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From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces June 1997 Raffle Winner Date: 2 Jul 1997 19:52:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5pebic$9l9$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Albuquerque, NM, July 1, 1997 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Rhapsody software marketplace, announced the winner of the June 1997 Raffle for a copy of CheckSum 2.0 and Stone CD Volume 4. The winner is Greg Dinse. Stone Design will raffle software and a CD each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Rhapsody, Java, and OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (4.7.97) Date: 4 Jul 1997 19:00:04 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5pjh7k$l2k@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 6000688 Jun 26 22:22 Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner.1.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1350803 Jul 3 10:31 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz 3087 Jul 3 10:22 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.README 721786 Jul 3 10:20 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz 15420575 Jun 27 13:55 Audio/library/sounds/misc/NeXTPromotion.d.tar.gz 1354867 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.H.b.tar.gz 1241460 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.I.b.tar.gz 1185712 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.N.b.tar.gz 3578402 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1300074 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.S.b.tar.gz 17749 Jun 27 04:39 Unix/printing/lpr-wrapper.1.0.1.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 992 Jul 1 14:42 Unix/printing/lpr-wrapper.1.0.1.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces Free 5 Week Trial Period for Create Date: 4 Jul 1997 19:47:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5pjjvl$jj8$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke info@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com Stone Design Announces Free 5 Week Trial Period for Create(TM) 4.2 Rhapsody July 4, 1997, Philadelphia, PA -- Stone Design, a longtime leader in the NeXT/OpenStep marketplace, announced availability of Create 4.2 PR3 for Rhapsody today. Create is the full-featured design, layout and drawing application, and has been shipping for over 8 years. This version of Create will run on Apple's new Macintosh operating system code named "Rhapsody", as well as on OpenStep. It is the first application to ship for Rhapsody. "Create was designed for the free-thinking Macintosh community" said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "Since we believe in try before you buy, we are offering 5 free weeks of Create so you can have the Power yourself!" Current OpenStep users, such as everyone who attended WWDC and received "Prelude to Rhapsody" can use Create now. Otherwise, contact 1-800-TRY-NEXT to acquire OpenStep, or wait for the Developer Release of Rhapsody. To download this version and get your key, visit: http://www.stone.com/Create_4.2/ Create 4.2 adds several new features to the OpenStep and NeXTSTEP versions of Create. The new Create "Effects" are drag and drop instances of the many PostScript effects you can add to any graphic. Especially useful is the ability to turn Create documents into sets of interconnected web pages, instantly. The video tool enables users to run QuickTime videos within a Create document. Create 4.2 can export objects as JPEG and GIF, as well as the standard EPS, PS, RTF, TIFF, ASCII and Create formats. "We're excited about the new release and know that our existing customer base can testify that Create is the drawing package to use, for any purpose!" said Katie Graunke, Marketing and Sales director for Stone. "Download Create and decide for yourself what is marketing hype and what is reality!" This new version has an introductory price of $249. Look for Andrew demoing Create at MacWorld Expo in Boston! Create Features: ---------------- Tools: * Drawing tools include: Line, Straight Line, Curve, Arc, Rectangle, Oval, Rounded Rectangle, Bezier Spline, Spline-Line, Poly Line, Freehand, Brush, Polygon Star, Interface "Box", Video, Rich Text and Super Text. * Other types of graphics include: Text bound to a path, EPS and TIFF images, Groups, Box Groups, Mask Groups, and Date & Page Markers. Effects: Each graphic can contain some or all of the following PostScript effects: * Outline - set the width, color and visibility of the stroke of an object. * Neon - Stone's unique Neon feature makes splashing, 3D lines. * Multiple - each object can be repeated any number of times at any offset. * Skew - torque and twist objects. * Shadow - set the color, direction and offset of the object's shadow. * Shaded Fill - fill objects with blended colors lines: across, down, radially or solar fill. * Pattern Fill - PS Level II patterns that you create with Pattern Editor. * Group - Manage complexity by grouping objects. See also Levels below. * Mask Group - Clip any number of objects to the object on top of them e.g., fill Super Text with a picture of a sunset. * Box Group - a grouping technique which puts an interface box around objects * Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical. * Scale - set the vertical and horizontal scaling separately or together. * Rotate - Using Stone's rotational slider, precisely rotate objects. * Copy and Paste effects from one graphic to another. * Color blends: transparent colors, CMYK, RGB, HSB, and Grayscales. Precise Design: * Zoom: Unlimited zoom and custom zooms are remembered. You can zoom in on an area with CONTROL-SHIFT drag. * Undo: as many levels of undo and redo as you like - 30 by default. * Object layering: Bring To Front, Bring Closer, Send to Back, Send Further, Lock and Unlock. * Grids: control grid spacing, color, visibility and "snap-to" independently. * Rulers: Work in points, picas, inches or centimeters. * Layers: Each page can be composed of independently nameable, hideable, lockable layers * Layout Guides for easy placement of objects. * Alignment: Align objects to top, bottom, middle, left, center and right. * Distribution: Distribute objects evenly left to right and/or top to bottom. * Nudge: using arrow keys or Nudge inspector, move objects precise amounts. * Each page can have a background image for tracing or presentation. * Define default colors of an object's effects. Text Handling: 2 Text types available: Super Text and Paragraph Text * Paragraph Text has full support for Rich Text Format: multifont, multicolor, multi paragraph text. Sub and superscripting, ligatures, kerning and line spacing. Spell Checking. Underline, italics, bold. * Super Text: can have all of Create's effects applied to it. Instantly place along rose, circle, upper or lower arc. Optional background color. Support for 2-byte fonts, like Kai-Su. Convert Super Text to splines. Place along any path: bind Super Text to Splines or Spline-Lines. * Convert Super Text to Paragraph Text and vice versa. Multiple Pages: * Add, Copy, Paste, Duplicate or Delete pages. * Reorder pages with easy interface. * "Play" (continuously loop through) pages. * Automated pagination with Page Marker. Splines and Lines: * Add and delete handles, Join and separate splines and lines. * Turn objects into splines. Tighten, Loosen and Animate splines. * Reverse path of splines and polylines. Import/Export * Import EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, and native file formats. * Autotrace: converts scanned images to editable graphics. * Export as EPS, PS, TIFF, JPEG, Ascii, RTF, HTML, CreateImage and Create. * TIFF export: control bit depth, alpha and compression method. Linking * Embed Create graphics in other documents with Object Linking. * Paste and Link other application's graphics and text into Create. * Exported EPS can be reimported and edited. * True object links with no redundant storage. Automated Web Page Production: * Document can create a single web page or a group of interconnected pages. * Automatically builds graphical Table of Contents. * Creates easy to read HTML which can be edited by hand. * Optional navigation bars on top and/or bottom of web pages. * Set the color of the background, text and links with simple user interface. * Specify a background image URL. * Custom HTML: Document titles can have a custom prefix, such as the site name, and add your own custom header and/or footer to each page. * Set the quality of the JPEG images created for export. * Configure HTML Preferences per document and per page. Online Help, Sample Art and Custom Art: * Context sensitive help * Online Create Manual * Online Tutorial * Sample art provided. * Your custom art and group art gets loaded as menu items. * Entire searchable manual in HTML available at www.stone.com. Expert Features: * Preferences: customizations that control every aspect of Create. * User PostScript Editor - an environment where you can write and execute PostScript programs: Open, execute, modify and save PS files. * Templates: Create new documents from existing ones for stationary, forms, etc. Automatic access to your private and group directories. * Plug-In Tools Add Dynamically Loaded Plug-Ins as they become available Video is an example of a Plug-In. * Animator Module: The animator module allows you to create movies. * Pattern editor: Create PostScript Level II patterns using all of the effects and tools. Embeds patterns in your document for use by others. * And there are probably more features, but we've run out of room! 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 Rhapsody and OpenStep development. Create(TM) is a trademark of Stone Design Corp.
