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From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <10181872395228@digifix.com> Date: 31 Aug 1997 03:53:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <16623873000036@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: 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: <10179872395226@digifix.com> Date: 31 Aug 1997 03:53:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <16621873000033@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. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: Thomas Engel <tsengel@slivovic.nl.ctp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: TheShelf 0.3. A simple "NeXT 4.0beta shelf"-like application for those who can't live without it. Date: 1 Sep 1997 04:19:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5udfpd$n81$1@news.digifix.com> Release 0.3, 30.8.1997 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) TheShelf Application This application tries to imitate the workspace feeling that was proposed for OpenStep/MachOS 4.0 at ObjectWorld '95. I liked the idea so much that I sat down and hacked this small app the night after I returned from the USA. Two years after the first NeXTSTEP version has seen the light of day, I rewrote the application for the OpenStep API in an two days, two nights move. So... Beware: ...this is just a "fun prototype" app which turned out to be quite useful. But don't expect it to be a full featured hyper cool shelf because in this case you will be disillusioned badly. This is an evil hack. Evil and ugly.but really useful. Note: In order to run this application you need OpenStep 4.x (only tested on 4.2 Mach) and must have MiscKit 2.0.4 and IconKit 4.2.1 installed (or a later version). Both frameworks are not part of this distribution. The application should work on Windows NT and Rhapsody DR1 too...but was not tested on these platforms. The package has been uploaded to all three major ftp sites. It might take some time until the submissions: TheShelf.0.3.README TheShelf.0.3.m.I.bd.tgz TheShelf.0.3.sd.tgz ...migrate to their final locations. These propably will be: ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next/OpenStep/tools/workspace/ ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/tools/workspace/apps/ ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/apps/utils/workspace/ Attention: You need gnutar and gzip und unpack those files. Both programs come bundled with NeXTSTEP since version 3.2. The Package Version 0.3 comes in a package that includes: - TheShelf.app. A binary for Intel hardware running OPENSTEP 4.2/Mach or later. - Full sourcecode - The documentation and an ASCII version (README) of this introduction On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project' section.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <873122406.5852@isc.org> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 14:00:06 GMT ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNArKZsJdOtO4janBAQG8QwP/fw5KLWYRgyPLRspw09j85/uE5SpBSbaS nsyFZGSx6fso6IN+izr78LxDwwCbCxKSR4yMG/iUGWRxx/X9kY/tfa9Xzvuntdi7 bLRyBB9QW8fgX5xttg3WNXQRM2vHSY8imco/NwiU0xZdeG7U4GuuXcfqAdTFa3A/ QnyrG19IBOo= =odZU comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. Group submission address: next-announce@digifix.com Moderator contact address: next-announce-request@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.nl (Gerben Wierda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Squid-1.1.16 Installer package Date: 2 Sep 1997 19:13:00 GMT Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Message-ID: <5uhofs$ce3$1@news.digifix.com> Squid-1.1.16 (internet object cache) has been submitted to: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/Internet/ See the readme appended below for details. Squid 1.1.15 and Squid 1.1.16 need the following small patch (apply in the src directory) to be compiled under NEXTSTEP: *** store.c.org Mon Sep 1 21:37:38 1997 --- store.c Mon Sep 1 21:37:41 1997 *************** *** 2439,2442 **** --- 2439,2450 ---- return -1; } + #ifdef _NEXT_SOURCE + /* + * NEXTSTEP 3.3 (and probably others) do not define S_ISDIR() under + * non-posix, and as we all know posix is either absent or seriously broken, + * so we have to define it ourselves. The other defines are available. + */ + # define S_ISDIR(mode) (((mode) & (_S_IFMT)) == (_S_IFDIR)) + #endif if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) == 0) { debug(20, 0, "%s is not a directory\n", path); Squid Installer package (m68k, i486, hppa, sparc) Courtesy of Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl This is the README file for Squid-x.x.x.pkg for NEXTSTEP Just install the package. If you have installed a previous version, just install this one on top of the old one. It will automatically remove the Installer remains of a previous installation. If you want to run the previous version: just install that one again. The home of these installer distributions is: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/Internet This package has been reported to work under OPENSTEP 4.x. The software has not been checked on sparc and hppa architectures. Again, please tell me if it works. Note: I don't have the time to tell you how Squid works. Go to http://squid.nlanr.net for details. Yours, July 20, 1997 -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Staff member Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy Javastraat 42, 2585 AP, Den Haag/The Hague, The Netherlands Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992 http://www.AWT.nl/prive/wierda/ The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) September meeting [MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT] Date: 5 Sep 1997 03:08:10 GMT Organization: INDIVIDUAL NETWORK BERLIN Message-ID: <5unt2q$o9l$1@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) September meeting =================================================== The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, September 8, 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 RHAPSODY INSIDE During the midst of August, an internal paper from Apple appeared on the internet and was quickly removed [upon intervention of Apple, as could be heard]. It detailed thoughts and drafts of how the user interface for Rhapsody will/could/should look like. The BeNG has been alert and managed to save a copy of that document. We will present the look&feel the 1998 release of Rhapsody will probably have. o NEWS, FACTS & RUMORS What are the implications of the between Apple and Microsoft that was announced during the MacExpo in Boston. And why does Apple buy the biggest maker of Mac-clones, PowerComputing (or its "core assets", as the Apple press release put it)? 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. 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 October 6, 1997. --- 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: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PowerTools first MacOS cloners to ship MacOS 8.0 Date: 5 Sep 1997 21:55:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5upv4c$j07$1@news.digifix.com> [Note: while this doesn't directly relate to OpenStep yet (DR1 is still a few weeks out), given the current climate, and that Mr. Wong wnt out of his way to spread this message to the pre-Rhapsody community, I'm posting this anyways - Scott] September 5, 1997 PowerTools first MacOS cloners to ship MacOS 8.0 PowerTools announced today that they will be the first Mac clone vendor to ship MacOS 8.0. Beginning on September 8, 1997, PowerTools will include MacOS 8.0 with every infiniti T2 MacOS clone that it ships. Each infiniti T2 will also have a full 1 year on-site warranty provided by a national third party service provider and free (800) technical support. The standard configuration for the newly released infiniti T2 systems is as follows: 604e/200MHz PPC, 50Mhz Bus, Mini-Tower, 5 PCI, 8 Drive bays, 3D graphics 32MB/3.2GB/16x/512k/2vram/4MB video card/video in-out/TV tuner/KB/MacOS8.0/1 yr.-on-site Price.....$2,279 This is in response to the current changes by Apple concerning the licensing of MacOS 8. "Although the price for the infiniti T2 is slightly higher," says Victor Wong, CEO of PowerTools,"we feel that it is necessary to provide the latest version of the MacOS for our valued customers. If along the way it helps to make Apple profitable once again, then to us it is a win-win situation. However, we are providing much more value than the bump in price for MacOS 8.0, we are guaranteeing that your new computer will have solid service and technical support. " Due to the questions that are now circulating concerning MacOS licensing, these additional assurances are necessary. "PowerTools still retains every single license that it had when it started. We are still shipping, we are still developing new systems, and our contract says that we have at least four more years to do so." states Wong, "We're already planning our New Years Party for the year 2000." Although many think that MacOS licensing may be over, Wong states the following, "Apple has said that MacOS licensing is not over, it just has to be different. This is a game and the rules change from time to time. It may not always be fair, but you have to change with it. You cannot fight against the ocean tides, but you can learn to swim with dignity. We've got our swimming shorts on." Contact: Victor Wong CEO, PowerTools 4544 S. Lamar Blvd. Suite 101 Austin, Texas 78745 United States, Planet Earth Tel: 512-891-0646 ext. 360 Fax: 512-476-6399 url: www.pwrtools.com
