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From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces September 1997 Raffle Winner Date: 1 Oct 1997 19:35:45 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <60u8mh$fg5$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Albuquerque, NM, October 1, 1997 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Rhapsody software marketplace, announced the winner of the September 1997 Raffle for a copy of Create 3.1 and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is Michael Harris. Stone Design will raffle software and a CD each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Rhapsody, Java, and OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (3.10.97) Date: 3 Oct 1997 20:49:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <613lok$ll9$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]): 51873 Sep 30 09:00 Usenet/news/1997/Ann-09.gz 46847 Sep 30 02:14 Usenet/news/1997/Bugs-09.gz 211383 Sep 30 20:40 Usenet/news/1997/Hard-09.gz 395 Oct 2 10:49 OpenStep/developer/resources/IconKit.4.2.1.m.NIS.b.README 135287 Oct 2 10:49 OpenStep/developer/resources/IconKit.4.2.1.m.NIS.b.tgz 5606 Sep 27 17:27 OpenStep/developer/Joy.1.0.README 1739783 Sep 27 17:49 OpenStep/developer/Joy.1.0.m.NI.b.tar.gz 126719 Sep 30 20:58 Usenet/news/1997/Misc-09.gz 276 Oct 2 10:50 OpenStep/developer/resources/MiscKit.2.0.5.m.NIS.b.README 1293811 Oct 2 10:50 OpenStep/developer/resources/MiscKit.2.0.5.m.NIS.b.tgz 1245268 Oct 2 10:47 Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.75.HS.b.tar.gz 7401 Oct 2 10:47 Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.75.LIESMICH 1218247 Oct 2 10:47 Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.75.NI.b.tar.gz 6869 Oct 2 10:47 Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.75.README 343121 Oct 1 00:07 Usenet/news/1997/Prog-09.gz 2039890 Oct 2 10:59 Audio/apps/Sequence.9.8.4.NI.tar.gz 174714 Oct 1 00:23 Usenet/news/1997/Soft-09.gz 302 Oct 2 10:56 Audio/editor/SynthBuilder.README 13666523 Oct 2 10:57 Audio/editor/SynthBuilder.beta27.NIHS.b.tar.gz 181493 Sep 30 20:39 Usenet/news/1997/Sys-09.gz 7599 Sep 24 18:38 OpenStep/tools/workspace/TheShelf.0.3.3a.README 309678 Sep 24 18:38 OpenStep/tools/workspace/TheShelf.0.3.3a.m.NIS.bd.tgz 108334 Sep 30 21:58 Usenet/news/1997/de.comp.sys.next-09.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Eric Tremblay <ericet@CAM.ORG> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Nebula CDRom Special Offer Directly From Author Date: 4 Oct 1997 20:35:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61699v$le2$1@news.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE SPECIAL OFFER DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR Montreal, Canada, October 4th -- For everyone interested in learning more about Object Oriented programming the Nebula Quad-Fat CDROM offers hundreds of NEXTSTEP applications with full source code. This is a great resource for programmers, permitting them to learn from other peoples source code. The Nebula CDROM also offers more then 750 applications for computers running NEXTSTEP. What on Nebula? It's a collection of Quad-FAT applications. With applications in such categories as utilities, games, astronomy, financial, educational, graphics, mail, etc. They will also find graphics in tiff, PostScript, gif and login panels. Also on the disc is a large collection fonts and sounds plus many other files. Each directory on the disk contains an index listing filename, version, author and a short description of each file. A central index is also included which can be used with Digital Librarian to quickly locate the file your looking for. NEXTSTEP 3.2 or above for Motorola, Intel, PA-RISC or SPARC processors is required to use this disc. For more information Details about the this offer are available at http://www.cam.org/~ericet/special.html. Alternatively, you can send an e-mail to ericet@cam.org. For a limited time only. Special price is $49.95 U.S. for the Nebula Quad-FAT CDROM and included at no extra cost the WebMaster's Toolkit CDROM (A $49.95 savings). Prices do not include shipping (U.S., Canada and international is $5). This offer is only available from the author directly. The publisher will not and does NOT offer this special. Ordering Information: There are several ways you can order directly from the author! By Email at ericet@cam.org , By Fax (514) 281-1037 Payment, we accept the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard. Be sure to list the complete card number and the expiration date. We also accept checks in US$. All orders must be prepaid. We accept checks and money orders in U.S. dollars, made payable to Eric Tremblay. Shipping We charge a flat shipping fee per order. For delivery within the US, Canada, and overseas the shipping fee is $5 for first class postal mail delivery via airmail. For customers outside of the United States, you are responsible for any and all additional charges for taxes and duties.