From: fugue@dura.spc.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Pinfo 3.0 Date: 7 Jul 1997 18:15:35 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5prbo7$ehr$1@news.digifix.com> Name: pinfo Version: 3.0 Date: Submitted July 6, 1997 Description: PInfo is another curses-based Infocom Z-machine interpreter for the NeXT platform. With pinfo, you can take any Infocom text-adventure game (e.g., Zork I), and play it on your NeXT. Pinfo will play any V1 to V5 Infocom standard games. These standards include such games as Bureaucracy and Beyond Zork, but it does not include V6 standard games, such as their full-graphic games (e.g., Zork Zero). FTP site: peanuts.leo.org Path: (current) ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/pinfo.3.0.N.b.tar.gz Should be placed in /pub/next/unix/games. Platform: Compiled on black hardware under NS 3.2. Mark C. Langston fugue@ceco.ceco.com
From: fugue@dura.spc.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Frotz 2.01 Date: 7 Jul 1997 18:15:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5prbo5$ehq$1@news.digifix.com> Name: frotz Version: 2.01 Date: Submitted July 6, 1997 Description: Frotz is the most current Infocom Z-machine interpreter available on any platform. With frotz, you can take any Infocom text-adventure game (e.g., Zork I), and play it on your NeXT. Personally, I use it with the 30-game Infocom collection by Activision called "Infocom Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces". Frotz will play any V1 to V5 Infocom standard games. These standards include such games as Bureaucracy and Beyond Zork, but it does not include V6 standard games, such as their full-graphic games (e.g., Zork Zero). FTP site: peanuts.leo.org Path: (current) ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/frotz.2.01.N.b.tar.gz Should be placed in /pub/next/unix/games. Platform: Compiled on black hardware under NS 3.2. Was compiled using a non-POSIX ncurses library. Mark C. Langston fugue@ceco.ceco.com
From: fugue@dura.spc.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Newtl 1.8 Date: 7 Jul 1997 18:15:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5prboj$ehv$1@news.digifix.com> Name: newtl Version: 1.8 Date: Submitted July 6, 1997 Description: Newtl is a UNIX to Newton PDA connection utility. With newtl, you can now download Newton software packages from your NeXT to your Newton via a serial connection (I have not yet tested this over a network with the Newton connected via LocalTalk). I have ported this software and tested it with my mono black slab and my Newton 120. There are newer versions of newtl available, and I am working on porting them as well. FTP site: peanuts.leo.org Path: (current) ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/newtl.1.8.N.bs.tar.gz Should be placed in /pub/next/unix/tools. Platform: Compiled on black hardware under NS 3.2. Mark C. Langston fugue@ceco.ceco.com
From: fugue@dura.spc.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Jug 0.7 Date: 7 Jul 1997 18:15:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5prboe$eht$1@news.digifix.com> Name: jug Version: 0.7 Date: Submitted July 6, 1997 Description: Jug is the curses-based version of XJug, a juggling siteswap animation system. With Jug, you can input any siteswap pattern via the command line or a data file, and Jug will animate the juggling pattern for you. This is an excellent tool for exploring new patterns or learning that pattern you just can't seem to get. Jug includes a large sample of data files, including Mill's Mess (Jug supports dymanic hand-positioning). This archive also includes full source for both jug and xjug. However, only jug is compiled. FTP site: peanuts.leo.org Path: (current) ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/jug.0.7.N.bs.tar.gz Should be placed in /pub/next/unix/tools. Platform: Compiled on black hardware under NS 3.2. Mark C. Langston fugue@ceco.ceco.com
From: fugue@dura.spc.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Juggle 1.0 Date: 7 Jul 1997 18:15:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5prbog$ehu$1@news.digifix.com> Name: juggle Version: 1.0 Date: Submitted July 6, 1997 Description: Juggle is a simple curses-based juggling siteswap animation system. With Juggle, you can input any siteswap pattern via the command line, and Juggle will animate the juggling pattern for you. This is a no-frills, ASCII-based siteswap animator, and does not support things like dynamic hand positioning, necessary for display of those tough tricks like Mill's Mess. Includes source code. FTP site: peanuts.leo.org Path: (current) ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/juggle.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz Should be placed in /pub/next/unix/tools. Platform: Compiled on black hardware under NS 3.2. Mark C. Langston fugue@ceco.ceco.com
From: Operator <root@terra.obsolv.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GateKeeper 2.1 Date: 10 Jul 1997 20:04:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5q3f8l$jke$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION GateKeeper 2.1 GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp. RELEASE NOTES German localization was updated in the final Beta and has not been tested extensively. 2.1 is the last release which will support the current DNS based Dial on Demand. If you want this feature you must download the DoD version of the 2.0 distribution. Future versions will be integrated with ppp2.3 and employ ppp's demand feature. In future releases GateKeeper will be tightly integrated with ppp2.3 and will therefore not be user configurable as a GUI frontend to other ppp packages. Alternate app icon animation sequences are available courtesy of Mark Sargent at: http://www.marksargent.com/Samples/Scrap/GateKeeper.html SUPPORT While this program is GNU type freeware, support for it is not. Comments and bug reports are always welcome, but if you would like support the following applies: 1. If you are a non-commercial user and are doing some type of FSF GNU or other freeware work for the UNIX community let me know and we'll call it even. The same is true if you provide software free to single non-commercial users or if you have contributed to the creation of GateKeeper. 2. If you would like E-mail support please register for it by sending in a one time registration fee of $20 USD. 3. If you would like telephone support please contact me via E-mail for details. DISTRIBUTION FILES GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution LOCATION ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/ppp/GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/ppp/GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz or ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/next/Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/next/Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz OVERVIEW GateKeeper has the following significant features: -- Dial on demand (triggered by NS Apps and UNIX tools) -- GUI options file editor -- Toolbar control -- Inactivity timeout with sound warning. -- Execute and check exit status of a preLink and a preUnLink script prior to the respective operation. -- displays pppStats -- Capable of auto-launching pppd using defaults or using information from a GateKeeper document -- AutoRedial if provider's line is busy. -- Manual Dial and login to a ppp provider without a script. -- Persistent connection will redial and link to your provider if the connection is unexpectedly dropped. -- Compound document format for storing information necessary to access an Internet Service Provider. -- GUI status window. -- App Icon shows session time. -- Tri-state animated icon provides status feedback. -- Preferences editor simplifies editing of ppp2.2 files. -- Provides sound notification. -- Captures and displays connection information Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to: Felipe A. Rodriguez 5315 Colodny St. #7 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 far@ix.netcom.com (NeXTmail preferred) (MIMEmail welcome)
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (11.7.97) Date: 11 Jul 1997 19:00:07 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5q5vrn$pqo@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 216864 Jul 7 12:20 Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner-Drivers.1.21.NI.b.tar.gz 611 Jul 7 11:08 Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner-Drivers.README 148394 Jul 7 11:16 Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner-Framework.1.21.NI.b.tar.gz 688 Jul 7 12:21 Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner-Framework.README 10708868 Jul 7 11:35 Tools/editor/programs/Emacs_for_NeXTstep.4.2beta7.s.tar.gz 1350803 Jul 3 10:31 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.NI.b.tar.gz 3087 Jul 3 10:22 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.README 721786 Jul 3 10:20 Communication/apps/GateKeeper.2.1.s.tar.gz 625 Jul 9 20:14 OpenStep/graphics/tools/IconGrabber.README 12483 Jul 9 20:14 OpenStep/graphics/tools/IconGrabber.s.tgz 1354867 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.H.b.tar.gz 1241460 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.I.b.tar.gz 1185712 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.N.b.tar.gz 3578402 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1300074 Jul 3 10:13 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.6b2.S.b.tar.gz 1419963 Jul 11 13:58 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_H.tar.gz 1306022 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_I.tar.gz 1254073 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_N.tar.gz 3534639 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_NIHS.tar.gz 1362244 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_S.tar.gz 105903 Jul 6 19:44 Games/programs/infocom/frotz.2.01.N.b.tar.gz 219 Jul 7 09:28 Games/programs/infocom/frotz.README 105030 Jul 6 19:42 Unix/tools/jug.0.7.N.bs.tar.gz 325 Jul 7 09:30 Unix/tools/jug.README 24067 Jul 6 19:40 Unix/tools/juggle.1.0.N.bs.tar.gz 178 Jul 7 09:31 Unix/tools/juggle.README 158538 Jul 6 19:39 Unix/tools/newtl.1.8.N.bs.tar.gz 153 Jul 7 09:30 Unix/tools/newtl.README 27082 Jul 6 19:35 Games/programs/infocom/pinfo.3.0.N.b.tar.gz 213 Jul 7 09:29 Games/programs/infocom/pinfo.README 28941 Jul 6 19:34 Games/programs/infocom/zip.2.0.N.b.tar.gz 199 Jul 7 09:29 Games/programs/infocom/zip.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOBS: AFS seeks programmers for OPENSTEP/Rhapsody applications Date: 11 Jul 1997 19:54:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5q6311$jhp$1@news.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc., publisher of PasteUp (page layout) and WriteUp (word processing), is preparing to expand the group of programmers responsible for these applications on OPENSTEP and Rhapody. This is your chance to help define the Rhapsody user experience for two of the most important application categories. Yellow Box can make a compelling statement, and killer apps will help lead the way! These are full-time, salaried positions in the Philadelphia suburbs. (Sorry, due to the nature of the work, consultants and/or virtual employees are not possible.) If interested, please contact, Greg Anderson, Founder and CEO <greg@afs.com>. Please include information about previous NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP experience, salary range, possible start dates, and anything else you consider relevant to your qualifications.