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 2.0.5 released Date: 6 Sep 1997 21:19:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5ushch$hj4$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@misckit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 2.0.5 OPENSTEP Version of Free Objective-C Object Kit Is Now Available PROVO, UT, September 6, 1997 -- The next release of the OPENSTEP MiscKit has been made publically available. The MiscKit may be obtained via http to the following site: http://www.yacktman.com/misckit/ The thoughtport.com ftp site is going away and the latest kit releases will only be avaialble via http during the interim. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to have our new ftp site up and running soon. This is a minor update with only a few changes. It is targeted for OPENSTEP 4.2, and most likely will not be buildable on an earlier system. Be aware that all previous warnings about the OPENSTEP kits still apply to this version of the kit! Since a press release is too short to give detailed information, please read the OPENSTEP MiscKit FAQ at: http://www.misckit.com/faq/openstep.html An HTML version of the README file for this release, which gives more specific information about the new MiscKit, is located at: http://www.misckit.com/READMEs/MK.2.0.5.html Although the current state of the OPENSTEP kit, to quote Don, "is pathetic", Don is also quite confident that this kit will become useful very quickly once everyone has had a full opportunity to pitch in and help move it along. New release frequencies while the OPENSTEP port continues are expected to happen every 2-3 weeks. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Thomas Engel <tsengel@slivovic.nl.ctp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: TheShelf 0.3.3 Get 70% of NeXT's "4.0beta shelf" application. Date: 6 Sep 1997 21:19:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5ushck$hj5$1@news.digifix.com> Release 0.3.3, 6.9.1997 by Tomi Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) TheShelf Application New in v 0.3.3: - Processes shelf - Console shelf - Shelf auto raise/hide - Bug fixes and small gimmicks. This application tries to imitate the workspace feeling that was proposed for OpenStep/MachOS 4.0 at ObjectWorld '95. I liked the idea so much that I sat down and hacked the first verion of this small app the night after I returned from the USA. Two years after the NeXTSTEP version has seen the light of day, I rewrote the application for the OpenStep API in an three day, four nights move. So... Beware: ...this is just a "fun prototype" app which turned out to be quite useful. But don't expect it to be a full featured hyper cool shelf. There are many things which are still missing. Note: In order to run this application you need OPENSTEP 4.x (only tested on 4.2) and must have MiscKit 2.0.4 and IconKit 4.2.1 installed (or a later version). Both frameworks are not part of this distribution. The application should compile on Windows NT and Rhapsody DR1 too...but it was not yet tested on these platforms. Please read the release notes since compiling MiscKit 2.0.4 is tricky. The package has been uploaded to all three major ftp sites. It might take some time until the submissions: TheShelf.0.3.3.README TheShelf.0.3.3.m.I.bd.tgz TheShelf.0.3.3.sd.tgz ...migrate to their final locations. These propably will be: ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next/OpenStep/tools/workspace/ ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/tools/workspace/apps/ ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/apps/utils/workspace/ Attention: You need gnutar and gzip und unpack those files. Both programs come bundled with NeXTSTEP since version 3.2. Using the Shelf At this time you can create different shelf levels, switch between them, drag files onto them and either have the files opened or selected by the workspace. By default the app will start with a set of predefined shelfs which usually get stored in the ~/Library/TheShelf folder. To create another shelf level just click the small tab symbol ( ) on the left side of the shelfs main tab. This will create the default icon shelf. You can also use one of the "New" menu items to add different types of shelfs. To swap between levels just click on the tabs. Tabs can be resorted, renamed and deleted. The tab view also acts as a drag area. Use it to lower or raise the shelfs window. Alt clicking this area with toggle the level of TheShelf's window between three predefined positions. It can either lay infront or behind all windows or reside in the regular window level. If "auto hiding/raising" is activated the shelf window should pop up when the mouse reaches the bottom of the screan and should hide again once the mouse leaves the window. Currently there are three more or less useful shelf bundles available: * The "Icon shelf page" is also refered to as the "shelf page". It accepts drag & dropped file and application references. Applications inside the shelf open files which get dropped on them. * A "Processes page" which shows all running applications. * The "Log page" which tracks the contents of a file (usually /tmp/console.log). The contents of all the page is stored automatically as the application quits or if the users switches to a different page. Each level uses a ".aShelf" file wrapper to store its information. The Package Version 0.3.3 comes in two packages. The main TheShelf.0.3.3.m.I.bd.tgz archive includes: * TheShelf.app. An OPENSTEP 4.x binary for Intel hardware. * The documentation including the Release Notes. The source package TheShelf.0.3.3.sd.tgz comes with: * Full sourcecode * And also the documentation with Release Notes to free you from having to download both packages. Enjoy it. Tomi
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <16623873000036@digifix.com> Date: 7 Sep 1997 03:52:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <8837873604835@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: 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: <16621873000033@digifix.com> Date: 7 Sep 1997 03:52:35 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <8835873604833@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. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: William Shipley <wjs@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Omni announces OmniWeb 3.0 coming, and OmniWeb 2.5 and OmniPDF 2.1 for sale now. Date: 8 Sep 1997 03:02:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5uvps0$mb3$1@news.digifix.com> Omni Development, Inc., is announcing that they are currently working on the next version of its much-loved web browser, OmniWeb, for Apple's next-generation operating system (code-named Rhapsody). Besides being OpenStep-compliant, OmniWeb 3 will feature a host of improvements and refinements over OmniWeb 2, including animated GIFs, Java support, a new document inspector, and a better user experience, as well as other features which we are disinclined to talk about until we've added them. OmniWeb 3 will be for sale at the time of the Rhapsody Premiere Release, but will be available in an early beta form with Rhapsody Developer Release when Apple releases it. Omni also is announcing that they are currently selling OmniWeb 2.5 and OmniPDF 2.1 for NEXTSTEP (3.2 or later). Customers who buy OmniWeb 2.5 now will receive a free upgrade to OmniWeb 3 for Rhapsody when it becomes available. OmniWeb 2.5 and OmniPDF 2.1 are free to the first user on any network: you can download fully enabled versions from http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniWeb/2/Download.html and http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniPDF/Download.html respectively. Send mail to sales@omnigroup.com or call 1-800-315-OMNI (1-206-523-4152 outside of the US) for licensing information for any Omni products. Our previous exclusive licensing agreement with Lighthouse Design has been terminated. Please note that Lighthouse did not give us our customer lists, so if you are a current customer we'd love to hear from you and find out what we can do for you. -Wil Shipley President, Omni Development, Inc. wjs@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/
From: ovidiu@net-community.com (Ovidiu Predescu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: GDBbundle: a graphical GDB interface Date: 8 Sep 1997 20:07:01 GMT Organization: None Message-ID: <5v1lt5$e70$1@news.digifix.com> Hi everybody, I am pleased to announce the first public release of GDBbundle, a GDB graphical user interface that runs under OPENSTEP 4.1 or greater. It resembles the handy interface found in NeXTStep 3.3 that was gone with the new ProjectBuilder interface. I wrote it because I really missed the browser that allowed me to browse through all the variables of a method or a function. GDBbundle is a bundle for a modified version of TextEdit. It also uses a modified version of NeXT's gdb; the distributed gdb does not work with GDBbundle. You can find the binaries and the source code at: ftp://ftp.net-community.com/pub/OPENSTEP There is a little document inside the binary distribution describing how to use the program. Future work =========== There are some known bugs which should be removed. Some caching can be done in the GDB bundle so a frame is not refreshed all the time a step or next operation is issued. It would be nice to have a version of this bundle integrated in ProjectBuilder so I am thinking to investigate this further. Copyright and copying conditions ================================ The TextEdit application was written by NeXT; all the right are reserved by NeXT. The GDBbundle was written by Ovidiu Predescu and all the rights are reserved. The TextEdit and GDBbundle are released together under the GPL license. Donations are welcome; please contact me for my address. Happy hacking, Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-community.com>