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: <27562875419231@digifix.com> Date: 5 Oct 1997 03:49:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <10325876024022@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: <27564875419234@digifix.com> Date: 5 Oct 1997 03:49:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <10327876024025@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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <61kuhj$ren$55@PaperBoy.livenet.net> Control: cancel <61kuhj$ren$55@PaperBoy.livenet.net> Date: 10 Oct 1997 10:48:40 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.61kuhj$ren$55@PaperBoy.livenet.net> Sender: webmaster@outercon.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Dennis Chu <dennisc@lamrc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Wanted: OpenStep Developer Date: 10 Oct 1997 06:39:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61kijg$c1m$1@news.digifix.com> Lam Research, Inc. is a leader in the semiconductor etch machinery industry located on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.€ We utilize the OPENSTEP/NEXTSTEP software development environments to create a consistent graphical user interface to our etching cluster tools.€ You will be involved in the further development of critical applications for our customers. Qualifications: Preferably at least 5+ years software development experience. Required: BS in Computer Science or related field Object Oriented Methodology (OOA,OOD and OOP) NT/UNIX Independent design and development Desired: Experience in the following: Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and development Use of various GUI CASE tools Graphics art design tools NEXTSTEP 3.3/OPENSTEP Objective-C €€€€€ Familiarity with a plus: SmallTalk, Java EOF OPENSTEP on NT Database design and development (SQL,Sybase or€ Oracle)€€€€€€€€ Distributed architectures OLE,DLL,Custom Windows component design Application development on Windows NT Visual C++ TCP/IP RPC Communication with client/serverbased architecture Duties: Design, engineer/architect, and participate in requirements, design, and implementation of Graphical User Interface on the next generation€ cluster tools.€ Work with small, fun-loving, aggressive team and€ take responsibility for technology insertion, performance issues,€ and provide state-of-the-art solutions right to the desktops of€ customers. This is an excellent opportunity to be immediately challenged. Lam€ Research provides excellent vacation, holiday, health, 401K and disability€ benefits. If you would like to be part of our fast-paced, high growth, engineering-focused development team, send your resume to: the hiring manager, dennisc@lamrc.com ASAP! Visit our web site at: http://www.lamrc.com Lam Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (10.10.97) Date: 10 Oct 1997 19:58:59 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61m1e3$154$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 11490 Oct 6 17:33 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create.4.2.2.README 6584952 Oct 9 04:48 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create.4.2.2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 7763576 Oct 9 05:00 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create.4.2.2.w.I.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 3317248 Oct 9 05:05 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create_v422.exe 612 Oct 3 20:04 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.French.README 31660 Oct 3 20:16 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.French.lproj.tar.gz 704262 Oct 3 20:19 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.NI.b.tar.gz 1468244 Oct 3 20:15 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3947 Oct 3 19:58 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.README 883496 Oct 3 20:04 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6.s.tar.gz 76636 Oct 9 10:19 Tools/postscript/programs/ps2eps.1.0.NIHS.bsd.tar.gz 365 Oct 9 10:19 Tools/postscript/programs/ps2eps.1.0.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Marcel Weiher <marcel@system.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: WhiteLightning PS to PDF converter beta submitted to the archives Date: 13 Oct 1997 03:17:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61s3rl$c3s$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION Version 0.9 of WhiteLightning, a Postscript to PDF converter for the print panel, has been submitted to peanuts ( ftp://peanuts.leo.org). Although WhiteLightning is a commercial product, this public beta is provided free of charge. The file names are: WhiteLightning.service.0.9.NI.b.tar.gz WhiteLightning.service.README WhiteLightning currently runs on NextStep 3.3 or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach, Intel or Black. For further information, contact: System & Project GmbH Danckelmannstr. 31 D-14059 Berlin Germany E-Mail: info@system.de
From: Werner Staringer <star@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOY FOR RHAPSODY DR1 RELEASED Date: 13 Oct 1997 18:57:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61tqup$4dd$1@news.digifix.com> JOY FOR RHAPSODY DR1 RELEASED - Joy Explorer for Interactive Exploration of Rhapsody - Joy Developer for Rapid Cross-Platform Application Development VIENNA, Austria, October 13, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the release of Joy for Rhapsody. Joy is an extension to the Rhapsody suite of development tools. With Joy full-featured applications can be created without compiling any code. "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 was a logical consequence." Joy Explorer is aimed at Mac developers who want to explore Rhapsody: experiment with the API, get familiar with the new Yellow Box, and develop small scale applications. Upgrading later to Joy Developer is possible. Joy Developer is aimed at developers who want to interactively develop sophisticated applications. With Joy they can script and debug, quickly try out new ideas, prototype solutions, extend the functionality of Yellow Box classes, explore undocumented features. Joy supports cross-platform development: "With Joy you can develop applications on Rhapsody and deploy them on Windows NT or Windows 95 without ever compiling or linking under Windows," affirmed Rainer Staringer, chief developer of Joy. Scripted methods can implement any functionality that ordinary methods can. In addition, creation of new subclasses and redefinition of existing methods is possible at run-time. Compiled and scripted code can be mixed freely. Exception- handling is fully transparent. Even running applications can be modified interactively, reducing debugging time. Developers design the graphical user interface with Rhapsody's Interface Builder application. Joy enhancements give scripted methods access to the application's objects. PRICES AND AVAILABILITY A free, fully-enabled evaluation version of Joy Explorer ships on the Rhapsody DR1 Demo CD that Apple is seeding to Mac developers. The software is also available later today from <http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html and various ftp sites, including <ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/OpenStep/developer/Joy.1.0.P.b.tar.gz 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. It is valid until 30 November, 1997. Thereafter prices are set to increase to $69 and $399, respectively. OPENSTEP/NT versions of Joy Explorer and Joy Developer are scheduled for release on October 31, 1997. ABOUT AAA+ SOFTWARE AAA+ creates 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. AAA+ Software F&E GmbH. grew out of a research lab in advanced software technologies in 1993. AAA+ is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. 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.