From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: AFS seeks additional OPENSTEP beta testers for WriteUp and PasteUp Date: 11 Jul 1997 19:41:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5q62a5$ja3$1@news.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc., publisher of PasteUp (page layout) and WriteUp (word processing), is soliciting an expanded group to beta test the upcoming "pure OPENSTEP" versions of its products. The current test period is almost a month old, and the third beta iteration is almost ready for release. In preparation for this event, we would like to expand the group from its current size of 20 to about 50. In order to participate, you MUST be running OPENSTEP 4.x on NeXT or Intel hardware. (People who picked up the Prelude To Rhapsody CD from Apple qualify in this regard.) Both Mach and Windows NT/95 releases are available. Current users of AFS products are preferred, but all are welcome to apply. For consideration, please contact Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> with information about your availability, past experience with beta testing and/or AFS products, and the specific platforms on which you could test the software. Thanks in advance for your interest.
From: Paul Tod Rieger <prie@abl.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Atlanta Rhapsody SIG (July 16) Date: 13 Jul 1997 03:43:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5q9its$rf2$1@news.digifix.com> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 Time: 7:00pm Place: Room 206, White Hall Emory University (Atlanta, USA) Cost: free and open to the public http://www.atlmug.org/ Agenda: Laptop Showcase: show us what you've been working on Hope to see you there! Directions to White Hall (Emory University) ** maps require fixed-width font ** | (Exit 32) \ ================+===========================+====== I-85 | ^ \ Clairmont Ave ->| | \ | 3.8 miles \ | | || XX <-Emory | | || <- I-285 XX Univ. | V || --------------|------- <- N. Decatur Road || | || |<---1.2---->| miles Get on N. Decatur Road, which goes past the south side of the Emory Campus. There is a 5-points with traffic lights and small shops. Turn north there into the campus by the big church (Dowman Drive). White Hall is the third building on the right. \ <- Dowman Dr. \ \ |x <- White Hall Oxford Rd -> \ | \ / \ / + <- Big Church ----------O----------------- <- N. Decatur Rd Everybody's -> x \ x <- BP station Pizza \ \ Contact: Bert Lindgren Tod Rieger Phone: 404-373-2619 Phone: 770-381-2464 Email: bert@home.net Email: prie@abl.com
Sender: "gaviota" <gaviota@telcel.net.ve> Control: cancel <5qelib$js1$156@smarty.telcel.net.ve> Message-ID: <cancel.5qelib$js1$156@smarty.telcel.net.ve> Subject: cmsg cancel <5qelib$js1$156@smarty.telcel.net.ve> From: jem@xpat.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.acorn,comp.sys.acorn.networking,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.misc,comp.sys.acorn.programmer,comp.sys.acorn.hardware,comp.sys.acorn.apps,comp.sys.acorn.games,comp.sys.acorn.announce,comp.sys.acorn.extra-cpu,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.zenith,comp.sys.zenith.z100,comp.sys.psion,comp.sys.psion.misc,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.mpe Date: 15 Jul 1997 02:10:08 GMT EMP article removed by jem@xpat.com. Original Headers: From: "gaviota" <gaviota@telcel.net.ve> Subject: Add this success to you portfolio Venture.exe (1/1) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.acorn,comp.sys.acorn.networking,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.misc,comp.sys.acorn.programmer,comp.sys.acorn.hardware,comp.sys.acorn.apps,comp.sys.acorn.games,comp.sys.acorn.announce,comp.sys.acorn.extra-cpu,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.zenith,comp.sys.zenith.z100,comp.sys.psion,comp.sys.psion.misc,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.mpe Path: ...!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-sea-19.sprintlink.net!news-in-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!206.48.41.100!news.telcel.net.ve!not-for-mail Lines: 3297
From: support@Radical.Com (Radical Product Support) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RadicalNews.0.9.2 Date: 15 Jul 1997 20:53:49 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <5qgo0t$haq$1@news.digifix.com> July 15, 1997 - Anaheim Hills, California. Radical System Solutions, a long-time provider of object oriented expertise to the professional market, is proud to release the latest free beta version of RadicalNews. RadicalNews is an advanced object-oriented newsreader, designed for the discriminating NEXTSTEP marketplace. RadicalNews 0.9.2 provides MIME compliant USENET news reading and posting and in-line image displaying of both MIME images and "ordinary" UUENCODED images. Non-image binary data is displayed as an icon and launched on a double-click. To display images other than tiff, you will need to install an appropriate image filter such as OmniImage or ImageViewer. New Features: - Supports MailTIFF database * Displays poster's picture in the upper left hand corner of the header display - Adds news file icon * An icon representing the news article (header, body, and signature) is now displayed in the upper right hand corner of the header display. -- Double clicking launches the article in Edit -- Dragging and dropping the icon is fully supported - Adds TextField for directly launching news groups * Launch groups even when they aren't being displayed (e.g. when you are not displaying "empty" groups, but you want to launch the group to post). * Manually launch unsubscribed groups from the subscribed list * Group list tracks to group name closest to what is being entered - Adds "Ping" function * Annoys NNTP/INN server periodically in order to avoid a server or an ISP connection timeout. * Ping is settable in preferences. - Improves Slow Link error handling * RadicalNews now times out and reconnects a server connection that has not given any response to a command within 60 seconds. - Adds automatic reuse of backup newsrc file when primary newsrc file is missing or empty. - Adds prompt for new users to download available list automatically. * Helps "first time" users get started. Bug Fixes: - Fixes MIME text/enriched bug where certain messages terminated RadicalNews - Fixes MIME continuation header reading problem that terminated RadicalNews - Fixes newsrc wipeout problem during some failed connections. * Also added better sanity check to prevent inadvertent newsrc wipeouts - Fixes Menu "disconnection" when Preferences updated. * Under certain conditions, "Source" menus became disabled after a Preferences update - Fixes Scroller re-drawing problem in Group Browsers * Scroller would occasionally become disabled - Fixes RadicalNews crash when Preferences updated and Group Browser launched - Fixes Find panel in Group Browser - Fixes numerous memory leaks - Fixes flat file processing Known Problems: - Printing news articles with embedded images does not print the image. (Work-around: double-click on the image and print it from an image viewer). - Text viewer does not scroll horizontally when image exceeds right text boundary (Work-around: double-click on the image to launch it into an image viewer). RadicalNews is built quad-fat, running on Motorola, Intel, Sparc, and HP platforms with NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. (NEXTSTEP 3.0/3.1 will work, but are not supported.) The J version requires NEXTSTEP-J. The beta version is free, and will run until December 31, 1997. After the beta period, a license may be purchased. The beta version may be available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/news/RadicalNews.0.9.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/news/RadicalNewsJ.0.9.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/Network/news/RadicalNews.0.9.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/Network/news/RadicalNewsJ.0.9.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz Our web site will have updated information and links to the most current version: http://www.radical.com/ For further information, contact: Radical System Solutions, Inc. mailto:RadicalNews@Radical.Com