From: info@metrosoft.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Metrosoft NEXTSTEP Applications reduced, now $75/app Date: 9 Sep 1997 19:08:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5v46rk$dbq$1@news.digifix.com> Special NEXTSTEP applications Sale! All Metrosoft NEXTSTEP applications on sale for $75 while supplies last. Price includes shipping and tax. ------------------------------------------------------------- SimonSays Control your computer by voice commands. Trainable to your voice, no matter what your language, dialect or accent. One voice command can execute a sequence of actions. For example, just say "Mail Mary" and have Simon open Mail, address a letter to Mary and sign it for you. * Better voice training * More intuitive user interface * More macro event types * The ability to save and load macro sets * Will run on both NeXT and Intel. * Nested macros - macros that perform other macros ***This app is for NeXT machines ONLY (does not run on Intel)***** Regular Price $295 / $220 edu ------------------------------------------------------------- OCR Servent OCR Servant is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) utility based on omnifont technology that makes text recognition of TIFF and FAX images quick and easy. Just select a region of text from a displayed image or FAX, or an entire file in the file viewer, then start OCR Servant simply by selecting it from the "Services" menu, just as you would select NeXTmail or Digital Webster. OCR Servant recognizes text and displays it in OCR Servant's editor. You can then edit the text, perform spell checking, set fonts, adjust the layout of the text, cut, copy of paste it to your favorite word processor, or take advantage of other services which accept text as input. Regular Price $295.00 / $227.00 edu ______________________________________________________________________ HSD Spell HSD Spell is the international spelling software for NEXTSTEP that automatically integrates multiple language spelling capabilities into your existing applications. HSD spell can also be used as a stand-alone application or accessed as a "Service" from other applications. HSD Spell supports 11 international languages including Danish, Dutch, English (U.S. and U.K), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Regular Price $149.00 Includes English and choice of one other Additional Languages: $99 each ______________________________________________________________________ MetroScan (formally PowerScan by HSD) ** for UMAX 630, 840, 1260 scanners only ** MetroScan Professional is a complete bundle of full-featured scanning applications for computers running NEXTSTEP. The MetroScan Professional bundle includes two applications: MetroScan, for scanning and image manipulation; Copy/Fax, a "Services" based application which utilizes your scanner and printer to simulate a copy machine; or your scanner and fax modem to simulate a paper fax machine. MetroScan is a full-featured scanning and image editing application that is flawlessly integrated with the NEXTSTEP. MetroScan can be used as a service or a stand-alone application. Features include preview scanning, brightness, contrast and threshold adjustment, scaling, filtering, image manipulation, image conversion, and saving in a variety of compressed and non-compressed formats. MetroScan also supports Spectrum Enhancement, Metrosoft's proprietary scan enhancement technology which allows you to finely tune the scanners dynamic range before scanning an image. The results are rich, vibrant images that come alive with color and contain the subtle details and nuances other scanners would miss. MetroScan works with Umax scanners and includes support for an optional automatic document feeder and transparency adapter. Support for additional scanners will be available soon. Fax is a "Services" based application which utilizes your scanner and fax modem to simulate a paper fax machine-with just a single click of your mouse! Simply put a document in your scanner, select Fax from the Services menu, then enter a fax number in the fax panel. Your document is automatically scanned and faxed to the destination you chose. Copy is a "Services" based application which utilizes your scanner and printer to simulate a copy machine-with just a single click of your mouse! Just put a document in your scanner, select Copy from the Services menu, then enter the number of copies to print in the print panel. Your document is automatically scanned and the number of copies you specify are sent to your printer. Copy and Fax are included in MetroScan Regular Price $495.00 / $385.00 edu We accept checks (no credit cards), please include your full mailing address. To order or for more information contact: Mary Donnelly / Metrosoft info@metrosoft.com (NeXTmail welcome) +619-488-9411 * fax +619-488-3045 710 Thirteenth Street, Suite 310 * San Diego, CA 92101 USA
From: Chuck Esterbrook <lchuck@OrcaComputer.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: The Visual Simulation Environment (VSE) Date: 11 Sep 1997 03:12:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5v7nic$c5g$1@news.digifix.com> Orca Computer, Inc., (http://www.orcacomputer.com) is proud to announce... The Visual Simulation Environment (R) Also known as the VSE. Version 1.0.4 runs on * OPENSTEP for Mach 4.2 * Windows NT 4.0 * Windows 95 WHAT IS THE VSE? The VSE is an advanced model development environment. It enables discrete-event, general-purpose, object-oriented, component-based, visual simulation model development and execution. This advanced environment can be used for solving complex problems in many areas including: * Air traffic control and space systems * Business process reengineering and workflows * Complex system design evaluation * Computer and communication networks * Health care systems * Manufacturing systems * Military / combat systems * Satellite and wireless communications systems * Supply chain management * Transportation systems PRICING VSE is a commercial product also available to the federal government and educational institutions. VSE is available at a significantly reduced price for educational institutions. More pricing information is available at http://www.orcacomputer.com/PurchaseVSE.html. VSE 1.0 is provided at no cost for use by Federal Government employees at federal government sites. The government pays only for shipping and handling, cost of reproduction, required third party software (OPENSTEP), and optional clip art libraries. See http://www.orcacomputer.com/Purchase/FederalGov.html. MORE ABOUT THE VSE The VSE's Layout Editor and Attribute Inspector allow users to graphically create, connect and configure simulation objects. Once a well designed library of custom classes is developed either by the customer or by Orca Computer, Inc., models can be built and executed with no programming. For those that will develop their own libraries or customize existing ones, VSE provides a compiled, high level, object-oriented scripting language complete with garbage collection, encapsulation, inheritance and full dynamic binding. The VSE Simulator provides the simulation and graphics engine, runtime libraries and debugging tools for executing models. At a reduced price, it can be bundled separately for distribution of your models. Several sample models are included to help you understand the VSE. Clip art is bundled with the product to provide an instant wealth of images for model construction. There is much more to the VSE than can be said here. Please visit http://www.orcacomputer.com for more information about the VSE including sample screen shots and a free evaluation CD! CONTACT Orca Computer, Inc. http://www.orcacomputer.com Info@OrcaComputer.com (540) 231-3475
From: wsi@spacelab.net (WSI Nationwide) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: US-North East-Nextstep System Admin-NT training-WSI Date: 11 Sep 1997 04:09:53 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Message-ID: <5v7quh$dja$1@news.digifix.com> ----(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below-no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)--- I have been asked to identify an independent consultant with strong Nextstep System Adminstration experience and clear English speaking skills for a long term Nextstep System Administration project with up-to-date documentation also using C++ and Solaris with Help Desk interaction and some customer contact in a production environment also dealing with communication protocols - SMTP & Nextmail. The project is in the North East near the water and offers an initial twelve month contract, renewable on a three year project with a flexible starting rate in the $400 per day range. An NT conversion is planned will full training provided. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, (we have an additional 150+ open employment and consulting requirements), e-mail a resume to Jay L., a straight ascii text file preferred but any attachment is OK, (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) A full listing of all WSI requirements can be seen at http://www.webb.com/wsi ) 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.announce,comp.sys.newton.marketplace,comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.prime,comp.sys.proteon,comp.sys.psion,comp.sys.psion.announce,comp.sys.psion.apps,comp.sys.psion.comm,comp.sys.psion.marketplace,comp.sys.psion.misc,comp.sys.psion.programmer,comp.sys.psion.reviews,comp.sys.pyramid,comp.sys.ridge,comp.sys.sequent,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi.announce,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.audio,comp.sys.sgi.bugs,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,comp.sys.sgi.hardware,comp.sys.sgi.marketplace,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.stratus,comp.sys.sun.admin Subject: cmsg cancel <34196E66.6C22@profit.com> Control: cancel <34196E66.6C22@profit.com> Date: 12 Sep 1997 16:33:20 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34196E66.6C22@profit.com> Sender: Jimmy <jimmybob@profit.com> Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
