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From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BeNG April meeting: Mon, Apr 6, 8 pm MEST (Berlin/Germany) Date: 3 Apr 1998 05:00:03 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g1qcj$845$1@news.digifix.com> Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) April meeting ================================================ For the second time, the BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its meeting on the new location, in the club rooms of the local non-commercial ISP Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, http://www.in-berlin.de/), on Monday, April 6, 1998, at 8:00 pm MEST. The IN-Berlin club rooms are located in the Kiautschoust. 18 in 13353 Berlin-Wedding, about three kilometers north-east from our former meeting location at the Technical University of Berlin, and only some hundred meters south-east of the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topics: THE NEXT STEP On this year's CeBIT, the Rhapsody/YellowBox booth was the most beleaguered booth in the Apple Power Park. The two CeBIT promoters from that booth will be present and will share with us their CeBIT impressions and describe what is going on with Rhapsody. There will also be a little surprise! NEXTTOYOU The latest issue of "NEXTTOYOU", the world's only printed magazine focusing on NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Rhapsody, is out. Two NEXTTOYOU editors will join us and give us a "guided tour" of the spring issue. MISCELLANEOUS There will be enough time to discuss recent questions or to share some hints or give participants support re: NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP (or even Rhapsody) if necessary. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system. People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 4, 1998, 8:00 pm MEST. How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The new rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/sec link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
From: Robert Frank <frank@ifi.unibas.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: SambaManager Date: 3 Apr 1998 22:00:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g3m5r$pua$1@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCE: SambaManager This is a complete Samba package including the tools and a graphical front-end. The tools have been enhanced to use NetInfo. The front-end is designed to configure NetInfo. It will *not* modify the smb.conf or any other samba-related file. The suite has been compiled under NEXTSTEP3.3, but is working just fine on OPENSTEP4.0 and OPENSTEP4.2. The icon is a quick hack, and not particularily to my liking. I'm a terrible artist and thus didn't even try to do anything better. If anyone has a great idea and would like to design a great icon, I'd be very happy to include that in the next update (which will come, as I have a few more features planed). The Samba documentation (many thanks to the Samba team) is provide on-line. If you already have Samba running on your system, you should at least comment out the daemons in /etc/inetd.conf before using SambaManager and the provided tools. (You can undo that if you remove SambaManager again.) The packages are available at our ftp site and have been uploaded to ftp-peak and peanuts. The files are (the readme is not present on all sites): SambaManger.1.0.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz SambaManger.1.0.2.README SambaManger.1.0.2.NIHS.s.tar.gz The sites are: Switzerland: ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/next-3.3/ or ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/openstep_mach/ Germany: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/tools/frontends or ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/connectivity/apps USA: ftp://ftp-next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/samba >From the README: ---------------- This is SambaManger version 1.0 and Samba version 1.9.17p4. Samba is a set of tools to provide Windows services (file and printer sharing) from unix. The default distribution of Samba requires the modification of certain files and NetInfo directories as well as setting up and maintaining a configuration and possibly, a separate password file. SambaManger uses a version of Samba which was modified to use NetInfo as the source for its configuration parameters. This not only greatly simplifies installation, but also grossly simplifies the maintaining of several Samba servers in a network. SambaManger provides a graphical front end for installing, starting, stopping, and configuring the Samba suite. It does *not* process any smb.conf, printcap, or smbpasswd files. This package is distributed under the terms of the GNU copyleft. Precompiled binaries and the sources are available from at least the following location: ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/next-3.3/SambaManger.1.0.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/next-3.3/SambaManger.1.0.2.README ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/next-3.3/SambaManger.1.0.2.NIHS.s.tar.gz The readme is contained in all packages. See the file BUGS for bugs and other unwanted features. Notes: ====== SambaManger can be used to *install* and enable/disable any version of the samba tools. It cannot, however, be used to configure the smb.conf file. This version of Samba no longer needs the libdes library to support encrypted passwords. Samba now contains a restricted version of DES that can only be used for authentication purposes (to comply with the USA export encryption regulations and to allow USA Mirror sites to carry Samba source code). The modified Samba tools will interact with NetInfo. Before storing any Lanman / NT passwords, the tools will encrypt them. The encrypted entries will be decrypted after reading from NetInfo. These extra encryption / decryption routines are *empty* in the distributed source package. However, if this seems too insecure for the Samba passwords, the tools will revert to reading the smbpasswd file (in /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd). SambaManger and smbpasswd.file (see the on-line documentation for more information) are setuid root (if installed as root). SambaManger only needs this if you wish to run it as a normal user and still want to install/enable/disable the daemons. If you run SambaManger under root for these tasks, you can remove the setuid bit (chown u-s SambaManager), as the configurations have an independent authentication. Smbpasswd.file, on the other hand, always requires the setuid bit. This tool is only necessary if you will store the Samba passwords in a file instead of in NetInfo. If you store the passwords in NetInfo, then you (or the users) must use smbpasswd (which must *not* be setuid!) to set/change the passwords. Note that the password entries must have been installed before a user can set the password. To install the entries, use either SambaManger or run smbpasswd as root on the NetInfo server. If you want to always set both the Samba and unix passwords, then rename or link smbpasswd to passwd and install it in a directory which is searched before /bin/passwd when calling passwd. This software has been test-run (but not extensively!) on the following platforms (with WindowsNT3.51 [no printing!] and WindowsNT4.0): NS3.3 on NeXT, Intel OS4.0 on NeXT, Intel OS4.2 on NeXT, sparc Robert Frank, University of Basel, March 31, 1998 frank@ifi.unibas.ch ------------------------------------- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel (remove any no_spam_ from my return address) Switzerland
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <19602890542825@digifix.com> Date: 29 Mar 1998 04:50:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <22278891147629@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: dcl@panix.com (David C. Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ctxt-util, a tool to manipulate DPS contexts Date: 1 Apr 1998 21:45:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fuchb$53h$1@news.digifix.com> I have just submitted ctxt-util.1.0.s.tar.gz to <http://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ctxt-util.1.0.s.tar.gz> ctxt-util is a command line tool for examination and manipulation of apps' DPS contexts. It is based on a class called ABAppInfo that abstracts out most of the very tricky undocumented elements of Fiend's app context handling. - David C. Lambert dcl@panix.com Here is some example output: unix> ctxt-util -h Usage: ctxt-util [-N appName|-s {-a,-r,-H}|-u|-v|-l] [-p pid|-c ctxt] [-h] -l: list apps and associated info -N: list info for a single app name::uid (eg, 'Edit::0') -s: toggle app status (requires pid or ctxt) -a: activate (hides if not present) -r: raise windows -H: hide other apps -v: vanish app icon (requires pid or ctxt) -u: restore app icon (requires pid or ctxt) -h: show this message unix> ctxt-util SHORTNAME PID UID CTXT ICON MENU MINIWINS Stuart 348 102 142606357 182 203 Mail 340 102 92274709 162 284 Fiend 325 102 58720277 105 -1 138 137 136 135 133 154 KPerfMon 345 102 117440533 165 -1 OmniWeb 568 102 167772183 248 258 LaunchBar 349 102 150994965 183 201 Edit 646 100 184549405 804 806 loginwindow 211 0 29360131 -1 -1 Edit 676 102 201326621 865 868 UserManager 618 0 192938009 779 782 Preferences 341 102 100663317 163 -1 Emacs 347 102 134217749 178 -1 Workspace 322 0 41943061 99 -1 865 779 265 248 191 183 Opener 351 102 159383573 191 -1 Pastry 342 102 109051925 164 -1 PopOver 571 102 176160791 265 267 Swap 346 102 125829141 176 -1 WM 323 102 67108885 190 125 202 199 196
