necessary for success. ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: resumes@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: Software Quality Engineer Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:13:39 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgu5j$dsi@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for a Software Quality engineer with mass storage driver kit focus. This is an expansion position. NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Test Engineer - with mass storage driverkit focus Department: Software Engineering, Quality Assurance Major area of responsibility DriverKit and Device Driver Testing Specific Responsibilities become intimately familiar with DriverKit write test plans (from a template) for Drivers (Ethernet, TokenRing, SCSI, Serial, etc...) develop go/no-go tests (that may be applied automatically wherever feasible) orderly release of those tests (documentation sufficient to de-skill test application) Minimum Qualifications and Background MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. basic project management skills (spec/documentation writing, communication, scheduling). requires little/no supervision. Is capable of setting objectives/expectations and providing appropriate status updates. strong 'C' programmer. Understands generic OS (UNIX preferred) implementation details as related to device drivers (i.e. memory & stack usage, interrupts, latency, etc...). able to work with development engineers as a peer. demonstrated initiative, problem-solving skills, ability to pick things up on own. "Not afraid to get hands dirty". Normally tests will be run in automated fashion or with help of temps, but since we're still a small organization, it may be necessary from time to time to perform certain tests manually (certainly during test debug at least). able to work with others good communications skills Additional Qualifications that would be beneficial OOP experience UNIX device driver {writing|testing|maintain} experience SCSI, Floppy, CDROM experience good communications skills NEXTSTEP programming experience familiarity with QA techniques and terminology ************************************************************************ Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
From: Marco Scheurer <scheurer@lithnext.epfl.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: SpiderWoman HAS ESCAPED! (WWW Client) Date: 29 Nov 1994 23:17:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bgud0$du5@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Marco Scheurer marco@sente.epfl.ch FLASH: SpiderWoman HAS ESCAPED! Beta testers urgently sought. Wednesday, November 30th, Lausanne, Switzerland. This just in from Lausanne: A group of software developers reported this morning that SpiderWoman, a World Wide Web client undergoing tests in their laborarory, escaped during the night of Tuesday, November 29th. SpiderWoman was last seen at ftp://sente.epfl.ch/pub/software/SpiderWoman.app.tar.gz making steady progress into the World Wide Web. Witnesses described the client in question as having "anchors which are represented by icons. Links are made through a simple drag-and-drop-interface. SpiderWoman, if not stopped, could extend NEXTSTEP's Workspace Manager to the entire World Wide Web!" What does this mean for Web users? They will be shocked at how quickly documents are displayed. SpiderWoman allows users to view multiple documents at once. Requests are processed in a separate thread, so a user can add requests while others are being processed. SpiderWoman will prove difficult to capture. This client's dynamically loaded tools and views of the Web include HTML, a browser, and Hypertext views. In addition, SpiderWoman offers Librarian and open URL services, choices of style sheets, and a Workspace-like interface. SpiderWoman's creators suspect that, under the circumstances, users might hesitate to report SpiderWoman sightings (although several anonymous callers claim to have seen SpiderWoman with Elvis): "Maybe there are people out there who don't want a fast and easy means of using the World Wide Web. If so, we haven't met them." Volunteer beta testers are urgently needed to help track SpiderWoman. The 10 best beta testers will receive free commemorative T-shirts. Contact swoman@sente.epfl.ch if you would like to volunteer. This version is a beta release and requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or greater together with EOF 1.0; it is triple fat (NeXT, Intel, HPPA). SpiderWoman was developed by Sen:te in collaboration with the Laboratoire d'Informatique Theorique de l'EPFL. Sen:te is a consulting and development company specializing in object-oriented enterprise information systems. EPFL is the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. For further information on Sen:te, please see our World Wide Web page at http://sente.epfl.ch/ or send email to info@sente.epfl.ch. For more information about EPFL, please point to http://www.epfl.ch/. NEXTSTEP, EOF, Workspace Manager are trademarks of NeXT, Inc.
From: Cheri Smith <cheri@sherlock.take3.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Take 3 offers Eloquent at reduced price Date: 1 Dec 1994 01:05:26 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bjp36$c8@digifix.digifix.com> CONTACT: TAKE 3 P.O. Box 40 Cedar, MI 49621-0040 (616) 228-6556 eloquent_info@take3.com TAKE 3 OFFERS ELOQUENT E-MAIL AND NEWS SOFTWARE AT REDUCED PRICE OF $99 CEDAR, MI - December 1, 1994 - Take 3 announced today their Eloquent (tm) MIME and NeXTMail capable mail and news software will be available at the reduced price of $99 throughout the month of December. This temporary lower price makes Eloquent even more attractive as a flexible alternative to other NEXTSTEP mail and news applications. Eloquent is a comprehensive solution for users that need to send and receive MIME e-mail and news in a heterogeneous environment, while retaining the ability to exchange messages in the traditional NEXTSTEP-proprietary formats. With its variety of outstanding and innovative features, many customers simply use Eloquent for the increased productivity it affords them. Users that require only basic functionality appreciate Eloquent's easy access to mailboxes and subscribed newsgroups. Because the user has a variety of composition tools available - including a customized template for new messages, a quote menu, easy-to-remember aliases for addressing, and access to their signature files - composing messages is greatly simplified. Greater flexibility is achieved through the ability to save composed messages for later editing and delivery, and control over archiving and return receipts right from the compose window. Users that deal with large amounts of e-mail are able to take advantage of Eloquent's mail sorting capabilities, a feature made even more powerful when used in conjunction with SmartBoxes (tm). SmartBoxes are mailboxes that take care of many routine actions - such as replying, redirecting messages to another address, and compacting - for you. Migrating from other mail user agents such as Mail.app, pine and elm is relatively painless, as Eloquent can read and write to your present mailboxes. A demo of Eloquent is available from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/mail/Eloquent.1.01d.tar.gz Note the contact information given in the README file and the Info Panel has changed. Please use the address and phone number given at the beginning of this announcement to contact Take 3. The demo on the archives is partially disabled. It can be made fully functional by purchasing a license at the sale price of $99 directly from Take 3. Contact Take 3 for site license pricing. Eloquent is available for NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher running on Intel and Motorola processors. Customers who purchase Eloquent during the month of December at the sale price will receive the next feature upgrade (scheduled for an early 1995 release) at no charge. This policy excludes upgrades to Eloquent for HPPA. Eloquent and SmartBoxes are trademarks of Take 3. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
From: jobs@asysa.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: UK company ASA seeks innovative software engineers Date: 1 Dec 1994 16:05:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bldpv$57j@digifix.digifix.com> COME AND WORK IN THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE We have an immediate requirement for high quality people to augment our advanced software engineering team. Openings exist at both graduate and team leader level to work on projects developing multi-tasking and ComponentWare software applications for: 1. NeXTstep and embedded Objective-C applications 2. R6000 supercomputer systems(C and AIX) 2. Transputer Systems (primarily C with some Occam) 3. OS/2 (Cset++, KaseVIP, PM) We are of course keen to meet people already acquainted with these technologies who are looking for a career move, but above all we are looking for individuals who can demonstrate a flexible outlook and are excited by technical challenge. Qualifications to degree level in an appropriate science or engineering discipline required. Advanced System Architectures is located in an attractive country park location on the fringe of the Alice Holt Forest, near Farnham. Interested applicants please e-mail a brief cv to jobs@asysa.demon.co.uk or by surface mail or fax to Janet Hardinge Advanced System Architectures Ltd. Phone: +44(0)1420 23815 Fax: +44(0)1420 23741 North Block, Bentley Hall, Blacknest Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4PU
From: info@alembic.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Alembic/Object Technologies offers Pentium OpenStation for NEXTSTEP Date: 1 Dec 1994 16:37:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3blfm2$5e5@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. 14 Inverness Drive East, Suite G-228 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Toll Free: 1-800-452-7608 Phone: 1-303-799-6223 Fax: 1-303-799-1435 E-mail: info@alembic.com Alembic / Object Technologies Offers Pentium OpenStation for NeXTStep ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO - December 1, 1994. Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc. announced today the release of the first of its new Alembic OpenStations for NEXTSTEP / OpenStep. "This hardware portion of our bundled NEXTSTEP Complete Solution Systems (NCSS) provides a means to bring NEXTSTEP to even the most budget conscious consumer", says Jim Pratt, President of Alembic / Object Technologies, "We now have a robust Pentium machine which provides a economical solution for NEXTSTEP in addition to our line of Canon object.stations and Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC workstations". The Basic OpenStation is a 90 MHz Pentium based system designed as an inexpensive deployment workstation while still providing the performance necessary to operate in a NEXTSTEP networking environment. The Basic Development OpenStation is built around the need for multiple threads and extensive object libraries and development tools. The OpenStation is also designed with expandibility in mind, and can be converted for use as a low-cost server. Alembic provides a complete line of hardware as part of their NEXTSTEP Complete Solution Systems (NCSS). Bundle configurations exist for all needs as well as customized indiviudal and network systems. Alembic, in addition to offering the new OpenStation, has arrangements in place to offer several solution specific software bundles ranging from a Basic Student Package which includes both NEXTSTEP User and Development environments (including Enterprise Objects Framework) and over 600 Mb of software on three CDs, to a fully loaded Internet Graphics Package which includes all the software for applications development, Internet access, and Graphics / Presentation Design. Users may choose to go for a more science oriented product which is why Alembic also supplies an Internet Science Package which includes all the latest software for Graphics / Presentation Design, Mathematical and Statistical Modelling, as well as the Internet Connectivity Tools. For the commercial user, Alembic, also has specially packaged Basic User, Basic Developer, Advanced Developer , and Power Development Systems. Leasing is available for commercial and institutional clients. All systems are pre-configured to run directly out of the box, and requires only minimal adjustments to activate the Internet functions according to the user's environment. "The OpenStation is the latest chapter in bringing NEXTSTEP to the everyday user. We believe NEXTSTEP is an operating system which should be acceptable to both indivduals as well as companies. With the support of our vendors, the NEXTSTEP advantage will become more than just leverage, it will become accessability. We have dedicated ourselves to this task, and in addition to the dedication our strategic partners have shown to servicing the NEXTSTEP community, we will provide the highest level of support and service available anywhere." ############### Alembic / Object Technologies, Inc., with access to vendors, consultants, and hardware manufacturers, is the largest distributor of NeXTStep Complete System Solutions (NCSS) in the world with resellers in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Pretoria, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emeriates, United States, and the United Kingdom. Customer service is directly available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese from our Englewood, Colorado office.
From: Geoffrey Nicastro <Geoffrey_Nicastro@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT at Database & Client/Server World Date: 2 Dec 1994 01:34:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bmf5c$9g@digifix.digifix.com> Excess money?: Buy Art !! NeXT Computer, Inc. and its partners invite you to attend Database & Client/Server World December 7 -9 McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois Show Highlights: Thursday, December 8 10:30 a.m. Steve Jobs Keynote Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT, will describe and demonstrate NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework -- a breakthrough in building database-intensive custom applications. Enterprise Objects enables customers to construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with automatic persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases, such as Oracle and Sybase. Booth #1033 NeXT, ITS and partners invite you to visit the booth to view NEXTSTEP/OpenStep solutions. For more information or to register contact DCI at 508-470-3880
From: Geoffrey Nicastro <Geoffrey_Nicastro@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <3bmf5c$9g@digifix.digifix.com> Control: cancel <3bmf5c$9g@digifix.digifix.com> Date: 2 Dec 1994 17:23:00 -0500 Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bo6o5$5rc@digifix.digifix.com> Cancelled Message by sanguish@digifix.com -- - Scott Anguish - sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) next-announce@digifix.com (comp.sys.next.announce submissions)
From: Geoffrey Nicastro <Geoffrey_Nicastro@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT at Database & Client/Server World Date: 2 Dec 1994 17:23:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bo6oh$5rk@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer, Inc. and its partners invite you to attend Database & Client/Server World December 7 -9 McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois Show Highlights: Thursday, December 8 10:30 a.m. Steve Jobs Keynote Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT, will describe and demonstrate NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework -- a breakthrough in building database-intensive custom applications. Enterprise Objects enables customers to construct reusable business objects that combine business logic with automatic persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases, such as Oracle and Sybase. Booth #1033 NeXT, ITS and partners invite you to visit the booth to view NEXTSTEP/OpenStep solutions. For more information or to register contact DCI at 508-470-3880
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Schema Research Corporation Hires Marketing Director Date: 3 Dec 1994 00:18:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3bov2s$7v2@digifix.digifix.com> Contact: Lowell Schneider Schema Research Corporation Info@lsc.com Schema Research Corporation Hires Marketing Director Redwood City, CA -- December 2, 1994 -- Schema Research Corporation announced today that it has hired Darren H. Smith as its new Marketing Director. Smith comes to Schema Research from NeXT Computer, Inc. where he worked in both the marketing and technical support departments. Smith will be reporting directly to Lowell Schneider, President of Schema Research, and will be responsible for coordinating the marketing plans for the database tool company. These plans include public relations, reviving the Schema Research SIG list, user group interaction, and using the Internet, ftp and WWW sites to better satisfy customer needs. In addition, Smith will be fielding technical support requests to help decrease turnaround time on customer inquiries. For more information, please contact : Lowell Schneider, President Schema Research Corporation 2603 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063 (415) 368-8477 lowell@lsc.com or darren@lsc.com ------------- Schema Research has been providing database expertise since 1988 with a product line that includes SchemaE(tm) a graphical database-reengineering tool for $3300, SchemaE-50(tm) for $950, SchemaView(tm) for $195, and SRTransport(tm) for $5,000.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT: OpenStep Compliance Test Suite Developer/TEMPORARY Date: 3 Dec 1994 00:21:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bov8b$7vc@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for an OpenStep compliance test suite developer for Engineering. This is a temporary assignment for 3 months, however, extensions may be granted. If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Position: OpenStep compliance Test Suite Developer Dept: Software Quality Assignment: 3 months, possible extensions Positions: 1 position available RATE: up to $25/hour Position Responsibilities: NeXT is looking for a temp/contract test engineer. In this role, you will help NeXT develop validation test suites for OpenStep, the NeXT emerging standard for OO application development. SUN Microsystems has chosen OpenStep as its OO solution. An implementation of OpenStep will run on top of Solaris by the end of 1994. You will assist in specifying and implementing tests at the object/API level to validate OpenStep implementations. Positions Requirements: You should be familiar with Object Oriented programming and have development experience in C++ or Objective C. NEXTSTEP experience is a major plus. . BSCS or equivalent and some experience designing and implementing OO applications or tests. We will consider talented new graduates with NEXSTEP or other OO experience. QA experience is not necessary, but you must be a solid programmer. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: Tod Rieger <prie@cc.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: NEXTSTEP:atlanta, December 8th Date: 3 Dec 1994 15:10:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3bqjch$bvv@digifix.digifix.com> Different time and place: Date: Thursday, December 8, 1994 Time: 7:00pm Place: Information Management's conference room 4th floor, Suite 430 (Decatur) Cost: $1 but otherwise open to the public (rsvp for pizza) Agenda: Demos of: spreadsheets and their API's Mesa and Parasheet tentatively: Quantrix along with Xanthus' new one 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: 404-373-2619 Phone: 404-381-2464 Email: bert@home.net Email: prie@abl.com
From: Karen Logsdon <Karen_Logsdon@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT SHIPS RELEASE 3.3 FOR INTEL AND ANNOUNCES BETA FOR NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER 3.3 Date: 6 Dec 1994 23:05:50 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c3cau$876@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Charlotte Penner Copithorne & Bellows 415-975-2225 NeXT SHIPS RELEASE 3.3 FOR INTEL AND ANNOUNCES BETA FOR NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER 3.3 REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-December 7, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced that it is now shipping a new version of its object-oriented operating system, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for Intel and Motorola processors. The company also announced that it is in beta with NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3. "The NEXTSTEP products that we are shipping today are a result of customer feedback and our goal in 1995 is to continue to offer NEXTSTEP/OpenStep customers even greater development and deployment choices to solve their toughest business problems," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "As a result, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for PA-RISC and SPARC processors will be available in mid-1995." NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for Intel and Motorola Processors Ships NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 is based on feedback from NeXT's customers and includes enhancements to address critical deployment issues for enterprise-wide client/server applications. The new release includes enhancements in the areas of interoperability, scalability and ease of use. Specifically, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 offers more support for Intel-based PCs, eases system administration efforts, improves large network scalability, provides enhanced mail features, and through SoftPC, supports enhanced-mode MS-DOS & Windows applications. "NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 combines the robustness of mainframe operating systems with the flexibility of PCs, making it the best environment for enterprise-wide deployment of object-oriented custom applications which are typical of NeXT's corporate customers," said Eric Chu, product marketing manager at NeXT Computer, Inc. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 Offers New and Enhanced Features Keeping pace with new PC technologies, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes additional support for new standards such as PCI and ISA Plug & Play. Release 3.3 also includes support for PCMCIA, Advanced Power Management and 8-bit color. With the appropriate drivers, these features provide the foundation to support popular portable computers. Release 3.3 comes bundled with more than 50 device drivers to support a wide variety of peripherals. These new features simplify the task of hardware configurations and enable NEXTSTEP to run on a larger variety of Intel-based desktop and portable systems. To ease the task of system administration, the installation of NEXTSTEP in large sites has been improved. With new capabilities such as network install and network bulk upgrade, system administrators can now install NEXTSTEP through a network server without requiring a CD-ROM drive. Templates can also be configured so that all systems built from the server inherit the same configurations. NeXTmail has been significantly improved in Release 3.3 to give users greater flexibility in how electronic mail is accessed, managed and stored. New MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) support enables NEXTSTEP users to send and receive multimedia messages with users of other popular e-mail applications through the same intuitive NeXTmail interface. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 also includes an updated version of SoftPC. SoftPC 4.0 for the NEXTSTEP/Intel operating system from Insignia Solutions, Inc. will support popular enhanced-mode Windows applications, including Aldus PageMaker 5.0 and WordPerfect for Windows 6.0. SoftPC is available through Insignia Solutions and is bundled as a 30-day trial with NEXTSTEP 3.3. It is priced at $249 with upgrades for $69. NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 Enters Beta NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3, now in beta, is optimized to enable developers to build enterprise-wide, client/server production applications for Intel, Motorola, PA-RISC and SPARC architectures. The product also includes a new Foundation Kit and increased C++ support. Specifically, NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 simplifies application development by allowing developers to create multi-architecture executables which run on all four architectures supported by NeXT. For example, the compiler allows developers to create executables for Intel, Motorola, Sparc and PA-RISC processors from any of these machines. The result: applications can be installed on a network, yet run on any of the four architectures. NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 also includes a C++ compiler which allows developers to create C++ objects, as well as Objective C objects. The improved compiler enhances C++ support and includes multiple inheritance and templates. NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3 continues to also support Objective C++, NeXT's integrated Objective C & C++ compiler. As part of NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3, NeXT will include it's Foundation Kit which provides significant leverage to developers by greatly simplifying the task of programming basic functions. Foundation provides the building blocks upon which OpenStep and NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework is built. Foundation provides unicode capable string objects, collection objects such as arrays and dictionaries, notification and archiving objects as well as objects for interacting with the file system and other OS features such as threads and processes. Additionally, Foundation provides a powerful object allocation strategy which simplifies many APIs. This allocation strategy is used throughout OpenStep and Enterprise Object Framework. Pricing and availability NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for Intel and Motorola processors is available now for $799 with upgrades priced at $199. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for PA-RISC and SPARC processors will be available in mid-1995 for the same price. NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 for Intel, Motorola, PA-RISC and SPARC will be available in mid-1995. Pricing will be announced at that time. NeXT's Distributed Client/Server Environment NeXT is the first company to provide a completely integrated object-oriented enterprise-wide client/server computing environment to Fortune 1000 and government organizations. With NEXTSTEP Developer, Enterprise Objects Framework, Portable Distributed Objects and NEXTSTEP/OpenStep, customers use proven and tightly-integrated technology to develop, integrate databases, distribute and deploy custom applications throughout a heterogeneous computing 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. # # # # NeXT, the NeXT logo and OpenStep, NEXTSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Denise Schneider <Denise_Schneider@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: INTERNATIONAL NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE Date: 6 Dec 1994 23:06:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c3cbt$87d@digifix.digifix.com> EUROPEAN NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE ORDER NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE BEFORE DECEMBER 23, 1994 . . . AND RECEIVE A COPY OF NEXTIME FOR FREE NeXT is now taking orders for upgrades to NEXTSTEP User 3.3 for Intel and Motorola processors. Based on feedback from NeXT's customers, more than 1,000 enhancements have been made to NEXTSTEP to address critical deployment issues for enterprise-wide client/server applications. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes enhancements in the areas of interoperability, scalability and ease of use. Specifically, the new release offers more support for Intel-based PCs, eases system administration efforts, improves large network scalability, provides enhanced mail features, and through SoftPC, supports enhanced-mode MS-DOS & Windows applications International English Version NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5683) - Motorola $219 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5659) - Intel $219 International French/German Versions NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5684) - Motorola $219 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5660) - Intel $219 If ordering direct from NeXT Computer Logistics BV, please add $20.00 for shipping and handling per upgrade/NEXTIME bundle. Orders placed before December 23, 1994, will receive a complimentary copy of NEXTIME (a $99.00 value). NEXTIME is NeXT's entry into time-based digital media for corporate customers interested in video applications. In its first release, NEXTIME provides NEXTSTEP users the ability to play movie files. NEXTIME supports the industry-standard QuickTime file format and Cinepak compression scheme. Future releases will add support for recording movies using video capture cards, as well as additional file formats and compression schemes. To order your NEXTSTEP 3.3 Upgrade, there are two options: 1.) Call your local NeXT reseller and ask him for the 3.3 Upgrade with a free copy of NEXTIME. If you don_t know whom to call within your territory, just call NeXT @ (44) 506 40 15 74 and we will provide you with the name of your local NeXT partner. or 2.) Order through NeXT Computer Logistics BV, @ (44) 506 40 15 74. In this case you will be billed in US$. The Fax# is (44) 506 46 05 97 NEXTSTEP upgrades are scheduled to ship mid-December 1994. If you would like more information, you can also send email to the following address: upgrade_status@next.com NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMERS CAN CONTINUE TO ORDER THROUGH TELESALES 1-800-848-6398.