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: <8835873604833@digifix.com> Date: 14 Sep 1997 03:49:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <9488874209621@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. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: Stephen Shiboski <steve@biostat.ucsf.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: R Statistical Programming Language for NEXTSTEP Date: 15 Sep 1997 04:44:18 GMT Organization: University of California, San Francisco Message-ID: <5vief2$otf$1@news.digifix.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT: R Version 0.49 for NEXTSTEP version 3.3 (M68k and Intel) 15 September, 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a NEXTSTEP port of the R language for statistical programming. Included is beta version 0.49 which includes numerous improvements and enhancements over prior releases. Separate binary distributions for M68k and Intel architectures are available on both the next-ftp.peak.org and ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp archives with filenames: Motorola 68k: R.0.49.N.b.tar.gz Intel: R.0.49.I.b.tar.gz About R: R is an extremely powerful (and fast) alternative to commercial statistics packages such as S-PLUS, SAS and SPSS. Read the README file, "R.ps" Postscript document and man page (R.1) included with this distribution to find out more about R. Note that users of S and S-PLUS will find R very easy to use. 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. For more info, visit the R homepage at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/rproj.html There are also a number of "CRAN" ftp distribution sites for source code and supporting programs (listed on the R home page). Installation: To install R, unpack the distribution in an accessible place (e.g. /usr/local/ or ~/Apps). The "RHOME" directory created will be named "R-0.49". Place the R-0.49/bin/R start-up script somewhere on your path (e.g. /usr/local/bin, ~/bin) and modify to set the "RHOME" variable to point to the chosen installation path. Install the man page (R.1) in /usr/local/man/man1 or /usr/man/man1. Running R: After installation, type "R" from a UNIX shell prompt to start. X Windows is required to view graphics. I have used R successfully with both CubXWindows and co-Xist X11 emulation under NEXTSTEP (versions 3.2 - 3.3). R will run from any shell (e.g. Terminal or Stuart), but graphics will have to be written out using the postscript() function. R also accepts commands from std. input and writes to std. output. All of the available functions are listed in the help directory. The help files are viewed by typing "help(function_name)" at the R prompt. New functions are defined exactly as in S. Quit R by typing q(). If requested, an image of the current session (including the command history) will be saved in the file ".RData" in the current directory. This will automatically be read in the next time R is invoked in this directory. Enhancements in version 0.49 for NEXTSTEP: - all available patches as of June, 1997 are included - includes GNU readline support (past commands are saved and can be viewed and edited with the arrow and backspace keys) - the following additional S-PLUS functions have been compiled into this binary (NEXTSTEP doesn't support dynamic loading): - acepack: ACE and AVAS regression library (L. Breiman, R. Tibshirani) - survival4: survival analysis function library (T. Therneau) - gee: generalized estimating equation regression (V. Carey) - splines: spline regression function library (D. Bates) - bootstrap: bootstrap utilities (B. Efron, R. Tibshirani) - integrate: numerical integration functions - date: date handling utilities (for the survival4 package) - ctest: miscellaneous standard statistical tests - local: miscellaneous functions including isotonic regression These additional function libraries are accessed from within R using the "library()" call (e.g. library(bootstrap)). Look in R-0.49/help to view the available functions. DISCLAIMER: I have only tested the binary under NS 3.2 - 3.3 on m68K and Intel architecture. However, there may be bugs, so use at your own risk! If you want to build R for another architecture or for OPENSTEP, you can get the source from one of the CRAN distribution sites.
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces "Homecoming Sale" Date: 17 Sep 1997 03:08:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5vnhk7$238$1@news.digifix.com> News For immediate release For more information write info@stone.com or call Katie Graunke at (505) 345-4800 http://www.stone.com/pr/HomeComing.html Stone Design Announces "Homecoming Sale" September 16, 1997 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Stone Design announced today the "Homecoming" Sale on its suite of NEXTSTEP software, which runs on NEXTSTEP and OpenStep MACH. In response to the placement of Steve Jobs as interim CEO at Apple Computer, and the return of Stone Design to the Macintosh software community, we wished to honor the pioneers who were early adopters of this next millennial technology with some awesome prices. The StoneWare suite consists of DataPhile(TM), the multi-media, easy to use database manager, Create(TM), THE powerful graphics package, 3DReality(TM), a 3D modeler and renderer, and CheckSum(TM), a check writer and finance manager. A bundle of all of these Stone Design applications for NEXTSTEP is now available for only $199, a very special deal. These apps originally listed for $1,979. This bundle includes DataPhile 3.1, Create 3.1, 3D Reality 2.1 and CheckSum 2.0. All of the licenses will be upgradeable to "Rhapsody" - Apple Computer's codename for the next generation operating system. This sale is only available until Nov 2, 1997. If you do not care to ftp the apps, add $20 USA ($30 International) for CD, shipping & handling. We accept VISA/MasterCard and money orders. FAX: 505-345-3424 DataPhile 3.1 is a flat-file database designed for people who need flexibility without the complexities of a rigid, relational system. Using DataPhile's intuitive front end, anyone can build and manage a database, modifying it and generating reports easily. DataPhile also comes with a number of useful template databases so you can begin using it right out of the box. DataPhile requires no additional servers; it functions alone or in a networked environment, on Motorola, Intel, Sun and HP-RISC processors. Create 3.1 is THE fully supported drawing application for 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 arcs, circles, lines, curves, splines, ovals, rectangles, squares, text, super text, and freehand tools. Create's User PostScript is unique, and perfect for advanced users or users who would like to learn more about PostScript, view, directly edit and repeatedly execute the PostScript code associated with any object created in or imported into the program. 3D Reality is a 3D modeling and rendering front end for Pixar's Renderman. 3D Reality creates photorealistic three dimensional drawings and includes many textures, shaders and sample images. CheckSum is the personal finance manager and check writer for the NEXTSTEP platform. For more information on any Stone Design products and services, please visit our web site: www.stone.com To reach a human, please call 505-345-4800 Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm Mountain Time. +++ Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY/JAVA. 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: Mike Gabrys <Mike_Gabrys@bang.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BANG General Meeting: Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 7PM Date: 19 Sep 1997 04:02:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5vstga$7h5$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting When: Wednesday, September 24, 1997, at 7:00 PM Where: Apple Campus Town Hall - Building 4 Infinity Loop, Cupertino, California Topic: Rhapsody Developer Release "Gets Real" Speakers: Ali Ozer, and Members of the Rhapsody Development Team Ali Ozer and members of Apple's Rhapsody Development Team have agreed to present an overview of the Rhapsody Developer Release, anticipated to be officially released prior to the meeting on Wednesday, September 24, 1997. The presentation will be held at 7:00 PM in the Town Hall, Building 4 of the Apple Campus on Infinity Loop, in Cupertino, California. We appreciate Apple and the Rhapsody Team for agreeing to provide one of the first public showings of the "officially released" Rhapsody DR. It should be noted that the Rhapsody Developer Release will be available only to those individuals signed up with an Apple Developers Program, or formerly signed up as a NeXT Developer. In addition to Rhapsody, the cross-platform aspects of the Yellow Box will be discussed, a very strong marketing story which justifies development utilizing Rhapsody and the Yellow Box environment. We will make every attempt to provide more details of the speakers for the September 24 meeting through our Web site, email, and newsgroup notices. Join us at the meeting for the Rhapsody presentation, a Q&A session, and dinner afterward at a nearby restaurant. Where to Get More Information: BANG: * Email: info@bang.org * World Wide Web: http://www.bang.org/ * Telephone: 1.415.487.6237 How to Get to the Apple Town Hall, Building 4 (formerly Apple R&D) The Apple Campus is located at the corner of De Anza and the 280 Freeway in Cupertino. The facility is a group of 6 large four-story buildings that are located on a road called Infinity Loop. Driving North From San Jose on Highway 280: Take the Cupertino exit and turn left. On De Anza, turn left at the first street light -- this is Mariani Blvd. If you keep left, Mariani becomes Infinity Loop. Stay on Infinity Loop until you come to Building 4 (large numbers are posted outside the buildings). Park in the lot outside. Driving South From San Francisco / North Bay on 280: Driving south on 280 from the upper peninsula, take the De Anza exit and turn right. On De Anza, turn left at the first street light -- this is Mariani Blvd. If you keep left, Mariani becomes Infinity Loop. Stay on Infinity Loop until you come to Building 4 (large numbers are posted outside the buildings). Park in the lot outside. Driving South on Highway 101: Take 101 South. Cross over to Cupertino on 85; head south on 280. The first exit will be De Anza; turn right. On De Anza, turn left at the first street light; this is Mariani Blvd. If you keep left, Mariani becomes Infinity Loop. Stay on Infinity Loop until you come to Building 4 (large numbers are posted outside the buildings). Park in the lot outside. ** Entry to Building 4 and Town Hall ** Town Hall is a large auditorium with entrances in the lobby of the Building 4. If the door is locked, please knock; someone will be there in a moment to let you into the building. [Special thanks for the directions and venue arrangements go to Carl de Cordova, Internet Evangelist at Apple Computer, and to everyone who helped arrange this meeting.]