From: Scott Keith <scott@usa.openbase.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenBase Lite FREE on Rhapsody Date: 13 Oct 1997 18:57:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61tqvf$4do$1@news.digifix.com> Francestown, New Hampshire--October 13, 1997--OpenBase International, Ltd. today announced that it is providing a single user version of its popular OpenBase SQL database FREE on Windows NT and Apple's next generation OS, code named Rhapsody. The FREE deployment license, called OpenBase Lite, allows single user applications to access local databases. Multi-user OpenBase Network licenses which are 100% compatible with the free license are available for purchase. OpenBase is a high performance SQL engine that handles all of the complexities of data storage and multi-user communication for end-user applications. Aggressive multi-threading, row level locking, text searching, change notification and variable record length technology makes OpenBase a robust database solution. "Since the data is available via standard SQL it is possible for customers to integrate shrink-wrapped and vertical market applications," says Scott Keith, the Director of OpenBase, "Providing a free deployment license encourages software developers to collaborate and use the same database tables. Gone are the days where your accounting system won't communicate with your contact manager." Sirius Connections, a leading provider of internet services for the San Francisco area, uses OpenBase for billing and maintaining historical records on 15,000 customers. "Our whole operation is built on OpenBase technology, " says Andreas Glocker, CEO of Sirius Connections, "Automating our business on OpenBase has made all the difference. It has given us the competitive advantage." "One of our programmers wrote a system using the OpenBase API in less than a day. Doing the same thing using Oracle OCI's took more than three, " says Kevin Ford, President of ComputerActive located in Ontario Canada, "OpenBase demonstrates a level of quality and robustness rarely seen in the software world." "We have used OpenBase for several years and have found it to be a solid product," says Geert Clemmensen, Director of FrontLine Software, "OpenBase is a polished database solution offering security in an affordable fashion." Robert L. Peek, founder of the Peek Financial Group, says, "We have adopted OpenBase as an enterprise wide solution for our firm. We have found it to be an industrial strength database with excellent support." Some of the companies who use OpenBase include: Adobe Systems, Allegheny College, AT&T, Canon Systems Globalization, Disney, First National Bank of Chicago, Peek Financial Group, MCI, P&L Systems, Motorola, Apple Enterprise Software, LGS-Systems, OneStep Solutions PLC, The Royal Danish Police and The Sharper Image. OpenBase Lite and OpenBase Network are available for OpenStep/Mach, Windows NT and Apple's next generation OS, code-named Rhapsody. OpenBase Lite OpenBase Lite provides a zero administration database interface. An EOF adaptor is included. OpenBase Network OpenBase Network provides high performance and unparalleled ease of use. Along with support for the latest object-oriented tools, including Enterprise Objects Framework and WebObjects, OpenBase Network offers graphical tools for designing database schemas, managing user access and viewing database information. ODBC and Java support is available. About OpenBase OpenBase International, Ltd. is a database server and solutions company with headquarters in Francestown, New Hampshire. Since 1991, OpenBase International, Ltd. has sold its database server software to customers in 37 different countries. Contact Information: OpenBase International Ltd. voice: 603-547-8404 mail: info@openbase.com <http://www.openbase.com
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Now Available: C R E A T E (TM) 4.2.2 for Windows, MACH & PPC Date: 13 Oct 1997 18:58:20 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61tr0c$4ds$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke (505) 345-4800 info@stone.com, www.stone.com http://www.stone.com/pr/Create_4_2_2_Ships.html Stone Design Ships Newest C R E A T E (TM) For Rhapsody, OpenStep and Windows October 13, 1997, Albuquerque, NM - Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the NeXT/OpenStep marketplace, announced the availability of Create Version 4.2.2 at ftp sites around the globe. Create is the full-featured design, layout, drawing and web page making application, which has been shipping over 8 years for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep. This version of Create will run on Apple's new operating system code named "Rhapsody", as well as on OpenStep. This is a free upgrade for registered Create 4.2 users. Contact orders@stone.com if you are running an earlier version of Create. "Create will change the way you design." said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The rich toolset of Create will please even the most picky artist. But don't take my word for it - download it and see for yourself!" The most updated version can be downloaded by visiting: http://www.stone.com/ Create 4.2.2 is maintenance release that unifies the PPC, WINDOWS and classic MACH versions, and has a number of bug fixes, including fixing cutting/pasting of rich text with links. -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was founded in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP, OpenStep & Rhapsody marketplace. Like a rock, Stone is committed to Rhapsody and OpenStep development. Create is a registered trademark of Stone Design Corp. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective companies.
From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Unveils Rhapsody Apps Date: 13 Oct 1997 18:59:04 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61tr1o$4e3$1@news.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 106 Springhouse, PA 19477 +1 215 653 0911 +1 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Gregory H. Anderson Voice: 215 653 0911 Greg_Anderson@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS UNVEILS RHAPSODY APPS PasteUp(tm) and WriteUp(tm) ship with Rhapsody Developer Release for PowerPC Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that it has ported its PasteUp(tm) page layout and WriteUp(tm) word processing applications to the PowerPC version of Apple Computer Inc.'s Rhapsody Developer Release. The popular applications, available for many years on NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, are included with the RDR package. "AFS is excited to be among the leaders in adopting Rhapsody as a superb application deployment platform," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO. "We know it is possible to go beyond the currently accepted state of the art in productivity application. The Rhapsody releases of our products will prove that ease of use and sophistication need not be mutually exclusive software goals." One such easy-yet-sophisticated feature is the unified imaging model: PostScript on all output devices, including the screen. Both products demonstrate true WYSIMYG that will make Rhapsody a compelling proposition for graphics and publishing professionals. Another innovation, scheduled for the Rhapsody Premier Release in early 1998, will be the ability to tailor the visible feature set for each user's needs. For example, someone who never requires mail merge operations will be able to simplify the user interface - and reduce runtime memory usage - by requesting that this feature not be loaded. In this way, the needs of diverse users can be met without creating "bloatware." PasteUp is the premier page layout and publishing package for Openstep and Rhapsody. Text can be formatted in any number of columns, including multiple columns that can flow text onto additional pages through easy-to-master click-and-drag operations. PasteUp provides full typographical control over font leading, tracking, word spacing, line height, and kerning. Professional publishers will appreciate its ability to output pages with custom crop marks, negative images, halftone frequency, angle, and emulsion settings. PasteUp includes tools to create freehand shapes, lines, fill, and dash patterns. All elements can be cropped, skewed, and rotated. Text can be run around any shape or graphical element. WriteUp is the premier word processor for Openstep and Rhapsody, having been built from the ground up to take advantage of features like filter services and drag-and-drop. Documents of all types - MSWord, WordPerfect, Ami Pro, RTF/RTFD, WriteNow, TIFF, EPS, and dozens of others - are supported transparently for reading and writing. Consistent look and feel is supported through paragraph styles and document templates. Features like mail-merge, multiple columns, tables, and auto-numbering produce everything from simple form letters to quotations, proposals, and reports. Multiple human languages are supported for hyphenation and spell checking. With the API, developers can build applications that enable WriteUp to produce data-driven reports. Further information and feature sets can be obtained on-line at <http://www.netaxs.com/~afs>, or by emailing <PasteUp@afs.com> and <WriteUp@afs.com>. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on MSDOS and NEXTSTEP platforms. Representative clients include First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, Dean Witter, Soros Fund Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, and Apple's next-generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody. ### ve a background image for tracing or presentation. * Define default colors of an object's effects. * Add HTML comments to any graphic Automated Web Page Production: * Document can create a single web page or a group of interconnected pages. * Automatically builds graphical Table of Contents. * Creates easy to read HTML which can be edited by hand. * Optional navigation bars on top and/or bottom of web pages. * Set the color of the background, text and links with simple user interface. * Specify a background image URL. * Custom HTML: Document titles can have a custom prefix, such as the site name, and add your own custom header and/or footer to each page. * Set the quality of the JPEG images created for export. * Configure HTML Preferences per document and per page. Text Handling: 2 Text types available: Super Text and Paragraph Text * Paragraph Text has full support for Rich Text Format: Multifont, multicolor, multi paragraph text. Sub and superscripting, ligatures, kerning and line spacing. Spell Checking. Underline, italics, bold. * Super Text: can have all of Create's effects applied to it. Instantly place along rose, circle, upper or lower arc. Optional background color. Support for 2-byte fonts, like Kai-Su. Convert Super Text to splines. Place along any path: bind Super Text to Splines or Spline-Lines. * Convert Super Text to Paragraph Text and vice versa. * All text can have URL links Multiple Pages: * Add, Copy, Paste, Duplicate or Delete pages. * Reorder pages with easy interface. * "Play" (continuously loop through) pages. * Automated pagination with Page Marker. Splines and Lines: * Add and delete handles, Join and separate splines and lines. * Turn objects into splines. Tighten, Loosen and Animate splines. * Reverse path of splines and polylines. Import/Export * Import EPS, PS, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and native file formats. * Autotrace: converts scanned images to editable graphics. * Export as EPS, PS, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, Ascii, RTF, HTML, CreateImage, CreateFX and Create. * TIFF export: control bit depth, alpha and compression method. Online Help, Sample Art and Custom Art: * Context sensitive help * Online Create Manual * Online Tutorial * Sample art provided. * Your custom art and group art gets loaded as menu items. * Entire searchable manual in HTML available at www.stone.com. Expert Features: * Preferences: customization that controls every aspect of Create. * User PostScript Editor: an environment where you can write and execute PostScript programs: Open, execute, modify and save PS files. * Templates: Create new documents from existing ones for stationary, forms, etc. Automatic access to your private and group directories. * Plug-In Tools Add Dynamically Loaded Plug-Ins as they become available Video is an example of a Plug-In. * Animator Module: The animator module allows you to create movies. * Pattern editor: Create PostScript Level II patterns using all of the effects and tools. Embeds patterns in your document for use by others. * And there are probably more features, but we've run out of room! Please visit the Stone Design WWW site to download the software and for more information about Create and other Stone Design software and services: http://www.stone.com -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was founded in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP, OpenStep & Rhapsody marketplace. Like a rock, Stone is committed to Rhapsody and OpenStep development. Create is a registered trademark of Stone Design Corp. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective companies.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <61tr1o$4e3$1@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <61tr1o$4e3$1@news.digifix.com> Date: 13 Oct 1997 19:02:00 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <cancel.61tr1o$4e3$1@news.digifix.com> Cancelled by comp.sys.next.announce Moderator sanguish@digifix.com
From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Unveils Rhapsody Apps Date: 13 Oct 1997 19:01:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61tr76$4hu$1@news.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 106 Springhouse, PA 19477 +1 215 653 0911 +1 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Gregory H. Anderson Voice: 215 653 0911 Greg_Anderson@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS UNVEILS RHAPSODY APPS PasteUp(tm) and WriteUp(tm) ship with Rhapsody Developer Release for PowerPC SPRINGHOUSE, PA, October 13, 1997 -- Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that it has ported its PasteUp(tm) page layout and WriteUp(tm) word processing applications to the PowerPC version of Apple Computer Inc.'s Rhapsody Developer Release. The popular applications, available for many years on NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, are included with the RDR package. "AFS is excited to be among the leaders in adopting Rhapsody as a superb application deployment platform," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO. "We know it is possible to go beyond the currently accepted state of the art in productivity application. The Rhapsody releases of our products will prove that ease of use and sophistication need not be mutually exclusive software goals." One such easy-yet-sophisticated feature is the unified imaging model: PostScript on all output devices, including the screen. Both products demonstrate true WYSIMYG that will make Rhapsody a compelling proposition for graphics and publishing professionals. Another innovation, scheduled for the Rhapsody Premier Release in early 1998, will be the ability to tailor the visible feature set for each user's needs. For example, someone who never requires mail merge operations will be able to simplify the user interface - and reduce runtime memory usage - by requesting that this feature not be loaded. In this way, the needs of diverse users can be met without creating "bloatware." PasteUp is the premier page layout and publishing package for Openstep and Rhapsody. Text can be formatted in any number of columns, including multiple columns that can flow text onto additional pages through easy-to-master click-and-drag operations. PasteUp provides full typographical control over font leading, tracking, word spacing, line height, and kerning. Professional publishers will appreciate its ability to output pages with custom crop marks, negative images, halftone frequency, angle, and emulsion settings. PasteUp includes tools to create freehand shapes, lines, fill, and dash patterns. All elements can be cropped, skewed, and rotated. Text can be run around any shape or graphical element. WriteUp is the premier word processor for Openstep and Rhapsody, having been built from the ground up to take advantage of features like filter services and drag-and-drop. Documents of all types - MSWord, WordPerfect, Ami Pro, RTF/RTFD, WriteNow, TIFF, EPS, and dozens of others - are supported transparently for reading and writing. Consistent look and feel is supported through paragraph styles and document templates. Features like mail-merge, multiple columns, tables, and auto-numbering produce everything from simple form letters to quotations, proposals, and reports. Multiple human languages are supported for hyphenation and spell checking. With the API, developers can build applications that enable WriteUp to produce data-driven reports. Further information and feature sets can be obtained on-line at <http://www.netaxs.com/~afs>, or by emailing <PasteUp@afs.com> and <WriteUp@afs.com>. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on MSDOS and NEXTSTEP platforms. Representative clients include First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, Dean Witter, Soros Fund Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, and Apple's next-generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Apple Delivers Developer Release of Rhapsody Date: 13 Oct 1997 20:27:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61u07h$6p3$1@news.digifix.com> Apple Delivers Developer Release of Rhapsody More than 10,000 Developers Seeded with Early Release of Apple's Next-generation Operating System for Server and High-end Desktop Applications CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today shipped an early version of its next-generation operating system--code named Rhapsody--to more than 10,000 software developers worldwide. The Rhapsody Developer Release is intended to allow software developers to begin creating the applications that will run on the new operating system. Apple expects Rhapsody to complement Mac OS in the Company's overall operating system strategy. While Mac OS will move forward as Apple's volume operating system, delivering market leading ease-of- use, multimedia and Internet integration, Rhapsody will be initially targeted at server and high-end desktop applications. Rhapsody aims to integrate Mac OS ease-of-use and functionality with the market leading technologies pioneered by NeXT Software Inc. in OPENSTEP. Avie Tevanian, senior vice president, Software Engineering said, "Apple has made tremendous progress in shipping a developer version of Rhapsody only seven months after the Apple and NeXT software teams were first integrated. With the Rhapsody Developer Release, this team has delivered a powerful software development environment to the entrepreneurial companies and individuals who will create new classes of application software for Apple customers in business and education." Apple is delivering Rhapsody first on PowerPC, its strategic hardware platform. Select models including, Power Macintosh 8500, 8600, 9500 and 9600, are able to run the developer version of the new operating system. As Rhapsody matures, Apple expects Macintosh systems shipped from early 1997 to be able to run the new operating system. Apple will shortly introduce developer releases of Rhapsody for PC Compatibles and "Yellow Box" for Windows. The Developer Releases of Rhapsody are the first stage in Apple's delivery schedule for the new operating system, with customer releases planned in 1998. For full details on Apple's operating system strategy visit Apple's operating system web page at: www.macos.apple.com. Software Developers Contribute Sample Programs As part of the developer release Apple is shipping 14 example programs from software developers who were seeded with an earlier version of the operating system. These include desktop and server-based solutions covering general productivity, Internet, publishing, and database management. Seeded Worldwide to Developers The developer release of Rhapsody is available worldwide to enrolled members of Apple's Developer Program. Details on enrollment can be found on the Apple Developer Relations website at www.devworld.apple.com. The developer release will also be supplied to Apple Enterprise Software customers and members of the Apple Enterprise Alliance Program. Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission - to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world. Press Contacts: Staci Sheppard Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-8404 email: sheppard@apple.com Russell Brady Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-6877 email: brady2@apple.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Rhapsody Gets Positive Response From Seeded Developers Date: 13 Oct 1997 20:27:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61u083$6p8$1@news.digifix.com> CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997-- Apple Computer Inc's Rhapsody Developer Release has received rave reviews from the software developers who were seeded with an early version. These developers were given an early version of the software to test the application development environment and create the demonstration software applications shipping with the operating system. Feedback from these developers included: AAA+ Software "Using Rhapsody and the tools we built on top of it, we are now able to develop apps on Rhapsody and deploy them on Windows NT without any compiling or linking under Windows. For us, Rhapsody on the Mac is a dream come true." Werner Staringer Founder AAA+ Software Anderson Financial Systems, Inc. "For software developers, Rhapsody offers the enormous benefit of deploying dynamic, full-featured applications across multiple platforms with a single set of source code. For end users involved with content creation, the advantage of running a unified imaging model--PostScript on all output devices, including the screen--is equally compelling. Our PasteUp page layout and WriteUp word processing applications already demonstrate why graphics and publishing professionals will find Rhapsody to be an attractive proposition." Gregory H. Anderson Founder and CEO, Anderson Financial Systems, Inc. Caffeine Software "OPENSTEP and Rhapsody are the most advanced development tools I have ever used. TIFFany, our high-end image processor, was developed for Rhapsody in record time compared to other products. Once when asked to give a demo on NT, about 10 hours before the demo, I just recompiled and it worked. Try to do this with any other development environments. TIFFany's unmatched feature set was to a good part made possible by the Rhapsody operating system which allows the programmer to focus only on what makes his application unique". Stan Jirman President, Caffeine Software Dantz "Rhapsody's biggest strength is the overall elegance of the underlying operating system and the way threads, processes, memory, and concurrent I/O come together. Rhapsody's infrastructure makes it considerably easier to develop high-performance software than with other platforms." Richard Zulch Chief Technology Officer Dantz Development Corporation Omni Development, Inc: "Without Rhapsody, there would be no OmniWeb. The Yellow Box toolkits have, in effect, written 90 percent of our code for us, so we can concentrate on writing the parts of our app that are different from every other app, rather than spending our time fighting with the windowing system or writing the same data structures over and over. Rhapsody not only provides the best class library in existence, it also provides a framework for organizing applications as they are being written, keeping even huge apps manageable. Rhapsody enables small teams to create world-class applications." Wil Shipley President, Omni Development, Inc. P & L Systems "Rhapsody gives us the power to quickly develop robust, commercial grade applications on systems with unparalleled ease of use, and deploy with equal facility on Macintosh, the Web or Microsoft operating systems. Mesa, the leading Rhapsody spreadsheet, would have been impossible to develop on any other platform." Paul Lynch Managing Director, P & L Systems Stone Design Corp. "The ease, elegance and integration of the Rhapsody Development environment make it the first truly cross-platform deployment system. Create, our next generation drawing app, leverages on this rich set of objects and performs identically under Windows as on Rhapsody, compiled using the same source tree. This conclusively proves to me that the Yellow Box delivers today what other systems only promise to deliver tomorrow." Andrew Stone CEO, Stone Design Corp. VVI Data Control Specialists "Apple's Rhapsody is unique in that it is fast, robust and scales both in terms of performance and deployment base. Rhapsody also has first-class rapid application development (RAD) capabilities built into it. VVI-DCS has combined those features with our OpenGraph software to provide compelling and unique data reporting RAD solutions. OpenGraph is currently being used by our customers to monitor billion of dollars worth of products across the globe. Because of Rhapsody's cross-platform capabilities we can now offer that same market-proven OpenGraph software to nearly all modern desktop computers. The combination of so many exceptional advantages is made available only with Apple's Rhapsody." John Brilhart, Chief Technical Officer VVI Data Control Specialists (VVI-DCS) Yrrid Incorporated "Using Rhapsody Yrrid can happily focus on its own technologies, and deploy on Rhapsody, Windows NT or 95, and soon Mac OS, in addition to server solutions on Solaris and HP-UX. Because Yarrid is confident of Rhapsody and its success, it has made a serious investment by bringing it robust terminal emulation software to Rhapsody." Christopher LLoyd Chief Technical Officer, Yrrid Incorporated Metrowerks Inc. Metrowerks, although not included with the CD, will be delivering Rhapsody products shortly. "We're extremely pleased with Apple's progress on Rhapsody and excited about the new opportunities that Rhapsody will provide Apple developers. We're working closely with Apple to provide Metrowerks Codewarrior and Metrowerks Latitude technologies for Rhapsody and will deploy the first version of Latitude for Rhapsody as well as our Rhapsody-hosted PowerPC compiler tools almost simultaneously with the introduction of the Rhapsody Developer Release". Greg Galanos President and Chief Technology Officer Metrowerks Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission - to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world. Press Contacts: Staci Sheppard Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-8404 email: sheppard@apple.com Russell Brady Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-6877 email: brady2@apple.com