From: Denise Schneider <Denise_Schneider@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Schema Research Corporation announces Schema-E Version 1.3 with EOF compatibility Date: 7 Dec 1994 00:22:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c3gqc$9f9@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Contact: Lowell Schneider Schema Research Corporation Info@lsc.com SCHEMA RESEARCH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SCHEMA-E VERSION 1.3 WITH EOF(r) COMPATIBILITY Beta Version of Software Available Immediately ----- Redwood City, CA, December 5, 1994 -- Schema Research Corporation announced today that SchemaE(tm) version 1.3 is scheduled for release in January, 1995 and that beta copies of the software are available immediately. SchemaE is a NEXTSTEP(r) CASE database design and management tool that integrates with the NEXTSTEP object-oriented software development tools DatabaseKit(r) and Enterprise Objects Framework(r) (EOF) for building client/server database mission-critical software 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 can be implemented with simple graphical changes to the schema diagram. Version 1.3 adds support for NeXT Computer Inc.'s EOF and contains about 90% of the functionality of NeXT's Enterprise Objects Modeler(r) (EOM). This feature saves customers even more time during development by combining the two tasks of database construction and modelling into one graphical design environment. New Features in 1.3: - Index Creation -- Version 1.3 allows the developer to build and incorporate indexes graphically through SchemaE, giving an added degree of control over design and development. - Multiple Diagraming -- Customers can now create customizable diagrams of any area of the database. With multiple diagrams, only the specific area of the database the customer wishes to examine needs to be displayed. - On-Line Help -- SchemaE now supports the NEXTSTEP standard on-line help service. The entire users manual has been integrated into this point and click service allowing customers the immediate help they need, and saving the time that would be required in finding and searching through a hard copy manual. In addition to the above features, version 1.3 also integrates the following customer suggestions: - DBObjects Browser -- This new browser lists all of the views and tables at a glance, allowing quick and easy access to any table or view within the schema. - Color -- SchemaE now includes color functionality which allows users to more easily organize, and better differentiate between, sections of the database schema. - New Licensing Procedures -- Version 1.3 contains support for floating licenses, and has a new simplified set-up procedure. SchemaE 1.3 is available for $3,300, and SchemaE-50(tm) which provides all of the same features and capabilities as SchemaE, but limits database size to 50 tables, is available for $950. Schema Research provides nine months of free support and maintenance with each purchase, including software patches and upgrades. Upgrades to version 1.3 of SchemaE are provided free of charge to customers covered under maintenance contracts (software purchased after May 15, 1994, or maintenance contracts purchased after January 15, 1994). Upgrades can be purchased for 15% of the retail price of the product at the time of upgrade. Please contact Schema Research for more information. ------ Schema Research has been providing database expertise since 1988. In addition to SchemaE and SchemaE-50, Schema Research's product line includes SchemaView(tm) for $195, and SRTransport(tm) for $5,000. For more information, or to obtain a beta version of SchemaE 1.3, please contact: Lowell Schneider or Darren Smith Schema Research Corporation 2603 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063 (415) 368-8477 USA Info@lsc.com
From: stephan@rodion.muc.de (Stephan Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Rulers_by_SW.app 1.1 Date: 7 Dec 1994 00:44:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c3i3g$9sg@digifix.digifix.com> Rulers.app 1.1 by Stephan Wacker This application provides a set of horizontal and vertical rulers floating on your screen. You can measure distances in any of several units: inches, centimeters, points and picas. There are also modes for "true" units on black 17" and 21" screens. I've submitted my files to ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions Look for the sources in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/screen/Rulers_by_SW.1.1.s.tar.gz There is also a precompiled version (m68k & i386) in ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/screen/Rulers_by_SW.1.1.NI.b.tar.gz What's new in version 1.1? Select your own color. New mode for 1/10 inch units. More keyboard shortcuts, so you don't have to open the Preferences panel. NeXTSTEP Help. Continuous feedback while the ruler origin is dragged. MAB for Motorola and Intel platforms. I can't compile for HP/PA, but if a kind soul wants to provide a triple-fat binary he/she is welcome to do so. Enjoy, Stephan Stephan Wacker stephan@rodion.muc.de [NeXTMail YES];
From: tommi@balou.rhein.de (Thomas Pfleiderer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BOING (Bonn Independent NeXT Group) Date: 7 Dec 1994 16:02:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c57t6$fg3@digifix.digifix.com> BOING - MEETING When: Wednesday 21. December 1994, from 8.00 pm Where: China-Restaurant Tin-Zhun Friedrichstrasse 33 D-53111 Bonn
From: maretick@woodstock.abbott.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CodeCounter1.1 Date: 8 Dec 1994 00:15:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c64ps$ip3@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/programming/CodeCounter1.1.tar.gz From the README from CodeCounter.app (v1.1): This is the README document for the CodeCounter application. Version 1.1: A minor change was made to the initial version. The change was to add File: to the panel. A rather simple change that probably should have been included in the first release. In addition, I have included the source code for the command line version of CodeCounter.app. This source (count.c) compiles with the gnu compiler (cc) and accepts wild cards for input (e.g., *.c, *.m, etc). In addition, the command line version prints out totals. Version 1.0: The CodeCounter app does exactly what it says: it counts the lines of code in a module. It will count physical non-commented lines of code in files with "c", "h", "m", "cc", "e" extensions and display them on the panel next to Lines: . It will also count the physical lines of comments, either C-style comments (/*.....*/) or Objective-C/C++ style comments (//) and display them on the panel next to Comments: . Finally, the number of physical blank lines are displayed on the panel next to Blanks: . The file is selected by a file browser. The source code for the application is in the public domain and was originally written as 'kdsi.c' by Brian Renaud and subsequently modified by me. The usual disclaimers apply (see comments in ConvertObject.m). Please feel free to modify the code as you see fit, but please give credit to the original author (Brian Renaud) and myself (Scott Maretick) for our contributions. If you have any comments or questions you may reach me at the email address below. I also have a command line version of this application which accepts wild cards for input arguments. If you would like a copy of this code, email me and I will send it. Scott Maretick maretick@woodstock.abbott.com
From: katie@stone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design's UNBELIEVABLE Year End Offer Date: 6 Dec 1994 02:09:22 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c12n2$1an@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For more information: EMAIL: katie@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 ====================================== STONE DESIGN ANNOUNCES ** UNBELIEVABLE ** END OF YEAR CLEARANCE OFFER! December 5, 1994 - Albuquerque, NM - Stone Design, the many year veteran of NEXTSTEP development announced a once-in-a-lifetime deal on its bestselling database, design and 3D modeling software: Product Description List Special You SAVE ========== ================ ===== ======= ======== DataPhile Database manager $ 695 $ 249 $ 446 Create Advanced drawing $ 495 $ 199 $ 296 3D Reality 3D model & render $ 495 $ 199 $ 296 ALL THREE $1685 $ 599 $1086 This price is effective until December 23th, 1994. The products come on the STONE_CD, which features many extra images, documents, databases and tools. "Now is the time to buy site licenses!" exclaimed Katie Graunke, Vice President of Marketing at Stone Design. "These prices are even lower than educational, so universities and business can really benefit from acting now." Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design said, "This is our gift to the end user who has always wanted StoneWare, but couldn't quite afford the list price." To order, call Stone Design between 9:00am and 5:00pm Mountain Time, Monday through Friday, 505-345-4800, or fax to 505-345-3424. This offer is only good until 5:00pm December 23, 1994. Stone Design accepts Visa, Mastercard, and university purchase orders. **EXTRA BONUS: The first 10 orders will receive a free STONE DESIGN T-Shirt! ** To find out more about Stone Design products, try our web site: http://www.stone.com/stone To try StoneWare: ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/3DReality/Reality_1.4.tar ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/Create/Create_2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/DataPhile/DataPhile_2.1.tar or reach a human at info@stone.com
From: ivo@hasc.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CrashTrap v1.0 Date: 8 Dec 1994 23:07:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c8l63$r3o@digifix.digifix.com> The new version of CrashTrap has been placed on the archives. The two files are: CrashTrap.v1.0.tar.gz CrashTrap.v1.0.README.rtf. They have been submitted to: ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/ and will probably end up at: ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/oop/classes/ They are also available from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/CrashTrap.v1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/CrashTrap.v1.0.README.rtf HKCrashTrap (Based on ObjectError by: Bill Bumgarner, Andrew Stone, Mike Morton, and Julie Zalenski Modified by: Ivo Rothschild ivo@hasc.ca) WHAT IT IS: HKCrashTrap is a class which can help in debugging an app by reporting on crashes. When enabled, this class catches terminating signals (ie seg faults, bus errors) and fatal Objective-C runtime errors and writes a backtrace out to the console. It can also be set to continue after a crash by jumping back into the main event loop. This can give users the opportunity to save their work. HKCrashTrap is based on the class ObjectError. OjectError was written by a number of people - see above for the list. HKCrashTrap is available on the archives and will also be bundled with the HASCKit object library coming soon from the Hutchison Avenue Software Corp. (info@hasc.ca) HOW TO USE IT: To use HKCrashTrap in your own apps, add the following line(s) in the ?_main.m file for your project: [HKCrashTrap setup]; [HKCrashTrap setContinueAfterError:YES]; // optional. right before the line: [Application new]; Don't forget to turn off the "Generate Main File On Save" in ProjectBuilder (under Attributes) so that the main file does not get overwritten. WHERE IT WORKS: This class has been tested for NEXTSTEP 3.2 on Motorola and Intel. Earlier versions for these architectures may or may not work. (It should probably work under 3.x.) It probably does not work properly on HP PA/RISC but has not been tested. DIFFERENCES FROM ObjectError: Aside from the name change of the class and one of the methods (+setMuddleOn: becomes +setContinueAfterError:), this class now traps memory allocation related errors such as sending methods to freed objects. A bug in the "continue after crash" feature has also been fixed. RIGHTS: You may freely copy, distribute, and reuse the code in HKCrashTrap. SUGGESTIONS / IMPROVEMENTS: There is no support for this object but if you have any suggestions, comments or have made any improvements, I'd like to hear about them. Send email to: ivo@hasc.ca -end
From: Dave Goodman <dgoodman@is.rpslmc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Unix Specialist Date: 8 Dec 1994 23:00:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c8koj$r2d@digifix.digifix.com> POSITION: Unix Specialist TYPE: Full time BENEFITS: Full ============================================================= Single Source Systems, Inc. is looking for an experienced Unix Systems Specialist. The responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: - Install operating systems and software packages - Trouble shoot problems - Install peripherals (modems, printers) - Setup uucp, print sharing, ... - Write shell scripts for backups, etc. - Setup tcp/ip, NFS, and routing - Deal with Unix to Novell connectivity - Backups - Mail and internet connectivity - Internal system administration The operating systems that you will be responsible for include: - NEXTSTEP (all platforms) - SCO Unix - Solaris - HP/UX Other Pluses include: - Familiarity with SQL - Familiarity with installing Databases - C and/or NEXTSTEP programming experience The successful candidate must be a self motivated individual with good communication skills. He/she must be willing to learn and have a "do whatever it takes" attitude to support customers. About Single Source Systems, Inc. SSSI is a software development and systems integration company based in Indianapolis, IN. The company was established in 1985 and has a strong reputation for OO, client/server, and RDBMS design and implementation. We are authorized resellers for: - SUN - SCO Unix - Progress - HP - Novell - Oracle - Compaq - NEXTSTEP - Sybase ************************************************** To be considered, please email, fax, send resumes, cover-letters, and salary requirements to: ************************************************** Marty Rhodes Single Source Systems, Inc. 4911 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46220 marty@singlesrc.com (NEXTSTEP mail welcome) FAX: 317-253-0385
From: Chris Huston <chuston@dudley.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Denver - December 14 Date: 8 Dec 1994 23:55:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c8nvo$rbl@digifix.digifix.com> NEXTSTEP Developers & Schemers Meeting This is an opportunity for conversation, exchange of ideas, and schemes intended to take advantage of the tools provided by NEXTSTEP. There is no set program, but everyone is encouraged to bring questions, opinions, news, product descriptions, jokes, cartoons, and other possibly useful information. 6 pm, Wednesday, December 14th, at D. C. Dudley & Associates, Denver, 1776 Lincoln, 9th Floor. If you arrive after the Lincoln Street doors are locked, go to the Sherman Street door and attract the attention of the guard (no bail available; please do this cautiously) . Leif Smith & Chris Huston leif@pattern.rmnug.org chuston@dudley.com
From: Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: SEMiNUG meeting Tuesday, December 13, 1994 Date: 9 Dec 1994 00:53:02 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c8rbu$rlv@digifix.digifix.com> What: Meeting of SEMiNUG (South Eastern Michigan NEXTSTEP Users' Group) Date: Tuesday, December 13, 1994 Time: 7:30 PM Where: 301 Lorch Hall 611 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, MI Lorch Hall is on the central campus of the University of Michigan, just south of South University, directly across the street from the Law Quad. If the door on Tappan is locked, enter the building through the South entrance. Agenda: Q&A (15 - 20 Minutes) News (10 - 15 minutes) Demo of Distributed Objects (15 - 20 minutes) Off-line discussion Catalog of NeXT promotional items. Refreshments available of course. If you would like additional information, or if you have ideas for future meeting topics, contact one of: Timothy Mills mills_timothy@network.cfc.com phone: 810-948-4959 Roland Telfeyan roland@telf.com phone: 313-761-9590 Shan Bell bell_shan@network.cfc.com phone: 810-948-3199
From: khare@xent.caltech.edu (Rohit Khare) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: eText5 Release .89 Update Now Available Date: 9 Dec 1994 01:01:42 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3c8rs6$roh@digifix.digifix.com> I should have let everyone know a few days ago, but there's a new update for eText5, namely release .89. It's a little cleaner, a lot more resilient, and generates nicer HTML. One of the new features is the ability to use buttons in place of icons; try "Use Caption..." on the Image inspector. Another is the ability to select some text and choose "Insert etURLink" and use it as a URL. Please send any bug reports, preferably with console dumps. I can't do a .90 release until I write some documentation, and that will probably take until January. http://www.etext.caltech.edu/eTextEngine/ ftp://www.etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText5.App.tar.gz ftp://www.etext.caltech.edu/pub/eTextEngine/eText5.Source.tar.gz Rohit Khare Caltech Archetypes Project ================================================================================ What is eText? A hypermedia compound document editor in the spirit of MediaView, Edit, and Digital Librarian. It allows WYSIWYG word-processing with embedded objects and can articulate documents in several formats: LaTeX, RTF, ASCII markup, C source, and HTML. It is the first (and so far, only) _multimedia_ editor for the WWW. eText can be easily extended, since its source code and protocols are freely available and designed for dynamic loading. Rohit Khare, Vice-President, Caltech and JPL Users of NeXT khare@cco.caltech.edu Class of '95 (818) 792-9114
From: grio@NeXT.COM (Dan Grillo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New version of OpenStepSpec.ps fixes page numbering errors Date: 9 Dec 1994 22:24:12 -0000 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3calec$3sp@digifix.digifix.com> A new version of OpenStepSpec.ps has been placed on ftp://ftp.next.com/pub This new version fixes the formatting errors listed below--in all other respects it is identical to the version released October 19, 1994. ------------------- Formatting Fixes ------------------------------------ In the October 19, 1994 OpenStep specification, these page numbers were duplicated because of last minute formatting changes: 1-157 2-62 2-181 The page number 1-244 was skipped, although no physical page was missing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, this new version fixes only these formatting problems, the content of this and the October 19, 1994 version are otherwise identical. Thanks go to various reviewers for pointing out these problems. Dan Grillo dan_grillo@next.com (415) 780-2963 now in building 1
From: rburns@netcom.com (Randall J. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE:Filoli Info. Sys. Co. signs deal with Industrial Indemnity Date: 9 Dec 1994 17:47:04 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3camp8$490@digifix.digifix.com> Industrial Indemnity, a leading workers' compensation insurance carrier, today signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Filoli Information Systems Company to convert all of Industrial's non-financial operations to run using Filoli's P/CAIDE decision support and document management software on NeXTStep compatible platforms. This contract marks a milestone in the acceptance of NextStep as a serious platform for mission critical projects. Filoli welcomes inquiries for employment from serious NextStep developers (especially those with experience in data processing and mission critical applications). Fax: 415-856-3155 E-mail: jobs@filoli.com
From: kkhhkk@mixcom.com (Alberto Ricart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft announces opening of new office in the Dominican Republic Date: 12 Dec 1994 00:18:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cgmfp$bnv@digifix.digifix.com> For more information, please contact: Manuel Alberto Ricart 809 541-2552 (Temporary Number) kkhhkk@mixcom.com (Temporary address - NO NEXTMAIL, please!) alberto@SmartSoft.COM (Permanent address) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SMARTSOFT ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A NEW OFFICE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CEDARBURG, Wisconsin, December 1, 1994 -- SmartSoft, Inc. is opening a new software development office in the Dominican Republic. "Our Caribbean office will add several new NEXTSTEP programmers to our development team and will open Latin American markets to us.", said James Pape, company Vice President. "The move will effectively reduce our engineering costs without compromising software quality. This translates into savings for our customers who will be able to retain our services for a fraction of our current fees. The move also makes us more accessible to our current Latin American customers" Added Pape. The new office will be fully operational by December 20, 1994, at which time we will post new phone and fax numbers to our sales and technical support lines. Our corporate headquarters will remain at: N66 W5419 Cedar Court, Cedarburg, WI 53012 Due to our move we may be a bit slow at responding to email sent to the SmartSoft.COM domain and other requests, please forgive the inconvenience. We will respond to all requests as quickly as possible. SmartSoft, Inc. provides NEXTSTEP development services as well as develops its own line of shrink-wrap products for NEXTSTEP, including: StayInTouch, Collagist, DiskMaker, Rocks, NIST Synchronicity, FONTinspector, DotFiles and PhoneDialer Objects. (c)1993, 1994 SmartSoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. StayInTouch, Collagist, Rocks, DiskMaker, NIST Synchronicity, FONTinspector, DotFiles, PhoneDialer Objects and e*FORMS are trademarks of SmartSoft, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. SmartSoft will from time to time revise the specifications herein, and reserves the right to make changes without obligation to notify the purchaser.