From: Sunshine <sunshine@misgate.mcgh.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscTableScroll v129 for OPENSTEP & NEXTSTEP Date: 16 Jul 1997 04:35:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5qhj3d$qdt$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION MiscTableScroll version v129 for OPENSTEP and NEXTSTEP Copyright (C)1995-1997 by Paul S. McCarthy & Eric Sunshine July 11, 1997 Contact: Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@mcgh.org> ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF MISCTABLESCROLL V129 FOR OPENSTEP AND NEXTSTEP MiscTableScroll is a freely available Objective-C palette which is similar to NSTableView, NXTableView, and DBTableView. It is available for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows NT, as well as NEXTSTEP. MiscTableScroll is normally shipped as part of the MiscKit. This package is a drop in replacement for earlier versions of MiscTableScroll which were bundled with the MiscKit. It can also be used as a stand-alone palette since it does not require the MiscKit distribution in order to function. User Interface Features ----------------------- - Column and row titles. - Resizing of columns and rows. - Dragging rows and columns to rearrange them. - Automatic sorting of rows as columns are rearranged. - A button in column titles to toggle between ascending and descending sort direction. - Incremental search with visual feedback. - In-cell text editing. - Exporting contents as ASCII, ASCII-delimited or dBASE. - Full keyboard and mouse control. - Interacts with the Pasteboard, Font Panel, and Services. Programmer Features ------------------- - Full source code. - Each column and row can have its own size. - Each cell can have its own color and font or inherit them from the MiscTableScroll. - Each column can have its own cell type. - Lazy mode for large or expensive-to-generate data sets. - Full control over selection. - Smart memory management -- you don't pay for features you don't use. - Simple indexed access to rows and columns regardless of visual order. - Uniform treatment of rows and columns -- referred to generically as slots. - Support for dragging images directly out of cells. - Extensive delegate hooks. DISTRIBUTION FILES MiscTableScroll is available for OPENSTEP 4.x as well as NEXTSTEP 3.x. The OPENSTEP package is compatible with OPENSTEP 4.2 for both Mach and Windows NT, as well as OPENSTEP 4.1 for Mach. MiscTableScroll-OPENSTEP.v129.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz The NEXTSTEP package can be used for development and deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.3 systems. It can also be used for deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.2 and earlier. MiscTableScroll-NEXTSTEP.v129.s.gnutar.gz LOCATION ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.s.README RELEASE NOTES Changes to MiscTableScroll for OPENSTEP since version v103.3 which shipped with MiscKit 2.0.3: - Now works with OPENSTEP 4.2 for both Mach and Windows NT, as well as OPENSTEP 4.1 for Mach. - In-cell text editing. - Dragging images directly out of cells. - A "button" in the the title of sortable columns toggles between ascending and descending. - Button cells now work. - Considerable API cleanup. - Drawing and sorting performance greatly enhanced. - Documentation expanded considerably. - Can now export contents in a variety of ASCII formats as well as DBF. - Significantly expanded programmatic control of selection. - Rudimentary printing support. Changes to MiscTableScroll for NEXTSTEP since version v94 which shipped with MiscKit 1.9.0: - In-cell text editing. - Dragging images directly out of cells. - A button in the the title of sortable columns toggles between ascending and descending. - Incremental search with visual feedback. - Button cells now work. - Custom IB connection inspector which allows connecting the doubleTarget and doubleAction. - UI now mirrors OpenStep Keyboard-UI more closely. - Keyboard control now mirrors OpenStep specification more closely. - Drawing and sorting performance greatly enhanced. - Documentation expanded considerably. - Can now export contents in a variety of ASCII formats as well as DBF. - Significantly expanded programmatic control of selection. - Rudimentary printing support. - First and last visible slot/row/column manipulation methods. CONCLUSION Please direct comments, questions, and complaints to: - Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> - Eric Sunshine <sunshine@mcgh.org> NeXT, MIME, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: Sunshine <sunshine@misgate.mcgh.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MiscTableScroll 129 for OPENSTEP & NEXTSTEP (Corrected URLS) Date: 16 Jul 1997 19:03:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5qj5u6$ers$1@news.digifix.com> Subject: MiscTableScroll 129 for OPENSTEP & NEXTSTEP SUBMISSION MiscTableScroll version 129 for OPENSTEP and NEXTSTEP Copyright (C)1995-1997 by Paul S. McCarthy & Eric Sunshine July 16, 1997 Contact: Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@mcgh.org> ANNOUNCING MISCTABLESCROLL 129 FOR OPENSTEP AND NEXTSTEP MiscTableScroll is a freely available Objective-C palette which is similar to NSTableView, NXTableView, and DBTableView. It is available for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows NT, as well as NEXTSTEP. MiscTableScroll is normally shipped as part of the MiscKit. This package is a drop in replacement for earlier versions of MiscTableScroll which were bundled with the MiscKit. It can also be used as a stand-alone palette since it does not require the MiscKit distribution in order to function. User Interface Features ----------------------- - Column and row titles. - Resizing of columns and rows. - Dragging rows and columns to rearrange them. - Automatic sorting of rows as columns are rearranged. - A button in column titles to toggle between ascending and descending sort direction. - Incremental search with visual feedback. - In-cell text editing. - Exporting contents as ASCII, ASCII-delimited or dBASE. - Full keyboard and mouse control. - Interacts with the Pasteboard, Font Panel, and Services. Programmer Features ------------------- - Full source code. - Each column and row can have its own size. - Each cell can have its own color and font or inherit them from the MiscTableScroll. - Each column can have its own cell type. - Lazy mode for large or expensive-to-generate data sets. - Full control over selection. - Smart memory management: you don't pay for features you don't use. - Simple indexed access to rows and columns regardless of visual order. - Uniform treatment of rows and columns, referred to as slots. - Support for dragging images directly out of cells. - Extensive delegate hooks. DISTRIBUTION FILES MiscTableScroll is available for OPENSTEP as well as NEXTSTEP. The OPENSTEP package is compatible with OPENSTEP 4.2 for both Mach and Windows NT, as well as OPENSTEP 4.1 for Mach. MiscTableScroll.129.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz The NEXTSTEP package can be used for development and deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.3 systems. It can also be used for deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.2 and earlier. MiscTableScroll.129.s.gnutar.gz LOCATION OpenStep ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.1.mw.s.README NextStep ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.129.s.README RELEASE NOTES Changes to MiscTableScroll for OPENSTEP since version 103.3 which shipped with MiscKit 2.0.3: - Now works with OPENSTEP 4.2 for both Mach and Windows NT, as well as OPENSTEP 4.1 for Mach. - In-cell text editing. - Dragging images directly out of cells. - A "button" in the the title of sortable columns toggles between ascending and descending. - Button cells now work. - Considerable API cleanup. - Drawing and sorting performance greatly enhanced. - Documentation expanded considerably. - Can export contents in a variety of ASCII formats as well as DBF. - Significantly expanded programmatic control of selection. - Rudimentary printing support. Changes to MiscTableScroll for NEXTSTEP since version 94 which shipped with MiscKit 1.9.0: - In-cell text editing. - Dragging images directly out of cells. - A button in the the title of sortable columns toggles between ascending and descending. - Incremental