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: <19601890542823@digifix.com> Date: 29 Mar 1998 04:50:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <22277891147627@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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. 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From: mmalcolm crawford <Malcolm_Crawford@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L Systems announce second beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet Date: 30 Mar 1998 21:32:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fp30v$cn4$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: P & L Systems 12 The Broadway Old Amersham Bucks HP7 0HP, England info@plsys.co.uk +44 1494 432422 http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES SECOND BETA RELEASE OF VERSION 3 OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET OLD AMERSHAM, 30 MARCH 1998 -- P & L Systems today announced the second beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet, for Apple's Rhapsody operating system, and for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows. Mesa is a traditional spreadsheet which combines a powerful yet easy-to-use icon-based interface with the features you expect from an Excel- and 1-2-3-compatible product. 3b2 is the second official beta version, fixing a number of bugs, and implementing a number of new features requested by users over the course of the first stage of the beta cycle, including: Support for large worksheets Worksheets of over 1million x 1million cells are now supported (subject to system limitiations); Even smarter SmartFill SmartFill still knows about text sequences like Months, Quarters, Weekdays etc. but now it also lets you increment dates and numbers in whatever pattern suits your needs; ButtonBar and Input Area options To help you make better use of screen space, you can now use Windows->Hide Button Bar to remove the icons from the top of the worksheet, and resize the Input Area. If you reduce the Input Area to nothing, you can type values and formulas directly into cells. P & L's Technical Marketing Manager, Malcolm Crawford, commented, "We aim to be responsive to users' requests, and we are pleased to have been able to add a number of new features which will help to make using Mesa an even more rewarding experience." With an eye on the calendar, however, he added, "As the release date for Rhapsody approaches, so does the date on which we'll have to do a feature freeze -- you should send in your requests soon!" Mesa 3 is available from P & L's ftp site: * OpenStep 4.2 (m68k, Intel, Sparc): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/OpenStep/Mesa.3b2.pkg.m.NIS.b.tar.gz * Rhapsody (Intel, PPC): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/Rhapsody/Mesa.3b2.PI.b.tar.gz * Windows NT (requires OpenStep NT 4.2) [self-extracting .exe file]: ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/WinNT/Mesa3b2.w.I.exe. The files will also be made available from the ftp archive at ftp.peak.org. For more information and screenshots, see P & L's WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems is the leading supplier of products and services for NeXTSTEP in the UK. With a complete range of software and hardware products and services, P & L Systems offer full support for customers in the aggressive and sometimes bewildering world of object oriented solutions. Products developed by P & L Systems include the Oracle Adaptor for Mesa; the QuickBase Adaptor for Mesa; Pager, a flexible application for pagers and beepers; PassKey, a password management tool for administrators; AppManager, a software usage monitoring and license allocation utility; and Informant!, a real-time data feed distribution application for Reuters and other feeds on NeXTSTEP, Solaris and Windows NT. For additional information about P & L Systems and its products and services, contact the company directly at +44 1494 432422, send email to info@plsys.co.uk, or visit P & L Systems' WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems, AppManager, PassKey, Informant! and Mesa are trademarks of P & L Systems. NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: support@Radical.Com (Radical Product Support) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RadicalNews.0.9.4 Date: 2 Apr 1998 21:27:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g0vrf$es$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: RadicalNews 0.9.4 beta upgrade April 1, 1998 - Anaheim Hills, California. Radical System Solutions, a long-time provider of object oriented expertise to the professional market, is proud to release the latest free beta version of RadicalNews. RadicalNews is an advanced object-oriented newsreader, designed for the discriminating NEXTSTEP marketplace. RadicalNews 0.9.4 provides fixes to these known bugs: Fixes bug in the ROT-13 logic when using ISO-8859-1 encoding. RadicalNews is built quad-fat, running on Motorola, Intel, Sparc, and HP platforms with NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. (NEXTSTEP 3.0/3.1 may work, but are not supported.) The J version requires NEXTSTEP-J. The beta version is free, and will run until June 1, 1998 00:00. After the beta period, a license may be purchased. The beta version is available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.radical.com/radical/RadicalNews.0.9.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.radical.com/radical/RadicalNewsJ.0.9.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz NOTE: After logging in to ftp.radical.com, cd radical to see the available files. Our web site will have updated information and links to the most current version: http://www.radical.com/ For further information, contact: Radical System Solutions, Inc. mailto:RadicalNews@Radical.Com
From: mmalcolm crawford <Malcolm_Crawford@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L Systems announce second beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet Date: 30 Mar 1998 21:32:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fp30q$cn1$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: P & L Systems 12 The Broadway Old Amersham Bucks HP7 0HP, England info@plsys.co.uk +44 1494 432422 http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES SECOND BETA RELEASE OF VERSION 3 OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET OLD AMERSHAM, 30 MARCH 1998 -- P & L Systems today announced the second beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet, for Apple's Rhapsody operating system, and for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows. Mesa is a traditional spreadsheet which combines a powerful yet easy-to-use icon-based interface with the features you expect from an Excel- and 1-2-3-compatible product. 3b2 is the second official beta version, fixing a number of bugs, and implementing a number of new features requested by users over the course of the first stage of the beta cycle, including: Support for large worksheets Worksheets of over 1million x 1million cells are now supported (subject to system limitiations); Even smarter SmartFill SmartFill still knows about text sequences like Months, Quarters, Weekdays etc. but now it also lets you increment dates and numbers in whatever pattern suits your needs; ButtonBar and Input Area options To help you make better use of screen space, you can now use Windows->Hide Button Bar to remove the icons from the top of the worksheet, and resize the Input Area. If you reduce the Input Area to nothing, you can type values and formulas directly into cells. P & L's Technical Marketing Manager, Malcolm Crawford, commented, "We aim to be responsive to users' requests, and we are pleased to have been able to add a number of new features which will help to make using Mesa an even more rewarding experience." With an eye on the calendar, however, he added, "As the release date for Rhapsody approaches, so does the date on which we'll have to do a feature freeze -- you should send in your requests soon!" Mesa 3 is available from P & L's ftp site: * OpenStep 4.2 (m68k, Intel, Sparc): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/OpenStep/Mesa.3b2.pkg.m.NIS.b.tar.gz * Rhapsody (Intel, PPC): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/Rhapsody/Mesa.3b2.PI.b.tar.gz * Windows NT (requires OpenStep NT 4.2) [self-extracting .exe file]: ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/WinNT/Mesa3b2.w.I.exe. The files will also be made available from the ftp archive at ftp.peak.org. For more information and screenshots, see P & L's WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems is the leading supplier of products and services for NeXTSTEP in the UK. With a complete range of software and hardware products and services, P & L Systems offer full support for customers in the aggressive and sometimes bewildering world of object oriented solutions. Products developed by P & L Systems include the Oracle Adaptor for Mesa; the QuickBase Adaptor for Mesa; Pager, a flexible application for pagers and beepers; PassKey, a password management tool for administrators; AppManager, a software usage monitoring and license allocation utility; and Informant!, a real-time data feed distribution application for Reuters and other feeds on NeXTSTEP, Solaris and Windows NT. For additional information about P & L Systems and its products and services, contact the company directly at +44 1494 432422, send email to info@plsys.co.uk, or visit P & L Systems' WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems, AppManager, PassKey, Informant! and Mesa are trademarks of P & L Systems. NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: dcl@panix.com (David C. Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Fiend 1.4.1 SOURCE CODE (no April Fool) Date: 1 Apr 1998 21:44:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fucgi$53c$1@news.digifix.com> I have just submitted SOURCE CODE to version 1.4.1 of Fiend.app to: <http://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/Fiend1.4.1.s.tar.gz> My apologies to Fiend loyalists for discontinuing maintenance so long ago and not releasing the source code earlier. Mea culpa. I am releasing it now since I will be continuing not to maintain it, and there are some people out there (Norbert C. Heger, author of the most fabulous LaunchBar, for example) who I would love to see take over maintenance and/or plunder some of the cooler aspects of Fiend. Fiend is shareware, and if you use it regularly, I request that you send me $10 as a token of your satisfaction with my efforts. - David C. Lambert dcl@panix.com 126 N. Kensington Ave La Grange, IL 60525 EXCERPT FROM THE "README": What does it do? Well, Fiend is a dock extender, first and foremost. It is the *only* quad-fat dock extender capable of animating *all* of your animated icons, as well as: * supporting multiple, named dock levels; * handling command-dragging and command-double-clicking * abitrary configuration and placement of your dock(s) and the docked icons in an integrated and seamless fashion. Fiend is also a shelf extender that turns your entire desktop into a shelf that can display an image of your choice. Finally, Fiend is capable of loading your BackSpace modules, so it can function as a screen saver as well. CHANGES IN THIS VERSION: New Features: * Dock levels are now loaded when needed, rather than all at once during initialization * New Preferences panel - gets rid of most of the dwrites * Added "BackSpace->Set Password" menu item * Added "Dock->Toggle Lock" menu item * Fiend Dock now remembers its position differently under different window resolutions * Fiend icons are now updated automatically when they are selected in the Workspace, or manually in response to an alt-click * Fiend now includes some items from the MiscKit, which contributed to the following features: - multi-threaded app launches - an "Info->Show Menus" menu item - intelligently updated menus Bugs Fixed: * Fiend crashes when an app that was launched from the command line (using a command without a forward slash) terminates * Fiend doesn't remember the locations of persistent icons that have been moved * Fiend crashes when a Dock level containing persistent icons is deleted Cleanups: * All modal panels now have "Cancel" and "Ok" buttons * Selection of docked or shelved files in the Workspace is now documented * When you click an icon to select it in the Workspace, the Workspace now becomes the active app * Fixed some library loading options that prevented some BackSpace modules from being loaded properly * The Fiend Dock "Close Post Launch" command has been rationalized slightly, so that the Dock will close after both launch and reactivation, rather than just launch Incompatibilities: * Toggling a docked icon from persistent to non-persistent no longer reassociates that icon with the level to which it was originally attached. If you turn off persistence for a docked icon, it becomes attached to whichever dock level is visible at the moment. * Fiend v1.4 no longer accepts the plain ascii pasteboard type for paste operations, although it still generates that type when cutting/copying
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (3.4.98) Date: 3 Apr 1998 03:58:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g1mp3$74f$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 45 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/Annuity.4.2.README 54 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/Annuity.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 44 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/calculators/BMI.4.2.README 53 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/calculators/BMI.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 48 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/time/CalendarCenter.4.2.README 57 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/time/CalendarCenter.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 42 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/time/EggTimer.2.1.README 50 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/time/EggTimer.2.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 50 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/time/EggTimer.2.1.m.NIS.s.tar.gz 67 Apr 3 00:14 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.3.0.Beta.4.NI.b.tar.gz 62 Apr 3 00:14 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.3.0.Beta.4.README 64 Apr 3 00:14 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.3.0.Beta.4.s.tar.gz 41 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 34 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.5.0.w.README 37 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.5.0.w.bs.tar.gz 30 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.m.README 62 Apr 3 00:14 Rhapsody/developer/framework/MiscSoundKit.2.0.P.b(s).tar.gz 38 Apr 3 00:14 Rhapsody/games/NSMine.1.5.PI.tar.gz 31 Apr 3 00:14 Rhapsody/games/NSMine.README 56 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/viewer/OmniImage.4.0b1.NIS.b.tar.gz 53 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/viewer/OmniImage.4.0b1.NIS.b.tgz 50 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/text/viewer/OmniPDF.3.0b3.NIS.b.tar.gz 46 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/database/adapter/PostgreSQL.README 51 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/database/adapter/PostgreSQL63.m.NIS.tgz 59 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/database/adapter/PostgreSQLAdaptor130.m.NIS.tgz 51 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/developer/tools/PropertyEdit.0.8.README 57 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/developer/tools/PropertyEdit.0.8.m.I.b.tar.gz 51 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/QTax.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 47 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/QTax.m.NIS.bs.README 47 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/video/RemoteCam.2.1.README 54 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/video/RemoteCam.2.1.m.NI.b.tar.gz 60 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.1.NIHS.b.tar.gz 60 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.1.NIHS.s.tar.gz 53 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.1.README 52 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/disk/SambaManager.1.0.NIHS.b.tar.gz 52 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/disk/SambaManager.1.0.NIHS.s.tar.gz 63 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/apache.1.2.6.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 57 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/apache.1.2.6.1.m.README 46 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/admin/date.0.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 38 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/admin/date.0.2.README 50 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/admin/loginlog.1.7.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 38 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/admin/loginlog.README 61 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 55 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.README 65 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.SSL.NIS.b.tar.gz 59 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.SSL.README 60 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/developer/languages/octave.2.0.11.1.m.I.b.tar.gz 56 Apr 3 00:14 OpenStep/developer/languages/octave.2.0.11.1.m.README 46 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/security/pgp50i.NIHS.b.tar.gz 39 Apr 3 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/security/pgp50i.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces February 1998 Raffle Winner Date: 1 Apr 1998 21:47:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fucm3$549$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Announces March 1998 Raffle Winner Albuquerque, NM, April 1, 1998 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Rhapsody software marketplace, announced the winner of the March 1998 Raffle for a copy of Create and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is Andre J. Trottier. Stone Design will raffle software and a CD each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: <http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Rhapsody, Java, and OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions.