From: Rudolf B Blazek <blazek@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6 - QuantrixToHTML Date: 20 Sep 1997 03:45:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5vvgsm$8m9$1@news.digifix.com> After being moved from submissions, the following will be available at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/database/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/database/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.NIHS.bs.tar.gz It will also be uploaded to: ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.README ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.NIHS.bs.tar.gz Good luck. Rudy Blazek. blazek@stt.msu.edu Here is the README: QAPIExportHtml Purpose: This QAPI-based bundle allows for exporting Quantrix.app's tables into HTML tables. Quantrix.app is a powerful spreadsheet by Lighthouse, Inc. which can be reached at http://www.lighthouse.com QAPI is Application Programmer's Interface to Quantrix. Installation: Copy ExportHtml.bundle into your ~/Library/Quantrix if intended for your use only, or into /LocalLibrary/Quantrix to make the bundle available to all users. When you start Quantrix.app the next time, you will notice a new menu item 'Extras'. Usage: Create a table in Quantrix. Then click on the item 'Extras/Export Html...' in the menu and choose a file name in the save panel which appears. You can set a few HTML parameters in the save panel. These settings can be saved and restored. Warning: Save your data before exporting. Be careful - only the simplest tables with no groups are supported. No guarantee for complicated tables. NS Version: Compiled QuadFat under NS 3.3 Tested on black and white hardware. Should run under other versions of NS on other hardware platforms as well. Limitations: Only simple tables are exported correctly. You are free to expand this example as long as you don't remove my name from the code. See to ToDo section for details ______________________________________________ History and other details: Version 1.6 - September 19, 1997 Changes by Rudy Blazek blazek@stt.msu.edu fixed: color attributes work also for column labels now. row labels exported correctly. file name taken from the model name correctly. added: user interface - an accessory view in the SavePanel; and an info panel. user selectable options: - on/off: export column labels - on/off: color attributes - background color: table - background color: page - on/off: table background = page background - size: table border - size: cell spacing - size: cell padding - size: label font size increase preferences - all the user interface settings can be saved/restored. todo: check if the table is too complicated for exporting and give a warning ! info panel floating above save panel alignment for column labels doesn't work (??) cell size, font size and style. selecting categories based on view, not table. ultimately support for complicated tables (not soon). should play, sing, and dance while saving Reply to the comment below: Seems like selecting cells / items (=label etc.) in a View and using something like [[aSelection q_itemFormatFor:anItem] q_textAlign] etc. is the only reasonable way of accessing the cells attributes. The sole purpose of the selection is linking the cell to the current view which defines the physical look. But the selection does not have to be the device for selecting the cell (should contain it though - for safety reasons - haven't tested whether not doing so would cause a crash). Version 1.5 changes by Scott Anguish sanguish@digifix.com fixed - empty cells no longer show up as a "." it now inserts added - support for font colors the negative color doesn't seem to be used though no other color settable stuff seems to be available in the UI - support for alignment only seems to work for fields explicitly aligned smart alignment is ignored - background colors for cells Comments: Seems like there should be a one stop place in the API to access the actual physical look of the cell, i.e. what the UI makes it look like, so that smart alignment, text color etc is returned for the actual cell regardless of its default, selection or whatever setting. Also compiled QuadFat. Introductory version Rudy Blazek, November 22, 1996 blazek@stt.msu.edu
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: <9488874209621@digifix.com> Date: 21 Sep 1997 03:49:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12335874814429@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. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <9490874209623@digifix.com> Date: 21 Sep 1997 03:49:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12337874814432@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: Adam Fedor <fedor@vnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: libMathArray 0.40 Date: 22 Sep 1997 03:36:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <604p3h$7i2$1@news.digifix.com> I recently uploaded a new version of libMathArray to the normal ftp sites. New features in this version include support for NSDecimal and compilation as a Framework (on machines that support these). ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/classes/MathArray-0.40.s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Science/mathematics/MathArray.0.40.s.tar.gz Adam Fedor <fedor@doc.com> ------------- README MathArray: Class library for mathematical manipulation of matrices MathArray is a general library of classes for performing mathematical operations on arrays (vectors, matrices, etc) of values. It can operate on any standard 'C' number type plus numbers of complex type. MathArray is implemented using a "class cluster" concept, allowing one to perform mathematical calculations on a number without necessarily being aware of what type (class) of number is being operated on. MathArray knows implicitly what types of operations can be performed on what types of numbers and will automatically cast itself to the correct number type representation to handle the specific operation. Standard operations include addition, scalar and matrix multiplication and logical operations. Mathematical operations in the standard C math library are also supported, as well as user-defined functions. MathArray also supports the NSDecimal type on systems that have this Foundation extension. MathArray also does much more. Arrays can be manipulated, transposed and concatenated. One can extract subarrays or include subarrays within larger arrays. What would you expect to pay for all this? Nothing, you say? Well wait, there's more. If you ftp now, you get the following extra classes at no extra charge: MaskedException - extends NSException to allow for special processing for debugging, exception handler objects, and other deviant behavior. MANumber,NSNumber(extras) - Adds complex number capability, protocols. MAValueData - Like NSData only it knows what type of data it stores and can access values appropriately. libMathArray is distributed absolutely free. It requires an OpenStep(TM) compliant Foundation kit (such as NeXT's OPENSTEP, Rhapsody, or GNUs gstep-base) or the NeXT Foundation kit (with EOF or NeXT release 3.3). Get it from: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/classes/MathArray-0.40.s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Science/mathematics/MathArray.0.40.s.tar.gz More info, contact: Adam Fedor <fedor@doc.com> --- Adam Fedor. Digital Optics Co. | Those who can't do, simulate. fedor@doc.com | fedor@vnet.net (MIME,NeXT) |
From: cmh@tracer.consecol.org (Colin Henein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SkeyCalc v1.1 Released Date: 22 Sep 1997 03:49:34 GMT Organization: Journal of Conservation Ecology Message-ID: <604pse$7pp$1@news.digifix.com> An updated version of SkeyCalc is now available. SkeyCalc is a one-time password calculator for the OPENSTEP/NEXTSTEP environment. This software provides a graphical mechanism for replying to the S/Key challenges that some systems require on login. The calculator supports MD4 and MD5 encryption models, and is now compliant with RFC-1938. Current users are encouraged to upgrade to the new release. The software is distributed from: http://www.consecol.org/~cmh/SkeyCalc/ or can be downloaded directly from: ftp://ftp.consecol.org/pub/cmh/skey/ SkeyCalc will run on NEXTSTEP 3.3 or later, and a quad-fat binary as well as a two-way fat (NI) binary is provided. A complete list of changes since release 1.0 is provided in the Readme.rtf file which is available on the web site.