search with visual feedback. - Button cells now work. - Custom IB connection inspector which allows connecting the doubleTarget and doubleAction. - UI now mirrors OpenStep Keyboard-UI more closely. - Keyboard control now mirrors OpenStep specification more closely. - Drawing and sorting performance greatly enhanced. - Documentation expanded considerably. - Can export contents in a variety of ASCII formats as well as DBF. - Significantly expanded programmatic control of selection. - Rudimentary printing support. - First and last visible slot/row/column manipulation methods. CONCLUSION Please direct comments, questions, and complaints to: - Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> - Eric Sunshine <sunshine@mcgh.org> NeXT, MIME, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: tj@oro.net (Thomas Ferreira) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: @Society Newsletter now mailing Date: 17 Jul 1997 04:36:18 GMT Organization: "oronet, Penn Valley, CA" Message-ID: <5qk7g2$q7d$1@news.digifix.com> @Society Newsletter Issue #1 is now mailing to subscribers and we continue to accept new subscriptions to start with Issue #1. Visit the @Society Magazine Newsletter at http://www.oro.net/~tj for more information about this NeXT based newsletter. Tom Ferreira @Society Magazine Newsletter
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: LatinByrd III Beta3 Date: 17 Jul 1997 20:34:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5qlvk3$gd5$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stefan Schneider Software Lerchenfelder St. 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria, Europe +43-1-523-5834 stefan@ping.at http://members.ping.at/stefan/ ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF LATINBYRD III BETA3 Vienna, July 17, 1997 -- LatinByrd III Beta3 has been made publically available. Compared to Beta2, Beta3 contains a single important new feature: Characters from special-purpose fonts - which can't be displayed in HTML directly - are now automatically rendered as inline images. Example: greek letters from the Symbol font, signs from the ITC Zapf Dingbats font, etc. etc. Beware the shortcomings - those due to OmniWeb 2.5 in particular, and those due to HTML in general. See the accompanying README. LatinByrd III Beta3 can be downloaded from: http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIb3.NIHS.b.tar.gz (1727532 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIb3.README (6677 bytes) LatinByrd III b3 is compiled quad-fat, requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher - or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach - and is localized to English and German, including on-line help. French UI and on-line help will be available in LatinByrd III's release version. GENERAL PRODUCT INFO LatinByrd is an RTF/RTFD to HTML converter, and a TIFF/EPS to GIF/PNG/JPEG image converter. LatinByrd converts RTF documents, RTFD documents, and ASCII documents to web pages in HTML format. LatinByrd converts single documents as well as document trees. In addition, LatinByrd also converts TIFF and EPS images to GIF, PNG, and JPEG graphics formats. LatinByrd is a commercial product. Fully licensable demo. FREE time-limited test keys available. Just send email. PRICE Commercial license: US$ 119 Academic license: US$ 69 Image conversion only: US$ 49 (sorry, no academic discount) For information on how to purchase a license key for LatinByrd III, please contact Stefan Schneider Software at stefan@ping.at, or visit us at http://members.ping.at/stefan/index.html. Upgrade to LatinByrd III is free for registered users of LatinByrd II. Please reuse your current license keys. Fuer Bestell-Informationen senden Sie Email an stefan@ping.at, oder besuchen Sie uns auf http://members.ping.at/stefan/gindex.html. Pour information ou achat, veuillez communiquer avec : SCRIBEX COMMUNICATIONS - Localization & Distribution info@scribex.com http://www.scribex.com
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (18.7.97) Date: 18 Jul 1997 19:00:06 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5qoefm$18k@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 1396608 Jul 16 11:08 Commercial/mail/AirMail.3.1.8.I.b.tar.gz 1071624 Jul 16 10:50 Tools/performance/Cycles.2.7.NIHS.b.tar.gz 4286203 Jul 16 11:19 OpenStep/commercial/developer/DevMan.2.0.1.m.NIS.b.tgz 2037821 Jul 16 11:19 OpenStep/commercial/developer/DevMan.2.0.1.s.S.b.tgz 1094783 Jul 16 11:18 OpenStep/commercial/developer/DevMan.2.0.1.w.I.b.tgz 533500 Jul 16 11:21 OpenStep/commercial/developer/DevMan.Documentation.d.tgz 161 Jul 16 11:20 OpenStep/commercial/developer/DevManLicense.key.gz 22634944 Jul 16 11:03 OpenStep/commercial/developer/JavaPlan.3.1.0.w.I.b.zip 1419963 Jul 11 13:58 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_H.tar.gz 1306022 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_I.tar.gz 1254073 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_N.tar.gz 3534639 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_NIHS.tar.gz 1362244 Jul 11 13:59 Network/www/OmniWeb2.5J_S.tar.gz 1559518 Jul 15 10:03 Network/news/RadicalNews.0.9.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 7057 Jul 15 10:03 Network/news/RadicalNews.0.9.2.README 813190 Jul 16 11:29 Commercial/tools/archiver/SafetyNet.1.21.NIHS.b.tar.gz 2094498 Jul 16 11:27 Commercial/tools/archiver/SafetyNet.2.5.NIHS.tar.gz 167637 Jul 15 10:31 Games/card/SuperSolitaireModules.NIHS.b.tar.gz 13639122 Jul 16 10:44 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/TIFFany2-Help.pkg.tar.gz 4176824 Jul 16 10:47 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/TIFFany2.404.NI.pkg.tar.gz 2115293 Jul 16 10:42 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/Tiffany2.404.I.b.tar.gz 2037323 Jul 16 10:42 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/Tiffany2.404.N.b.tar.gz 6921992 Jul 16 10:45 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/Tiffany2.404.NIHS.b.tar.gz 221002 Jul 16 10:52 Commercial/graphics/bitmap/Tiffany2ProductInfo.d.tar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
Sender: ivan@aardvark.greystoneapts.com Control: cancel <5qp7fm$krr$218@falcon.ns.net> Message-ID: <cancel.5qp7fm$krr$218@falcon.ns.net> Subject: cmsg cancel <5qp7fm$krr$218@falcon.ns.net> From: jem@xpat.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Date: 19 Jul 1997 02:11:24 GMT EMP article removed by jem@xpat.com. Original Headers: From: ivan@aardvark.greystoneapts.com Subject: Neat Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Path: ...!infeed1.internetmci.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ns.net!not-for-mail Lines: 1
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <1452867556825@digifix.com> Date: 20 Jul 1997 03:54:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <11913869371228@digifix.com> Topics include: Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites NeXTanswers Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites ============================================ The following sites are a sample of the OpenStep related WWW sites available. A comprehensive list is available on Stepwise. Stepwise OpenStep/Rhapsody Information Server http://www.stepwise.com Stepwise has been serving the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP community since March 1993. Some of the many resources on the site include: OpenStep Third Party Software guide, Developer Directory, Mailing List information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. This is the World Wide Web interace to the FTP site. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://www.next.com Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's 'Prelude to Rhapsody' Self Support Site http://devworld.apple.com/dev/prelude.html This site has been constructed to help you help yourself to learn as much as possible about the foundation for Rhapsody, today's OPENSTEP. The site provides an informal collection of pointers, references, and starting points for developers who are using the Prelude to Rhapsody bundle, distributed at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups ==================================================== COMP.SYS.NEXT.ADVOCACY This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. COMP.SYS.NEXT.ANNOUNCE Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.BUGS A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT-specific groups as well. COMP.SYS.NEXT.HARDWARE Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MARKETPLACE NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MISC For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! COMP.SYS.NEXT.PROGRAMMER Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. 