From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces HOLIDAY offer, part II Date: 12 Dec 1994 00:38:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cgnkc$brc@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information: EMAIL: katie@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 ====================================== STONE DESIGN ANNOUNCES ** UNBELIEVABLE ** END OF YEAR CLEARANCE OFFER! -- PART 2 December 10, 1994 - Albuquerque, NM - Stone Design, in response to a flood of requests from users is also including these items in their special offer: Product Description List Special ======= =========== ==== ======= DataPhile DataPhile 1.x->2.1 $149 $ 99 upgrade upgrade Create Create 1.x->2.1 $ 99 $ 69 upgrade upgrade DP manual DataPhile Manual $ 50 $ 15 CR manual Create Manual $ 50 $ 15 As announced before, here are our holiday prices: Product Description List Special You SAVE ========== ================ ===== ====== ====== DataPhile Database manager $ 695 $ 249 $ 446 Create Advanced drawing $ 495 $ 199 $ 296 3D Reality 3D model & render $ 495 $ 199 $ 296 ALL THREE $1685 $ 599 $1086 This special is effective until December 23th, 1994. To order, call Stone Design between 9:00am and 5:00pm Mountain Time, Monday through Friday, 505-345-4800, or fax to 505-345-3424. This offer is only good until 5:00pm December 23, 1994. Stone Design accepts Visa, Mastercard, and university purchase orders. To find out more about Stone Design products, try our web site: http://www.stone.com/stone To try StoneWare: ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/3DReality/Reality_1.4.tar ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/Create/Create_2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/stone/DataPhile/DataPhile_2.1.tar or reach a human at info@stone.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUMMARY: csn.announce December 05 - December 12 Date: 12 Dec 1994 00:45:06 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3cgo12$btb@digifix.digifix.com> Comp.sys.next.announce postings for December 05 through December 12 These files are available by ftp at ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Next_Announce_Archives/1994/csna.1994.36.tar.gz SUMMARY: csn.announce November 21 - December 05 Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Quick Guide to NEXTSTEP Information on the Internet MAILING LIST: GNU OpenStep documentation PRESS RELEASE: Analytic Legal Programs, Inc. ships Version 1 of Visual WorkForm PRESS RELEASE: GESTEL Italia announces shipment of solidThinking 2.1 PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces ColorInspector SUBMISSION:DefaultsSystem1.2 JOB: NeXT: Developer Trainer PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design's UNBELIEVABLE Year End Offer NeXT SHIPS RELEASE 3.3 FOR INTEL AND ANNOUNCES BETA FOR NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER 3.3 INTERNATIONAL NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE PRESS RELEASE: Schema Research Corporation announces Schema-E Version 1.3 with EOF compatibility SUBMISSION: Rulers_by_SW.app 1.1 MEETING: BOING (Bonn Independent NeXT Group) SUBMISSION: CodeCounter1.1 JOB: Unix Specialist SUBMISSION: CrashTrap v1.0 MEETING: Denver - December 14 MEETING: SEMiNUG meeting Tuesday, December 13, 1994 SUBMISSION: eText5 Release .89 Update Now Available New version of OpenStepSpec.ps fixes page numbering errors PRESS RELEASE:Filoli Info. Sys. Co. signs deal with Industrial Indemnity PRESS RELEASE: SmartSoft announces opening of new office in the Dominican Republic SUBMISSION: PackageInspector 0.9 PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces HOLIDAY offer, part II 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 (Scott Anguish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Submission guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Date: 12 Dec 1994 00:46:30 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3cgo3m$buk@digifix.digifix.com> In an attempt to standardize the format of the FTP locations for files, all ftp addresses should be submitted using the Universal Resource Locator (URL) format. (for example) ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/file.tar.gz as well, please try and give an indication of where you expect the file will end up on the archive site, in the same notation. 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. Announcement of Product Sales This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in recent months. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. 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 Summaries and messages are archived at ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Next_Announce_Archives
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) 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: 12 Dec 1994 00:47:49 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3cgo65$buu@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 Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server online ---------------------------------------------------- A product directory and information server, 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, and can be reached at http://www.stepwise.com/ http://www.digifix.com/ using OmniWeb (available from ftp.omnigroup.com) or Mosaic. If you are limited to terminal access, Lynx will give you access to the server as well. The entries 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 - User Group locations - Mailing List archives and information Additionally the NEXTSTEP Product Information Mail Server is available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups -------------------------- news: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. news: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. news: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. news: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. news: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. news: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!!! news:comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. 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. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. related Newsgroups ------------------ news: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. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news: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 ------------- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff, but very short on disk space ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: In Germany. ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.next.com: See the below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ------------------------------------- [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] 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, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. 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 REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses 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 VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. 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. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:Michael_Pizolato@afs.com) and Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
From: Susan Peterson <susan@pages.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pages Software announces first fully WYSIWYG HTML editor for World Wide Web Date: 13 Dec 1994 16:26:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl3j1$pp2@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 619 492-9050 ext 225 619 492-9124 FAX susan@pages.com PAGES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FIRST FULLY WYSIWYG HTML EDITOR FOR WORLD WIDE WEB REMOVING ROADBLOCKS ON THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Peterson Pages Software Inc 619 492-9050 ext 225 619 492-9124 FAX susan@pages.com PAGES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FIRST FULLY WYSIWYG HTML EDITOR FOR WORLD WIDE WEB REMOVING ROADBLOCKS ON THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY San Diego, CA ą December 12, 1994 ą Pages Software today announced the first fully WYSIWYG HTML document creation tools running under NEXTSTEP. These tools include four new HTML Design Models: Cyber, HTML, Paseo, and Polar, running on Pages 1.7 ObjectBased(tm) word-processing solution. Separately, Pages is also announcing a design consulting service for those who want to establish a Web presence. Now, with Pages, you can create linked HTML documents easily and effectively, with little or no knowledge of HTML. You can also create styled headlines and tables, readable by standard Web browsers, that give a unique look to your pages. ŠThe Web is growing explosively and is fast becoming the leading tool for all forms of information retrieval and dissemination including publishing, customer service, and advertising,š states Jim Hamerly, Pages' V.P., Engineering. ŠTwo major roadblocks remain for individuals, institutions, and companies seeking to establish a presence on the Web: the difficulty of creating Web pages, and the fact that all HTML documents tend to look the same. Pages' new Web solution eliminates these technical barriers, making it easy to create a widespread presence on the World Wide Web.š Pages by Pages(tm) is the first commercial product that breaks through both roadblocks. It allows you to create HTML documents using a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface; as you create your document, you see at all times how it will appear without having to switch between Šeditš and Špreview" modes. Little understanding of HTML is required; instead, you can rapidly lay out, edit, rearrange, and restyle a page without ever seeing HTML source code. Even links to other documents are done using a select-drag-and-drop approach. The result is error-free HTML code that adheres to the HTML 2.0 Specification. What's more, Pages' patented Design Model(tm) technology lets you embed styled headlines and tables not achievable using standard HTML creation tools. These elements are fully editable under Pages and are automatically converted to a form viewable by most Web browsers. There are several HTML-specific Design Models, but standard Pages Design Models can be used as well. Pages Software Inc also offers design consulting for firms that want custom Design Models to give their Web documents a unique, distinctive look. Larry Spelhaug, President and CEO of Pages Software Inc says ŠExtending Pages' architecture to include HTML support was a logical direction, and extends our investment in structured documents. In conjunction with our PROKit API, Pages' solution can integrate with our customers' client-server database publishing requirements for the Web. Our new tools help position NEXTSTEP as a leading environment for the Information Super Highway.š With Pages, anyone who can use a word processor can create well-styled, well-formed Web pages in a matter of minutes. Pages also includes filter support for Word, WordPerfect, Ami Pro, FrameMaker (MIF), RTF, and so on. The roadblocks to the Web are gone. The Pages Web Solution is scheduled to ship in January, 1995. Pages HTML Design Models will be priced at $95.00 each. Pages is sold through authorized resellers worldwide, as well as directly from Pages Software Inc. Orders can be placed by calling 1-619-492-9050 or by sending e-mail to info@pages.com. For more information on the products and the company, see us on the World Wide Web: http://www.pages.com. Pages Software Inc is located at 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, California 92124. The company's products, initially available on NEXTSTEP, are planned for multiple computer platforms and operating systems. # # # Pages by Pages, ObjectBased, and Design Models are trademarks of Pages Software Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
From: kehoe@fortuity.sf.ca.us (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT Color Printer Head Swap Date: 13 Dec 1994 16:58:58 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl5f2$pvh@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: The Printer Works 3481 Arden Road, Hayward, CA 94545 USA Toll-free: 800-225-6116 Phone: +1-510-887-6116 Fax: +1-510-786-0589 Email: tpw@netcom.com LOW COST REPAIR OF NEXT COLOR PRINTERS The Printer Works Offers a NeXT Color Printer Head Swap Hayward, CA -- December 12, 1994 -- The Printer Works today announced a program to replace defective inkjet heads for NeXT Color Printers. Owners of the NeXT Color Printer have reported a high failure rate for the printer's inkjet heads (the nozzles that spray ink onto the page). In particular, the cyan inkjet head (one of four interchangeable heads) is unusually prone to failure. The Printer Works has developed a repair program to specifically address this problem. The company has made a special purchase of replacement inkjet heads and developed an efficient procedure to diagnose problems, replace heads, and test Color Printers. For a limited time only, The Printer Works is offering to replace a defective inkjet head with a new inkjet head, test the printer, and return it to the owner for only $150 per head (plus shipping and applicable tax). Stephen Roberts, President of The Printer Works comments, "Our head swap program gives NeXT Color Printers a new lease on life. It's one more thing we can do to help NeXT owners keep their black hardware alive." More information is available through the World Wide Web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ThirdParty/ThePrinterWorks.htmld/ Web pages provide information about: * The NeXT Color Printer Head Swap program * Two new laser printers for NEXTSTEP -- the StepWriter NX and BX models * Factory-new NeXT Laser Printers (priced at $395) * A unique Exchange Program for used and broken NeXT Laser Printers (only $295) * Background about The Printer Works The Printer Works is a privately-held company, founded in 1982, that provides depot repair service and manufacture of laser printers for specialty markets. The company has committed to supporting the NEXTSTEP market with new printers designed specifically for NEXTSTEP, plus sale and repair of the original NeXT Laser Printer. # # # The Printer Works is a trademark of The Printer Works, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
From: Scott Parkinson <scott@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Freeware Bug Reporting Through GNATS Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:03:19 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl5n7$q27@digifix.digifix.com> For more information contact: Scott Parkinson The Hutchison Avenue Software Corp., 3481 Aylmer, Suite B, Montreal, Qc., CANADA H2X 2B4 tel: 514/499-2067 fax: 514/499-3666 net: scott@hasc.ca *** WSC Investment Services and Hutchison Avenue Software announce the GnatsKit, a freeware front end bundle for the GNU bug tracking utility. Q: What is the GnatsKit? A: The GnatsKit consists of a bundle, an application, and a library, with source to all. You can use the GnatsKit in several ways: you can simply use the application, or if you want to include Gnats report-making capability into your own custom application, you simply link against the library and include the bundle into your application. You don't need to do anything else, since the objects in the library will automatically modify your menu to add the "Bug Report..." menu item. It's as simple as it gets, since you don't have to write a single line of code to include powerful bug-reporting functionality into your application! Q: Who owns this kit? Are there any licensing fees? A: This kit was developed by Hutchison Avenue Software for WSC Investment Services, a Wall St. financial services company. WSC is the copyright holder, WSC has generously decided to donate the kit into the public domain, but with a catch! If you enhance the kit, then they ask that you keep them up to date with your fixes and improvements. Q: OK, fine, but what the %$*&! is 'GNATS' ? A: Gnats is the GNU bug tracking utility. Installing Gnats on your system gives you a centralized email-accessable bug report database. The intent of the Gnats Kit was to provide functionality like BugNeXT.app, but centered around the Gnats database! Gnats has many features, including search by email for your clients (so they can find out the status of bug fixes without bothering your programmers), autorespond (where Gnats automatically informs the submitter that their bug report has been received), and others. Combining Gnats with the Gnats Kit gives you a world of functionality, for an unbeatable price. Q: Hey, I thought you said this was free? A: I did. It is. :-). You get the full source to the Gnats Kit, and don't have to pay a dime. Q: So, there's no catch involved? A: Well, I didn't say that! In order to compile the source, you'll need the HascKit, which is our reusable library of Objective C objects. It's pretty cool, and will be announced soon, although it's possible to purchase pre-release versions, and have the amount discounted from the price of the full release when it's ready... The HascKit has all the cool objects that show up in our custom and shrink-wrap apps like Phone.app and Invoice.app (amongst others). You still get a full double-fat binary for everything in the Gnats Kit though, so you don't have to compile anything if you don't want to. Q: So, when will you have a triple-fat version ready? A: As soon as our HP machine arrives (any day now). Q: Where can I pick this stuff up? A: You can get the full source and binaries to the GnatsKit, and preliminary HascKit documentation and examples (remember, the HascKit is a commercial product, and the GnatsKit is freeware) at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/GnatsKit-1.0.gtar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/HK-Demos-0.5-gtar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/programming/HK-Documentation-0.5-gtar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/GnatsKit-1.0.gtar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/HK-Demos-0.5-gtar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/HK-Documentation-0.5-gtar.gz (Note: hasc.ca is a slow link) ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/GnatsKit-1.0.gtar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/HK-Demos-0.5-gtar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/HK-Documentation-0.5-gtar.gz About Hutchison Avenue Software: Hutchison was founded three years ago by McGill University graduates to perform NEXTSTEP software consulting and development for the financial services marketplace, and continues to offer excellence in software development. Hutchison's clients include Hewlett Packard, WSC Investment Services, Telerate Systems, Inc., The American Student Loan Guarantor, Equinox Capital Management, and Bell Canada.
From: john@targetdev.com (John D. Yanefski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Beta Release of ReportPalette Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:17:36 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl6i0$q5k@digifix.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Contact: John Yanefski Target Development Phone: (717) 399.9550 Fax: (717) 399.9551 email: john@targetdev.com Target Development Announces Beta Release of ReportPalette for AccessKit/UIBinder; January release for EOF. LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - December 12, 1994. Target Development announces the beta release of the ReportPalette for AccessKit / UIBinder. The ReportPalette provides a graphical means for constructing and formatting reports directly from your applications custom objects. The palette objects use the UIBinder tree to define the hierarchy of objects on which to report. Data can be graphically formatted using a Text object, embedded with selector names that will be replaced with object data at runtime. Supported data types are string, int, double, float, NXImage and UIRtfdWrapper. A DBTableView can be used to graphically define report column features such as title, alignment, position, width, and autosize status. Page sizes and orientation are easily customized at runtime using PrintInfo. Page and document headers and footers can be graphically defined in InterfaceBuilder, as can group-by properties, and their respective headers and footers. Delegate notification and a custom cell class protocol provide the key to extending the palette objects to meet the most specific needs. The palette will release as version 2.0 in January of 1995, and sell for $595.00 per developer seat. No runtime fees apply to applications built with the palette. The EOF version will also begin shipping in January, 1995. Target Development is a Pennsylvania-based object-oriented solutions company, specializing in database productivity objects for NeXTSTEP. We are currently shipping a suite of palettes for the DatabaseKit, and beta releases of the RetrieverPalette and ReportPalette for AccessKit / UIBinder. Beta releases of each of these products will be available for the EOF in January, 1995. Interested persons should contact us by phone at (717) 399-9550, fax at (717) 399-9551, or email to objects@targetdev.com. DatabaseKit, EOF, InterfaceBuilder and NeXTSTEP are a trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. AccessKit and UIBinder are trademarks of VNPSoftware, Inc. ReportPalette and RetrieverPalette are trademarks of Target Development.