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTTOYOU wants your MailTIFFs Date: 23 Sep 1997 18:57:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6093e9$1gs$1@news.digifix.com> NEXTTOYOU encourages all NEXTSTEP users to submit their MailTIFFs to the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database NEXTTOYOU strongly encourages everybody in the NEXTSTEP and now the RHAPSODY community to join its global MailTIFFs database and submit a MailTIFF of her/himself. !!! Even if you don't use the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database mechanism yourself, please contribute to our effort to make the usenet a less anonymous place and submit your MailTIFF to our database !!! Your MailTIFF should have a size of 64 x 64 pixel and be LZW compressed. Name it user@address.tiff (where user@address is your email address) and send it via NeXTMail to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de If you write from more than one email address, you should also include a so-called aliases file which lists your alternative email addresses. The file must be a plain ASCII file named user@address.aliases (where user@address is exactly the same email address you used to name your MailTIFF). In this file, write your alternative email addresses, one each line, each line finished by Return. If you use no-spam fake addresses in usenet (e.g. user@address.NOSPAM), please remember to also include these addresses as aliases. There is *no* risk for you in doing so, but it allows newsreaders to make use of the MailTIFFs database, too. An example for a submission would be: SteveJobs@next.com.tiff SteveJobs@next.com.aliases --> this is an ASCII file including the lines: SteveJobs@advisory.apple.com Steve@microsoft.haters.net SteveJobs@next.com.NOSPAM SteveJobs@advisory.apple.com.NOSPAM Steve@microsoft.haters.net.NOSPAM If you want to update your picture, just send a new MailTIFF of *exactly the same name* to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de. It will automatically replace the old one in all people's MailTIFFs databases. If your mail address changes, just send a new aliases file of *exactly the same name* to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de. The new aliases it contains will automatically be added to all people's aliases files. The NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database consists of a set of programs to be installed on your computer and a global MailTIFFs server provided by NEXTTOYOU. It allows you to automatically administrate MailTIFFs from internet users and get their pictures displayed in Mail.app as well as newsreaders prepared for this mechanism. You can find the programs needed at ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/97.1-Fruehjahr/ MailTIFF.database/MailTIFF.database.1.1.b.NIHS.tar.gz As of now, NEWSREADERS that support the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database include: Alexandra (version 0.82.mod) HNNews RadicalNews NEXTTOYOU is a German NEXTSTEP magazine published by WiNG (Wiesbaden NEXTSTEP Group) to provide the NEXTSTEP community with a platform both for neophytes and professionals. For more information, take a look at http://www.nexttoyou.de.
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTTOYOU Autumn 1997 is out Date: 23 Sep 1997 18:57:07 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6093e3$1gr$1@news.digifix.com> Today, the autumn issue of NEXTTOYOU, the German NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine, has been published. Excerpts from its contents: NEWS: Neues von NEXTSTEP und Rhapsody p. 6 FACTS: Paperware - Buecher zu NEXTSTEP p.21 Karl Marx, Larry Ellison, der Netzcomputer und die Informationsgesellschaft p.26 Stets zu Diensten p.30 Wie sag' ich's meinem Rechner? p.38 APPS: Neues vom Software-Markt p.54 TIPS: Ergonomisches Rechtschreibpanel p.57 Uebersichtlich Booten p.57 Korrekte Bootmeldung p.58 Bootgrafiken ausschalten p.59 Immer die korrekte Zeit p.60 Sommerzeit, Winterzeit p.60 Tricks zu PopOver.app p.60 HOW: Richtig gefiltert ist halb gedruckt p.62 Fuer Anruf Klick p.64 MARKT: OneVision DigiScript p.70 NEXTTOYOU currently is the only printed NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine worldwide. First published in 1994 to provide the NEXTSTEP community with a platform both for neophytes and professionals, it has enjoyed steady growth since then and right now experiences another leap in interest due to the upcoming new Apple operating system based on OPENSTEP technology. NEXTTOYOU also provides a great advertisement opportunity for those companies that want to position themselves early in the newly emerging OPENSTEP/Rhapsody marketplace. NEXTTOYOU appears quarterly at season's start and costs (including shipping): annual single subscription issue US $ 30 $ 8.50 EU DM 46 DM 13 For more information: WWW: http://www.nexttoyou.de (subscription is possible on our Web pages) EMAIL: info@nexttoyou.de (for general questions) abo@nexttoyou.de (for subscriptions/orders of single issues) anzeige@nexttoyou.de (for advertisement)
From: "Frank M. Siegert" <frank@this.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: PStill - PS to PDF converter Date: 25 Sep 1997 06:26:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60d060$k3t$1@news.digifix.com> I am proud to announce the availability of PStill [spoken 'Pe-'Stil, or 'Pe'Es'Te-'il depending on you mood], my PostScript to PDF converter for NextSTEP, OpenStep and - in the works - a multitude of other platforms. PStill.app, the software program, the core PDF engine, parts of the PostScript interpreter and all additional documentation are copyright by Frank Siegert, September 1997. All rights reserved. This program is no freeware, it is shareware. If you use it you have to obtain a valid license key from the author. See its web site for for information. *** Why do I need it? Because it converts most of your PostScript documents to the PDF format. E.g. it will work with PS files generated by Mathematica 3.0 for NS/OS and will handle some other more or less 'problematic' cases as well. PStill is not limited to PS generated by NS/OS applications but will work on other PS files (from Windows, MacOS, ...) too. PDF has several advantages over plain PostScript as a transport format, but see http://www.adobe.com for more information and free viewer applications for several platforms. You can find free viewers for NeXTStep/OpenStep on the usual NeXT archives. *** Where can I get more information and the newest release? You can get PStill.app (quad-FAT) from Area 51, the home of PStill http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html The US mirror of Area 51 is located on http://www.noir.net/frank/pstill.html Thanks to Hans Rupert for providing the web space. Please download PStill from the site NeXT to you. (This.net is located in Germany, noir.net in the US). Without license key the program will run as fully functional demo but will render serveral 'annoying' lines over the resulting PDF pages. *** What does it cost? A private/educational license key costs $(US) 30 or 50.- DM, a commercial license costs $(US) 60 or 100.- DM. Site licenses are available, please inquire. EC customers please add VAT. For more information and the usual disclaimer see its web page and application itself (Info Panel and Order Form). All mentioned trademarks belong to their respective owners. --- * Frank M. Siegert [frank@this.net] - Home http://www.this.net/~frank * NeXTSTEP, Linux, BeOS & PostScript Guy
From: tj@oro.net (Thomas Ferreira) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Issue #2 of @Society Newsletter now mailing Date: 26 Sep 1997 05:05:12 GMT Organization: "oronet, Penn Valley, CA" Message-ID: <60ffq8$kra$1@news.digifix.com> Issue #2 of the @Society Magazine Newsletter is now mailing to subscribers. We invite all to come by and visit our web pages at: http://www.oro.net/~tj We offer updated daily news coverage on the NeXT platform and also offer subscription info on how to get @Society in the mail. Issue #3 is being worked on as we speak and will offer tons of goodies for you to read about. If you have any news that you wish to let our readers know about or wish to contribute to our newsletter with an article, please contact TJ Ferreira at tj@oro.net. Take care and happy computing... TJ @Society Magazine Newsletter