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From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <1454867556828@digifix.com> Date: 20 Jul 1997 03:54:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <11916869371230@digifix.com> Cross Posting ============= I try very hard to make sure that postings get out in a timely fashion. Most go out in less than 24 hours. Postings that require editing because they do not contain information in a useable format, or have already been posted to other comp.sys.next.* groups may be delayed, or returned to you. If your posting is rejected, I'll try and make suggestions about what should be changed where possible. Obviously off charter messages (spams, open-letters, etc) may not get a response. Content Guidelines ================== Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address, telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone, toll-free fax, voice phone, fax phone mailing address,info@blahblah.com,retail price,educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file IN URL FORMAT supported CPU's for binary distributions, OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting, time of meeting, speakers expected Signatures will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcement of Product Sales ============================= This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in the past. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. Time Sensitive Announcements ============================ Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: Olaf Mueller <orest.escape.de!olaf@oker.escape.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: OlafAM.1.0.4 - the programmable voice/fax/data machine Date: 21 Jul 1997 03:43:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5qult5$nku$1@news.digifix.com> The programmable voice/fax machine OlafAM ver 1.0.4 for NeXT Computers and selected modems is available now at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/apps/OlafAM.1.0.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Communication/apps/OlafAM.1.0.4.README Here the contents of the README: OlafAM a programmable Voice/Fax/Data machine for Computers running NextStep and selected Modems This release 1.0.4 is an update version of the base release 1.0. These are the most important improvements: * Some more modems will work together with this version. * German and (almost) French localization. * A Fax reader similar to the Voice reader (or listener). * Incoming data calls should be handled with more gracefulness. * Addressbook implementation now cooporates with the WorkSpace. * Addressbook and Dial Logbook can be printed. * Incoming voice calls can be listened without be logged in (if you have a D/V button like ZyXEL modems). * ZyXEL's voice format ADPCM4 can now be used (but does it improve the voice quality?). * The field "eMail" in the addressbook can now be used to compose a mail. Thanks to all who helped me improving this product. To install this update package, just open it as root, even if you have a running version 1.0. Then start OlafAM as root, check your configuration and save it. What is OlafAM ? ---------------- You can: telephone like before. OlafAM.app can dial for you. configure the behavior of the answering machine for your own purpose. You can play messages, reading digits entered by the caller, and invoke actions depending on the results of this input. You are able to listen to recorded voices from a remote place, and you can leave a message for friends. You are able to build a "Fax On Demand" machine. Received calls can be delivered to your mailbox, and a simple doubleClick will play it. send faxes using the PrintPanel This means, that you can fax everything you can print. receive faxes Received faxes can be delivered to your mailbox, and a simple doubleClick will display it. receive data calls Everybody can dial into your computer, if this feature is enabled. make data calls Use PPP, uucp or other programs to call out into the wide world of data communications. Requirements ------------ This software is built with white NS3.3 and tested on white, black and yellow NS3.3. It will probably also run on green computers and on computers running OpenSTEP 4.x. Following modems work more or less together with this software: ZyXEL U1496 serie (voice/fax/data modem) ZyXEL E2864 serie (voice/fax/data modem) ZyXEL Omni288 serie (voice/fax/data modem) Creatix SG 2834 turbo (voice/fax/data modem) Creatix SG 2834 (fax/data modem) Trust (fax/data modem) BocaModem (fax/data modem) ELSA MicroLink 28.8TQV (voice/fax/data modem) USR Sportster (voice/fax/data modem) Other modems including a ROCKWELL chipset will probably also work. Modems only supporting Class2.0 Fax should also work. People who help me to support a modem, which does not work together with this software, will get a free permanent licence. Use --- If no licence string is entered, this package will run in demo mode. That means: * Incoming voices are limited to 4 seconds. * Regarding digits entered by caller disabled. * Incoming faxes are disabled. * Outgoing faxes are limited to 1 page. * Incoming data calls are limited to 1 minute. You can order a licence for 10 days for free, which enables all functions. You can order a permanent licence for each feature, either voice or fax or data with following prices: Voice Fax Data All 40US$ 40US$ 20US$ 85US$ Answering machine programs -------------------------- Answering Machine programs will be written in the language "AnsweringMachineLanguage" (AML). It is simple and sufficient for (nearly) all cases, i can imagine. You can have as many programs as you like. So you are able to configure your telephone today as a private machine and tomorrow as a fax-on-demand machine. Author: Olaf Mueller Heinrichstr. 38 D-38106 Braunschweig Germany eMail: olaf@orest.escape.de Tel/Fax: +49 -531 338026
From: gregory scandalis <gps@netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: SynthBuilder Beta27 Date: 24 Jul 1997 19:45:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5r8bcj$h6b$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Staccato Systems Inc Mtn View, CA, USA +001-415-964-4483 staccato@StaccatoSys.com http://www.StaccatoSys.com ftp://ftp.StaccatoSys.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF SYNTHBUILDER BETA27 Mountain View, California, July 23, 1997 -- Staccato Systems Inc, announces the availability of the award winning computer music application, SynthBuilder, version Beta 27 for NeXT and Intel NeXTStep platforms (3.2 and 3.3). SynthBuilder is a graphical, extensible, object-oriented, NeXTStep application for interactive real-time design of synthesizer patches. It was written by Nick Porcaro, David Jaffe, Pat Scandalis, Julius Smith, and Tim Stilson, with contributions by Scott Van Duyne. It was part of the Stanford University Sondius project, and is now being further developed by Staccato Systems. SynthBuilder can be downloaded from http://www.StaccatoSys.com, under the SynthBuilder link, or from ftp://ftp.StaccatoSys.com. The NextStep version of SynthBuilder is royalty free, and auth codes to enable all of its features can be obtained from the Staccato Web site. According to Professor Julius Smith, "For the past several years SynthBuilder has been an effective rapid prototyping tool for physical modeling synthesis algorithms developed at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)". SynthBuilder developer and sometime rock star Nick Porcaro notes that "We've been using SynthBuilder [at CCRMA] to develop physical models as well as effects and other audio algorithms. Hopefully soon lots of folks will be making wild patches that we never would have thought of". Staccato is also developing Windows, Mac and Rhapsody versions of SynthBuilder for release sometime in 1998, with pricing to be determined.
