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From: Leo Turetsky <Leo_Turetsky@BLaCKSMITH.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Fantastic Opportunity for OpenStep Trainers! Date: 1 Oct 1996 19:38:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <52rrvl$a71@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: Fantastic Opportunity for OPENSTEP Trainers!! BLaCKSMITH, Inc., one of the fastest growing NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP development companies in the market, will be hiring instructor/courseware developers to join its Training Division. BLaCKSMITH offers developer training in NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP, the most advanced object-oriented technology available, and soon will expand to include courses in Java programming. Thanks to BLaCKSMITH's prominent reputation, its products, and services (particularly training!) are in high demand in almost every major OPENSTEP market: government, telecommunications, entertainment and financial services. The company will be hiring candidates who want to join the team of talented professionals who continue to make this company a success in the object-oriented market. Every resume meeting minimum qualifications will be considered! The following describes the position's requirements: - 2 years professional NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP development experience required - 2 years experience with UNIX required - Previous training and/or presentation experience required - Additional development experience in Java or other OO language helpful - Management experience helpful The successful candidate will: - Help develop course material relating to OPENSTEP and Java software development - Deliver OPENSTEP and Java training in a classroom setting - Assist in marketing/selling OPENSTEP and Java training - Have the opportunity to learn and be a part of an exciting business environment in the telecommunications, entertainment, financial or government industries - Work with a team of talented OPENSTEP and Java developers - Work in a relaxed, casual atmosphere Founded in 1992, BLaCKSMITH, Inc. is dedicated to providing custom and commercial software solutions to clients who wish to capitalize on the advantages of object-oriented software. The company delivers its expertise through its four divisions: Commercial Products; Consulting Services; Developer Training and Web Services. For more information about the company, visit its web page at http://www.blacksmith.com. Resumes are being accepted immediately. For more information contact: Denise Britti or Pati Gutierrez 1651 Old Meadow Road, Suite 325 McLean,VA 22102 888.BLKSMTH (703) 847.8180 (703) 847.5767 Fax Plain Text, NeXT Mail, or MIME: info@blacksmith.com BLaCKSMITH is an equal opportunity employer.
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.soft-sys.nextstep,comp.jobs.offered Subject: JOB: NYC-Nextstep-Obj-C,Windows,Sybase,WWW-WSI Date: 2 Oct 1996 20:45:14 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Distribution: inet Message-ID: <52uk8q$j8u@news.digifix.com> -------(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below- no telecommuting and no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)----------- I have been asked to identify an independent consultant with Nextstep, Objective-C, Sybase, Windows and Internet/WWW experience for a long term development project in New York City at a starting rate of $480+ per day, including expenses. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, e-mail a straight ascii text file/resume to Jay N. (that does not require decoding/converting, no HTML or URL's initially and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to p00370@psilink.com, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) ------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA.
From: finger@misty.cac.stratus.com (Jim_Finger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Contractor with NEXT/OPENSTEP and EOF experience Date: 2 Oct 1996 21:04:33 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <52uld1$jdu@news.digifix.com> JOB: Contractor with NEXT/OPENSTEP and EOF experience Stratus Computer, Inc. is a leading provider of fault-tolerant, highly available, computer systems and software and we're located west of Boston, MA. We are looking for contract developers to assist a talented project team in the development of an incidence tracking system that is crucial to the success of the company's customer service business. This is a great opportunity to help define, design, and develop an advanced suite of OPENSTEP+EOF apps and app servers to be deployed around the world. Job requirements and experience we require include the following. - 3+ years of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and Objective-C development, OPENSTEP 4.x preferred. - EOF 1.2 development, EOF 2.x preferred. - Currently using Mach Intel platform; plan to use NT Intel in the future. Also using DevMan as our source repository. - Self-motivated and previously used project methodologies. - Can effectively work on a project team of 6-10 people. - Able to develop comprehensive task analysis, breakdown, and schedule. - Excellent communications skills. Capable of gathering requirements and writing technical and non-technical specifications. Resumes are being accepted immediately. For more information please contact: Sue Miano 508-460-2686 (Sue_Miano@stratus.com) or Jim Finger 508-460-2723 (Jim_Finger@stratus.com) Fax 508-481-5635 Stratus Computer, Inc. 55 Fairbanks Blvd. Marlboro, MA 01752
From: "WSI Nationwide" <p00370@psilink.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: JOB: NYC-Nextstep-Objective-C-WSI Date: 2 Oct 1996 20:45:31 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Distribution: inet Message-ID: <52uk9b$j8v@news.digifix.com> -------(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below- no telecommuting and no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)----------- I have been personally asked by an established, industry leading New York City area software developer assembling a project team developing new Client/Server products,to identify an independent consultant or employee candidate with six months to two years Nextstep Objective-C development experience, preferrably also with application design, some RDBMS experience (Oracle or Sybase preferred) and database design to develop new systems, support through rollout and possibly some network & database System Administration. The new products being developed will use Nextstep Objective-C as well as other state of the art technologies including: Internet tools/technologies-world wide web/WWW, HTML - etc, MS-Windows, Sybase, Oracle, PC LANs, AIX & HP. This teamwork oriented environment is laid back with casual dress, social with a good sense of humor, offers flexible hours and the opportunity for some international travel, if desired. The technical environment offers pure Nextstep developers a chance to strenghen their Objective-C development/design skills while diversifying and giving more depth to their experience with new software on different platforms including exposure to Internet technologies. Selected candidates with intermediate skills will be offered an atractive starting salary plus merit bonuses after one year and great benefits including matching 401K and full medical plus a solid technical and promotional career path. Independent consultants will be offered a six month+ contract at a competitive market starting rate. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, e-mail a straight ascii text file/resume to Jay N. (that does not require decoding/converting, no HTML or URL's initially and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to p00370@psilink.com, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, 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: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@nerc3.nerc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: 'peak' FTP site announces renovations and construction Date: 3 Oct 1996 07:01:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <52vobs$mp1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: The NeXT FTP Site Maintainers at PEAK 850 SW 15th Street Corvallis Oregon 97331 email: next-ftp@peak.org ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next CORVALLIS, OREGON (Thr Oct 03 21:19:55 PDT 1996) -- The NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site at 'peak' is about to undergo some renovation, remodelling, and all around reorganization. We believe that these changes will allow users of our FTP site to make more effective use of our site, with a new filesystem structure that strives to be clearly, more specificly detailed, more consistent, and more readily understandable. Toward this end, you will notice over the next few months some slight changes, and some significant changes. Here is a brief outline of those changes as they are currently envisioned: - CREATION OF NEW DIRECTORY STRUCTURE: What we have is good, but what we will have will be better. The 'peak' ftp site has a long NeXT history, and a lot has changed since the beginnings way back when the site was found at cs.orst.edu. NeXTStep can now run on more than just NeXT hardware, OpenStep has arrived on the scene, and tons of freeware, shareware, and commercial products have been added. The time has come for a structure that reflects those changes. New directories will be made, old ones will be renamed and/or reorganized. Source code (where available) and compiled binaries will be located under the same parent directory, giving users much easier access to find everything that is available in the shortest amount of time. - STANDARDIZATION OF FILENAMES: Filenames will be renamed to reflect the type of file it is and what architectures are present in binary programs (ie: NeXT, Intel, HP, Sparc). All README files will be renamed to end with ".README" and will be in plaintext ASCII format. - RECOMPRESSION USING 'gzip': Many of the files present at 'peak' are already compressed using 'gzip' (the GNU zip program) which is capable of much greater compression than the normal Unix compress (.Z) format. 'gzip' has been a part of the standard NeXTStep distribution since version 3.2 and is publically available at many sites, including ours! Files which were compressed using the Workspace Manager's 'Compress' menu item (ie files ending in .compressed) have been renamed to .tar.Z and will be recompressed using 'gzip'. While the .Z -> .gz program is already underway, there are over 1000 files on 'peak' which were compressed with the Unix compress, so this will take awhile to complete! - A NEW SITE NAME: While the URL "ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next" still works, we have added another hostname "ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next" to the machine. This more clearly follows the Internet "standard" (if there is such a thing!) of FTP sites being designated with a hostname which begins with 'ftp.' Please note that both URLs will point you to the same machine, the same files, etc. However, "ftp.next.peak.org" is the preferred hostname. - SUBMISSIONS FOLDER: If you have used 'peak' over the past few months, you have probably noticed that the '/pub/next/submissions' folder has accumulated a great deal of submissions in it. We hope to have this folder entirely cleared out as soon as possible after submissions reach us. YOU CAN HELP US! When you submit something to 'peak' please email us at "next-ftp@peak.org" and tell us what you have submitted and where you think it should go. Be sure to read the new document found at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/SUBMISSION-GUIDELINES.README for more information on how you can best send us your submission. You'll notice that the 'submissions' folder is just about empty, except for anything submitted in the past 2 weeks. The submissions have been filed away. Check out the index files in /pub/next. [ Please note: If you have any trouble uploading a submission, please email us at "next-ftp@peak.org" and let us know. Please _DO_NOT_ email us the file! Thanks! ] We will keep you up-to-date with these changes as they go along. You can also see our own log of the changes to the site at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/change.log One final note: Please make sure you check any and all links you might have to our site from your web pages. One way to keep track might be to use the FREE Url-minder service at: "http://www.netmind.com/" (we have no connection to that site whatsoever, we just think it's cool.) Thanks! The PEAK NeXT FTP Site Maintainers We are (in alphabetical order): Scott Anguish EMAIL: sanguish@digifix.com Moderator - comp.sys.next.announce Webmaster - www.stepwise.com Mike Miller EMAIL: millerm@peak.org (*) Timothy J. Luoma EMAIL: luomat@peak.org ('peak' related) luomat@nerc.com (all other email) Author of Swapfile and Swapdisk FAQ and dozens of nearly insignificant shell scripts NeXTMail: Yes, MIME OK. John Sechrest EMAIL: sechrest@peak.org (*) Eric Tremblay EMAIL: ericet@peak.org Author of the Nebula CDROM Hardware: NeXT Black Mono, Intel Pentium. NEXTSTEP User and Dev 3.3 and OpenStep User and Dev 4.0. NeXTmail: YES!!! (*) designates a new member of the FTP maintainers' team Together we are: next-ftp@peak.org <eof>