From: Roberto.Di.Cosmo@ens.fr (Roberto Di Cosmo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Speak Freely for NextSTEP (1st try) Date: 26 Sep 1997 05:07:35 GMT Organization: ENS Message-ID: <60ffun$kvk$1@news.digifix.com> This is to announce a first trial to compile Speak-Freely 6.1 on a NeXTStep system. Code available as : http://www.dmi.ens.fr/~dicosmo/SW/NeXT/sfnext.tar.gz Follows the README file: // 18 September 1997 This first trial to compile speak-freely on a NeXT is not fully operational: - sound recording and sound playing functions behave very strangely on the .5 second sound sequences generated by speak-freely: you clearly hear a clicking noise and time separation - this behaviour is *not* my fault: I added some code that saves the bits of sound in consecutive files in /tmp/xxx.snd and the full final sounds in /tmp/log.snd You can check that the demo program chaintest (tried this on 3.3 HPPA and 3.3 Intel) has the same clicking noise over the /tmp/xxx.snd while the /tmp/log.snd is correct. (try sfspeaker & sfmike localhost ring.au) - if you know how to overcome this difficulty, let me know :-) - by the way, NextTime installs a special sound driver for probably the same reasons... Is there any documentation on its API that could help? - as far as I could verify on HPPA and Intel using SB16Pnp, no full duplex is supported, so HALF_DUPLEX is defined -- Roberto Di Cosmo -------------------------------------------------------------- LIENS-DMI E-mail: dicosmo@dmi.ens.fr Ecole Normale Superieure WWW : http://www.ens.fr/~dicosmo 45, Rue d'Ulm Tel : ++33-(0)1-44 32 20 40 75230 Paris CEDEX 05 Fax : ++33-(0)1-44 32 20 80 FRANCE MIME/NextMail accepted --------------------------------------------------------------
From: Werner Staringer <star@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: AAA+ Software invites Developers to Explore OPENSTEP with Joy Date: 26 Sep 1997 18:34:22 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60gv7e$96u$1@news.digifix.com> For immediate release. AAA+ Software invites Developers to Explore OPENSTEP with Joy. Rapid Application Development Tools Joy Explorer and Joy Developer released for OPENSTEP/MachOS. VIENNA, Austria, September 25, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the availability of Joy Explorer and Joy Developer for OPENSTEP/MachOS. A free, fully-enabled evaluation version of Joy Explorer is available from the AAA+ web site. For developers new to Rhapsody and OPENSTEP, Joy Explorer is the ideal tool to get familiar with the Yellow Box API. Experienced Rhapsody and OPENSTEP developers can use it to quickly try out new ideas, prototype solutions, tweak the functionality of existing Yellow Box classes, explore undocumented features, and for scripting and debugging. "Sitting and waiting for the compiler and linker to finish is a waste of time," said Werner Staringer, founder of AAA+ Software, "interactively experimenting with the API is much more efficient - and a lot more fun." The product name Joy is a logical consequence of that statement. Joy Explorer is aimed at developers who just want to experiment with the API and develop small scale applications. However, when the time comes, users can upgrade the product by purchasing a Joy Developer license key. "Using Joy Developer you can develop sophisticated applications, all entirely within Joy," says Rainer Staringer, chief developer of Joy. He adds, "Of course, you can integrate your own compiled code just as seamlessly as the existing OPENSTEP classes." AAA+ is fully committed to support cross-platform development: "In the future developers will be able to develop applications on Rhapsody and deploy them on Windows NT or Windows 95 without ever compiling or linking under Windows," promises Rainer Staringer. Expect further announcements regarding Joy for Rhapsody and OPENSTEP/NT very soon. PRICES AND AVAILABILITY ----------------------- Introductory pricing for regular licenses is $49 for Joy Explorer and $299 for Joy Developer. This offer includes a free upgrade to at least version 1.1 and is valid until 30 November, 1997. Thereafter prices are set to increase to $69 and $399, respectively. The evaluation version of Joy Explorer is free. All features are enabled, but users will be reminded in regular intervals of the evaluation status. The software is available from http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html It is also being uploaded to various ftp sites. The filenames are joy.1.0.I.b.tar.gz for Joy for OPENSTEP/MachOS for Intel joy.1.0.NI.b.tar.gz for a MAB version for NeXT and Intel ABOUT AAA+ SOFTWARE ------------------- AAA+ Software, founded in 1993, grew out of an academic research lab on the application of advanced software technologies in financial markets at Technical University Vienna. Since then AAA+ excels in creating award-winning financial risk management software for large European banks based on NeXT technology. Starting with the release of Joy, the technologies developed in-house are being made available as separate products to the Developer Community at large. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- AAA+ Software F&E GmbH. Rotenturmstrasse 22/11 A-1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA Tel: +43-1-533-66-65-0 Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 mailto:joy@aaa-plus.com http://www.aaa-plus.com Contact: Werner Staringer AAA+ Software +43-1-533-66-65-42 mailto:star@aaa-plus.com --- AAA+, Joy Explorer, and Joy Developer are registered trademarks of AAA+ Software F&E GmbH. Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. ly acknowledged.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (26.9.97) Date: 26 Sep 1997 19:13:43 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <60h1h7$a10$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 2653913 Sep 21 08:11 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.98.NIHS.b.tar.gz 11186 Sep 21 08:11 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.98.README 440 Sep 18 23:55 i486/ethernet/NE2000.README 26786 Sep 18 23:55 i486/ethernet/NE2000.b.I.tar.gz 42345 Sep 20 06:03 Tools/spreadsheet/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 4020 Sep 20 06:04 Tools/spreadsheet/QAPI_ExportHTML.1.6.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: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <12337874814432@digifix.com> Date: 28 Sep 1997 03:48:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <27564875419234@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: 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: <12335874814429@digifix.com> Date: 28 Sep 1997 03:48:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <27562875419231@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. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. 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From: tj@oro.net (Thomas Ferreira) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Issue #2 of @Society Newsletter now mailing Date: 23 Sep 1997 21:56:38 GMT Organization: "oronet, Penn Valley, CA" Message-ID: <609dum$5n7$1@news.digifix.com> Issue #2 of the @Society Magazine Newsletter is now mailing to subscribers. We invite all to come by and visit our web pages at: http://www.oro.net/~tj We offer updated daily news coverage on the NeXT platform and also offer subscription info on how to get @Society in the mail. Issue #3 is being worked on as we speak and will offer tons of goodies for you to read about. If you have any news that you wish to let our readers know about or wish to contribute to our newsletter with an article, please contact TJ Ferreira at tj@oro.net. Take care and happy computing... TJ @Society Magazine Newsletter