From: no_spam_frank@ifi.unibas.ch Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SambaManger and Samba Date: 30 Mar 1998 21:32:03 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6fp30j$cmv$1@news.digifix.com> Finally, setting up a NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP computer to provide services to Windows is a little easier. The SambaManager application is all you will need, it contains the graphical frontend for configuration and the daemons ans utility programs. Currently available from: ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/next-3.3/SambaManager.app.NIHS.tar.gz (As soon as I've located the documentation on how to create a pkg, I'll send that to the official archives.) A few notes: - SambaManger has an on-line help, thus no further documentation. - You can install it anywhere you like (e.g. /LocalApps, /LocalAdmin). Just gnutar xzf SambaManager.app.NIHS.tar.gz in that directory. This will install the quadfat binaries. Once a package is available, you will be able to select the architectures. - Sources are available, but currently not (yet) on the archive (i'm in a great hurry right now ...) - SambaManager and smbpasswd.file run suid root. SambaManger only needs this to make changes to /etc/inetd.conf. If you run SambaManger as root for this purpose, then you can remove the suid bit. - The Samba passwords are encrypted before being writen to NetInfo, so they can no longer be `hacked'. - This has been tested on: NEXTSTEP3.3 NeXT, Intel OPENSTEP4.0 NeXT, Intel OPENSTEP4.2 NeXT, Sparc -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel (remove any no_spam_ from my return address) Switzerland
From: info@caffeineSoft.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Caffeine Software Release Award-Winning TIFFany3 PR6 Date: 3 Apr 1998 22:00:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g3m5n$pu9$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ TIFFany3 Wins Seybold Hot Pick Award Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR6 (Seybold Version) April 3, 1998 / Santa Clara, CA. Fresh from victory at Seybold New York, Caffeine Software announces the public release of the latest version of its heralded TIFFany3 image processing software. TIFFany3 was the only image processing application selected as a "Hot Pick" at Seybold NY, further delineating it as "Rhapsody's first killer app." Seybold editors said "We were impressed enough by the description of this company's products to call it a Hot Pick." The PR-6 release of TIFFany3 adds new features and refinements to this already robust image processing application. TIFFany3 PR-6 is available for the three OpenStep 4.2 architectures as well as a twin-fat binary for Apple's new operating system, code-named Rhapsody. This new twin-fat binary runs on Rhapsody Developer Release for Intel and PowerPC processors. TIFFany3 PR-6 comes with a one-user full floating "timed" license. Since the PR-6 release is a beta application release running on a pre-beta operating system, we appreciate any comments and suggestions as well as bug reports users may have. Such reports should be submitted to bugs@caffeineSoft.com. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. This is very useful for manual sharpening or color balancing, where multiple application of one and the same operation would result in undesired effects. * Operation logging: all operations performed to any document can be logged on a per-operator basis and used for billing or other purposes. * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers. You can download a free trial version of TIFFany3 from Caffeine's anonymous ftp site at ftp://ftp.caffeineSoft.com/pub/t3/ The free trial license allows one simultaneous user to use the application without any restrictions until May 15, 1998. For additional information on TIFFany3, Caffeine Software or Caffeine's other innovative products please visit our web site at http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ or contact Caffeine at info@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: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscTableScroll 138 for Rhapsody, OpenStep, NextStep Date: 3 Apr 1998 22:05:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g3mf7$q1g$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION MiscTableScroll version 138 for Rhapsody, OPENSTEP, and NEXTSTEP Copyright (C)1995,1996,1997,1998 by Paul McCarthy and Eric Sunshine March 31, 1998 Contact: Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> ANNOUNCING MISCTABLESCROLL 138 FOR RHAPSODY, OPENSTEP, AND NEXTSTEP MiscTableScroll is a freely available Objective-C palette which is similar to NSTableView, NXTableView, and DBTableView. It is available for Rhapsody and OPENSTEP for both Mach and Windows 95/NT, as well as for NEXTSTEP. MiscTableScroll is normally shipped as part of the MiscKit. This package is a drop in replacement for earlier versions of MiscTableScroll which were bundled with the MiscKit. It can also be used as a stand-alone palette since it does not require the MiscKit distribution in order to function. User Interface Features ----------------------- - Column and row titles. - Resizing of columns and rows. - Dragging rows and columns to rearrange them. - Automatic sorting of rows as columns are rearranged. - A button in column titles to toggle between ascending and descending sort direction. - Incremental search with visual feedback. - In-cell text editing. - Exporting contents as ASCII, ASCII-delimited or dBASE. - Full keyboard and mouse control. - Interacts with the Pasteboard, Font Panel, and Services. Programmer Features ------------------- - Full source code. - Each column and row can have its own size. - Each cell can have its own color and font or inherit them from the MiscTableScroll. - Each column can have its own cell type. - Lazy mode for large or expensive-to-generate data sets. - Full control over selection. - Smart memory management: you don't pay for features you don't use. - Simple indexed access to rows and columns regardless of visual order. - Uniform treatment of rows and columns, referred to as slots. - Support for dragging images directly out of cells. - Extensive delegate hooks. DISTRIBUTION FILES MiscTableScroll is available for Rhapsody and OPENSTEP, as well as NEXTSTEP. The Rhapsody package is compatible with Rhapsody DR1 for both Mach and Windows 95/NT. MiscTableScroll-138.1-PIW-s.gnutar.gz The OPENSTEP package is compatible with OPENSTEP 4.2 for both Mach and Windows NT, as well as OPENSTEP 4.1 for Mach. MiscTableScroll.138.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz The NEXTSTEP package can be used for development and deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.3 systems. It can also be used for deployment on NEXTSTEP 3.2 and earlier. MiscTableScroll.138.s.gnutar.gz LOCATION Rhapsody ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Source_Library/MiscTableScroll-138.1-PIW-s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Source_Library/MiscTableScroll-138.1-PIW-s.README OpenStep ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.138.