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@nerc3.nerc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: fiddlepass.sh (1.0) auto-manipulate password Date: 3 Oct 1996 06:53:55 GMT Organization: Princeton Theological Seminary Message-ID: <52vnu3$mng@news.digifix.com> Available at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/fiddlepass.1.0.README ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/fiddlepass.1.0.NIHS.bs.tar.gz Contact: luomat@nerc.com 'fiddlepass.sh' is yet another script to do a little thing you could easily live without, but makes life a little nicer. By using the methods explained in the README you can use this script to automatically log yourself in after a reboot (using the loginwindow's DefaultUser dwrite) AND have your password re-installed after you are logged in. For users of standalone machines who can control physical access to their machine, this is a nice bonus. Like to leave yourself logged in all night, but you'd also like to reboot at 3am to clean our the swapfile? By using this script you can do that, and be logged in when you wake up in the morning. Hate to have to manually log back in after a panic? Well, using this script, you can avoid that hassle of waiting for 'fsck' to finish so you can login. Go walk the dog, and when you come back, you'll be logged in. Usage instructions of a more specific nature can be found in the README and the script itself. Use only as directed. Use at your own risk. READ the README and the SCRIPT (you'll have to make a few small customizations to the script to make it work for you! It's clearly marked and commented!) If you have problems, you know where to find me ;-)
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces September Harvest Moon Eclipse Winner - free Create 4.0! Date: 3 Oct 1996 19:31:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5314a7$r97@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Albuquerque, NM, October 1, 1996 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep software marketplace, announced today the winner of the September Harvest Moon Eclipse Raffle for a Stoneworker tshirt, Stone CD Volume 3 and a free Create 4.0 for OpenStep NT, OpenStep SOLARIS or OpenStep Mach. The winner is Tim Bissell of the UK. Stone Design will raffle a tshirt and CD combo, and an occasional Create 4.0 each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. The Stone Design logotype is copyright Stone Design 1994. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: alexdn@globalobjects.com (Alex D. Nghiem) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: US - TX and Southeast - WebObjects/EOF experts needed Date: 4 Oct 1996 19:28:23 GMT Organization: Global Objects Inc. Message-ID: <533ogn$6b8@news.digifix.com> Folks: Global Objects specializes in providing quality solutions to its clients through object technology. We're currently looking for folks with WebObjects expertise to work on various projects in the Southeast and TX. These projects will start almost immediately, and we need you now! Qualifications: - WebObjects expertise (preferred) - EOF expertise as well - NextStep development experience - 3 or more years - Modelling experience with Booch/Rumbaugh/Jacobson use cases We will also consider candidates with a strong Java or Smalltalk background. These positions do provide some hands-on WebObjects training but we prefer candidates that already have this expertise. These positions can either be contract or full-time employment. All work will be done on the client site. Join a team of OO experts and work on the state-of-the art projects. Each of the members on this team has over 7 years of OO experience including one PhD and one book author (check out our article on WebObjects in the July issue of Object magazine). For immediate consideration, pls e-mail your resume (with hourly rates or salary history) to jobs@globalobjects.com (preferrably in Word format) or fax it to 770.457.7333. Thanks, - Alex - Global Objects Object and Web Solutions Experts Phone: 770.235.2036 Fax:770.457.4144
From: steve@biostat.ucsf.EDU (Steve Shiboski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: R Statistical Software for NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 4 Oct 1996 20:12:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <533r3q$6jk@news.digifix.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- R ALPHA PRE-RELEASE for NEXTSTEP version 3.3 (M68k and Intel) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcing a NEXTSTEP port of the R language for statistical programming. NEXTSTEP support for the statistical programs SAS and S-PLUS was dropped when NeXT stopped making hardware, leaving statisticians running NEXTSTEP in an awkward position. R is an extremely powerful alternative to these commercial packages distributed under the GNU public license. R is written by Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka of the Dept. of Statistics, University of Auckland. Read the README file with this distribution to find out more about R. Note that users of S and S-PLUS will find R very easy to use (and very fast). If you don't know S, check out "The New S Language" (Becker R, Chambers J, Wilks A; Wadsworth, 1988) to help you get started. I have placed binaries for M68k and Intel architecture in the following NeXT-specific ftp sites: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/R-0.12.N.b.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/R-0.12.I.b.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/R-0.12.README You'll need X11 drivers to view graphics. I have used R with both CubXWindows and co-Xist X11 emulation under NEXTSTEP 3.3. R will run from any shell (e.g. Terminal or Stuart), but graphics will have to be written out using a Postscript driver. Disclaimer: This is a pre-alpha version. I have only tested the binary under NS 3.3 on m68K and Intel architecture. I have not tested it extensively -- so far, it seems to be working properly. However, there will be bugs, so use at your own risk! If you want to build R for another architecture, you are on your own. (The distribution contains some instructions on how to proceed.) ############################################# Stephen Shiboski <steve@biostat.ucsf.edu> Division of Biostatistics University of California San Francisco #############################################
From: ubs!walters@uunet.uu.net (Chris Walters) Newsgroups: uk.jobs,comp.sys.next.announce,misc.jobs.offered Subject: TRADING SUPPORT POSITION - INVESTMENT BANK - LONDON UK Date: 7 Oct 1996 20:03:20 GMT Organization: Union Bank of Switzerland - Global Equity Derivatives Message-ID: <53bnm8$1a3@news.digifix.com> Union Bank of Switzerland - Global Equity Derivatives Immediate opening - London Trading Desk (UK) Front Line Technical Support Staff The Global Equity Derivatives division of the Union Bank of Switzerland has an immediate opening for a front line technical support individual in its London office. The primary responsibilities of this position are to provide "front office" technical support, covering a wide range of technology areas, to traders and other staff in the London office. Experience in a support role and knowledge of at least one of the following technical areas is required: * multiple operating system knowledge, DOS/Win 95/NT & UNIX, NeXTSTEP preferred * basic system administration skills * ability to program in a scripting language such as Visual Basic, Tcl, Perl 5, Python, or Unix shell(s) * experience supporting office automation products such as Microsoft Office or similar programs * fundamental knowledge of networking and distributed systems, from a support perspective The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work well under pressure while juggling multiple priorities. The candidate will also be expected to have a "can do" attitude, and have a hungry appetite for learning new skills. As well as an attractive salary, the position carries a comprehensive benefits package including a discretionary performance award. To apply for this position, please submit your resume and requirements to the following address: Chris Walters Global Equity Derivatives 100 Liverpool Street London EC2M 2RH FAX: (+44) 171 956 9215 email: ubs!walters@uunet.uu.net Absolutely no phone calls, principals only. (MIME or NeXTMail; please send files in Postscript, PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word format only)
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: GSPrintFilter-1.1 Date: 7 Oct 1996 20:05:11 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <53bnpn$1a6@news.digifix.com> I've uploaded an update to GSPrintFilter to <ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/submissions> This GSPrintFilter package includes primarily Aladin Ghostscript, v4.03. It's application here is used as a filter, so that one can use a Non-PostScript printer with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. It comes bundled with many public domain fonts (PostScript and otherwise), but will fall back to using installed Postscript fonts in /NextLibrary/Fonts/outline and /LocalLibrary/Fonts/outline. This release fixes a few things: OUGHT to work on m68k now, includes full ghostscript target support for image types (like ppm, pdf, etc), supports gamma correction for dark-printing bubblejet printers. Appended is the full README. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ ------------------ GSPrintFilter-1.0.README October 1996 This GSPrintFilter package includes primarily Aladin Ghostscript, v4.03. It's application here is used as a filter, so that one can use a Non-PostScript printer with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. It comes bundled with many public domain fonts (PostScript and otherwise), but will fall back to using installed Postscript fonts in /NextLibrary/Fonts/outline and /LocalLibrary/Fonts/outline. SUPPORTED PRINTERS This version of ghostscript supports primarily Canon BubbleJet, HP DeskJet, HP LaserJet, HP PaintJet printers. Any printer capable of emulating these types of printers is also naturally supported. Please refer to the ghostscript www home page and included documentation in /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/4.03/doc for more information. prompt> /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/bin/gs-4.03 --help ..snip... Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF Available devices: x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11mono deskjet djet500 laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet4 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 pj pjxl pjxl300 bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m pdfwrite nullpage ..snip... INSTALLATION NOTE: most of these steps require root access. By default, the Installer.app will place all relavent files in /usr/local/lib/ghostscript. If you want it installed somewhere else, you're on your own. In order for ghostcript to use any custom installed fonts in /LocalLibrary/Fonts you'll need to create an outline directory containing symbolic links similar to the one you'll find in /NextLibrary/Fonts/outline Provided in this package is a script named 'outline.links' that will output shell script commands, that when executed in the given Font directory, will create the proper symbolic links. Once all files are in place, you'll need to create a Ghostscript printer using PrintManager.app. There are several generic ppd files included in this archive that you may use: you'll have to place them in either /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes/English.lproj or /LocalLibrary/PrinterTypes/English.lproj in order for PrintManager to use them. Alternatively, you can probably just create a printer entry using any ppd you already have (ie. it probably doesn't matter... much... at this stage). Run the provided GSFilter.postinstall script. Unless you specify otherwise on its command line, it assumes you want to use the ljet4 driver and name the new printer LocalGS. Alternatively, you may peruse the scripts contents and make the neccessary changes to NetInfo by hand using NetInfoManager. LIMITATIONS 1. This package has been tested only on Intel systems using the deskjet, ljet2p and ljet4 drivers. 