From: don@misckit.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the Release of the MiscKit Version 1.10.0 Date: 28 Jul 1997 03:04:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5rh28i$ncd$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@misckit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.10.0 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, July 28, 1997 -- A new release of the MiscKit has been made publically available. It contains many new objects and fixes all problems reported since the previous release. This is the NEXTSTEP version of the kit! A new release of the OPENSTEP version is expected soon. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to one of the following locations: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscKit.1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/resources/classes/misckit/MiscKit.1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz There is a quad fat binary release accompanying this release: ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.b.NIHS.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/resources/classes/misckit/MiscKit.1.10.0.b.NIHS.gnutar.gz The thoughtport.com site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit with all previous versions archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield, button and slider subclasses, clock and calendar views, icon wells, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess, file), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscMergeKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications...plus much more! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don Yacktman at don@misckit.com for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. The misckit mailing lists are temporarily out of order and we hope to have them up and working at a new site soon. Until then, inquiries and subscription requests should be made to don@misckit.com. If you request a subscription, be sure to specify whether you wish to be part of the development discussion or only receive MiscKit-based press releases. When the mailing lists are once again up and running, a press release will be sent out to and let everyone know about the changes in addresses and any other important details. Please note that the creation of the "misckit.com" domain does NOT mean that the MiscKit is "going commercial" in any way--it will always be free and open as it has been in the past. Nothing has changed and NO special significance should be read into the use of ".com" instead of ".org". The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET personalities. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University. Changes since version 1.9.0: V1.10.0 7/28/97 Maintenance and update release: Enhancements and bug fixes to MiscString, HTMLText, MiscTableScroll, LazyScrollDir, ScrollDir, MiscMatrix, MiscSplitView, MiscProgressView, MiscTextExtensions, MiscTreeBrowser, MiscParseTable, and the makefiles. Bug fixes to MiscTime. Moved MiscFormField and MiscTilingButton into kit from Temp area. Addition of MiscHeadedMatrix, MiscDragScrollWindow classes and MiscDragScrollWindow example. Addition of ThreadedApp, TCPLib, ClassBuilder (fix n' go), ColorMerge palette, MiscImageDissolver palette, and Julia example to Temp area. [ Additional details about the bug fixes and additions can be found in the MiscKit's History.rtf file or at the kit's web site, http://www.misckit.com/index.html ]
From: mmalcolm crawford <Malcolm_Crawford@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L Systems Offers Free Upgrade to Rhapsody Version of its Mesa Spreadsheet Date: 28 Jul 1997 21:07:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5rj1m7$g7a$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: P & L Systems 12 The Broadway Old Amersham Bucks HP7 0HP, England info@plsys.co.uk +44 1494 432422 http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ P & L SYSTEMS OFFERS FREE UPGRADE TO RHAPSODY VERSION OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET Old Amersham, July 22 1997 -- P & L Systems today reaffirmed its commitment to the evolving Rhapsody/OpenStep marketplace, noting that its product line is still supported and being sold actively, and announcing that all purchasers of Release 2.0 of its Mesa spreadsheet will be entitled to a free upgrade to the Rhapsody version when it ships later this year. Mesa is the leading spreadsheet for NEXTSTEP, and is currently being ported to Apple's new Rhapsody operating system. Alpha versions have already been demonstrated running on Rhapsody, and will be on show at MacWorld Boston. A beta release will be available from shortly after the Rhapsody DR1 release date. "Mac-users will be reassured that there will be a full suite of productivity applications for the initial release of Rhapsody," commented Matt Ware, Sales Manager of P & L, "We are proud to be part of the first wave, offerering the first enterprise-class application for Apple's next-generation OS." P & L are continuing to work on significantly expanding the feature set of Mesa, with an emphasis on improved Excel compatability and an add-in to provide a transparent UI for access to any data source supported by Apple's Enterprise Object Foundation (EOF). The current version of Mesa -- 2.0 -- has been significantly enhanced over the 1.5; new features include: * New Toolbox * Graphics in Reports * SplitScreen formula bar * Automatic Range updating in Reports, Queries, Extracts and Labels * Improved Formula Builder * HTML Table Export AddIn * dBASE file import and export AddIn * Informant! Data Feed AddIn * Reuters datafeed functions: DATAFEED(), etc Mesa is priced at $375, and upgrades from 1.x versions are $50. Academic and bulk discounts are available. All purchasers of Release 2.0 of Mesa will be entitled to a free upgrade to the Rhapsody release. P & L Systems is the leading supplier of products and services for NeXTSTEP in the UK. With a complete range of software and hardware products and services, P & L Systems offer full support for customers in the aggressive and sometimes bewildering world of object oriented solutions. Products developed by P & L Systems include the Oracle Adaptor for Mesa; the QuickBase Adaptor for Mesa; Pager, a flexible application for pagers and beepers; PassKey, a password management tool for administrators; AppManager, a software usage monitoring and license allocation utility; and Informant!, a radical new real-time data feed distribution application for Reuters and other feeds on NeXTSTEP, Solaris and Windows NT. For additional information about P & L Systems and its products and services, contact the company directly at +44 1494 432422, send electronic mail to info@plsys.co.uk, or visit P & L Systems' World Wide Web pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems, AppManager, PassKey, Informant! and Mesa are trademarks of P & L Systems. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group August meeting Date: 29 Jul 1997 03:11:15 GMT Organization: INDIVIDUAL NETWORK BERLIN Message-ID: <5rjn0j$nk0$1@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) August meeting ================================================= The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, August 4, 1997, at 8:00 p.m. (MET) in the "Institut fuer Energietechnik" of the Technical University Berlin in Room KT 101 (1st floor), Marchst. 18, D-10587 Berlin, Germany. This time, we have the following topics on our agenda: o DEVELOPER COURSE, Part III (we had postponed this point from the last to this meeting): Following the introduction to ProjectBuilder and Interface- Builder in part II of our ongoing introduction to developing with NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP, this meeting's focus will be on the Application Kit and its objects: windows, panels, buttons and events. o BeNG-"WISHLIST" FOR RHAPSODY At the end of our last meeting, we started to collect wishes and suggestions we had for Rhapsody. This list was further elaborated and diskussed on our mailing list and the sent to Apple in the name of the whole Berlin NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP User Group. As the stream of ideas did not drain, a second wishlist with desired Rhapsody features is underway, a work that shall be continued during this meeting. o NEWS, FACTS & RUMORS The latest news and rumors around Rhapsody and the funny "guessing game" 'Who will become the new CEO of Apple Inc.?' ;-) The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system . People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 p.m. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at the nearby "Cafe' Campus". Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann gerald@stepman.com (NeXTmail welcome) or Ingmar Camphausen ingmar@in-berlin.de (NeXTmail welcome) BeNG: e-mail beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (mailinglist!) WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT How to get there ---------------- We meet in Room KT 101 on the 1st floor of the "Institut fuer Energietechnik", a building of the Technical University of Berlin. It is located Marchst. 18 on the campus of the TU near the western city-center of Berlin. The entrance to the building is on the left hand side behind a gate at the end of a parking lot. Watch out for the NeXT-logo-like 'BeNG' signs and follow them upstairs to the meeting room! :-) * by bike or public transport: We recommend coming by bicycle or using the public transport (BVG/S-Bahn): You can either take the underground line U2 or bus 145 or bus X9 and leave at 'Ernst-Reuter-Platz' (+ 400m walking), or you choose bus 245 up to Ernst-Reuter-Platz/Marchst. (+ 200m walking). The nearest rapid transit ("S-Bahn") station is "Tiergarten" (~1000 m/ ~10 min walking distance); you get there via the rapid transit lines S3, S5, S7 or S75. * by car - from North (Wedding, Moabit, Reinickendorf, Pankow ...) Main direction is Turmst. or Beusselst. and then "Alt-Moabit" St. Follow them south, crossing the Spree River via the Gotzkowsky Bridge. At the fork keep left into the Franklinst. After crossing the March Bridge and the Einstein St, the "Institut fuer Energietechnik" is located on the left-hand side of the street behind the drive to a parking lot. - all other directions: Head for Ernst-Reuter-Platz via Bismarckst. or Hardenbergst. (from the West-Berlin city center/Zoo) or "Strasse des 17. Juni"/Grosser Stern. From the roundabout Ernst-Reuter-Platz, take the Marchst. exit. About 200 m into the Marchst., right after a blue building and the drive to a parking lot on the right hand side, you find the "Institut fuer Energietechnik" (marked 'KT' in the ASCII map below). There is a limited number of parking lots near the building. [This "map" should be viewed / in a non-proportional font!] / n / \ / i / \ \ / l / \^^^^\ V k / \^^^^\ n / \ \^^^^/ a \ \ E \^^/ r . \ \ \ i \/ F /^\ S \ \ \ n /^^^\ a \ O \ \ - \^^^^\ l \ t \ / s \^^^^\ z \ \ t \ / r./\ t \^^^^\ u \ \ o \ / t / \ e \^^^^\ f \ \ - \ / s / \ i \^^^^\ e \ \ S \ / h / \ n \^^^^\ r \ \ u \ / c P \ u \^^^^\ \ .. \ h \ / r /\P KT \ f \^^^^\ \ // \ r \Bus / a / \ e \^^^^\ \ // \ - \145. __/ M /Bus 245 \ r \^^^^\ . // \ S \--" \ \ \^^^^\ S-Bahnhof \ t \ \ \^^^^\ Tiergarten ----------" r. Ernst- ---------------" "----"...---- //---...--- Bismarck- Reuter- Strasse des // strasse Platz 17. Juni // ------------. .-----------------------...----//----...---- "-. .=" // U2 ". Ha \ Bus 145 // U2 \ rd \ U2 // \ en \ // \ be \ // S3,S5 \ rg \ // S7,S75 \ st \ // \ r. \ // \ \ U+S-Bahnhof \ \ Zoologischer \ \ Garten If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via the StadtINFO online city map at the URL http://www.kulturbox.de/cgi-bin/k/pixelinfo?PQ=m11&X=96&Y=381&TEXT=BeNG%21 (The "Institut fuer Energietechnik" is marked with a red circle.) * * * The subsequent meeting is scheduled for August 4, 1997. Scheduled is another part of our ongoing lectures on software development under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. --- BeNG --- WHO WE ARE --- The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP enthusiasts. Our participants may be reached via our mailing list. Of course, we are also present in the World Wide Web. In addition, we manage the NeXT/NEXTSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin. mailing list mailto:beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list.