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/multi-platforms/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.138.1.mw.s.README NextStep ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.138.s.gnutar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscTableScroll.138.s.README RELEASE NOTES Major changes to MiscTableScroll since the last release (v129): - Printing problems fixed: * orientation (landscape vs. portrait) * pagination (fit vs. auto vs. clip) * centering (horizontal and vertical) * scaling-factor * corner view - Dragging and resizing columns no longer aborts cell editing. - Default colors are no longer hard-wired; now uses NSColor's "system" colors. - Matches appearence of NSTableView more closely on each supported platform. - Cell alignment can be set in Interface Builder. - Uniform-size borders can now be resized by the user. - Can set title of the corner view sitting above the row titles. - Expanded documentation to include many missing methods. - Can now specify whether vertically clipped text should be drawn. - New delegate method to "delay window ordering" during image dragging. Version 138.1 of MiscTableScroll is the first release which officially supports Rhapsody DR1, for both Mach and Windows 95/NT (Yellow Box). Although the previous version, 129.1, compiled and worked with DR1 on the Intel platform, it would not compile successfully for PPC as a consequence of PPC compiler bugs. Version 138.1 of MiscTableScroll for OPENSTEP replaces 129.1 which shipped with MiscKit 2.0.5. Version 138 of MiscTableScroll for NEXTSTEP replaces 129 which shipped with MiscKit 1.10.0. CONCLUSION Please direct comments, questions, and complaints to: - Paul S. McCarthy <zarnuk@mcgh.org> - Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> NeXT, MIME, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: support@Radical.Com (Radical Product Support) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RadicalNews.0.9.4 Date: 3 Apr 1998 22:08:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g3mlq$q66$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: RadicalNews 0.9.4 beta upgrade April 1, 1998 - Anaheim Hills, California. Radical System Solutions, a long-time provider of object oriented expertise to the professional market, is proud to release the latest free beta version of RadicalNews. RadicalNews is an advanced object-oriented newsreader, designed for the discriminating NEXTSTEP marketplace. RadicalNews 0.9.4 provides fixes to these known bugs: Fixes bug in the ROT-13 logic when using ISO-8859-1 encoding. RadicalNews is built quad-fat, running on Motorola, Intel, Sparc, and HP platforms with NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. (NEXTSTEP 3.0/3.1 may work, but are not supported.) The J version requires NEXTSTEP-J. The beta version is free, and will run until June 1, 1998 00:00. After the beta period, a license may be purchased. The beta version is available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.radical.com/radical/RadicalNews.0.9.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.radical.com/radical/RadicalNewsJ.0.9.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz NOTE: After logging in to ftp.radical.com, cd radical to see the available files. Our web site will have updated information and links to the most current version: http://www.radical.com/ For further information, contact: Radical System Solutions, Inc. mailto:RadicalNews@Radical.Com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: comp.sys.next.announce working again now Date: 3 Apr 1998 22:11:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6g3mqf$q70$1@news.digifix.com> As some of you may have noticed, comp.sys.next.announce hasn't been active for the past week and a half. About two weeks ago I temporarily shutdown INN on my system for about 3 or 4 days. During that time, Ken Case at Omni Development allowed me access to news via their server (Thanks Ken!) and I was posting announcements through it. Unfortunately, when I went back and turned on my server again, I forgot to enable the actual OUTGOING transfer of news... Sorry about that. I'm especially sorry to the ISVs who may have been adversely effected, and thanks to Stan Jirman at Caffeine Software for noticing that things were down and poking me with a sharp stick. Its running again now...
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: <22277891147627@digifix.com> Date: 5 Apr 1998 04:50:32 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <25462891752418@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <22278891147629@digifix.com> Date: 5 Apr 1998 04:50:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <25463891752420@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: devnull@occam.com (Leon von Stauber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sendmail 8.8.8 Date: 7 Apr 1998 05:11:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6gcci1$ka5$1@news.digifix.com> +--------------+ | AVAILABILITY | +--------------+ Sendmail 8.8.8 distributions for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP are available at PEAK, Peanuts and its various mirrors, and the Occam's Razor Web site. (Note: The files may not be in place at Peanuts yet.) The binaries have been compiled quad-fat. I've only tested this release on a black NEXTSTEP 3.3 system. If you come across any problems running this software on other NEXTSTEP 3.x, OPENSTEP/Mach 4.x, or Rhapsody platforms, send comments to <sendmail@occam.com>. The software has been released in three different versions. +---------------------+ | SOURCE DISTRIBUTION | +---------------------+ Sources for sendmail and related programs (including GNU m4), customized Makefiles, config files, documentation, and a setup script. No compiled code, so you'll need a compiler to make any use of it. 1867K download: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.tar.gz http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.tar.gz README: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.README ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.README http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.README +--------------------------+ | FULL BINARY DISTRIBUTION | +--------------------------+ Binaries for sendmail and related programs (including GNU m4), config files, documentation, and install scripts. No source code. This is the recommended distribution, especially if this is your first sendmail 8.8.x installation. 1462K download: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.bd.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.bd.tar.gz http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.bd.tar.gz README: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.bd.README ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.bd.README http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.bd.README +--------------------------+ | BINARY-ONLY DISTRIBUTION | +--------------------------+ Binaries for sendmail and related programs (including GNU m4). No source code, no config files, no documentation. Install this only if you already have a working sendmail 8.8.x installation that you like, and simply need to upgrade the binaries. 879K download: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.b.tar.gz http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.b.tar.gz README: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.b.README ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next/unix/mail/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.b.README http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.8.b.README +---------------+ | LEGAL NOTICES | +---------------+ Materials specific to this distribution of sendmail for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP systems are subject to the following copyright: Copyright (c) 1998 Leon von Stauber. All rights reserved. Sendmail is covered by the following: Copyright (c) 1983, 1995-1997 Eric P. Allman Copyright (c) 1988 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. m4 is covered by the GNU General Public License. For more complete terms, see the READMEs, or read this: http://www.occam.com/leonvs/computer/sendmail/LEGAL.NeXT _______________________________________________________________ Leon von Stauber http://www.occam.com/leonvs/ Occam's Razor, Game Designer <com.occam@leonvs> Metapath Software, UNIX System Admin <com.metapath@lvonstau> "We have not come to save you, but you will not die in vain!"