2. Ghostscript won't always be able to parse the postscript you give it. 3. Ghostscript insists on PS input, so you cannot print plain text files (at least not directly). 'lpr mytextfile.txt' fails. You COULD, however, use 'enscript'. Try 'man enscript' for more details. 4. Occurences of faulty output has been verified when printing in Landscape mode (using ljet4 driver) TODO 1. The package is still too big. A lot of fat could have been trimmed by not including ALL of the optional ghostscript fonts and documentation. 2. Installation could be easier. (-; HISTORY 1.0 Initial Package 1.1 Upgraded to Aladin Ghostscript 4.03 Fixed runtime error for m68k (compile problem). NOTE: problems MAY exist for untested platforms: hppa, sparc. Included support for gamma correction to compensate for VERY dark bubblejet printouts. See the lpd.filter script for details. Thanks to: Bill Bumgarner. Included ALL ghostscript output targets (including X11, vairous image types and pdf). This made the binary much larger. X11R5 support privided via co-Xist developer (X11R5). I MAY compile against X11R6 Xnext libraries (for another release) if there is interest. CREDITS Source Aladin Enterprises Aladin Ghostscript http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ Bug Reports (Thanks!) Bill Bumgarner <bbum@friday.com> COPYRIGHT Ghostscript is a copyrighted work (Aladdin Enterprises owns the copyright); it is not shareware or in the public domain. Different versions of it are distributed with three different licenses: Versions entitled "Aladdin Ghostscript" are distributed with a license called the Aladdin Ghostscript Free Public License that allows free use, copying, and distribution by end users, but does not allow commercial distribution. You can always get the current version of Aladdin Ghostscript with this license by Internet FTP from ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/ghost/aladdin/ghostscript*NNNN*_ . or /afs/cs.wisc.edu/public/ghost/aladdin/ghostscript*NNNN* where NNNN is the version number. If you do not have convenient access to the Internet, Aladdin Enterprises can send you Aladdin Ghostscript on PC-compatible diskettes for a small fee; please contact Aladdin for more information. The address and phone number are given later on in this document. Please note that this is not "commercial licensing"; you are still getting free software, with no support and no warranty.
From: john_pulse@netos.com (John Pulse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NY - Disney Online is looking for NEXTSTEP/WebObjects developers Date: 7 Oct 1996 21:25:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <53bsft$1o2@news.digifix.com> Experience the building of a new Disneyland on the Web! Disney Online (New York) is looking for talented, team players with: - Nextstep & EOF (1.1 or 2.0) experience - WebObjects experience is a plus. To help create and maintain one of the fastest growing Internet web sites - http://www.family.com. Come experience and help build the magic of Disney. Please send resume to - john_pulse@netos.com. Disney is an EOE. John Pulse
From: evan@evolution.com (Evan D. Baer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: US Mirror of Peanuts NeXT Archive Date: 9 Oct 1996 19:49:13 GMT Organization: Evolution Online Systems Message-ID: <53gvjp$7lb@news.digifix.com> Contact: Bruce Fancher Email: bruce@evolution.com Phone: 212.843.5535 Fax: 212.843.5531 October 9th, 1996 Evolution Online Systems announced today that it will begin hosting a publicly available mirror site of the Peanuts software archive, the premier collection of information and software for technologies developed by NeXT Software, Inc. Evolution created this mirror site in order to make the archive easier to reach for NeXT users in North America; located in Munich, Germany, the original Peanuts site is slow and intermitently unreliable when accessed over the Internet from the United States. The archive contains over 2 gigabytes of commercial and public domain software for NeXT Software's NeXTStep operating system and the OpenStep application environment for Next's Mach, Microsoft's Windows NT, and Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Also included are libraries and documentation for WebObjects, NeXT's cutting-edge framework for creating applications on the World Wide Web. WebObjects recently received the Editor's Choice Award from PC Magazine. Evolution has utilized NeXT technology since its inception, starting with the use of NeXT-made servers for MindVox, launched nearly five years ago as Manhattan's first public dialup ISP. Today Evolution uses NeXT solutions for to build robust applications on the Internet for corporate clients. The Peanuts mirror site is the first of several services the company plans to offer for the benefit fo the NeXT user and developer communities. US Peanuts mirror: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/next/ Original Peanuts site: ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next/ Evolution Online Systems 1133 Broadway, Suite 1128 New York, New York 10010 http://www.evolution.com/
From: jobs@globalobjects.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: US - GA - OO developers needed: WebObjects, NextStep, Objective-C, EOF, Java, Web, Smalltalk, C++ Date: 10 Oct 1996 04:51:15 GMT Organization: Global Objects Inc. Message-ID: <53hvc3$aj7@news.digifix.com> Global Objects is a professional software service company that focuses in providing quality solutions through object technology. We specialize in object modelling, Web, Java, NextStep, Smalltalk, and C++ projects in various domains including telecommunications, petroleum, transportation and environmental services. We also provide quality courses on object technology including Java, design patterns, frameworks, object oriented analysis and design, and software development methodologies. We are experiencing rapid growth and are looking for highly candidates, senior and junior ones. Work with a team of work with a team of world-class object developers to deliver state-of-the-art solutions on the Web. Get hands-on-training on exciting new technologies such as WebObjects, Java and electronic commerce. Requirements are as follows: Experience in at least one of the following area (prefer industry experience but will consider strong academic experience): * NextStep / WebObjects / EOF / Objective-C * Java * Any other Web development environment (Cold Fusion, Sapphire, etc.) * Smalltalk * C++ or any other OO language Unix experience helpful. For immediate consideration, please e-mail your resume (preferrably in Word format or in ASCII) to jobs@globalobjects.com or fax it to 770.457.4144. Please include the following information: * availability * for full-time employment, pls specify salary history * for contract employment, pls specify rate
From: personnel@sunsource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Systems Analyst/Programmer - Hawaii Date: 10 Oct 1996 06:39:48 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Message-ID: <53i5nk$b52@news.digifix.com> POSITION AVAILABLE- SYSTEMS ANALYST/DATABASE PROGRAMMER Sunsource International Inc, a technology oriented, leading health products company seeks a dynamic individual to analyze and document business systems, work closely with managment and end users to determine requirements and provide solutions in the form of custom application, database development and user training. This individual must have excellent written, verbals and interpersonal skills and be experienced in creating system and training documentation. Responsibilities include systems analysis for multiple departments and locations, developing end-user data views/reports/applications, database planning and maintenance, and, new technology recommendations. System currently in use- Netware, Btrieve, Platinum Accounting,Windows, MS-SQL and NeXTSTEP. Development efforts will focus on existing accounting database (Btrieve) and rapidly expand through the use of new and emerging technologies. Bachelor's Degree in computer science or management informations systems and five years business experience required. Minimum 2 years hands on experience with Btrieve and/or SQL Qualified applicants please fax your response to Personnel Dept at 808 879-6895 or e-mail to personnel@sunsource.com. FURTHER DETAILS OF POSITION: General Description The Analyst/Programmer will be responsible for developing and documenting user procedures, assessing business information needs and providing solutions in the form of custom databases, application development and user training. Analysis responsibilities The Analyst/Programmer will determine system requirements by interacting with Sunsource management, MIS personnel, end-users and outside contractors. The Analyst/Programmer will document requests for system modifications, system enhancements, system problems, and new applications and functionality. The Analyst/Programmer will be responsible for communicating this information to Sunsource management, MIS and outside systems support. Communication will take the form of both verbal and written communication. Written communication will include narrative descriptions, clerical flow charts, system flow charts, data flow diagrams, and user training materials. Programming/Database responsibilities The Analyst/Programmer will be responsible for maintaining Sunsource's information files and data bases. The Analyst/Programmer will determine the structure of the data base, the format of data base fields, and will maintain the company's data dictionary. This individual will also be responsible for developing end-user data views, reports, data screens, and application modifications. The Analyst/Programmer will work in association with MIS personnel to create an Intranet/WWW database infrastructure to be accessed by Sunsource and it's affiliated companies. To support these activities, Sunsource is looking for individuals who possess the following experience, background, and career goals: - Must live on or be willing to relocate to Maui, Hawaii. - Must have outstanding verbal and written communication skills. - Must have excellent human relations and interpersonal skills. - Must be willing to travel approximately 25 percent of the time (15 percent locally within a 30 mile radius, 10 percent to mainland locations). - Work with end-users to determine system requirements, including report specifications, computer screen definitions, user procedures, and system procedures. - Document processes, including systems operational procedures, user procedures, computer screen diagrams,data flow diagrams, and process flowcharts. - Develop training materials and conduct end-user training on financial,order/entry,desktop productivity, email applications. - Develop database and end user applications to optimize business processes Experience required - Must be comfortable working with multiple operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows, Win32, Novell Netware and UNIX - Must have two or more years experience in programming/maintaining the Btrieve data base and Microsoft SQL, Sybase, or other SQL-based relational data base. - Must have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or management information systems - Familiarity with standard and custom Platinum accounting applications a plus. - Experience with Microsoft Windows NT a plus. - Familiarity with documentation applications such as Doc-to-Doc a plus.