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: LatinByrd III Beta4 Date: 29 Jul 1997 19:07:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5rlf22$dru$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stefan Schneider Software Lerchenfelder St. 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria, Europe +43-1-523-5834 stefan@ping.at http://members.ping.at/stefan/ ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF LATINBYRD III BETA4 Vienna, July 29, 1997 -- LatinByrd III Beta4 has been made publically available. LatinByrd III Beta4 is FULLY ENABLED until August 8, 1997. Afterwards, it automatically falls back to demo mode. New in LatinByrd III Beta4, compared to Beta3: Conversion of nroff files Support for ASCII files in nroff format - UNIX man pages, for instance - has been added: nroff files are internally pre-converted via a customizable UNIX command pipe, text elements defined as 'bold' or 'italic' are rendered in a user-selectable combo of bold, italic, underline, and color attributes. Less restrictive acceptance of file extensions During conversion of document trees, RTF and nroff files are always accepted now, regardless of their extension. Bug fixes During conversion of characters from special-purpose fonts to inline images, Beta3 did sometimes cut serifs on the left and/or right, especially for italic fonts. This has been fixed in Beta4. Beta3 did occasionally output end tags like </font> or </b> in sawtoothed order with end tag </a>. This has been fixed in Beta4. DOWNLOAD http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIb4.NIHS.b.tar.gz (1758483 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIb4.README (6817 bytes) LatinByrd III Beta4 is compiled quad-fat, requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher - or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach - and is localized to English and German, including on-line help. French UI and on-line help will be available in LatinByrd III's release version. GENERAL PRODUCT INFO LatinByrd is an RTF/RTFD to HTML converter, and a TIFF/EPS to GIF/PNG/JPEG image converter. LatinByrd converts RTF documents, RTFD documents, and ASCII documents to web pages in HTML format. LatinByrd converts single documents as well as document trees. In addition, LatinByrd also converts TIFF and EPS images to GIF, PNG, and JPEG graphics formats. LatinByrd is a commercial product. Fully licensable demo. FREE time-limited test keys available. Just send email. PRICE Commercial license: US$ 119 Academic license: US$ 69 Image conversion only: US$ 49 (sorry, no academic discount) FURTHER INFOS For information on how to purchase a license key for LatinByrd III, please contact Stefan Schneider Software at <stefan@ping.at>, or visit us at http://members.ping.at/stefan/index.html. Upgrade to LatinByrd III is free to registered users of LatinByrd II. Please reuse your current license keys. Fuer Bestell-Informationen senden Sie Email an <stefan@ping.at>, oder besuchen Sie uns auf http://members.ping.at/stefan/gindex.html. Pour information ou achat, veuillez communiquer avec : SCRIBEX COMMUNICATIONS - Localisation et Distribution info@scribex.com http://www.scribex.com
From: bailey!susanm@uunet.uu.net (Susan Miano ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: OpenStep Developers Sought Date: 30 Jul 1997 03:34:00 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5rmcn8$ocp$1@news.digifix.com> Seeking OpenStep/EOF developers to join a team writing a client-server, Oracle-based call tracking package to be used by Stratus World Wide Customer Service staff. Individuals should be well versed in OpenStep and sound OO development practices, work well in a team and have above average verbal and written communication skills. The bulk of the project team is in Marlboro, MA with several remote team members in Status' Phoenix, AZ office. Interested parties should email resumes to Susan_Miano@stratus.com. Based in Marlboro, Mass., Stratus Computer, Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive computer solutions for critical online environments. Stratus and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of continuously available computer platforms, application software, middleware, and professional services. The company markets its systems and solutions to a range of industries in more than 60 countries. Stratus can be reached via the Internet at http://www.stratus.com. he DR1 release of Rhapsody and, if possible, will be usable immediately by Rhapsody developers. The participation of Apple and NeXT developers who would like to contribute to this free kit is welcomed and encouraged. "Take a look at the kit, find something that needs to be done which tickles your fancy, and go for it!" says the kit administrator. Further information about the MiscKit are available from the MiscKit web site at http://www.misckit.com/. Questions which are not answered by the materials there should be directed via email to Don Yacktman at don@misckit.com. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 2.0.4 released Date: 30 Jul 1997 03:32:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5rmcke$ocm$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@misckit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 2.0.4 OPENSTEP Version of Free Objective-C Object Kit Is Now Available PROVO, UT, July 30, 1997 -- The next release of the OPENSTEP MiscKit has been made publically available. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to the following site: ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit.2.0.4.s.gnutar.gz The thoughtport.com site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit with all previous versions archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. This is a minor update with only a few changes. It is targeted for OPENSTEP 4.2, and most likely will not be buildable on an earlier system. Be aware that all previous warnings about the OPENSTEP kits still apply to this version of the kit! This MiscKit release is special in that it is almost useless to developers using the MiscKit. That may sound like a joke, but it isn't. This release contains ONLY a few basic projects that show how the OPENSTEP kit will eventually be laid out. It does NOT have everything converted yet, though the entire kit has been run through the OPENSTEP conversion scripts. This release is being made so that those interested in participating in the port can pick it up, see what needs to be done, and pitch in. If you are hoping to use this in a project, you will be sorely disappointed with the state and useability of this release, and should not pick it up. If you want to help in the porting effort, then pick it up and dig in! We can use help from everyone who wants to pitch in. Since a press release is too short to give detailed information, please read the OPENSTEP MiscKit FAQ at: http://www.misckit.com/faq/openstep.html An HTML version of the README file for this release, which gives more specific information about the new MiscKit, is located at: http://www.misckit.com/READMEs/MK.2.0.4.html Although the current state of the OPENSTEP kit, to quote Don, "is pathetic", Don is also quite confident that this kit will become useful very quickly once everyone has had a full opportunity to pitch in and help move it along. New release frequencies while the OPENSTEP port continues are expected to happen every 2-3 weeks. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.