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (10.4.98) Date: 10 Apr 1998 03:25:22 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6gk3f2$5kq$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 45 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/Annuity.4.2.README 54 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/Annuity.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 44 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/calculators/BMI.4.2.README 53 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/calculators/BMI.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 51 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/cdrom/CDROMer.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 40 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/cdrom/CDROMer.m.README 41 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 34 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.5.0.w.README 37 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.5.0.w.bs.tar.gz 30 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/games/How.m.README 58 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/commercial/spreadsheet/Mesa.3b2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 52 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/commercial/spreadsheet/Mesa.3b2.m.README 65 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/resources/MiscTableScroll.138.1.mw.s.README 68 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/resources/MiscTableScroll.138.1.mw.s.gnutar.gz 40 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/system/driver/Mux.1.9.README 47 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/system/driver/Mux.1.9.m.I.bs.tar.gz 56 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/viewer/OmniImage.4.0b1.NIS.b.tar.gz 53 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/graphics/viewer/OmniImage.4.0b1.NIS.b.tgz 50 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/text/viewer/OmniPDF.3.0b3.NIS.b.tar.gz 51 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/tools/PropertyEdit.0.8.README 57 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/tools/PropertyEdit.0.8.m.I.b.tar.gz 51 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/QTax.4.2.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 47 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/tools/business/QTax.m.NIS.bs.README 53 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.1.README 60 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 55 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/tools/frontends/SambaManager.1.0.2.s.tar.gz 69 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/commercial/graphics/publishing/TIFFany.3.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 63 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/apache.1.2.6.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 57 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/apache.1.2.6.1.m.README 61 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 55 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.README 65 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.SSL.NIS.b.tar.gz 59 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/unix/connectivity/www/lynx.2.8.0.1.m.SSL.README 60 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/languages/octave.2.0.11.1.m.I.b.tar.gz 56 Apr 10 00:14 OpenStep/developer/languages/octave.2.0.11.1.m.README 50 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.b.tar.gz 51 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 45 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.b.README 46 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.bd.README 46 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.README 46 Apr 10 00:15 NEXTSTEP/unix/mail/sendmail.8.8.8.sd.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: tj@oro.net (Thomas Ferreira) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Issue #5 of the @Society Magazine Newsletter is now available!! Date: 10 Apr 1998 03:25:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6gk3f5$5kr$1@news.digifix.com> Issue #5 of the @Society Magazine Newsletter is now mailing to subscribers. If you are not a current subscriber, then visit our web pages at http://www.oro.net/~tj @Society Magazine Newsletter covers NeXT hardware and software along with some Apple coverage. For only $15 (USA) you will get issues #1 through #5 and when #6 is finished in June, that will also come your way. So if you enjoy the NeXT platform, give our newsletter a try. TJ Ferreira @Society
From: Wilhelm Pitzeier <willi@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: AAA+ Software ships free scripting application for all Rhapsody platforms Date: 9 Apr 1998 20:16:07 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6gjaa7$okn$1@news.digifix.com> For immediate release. AAA+ SOFTWARE SHIPS FREE SCRIPTING APPLICATION FOR ALL RHAPSODY PLATFORMS Vienna, 9 April 1998. AAA+ Software announces the release of Joy Services 1.0. This software is free. Users can enhance their work environment by implementing short Joy scripts. Corresponding menu items are added to Rhapsody's Services menu. No other developer tools are required. Joy Services comes with a small collection of example services. Among them: Files/Copy Paths Copies the full pathnames of the selected files to the pasteboard. Files/Group in Folder Tells Workspace to create a new folder and move the selected files into that folder. Files/Open Matching Prompts for a regular expression (e.g. *.gif), then asks Workspace to open any matching files in the current folder. Joy/Search in Manual Opens the documentation for the selected Objective-C class name or Joy command. Joy/Evaluate Expression Interprets the selected text as a mathematical expression and replaces the selection with the result. Text/Capitalize Capitalizes the text in the selection. Text/To Lowercase Converts the selected text to lowercase. Text/Trim Left Removes all leading spaces, tabs, newlines, and carriage returns from the selection. Creating new services with Joy Services is very easy. Many of the examples above are single line scripts. The entire functionality of the Yellow Box frameworks is accessible through Joy scripts. Scripts can interact with and create any object, class, or method. In addition, Joy encompasses the entire command set of Tcl 8.0. Download Joy Services from: http://www.aaa-plus.com/free-sw/download.html In order to run Joy Services you need to install the Joy frameworks that are part of our commercial products Joy Explorer and Joy Developer. No purchase of these products is required. Just download and install the Joy package from http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html If you are already a user of Joy, make sure to upgrade to the latest version before installing Joy Services. The current version is Joy 1.09. Joy is a cross-platform development and developer productivity tool from AAA+ Software. It is available for all Yellow Box platforms, including OPENSTEP, Rhapsody, and Windows NT/95. At the 1998 Macworld/MacTech Editors Choice Awards, Joy 1.0 received a Finalist Award in the category 'Best Tool for New Technologies'. Further information on Joy is available from: AAA+ Software Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 e-mail: joy@aaa-plus.com website: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/index.html AAA+, Joy Explorer, and Joy Developer are registered trademarks of AAA+ Software F&E GmbH. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Additional names may be trademarks of individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <25463891752420@digifix.com> Date: 12 Apr 1998 03:50:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5698892353626@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: <25462891752418@digifix.com> Date: 12 Apr 1998 03:50:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5697892353623@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Caffeine Software <info@caffeineSoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-6j for Apple Rhapsody Date: 13 Apr 1998 03:15:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6gs01e$avl$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-6j for Apple Rhapsody April 13, 1998 / Santa Clara, CA. Two weeks after the release of TIFFany3 PR-6, the award-winning image processing application, Caffeine Software announce the release of TIFFany3 PR-6j for the Apple Rhapsody platform. The engineering team has made several improvements to the application which were specifically targeted for the Rhapsody version. As usual, TIFFany3 is also available for the OpenStep 4.2 platform. TIFFany3 was the only image processing application selected as a "Hot Pick" at Seybold NY, further delineating it as "Rhapsody's first killer app." Seybold editors said "We were impressed enough by the description of this company's products to call it a Hot Pick." The PR-6 release of TIFFany3 adds new features and refinements to this already robust image processing application. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. This is very useful for manual sharpening or color balancing, where multiple application of one and the same operation would result in undesired effects. * Operation logging: all operations performed to any document can be logged on a per-operator basis and used for billing or other purposes. * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers. You can download a free trial version of TIFFany3 from Caffeine's anonymous ftp site at ftp://ftp.caffeineSoft.com/pub/t3/ The free trial license allows one simultaneous user to use the application without any restrictions until May 15, 1998. For additional information on TIFFany3, Caffeine Software or Caffeine's other innovative products please visit our web site at http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ or contact Caffeine at info@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: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <5698892353626@digifix.com> Date: 19 Apr 1998 03:50:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <23878892958426@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: <5697892353623@digifix.com> Date: 19 Apr 1998 03:50:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <23877892958423@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Mont Rothstein <mont@doverpacific.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Positions available in San Diego, CA Date: 21 Apr 1998 19:46:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6hit2j$2q9$1@news.digifix.com> Engineer Dover Pacific Computing, a rapidly expanding software developer, is relocating to San Diego. A recent infusion of venture capital has augmented our capacity for growth, resulting in the following pre-IPO opportunities. For both positions, billable consulting experience and extensive experience with C/C++ programming are essential. College degree in MIS/CIS or related field is preferred. Working knowledge of relational databases, UNIX, and NT; proven ability to implement client/server applications; operating systems knowledge; OPENSTEP or other OO experience are strong pluses. Consulting Engineer, Manager Be at the heart of the business by leading the team responsible for making it happen. Successful candidate will have proven technical leadership skills, strong interpersonal skills as well as solid design, critical thinking and problem/solving skills. Position requires 3+ years' software development experience, including proven ability to design and construct client/server applications; 2+ years' project management experience. Code: CEM Consulting Engineer Partner with clients to analyze their system needs and develop custom modifications and enhancements to our core product to meet those needs; extend existing programs; troubleshoot/correct errors; document programming; create and/or enhance new functions, including new program development, testing and documentation. Selected candidate will have the ability to analyze business problems and design solutions, along with strong critical thinking and problem solving skills. Requires proven ability to design and construct client/server applications. Code: CE We offer a comprehensive compensation package including bonus plus stock options in a team oriented environment. Qualified candidates e-mail or fax current resume & salary requirements to: Dover Pacific Computing, Attn: HR Professional Services Dept #125, Code (see above). E-mail (preferred) hr-services@doverpacific.com. Fax: 510-623-1890. See us on the web at www.doverpacific.com. EOE DOVER PACIFIC COMPUTING
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gcc-2.7.2.3 (port #2) Date: 22 Apr 1998 20:11:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6hliu7$2qn$1@news.digifix.com> I've just submitted my latest port of gcc-2.7.2.3 for NEXTSTEP to peak. Attached is the corresponding README file. -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln gcc.2.7.2.3.2.README (aka gcc-m68k.2.7.2.3.2.README) (aka gcc-m68k.2.7.2.3.2.README) (aka gcc-libs.2.7.2.3.2.README) April 21, 1998 These packages are so interrelated, this single README is for them all. file: gcc-m68k.2.7.2.3.2.NI.b.tar.gz desc: gcc tools for m68k target binaries, Installer package sum: 61797 4659 md5sum: 6daea8a17162d8b9c22a9f03db4391bc file: gcc-i386.2.7.2.3.2.NI.b.tar.gz desc: gcc tools for i386 target binaries, Installer package sum: 18510 4652 md5sum: 9be12e906c56fc2fd9fe97b0fce5ff59 file: gcc-libs.2.7.2.3.2.NI.b.tar.gz desc: gcc target libs, Installer package sum: 10945 2503 md5sum: db0dc8a69d7fe4134e4a928d6c85d510 (** To be placed at: http://www.peak.org/next/apps/devtools/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/devtools/ **) These archives contain the following pre-built binaries/libs: gcc-2.7.2.3 g77-0.5.22 libg++-2.7.2 built on and for the m68k-next-nextstep3 i386-next-nextstep3 platforms. Includes drivers for output targets for each platform, ie, you can produce both m68k and i386 binaries on/for both platforms. NOTES Regarding the versioning of this package: I tacked on my port attempt numbers to the end of the gcc versions, ie, This represents my second (.2) attempt at porting gcc v2.7.2.3 to NEXTSTEP. These packages have been built for and tested on NEXTSTEP 3.3, but may also work on other versions of NEXTSTEP 3.x. This build CAN (but doesn't, by default) work on OpenStep for Mach 4.x, provided you have at your disposal a few of the binaries and libraries from the DeveloperTools package from NEXTSTEP 3.3. See USING GCC ON OPENSTEP for details. INSTALLATION I've split the distribution into 3 logical parts (since it IS so big), gcc-m68k, gcc-i386, and gcc-libs. A full installation includes: 1) gcc-m68k and/or gcc-i386, depending on the binaries you wish to create; 2) gcc-libs. gcc-m68k/gcc-i386 contains (primarily) the gcc binaries, so these probably should be installed thin for your native architecture only. gcc-libs contains the headers and libraries used to create the target libraries, so if you want the capability to cross compile, install this fat (m68k+i386). To install the pkg archives, use Installer.app to install to /usr/local. NOTE: you STILL need the nextstep developer packages (tested for NEXTSTEP 3.3 only... earlier/other versions may or may not work) installed in order to use this, as it uses NeXT's supplied C header files and libraries. Also, in order to build non-native binaries, you need the DeveloperLibs installed for that other platform too. ENVOCATION AND CROSS-COMPILING To create m68k binaries envoke the compiler as: m68k-next-nextstep3-gcc foo.c (or, alternatively, gcc-ns3 -bm68k-next-nextstep3 foo.c ) To create i386 binaries envoke the compiler as: i386-next-nextstep3-gcc foo.c (or, alternatively, gcc-ns3 -bi386-next-nextstep3 foo.c ) A shortcut has been provided to create binaries for your native architecture automatically, if you envoke the compiler as gcc-ns3 foo.c or just gcc foo.c I used the name gcc-ns3 to make life simpler for those using this on OpenStep for mach, where gcc, by itself, could possibly represent a native nextstep4 (OpenStep for Mach) compiler. The two are not compatible and should not be confused with one another. USING GCC ON OPENSTEP (for Mach 4.x) So, you want to use this compiler to create NEXTSTEP compatible binaries, but you have OpenStep for Mach 4.x installed? Not (much of) a problem. The developer environment changed enough between NEXTSTEP 3.x and OpenStep 4.x, that gcc for NEXTSTEP 3.x won't work without a few modifications. Fortunately, these modifications are minimal. I will note that this distribution of gcc is compatible with a native nextstep4 or openstep4 compiler. Differing versions of the compiler can peacefully coexist. The only thing to worry about is the main gcc binary: /usr/local/bin/gcc (and likewise for g++, g77). This package over-writes them, so that envoking 'gcc' will use this nextstep3 compiler. If you prefer 'gcc' to be a different compiler, by default, simply link it (hard or soft) to the