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sendmail 8.8.0 Date: 14 Oct 1996 03:32:56 GMT Organization: Posted via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Message-ID: <53sc98$bel@news.digifix.com> Finally, a decent up-to-date sendmail for NEXTSTEP! This latest version is compiled for multiple architectures (NeXT m68k, Intel x86, HP PA-RISC, Sun SPARC), supports NetInfo, NIS, smrsh (sendmail restricted shell), mail.local and outgoing aliases (YourName@host.com) with the user database. To obtain a copy of my distribution: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.8.0.NIHS.bd.t ar.gz To verify that you have a good copy of my distribution, execute the following command. Note that the first number is the 16-bit checksum which must match exactly and that the second number is the number of blocks and can vary. % sum sendmail-8.8.0.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 32462 1504 To unpack the distribution: % gunzip sendmail-8.8.0.NIHS.bd.tar.gz % gnutar xvpf sendmail-8.8.0.NIHS.bd.tar This will create a .pkg file. You need to be logged in as "root" to install the package. Documentation for sendmail 8.8 is in /etc/sendmail/doc. Configuration files are in /etc/sendmail/cf. You will need the GNU m4 compiler to create a .cf configuration file for use with this version of sendmail. It is available in the proglang subdirectory on next-ftp.peak.org's NeXT FTP archive. I recommend that you pick up a copy of the O'Reilly and Associates book on sendmail before using this version of sendmail. Furthermore, the installation and use of this software is entirely at your own risk. Read the README notice for more details. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant + 1 (617) 252-0088 Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: "Stephen J. Perkins" <perkins@cps.msu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: PPP-2.3 work begins Date: 15 Oct 1996 19:32:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <540os5$otq@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCEMENT: Work on PPP-2.3 for NeXT is starting to gear up a bit. We have had a touch of mail list blues and some names may have been dropped from the lists. If you are interested in following the progress of ppp-2.3, please see the web site: http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/ to join a mailing list. If you think you are already on the list and have not received mail in the last few days, you probably need to resubscribe. Thanks, Steve --- Stephen J. Perkins | mailto:perkins@cps.msu.edu Dept. of Comp. Science | NeXT, MIME, finger for PGP Michigan State University | NeXT OS 3.3 using PPP-2.2 NeXT PPP-2.2 info at http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/
From: "Microsoft Mail" <dgoyette@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE:Server Manager for NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 16 Oct 1996 19:50:07 GMT Organization: InvenSys Message-ID: <543e9f$3ug@news.digifix.com> IntegraView - Server Manager for NEXTSTEP ************************************************************************** * "Put up your UNIX manuals and manage your network applications with the point and click ease of the NEXTSTEP interface." ************************************************************************** * I. PREVENTS NETWORK DISASTERS * Minimizes downtime * Monitors critical system resources, (CPU load, disk space, etc.) * Manages computers on your network and applications they execute II. EARLY WARNING NOTIFICATION * Detects problems before they happen * Graphical alert of potential problems * Determine at a glance the number and location of problems III. ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE ACTION * Remote reboot of machines * Automatic restoral of critical processes * Launch processes remotely * Easy click & drag capabilities ________________________________________________________ ***Fault Monitoring*** Monitor a set of computers for continued fault free operation and be notified immediately in the event of a fault. Determine at a glance the number and location of existing software & hardware failures. ***Auto Restoral*** Automatically restart and restore to service a critical software application immediately after it fails. ***Hardware & Software Configuration View*** View detailed information on the configuration of hardware and software in use on each managed computer, (subject to normal UNIX conventions for accessibility and security). ***User Friendly*** Integrated use of NEXTSTEP graphics for easy click and drag capabilities reducing amount of user activities to get key actions executed. ***NEXTSTEP Design*** IntegraView has been specifically designed to manage NEXTSTEP network computers and the applications they execute. ***Group Management*** You can launch or terminate a group of applications through a single click. ***UNIX Performance*** Eliminate the burden of typing numerous commands, viewing information one datum at a time, and monitoring many CPU consoles simultaneously. ***Historical Record*** View historical record of network alarms and events. ***Systems*** Bridges applications management gap between NEXTSTEP, Solaris 2.X and HPUX 10: I.P. based computers and will bridge any number of subnets. ***Easy Installation*** Shrink-wrapped stand alone package that is fully operational within 15 to 20 minutes; requires no special system configuration and little or no training. ***Remote Reboot*** Reboot managed computer from remote site, such as an operators console in another city. ________________________________________________________ For more information contact: InvenSys Corp. 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 930 Houston, Texas 77046 Phone: 713-968-8455 E-mail: tederck@ix.netcom.com ________________________________________________________
From: wsi@spacelab.net (WSI Nationwide) Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,alt.computer.consultants.ads,prg.jobs,comp.jobs.offered,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: US-NY-212-Openstep/Nextstep-to $85hr-WSI Date: 16 Oct 1996 19:51:04 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Message-ID: <543eb8$3uk@news.digifix.com> - - -------(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below- no telecommuting and no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)----------- I have been asked to identify an independent consultant with strong Nextstep or Openstep & UNIX/C experience with for a long term Wall Street development project also using Objective-C, Sybase, MS-Windows NT and C++ in New York City at a starting rate of $70/hr to $85/hr, including expenses. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, e-mail a straight ascii text file/resume to Jay L. (and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to wsi@spacelab.net, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, 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. xwsix
From: Dennis Chu <dennisc@atlantis.softeng.lamrc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Bay Area Opportunity for Object Oriented Architect/NEXTSTEP Developer Date: 16 Oct 1996 21:24:43 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <543jqr$4da@news.digifix.com> Lam Research, Inc. is a leader in the semiconductor etch machinery industry located on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. We utilize the NEXTSTEP and NT software development environments to create a consistent graphical user interface to our etching cluster tools. You will be involved in the further development of critical applications for our customers. Qualifications: Preferably at least 3+ years software development experience. Required: BS in Computer Science or related field Object Oriented Methodology (OOA,OOD and OOP) NT/UNIX Independent design and development Desired: Experience in the following: Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and development OLE,DLL,Custom Windows component design Use of various GUI CASE tools Graphics art design tools Application development on Windows NT NEXTSTEP Objective-C Visual C++ Familiarity with a plus: SmallTalk, Java EOF OPENSTEP on Mach or NT Database design and development (SQL, Sybase or Oracle) Distributed architectures TCP/IP RPC Communication with client/server based architecture Duties: Design, engineer/architect, and participate in requirements, design, and implementation of Graphical User Interface on the next generation cluster tools. Work with small, fun-loving, aggressive team and take responsibility for technology insertion, performance issues, and provide state-of-the-art solutions right to the desktops of customers. This is an excellent opportunity to be immediately challenged. Lam Research provides excellent vacation, holiday, health, 401K and disability benefits. If you would like to be part of our fast-paced, high growth, engineering-focused development team, send your resume to: dennisc@lamrc.com ASAP! Please, no headhunters. Visit our web site at: http://www.lamrc.com Lam Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version (1.20) of SCSI driver for BusLogic SCSI adapters Date: 17 Oct 1996 20:11:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5463u2$bu0@news.digifix.com> Version 1.20 of BusLogic Family SCSI Adapter Device Driver for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2, 3.3 and OPENSTEP/Mach 4.0 for Intel Processors This new version supports SCSI command queueing. See 'Changes' section bellow. The new version of the driver has been uploaded to ftp.next.peak.org and placed in the /pub/next/submissions directory. Driver should be moved to the /pub/next/binaries/drivers directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily.1.20.I.bd.README ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/binaries/drivers/BusLogicFamily.1.20.I.bd.