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BeNG October meeting: Monday, October 6, 8pm Date: 30 Sep 1997 03:06:31 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60pqbn$kjg$1@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) October meeting =================================================== The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, October 6, 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 RHAPSODY DR 1 The Developer Release 1 of RHAPSODY will only ship from October 7 on, but nevertheless some details can already be unveiled: What's already functional? What features are still likely to change? o NEW SOFTWARE The "summer gap" is over and the first new tools and programs can be found on the ftp servers: TheShelf, PStill, Create 4.2, MSMail. o NEXTTOYOU 97/3 It's the beginning of another season, and there it is, fresh from the press: the latest issue of the sole NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/ Rhapsody magazine in German, NEXTTOYOU. We will present this new issue and distribute it among the subscribers from the BeNG group subscription. 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 a nearby cafe or restaurant. 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 [No joke, it's the name of a district of Berlin! :-)], 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. 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 November 4, 1997. Of course, we have scheduled an in-depth analysis of the first Rhapsody Developer Release. --- 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: Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: New content on the Stepwise Server Date: 30 Sep 1997 05:10:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60q1j9$n3i$1@news.digifix.com> Sept 30, 1997 Every week Stepwise adds new original articles and commentary by long-time OpenStep users and developers, as well as those just joining the Rhapsody fold. New articles on the Stepwise Information Service during September include: Interview: Omni Development Group - Thomas McCarthy Tom talks to Wil Shipley, President of Omni Development Group, about the past, the present and the future. Bang, Rhapsody Preview - Scott Anguish An OpenStep developers perspective on the Rhapsody demonstration at the September 24 BANG meeting. Interview: StarNine - Patrick Taylor Patrick talks with StarNine about the WebObjects adaptor for WebStar. Letters, we get Letters - Scott Anguish Answers to some of the most often questions asked of Stepwise in September. MacOS GUI vs OpenStep GUI, etc. Service Call - Don Yacktman OPENSTEP's Services opens up a new level of inter-application cooperation. What will it mean for Rhapsody? Better ask your developer. Pastries - Don Yacktman The OpenStep Pasteboard is much more than just a place to copy and paste items. Rhapsody: Rumor Control - Patrick Taylor With all the wild rumors spinning around, its time for a reality check. The Clone Wars - Gary Longsine A few days ago, in a city far, far away... Building Apache on OpenStep - Scott Anguish Simple to follow instructions for compiling the Apache WWW server on OpenStep 4.2. Point your WWW browser at http://www.stepwise.com/ for these articles and more. About the Stepwise Information Service The Stepwise Information Service has been providing news, information and community resources to OpenStep, NEXTSTEP and now users for more than three years, predating both Apple and NeXT's World Wide Web Sites. Features include links to topical news and media articles, original technical and opinion articles, Third Party Product listings, FAQs, other WWW and FTP sites, guides to the comp.sys.next.* newsgroups and much more. For information on sponsoring Stepwise, contact Scott Anguish, email: sanguish@digifix.com.
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BeNG October meeting: Monday, October 6, 8pm Date: 30 Sep 1997 05:27:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60q2k8$nft$1@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) October meeting =================================================== The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, October 6, 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 RHAPSODY DR 1 The Developer Release 1 of RHAPSODY will only ship from October 7 on, but nevertheless some details can already be unveiled: What's already functional? What features are still likely to change? o NEW SOFTWARE The "summer gap" is over and the first new tools and programs can be found on the ftp servers: TheShelf, PStill, Create 4.2, MSMail. o NEXTTOYOU 97/3 It's the beginning of another season, and there it is, fresh from the press: the latest issue of the sole NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/ Rhapsody magazine in German, NEXTTOYOU. We will present this new issue and distribute it among the subscribers from the BeNG group subscription. 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 a nearby cafe or restaurant. 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 [No joke, it's the name of a district of Berlin! :-)], 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, X9 // 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 November 4, 1997. Of course, we have scheduled an in-depth analysis of the first Rhapsody Developer Release. --- 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: "Steven W. Schuldt" <sschuldt@mediaone.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Performance 'Information Theatre' Application Date: 30 Sep 1997 05:39:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60q39l$nn8$1@news.digifix.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT: Performance 0.6d for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP versions 3.3 - 4.2 (Quad-Fat) 30 September, 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For fun I've compiled and packaged this legendary unfinished and never-before released NEXTSTEP 'information theatre' application from the long defunct Object Horizons, Inc. It is an incomplete pre-alpha release and is quite odd, although still amazing. Most features seem to work but there is no known definitive list of what is broken and what is not. The documentation is a mess. Even so, it is alot of fun and definitely useful as the most awe-inspiring screen-saver/dock extender known to mankind. The people who wrote it, whomever they were, were obviously quite inspired; and quite insane. The distribution is available on both the next-ftp.peak.org and ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de ftp archives with filenames: Performance.0.6d.NIHS.tar.gz Performance.0.6d.README Quick tips about Performance: 'Actors' are simply .actor wrappers around one or more tiff images numbered sequentially (1.tiff, 2.tiff etc). You can drag the actors around on 'stage'. You can also drop files and folders onto them and the actors will hold them as 'attachments'. You can Alt-drag and Shift-drag attachments to copy or move them from actor to actor. You can drop background images into the color well in the 'cast bar' and can even have a background color and image (with alpha channel info) simultaneously. You can drop actors directly on the cast bar to add them to a Performance document. Connections work well, but don't seem to get saved with your document. There are a few sample directors, but little is known about the actual Performance API. The animation is the best of any NEXTSTEP app ever and includes things like alpha-channel reach-through and even printing of the alpha channel(!). I have tested the distributed objects portion and it works well. To use it, make an actor a server on one machine and on another specify the service and put a '*' in the host field. You can then drop attachments on the server actor and they will pop up on the client across the net. Crazy. DISCLAIMER: This app is unfinished, undocumented, weird, cool, labyrinthine, sassy, lightning fast and totally unsupported. There is probably no one alive that will even pretend to know who created this thing. It will certainly never be fixed and we had all better hope the strange fellows that wrote it so many years ago have moved on to lion-taming or somesuch and don't get any crazy ideas about porting this gothic monstrosity to Rhapsody. I have only tested the binary under OPENSTEP 4.2 and NEXTSTEP 3.3 on m68K and Intel architectures. Good luck!
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.