From: Ralph Zazula <zazula@running-start.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Open Positions at Running Start, Inc. Date: 14 Oct 1997 03:12:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61unui$gc0$1@news.digifix.com> Running Start Inc., a Tucson based Internet product development and consulting company, has the following openings for full-time positions at its Tucson, AZ location. We offer flexible hours, competitive compensation packages, a casual work environment, stimulating projects, and Quake-certified engineering workstations. We take software development seriously and are looking for software engineers that are interested in producing high-quality systems. All of these positions require individuals with a strong interest in software engineering, demonstrated aptitude in programming fundamentals, interest in learning new development environments and developing real-world applications. Sr. Software Engineer ------------------------------------------- Primary responsibility: work with customers or in-house product managers to determine requirements and specifications for software frameworks and systems; employ object-oriented analysis and design techniques to produce verifiable system designs; develop and maintain software frameworks and systems. Requirements: B.S. in Computer Science or related field, 3-5 years industry experience with HTML, Java, WebObjects or related technologies, experience with relational databases such as Oracle and Sybase. Jr. Software Engineer -------------------------------------------- Primary responsibility: assist in the development of software system components, frameworks and architectures; develop and maintain class libraries, applications and user-interface components. Requirements: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Familiarity with HTML, Java, WebObjects, and relational databases such as Oracle and Sybase. Release Control Engineer ------------------------------------------- Primary responsibility: develop processes, procedures, and tools for building and packaging software products for deployment on Unix and Windows/NT systems. In doing this, release control engineer must insure that the process is repeatable. In addition, release control engineers will manage the preparation of release notes, and installation instructions for software products. Requirements: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Familiarity with shell scripting in TCL, Perl, Unix, Windows/NT, SQL and database servers such as Oracle, Sybase. Software Test Engineer ------------------------------------------- Primary responsibility: develop processes, procedures, and tools to test new product functionality, perform regression testing, and provide feedback on product usability. In addition, software test engineers will help maintain on-line and printed information on known defects and workarounds. Requirements: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Familiarity with shell scripting in TCL, Perl, Unix, Windows/NT, SQL and database servers such as Oracle, Sybase. Web Designer / Graphic Artist ------------------------------------------- This individual will be responsible for the look and feel of everything we deploy via the web, including the Running Start corporate web-site, web-based applications (such as our Request Resolution System), and custom applications developed for our clients. Requirements: in-depth knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, web-browser extensions, and superior graphic design skills. About Running Start --------------------- Running Start, Inc. provides consulting services and develops object-oriented software and technology used to develop dynamic internet and business applications. Products include our request tracking and on-line commerce systems. Running Start benefits include full medical and dental insurance, 401k, stock option, and profit sharing plans. Please send resumes to "resumes@running-start.com". General inquiries can be sent to "info@running-start.com". -- Running Start, Inc. 520/296-3370 (3379 FAX) http://www.running-start.com
From: Info@caffeinesoft.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Caffeine Software Announces Release of TIFFany III for Apple Rhapsody Date: 14 Oct 1997 03:42:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61upnc$h23$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com Caffeine Software Announces Release of TIFFany III for Apple Rhapsody as Part of the Apple Developer Release Third Party CD-ROM October 13, 1997 -- Naters, Switzerland -- Caffeine Software, publishers of TIFFany, the renown image editing package for NeXTSTEP and OpenStep, announce the availability of TIFFany3 Beta for OpenStep. TIFFany3 is a high-end image processing application featuring multiple layer document support and the Magic Brush, for which the application has become famous over the past five years. The application will be included as a late Alpha release on the Apple 3rd Party Applications CD-ROM which will accompany the Developer Release CDs of their new generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody. This release is the first public release of the third generation of the high-end imaging package. The PowerPC version on the CD-ROM is pre-licensed until January 15, 1998. The newest release of the application can be downloaded by visiting Caffeine Software's home page at http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ TIFFany3 is not just a port of the well-known TIFFany2 to Rhapsody but rather an all-new imaging application designed to increase the productivity of today's graphics professionals. It features a multithreaded kernel as well as a smart memory management to keep memory consumption at a minimum. A particular emphasis has been put on the creative tools, which allow the artist to focus on what s/he intends to achieve rather than on the process itself. The included batch manager allows for simple handling of repetitive processes, and the pipelining tool allows the combined application of multiple Actions (such as Sharp and Contrast) at the same time by a simple drag-and-drop definition. The sophisticated open API allows 3rd party developers to extend TIFFany3 by designing specific plug-in modules for customer's needs. Some of TIFFany's key features: * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space * Arbitrary number of views for each document * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output of JPEG compressed EPS files * Anything that modifies the image in any sort is by definition an Action * Any Action can be used in combination with a brush, marquee or fill * Action Manager for simple management of Actions * Individual Compositing and Filtering settings for each Action * Any combination of Actions can be defined as a Process Action and hence be applied as one individual Action, even for brushing * Over 50 different Actions for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, special effects etc. * Get quickly started with over 300 pre-defined parameter sets for Actions, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof * High-quality image scaling and rotating * Undo history for multi-level undo with instant multiple undo and replay * Settable individual Smooth Step for each Marquee, for fade-in effects at Marquee's edges * Binary operations with Marquees (Union, Intersection, Exclusion) * Non-interactive actions applied in the background * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. * Any operation can be queued and scheduled for any number of images * Processing daemon - a series of operations can be defined to be applied to any image in a set of specified directories. This allows for a processing server with simple file-drag operation * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers For a more complete list of Actions and other features please visit Caffeine Software's web site at: hhtp://www.caffeineSoft.com/ This latest version of TIFFany is the result of several years of experience from customers ranging from the hobby photographer to the world's space agencies. Thanks to the unleashed power of Rhapsody, TIFFany3 represents the most flexible imaging tool yet. For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ ~~~ Caffeine Software was founded in 1990. The company quickly specialized in custom image processing for the NeXT computer system. In 1993, Caffeine Software presented TIFFany, a high-end imaging package. Since then, Caffeine Software has extended the product line with other applications for imaging needs while TIFFany maintained it's reputation as the most renown imaging package on NeXTSTEP and OpenStep. Caffeine Software and TIFFany are trademarks of Caffeine Software.