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 the firmware will work with the 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.1.20.I.bd.tar.gz. Changes between version 1.16 and 1.20: 1. Driver now supports SCSI command queuing. Driver automatically detects SCSI devices supporting command queuing and it is enabled only for devices which supports it. For better compatibility the command queueing is enabled after establishing the Synchronous transfer mode (if enabled), since most devices that support command queuing may not be able to handle an ID message, followed by a Tag Message, followed by a Synchronous Transfer Negotiations message. 2. BusLogic_PCI.table for PCI BT946 card was added. This will enable BT946C cards, from revision C on up, to use NeXTSTEP PCI support. This entry is unfortunately untested, but should work. For more details see documnets inside BusLogicFamily.1.20.I.bd.tar.gz Contact: Tomas Hurka Hukatronic (H.C.C.) Kankovskeho 8 182 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic e-mail: tom@hukatronic.cz
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sendmail 8.8.1 Date: 18 Oct 1996 04:10:47 GMT Organization: Posted via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Message-ID: <547007$ecf@news.digifix.com> IMPORTANT NOTE: Berkeley has issued a bug fix release for sendmail 8.8. sendmail 8.8.1 fixes a serious security problem in 8.8.0. SENDMAIL 8.8 Finally, a decent up-to-date sendmail for NEXTSTEP! This latest version is compiled for multiple architectures (NeXT m68k, Intel x86, HP PA-RISC, Sun SPARC), supports NetInfo, NIS, smrsh (sendmail restricted shell), mail.local and outgoing aliases (YourName@host.com) with the user database. To obtain a copy of my distribution: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.8.1.NIHS.bd.t ar.gz To verify that you have a good copy of my distribution, execute the following command. Note that the first number is the 16-bit checksum which must match exactly and that the second number is the number of blocks and can vary. % sum sendmail-8.8.1.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 39582 1508 To unpack the distribution: % gunzip sendmail-8.8.1.NIHS.bd.tar.gz % gnutar xvpf sendmail-8.8.1.NIHS.bd.tar This will create a .pkg file. You need to be logged in as "root" to install the package. Documentation for sendmail 8.8 is in /etc/sendmail/doc. Configuration files are in /etc/sendmail/cf. You will need the GNU m4 compiler to create a .cf configuration file for use with this version of sendmail. It is available in the proglang subdirectory on next-ftp.peak.org's NeXT FTP archive. I recommend that you pick up a copy of the O'Reilly and Associates book on sendmail before using this version of sendmail. Furthermore, the installation and use of this software is entirely at your own risk. Read the README notice for more details. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@nerc3.nerc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: fiddlepass.sh (1.2) auto-manipulate password Date: 19 Oct 1996 04:22:24 GMT Organization: Princeton Theological Seminary Message-ID: <549l20$m0t@news.digifix.com> DATE: 18 Oct 1996 CONTACT: Timothy J. Luoma EMAIL: luomat@nerc.com CHANGES: 1.2.0 -- added functionality to test for the existence of a password via the argument 'confirm' [ the rest of the script is the same except for the above change ] submitted to: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/fiddlepass.1.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/fiddlepass.1.2.README PURPOSE (For standalone NeXTs): NOTE: this script requires root access. It should NOT be installed SETUID root, but it does use 'asroot' in its present form. Other possible workarounds (ie those which do not use 'asroot') are possible, but are left to the user as an exercise (as my old CS prof used to say). The 'fiddlepass' script is a way to automatically manipulate your password. The script takes THREE arguments: `off' `on' `confirm' `off' will remove your password (and save it, encrypted, in a file) `on' will replace your password back into the NetInfo directory `confirm' will check to see whether or not you have a password. Why would you want to do this? I don't know why _you_ would want to do this, maybe you wouldn't. However, I use it with my standalone NeXT to automatically log myself in after a reboot and then restore my password. How do I do that? Well, I call 'fiddlepass off' in /etc/rc.local, and I call 'fiddlepass on' in a script which is executed via the Workspace.app's dwrite "LaunchPaths". I have set root's loginwindow DefaultUser to match my login name (which means that if my account does not have a password at startup, I will automatically be logged in, as with the `me' account after the first installation). Now it is slightly more complex than that, you will have to edit the sh script 'fiddlepass' (a few lines, clearly marked, at the beginning of the script). HISTORY: I am not worried about my computer's security at home. Only my wife and I have access to the machine. Frequently I reboot the machine right before I go to bed, to clear out the swapfile. However, I like to be logged in when first wake up, so I can start PPP and get my mail. The problem is that I either have to wait for the reboot to finish and log myself back in, or I have to login in the morning. I thought about removing my password and just using the (as root:) dwrite loginwindow DefaultUser luomat which would automatically log me in, BUT 1) I didn't like the idea of no password when I have PPP running, even with Dynamic IP addresses 2) I didn't like that I couldn't logout and login as another user (Scott Hess, I think, pointed out that you can override the auto-login by holding down the left mouse button, but I didn't know that until I was just about done with this script. With this method, I can logout as normal because my password exists, and so I will not be automatically logged back in So I wrote this script to dump the NetInfo database stuff, replace my entry with an identical entry that lacked the password, and voila! Well, not voila, until Luke Howard told me how to tell the computer to look for changes in the NetInfo database (see below, ACKS). WARNINGS, BUGS, ETC Of course, you use this at your own risk, entirely. If someone modifies the netinfo database while this script is running, weird things might happen. If some part of your login information changes (ie shell) after you turn off your password and before you turn it on, the old information will be replaced. If something goes wrong, you might end up without a password (ie the password file is deleted, unreadable, etc etc etc). Probably more stuff I haven't found yet, but I can't think of anything. Turning off your password is inherently dangerous, even if just for a few moments. I suggest it only for those who are using a NeXT that is not part of a network, or those who are not able to control who has access to your machine. Remember, anyone can reboot the machine and then be logged into your account. For those of you who can deal with the above, it is a nice little trick, especially when 'fsck' runs after a crash (you'll be logged in whenever it is finished). This would be especially cool with NeXTs which can power themselves on at a certain time. Think about it, you arrive home from a long day at work just in time to find your NeXT sitting nice and ready for you to use it. CHANGES: 1.2.0 -- added functionality to test for the existence of a password via the argument 'confirm' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to Luke Howard <lukeh@xedoc.com.au> for telling me thatkill -HUP <lookupd pid> would tell it to re-read the netinfo data. Without that, this script was worthless. FUTURE: No plans at the present. Feel free to suggest improvements, changes, etc.