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version of NXPlot3d, supports USGS DEMs Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:32:11 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl7db$q9p@digifix.digifix.com> NXPlot3d version 3.2 - Dec 6, 1994 Copyright 1992-4 Steve Ludtke http://ion.rice.edu/nsci/plotting/nxplot3d.html (with new demo pix/anim) ftp://ion.rice.edu/pub/next/plotting/NXplot3d.3.2.FAT.tar.gz ftp://ion.rice.edu/pub/next/plotting/NXplot3d.3.2.src.tar.gz NXPlot3d is a 3d graphing/plotting tool designed both for interactive exploration of 3d data as well as production of publication quality plots. Features include: - High speed interactive rotation and zooming. - Plot equations, mesh data, scatter data and/or DEM files - Display multiple sets simultaneously - Several display modes, including surface/mesh, data points, histogram and spherical surface - Flexible surface mapping options including density and contour overlays - Simple one-step animation generation - Full source available A new set of demos can be browsed at: http://ion.rice.edu/nsci/plotting/nxplot3d.html -------- The primary addition in this version is the ability to view USGS DEM files. These files contain detailed altitude information with coverage of the entire US. An enclosed program (demproc) must be used to pre-process DEM files before they can be used with NXPlot3d. PLEASE read the on line docs before you try to do this. There are a number of tricks involved. Here are all of the changes since v3.1: - DEMs (Digital Elevation Maps) can now be viewed (after processing with demproc, also in this archive). Please read the docs before trying to use this feature. You can get DEM's for any part of the country from the USGS. You can download DEMs with 200 foot horizontal resolution from http://sun1.cr.usgs.gov/eros-home.html. -Gradient surface mapping is now supported. Rather than coloring the surface based on the z value at each position, the surface will be colored so steep slopes are considered high and flat areas are considered low, ie - sqrt((dz/dx)^2+(dz/dy)^2) - Surface mapping based on another data set is also now supported (for data set 0 only). This feature still needs a bit of work... - Adjustable transparency (alpha) for data sets is now supported in photorealistic plots. Adjusting alpha will have no effect on the interactive display. ----------- As usual, source is in a separate file. Demos are available only interactively via the web. The most recent version of NXPlot3d is always available at: http://ion.rice.edu/nsci/plotting/plotting.html and via anonymous ftp at ion.rice.edu in /pub/next/plotting As always, I welcome comments/compliments/suggestions. I can be reached at: steve@ion.rice.edu or stevel@alumni.caltech.edu Check out my home page for more details: http://pgsa.rice.edu/~stevel/home.html -- Steve Ludtke steve@ion.rice.edu stevel@alumni.caltech.eduu 72335,1537 @ compuserve
From: Mark Onyschuk <mark@oa.guild.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OATextFields extensible text entry and validation framework Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:33:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl7f9$qa6@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Monica Watson M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. 416/462-3954 M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. Releases Free Extensible Text Validation Framework for IB. TORONTO CANADA - December 12, 1994 - M. Onyschuk and Associates, Inc. today released a new extensible framework for data entry and validation. OATextFields is an Interface Builder palette and accompanying library which offers: 1. a typical collection of data formatting and validation options (all caps, strip trailing blanks, numerics, numerics with exceptions, ranges of values) 2. a rather untypical and exciting framework of dynamically loadable "formatters" - objects which are simple to write and which can perform more complicated validations both as the user types and after text entry is complete! OATextFields is being made available to the public in hopes that the community can build on the framework provided by the kit, and develop a library of quality formatters that everyone can use. MOTIVATION: Until today, NEXTSTEP has sorely lacked a standard, freely available text-entry widget with intelligence. This is the motivation behind OATextFields. "Think of it as BackSpace for data entry and validation," says Mark Onyschuk, senior consultant at O&A Inc. The palette and accompanying libraries allow developers to build customized formatters for enterprise specific data types, and reuse publicly available formatters for more common data types. OATextFields' bundle architecture also allow developers to upgrade data entry formatters without recompiling the applications that use them. BY FTP: OATextFieldPalette.941212.s.tar.gz is available for FTP download at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/classes/OATextFieldPalette.941212.s.tar.gz - M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. is a privately held software consulting firm specializing in rapid application development in the NEXTSTEP environment. M. Onyschuk and Associates' clients have included several of NeXT's large customers in the telecommunications industry, as well as NeXT system integrators and Object Channel partners. Its software projects have included paperless-office systems, diagnostic tools for the telecommunications industry, customer and dealer management systems, and police systems. M. Onyschuk and Associates' head office is located in Toronto Canada, and may be reached by phone at (416) 462-3954, or via electronic mail at ask-oa@oa.guild.org.
From: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Klaus Brouwer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DefaultsSystem 1.2 Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:33:57 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl7gl$qam@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 1.1 ---------------------- - compiled for HP/PA (thanks to Hadar Pedhazur for his work and to Thomas Engel and David Hunt for their nice offer to help) - adds ist own submenu to the Preferences.app main menu - if an owner or default is deletetd in Main Browser or SearchAll panel both browsers don't scroll to the beginning of the list any more - drag&drop an application icon on the Main Browser to let DefaultsSystem select its entry (if possible) - pressing <Alt> while clicking in the "SearchAll" button searches only within the current selection - "invert selection"-feature (for all multi selection browsers) - "unselect all"-feature (for all multi selection browsers) - "jump to selection" now works for all browsers - more ways to put a selection on the find pasteboard - more stable DefaultsInspector (someone reported an apparently unreproduceable bug, so I hope this helps) - two bug fixes Summary ------- Version: 1.2 Application Type: Preferences module & Workspace contents inspector Supported Architectures: Motorola 68K, Intel 486, HP/PA Supported Languages: English, German Supported File Types: .defaults, .dset (read only) System Requirements: 3.X (tested under 3.2) Available on ------------ ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/defaults ftp://ftp.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: rmyers@dec5200.acs.uci.edu (Richard Myers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ROBOTS.app and Source Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:34:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl7hr$qau@digifix.digifix.com> I have submitted the game ROBOTS to ftp.cs.orst.edu, both in dual-fat executable, and source form. They would be: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/ROBOTS.source.0.9.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/games/ROBOTS.app.0.9.M68K.iX86.tar.gz This is a .9 release... The readme follows: This is a NeXT version of the game ROBOTS. It's not the exact same, but it's real close... It is currently copyright Kurt Werle, but it will be released under some GNU policy or other when I get the time to put the legal stuff in there. I will be traveling Southern Europe until January 13th, so there will not be an update until late January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Kurt p.s. Check out the info panel for more info (as well as some important keys).
From: rmyers@dec5200.acs.uci.edu (Richard Myers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Kurt's Free Calendar Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:35:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cl7il$qb7@digifix.digifix.com> For those of you who miss the old Date program, or who just need a calendar, I give to you kfc.app. It is not yet up to full speed, but it is usable, and I will clean it up after break... I have submitted the program kfc.app to ftp.cs.orst.edu in dual-fat executable. That would be: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/utils/kfc.app.0.8.tar.gz This is a .8 release... kfc.app is (the shadow of) a free calendar. The source will be made available once I've cleaned it up a bit. It is currently copyright Kurt Werle, but it will be released under some GNU policy or other when I get the time to put the legal stuff in there. I will be traveling Southern Europe until January 13th, so there will not be an update until late January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Kurt p.s. Check out the info panel for more info (as well as some important tips).
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Flying Monkey announces ThumbNail 1.1 Date: 14 Dec 1994 14:48:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cni5h$4o7@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 THUMBNAIL 1.1: IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BIT-PER-CHARACTER ASCII FILE VIEWER AND SEARCHER WEST CHESTER, Ohio, December 14, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announces ThumbNail 1.1, an upgrade to the application for NEXTSTEP developers which provides a quick bit-per-character view of an ascii file, including searching and highlighting, with direct access to the NeXT Edit application. It's faster. Display bugs are fixed. You can select the type of files you want to ThumbNail. Better feedback is produced. The defaults are cleaner. It's the simplest tool for tooling around in code at high altitude, expecially with it's search, weed-out, and go straight to Edit mechanisms. ThumbNail 1.1, high-altitude ascii file browsing $35.00 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. (Those of you who net-ordered ThumbNail 1.0 will be getting your upgrades today! - If you diskette-ordered, you'll hear by email...) To see what else the Monkeys have been up to, surf over to our site on the web... http://www.stepwise.com/ThirdParty/Developers/Flying_Monkey_Software.htmld/index.html A demo of the application, which'll only open files that begin with "Y" is available... ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/Flying_Monkey_Software/ThumbNailDemo.tar.gz If you don't have www access yet, we'll send you an email copy of the Flying Monkey Software Catalog directly, in rtf or postscript. (Rtf is default, otherwise you'll get postscript. Ask for what you want.) Flying Monkey Software provides object, application, graphic design, and shareware services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and exits soley on a diet of code and flying bananas. 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. What - you've never heard of flying bananas? NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. ThumbNail 1.1 is an application for NEXTSTEP from Flying Monkey Software. And bananas really do fly in bunches.
From: dja3@meaddata.com (Dave Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FLYING MONKEY announces ColorInspector Date: 14 Dec 1994 16:51:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cnpd6$5qk@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 COLORINSPECTOR: PAINLESS COLOR CONVERSION FOR NEXTSTEP WEST CHESTER, Ohio, December 5, 1994 -- Flying Monkey Software announces ColorInspector, a Text Service application for NEXTSTEP which provides translation of color coordinates between NeXT and PostScript. Earlier this year, when we were putting together Color Suite 1, our set of color applications for NEXTSTEP, our old pal Jon Hendry asked for a color coordinate converter; he'd been doing a bunch of PostScript generation and was tired of all the division. Lately, we've run into the same problem, and so picked up the work we'd started at the end of the summer. ColorInspector is the result. Basically it's a color well and four text fields. You drag a color in, it updates the NeXT and PostScript RGB and HSB values in the fields. You change a value in a field and the color well and other fields are updated. Dragging the color out of the color well and cutting and pasting from the text fields is all there, of course. Simple and easy. And when you stick it in your Apps directory, it becomes a Service. Select some color coordinates and click in the ColorInspector entries under the Services menu, and you have in-place color coordinate conversion. There's also an API for those share-the-code type developers. ColorInspector, painless color conversion $7.50 Free electronic upgrades. Media and shipping cost for diskette upgrades. To see all of our Flying Monkey offerings, just start surfing! http://www.stepwise.com/Vendors/Flying_Monkey_Software.htmld/index.html If you don't have www access yet, we can send you an email copy of the Flying Monkey Software Catalog directly, in rtf or postscript. (Rtf is default, otherwise you'll get postscript. Ask for what you want.) Flying Monkey Software provides object, application, graphic design, and shareware services to the NEXTSTEP community. The monkeys have been flying software for more than twenty years, and fly on and on. 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. Onward Ho! NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc, and PostScript of Adobe Systems, Inc. ColorInspector is an application for NEXTSTEP from Flying Monkey Software. And a lot of cheese comes from Wisconsin.
From: mrpreston@aol.com (MrPreston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Trading Systems Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:06:35 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cqelb$5n0@digifix.digifix.com> ---------------------------------------------------- POSITIONS AVAILABLE ---------------------------------------------------- PROGRAMMERS -- TRADING SYSTEMS ---------------------------------------------------- Triple Point Technology, Inc. has an immediate need to fill two new developer positions. The positions and experience requirements are listed below: FINANCIAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPER 5 years professional development experience required Expertise in C, SQL and client-server development required UNIX, Sybase, Trading Systems experience a plus NEXTSTEP APPLICATION DEVELOPER 3 years professional C development experience required 1 year (minimum) professional NEXTSTEP experience required UNIX, SQL, Sybase experience a plus ABOUT TRIPLE POINT ---------------------------------------------------- Triple Point Technology develops distributed, client-server, real-time trading systems for its global customers on a variety of platforms, including NEXTSTEP, Windows, and HP-UX. Triple Point's offices are situated in a marina over-looking Long Island Sound, in Rowayton, CT, just 35 miles outside of New York City. Triple Point offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health insurance, great benefits, merit-based bonuses, and an opportunity to work with the latest technology. CONTACTING TRIPLE POINT ---------------------------------------------------- If you meet the above criteria and are interested in pursuing a position with Triple Point, please send your resume and cover letter: Triple Point Technology, Inc. 71 Rowayton Avenue Rowayton, CT 06853 Attn: Human Resources E-Mail: jobs@tpt.com Fax: (203) 831-4106
From: angela@lighthouse.com (Angela Grady) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Lighthouse Design Ships Quantrix 1.0 Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:07:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cqen3$5n7@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, contact: Robin Shields 415/570-7736, ext.10 robin@lighthouse.com For press information, contact: Angela Grady 415/570-7736, ext. 30 angela@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design Ships Quantrix 1.0 for NEXTSTEP Powerful multi-dimensional spreadsheet includes API for custom application developers, and is compatible with Lotus Improv DECEMBER 15, 1994 - SAN MATEO, CA - Lighthouse Design, Ltd. today announced that it has shipped Quantrix 1.0, a multi-dimensional spreadsheet application, to the object-oriented NEXTSTEP, operating environment. "Quantrix is an extraordinary addition to Lighthouse's product family," said Jonathan Schwartz, president of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. "The application presents an industrial strength framework for the development of custom analytical applications, and a uniquely approachable interface to spreadsheet analysis. Quantrix has already been successfully deployed in several large-scale enterprises across the globe." "Lighthouse developed Quantrix in under one year, demonstrating the advantage our object environment provides to application developers," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "This is just the kind of competitive edge forward thinking corporate and shrink-wrapped developers can expect from the software industry's only shipping object environment." Quantrix allows users to describe and manipulate data in terms of categories, rather than rows and columns. This approach allows users to write plain English formulas such as "Gross Revenue = Product Revenue + Service Revenue," rather than "$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 compatible with Lotus Improv for NeXT and Windows, as well as ParaSheet, Lighthouse Design's traditional rows and columns spreadsheet. Quantrix includes a fully object-oriented application programmer's interface (API) that supports NEXTSTEP distributed objects (DO), and provides complete programmatic access to all aspects of the application. The Quantrix spreadsheet framework is optimized for large data sets and substantially reduces the development effort required to build and deploy custom financial applications. Quantrix is a key addition to Lighthouse Design's growing line of products, which now includes Diagram!, a drawing program for information graphics; Concurrence, a presentation and outlining package; ParaSheet, a traditional rows and columns spreadsheet; WriteUp, a general-purpose word processor; 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. Lighthouse is also an authorized reseller of Frame Technology Corporation's FrameMaker, 3.2 on NEXTSTEP for Intel, the industry's premier document publishing package. Quantrix is available now for the Intel-, Motorola- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. Quantrix is priced at $895. Site licenses are available as well as academic discounts. Lighthouse Design is dedicated to delivering unsurpassed productivity to enterprise developers and end-users of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. The company is located at 2929 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. For further information on Lighthouse Design and its products, contact Lighthouse Design, Ltd. directly at 1-800-366-2279 or 1-415-570-7736, or send electronic mail to info@lighthouse.com, or see Lighthouse Design's World Wide Web page at http://www.lighthouse.com/. -30- Lighthouse Design, Ltd., Quantrix, Diagram!, Concurrence, ParaSheet, VarioData, TaskMaster, WetPaint, the Foundation Classes and the Lighthouse logo are trademarks of Lighthouse Design, Ltd. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. Improv is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. FrameMaker is a registered trademark of Frame Technology Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: bambi@kirk.Bond.edu.au (David J. Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION : Mini SQL 1.0 Available Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:08:01 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cqeo1$5ne@digifix.digifix.com> Mini SQL Version 1.0 is now available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mini SQL or mSQL is a light weight database engine that supports a subset of the ANSI SQL specification. It is a single proces engine and doesn't use vast amounts of system resources as other engines can. It supports features such as joins, ORDER BY, DISTINCT, primary keys, NOT NULL fields and much more. Although it doesn't support the entire ANSI specification, it does support a significant subset of the spec. Even though this is release 1.0 of mSQL, it is quite a stable and mature package. This is the third major release of mSQL since June 1994 and over 2 months of Alpha and Beta testing has been performed between the last patch to mSQL-0.2 and the 1.0 release. mSQL 1.0 has been developed under SunOS 4.1.1, Solaris 2.3, Ultrix 4.3, Linux 1.1.59, FreeBSD 2.0, and DEC OSF/1 3.0. I have been told that the final Beta version also compiled cleanly and ran on HP-UX, NeXT, SCO, Sequent, Tandem, Cray, SGI and AIX. That said, it _should_ autoconf and build on just about any box that is either derived from 4.3, based on SVR4, or is POSIX compliant (that just about covers most of them). Included in the release is the C library for accessing the API. Several sets of bindings to the API for script languages have been developed by the mSQL user community. These currently include ESL, Perl5, tcl/tk and Python. mSQL has been developed as part of the Minerva Network Management environment. The sources for mSQL are available from :- Host : Bond.edu.au IP Addr : 131.244.1.1 Path : /pub/Minerva/msql ftp://Bond.edu.au/pub/Minerva/msql Details about mailing lists etc are provided in the documentation. Pre-compiled distributions are also available for those that don't want to build mSQL themselves or don't have a C compiler. They are available in /pub/Minerva/msql/binaries on Bond.edu.au. Distributions for the following platforms are available in binary form :- FreeBSD 2.0 HP-UX 9.03 Irix 5.2 Linux 1.1.59 DEC OSF/1 2.0 Solaris 2.3 SunOS 4.1.1 Ultrix 4.3 NeXT (FAT binaries) Over 60 additions/fixes have been made since the last public release of the code. __ David J. Hughes - Bambi@Bond.edu.au / \ / / / http://Bond.edu.au/People/bambi.html /___/ __ _ ____/ / / _ / \ / \ / \ / / / / / \ / Senior Network Programmer, Bond University \___/ \__// / \__/ \__/ / / / Qld. 4229 AUSTRALIA (+61 75 951450)
From: Don Yacktman <don@darth.byu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.3.0 Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:08:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cqep2$5nm@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 Don_Yacktman@byu.edu ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.3.0 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, Dec 15, 1994 -- A new maintenance release of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It contains 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: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/sources/classes/MiscKit1.3.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/next/misckit/MiscKit1.3.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.3.0s.s.gnutar.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. Note that the kit is in /next/misckit and NOT /pub/next/misckit now! 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. Because of the holidays, requests for addition or deletion to the mailing lists will take until mid January to be processed, so please be patient--and rest assured that nothing is wrong! 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 graduate 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: V1.3.0 12/14/94 Maintenance and update release: The main library is now under ProjectBuilder control. New Classes: MiscAnnouncer, MiscDependency, MiscClassDecoder, MiscDirectory, MiscThreadedObject, MiscTimedEntry, MiscUniqueStringArray New programs: getset, mksubproj, cnvwrap, generate-makefile Additions to Temp directory: MiscFile, MiscPickList Additions/enhancements to: MiscString, TreeView, MiscClockView, MiscCalendarView, MiscStringArray, MiscListExtensions, MiscDictionary (docs), MiscInfoController, MiscTime, Makefiles Bug fixes: MiscDragViews, several others throughout ("debug" defined, etc.) [More details about the bug fixes and additions can be found in the MiscKit's History.rtf file.]