From: Info@caffeinesoft.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Caffeine Software Announces TIFFany II Promotion Date: 14 Oct 1997 03:42:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <61upnv$h26$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com Caffeine Software Announces TIFFany II Promotional Sale October 13, 1997 -- Naters, Switzerland -- Caffeine Software, publishers of TIFFany, the renown image editing package for NeXTSTEP and OpenStep, announce the temporary price reduction for TIFFany II. The new prices are as follows: TIFFany II Professional: * Single commercial license: US$ 333 * Single educational license: US$ 222 * Single student license: US$ 99 * Government agencies: US$ 333 This means that for a limited time, the prices for TIFFany II Professional have been lowered to the prices of TIFFany II Light. There are NO discounts on TIFFany II Light. This offer expires on December 15, 1997. "TIFFany II was a milestone in image processing on NeXTSTEP in 1993 and has been well recognized beyond the NeXT community. With the now available TIFFany III Beta for the Apple Rhapsody and OpenStep operating systems, we have taken our imaging approach even a step further." said Ralf Brunner, Chief of Development at Caffeine Software. "We have decided to make our well-known application more accessible to those users who are starting to discover OpenStep and Rhapsody." The application is available for NeXT, Intel, Sparc and HP versions of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and OpenStep/Mach 4.x. The current version is 2.404. NEXTSTEP 3.2 or newer is required; 24MB of RAM is required, 32MB or more recommended. The package and all related documentation can be downloaded via http://www.caffeineSoft.com. TIFFany III Beta (PR-1) Demo Release for Rhapsody and OpenStep is also available via http://www.caffeineSoft.com However, access to a fuly licensed TIFFany III Beta is restricted and at Caffeine Software's disgression at this time. Please visit http://www.caffeineSoft.com/license.html for more information. The Light version of TIFFany II includes the following tools: Crop, Flip, PhotoCD, Resize; and the following actions: Average, Balance, Channel Conversion RGB, Cloning, Correction Gray, Correction RGB, Histogram, Hue Saturation, Linear Filter, Mandelbrot, Mosaic, Noise Reduction, Pseudocolor, Replace, Sharp, Sketch, Smear, Spread, Tile, Undo. Furthermore, the Light version features Animation support. On computers equipped with a NeXTdimension board, animations can be output directly onto a videotape. The full version features the following tools additionally to the ones listed above: Image Database, Halftone, and Roll Canvas tools; Affine Mapping, Blend, Channel Conversion CMYK, Color Enlarger, Color Wheel, Contourline, Corona, Correction Alpha, Correction CMYK, Correction YIQ, Dedither, Diffusion, Displacement, Distort, Equalization, Extremum, Facet, Gaussian Blur, Gaussian Sharp, Gradient, Kuwahara, Lighting, Median, Morphology, Perspective, Potential Function, and Turbulence. The full version also includes the Morphing module which allows you to create morphing animations. Both versions allow the development of custom modules with the supplied T2Builder application. The manual has been updated to reflect the newly introduced features and modules. Furthermore, modules for creation of WWW image maps as well as for the export of GIF images are available at no charge. For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ ~~~ Caffeine Software was founded in 1990. The company quickly specialized in custom image processing for the NeXT computer system. In 1993, Caffeine Software presented TIFFany, a high-end imaging package. Since then, Caffeine Software has extended the product line with other applications for imaging needs while TIFFany maintained it's reputation as the most renown imaging package on NeXTSTEP and OpenStep. Caffeine Software and TIFFany are trademarks of Caffeine Software.
From: Douglas Simons <doug@elessar.thoughtful.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Thoughtful Software Announces Support for Rhapsody Date: 15 Oct 1997 03:26:39 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <621d5f$lbp$1@news.digifix.com> Contact info: Thoughtful Software 616 East Locust Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 USA Phone: 970-221-4596 Fax: 970-221-0841 E-mail : info@thoughtful.com Web: www.thoughtful.com THOUGHTFUL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR RHAPSODY Enhanced Version of HyperSense is Forthcoming Fort Collins, Colorado -- October 13, 1997 -- Thoughtful Software, a respected developer of software for the NEXTSTEP platform for many years, has officially announced support for Apple's forthcoming Rhapsody operating system. An enhanced version of HyperSense, Thoughtful Software's flagship multimedia authoring system, is expected to ship by the time the Premier release of Rhapsody becomes available in early 1998. "We're very pleased and excited to be making the move to Rhapsody," stated Douglas Simons, Thoughtful Software's president and director of development. "We believe HyperSense will be warmly received by Apple's customers, who have a long history of using authoring products such as Apple's own HyperCard. When they see what an advanced product like HyperSense can offer within the new Rhapsody environment, I think they will be thrilled." HyperSense is an easy-to-use authoring system backed by full-featured scripting using the understandable SenseTalk language. Hypermedia documents and applications can be created by simply dragging ready-made components from a tool palette. Users can easily create new palettes of their own custom objects. The new version of HyperSense for Apple's Rhapsody environment will include a number of new capabilities to provide even greater power and flexibility while enhancing the ease of learning for new users. "The whole point of HyperSense is not just to provide a powerful development tool," Mr. Simons emphasized, "but one that is easy for people to use and understand without getting a degree in Computer Science. The beauty of SenseTalk is that it is an English-like scripting language that anyone can understand. We are staying focused on that advantage as we move ahead." The existing version of HyperSense, which runs on all NEXTSTEP and OpenStep for Mach systems, is currently available for $149 (70% off the regular price). All registered users will be entitled to upgrade to the Rhapsody version for $99 when it ships. Additional information on HyperSense features and uses, as well as links for downloading a free demo copy, can be found on Thoughtful Software's web pages at http://www.thoughtful.com or by contacting the company directly at info@thoughtful.com. Thoughtful Software has been dedicated to creating a superior user experience through advanced software technology since 1988.