From: mont@doverpacific.com (Mont Rothstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Seeking Object-Oriented Developer Date: 19 Oct 1996 03:17:30 GMT Organization: Call America Internet Services +1 (805) 541 6316 Message-ID: <549h8a$lnd@news.digifix.com> October 18, 1995 Dover Pacific Computing, Inc. is currently accepting applications for full and part-time development positions. Dover Pacific is developing a number of ground breaking applications for deployment under Windows NT and Solaris using OpenStep, Enterprise Objects Frameworks, and Web Objects development tools. Developers skilled in object-oriented programming are needed to join this exciting project. Experience in NEXTSTEP/OpenStep is desired but not required. Located in beautiful San Luis Obispo, California (half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles), Dover Pacific offers a combination of an exciting leading edge project and the unparalleled quality of life offered by the California Central Coast. If designing and developing applications with the latest development tools while living a scant 12 minutes from the beach entices you, please submit a resume to us via any of ... Dover Pacific Computing Inc. 4251 S. Higuera #201 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-781-8317 voice 805-781-8319 fax jobs@doverpacific.com (NeXTMail and MIME OK)
From: Richard Hutchinson <richardh@asa.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Software Design Engineers, Hampshire Countryside Date: 21 Oct 1996 20:39:50 GMT Organization: Advanced System Architectures Ltd. Message-ID: <54gn2m$fmc@news.digifix.com> Design for real time applications in a successful and growing software systems and telecommunications company. We have an immediate requirement for high quality people to augment our advanced software engineering team. Openings exist from graduate to team leader level to work on projects developing multi-tasking applications for: 1. NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and embedded Objective-C applications 2. OS/2 (Cset++, KaseVIP, PM) 3. Windows NT 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 engineering or science discipline are 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@asa.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 -- Richard.Hutchinson@asa.co.uk Advanced System Architectures Ltd., North Block, Bentley Hall, Blacknest, Alton, Hampshire GU34 4PU, UK Phone: +44 1420 23815 Fax: +44 1420 23741
From: Scott Anguish <sanguish> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT SOFTWARE SERVES UP JAVA TO THE ENTERPRISE Date: 22 Oct 1996 05:22:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <54hlmh$j0f@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Nicole Overson NeXT Software, Inc. 415-780-3731 nicole@next.com Justin Jed Niehaus Ryan Group 415-827-7056 justin@nrgpr.com NeXT SOFTWARE SERVES UP JAVA TO THE ENTERPRISE WebObjects Customers and Partners Can Develop Enterprise Web Applications Entirely in Java Redwood City, Calif.-October 22, 1996- NeXT Software, a leading producer of application servers for the Internet and Enterprise, today announced its plans for shipping WebObjects (TM) server-side java integration. This capability, codenamed French Roast, will allow developers to write WebObjects applications entirely in Java, Sun's dynamic programming language for building network based applications. In December, WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 customers will be able to download the server-side Java extensions directly from NeXT's website at http://www.next.com and benefit from the marriage of WebObjects' proven technology and the popular Java programming language. Adding WebObjects support for server-side Java provides enterprise developers with greater flexibility, while opening the power of WebObjects to the Java developer community. WebObjects will enable enterprise-scale Java applications by allowing users to customize WebObjects application servers in Java with rapid development tools that integrate disparate data sources and applications. NeXT is committed to supporting flexible, multi-tier Java architectures and ensuring that development today can be leveraged in the future. "NeXT is aggressively delivering on its strategic goal to interoperate with industry standards and market leaders. The Java extension is a natural implementation of that goal," said Avie Tevanian, NeXT's vice president of engineering. "We have listened to our customers and the marketplace and are quickly responding to their demands by providing server-side Java applications today." Making Server-Side Java A Reality NeXT is integrating standard Java virtual machines with the NeXT dynamic runtime so that Java objects and NeXT objects can communicate transparently. The NeXT Java extension allows customers to start developing robust enterprise applications with Java, while taking advantage of the proven scalability, database access and performance in WebObjects Enterprise. Customers can develop complete and functional multi-tier database applications in Java. By integrating with the standard virtual machines, customers can chose the Java compiler of their choice. This approach will allow customers to select the programming language that is best for the task at hand. For example, customers may choose to prototype their application in WebScript for the rapid development possible with a scripting language, but may later implement business objects in Java and performance critical sections in C, C++, and Objective-C. For current NeXT customers porting their current applications to Java, a facility will be provided that makes their existing business objects available in Java. This offers customers the option to leave code in its existing language, yet enhance the application in Java. Pricing and Availability The Java extension will be available to WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 customers in December of this year. This added functionality will be provided free of charge to existing customers from the NeXT website. NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT delivers open software development environments for building custom applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's development software adds value to today's business by shortening the development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to grow and change with ease. Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions. NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. For more information please visit NeXT's website at http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. Trademark Info: NeXT, the NeXT logo, WebObjects, Objective-C, and WebScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Scott Anguish <sanguish> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NeXT SOFTWARE DELIVERS WEBOBJECTS ENTERPRISE 3.0 TO POWER FASTER WEB DEVELOPMENT Date: 22 Oct 1996 05:22:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <54hlm8$j0e@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Nicole Overson NeXT Software, Inc. 415-780-3731 nicole@next.com Justin Jed Niehaus Ryan Group 415-827-7056 justin@nrgpr.com NeXT SOFTWARE DELIVERS WEBOBJECTS ENTERPRISE 3.0 TO POWER FASTER WEB DEVELOPMENT New WebObjects Builder Targets Mainstream Developers and Business Users Redwood City, Calif.-October 22, 1996--NeXT Software today announced WebObjects(TM) Enterprise 3.0 software, featuring a suite of integrated development tools including the WebObjects Builder graphical development environment and support for browser-based components. WebObjects Builder provides drag and drop application development, and is the first product to easily bind client-side components to server-based enterprise applications. Developers now have the choice of using traditional HTML-based forms or browser-based applets to connect to applications running on the server. In addition, WebObjects 3.0's browser-based component support enables developers to create applications where the processing is balanced between web client components and application servers decreasing the need for entire page redisplay and improving user experience. WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 will begin shipping to customers in early November. The award-winning WebObjects Enterprise application server allows developers to rapidly create dynamic web applications while enabling access to existing corporate data and applications. The development environment includes many pre-built client and server components which can extend traditional client/server systems to the Web. And, unlike other web solutions, the WebObjects 3.0 application server dynamically creates SQL for flexible access to enterprise corporate data. Organizations swiftly gain competitive advantage by using WebObjects to develop global Internet, corporate Intranet or business-to-business web applications. Many organizations, including Dell Computer, Merrill Lynch, Reebok International Ltd., and The Sharper Image have deployed applications powered by WebObjects. "Traditional client/server and Web application development techniques are converging," said Richard Guth, NeXT's director of web marketing. "This is the first software product of its kind to graphically extend the client/server development paradigm to the Web. This new graphical development approach significantly reduces the learning curve and development effort required for building scalable web-based applications." Jump Start Web Application Development Today, most developers approach web application development by stringing together diverse technologies. They use HTML editors, visual programming environments and database modelers to address different aspects of the development process. WebObjects Enterprise's suite of development tools allows developers to graphically bring these pieces together resulting in a more cohesive and easier development paradigm. WebObjects Builder WebObjects Builder includes major productivity enhancements ranging from basic HTML editing to code-free database connectivity. Developers can start with HTML pages built with third party tools and then drag and drop client components such as HTML forms, ActiveX, Java, JavaScript, and VBScript into their web application. The developer then binds these client components to prebuilt objects on the server for database access and business logic. The prebuilt objects manage common database interactions with heterogeneous databases and perform robust business processing. Palettes are used to store reusable components complete with bindings to server-based business objects. WebObjects Builder includes many pre-built components, including Sun's Java AWT widgets. Customers can also add new components to palettes with a drag and drop capability. While many development tools include simple wizards to speed application development, WebObjects Builder extends wizard concepts to mentor developers during the entire development process. A point and click interface allows the user to select and model data from a database and then specify layout options within the application. Unlike other development tools where the wizard vanishes leaving the developer to maintain the rest of the application himself, WebObjects Builder continues to assist the user with further development and customization all the way to deployment. Database Modeler The Database Modeler creates and brings database schemas into the application server environment. With a simple point and click user interface, developers can assemble data from diverse sources and define the rules for the the dynamic creation of SQL. Project Builder Project Builder organizes aspects of project development. Developers can create and manage reusable objects with Project Builder editors, debuggers, and compilers or bring in objects from other products and existing applications. This results in a cohesive view of the application components. Interactive Clients WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 includes interactive client component support so users can communicate with the WebObjects application server and HTML page redisplay is not required. This allows for instant page updates and improved application responsiveness. In addition, developers can reuse existing Java applets or ActiveX Technologies. Applications will be much more efficient by doing some business logic processing on the client in addition to the server. WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 Standard Features The WebObjects product line offers a cross-platform and language independent development environment for delivering interactive, scalable, server-based web applications. WebObjects is designed to work with existing infrastructure enabling corporations to expand the reach of their systems to the Web without having to rewrite data and applications. WebObjects standard features include: -- Browser independent (Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc) -- Client language independence with support for HTML, Java Applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX Technologies -- Heterogeneous database support including Informix, Sybase, Oracle, and ODBC -- Enterprise application interoperability, with support for OLE, CORBA 2.0, Perl, C, C++, and Objective-C applications -- Standard web server support via NSAPI, ISAPI, and CGI -- Available on Windows NT, Solaris, and OPENSTEP/Mach platforms. In addition, WebObjects' localization support lets developers easily write WebObjects applications that support multiple languages and character sets (including Kanji) without rewriting portions of the application. This means that organizations can easily extend their website's reach around the globe. Pricing and Availability The WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 will begin shipping in early November. The WebObjects Builder, now in its production release, is available for Windows NT and will ship as part of WebObjects Enterprise 3.0. Applications built with WebObjects can be deployed on Windows NT, Solaris, and OPENSTEP/Mach platforms. WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 will be provided to customers with software maintenance contracts at no additional charge. Customers without software maintenance contracts can obtain WebObjects 3.0 for an upgrade fee of 25% of the WebObjects purchase price. WebObjects Enterprise development seats start at $4,999. NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT delivers open software development environments for building custom applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's development software adds value to today's business by shortening the development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to grow and change with ease. Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions. NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. For more information please visit NeXT's website at http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. Trademark Info: NeXT, the NeXT logo, WebObjects, Objective-C, OPENSTEP, and WebScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ssh-1.2.16 Date: 22 Oct 1996 18:29:01 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <54j3pd$nd0@news.digifix.com> I've uploaded a tri-FAT version ssh-1.2.16 to ftp.next.peak.org, it's current location is: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ ssh-1.2.16.README ssh-1.2.16.NIS.tar.gz Note the missing hppa platform. ssh requires the GNU multiprecision library, gmp, which I've been unable to build successfully for hppa. Sorry all. (This implies my previous quad FAT gmp-2.0.2 package doesn't work for hppa) This archive includes a small patch which fixes the notorious ssh window resizing bug. Attached is an excerpt from the ssh README file. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ ------- snip ------- SSH (Secure Shell) is a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, rcp, and rdist. See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. See COPYING for license terms and other legal issues. See RFC for a description of the protocol. There is a WWW page for ssh; see http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh.