From: Ernest Prabhakar <ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: XoxWars Xox game module Date: 15 Dec 1994 23:52:20 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cr6e4$7vs@digifix.digifix.com> XoxWars is a module for Sam Streeper's amazing Xox engine, for arcade-style space games and much more. It is a variant of SpaxeWars which provides computer players. There are two ships, and you can assign computer players of various skills and stragies. The current players are pretty simple, but the code is written such that it should be possible to easily extend it. The name of the file is XoxWars94.NI.bs.tar.gz (double-fat + source) It has been placed in the relevant submissions directories, but it should soon be available at: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Games/ action/xox ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/games/XoxWars94.NI.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/next/war/bin/XoxWars.XoX.tar.gz ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/next/war/src/XoxWars.bproj.tar.gz This code is released into the Public Domain with no warranty for any purpose, like the original Xox sources from which it is derived. -- Ernie Prabhakar WarKit Development Group December 15th, 1994
From: mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu (Mike Mezzino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GatorFTP v 1.8 Date: 16 Dec 1994 00:06:15 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cr787$83t@digifix.digifix.com> Merry Christmas GatorFTP Users: GatorFTP_1.8 has several new features. The new version can be found on our new archive site ftp://ftp.egr.uh.edu//pub/misc/GatorFTP/GatorFTP_MAB_1.8.app.tar.Z (NeXTstep fat binary) BUGS: 1) In the past, it was possible to confuse GatorFTP by making Browser selections before the previous selection had finished its display. Now, the Browser becomes disabled (grey entries) until the current request is complete. This should help the new users - the old faithful have known about this for quite some time. Fixed. 2) If you define a :Directory: for the highlighted site in your FTP Sites and if you type an entry into the Site text field (below the Add ftp site button) and don't Add that site but just click Login, then the :Directory field from the highlighted site gets used, the remote server probably says 'No such directory', and Gator gets very confused. Fixed. Regards, Mike Mezzino GatorFTP@gauss.cl.uh.edu
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: REMINDER: Last day to order 3.3 upgrade and get NEXTIME free Date: 16 Dec 1994 01:08:10 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Message-ID: <3crasa$8fn@digifix.digifix.com> A reminder that this is the last day to order your NEXTSTEP 3.3 User upgrade and get a free copy of NEXTIME. Based on feedback from NeXT's customers, more than 1,000 enhancements have been made to NEXTSTEP to address critical deployment issues for enterprise-wide client/server applications. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes enhancements in the areas of interoperability, scalability and ease of use. Specifically, the new release offers more support for Intel-based PCs, eases system administration efforts, improves large network scalability, provides enhanced mail features, and through SoftPC, supports enhanced-mode MS-DOS & Windows applications. NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5683) - Motorola $199 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5659) - Intel $199 Orders placed before December 16, 1994, will receive a complimentary copy of NEXTIME. For additional product information or to order, please contact NeXT Telesales in North America at 1-800-848-NeXT. Visa and Mastercard accepted, plus shipping/handling and applicable state sales tax. Please have serial number of previous version available. A description of NEXTSTEP User 3.3 features are available at http://www.stepwise.com/NeXT/NeXT_Product_Info/3.3_features.html -------------------------------------- Note that EUROPEAN deadline is Dec 23. EUROPEAN NEXTSTEP USER 3.3 UPGRADE International English Version NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5683) - Motorola $219 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5659) - Intel $219 International French/German Versions NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5684) - Motorola $219 NEXTSTEP User 3.3 Upgrade (part no. 5660) - Intel $219 If ordering direct from NeXT Computer Logistics BV, please add $20.00 for shipping and handling per upgrade/NEXTIME bundle. Orders placed before December 23, 1994, will receive a complimentary copy of NEXTIME (a $99.00 value). To order your NEXTSTEP 3.3 Upgrade, there are two options: 1.) Call your local NeXT reseller and ask him for the 3.3 Upgrade with a free copy of NEXTIME. If you don_t know whom to call within your territory, just call NeXT @ (44) 506 40 15 74 and we will provide you with the name of your local NeXT partner. or 2.) Order through NeXT Computer Logistics BV, @ (44) 506 40 15 74. In this case you will be billed in US$. The Fax# is (44) 506 46 05 97 NEXTSTEP upgrades are scheduled to ship mid-December 1994. If you would like more information, you can also send email to the following address: upgrade_status@next.com
From: Matthew D Waters <matthew@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pencom Software Ships co-Xist 3.3 Date: 16 Dec 1994 16:56:05 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ct2dl$ere@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pencom Software Ships co-Xist 3.3 Triple-fat Binary for NeXT, Intel, and HP systems AUSTIN, Texas, December 15, 1994 - Offered originally in its beta phase for users of NEXTSTEP on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC, Pencom is pleased to announce that the final release of co-Xist 3.3 is now shipping. A price increase had been scheduled to take effect with the final release of co-Xist 3.3. However, in response to many customers with budgets remaining for 1994, pre-release pricing has been extended until the end of the year. 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. A complete development environment also allows the porting of X clients to the native NEXTSTEP processor. co-Xist allows users to: - Eliminate costly development efforts with the ability to run and develop standard X applications on local or remote platforms. - 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. co-Xist also includes: - A Multi-Architecture Binary for easy and efficient network installation accessible by all supported platforms. - GUI-based Installation simplifies installation and setup by eliminating the need for running scripts in the installation process. - Release 1.2.3 of the Open Software Foundation's Motif. - A collection of public domain X-based applications are included, pre-compiled for all architectures in binary and source formats. These include the NCSA's popular Mosaic, xv, xrn, a selection of games, utilities, and much more. FOR SALES INFORMATION -- Call 1-800-PENCOM-4 or e-mail co-Xist_info@pencom.com (please confirm if you can receive NeXT Mail and specify platforms of interest). Please note that sales response will be limited from December 23rd through the 26th. 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 $50 million technical recruiting and software services firm focused solely on open systems computing. Pencom is unique in its ability to provide the entire suite of services necessary for open systems computing, including: technical staffing, systems integration services, and products. co-Xist is a trademark of Pencom Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. ###
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: PDO Engineer/NT Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cto9c$iff@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - PDO Engineer/NT Department: PDO Primary Responsibility Port of the PDO reference product to various platforms, with a focus on the runtime and emulation server components. Specific Responsibilities runtime integration with GNU tools Runtime enhancement/maintenance for Objective C on foreign OS Enhancement/maintenance of emulation services including Mach IPC and nmserver DO class enhancement in the context of PDO Tool productization for source products and binary shrinkwrap products Portability engineering for all products above The candidate will primarily work on the various platforms, although will be involved with other foreign OSs such as HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities * Strong understanding of NT technology essential for success. 4 year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience 3 - 5 years experience in the software industry Excellent problem solving skills, in areas of software design and implementation. Good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Potential to grow into roles with greater design and architectural responsibility. Self-motivated, with a high energy level. Experience with NEXTSTEP. Previous experience with GNU tools and other OS's (Windows NT) desireable. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Printing Engineer/AppKit group Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:21 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cto9h$ifm@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: NEXTSTEP 4.0 (AppKit Group) Primary Responsibility Design, develop, and maintain printing software for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Specific Role and Responsibilities This person will be responsible for the development and support of NEXTSTEP printing software. He or she will: Be responsible for development and maintenance of all printing software throughout the release cycle. The printing software includes applications, Application Kit objects and panels, daemons, printer drivers, and legacy UNIX software. Be the principal technical contact for printing issues in the Software Development organization. This includes providing expertise to the engineering organization, occasional developer and customer contact, contributing to product planning, and maintaining some awareness of both NeXT and non-NeXT printer usage and printing issues. Contribute to API design of other software layers used by the printing software. Required Background, Skills, and Abilities BS/CS degree or equivalent. 4 years professional programming experience, including experience with a large software system. Ability and motivation to learn many levels of printing software: applications, toolkit objects, spooler software, output device drivers, etc. Independent and Proactive. Can do requirements analysis and design with a minimum of supervision. Solid engineering skills. Generalist. Has the capacity to understand and discuss a complex, multi-layered software system. Is comfortable working with information from many sources: reported bugs, co-workers, customers, other NeXT people, competing products. Product-oriented. Focuses on defining customer needs and problems, and delivering solutions to those needs. Excellent problem solving skills. Good communication skills. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience in some (not all) of the areas below is strongly preferred, in loose order of importance: Toolkit design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Printing application software and/or system software (e.g., experience with the printing aspect of a DTP application). Coding and/or API design in an object-oriented language. The PostScript language, PostScript print job structure, and/or Adobe printing standards. Printer drivers and experience with output devices. Print spooling and administration, especially UNIX lpd. User interface design and implementation, especially with regard to printing. Color management. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: UI Engineer/ 4.0 Development team Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cto9o$ift@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Contribute, as part of a small team, to the development of the user interface software for NEXTSTEP's email system. Specific Responsibilites Evaluate alternative strategies for exposing the underlying email technology to users. Help resolve feature set vs. schedule requirements. Prototype UI features, solicit feedback, and iterate as necessary. Maintain and enhance the UI software by debugging, optimizing performance, and restructuring as needed. As part of the 4.0 Engineering organization, shepard the email software through the development process as a product that meets quality and schedule milestones. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS/CS or equivalent coursework. 4+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. NEXTSTEP experience is highly desired. Prior experience working on the UI of email or other large, end-user applications highly desired. A good understanding of how to organize large bodies of object-oriented software. Good software bug-fixing and problem-solving skills. Experience with effective, efficient software design that retains flexibility. Ability to be flexible and meet project requirements in the face of changing specifications. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: DO Automation/AppKit group Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:33 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cto9t$ig4@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer Department: NEXTSTEP 4.0 (AppKit Group) Hiring Manager: Trey Matteson, x4627 Primary Responsibility Design and implement "DO Automation", a mechanism paralleling OLE Automation where apps export API's to their objects. The job will also understanding how our mechanism might interoperate with OLE or other similar systems . Specific Responsibilities Design and implementation meachanisms on top of DO to facilitate automation: name service, launching of objects, registry of objects and their capabilities. Understand OLE automation and how we might interoperate. Help marketing evangelize this feature to developers. Future work could include indexing or document storage. Required Background, Skills, and Abilities BS/CS degree or equivalent. 4 years programming at the application or toolkit level in a GUI environment, including at least 2 years of Object Oriented programming. Excellent problem solving skills, including skills in Object Oriented API design. Very good communication skills, ability to work in a group. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience working with OLE Automation, OpenDoc's scripting facility or other similar mechanisms is highly desirable. NEXTSTEP experience is a plus, but not at all required. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Pre-release engineers(TEMP) Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:38 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoa2$igb@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Position: OpenStep compliance Test Suite Developer Dept: Software Quality Assignment: 3 months, possible extensions Positions: 1 position available RATE: up to $25/hour Position Responsibilities: NeXT is looking for a temp/contract test engineer. In this role, you will help NeXT develop validation test suites for OpenStep, the NeXT emerging standard for OO application development. SUN Microsystems has chosen OpenStep as its OO solution. An implementation of OpenStep will run on top of Solaris by the end of 1994. You will assist in specifying and implementing tests at the object/API level to validate OpenStep implementations. Positions Requirements: You should be familiar with Object Oriented programming and have development experience in C++ or Objective C. NEXTSTEP experience is a major plus. . BSCS or equivalent and some experience designing and implementing OO applications or tests. We will consider talented new graduates with NEXSTEP or other OO experience. QA experience is not necessary, but you must be a solid programmer ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Software tester (TEMPORARY) Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:43 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoa7$igi@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Position: OpenStep compliance Test Suite Developer Dept: Software Quality Assignment: 3 months, possible extensions Positions: 1 position available RATE: up to $25/hour Position Responsibilities: NeXT is looking for a temp/contract test engineer. In this role, you will help NeXT develop validation test suites for OpenStep, the NeXT emerging standard for OO application development. SUN Microsystems has chosen OpenStep as its OO solution. An implementation of OpenStep will run on top of Solaris by the end of 1994. You will assist in specifying and implementing tests at the object/API level to validate OpenStep implementations. Positions Requirements: You should be familiar with Object Oriented programming and have development experience in C++ or Objective C. NEXTSTEP experience is a major plus. . BSCS or equivalent and some experience designing and implementing OO applications or tests. We will consider talented new graduates with NEXSTEP or other OO experience. QA experience is not necessary, but you must be a solid programmer ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Software Eng 4.0 Development Team Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:47 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoab$igp@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Software Engineer - 4.0 Department: Engineering Primary Responsibility Design, develop and own the infrastructure for handling documents in services and applications. Many of the pieces of the infrastructure pre-exist, such as document storage, full text indexing, or file attachments. The challenge consists, in a short time frame, to design a portable and coherent infrastructure sufficient for all the needs of a distributed document storage system under development. Longer term, this infrastructure should expand into a full-blown document infrastructure, spanning things like embedding, connectivity with standards, or DO-Automation. Specific Responsibilities Create a new library gathering and rationalizing pieces from various places. Collaborate on all aspects of the development of a distributed document storage system. Prototype user interface for bringing back-end functionality to users. Minimum Requirements for Skills, Knowledge and Experience Education: a BS or equivalent. 2+ years of practical experience with at least one modern OS, windowing system, GUI toolkit, and object-oriented language/environment. Very strong skills in OOP and API design. Experience with document frameworks such as OLE or OpenDoc desirable. Some experience in designing user interfaces is desirable. Last but not least, experience with NEXTSTEP is highly desirable ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Sr. Technical Writer Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoag$ih0@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Title: Sr. Technical Writer Dept: Technical Publications Primary Responsibilities: Write conceptual overviews and detailed reference material for the NEXTSTEP software kits, working from information provided by programmers, gleaned from source code, and discovered from your own test programs. Participate in the design and review of new kits and help in the refinement of their APIs (application programming interfaces). Work with peer writers to improve our documentation and the processes we use to produce it. Act as a mentor for junior technical writers. Examples of current projects are: AppKit: A framework for all NEXTSTEP applications. OpenStep: Documenting our new OpenStep classes. Enterprise Objects: An object-oriented approach to relational databases. NEXTIME: A multimedia framework. Development Environment: A collection of tools for developing NEXTSTEP apps. DriverKit: A framework for creating various types of hardware drivers. Required writing skills: 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. Required technical knowledge: The ablity to program in one or more languages is required. Knowledge of C and object-oriented programming (OOP) is highly desirable. Knowledge of one or more of these languages and environments is a plus: Objective C, C++, NeXTSTEP, SQL, PostScript, UNIX, Mach. General qualifications required: Minimum 3+ years documentation experience, plus 2+ years programming experience is required. Teaching experience is a plus. General interest in various areas of software technology is necessary, since the nature of our projects can vary widely and this writer will no doubt be called upon to document technologies that don't exist yet and cannot be predicted. Flexibility and adaptability to dynamic engineering environment is necessary for success. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: SQ Engineer mass storage driverkit focus Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:09:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoak$ih7@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Test Engineer - with mass storage driverkit focus Department: Software Engineering, Quality Assurance Major area of responsibility DriverKit and Device Driver Testing Specific Responsibilities become intimately familiar with DriverKit write test plans (from a template) for Drivers (Ethernet, TokenRing, SCSI, Serial, etc...) develop go/no-go tests (that may be applied automatically wherever feasible) orderly release of those tests (documentation sufficient to de-skill test application) Minimum Qualifications and Background MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. basic project management skills (spec/documentation writing, communication, scheduling). requires little/no supervision. Is capable of setting objectives/expectations and providing appropriate status updates. strong 'C' programmer. Understands generic OS (UNIX preferred) implementation details as related to device drivers (i.e. memory & stack usage, interrupts, latency, etc...). able to work with development engineers as a peer. demonstrated initiative, problem-solving skills, ability to pick things up on own. "Not afraid to get hands dirty". Normally tests will be run in automated fashion or with help of temps, but since we're still a small organization, it may be necessary from time to time to perform certain tests manually (certainly during test debug at least). able to work with others good communications skills Additional Qualifications that would be beneficial OOP experience UNIX device driver {writing|testing|maintain} experience SCSI, Floppy, CDROM experience good communications skills NEXTSTEP programming experience familiarity with QA techniques and terminology ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: OpenStep compliance test suite developer(TEMP) Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoao$ihf@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Position: OpenStep compliance Test Suite Developer Dept: Software Quality Assignment: 3 months, possible extensions Positions: 1 position available RATE: up to $25/hour Position Responsibilities: NeXT is looking for a temp/contract test engineer. In this role, you will help NeXT develop validation test suites for OpenStep, the NeXT emerging standard for OO application development. SUN Microsystems has chosen OpenStep as its OO solution. An implementation of OpenStep will run on top of Solaris by the end of 1994. You will assist in specifying and implementing tests at the object/API level to validate OpenStep implementations. Positions Requirements: You should be familiar with Object Oriented programming and have development experience in C++ or Objective C. NEXTSTEP experience is a major plus. . BSCS or equivalent and some experience designing and implementing OO applications or tests. We will consider talented new graduates with NEXSTEP or other OO experience. QA experience is not necessary, but you must be a solid programmer ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Release Engineer Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:04 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctoas$ihn@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Release Engineer, Release Control Department: Software Engineering Overall Role Develop and enhance tools to support Release Engineering processes. Perform system administrative and other operational tasks. Specific Responsibilities This person will design and develop tools to build, master, verify, and archive NeXT software releases. Possible development projects include: Distributed builds Multi-CDROM production for internal distribution Investigation of TeamNet version control software for use in Release Engineering Project attribute database Required Background, Education, Skills and Experience A candidate for this position must possess the following qualifications: 4 year Computer Science or Engineering or related degree, or equivalent experience. 3 or more years experience in the software industry. Extensive Unix programming experience. The following qualifications are preferred: Familiarity with Perl. 1-2 years experience with release integration of large software systems. Object oriented and distributed programming experience. Unix system and network administration experience. PC hardware experience. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: EOF Manager Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:09 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctob1$ihu@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Computer Inc., located in Redwood City, CA, is currently searching for If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Manager, Enterprise Object Framework Department: Enterprise Object Framework Primary Responsibilities: Incumbent will be primarily responsible for managing the design, development, and maintenance of the Enterprise Objects (EO) Framework product. Specific Responsibilities: Definition of project schedules taking strategic considerations, business as well as scheduling constraints into account Development of plans to effectively allocate and utilize project team resources to meet project commitments according to goals and objectives Effective recruiting, development and motivation of software development engineers Tracking and reporting of status and controlling of project team resources to ensure that project commitments are effectively and efficiently met Timely product delivery within the constraints established during the planning phase Communication of product capabilities and project status and plans within NeXT Identification and management of the project team's dependencies on other projects Effective interaction with marketing, internal and external customers Provide technical leadership and champion the area of database integration into the OpenStep environment Contribute to the overall corporate strategy Position Requirements: Proven track record of shipping high volume products on tight schedules Excellent team building skills Excellent oral, written and presentation skills Excellent negotiation and planning skills Strong process-orientation skills Experience in recruiting for and growing a cohesive engineering team Strong technical background in databases Experience in object oriented product development lifecycle Ability to understand NEXTSTEP software at all levels Excellent problem solving skills Ability to lead experts Quick to take ownership of issues Education and Experience: BSCS or equivalent Strong engineering background: 8+ years Strong management / project leadership background: 3-5+ years Additional Success Factors: Strong technical background in user interfaces and tool design Strong technical background in 4GL environments Experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design tools Object Oriented DBMS experience Fluency in object-oriented implementation language and environment (preferably Objective C and NEXTSTEP) Ability to propose innovative solutions Broad knowledge of the industry and technologies Proactive self-education of new industry technologies and a competitive awareness Experience in enterprise-wide distributed systems Multi-platform experience (UNIX: HP-UX, Solaris, Mach, OSF/1; PC: Windows95 and NT) ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Sr. Developer Engineer/EOF group Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:13 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctob5$ii5@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Development Engineer Department: Enterprise Object Framework Primary Responsibilities: The person filling this position will be part of the Enterprise Object (EO) Framework engineering group and will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining major components of the EO Framework with particular emphasis on the user interface oriented components and tools. Specific Responsibilities: Work with team members on design and implementation of next version of EO Framework Work with customers and management team to understand, assess, and prioritize requirements for subsequent releases of the product Drive usability testing Design and implement ease-of-use features Evaluate other products Position Requirements: Fluency in object oriented implementation language and environment (preferably Objective C and NEXTSTEP) Expert in graphical user interface design and implementation Fluency in C Experience in usability testing and evaluation Experience in Object Oriented design and implementation methodology Experience in shipping high volume products on tight schedules Excellent team skills Excellent problem solving skills Excellent communication skills Education and Experience: Engineering background: 5 - 8 years BSCS or equivalent Additional Success Factors: Experience in 4GL Multi-platform experience (UNIX, PC) Relational DBMS experience Object Oriented DBMS experience NEXTSTEP development experience Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design tools Experience in enterprise-wide distributed systems ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Computer: JOB: Compiler Engineer Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:17 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctob9$iic@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Compiler and Runtime Engineer Department: Development Environment Primary responsibilities: Design, development and maintenance of the Objective C, C, and C++ compilers and runtime systems. Specific Responsibilities: o maintenance and bug fixing for gcc and the Objective C runtime o coordinating changes with FSF and NeXT's porting groups o implementation of new compiler and runtime features o responsible for portions of the debugger that has to do with dynamic shared libraries o improving our C++ support in general o optimizations of the Objective C runtime for shared libraries o improving the performance of the shared library codegeneration Position Requirements: o experience with working on compilers o interest in working on runtime systems o knowledge of at least one machine architecture including stack frame layouts and calling conventions o knowledge of debuggers, assemblers, loaders helpful o experience with optimizing software systems in general would be a plus. o experience working with FSF would be a plus o experience working with GCC would be a plus Education and Experience: B.S in Computer Science or related field, and 2+ years of applicable experience. Additional Success Factors: Seeks high degree of reliability in their work. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Networking Engineer Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:24 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctobg$iij@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Position: Senior Networking Engineer Department: Operating Systems Primary responsibilities: All aspects of network related network product development, from device drivers to administrative applications for a multiple protocol architecture (TCP/IP, IPX, OSI, etc) system. Specific responsibilities: In short term, maintenance and upgrading of current product components. In long term, be a contributer to group redesigning and implementing networking to: a) run outside the kernel b) be runtime configurable c) provide open ended (i.e., multiple) networking architecture support. Position Requirements: Excellent programming skills Data structures Critical-time applications Education and Experience: B.S.C.S + 6 years industry experience or equivalent. 4-6 years experience with lower levels of networking. 4-6 years experience in near realtime programming. Additional Success Factors: Good communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to think on the macro level with regard to networking technology. Emphasis on quality and maintenance. OO experience Concurrent programming experience UNIX (BSD or other) experience Netware experience is a plus ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Kernel Engineer Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:10:28 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctobk$iiq@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ Job Description Title: OS Engineer (Kernel) Reporting to: Manager, OS group Position Description: This engineer will perform general OS programming tasks (including the kernel, libraries, commands and loadable modules), primarily in the machine independent portions of both UNIX and Mach. Responsibilities Assist with kernel tasks including: general kernel enhancements file system enhancements (UFS and NFS) virtual memory enhancements performance tuning multiprocessing Assist with general OS tasks including: C (and related) library enhancements UNIX/Mach command enhancements out of kernel file system enhancements security multi-threading Platform support: Intel PCs Sun Sparc workstations HP PA-RISC workstations NeXT Motorola workstations Required Experience and Skills 4+ years OS engineering background: UNIX internals, Mach internals a plus Understands how to write OS code that is portable across diverse computer platforms Fluency in C, experience with assembly language BSCS or equivalent Desired Experience and Skills 3-8 years OS internals Device driver development experience Knowledge of RISC architectures and assembly languages Experience with designing and documenting APIs, with an appreciation of the issues required for platform independence, future extension and backward compatibility Experience with object-oriented languages (Objective C, C++, Smalltalk) NEXTSTEP programming experience Required Hiring Criteria Strong problem solving skills... good at learning new areas Team oriented - able to work well with others. Able to work in an environment characterized by aggressive schedules, a high level of interrupts, targets and expectations which change over time. Focus on high quality engineering Desired Hiring Criteria Ability to propose innovative solutions Strong communication skills - able to interact with other groups Quick to take ownership of issues rather than pass the buck Can follow a myriad of details within a large project Broad knowledge of OS technologies in order to contribute to the company strategically ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: federico@heinz.com (Federico Heinz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora announces Dots 3.5.5, featuring support for Epson Stylus Color Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:37:08 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3ctptk$io7@digifix.digifix.com> F. HEINZ Consultora Announces Dots 3.5.5 F. HEINZ Consultora announces the availability of version 3.5.5 of Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under NEXTSTEP. This version features support for the Epson Stylus and Epson Stylus Color printers, as well as enhanced suport for other ESC/P2 printers and minor bug fixes. The multi-architecture program for Motorola and Intel hardware and sample files may be retrieved by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/printer/Dots3.5.5-Readme.rtf ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware/printer/Dots.3.5.5.NI.b.tar.gz and from other NEXTSTEP archive sites. The program works in demo mode until properly licensed. Pricing information is available on request from the addresses listed below. ====================================================================== Welcome to Dots 3.5.5 Dots is a printer driver for bitmap printers under NeXTSTEP. It supports a wide range of printers of different technologies, including impact dot matrix, ink-jet, laser printers and dye sublimation printers. Dots supports all standard paper formats and even non-standard ones, as long as they make sense on your printer. Depending on your printer's capabilities, more than one resolution may be available. Of course, the printout pages come out of the printer in the right order, and thanks to NeXT's unified imaging model, Dots works with all applications, and produces the best-quality graphics your printer is capable of putting on paper. Installing and configuring printers for use with Dots is a simple matter of point-and-click. You can export printers to a NetInfo domain, and modify a printer's configuration at any time. Dots is seamlessly integrated into the NeXTSTEP environment, allowing you to print on any one of the supported printers using the standard Print panel and its Options subpanel. In addition to the standard NeXTSTEP configuration and print options, Dots offers an alternate interface to provide fine control over print job parameters and in particular printer-specific features though feature inspectors that pop up immediately before the document starts printing. For those "printers" that happen to be copiers, Dots supports scanning as well, allowing you to exploit the device's full potential. Dots currently supports the following printers: 24-pin impact dot-matrix printers: Epson NEC PinWriter IBM ProPrinter XL24 Ink-jet printers: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet Plus Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500C Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 550C Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1200C Hewlett-Packard PaintJet XL Hewlett-Packard PaintJet XL300 Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 600 Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 650 Canon BJ-300/330 Canon BJ-10/10e/10ex Epson Stylus Epson Stylus Color Laser printers: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IV Dye sublimation printers: Seiko PhotoMaker Copiers: Canon CLC10 (aka CJ-10) Canon CLC300 Canon CLC500 Other printers may work as well, provided they are compatible to at least one printer from the above list. Dots will drive any and all of the above printers. Just plug it to the computer, create a Dots printer for it, and you are set. By default, Dots will drive the printer in demo mode. Demo mode means that Dots will work just as usual, but it will print a diagonal line over each page, and a banner at its bottom. To get the printer to work in regular mode, you must purchase a License ID for it, which you can get from your NEXTSTEP software dealer, or from one of the addresses listed under the heading "Purchase information" in the on-line help. A License ID entitles you to use Dots to drive one printer, you will need a separate License ID for each printer you want to use, even if more than one is of the same type. About F. HEINZ Consultora F. HEINZ Consultora is a privately-held network consulting and software development company located in Cordoba, Argentina. We are committed to the production of high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP users and developers, and to the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP-based customer solutions. Our product line currently includes Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers. FOR MORE INFORMATION contact us at our development labs in F. HEINZ Consultora Benigno Acosta 4528 5009 V. Centenario Cordoba, Argentina Tel+Fax: (+54 51) 81 75 97 E-Mail: info@heinz.com
From: Mark Onyschuk <mark@oa.guild.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiniSQL EOF adaptor Date: 17 Dec 1994 17:00:53 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3cvn2l$qpe@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Monica Watson M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. 416/462-3954 M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. Releases Free Multi-user SQL EOF Adaptor for NEXTSTEP. TORONTO CANADA - December 16, 1994 - M. Onyschuk and Associates, Inc. today announced the first freely-available Enterprise Objects Framework adaptor for a multi-user SQL database. MiniSQL adaptor allows NEXTSTEP developers to build Enterprise Objects Framework applications using David Hughes' exciting new MiniSQL client-server SQL database for NEXTSTEP, Solaris, HP-UX and other popular UNIX environments. "Now, everybody can take advantage of NeXT's excellent Enterprise Objects Framework," says Mark Onyschuk, senior consultant at O&A. BY FTP: ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/M_Onyschuk_and_Associates_Inc/MiniSQLEOFAdaptor.941216.s.tar.gz and ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/databases/MiniSQLEOFAdaptor.941216.s.tar.gz About M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. is a privately held software consulting firm specializing in rapid application development in the NEXTSTEP environment. M. Onyschuk and Associates' clients have included several of NeXT's large customers in the telecommunications industry, as well as NeXT system integrators and Object Channel partners. Its software projects have included paperless-office systems, diagnostic tools for the telecommunications industry, customer and dealer management systems, and police systems. M. Onyschuk and Associates' head office is located in Toronto Canada, and may be reached by phone at (416) 462-3954, or via electronic mail at ask-oa@oa.guild.org.
From: David Peter <dpeter@xanthus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Xanthus offers Upgrade to OpenWrite for $149 Date: 18 Dec 1994 00:40:56 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d0i18$3gg@digifix.digifix.com> NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-730-0370 Fax: +1-619-730-0373 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS ANNOUNCES $149 COMPETITIVE "UPGRADE TO OPENWRITE" PROMOTION Special Offer to users of WriteNow, WordPerfect, WriteUp and Pages San Diego, CA, December 17, 1994 -- Xanthus International today announced that there are only two weeks left to take advantage of the company's special "Upgrade to OpenWrite" promotion for its powerful new word processor for NEXTSTEP(tm). Users of any word processor for NEXTSTEP, including WriteNow(tm), WordPerfect(tm), WriteUp(tm), Pages(tm), FrameMaker(tm) or PasteUp(tm), may purchase a single-user license of OpenWrite(tm) for only $149. The offer is good through the end of the year. "Not only are we providing a powerful migration solution to users of WriteNow and WordPerfect, which are no longer available for NEXTSTEP, but we strongly feel that every current user of a word processing product on NEXTSTEP will benefit from upgrading to OpenWrite." said David Peter, Vice President of Sales for Xanthus USA. "OpenWrite provides the functionality, familiarity, and features of Microsoft Word, at an affordable price. It's what the NEXTSTEP market has needed all along." Peter added. The product's advanced import and export capabilities allow it to open a company's existing WriteNow and WordPerfect documents, as well as those from virtually any popular word processors for the Mac or PC. "The integration is seamless" noted Jesper Lundh, President of Xanthus, "users can simply double-click to open their existing files in OpenWrite, then save them as OpenWrite documents or in a format that can be shared with other users on their network, not matter what type of computer and word processor they have on their desktop." OpenWrite is currently compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC based computers. A release for Sparc processors will be available in Q1, 95. Xanthus is fully committed to supporting every hardware platform that NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP run on. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY A fully licensable version of OpenWrite is available via FTP from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_README_1.0 ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Converters_1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Extras_1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Developer_1.0.tar.gz OpenWrite_README_1.0 Info about this release of OpenWrite OpenWrite_1.0.tar.gz The OpenWrite application OpenWrite_Converters_1.0.tar.gz File conversion filters for OpenWrite OpenWrite_Extras_1.0.tar.gz OpenMerge and OOE demo applications OpenWrite_Developer_1.0.tar.gz Demos and source for OW API and OOE DETAILS OF THE OFFER - One single-user license per customer - Orders must be received no later than December 31, 1994 - Tax will be added to orders shipped within California - Shipping charges are $10 per order in the U.S. ($30 international) - OpenWrite is shipped on CD ROM or available via ftp To qualify for the competitive upgrade price, the following must be submitted with your order: - A copy of the cover of the user manual of your current word processor or - The serial number of your NEXT computer To request an order form, please contact Xanthus USA directly: Xanthus USA 800 Grand Ave., Suite A20 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Ph. (619) 730-0370 Fax (619) 730-0373 Email: sales@xanthus.com (NEXTMAIL Accepted) OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS Xanthus also announced that it will begin shipping its Open Office Suite, which includes: OpenWrite; Questor(tm), the company's high-end spreadsheet application; and Graphity(tm), a 3D presentation charting and graphing application. The Suite, which has a retail price of $895 will be available at a special introductory price of $695 through December 31. ABOUT THE COMPANY Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: Pre-release engineers (TEMPORARY) Date: 19 Dec 1994 14:58:44 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d4olk$i1n@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ The Pre-Release program of NeXT's Software Quality department 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 (and future) versions of NEXTSTEP Experience using new hardware running NEXTSTEP Furthering your knowledge of NEXTSTEP and other NeXT products 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 Customer support (installation and configuration issues) General assistance within the SQA/Prerelease Program 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 Highly Preferred: NEXTSTEP programming experience NEXTSTEP and other networking experience Familiarity with SQL Experience with EOF and/or PDO Experience using commercial NEXTSTEP software Important note: These positions are at NeXT headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Moving and housing expenses will not be reimbursed. Please email (ASCII, RTF or PostScript), fax or mail your resume to: NeXT Computer Inc 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City - CA 94063 FAX: (415)780-4554 resumes@next.com ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: OpenStep compliance test suite developer(TEMPORARY) Date: 19 Dec 1994 14:58:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d4olo$i1u@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Contact: Caroline McGrail 415-780-3931 415-780-4554 FAX E-mail: cm@next.com Job Description Position: OpenStep compliance Test Suite Developer Dept: Software Quality Assignment: 3 months, possible extensions Positions: 1 position available RATE: up to $25/hour Position Responsibilities: NeXT is looking for a temp/contract test engineer. In this role, you will help NeXT develop validation test suites for OpenStep, the NeXT emerging standard for OO application development. SUN Microsystems has chosen OpenStep as its OO solution. An implementation of OpenStep will run on top of Solaris by the end of 1994. You will assist in specifying and implementing tests at the object/API level to validate OpenStep implementations. Positions Requirements: You should be familiar with Object Oriented programming and have development experience in C++ or Objective C. NEXTSTEP experience is a major plus. . BSCS or equivalent and some experience designing and implementing OO applications or tests. We will consider talented new graduates with NEXSTEP or other OO experience. QA experience is not necessary, but you must be a solid programmer ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT: JOB: SQ Tester(TEMPORARY) Date: 19 Dec 1994 14:58:52 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d4ols$i25@digifix.digifix.com> If you believe you fit the profile described below, please send your resume. If you know of persons who may fit this profile, please tell them about this position. We would be interested in hearing from you. Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 ************************************************************************ General Description: Creating shell scripts in Cshell, bourne shell, and 'expect' to complete automation of Networking Utilities, and integrating those scripts into NeXT's Test Distribution Software (Test Harness). General requirements: Strong Cshell, Bourne shell, and 'expect' scripting knowledge Understanding of the Unix 4.3BSD OS Specific Description: This temporary position requires an individual with good working knowledge of the Unix operating system, Cshell, bourne shell, and 'expect' scripting. This person will be responsible for completing 50-60 small scripts in a combination of three languages: Cshell, bourne shell, and 'expect' that test interactive command line tools in the NEXTSTEP Unix 4.3BSD operating system such as ftp, telnet, and rlogin, ntp/ntpd, and autonfsmount. This person will also be responsible for creating Sequence Description Files in the pre-existing .SDF format for our test harness. Additional Pluses: Knowledge of NEXTSTEP a plus, working knowledge of the 'TCL' language, remedial of TCP/IP and Networking. ************************************************************************ NeXT Computer, Inc. develops and markets NEXTSTEP, the award winning object-oriented operating system software. NEXTSTEP is used by Fortune 1000 corporations and government organizations to revolutionize the development and deployment of 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 Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC workstations. It will soon run native on Sun's SPARC workstations. It also will be integrated, through OpenStep, into SunSoft's Solaris and Digital's OSF/1 system software. NeXT's newest product is Enterprise Objects Framework, a database-independent technology for building business objects and storing them in industry-standard relational databases. NeXT's mission is to continue to lead the object revolution and be the leading supplier of object technology in the corporate market. NeXT plans to achieve this goal by offering corporate customers a five- to ten-fold advantage in the development and deployment of custom client/server applications, and by partnering with industry leaders such as Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Digital to become the industry's standard for object-oriented computing. ***** Contact Information: E-Mail: "resumes@next.com" Fax: 415-780-4554 Direct Mail: Staffing Manager NeXT Computer Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 NeXT Computer Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: Denise Schneider <Denise_Schneider@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXT: Shipments of 3.3 User Upgrade Date: 19 Dec 1994 15:04:18 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d4p02$i4t@digifix.digifix.com> Good news! As you know, we have commenced shipping 3.3 last week. All cleared orders were in the queue for shipment last week. Given the current holiday rush, delivery could be temporarily delayed. If you have not received your shipment by Wednesday, December 21st, you can contact NeXT Order Management by either: 1. Calling 1-800-848-6398, select option 2 or 2. Sending an e-mail to upgrade_status@next.com. NOTE: Direct customer fulfillment for Europe will begin from our European fulfillment center on Monday, December 19th. Thanks for your continued support and have a happy holiday season. Regards, Claude Kramer Director of Operations
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version (1.16) of SCSI driver for BusLogic SCSI adapters Date: 19 Dec 1994 15:16:34 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d4pn2$i8p@digifix.digifix.com> Version 1.16 of BusLogic Family SCSI Adapter Device Driver for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors The new version supports BusLogic BT946C PCI SCSI adapter under NeXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors The new version of the driver has been uploaded to ftp.cs.orst.edu and placed in the /pub/next/binaries/drivers directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily_1.16.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily_1.16.tar.Z OVERVIEW: BusLogic Family SCSI adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following SCSI adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus Tested firmware Bus Logic 445S VL-Bus 3.31C, 3.36 , 3.37 Bus Logic 445C VL-Bus 4.21 Bus Logic 747S EISA 3.37 Bus Logic 946C PCI 4.22 Note: There is a very high probability that other version of firmware mentioned above will work with driver. COPYING: The BusLogicFamily is shareware. You can freely distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more details see document Registration.rtf inside BusLogicFamily_1.16.tar.Z. Changes between version 1.13 and 1.16: 1. The version 1.13 of the driver was tested and works with these versions of the firmware on BT445C: 4.21 2. The driver was adapted to work with PCI BT946C and was tested with these versions of the firmware: 4.22 3. The driver now uses the disconnect flag from scsiReq to determine correct disconnection setting. 4. The SCSI selection timeout was extended from default 250 ms to 500 ms. Contact: Tomas Hurka Ondrej Cada Hukatronic (H.C.C.) OCSoftware Kankovskeho 8 Pernerova 61 182 00 Praha 8 180 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic Czech Republic e-mail: tom@hukatronic.cz e-mail: ocs@earn.cvut.cz
From: (Horace Lim)hal@xedoc.com.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: Xedoc wants NetInfo for AIX 2.0 beta testers Date: 20 Dec 1994 15:08:48 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d7dkg$sc0@digifix.digifix.com> Greetings Systems Administrators, Xedoc Software Development is in the final stages of completing NetInfo 2.0 for IBM's AIX operating system. Like all other versions, NetInfo version 2.0 which we call "YP-daeman" is 100% compatible with NeXT NetInfo on NEXTSTEP for Intel, Motorola Sun SPARC and HP PA-RISC. NetInfo is the de facto standard, network administration server software for serious NEXTSTEP/OpenStep sites. NetInfo client versions are also available. We are now seeking interested parties to beta test this version. We are looking for testers who will really put NetInfo "thru the ringer". Bash it as hard as you can... and we'll love you for it. If your site has AIX machines that need some exercise then we want to hear from you! Xedoc Software Development is a "NeXT-sanctioned" NetInfo porting house. Currently versions exist for SunOS, Digital OSF/1, HP/UX, Auspex, AIX. Solaris is coming soon in early in '95. NetInfo for Sparc, Digital OSF/1 and HP/UX are distributed though NeXT as standard products and are priced identically to PDO. Please contact Horace Lim ------------------------------------------------------- Internet : hal@xedoc.com.au (NeXTMail appreciated) Channels Manager, Xedoc Software Development Pty Ltd Address: ALMA Unit 11, 663 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, VIC 3067 AUSTRALIA Mailing: P.O. Box 3038, Burnley North, VIC 3121 AUSTRALIA Main Telephone: +61 3 214 0101, Fax: +61 3 214 0102, Direct: +61 3 214 0188