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: <10325876024022@digifix.com> Date: 12 Oct 1997 03:49:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <4564876628829@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: <10327876024025@digifix.com> Date: 12 Oct 1997 03:49:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <4566876628831@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: <4564876628829@digifix.com> Date: 19 Oct 1997 03:48:52 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <21870877233630@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: <4566876628831@digifix.com> Date: 19 Oct 1997 03:48:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <21872877233633@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: tj@oro.net (Thomas Ferreira) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Holiday Special for @Society Magazine Newsletter Date: 21 Oct 1997 19:16:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <62iv1r$696$1@news.digifix.com> We invite you to subscribe to @Society Magazine Newsletter, "the multi-platform (non wintel) computer newsletter", which is a "printed" newsletter that includes coverage of NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, the NeXT platform, and Rhapsody. In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, we are now offering a mini-subscription for only $7.00. Our mini-subscription includes 3 total issues; Issue #1 through #3. Otherwise, if you wish to receive all 6 issues of @Society, we offer a low low $15 for a full one year subscription. Come by and visit the @Society web pages at: http://www.oro.net/~tj Take care, TJ @Society
From: Mike Gabrys <Mike_Gabrys@bang.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BANG General Meeting: Wednesday, October 29, 1997, 7PM Date: 25 Oct 1997 03:49:22 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <62rq82$3ck$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting NOTE: NEW MEETING DATE: October 29 NOTE: NEW MEETING DATE: October 29 NOTE: NEW MEETING DATE: October 29 When: Wednesday, October 29, 1997, at 7:00 PM Where: Apple Campus Town Hall - Building 4 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California The next monthly meeting of the Bay Area NeXT Group is now scheduled for Wednesday, October 29th, at 7:00 PM, at the Town Hall in Building 4 of Apple's Cupertino Campus. The topic for the October meeting has not been confirmed. Please check the Web site (http://www.bang.org/meetings.html), or sign up via the Web site to receive an email notification when a topic and speakers have been confirmed. == BANG Meeting Schedule Monthly meetings are scheduled for the dates below. (The 1998 schedule is being prepared.) Please check the Web site (http://www.bang.org/) for the latest information on meeting topics and venues. * Wednesday, October 29, 1997 * Wednesday, November 19, 1997 * Wednesday, December 17, 1997 Where to Get More Information * Email: _info@bang.org_ * World Wide Web: _http://www.bang.org/_ * Telephone: 1.415.487.6237 Topics for meetings vary and BANG tries to present timely information and speakers pertinent to the current evolution of Apple, Macintosh, OPENSTEP and NeXT communities. Suggestions of meeting topics and ideas for speakers are welcome; please send them to _wendy@bang.org_. Directions to the Apple Town Hall, Building 4: 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 Infinite 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 Infinite Loop. Stay on Infinite 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 Infinite Loop. Stay on Infinite 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 Infinite Loop. Stay on Infinite 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. [Note: 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 and Rhapsody Evangelist at Apple Computer.]
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (24.10.97) Date: 26 Oct 1997 03:39:52 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <62ue28$4nv$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]): 1024218 Oct 18 16:04 Tools/cdrom/AerePerennius.1.5.I.b.tar.gz 2824182 Oct 18 16:04 Tools/cdrom/AerePerennius.1.5.NIHS.b.tar.gz 2527 Oct 18 16:04 Tools/cdrom/AerePerennius.1.5.README 6584952 Oct 9 04:48 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create.4.2.2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 7763576 Oct 9 05:00 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create.4.2.2.w.I.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 3317248 Oct 9 05:05 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/Create_v422.exe 9065407 Oct 18 16:21 Tools/editor/programs/Emacs_for_NeXTstep.4.20a1.NIHS.b.tar.gz 2684 Oct 18 16:21 Tools/editor/programs/Emacs_for_NeXTstep.4.20a1.README 5451 Oct 18 16:12 Rhapsody/developer/Joy.1.01.P.b.README 976647 Oct 18 16:12 Rhapsody/developer/Joy.1.01.P.b.tar.gz 1681460 Oct 18 16:18 OpenStep/network/www/OmniWeb.3.0b2.m.I.b.tgz 1650008 Oct 18 16:18 OpenStep/network/www/OmniWeb.3.0b2.m.N.b.tgz 3283707 Oct 18 16:18 OpenStep/network/www/OmniWeb.3.0b2.m.NIS.b.tgz 2047803 Oct 18 16:18 Rhapsody/network/www/OmniWeb.3.0b2.m.P.b.tgz 1757621 Oct 18 16:19 OpenStep/network/www/OmniWeb.3.0b2.m.S.b.tgz 8139702 Oct 18 16:07 Tools/dock/Performance.0.6d.NIHS.tar.gz 2788 Oct 18 16:07 Tools/dock/Performance.0.6d.README 4170 Oct 16 05:52 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6a.README 738473 Oct 16 05:49 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6a.b.NI.tar.gz 1504741 Oct 16 05:51 Graphics/viewer/ToyViewer.2.6a.b.NIHS.tar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <62t9mf$633$725@news.ispn.net> Control: cancel <62t9mf$633$725@news.ispn.net> Date: 25 Oct 1997 17:20:37 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.62t9mf$633$725@news.ispn.net> Sender: erob@savoynet.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.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <21872877233633@digifix.com> Date: 26 Oct 1997 03:48:43 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13624877838425@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: <21870877233630@digifix.com> Date: 26 Oct 1997 03:48:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13622877838422@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. 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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: Pascal Leroy <phl@Rational.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PPP.preferences version 1.0 Date: 28 Oct 1997 21:00:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <635jos$sh9$1@news.digifix.com> PPP.preferences is yet another front-end for Stephen Perkins' PPP deamon (version 2.2). I have found it inconvenient to use a full fledged application for controlling the PPP deamon, so I have built this front-end as a module for the NeXTSTEP Preferences application. Also, I have tried to simplify the configuration and scripting which you have to do before using the PPP deamon, so this module provide an (hopefully) intuitive and easy-to-use interface for configuring the numerous parameters and options for pppd and chat. This module supports configuration of: - The parameters of the serial port: speed, flow control, locking, etc. - The modem initialization and dialup sequence. - The login conversation (expect/send pairs). - The network parameters: addresses, netmask, MTU/MRU, etc. - The authentication protocol: PAP and/or CHAP. - The compression options for the PPP protocol. Configurations can be saved and reloaded quickly, which is useful if you are connecting to several service providers. There is plenty of online help that details all the nice things you can do with this module. This software is packaged as an Installer package. Because it's a Preferences module, you must install it in /NextLibrary/Preferences, /LocalLibrary/Preferences, or ~/Library/Preferences. Also note that you must be root to install it. This package, compiled quad-fat, has been put in: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions It should ultimately move to: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/ppp Disclaimer: This package has been developed and tested on NEXTSTEP 3.3 running on black hardware. It may or may not work on other versions or other hardware. This is Mailware. If you like it send me any mail (no NeXTmail please!). You're also welcome to send comments, suggestions and bug reports. Pascal Leroy pleroy@rational.com
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