From: "Michael M. Gabrys" <mike@bang.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting, Thursday October 24th Date: 23 Oct 1996 20:31:17 GMT Organization: NETCOM Message-ID: <54lval$2k1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting When: Thursday, October 24, 7:00 PM Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA Topic: General Meeting - Topic To Be Announced We will also have a technical Q&A, and dinner afterward at a nearby restaruant. See you at the meeting! Contact: info@bang.org http://www.bang.org/ BANG, P.O. Box 1731, Palo Alto, CA 94302 (415) 327-BANG Directions: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is much easier to reach from 280. FROM 280: Take 280 toward 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 toward 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/Alameda de las Puelguas (street has two names) and passing a Shell station on your right. The SLAC entrance is at a light on your left. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance.
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ssh-1.2.16 (RSAREF2) Date: 23 Oct 1996 20:36:00 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <54lvjg$2lc@news.digifix.com> I made a slight boo-boo with my previous release of ssh-1.2.16. I compiled it with ssh's inherent RSA encryption, which may (probably) violates USA export law. See the note at the end of this announcement regarding RSAREF2. I've uploaded a tri-FAT version ssh-1.2.16 to ftp.next.peak.org, it's current location is: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ ssh-1.2.16.RSAREF.README ssh-1.2.16.RSAREF.NIS.tar.gz Note the missing hppa platform. ssh requires the GNU multiprecision library, gmp, which I've been unable to build successfully for hppa. Sorry all. (This implies my previous quad FAT gmp-2.0.2 package doesn't work for hppa) Attached is an excerpt from the ssh README file. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ ----------------------- snip ----------------------- OVERVIEW of ssh SSH (Secure Shell) is a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, rcp, and rdist. See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. See COPYING for license terms and other legal issues. See RFC for a description of the protocol. There is a WWW page for ssh; see http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh. ----------------------- snip ----------------------- >From the INSTALL notes of ssh: COMPILING WITH RSAREF2 If you are using ssh in the United States, you may want to use the RSAREF2 library from RSADSI. This may make it legal to use ssh without a separate license for non-commercial purposes. RSAREF2 is not included in the distribution; however, it is available on any major ftp site around the world (e.g., ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/cryptography/asymmetric/rsa/rsaref2.tar.gz). The RSAREF2 distribution should be unpacked into "rsaref2" subdirectory in the ssh distribution directory (a symbolic link to rsaref2 is not sufficient). Configure should be given the --with-rsaref option. (Note that there is no need to *compile* rsaref2 manually; the ssh Makefile will compile those files it needs.) Using RSAREF outside the United States is not recommended and only causes legal complications. RSAREF2 does not work for large key sizes (> 1024). This may be the problem if you get "RSAPrivateDecrypt failed".
From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Installer package (4-fat) for PGP 2.6.3i (International version) Date: 24 Oct 1996 21:39:59 GMT Organization: R&A Message-ID: <54onnf$17s@news.digifix.com> As EnhanceMail and CryptorBundle now deliver an easy interface to PGP, some poeple might be interested in getting a ready to install PGP. What is PGP? From the help: Pretty Good Privacy(tm) 2.6.3ia - Public-key encryption for the masses. (c) 1990-96 Philip Zimmermann, Phil's Pretty Good Software. 1996-03-04 International version - not for use in the USA. Does not use RSAREF. People outside the US, who want to use PGP can now find a quick-and-dirty (i.e. I made it with minimum effort in the way of automated procedures, you'll have to do something by hand) easy-install Installer package in the directory: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next There is an RTF README with minimal installation instructions. The package has been tested on m68k and i486. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. Renee: "Met veel koper maakt men hoempa." (After hearing a Nielsen symphony)
From: duncanc@datacom1.com (Duncan Campling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-NY-NYC - NeXTSTEP/RDBMS programmer/analysts - contract & perm Date: 24 Oct 1996 21:44:44 GMT Organization: Datacom Technology Group Inc. Message-ID: <54oo0c$18f@news.digifix.com> Our client, an international organization based in New York City is currently looking for 2 NEXTSTEP consultant programmer analysts and 6 permanent NEXTSTEP programmer analysts to work on a mission-critical project developing 3 financial applications to support traders throughout the world. Ideal candidates will have strong NEXTSTEP design and development experience. A minimum of 2 years NEXTSTEP/Objective C experience is essential (3-6 years preferred). Essential Skills: * Strong NEXTSTEP / Objective C * Strong RDBMS skills (Sybase preferred) * BS computer science (or similar) Desirable Skills: * PDO / EOF (highly desirable) * OPENSTEP / Windows NT (not essential) * Financial / brokerage experience (not essential) Salaries and contract rates will reflect depth of technical and business experience. Contract duration is expected to last between 6 and 12 months. For more information please send a detailed resume to: Duncan Campling Datacom Technology Group Inc. The Empire State Building - Suite 3805 350 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10118 duncanc@datacom1.com www.datacom1.com 212-629-5720 Ext:230 (voice) 212-629-3374 (fax) Please mark all fax correspondence with my name - thanks.
From: Jesse Tayler <jtayler@oeinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Software Engineers Date: 25 Oct 1996 19:27:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <54r4ai$92a@news.digifix.com> JOB: NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Software Engineers Object Enterprises, Inc. is an Object Oriented technology-based consultancy that provides assistance to Global 1000 corporations on NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP based systems. We have an immediate requirement for high quality people to augment our software engineering team. Openings exist from graduate to object architect level for work on projects developing applications at client sites around the US. We have a continued interest in finding people for our core teams group. There are at least six distinct job categories that we are always looking to hire in house people into. - Object Architects - Data and object modelers - Objective-C Programmers - Configuration management experts - Integration testers - User Information Developers For more information about us, check out: http://www.oeinc.com/ Interested applicants should send an email resume to: resumes@oeinc.com or by snail mail at: Resumes Object Enterprise Inc. 15600 NE Eighth St. Suite B1-213 Bellevue WA 98008-3900 USA ______________________________________________________________
From: Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Antigone Digests find a new home Date: 28 Oct 1996 05:25:52 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <551g50$2r0@news.digifix.com> Occidental, California -- 25 October 1996 Antigone Press is glad to announce that the Antigone Digests have found a new home at lists.best.com, and are again operational effective immediately. The Antigone Digests are Internet mailing lists whose sole purpose is to provide people who lack access to Usenet with a daily digest of articles posted to certain Usenet newsgroups. Current newsgroups include all NeXT-related topics and some topics of interest to the Desktop Publishing and Pre-Press community. (A complete list of Antigone Digests can be found below.) The list processor in use at Best is a custom program, called Bestserv. Its syntax is based on the popular list server Majordomo. 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From: Andrew Stone <andrew@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design SHIPS Create 4.0 for SOLARIS, WINNT & MACH Date: 28 Oct 1996 06:35:04 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <551k6o$89p@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com Stone Design Ships Create 4.0 for OpenStep NT, OpenStep Solaris and OpenStep Mach October 28, 1996, Albuquerque, New Mexico - Stone Design, a leading developer for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, today released Create 4.0 for OpenStep NT, OpenStep Solaris and OpenStep Mach. Create is THE fully supported drawing application for OpenStep and NEXTSTEP. Create is a multi-page, full color, easy and fun to use graphics program that is perfect for professional artists and non-artists alike. Create's tool palette is highly extensive, including rich text, super "effects" text, arcs, circles, lines, curves, splines, ovals, rectangles, squares, user interface, star and freehand tools. Create has been shipping since 1990. Create 4.0 for OpenStep adds new features including an animator module, dynamically loaded tools, online Create manual, more powerful rich text handling, and the ability to run on SOLARIS, Windows NT and Mach versions of OpenStep. Andrew Stone, president of Stone Design said, "This release has taken over one year of development time and our hard work has paid off. Certainly, this is the best version of Create ever, and no doubt the best drawing package available. But don't take our marketing hype for it - pick it up and give it a spin!" "Create is the best creation program (for creating something fabulous out of nothing) available on any platform today and we have tried them all,"said a long time user of Create, Murshid. Create 4.0 lists for $495 for a commercial license, $250 for academic and $99 for full time students. Special introductory pricing is $349 for commercial, $199 academic and $69 for students. Current users of Create can upgrade at the following prices: Create 3.x to 4.0 Create 2.x to 4.0 Create 1.x to 4.0 Commercial $ 99 $149 $249 Academic $ 49 $ 75 $149 Student $ 29 $ 49 $ 69 Technical support is recommended and can be purchased for a one year period: Commercial $ 69 Academic $ 39 Student $ 29 End users can also purchase Create through Stone Design's LeaseWare option. A one year license is: Commercial $ 99 Academic $ 69 Student $ 49 You must be running OpenStep on either NT, Solaris or Mach to run Create 4.0. Please visit the Stone Design WWW site to download the software and for more information about Create and other Stone Design software and services: http://www.stone.com -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP and OpenStep marketplace. Like a rock, Stone is committed to OpenStep development.