From: peter@firstclass.be Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FirstClass NV ships Find & Align keystones for Tailor 2.0 Date: 20 Dec 1994 15:37:45 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d7fap$sg9@digifix.digifix.com> Find & Align keystones ********************** FirstClass NV ships Find & Align keystones for Tailor 2.0, the visual PostScript editor ******************************************** 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 GHENT, December 20, 1994 --- FirstClass NV today announces the availability of the "Find" and "Align" keystones for Tailor 2.0, the company's visual PostScript editor. Keystones are dynamically loadable extensions, providing additional functionality within Tailor 2.0. The Find keystone ----------------- The Find keystone provides Tailor with powerful graphical find and modify functionality. For example, you can 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 Find panel has the expected Next, Previous, Modify and Modify All buttons. A first browser offers a list of twenty find criteria for object attributes such as color, linewidth, font, text or position. By specifying a value for one or more criteria, you determine which objects are to be found. Most criteria allow to specify multiple values or a from-to range. A second browser offers a list of modify actions for object attributes or geometric transformations. By specifying a value for one or more actions, you determine the changes applied to the objects when you press Modify or Modify All. You can set the Modify All scope to be the complete document, or limit it to the current page or selection. The Align keystone ------------------ The Align keystone provides Tailor with comprehensive alignment tools and functions. Main alignment tools are a background grid and a crosshair. The grid's width and height can be specified separately. The crosshair can be aligned to any existing object, or its position can be specified numerically. The crosshair position can be numerically displayed relative to any reference position. Alignment functions include : · snap to grid and/or to crosshair while moving or resizing objects · align or resize objects to grid or crosshair · align or resize objects to each other · distribute objects Alignment operations can be performed on an object's left/bottom, center or right/top. For text lines, font metrics (baseline) may be optionally used instead of the regular bounding rectangle. Availability ------------ The Find and Align keystones are available now as MAB's for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. They are compatible with Tailor version 2.0a or higher. The keystones are included in the distribution package for Tailor 2.0d (see below). The keystones are offered to Tailor Office users as a set for USD $120.- per user. Educational users receive 50% discount as usual. Tailor Publishing includes both keystones. Registered users of Tailor Publishing may request their free license strings for the Find & Align keystones from FirstClass NV. Please specify the serial number of your Tailor copy (a number in the form of LNNNNN, where L is a letter and N is a digit). If you cannot download the keystones from the archives (see below), specify your regular mail address so we can send you a floppy disk. Floating network licenses ------------------------- Tailor 2.0d, the latest revision, has floating licenses. If N is the number of licensed users, up to N users on the local area network may simultaneously use Tailor and all licensed keystones, regardless of the specific system they are working on. Tailor 2.0d is available now as a MAB for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. Archive Server -------------- A complete demo & distribution package for Tailor 2.0d is available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Package.tar The complete Tailor 2.0d distribution, including the keystones ReconstructText, SaveIllustrator, SpotColors, Find, Align. In demo mode (when unlicensed) Tailor is fully functional except : - it does NOT load keystones (ReconstructText,...), - it has disabled output functions (save, print, copy). ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Information.tar.Z General information on Tailor, including product brochure and customer testimonial. New brochure on Find & Align keystones. 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: Peter Camps <peter@firstclass.be> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FirstClass NV ships Find & Align keystones for Tailor 2.0 Date: 20 Dec 1994 15:45:46 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d7fpq$shh@digifix.digifix.com> Find & Align keystones ********************** FirstClass NV ships Find & Align keystones for Tailor 2.0, the visual PostScript editor ******************************************** 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 GHENT, December 20, 1994 --- FirstClass NV today announces the availability of the "Find" and "Align" keystones for <A HREF="Products/Tailor_2.0.htmld/index.html">Tailor 2.0</a>, the company's visual PostScript editor. Keystones are dynamically loadable extensions, providing additional functionality within Tailor 2.0. The Find keystone ----------------- The Find keystone provides Tailor with powerful graphical find and modify functionality. For example, you can 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 Find panel has the expected Next, Previous, Modify and Modify All buttons. A first browser offers a list of twenty find criteria for object attributes such as color, linewidth, font, text or position. By specifying a value for one or more criteria, you determine which objects are to be found. Most criteria allow to specify multiple values or a from-to range. A second browser offers a list of modify actions for object attributes or geometric transformations. By specifying a value for one or more actions, you determine the changes applied to the objects when you press Modify or Modify All. You can set the Modify All scope to be the complete document, or limit it to the current page or selection. The Align keystone ------------------ The Align keystone provides Tailor with comprehensive alignment tools and functions. Main alignment tools are a background grid and a crosshair. The grid's width and height can be specified separately. The crosshair can be aligned to any existing object, or its position can be specified numerically. The crosshair position can be numerically displayed relative to any reference position. Alignment functions include : · snap to grid and/or to crosshair while moving or resizing objects · align or resize objects to grid or crosshair · align or resize objects to each other · distribute objects Alignment operations can be performed on an object's left/bottom, center or right/top. For text lines, font metrics (baseline) may be optionally used instead of the regular bounding rectangle. Availability ------------ The Find and Align keystones are available now as MAB's for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. They are compatible with Tailor version 2.0a or higher. The keystones are included in the distribution package for Tailor 2.0d (see below). The keystones are offered to Tailor Office users as a set for USD $120.- per user. Educational users receive 50% discount as usual. Tailor Publishing includes both keystones. Registered users of Tailor Publishing may request their free license strings for the Find & Align keystones from FirstClass NV. Please specify the serial number of your Tailor copy (a number in the form of LNNNNN, where L is a letter and N is a digit). If you cannot download the keystones from the archives (see below), specify your regular mail address so we can send you a floppy disk. Floating network licenses ------------------------- Tailor 2.0d, the latest revision, has floating licenses. If N is the number of licensed users, up to N users on the local area network may simultaneously use Tailor and all licensed keystones, regardless of the specific system they are working on. Tailor 2.0d is available now as a MAB for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. Archive Server -------------- A complete demo & distribution package for Tailor 2.0d is available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Package.tar" ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/FirstClass_NV/Tailor_2.0d_Package.tar The complete Tailor 2.0d distribution, including the keystones ReconstructText, SaveIllustrator, SpotColors, Find, Align. In demo mode (when unlicensed) Tailor is fully functional except : - it does NOT load keystones (ReconstructText,...), - it has disabled output functions (save, print, copy). ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Information.tar.Z ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/FirstClass_NV/Tailor_2.0d_Information.tar.Z General information on Tailor, including product brochure and customer testimonial. New brochure on Find & Align keystones. 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: Alan Chung <alan@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: REPOST - JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks File Format Engineer Date: 20 Dec 1994 15:49:03 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d7fvv$sj8@digifix.digifix.com> 20 December 1994 File Format Engineer Sought Lighthouse Design is in search of one full time File Format Engineer to join our engineering team. The person filling this position will be responsible for all the file format related issues of our product developments. This includes, in the short term, designing and implementing import and export capability, of select Mac and PC application files, for our current applications. And in the longer term, developing generalized infrastructures and frameworks to support the cross platform compatibility needs of all our future applications. Work can begin immediately. Lighthouse Design is the premier provider of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep. - Responsibilities - * Design and implement import and export facilities of select Mac and PC application files * Work with project engineers to integrate the file import and export mechanisms into current Lighthouse applications * Design and implement the infrastructures and frameworks necessary for cross platform file importing and exporting in our future applications * Create design and implementation schedules * Ship high quality products - Skills and Experience Required - * 1 or more years professional NEXTSTEP application development experience * Extensive user experience with Macintosh or Windows applications and environments * Experience in doing file format translation work a big plus * Macintosh or Windows development experience a plus * B.S. in Computer Science or related areas - Benefits - * Opportunity to work in NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, state of the art object oriented environments * A chance to develop your career, with extensive exposure and involvement in the full product development cycle * Work in a small and highly motivated company, in a pleasant and collegial professional environment * Competitive compensation package, including stock options * Comprehensive health coverage * Free food and, more importantly, free gourmet coffee - How to Apply - Resumes may be submitted in any of the following ways (listed in order of preference). The submission deadline is *Janurary 27*. Please be sure to put "Resume for the File Format Engineer opening" on your cover sheet. Send e-mail to resume@lighthouse.com. NeXT Mail is best. MIME attachments are acceptable, too. Fax us at +1-415-570-7787. Please be sure and put Human Resources on the cover sheet. US Mail is fine too, but doesn't always get the quick response that electronic submissions do. Send mail to: Human Resources Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 USA Note, if you have access to the web, we maintain the latest Lighthouse hiring information on our World Wide Web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/Recruiting.html - More Information about Lighthouse Design - If you wish to learn more about Lighthouse Design and our products, you can obtain more information via our web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/
From: Alan Chung <alan@lighthouse.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design seeks Quality Assurance Engineer Date: 20 Dec 1994 15:48:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d7fvj$sj1@digifix.digifix.com> 20 December 1994 Quality Assurance Engineer Sought Lighthouse Design is in search of one full time Quality Assurance Engineer to join our engineering team. The person filling this position will assume responsibility for testing and release approval of our productivity applications. Work can begin immediately. Lighthouse Design is the premier provider of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep. - Responsibilities - Product testing and release approval: * Writing, maintaining and using detailed test scripts * Working with programmers to design automated test suites * Work with project teams to determine product quality goals Bug tracking: * Reproducing bugs and verifying fixes * Performing statistical analyses of bug report and fix rates (using cool tools to make snazzy graphs) * Perform regression tests Management: * Hiring and supervising contractors to aid in product testing * In conjunction with our sales team, manage product beta tests * Eventually staffing and managing a QA department - Skills and Experience Required - * Two to five years professional QA experience are required * You must be an obsessive and extensive user of NEXTSTEP or Macintosh applications * You must able to write clearly, concisely, and quickly. You will need to summarize a bug in a sentence, and write step by step recipes for reproducing bugs and testing applications * Technical writing and teaching experience are a big plus * Unix programming and administrative experience are desirable, but not required * Writing samples will be required - Benefits - * Work in a small and highly motivated company, in a pleasant and collegial professional environment * Competitive compensation package, including stock options * Comprehensive health coverage * Free food and, more importantly, free gourmet coffee - How to Apply - Resumes may be submitted in any of the following ways (listed in order of preference). The submission deadline is *January 27*. Please be sure to put "Resume for the Quality Assurance Engineer opening" on your cover sheet. Send e-mail to resume@lighthouse.com. NeXT Mail is best. MIME attachments are acceptable, too. Fax us at +1-415-570-7787. Please be sure and put Human Resources on the cover sheet. US Mail is fine too, but doesn't always get the quick response that electronic submissions do. Send mail to: Human Resources Lighthouse Design, Ltd. 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 250 San Mateo, CA 94403-2534 USA Note, if you have access to the web, we maintain the latest Lighthouse hiring information on our World Wide Web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/Recruiting.html - More Information about Lighthouse Design - If you wish to learn more about Lighthouse Design and our products, you can obtain more information via our web server at http://www.lighthouse.com/
From: TTSInfo@trillium.ab.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ChristmasTeaser Date: 20 Dec 1994 23:11:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3d89ub$1n0@digifix.digifix.com> December 20th, 1994. Trillium Sound Research Inc. is proud to present some preliminary results of our ongoing research in speech synthesis. In the spirit of Christmas, we have synthesized a chorus singing one verse of the Burgundian carol "Pat-a-pan". This sound file can be played on any NeXT computer, or on any computer running NEXTSTEP with an appropriate sound card and driver. The music was synthesized entirely from scratch using software tools; no recordings whatever were used. Although these tools were designed to create natural-sounding synthetic speech, they are flexible enough to create synthetic song. The files: ChristmasTeaser.tar ChristmasTeaser.README have been submitted to the following ftp sites: ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/ ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/ The tar file (4.2 MB) contains the following: 1) Pat-a-pan.snd: A synthetic chorus of the old French carol "Pat-a-pan". (4 MB) 2) helloMale.snd: synthetic "hello" spoken by a large male. (30 KB) 3) helloFemale.snd: "hello" spoken with a synthesized women's voice. (66 KB) 4) helloChild.snd: synthetic "hello" spoken by a large child. (54 KB) Happy listening, and Merry Christmas!! CONTACT INFORMATION Trillium Sound Research Inc. 1500, 112 - 4th Ave. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0H3 Tel: (403) 284-9278 Fax: (403) 282-6778 Order Desk: 1-800-L-ORATOR (US and Canada only) Email: TTSInfo@trillium.ab.ca
From: cmcgrail@NeXT.COM (Caroline McGrail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT Computer: JOBS: Object Expert Consultants Date: 21 Dec 1994 23:21:04 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3daurg$97k@digifix.digifix.com> NeXT Inc. is now hiring talented, multi-disciplined, consulting engineers to join our newly formed Object Expert group. This team will work closely with NeXT's strategic customers to ensure the success of their NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP application development projects. We are looking for engineers with a minimum of three to four years of NEXTSTEP development expertise, strong background in relational database technology, and experience with distributed computing architectures. These positions also require a strong customer management and expectation setting expertise, not to mention a solid understanding of project management and the software development process. Positions are available now in major metro areas in the US and Europe. If you want to get in on the ground floor of a group that is going to have a pivotal impact on NeXT's success and help bring object technology to a broader business market, send your confidential resume and salary history to oe_staffing@next.com. NeXT is an equal opportunity employer.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Quad Fat Phone v3.3 Date: 22 Dec 1994 16:40:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dcrp7$epq@digifix.digifix.com> QUAD FAT SOFTWARE Yes, it was a simple recompile. Nothing's tested though :-). NEW IN VERSION 3.3 ================== The latest Phone.app is ready for public consumption. Phone is a cheap (but neat) shareware address book manager. There's some pretty powerful features in it, but I'm just going to list the "diff" from the last version here. (1) Compiled 4xfat (not tested on HP or SPARC) (2) Extensive use of HKEmacsText for emacs keybindings everywhere. (3) Hayes modem dialing support. Hurray. Thank Helmut for bugging me until I did it ;-). Helmut is in Germany, where he was unable to do tone dialing, so this should work fine for other Germans, if not Eurpopean phone systems in general. (4) Service advertising for the full entry... so if you want to put something into Mail.app, you just need jump right to the services menu without having to do a select-all first. (5) Fixed pasteboard bug (the Text object graphics handling workarounds I wrote were placing NULL characters on the pasteboard for graphics, and most other apps don't like that...) (6) Worked around a Text object bug in which it decides the first paragraph starts at (-1) instead of (0). (7) Added UUCP locking to modem dialing. (8) Added font setting... you can change the font family used to display addresses on a per-window basis through the font panel.... finally. If you have "Gill" try using Gill-Italic. It looks very nice. (9) Fixed a bug in which the color didn't properly reset under revert. You can get it from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edn/pub/next/demos/productivity/Phone-3.3.mihs.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Phone-3.3.mihs.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Phone-3.3.mihs.tar.gz That's it. Try em out. Buy 'em if you like 'em. Phone is $10.00 and you'll not find a better deal under NEXTSTEP. Well, except for the GNU compiler and debugger. And Carl Edman + friends' port of Emacs. Still, this is a good deal :-). NEW IN VERSION 3.1d =================== This is the latest (3.1-beta) version of Phone.app. There's quite a few fixes implemented, along with some suggestions. There's more to come later... the most notable improvements include: 3.1d: - Fixed the MiscKit stuff that wasn't handling 8bit characters properly. - Also, translates RTF in the address book files to ASCII. You'll lose any special formatting you've done, but oh well. 3.1c: - numerous bug fixes - PDA access (downloading and uploading phonebooks) - password protection - faster phone dialing - dialing prefixes (comma for pause) - support for NeXT address book files Feel free to download this. For those of you that don't know, Phone is a neat little address book manager, which will work on flat-file plain text, of near-arbitrary format ;-). It's shareware, with a $10 fee. The Sharp Wizard downloading bundle is an extra $20.00. There's also an API available if you want to implement your own PDA downloading/uploading bundle. Contact me for info about the API. I'll only give the API out to registered users, so expect that response if you've not registered the app ;-). - darcy
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Quad Fat Jargon v3.2 Date: 22 Dec 1994 16:41:18 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dcrpu$eq1@digifix.digifix.com> QUAD FAT SOFTWARE Yes, it was a simple recompile. Nothing's tested though :-). The latest Jargon.app is ready for public consumption. Jargon is a cool shareware digital dictionary in the style of Webster on steriods. It's targeted around the Internet Jargon File (aka Hacker's Dictionary). There's also an API for building your own dictionaries, and I've put up the InternetCookbook somewhere... I've never gotten around to publishing the API though. Anyway, if you really want it, send me email. It's kinda gross. NEW IN VERSION 3.2 ================== The main changes in this version are: (1) Compiled 4xfat (not tested on HP or SPARC) (2) New info panel by me (big deal). (3) Fixed a race condition problem in the data loading thread which could crash the program if someone clicked "define" twice extremely quickly. That's what you get for parallel programming ;-). (4) A reworked entry browser, which is cleaner and more usable. (5) Minor bug fixes (6) Smoothed out the hypertext transitions from the browser and the hypertext buttons. (7) New app icon and associated animation. (8) New define icon (yes, I was getting tired of the bland tiffs). You can get it from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edn/pub/next/binaries/toys/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz That's it. Try em out. Buy 'em if you like 'em. Jargon is $15.00 and you'll not find a better deal under NEXTSTEP. Well, except for the GNU compiler and debugger. And Carl Edman + friends' port of Emacs. Still, this is a good deal :-). NEW IN VERSION 3.1 ================== Jargon-3.1 is the popular Webster-style interface to the fabulous internet jargon file. Previous versions of Jargon have been reviewed by NeXTWORLD Magazine, and NEXT IN LINE both of which recommended it, and gave it a 4 out of 5 rating. The newest version of Jargon is triple-fat, so you can finally get those ever-so-useful definitions on your HP machines. Numerous bugs have been fixed in 3.1 version, and 3.1 is also shareware. Yes, it's shareware, so you'll have to send us a cheque for $15 if you want to keep it. We think it's only fair since we've been working on Jargon for well over a year, giving lots of free support, and producing newer and better versions every few months. It's time we got a little bit of thanks for all our hard work! ;-). Anyway, download the software, check it out, and if you're a past user or a new user of Jargon, follow your conscience, and support a NEXTSTEP developer who's trying to bring you cool software for almost-free. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz Note: hasc has a slow link. Avoid it if you can. - darcy Darcy Brockbank samurai@hasc.ca
From: Denise Schneider <Denise_Schneider@NeXT.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Global Software Announces Release of VisChem Molecule Studio version 1.1 Date: 22 Dec 1994 16:43:00 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dcrt4$eq9@digifix.digifix.com> Global Software announces ship date for VisChem Molecule Studio Version 1.1. McLean, VA, December 19, 1994 - Global Software announced that VisChem Molecule Studio version 1.1 will be released on December 20, 1994. VisChem Molecule Studio is compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC hardware. To run the application NeXTSTEP 3.1 or higher is required What is Molecule Studio? Molecule Studio is the companion and natural extension of all molecular modelling applications. At present, many commercial and shareware molecular modelling applications are available for various platforms. However, they have restricted capabilities in creating molecular images of highest quality. The Molecule Studio has extraordinary capabilities for creating high quality molecular images utilizing the NeXTSTEP environment. You can create your model with the usual modelling software and import the data to Molecule Studio. Enhance the appearance of your model in an intuitive way by simple mouse dragging. After that you simply can take a snapshot of the model, either as photorealistic image or as PostScript image. Further, by using the drag&drop feature you can import your molecular image into your preferred publishing software. Images can be saved in different (tiff, eps and rib) formats. Photorealistic Images Models can be displayed in three different styles: 1. Ball&Stick; 2. Spacefilling; 3. Sticks. Each style can be further enhanced by a sophisticated lighting system and the possibility of changing color of single atoms and bonds to highlight certain areas of the structure . For illumination, ambient light, distant light and point light are available. PostScript Images A variety of display styles is available for bonds and atoms. Each atom and bond can be individually selected and their attributes changed. Atoms can automatically be assigned with appropriate labels. Movies This version also allows a customer to create simple movies of molecular models. These movies can be shown with the application VisChem Movie. VisChem Movie is provided free of charge with each VisChem Molecule Studio application. Data Format Molecule Studio takes molecule data in a very simple data format. Nevertheless, the application is able to read more than twenty common molecular modelling data formats. A demo version (limited to 15 atoms) of VisChem Molecule Studio will be placed on the following ftp server: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/science/VisChemMoleculeStudio.app.NI.tar.gz The demo is dual fat (NI) and comes with an extensive online help system. Retail Prices VisChem Molecule Studio retails for: Commercial single users: $495.--. Academic single users: $325.-- Students with ID $195.-- Global Software offers volume discount and site licenses for corporate and academic customers. For more information please contact Global Software directly: info@globesoft.com. About the company Global Software, with offices in Berlin, Germany and McLean, Virginia is a privately owned software development company that specializes in chemistry related applications. global software l.c. 6446 Dryden Drive McLean, VA, 22101 EMail:info@globesoft.com Telephone:(703)448-9854 Fax:(703)448-9854
From: Pedja Bogdanovich <pedja@luka.tiptop.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TipTop Software Ships TipTop Version 1.5 Date: 22 Dec 1994 17:34:37 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dcutt$fhu@digifix.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE TipTop Software Ships TipTop Version 1.5 ======================================== Bethesda, Maryland, December 22, 1994 --- TipTop Software is proud to announce that TipTop v1.5 is now shipping. TipTop is the most advanced, easy-to-use telecommunication and terminal emulation program for NEXTSTEP available today. TipTop Software thanks all its customers for making the release of v1.5 possible. As always, our design is driven by your feedback. The demo version is available by anonymous FTP from the ftp.cs.orst.edu archive: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm/TipTop-1.5.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm/TipTop-Supplement-1.5.tar.gz or ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/TipTop_Software/TipTop-1.5.tar.gz ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Vendors/TipTop_Software/TipTop-Supplement-1.5.tar.gz The demo version runs 13 min at a time and has a limitation on file transfer size. The main TipTop 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.] - Application Programmers Interface (API): TipTop's internal objects can be messaged from a script as well as from other applications. - File Transfer: Bundled transfer protocols include X-, Y-, and ZMODEM. Any external transfer protocol can be used 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! New features in v1.5 include: - Loadable bundles allow end-users to extend TipTop without limits. For example, end-users can design their own objects, such as toolbars, dialog panels, etc. and fully integrate them into TipTop. - Remote serial port feature allows access of serial ports on any NEXTSTEP computer reachable through a network from TipTop, i.e., a remote modem session can be opened just as if the modem were directly attached to the local computer. The server machine, i.e., machine to which the modem is physically attached, requires a TipTop Serial Port Server. The server will be released soon. - The API is greatly improved. It is now easy to design new toolbars, new session objects, new session panels, etc. - Many GUI improvements, including new Toolbar, Dial, and Term interfaces. - ISO Latin 1 character encoding is included. Users can create their own character encodings. - Email transfer scripts allow email transport from and to Mail.app through TipTop. When the deliver button is clicked in Mail.app, the outgoing message gets queued. When the SendMail script is run, all the messages that are queued locally get transferred to the remote machine and sent to the appropriate recipient(s). When the GetMail script is run, all the messages stored in the remote mailbox get transferred to the local machine so that they can be read in Mail.app. This is very useful if one has a Unix account with email access, and no email access for the local NS machine. (These sample scripts are not supported by TipTop Software.) - And much, much more... TipTop telecommunication software runs on Motorola, Intel, and HP PA-RISC machines running NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher. TipTop still costs only $185 + S/H ($4 FirstClass Mail within US, $8 AirMail to Europe). Site licenses are available as well as academic discounts. For more info or to place an order contact TipTop Software: TipTop Software Email: tiptop@tiptop.com Tel/Fax: +1 (301) 656-3837 (9am--5pm US EST, Mon--Fri) USPS: PO Box 30681, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA Visa/MasterCard accepted.