From: rvs@vnp.com (Ronald V. Simmons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB - Software Engineer: OpenStep / ObjC / Java Date: 28 Oct 1996 18:48:14 GMT Organization: VNP Software, Inc. Message-ID: <552v5e$d0v@news.digifix.com> VNP Software (Cambridge, MA) has employment opportunities for highly skilled object-oriented programmers. A consulting organization specializing in Object Technology, VNP has written a number of NEXTSTEP-based developer tools (including an object persistence layer and DevMan, an SCM tool). Through a partnership with Canon, VNP has also developed the Financial Object Framework (FOF). VNP views the emergence of Java as one of the most significant trends of today's software industry. To take advantage of this market opportunity, VNP plans to transition our products and our consulting services to a Java-focus. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who want to join a small company at an exciting period of transition and opportunity. We have short term requirements and commitments for NEXTSTEP/Objective-C skills and longer term needs for Java skills. A strong combination of the following skills is desirable: * NeXTStep / Objective C / EOF * Java * Relational database skills * Exposure to Windows NT * UNIX * Financial experience/ Strong math background * Web related experience Programming positions will be based in our Cambridge, MA headquarters. However, willingness to travel up to 50% of the time is a requirement. For consideration, please email your resume (in ascii, postscript, pdf or MS-Word format) to hr@vnp.com or fax to 617 252 9204. VNP Software http://www.vnp.com -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald V. Simmons Principal VNP Software Bldg 300 One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Van_Simmons@vnp.com 617-252-9203 (voice) 617-252-9204 (fax) -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.7 mQCNAi263/4AAAEEAMkSNi+cbYuz81+G0D7m3/w6C2jygvWhGr2EcFpkDVEC7NL5 bgYAaaoHbzbRgYx9bMgmnP/m2qhhNbM8ZNuT7lIZHFiVAtQacdwNC/LsRVpZ1uIC 4vV6vgY7SzFsFs5iseFHyOGIYmCFEUJ2uTCLViGOlX/wp31kX9hu9aFE9/BhAAUR tBNWYW5fU2ltbW9uc0B2bnAuY29tiQCVAwUQLylaG9hu9aFE9/BhAQFH3wQAq8oU Up8TSJ664yVEmPV0fZIyoCbPxGw60zbg06v0r+W4PPWWTAkvQgYe+KARYEiq16IW k/CIpu85xxI2DA+hf84Oynx9Ar3URfeZORrEHDdaJuOVwjCK8flp9o4eoN2uqJMX GGn57jbrvdgKdN/EFwYYFIkImbmy4pi4on8+KeW0J1JvbmFsZCBWLiBTaW1tb25z IDxWYW5fU2ltbW9uc0B2bnAuY29tPrQLcnZzQHZucC5jb220IVZhbiBTaW1tb25z IDxWYW5fU2ltbW9uc0B2bnAuY29tPg== =H7Uh -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <553vi0$g6a@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <553vi0$g6a@news.digifix.com> Date: 29 Oct 1996 04:01:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Sender: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Message-ID: <cancel.553vi0$g6a@news.digifix.com> Cancelled by comp.sys.next.announce Moderator sanguish@digifix.com
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gmp-2.0.2.pl2 Date: 29 Oct 1996 04:01:59 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <553vjn$g81@news.digifix.com> I've uploaded a second (more successful) attempt at porting gmp-2.0.2. Included now is full HPPA support, and an update patch for nextstep compiling. Attached is the accompanying README. uploaded to: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ gmp-2.0.2.pl2.README gmp-2.0.2.pl2.generic.NIHS.tar.gz gmp-2.0.2.pl2.NIHS.tar.gz FYI, forthcoming will be another binary package for ssh-1.2.16 WITH HPPA support. Enjoy. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ ------------------ gmp-2.0.2.pl2.README gmp-2.0.2.pl2.generic.NIHS.tar.gz gmp-2.0.2.pl2.NIHS.tar.gz Oct 1996 These archives contains an Installer.app package for GNU's gmp-2.0.2. It is a C library for doing arbitrary-precision mathematics. It also contains a Berkley-compatible libmp.a. This is a second attempt at a full NEXTSTEP port of gmp. It now contains support for hppa, and includes a patch, when applied to the original gmp-2.0.2 source, allows you to build gmp yourself. gmp-2.0.2.generic.NIHS.tar.gz: Includes a library built using portable (generic) C routines. This archive was easy to make (for me), but is not as fast as the optimized asm version (see below). gmp-2.0.2.NIHS.tar.gz Includes a library built using faster asm routines. This was more difficult, but I've finally finished the port. Included here is a patch to make gmp-2.0.2 compile successfully. NOTE: the patch has been forwarded to the author of gmp, and it's modifications will likely be incorporated into the next release of gmp. UPDATE: (October 28, 1996) HPPA NEWS Support for hppa is back. Special thanks to Chris Roehrig <croehrig@ascaris.house.org> CREDITS Archive Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ HPPA fixes Chris Roehrig <croehrig@ascaris.house.org> http://www.House.ORG/chris/ GNU Software Archive ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/
From: 1kyriaki@swt1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Valentino Kyriakides) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: DviInfo.1.2 Date: 29 Oct 1996 19:56:56 GMT Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany Message-ID: <555ni8$m1i@news.digifix.com> DviInfo.1.2 This is completely reworked version of DviInfo with some added features (drag&drop support, preferences etc.)! Short description DviInfo is a little tool for TeX/LaTeX users. It's main purpose is to inspect a selected dvi file and show/print some informations about it, as the number of pages, the page metrics and a list of used fonts. DviInfo.1.2.NI.b.tar.gz contains a prebuild NeXTstep app and additionally a plain Unix version (which can be used in a terminal) for NeXT and Intel platforms. DviInfo.1.2.s.tar.gz contains the full source code, so that Sun and HP users with an NS developer environment have the ability, to rebuld DviInfo 1.2 on their platforms. DviInfo can be found on ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/next/1 -- Valentino Kyriakides 1kyriaki@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gated-R3_6Alpha2 Date: 30 Oct 1996 19:10:34 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <55897a$168@news.digifix.com> I've uploaded a NEXTSTEP port of gated-R3_6Alpha2 to: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions gated-R3_6Alpha2.README gated-R3_6Alpha2.NIHS.tar.gz This archive contains an Installer.app package for gated. It's been tested only on the i386 platform, and many of the protocols are untested. Use at your own risk. OVERVIEW GateD is a modular software program consisting of core services, a routing database, and protocol modules supporting multiple routing protocols (RIP versions 1 and 2, DCN HELLO, OSPF version 2, EGP version 2 and BGP version 2 through 4.) GateD was first used to interconnect the NSFNET and the emerging regional networks, and to implement filtered routing based on policy. GateD allows the network administrator to control import and export of routing information by individual protocol, by source and destination autonomous system, source and destination interface, previous hop router, and specific destination address. The network administrator can specify a preference level for each combination of routing information being imported by using a flexible masking capability. Once the preference levels are assigned, GateD makes a decision on which route to use independent of the protocols involved. GateD is designed to handle dynamic routing with a routing database built from information exchanged by routing protocols. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.