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Quad Fat Phone v3.3 Date: 22 Dec 1994 17:47:51 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dcvmn$ft5@digifix.digifix.com> Phone-3.3 Addendum A small bug snuck into version 3.3 of Phone. The bug only shows up when resizing your phonebook windows. When resizing the window, the Text object won't rewrap the text, altough it is rewrapped on the next lookup. If you resize your windows and note that your entry is now truncated on the right hand side (and this bothers you ;-), please re-download Phone-3.3 from the archives. The versions placed there before 5:45 EST were affected by this bug. I rushed out a fixed version (with the same version number) as soon as this was drawn to my attention. Sorry! - darcy
From: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@amber.hasc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BETA TEST: QLIPO -- NeXT compatible, portable lipo Date: 23 Dec 1994 16:41:16 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dfg5s$mdo@digifix.digifix.com> ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/qlipo-1.0.tar.gz Request for beta testers: QLIPO -- NeXT compatible, portable LIPO. Send bug reports to: Darcy Brockbank <samurai@hasc.ca> Hutchison Ave. Software Version 1.0 <BETA> Dec 22, 1994 This program is loosely based on plipo, by Christian Scheider, which served mainly as example code and inspiration that this could be done. The intent of this program is to furnish an upgrade path for people who have broken versions of 'lipo' as under NEXTSTEP 3.2 and previous versions. QLIPO is bug-for-bug compatible with lipo... well, not exactly bug-for-bug, but it does a good job of handling all the arguments you can pass it, while giving some more useful messages than our old buggy friend lipo. Replacing lipo might be useful to you, because it will allow you to deal with mega fat binaries, without having to upgrade your OS. A side effect of this is the implication that you may not have to upgrade to NS 3.3 to use NS Developer 3.3, since lipo is likely the only thing that 3.3 developer depends on. I dunno... try it and see. For the most part, this program is portable to any UNIX, though it works only on MACH-O files. At the moment, I'm being very conservative by keeping the byte alignments of the fat files at 8192 byte boundaries. While this will result in a bit of wasted space, it makes sure that all executables are happy. Future versions will allow for less conservative alignments. This program is being provided with the hope it will be interesting, and perhaps useful, but no guarantees are made as to it's functionality or usefulness, nor do I or Hutchison Ave. Software warrant it in any other way. Please keep me informed as to incompatabilities or problems, and I will do my best to fix things. Lots of this code is gross... I'm sorry about that, but I'm just trying to get it to work. Typical C programmer's excuse. I did write this over the course of 24 hours though, so please be gentle with me. This software is donated to the public domain, as long as you don't remove the attributions. TODO 1) support segalign... -segalign is being ignored in favor of a safe alignment of 8192 bytes right now. 2) support multiple -remove flags... I had no idea this could be specified, so I didn't work it in. If you have any fixes, suggestions, or bug reports, please send them. If you want to work on this too, feel free. - darcy
From: "David J. Ferrero" <david@zion.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Address change for Zion Software & Consulting Date: 29 Dec 1994 02:16:32 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dtnog$19c@digifix.digifix.com> Zion Software & Consulting has recently relocated its office. The new contact information is below. --------------------------- David J. Ferrero, President Zion Software & Consulting 1256 Catamount Road Fairfield, CT 06430 USA email: info@zion.com phone: 203-255-7401 fax: 203-255-7633 --------------------------- Orders for Zion's TeleComm v1.2 NEXTSTEP modem software can be directed to: Check, Money Orders...Zion Software & Consulting Credit Card orders...Alembic Systems or OpenSource.
From: Thomas Engel <tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: UNIX-HatersTool v0.1 Date: 29 Dec 1994 17:20:31 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3dvcnf$65u@digifix.digifix.com> Release 0.1, 30.12.1994 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) The UNIX-Haters Tool Submitted to: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/frontends ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/util/ Might migrate to other places..sorry. ATTENTION..you need gnutar and gzip to unpack this package. With this tool you might be able to keep your hands from the Terminal application for another bunch of ever returning tasks. It was inspired by Simson Garfinkels new book called the UNIX-HATERS Handbook (IDG Book), the great MiscShell object from Steve Hayman and the TabMatrix palette from Bill Edney, Mark R. Onyschuk and Sean Hill. The functionality is kind of limited but still I find it very useful every day. It was designed to ease my work. So it might need some customization fit your needs. What it does Once you have started this application you should go straight to Paradise. In that window you can use the Tabmatrix to select the tool you need. Currently there is no easy way to extend the application. Still it is very simple to open the NIB inside InterfaceBuilder and add some more shell-tools. More on customization can be found below. The Package Version 0.1 comes in a package that includes: - UNIX-HatersTool.app. A FAT binary for NeXT and Intel hardware - Online Help...minimal - Full Sourcecode - A beta version of the MiscSwapKit palette. You need it to be able to open the main NIB. Don't use it otherwise, unless you don't care if the final version is incompatible ! - This Documentation and a ASCII version (README) of this Introduction On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project' section. Features Currently there are only very simple things this application will do for you. After all it was just created by drag&drop inside InterfaceBuilder. And that within a very short period of time (3 days). The single tools will give you easy access to some features of: ps, kill, df, uucico, uustat, pppup, pppdown, newsrun, sendbatches ...plus showing some log files The uucico and ppp section will need some changes to meet your private needs (like the name of the site to poll etc. pp). I know that there might be a nicer ways to customize that whole application but it was mainly written for private use. Sorry about that. Ask your local guru if you can't put it the way you need it...or drop me a mail. Some features require that you are either root or the application is setuid to root. Always keep in mind that this is just a frontend to UNIX. It won't make UNIX any nicer. Future plans Here are the most wanted improvements form my ToDo-list. More can be found in the online help. - Loading the tools from bundles. Well quite easy but it needs some time until the MiscFile stuff is solid. - More tools...like truncating all those system logs. - Make it smaller. I don't really know why the application is so big. All I do is link some libraries into a no-brainer application. I guess there is a lot of useless code in there. Future versions should either have bundles or be smaller. About this Project I will try to keep improvements rolling in, but don't expect new versions to come out every month. There are other projects I want to spend more time with then this one. The latest version of this server will be available at the ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de or ftp.cs.orst.edu anonymous ftp servers. Soon there will be a WWW page were you can find out more about the status of this...and all the other projects im working on. Compiling This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile the program from scratch. It does not come with all the libraries! You will need to get the MiscKit project (Version 1.2.8 or higher) and the TabMatrixPalette from the archives. For more details on the MiscKit collection see the common NeXT ftp servers 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> Don't use the MiscSwapKit.palette provided with this application. It is a beta hack an might change until in makes it into the final version. Don't blame me if it might be incompatible. In Case of Trouble If you have any questions you can contact me. Thomas Engel Netpunstr. 9 D-90522 Oberasbach Germany E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org 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. You are free to extend and modify this application. But don't redistribute a modified version under the same name unless I gave you the permission. I don't want to have different, confusingly incompatible versions running around the world. Anyway..it is highly recommended that you customize the application according to your needs. 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 floorž 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. Tomi -- _________________________________________________________ (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) Thomas Engel Neptunstr. 9 NeXTMail welcome D - 90522 Oberasbach Germany
From: imdat <imdat@irex.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: IREX Announces Final Release of its Real Estate Agent Software 'Agent' Date: 30 Dec 1994 14:47:40 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3e1o4s$dmh@digifix.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December, 30th 1994 IREX Software AG i.G. Contact: Thomas Krempl Hochreit 7 D-83329 Waging a. See Germany phone: +49-8681-694-0 fax: +49-8681-694-200 mail: tkrempl@irex.de IREX ANNOUNCES THE FINAL RELEASE OF ITS REAL ESTATE AGENT SOFTARE 'Agent' Waging a. See, Germany - IREX Software AG i.G. announced that the final version of 'IREX Agent', the industries first truly standardized Real Estate Agent System Software, is available now. IREX Agent is being shipped since 5th of December 1994. It's compiled bi-fat and will run on Intel and Motorola. A HP-PA Release will be available by end of January, 1995. Due to the big amount of data required for ZIPs, Areas and Regions represented in Agent Agent is NOT available via ftp. If you would like to have a demosntration copy of IREX Agent please just send an e-mail or fax or phone IREX Software AG. "The real estate agents are waiting now for a long while for standardized solution for real estate management," says Thomas Krempl, CEO and Co-Founder of IREX Software AG. "We're proud to have developed a really perfect solution for real estate agents. We were working now for 10 years to collect information, data and know-how about real estate market" adds Mr. Richard Pfruender, "the brain behind IREX", who himself is a real estate agent in Germany. "NEXTSTEP WAS and IS the only operating system which has the power and UI we needed for Agent. We were not only planning for 10 years but also waiting for an operating system which has the ability to manage that huge amount of data needed for representing real estates in computers and is also as-easy-as-possible to use." IREX Software AG started shipping IREX Agent on CD by 5th of December 1994. Agent is currently available in German, English and French. The Spanish and Italian release will follow as soon as possible as a free language extension on a disk. If you need any further information please call us, fax us or e-mail us. --- IREX Software AG, Waging am See, Germany, engineers, develops and markets the industries first truly standardized International Real Estate Exchange System Software. The object-oriented application Agent, helps the Real Estate Agent to get his day-to-day job done easier and more efficiently. Agent also enables the Real Estate Agents to build up local, global, national and international electronic Real Estate markets.
From: Graph Sales <graphing@mttam.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenGraph: Leader in charts and graphs on CD-ROM disc Date: 30 Dec 1994 14:56:25 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3e1ol9$dpn@digifix.digifix.com> OpenGraph: Leader in charts and graphs on CD-ROM disc. Contact: VVI-DCS 311 Adams Ave. State College, PA 16803 814-234-9613 814-234-9614 Fax graphing@mttam.com -- "We hooked it up to our Reuter Selectfeed(TM), its real-time [graphing] and shows exactly what we need!." -- "If it were on Windows(TM) you would cream SigmaPlot(TM)." -- "We've looked at PV*(TM) and the others and this is by far the best graphing package for our needs." -- "We're looking at data from our IOtech(TM) equipment in ways [considered] impossible using our Windows(TM) based systems." -- "We selected it because we can use true NEXTSTEP(TM) features like subclassing and categories with seamless integration. We are very satisfied with the object architecture and design." -- "You've done great work, as far as I'm concerned OpenGraph is the only choice." -- "You provided the framework for something we considered impractical to implement, but was finished in three days!" -- "It's our preferred choice for corporate deployment." These professionals have cut the time it takes to test and implement new strategies and make critical decisions by using OpenGraph to produce rich, integrated, high performance graph interfaces in a fraction of the time it takes with other systems. The OpenGraph CD-ROM disc is the best value in graphing and includes: GraphBuilder and The Graph Object Library for Intel, NeXT and HP PA-RISC; single and tri-fat binary with seven select real-time demo applications (source code for the demos included), complete documentation and over 50 graph examples on CD-ROM disc for a price that makes it the outstanding leader in graphing value. To order the OpenGraph or GraphBuilder CD-ROM disc contact your NEXTSTEP reseller or direct sales at VVI-DCS. For a free brochure or additional information contact VVI-DCS. -- Your OpenGraph Advantage Team To be a corporate beta site for our real-time 3D implementation or our real-time data acquisition and graph display implementations contact VVI-DCS. To be a part of our OpenGraph Academic Development Program (OGADP), which includes the OpenGraph CD-ROM disc (for free) send us a request for application to graphing@mttam.com For additional information you may: - Give us a call. - See OpenStep magazine (the replacement for NeXTWorld magazine). - Visit us at NEXTSTEP Expo'95. - See the Stepwise page: http://www.stepwise.com/ThirdParty/Custom_Developers/VVI-DCS - Down load any of the demos or literature from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics GraphBuilder* GraphObject* - e-mail graphing@mttam.com to request NeXTMail literature. OpenGraph, GraphBuilder, The Graph Object Library, VVI Data Control Specialists, VVI-DCS and VVimaging are trademarks of VVimaging, Inc. (VVI-DCS). SigmaPlot is a registered trademark of Jandel Scientific Software. Reuter Selectfeed is a trademark of Reuters Ltd. IOtech is a trademark of IOtech, Inc. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Chris Saldanha <chris@computerActive.on.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, January 5 Date: 30 Dec 1994 15:21:42 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3e1q4m$e1m@digifix.digifix.com> Ottawa NeXT User Group Meeting on Thursday, January 5, 1994 =========================================================== Where: computerActive inc. 15 Capella Court Unit 128 Nepean, ON Contact: Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst (613) 225-4824 Voice (613) 225-1670 FAX http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh chris@computerActive.on.ca csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca NeXTMail and MIME cheerfully accepted! When: 7:00pm, Thursday, January 5 Topics: -NeXTSTEP 3.3 -we've got it installed and running (on a Pentium 90!) -a look at the new features -apps (new and changed) -NeXTMail 3.3 -networking -drivers -8-bit colour (better than it sounds!) -NeWS from the NeXT world -Gossip as always :-) Hope to see you there! Chris
From: pericles@athena.com (Jamie O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group Date: 30 Dec 1994 15:27:55 -0500 Organization: Next Announcements Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <3e1qgb$e2l@digifix.digifix.com> Subject: BCS NeXT User Group Meeting Boston Computer Society NeXT User Group MeetingTuesday, January 3rd, 1995 MIT Campus, Rm 1-190 7:00PM 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM So how are you using NEXTSTEP? Different people in the group will discuss how they are using NEXTSTEP. 8:00PM Rumors of the Month. 8:15PM Notes on the next meeting. 8:30PM Dinner. All are welcome to attend. If you would like more information please contact: Jamie O'Keefe phone: 617.628.4136 (H) 617.734.6372 (W) email: pericles@athena.com
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