appropriate binary in /usr/local/bin, like: gcc -> i386-next-nextstep4-gcc or gcc -> m68k-next-nextstep3-gcc Envoking the compiler is a little tricky now too. This is especially the case when you have native nextstep4/openstep4 gcc compiler installed too. To be safe, you should envoke gcc as gcc-ns3 and always add the appropriate -b flag to the compiler, like: gcc-ns3 -bi386-next-nextstep3 Furthermore, you need to obtain a few binaries and libraries from the DeveloperTools package from NEXTSTEP 3.3 (Don't install the DeveloperTools from NEXTSTEP 3.3 onto an OpenStep system, especially if you already have the DeveloperTools from OpenStep 4.x installed) Unfortunately, I can't package this gcc distribution with these bits and pieces already installed/configured for you. I CAN tell you how to do it, however. The items you need are: Binaries (from /bin/): Install these to /usr/local/m68k-next-nextstep3/bin/ and/or /usr/local/i386-next-nextstep3/bin/ ld REQUIRED install as ld.nextstep3 as OPTIONAL (can use OpenStep's as, if you already have it) install as as.nextstep3 ar OPTIONAL (can use OpenStep's ar, if you already have it) ranlib OPTIONAL (can use OpenStep's ranlib, if you already have it) Libraries (from /lib/): ALL REQUIRED Install these to /usr/local/m68k-next-nextstep3/lib/ and/or /usr/local/i386-next-nextstep3/lib/ crt0.o crt1.o gcrt0.o gcrt1.o libsys_s.a posixcrt0.o Header files (from /usr/include/): OPTIONAL (can use OpenStep's header files) Install these to /usr/local/m68k-next-nextstep3/include/ and/or /usr/local/i386-next-nextstep3/include/ You'll probably only need the ansi, bsd, and mach include subdirectories. CHANGELOG April 20, 1998 (port 2) - Split distribution into 3 parts: m68k drivers, i386 drivers, target libs. - Added section: USING ON OPENSTEP - Add TOOL_INCLUDE + ansi/bsd dirs to include search paths. - removed objc compiler/runtime. - Full m68k/i386 distribution. - update to g77-0.5.22 CREDITS GNU Software, gcc source http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/ Packager Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: futon!vrobi@uunet.uu.net (Robert Vasvari) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RBrowser 2.20 is available for OpenStep Enterprise/YellowBox on NT Date: 22 Apr 1998 21:10:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6hlmb9$414$1@news.digifix.com> Browser 2.20 beta is available for OpenStep Enterprise on WINDOWS NT and YellowBox on NT available at: <URL=http://www.ddrummer.com> This beta version will expire on May 15 1998. RBrowser 2.20 requires WINDOWS NT 4.0 and either OpenStep Enterprise or the YellowBox runtime installed. For more detailed info please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html What is RBrowser? RBrowser was developed for OPENSTEP users who use other UNIX machines remotely, and would like to use the features and general functionality of the OPENSTEP Workspace file browser. Remote Browser (RBrowser) provides access to files on remote UNIX systems (or on any system with an FTP server) with OPENSTEP graphical interface. While matching the Workspace Manager's file viewer look and feel it provides a uniform interface to distributed file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. Main Features: 1. RBrowser gives you a Workspace-like file browser on a filesystem of a remote machine which can run any flavor of UNIX. RBrowser implements almost all of the functionality of the Workspace for file system viewing and manipulation. There is no special software required on remote systems. All common file management commands are available: copy, move, duplicate, link, delete, etc... 2. Drag-and-drop file transfer (including directories) between machines. 3. Open, edit, and automatic saveback of documents. For detailed documentation please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html Rhapsody DR1 versions for both Intel and PPC are coming soon. =[vrobi]= e-mail:rbrowser@ddrummer.com (c)1998 Different Drummer Software.
From: Pascal Leroy <phl@Rational.Com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PPP.preferences version 1.1 Date: 23 Apr 1998 20:41:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ho91k$37l$1@news.digifix.com> This is version 1.1 of the PPP.preferences module -- April 98. PPP.preferences is yet another front-end for Stephen Perkins' PPP deamon (versions 2.2 and 2.3). 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. Changes since version 1.0: - Fixed a bug that prevented newly created configuration files from showing up in the configuration files pop-up. - Fixed a bug that caused the value of the login sequence timeout to be lost when exiting Preferences. - Fixed a bug that caused Preferences to crash when pressing the Connect button if the login sequence was empty. - Added support for serial ports other than cufa and cufb. - The Preferences executable doesn't need to have the SUID bit anymore. As part of installation, version 1.1 removes the SUID bit from Preferences, if it had been set by version 1.0. - SIGTERM used instead of SIGTERM to terminate the daemon. This makes it possible to execute the ip-down script. - The connection duration may be displayed in the Preferences icon (next to the system clock). - Entries in the login sequence may now be encrypted. This is useful for information like passwords and account names. - Added defaults to control: the PPP deamon syslog facility; the AT dial commands; and the paths for chat and pppd. 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
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Special SuperDraw 4 Promotion Date: 24 Apr 1998 21:01:43 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6hqujn$3bl$1@news.digifix.com> [English - Francais - Deutsch] Vienna, April 23, 1998 -- Stefan Schneider Software from Vienna, and Scribex Communications from Montreal, authors of the German and French versions of SuperDraw 4, announce a Special SuperDraw Sale. New, non-Host ID based SuperDraw 4 licenses are available. Prices have been slashed by more than 60%! Limited quantities of the original SuperDraw 4 CD are available in English, French, and German. Free, world-wide shipping! Orders will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. For more info, please visit: http://www.scribex.com/English/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_en.html http://members.ping.at/stefan/SuperDrawSale.html (English) http://www.scribex.com/French/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_fr.html (French) http://www.scribex.com/German/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_de.html http://www.noir.net/sss/SuperDrawSV.html (German) SuperDraw 4 is considered by many to be the most elegant, powerful, and easy-to-use graphics program on NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. Don't miss this unique opportunity to get your copy of this classic graphics application at a bargain price! ========================= Montreal, le 23 avril 1998 -- Scribex Communications de Montreal et Stefan Schneider Software de Vienne, auteurs des versions francaise et allemande de SuperDraw 4, vous convient a une GRANDE VENTE DE SUPERDRAW 4. De nouvelles licences, independantes du Host-ID, sont disponibles. Economisez plus de 60 % du prix regulier, livraison sans frais - toutes destinations. Une quantite limitee de CD-ROM originaux de SuperDraw 4 est offerte en francais, en anglais et en allemand. Les commandes seront acheminees sur une base de premiers arrives, premiers servis. Pour en savoir davantage, veuillez visiter : http://www.scribex.com/French/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_fr.html (Francais) http://www.scribex.com/English/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_en.html http://members.ping.at/stefan/SuperDrawSale.html (Anglais) http://www.scribex.com/German/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_de.html http://www.noir.net/sss/SuperDrawSV.html (Allemand) Ne manquez pas l'opportunite de vous procurer cette excellente application graphique qu'est SuperDraw 4, consideree par plusieurs comme etant le logiciel le plus elegant, le plus puissant et le plus convivial des programmes graphiques sur NEXTSTEP et OPENSTEP. ========================= Wien, 23. April 1998 -- Stefan Schneider Software, Wien, und Scribex Communications, Montreal, die Autoren der deutschen und franzoesichen Versionen von SuperDraw 4, starten den SuperDraw Schlussverkauf! Neue, nicht-Host-ID basierte Lizenzen verfuegbar, zum Vorteilspreis von minus 60%! Begrenzte Stueckzahlen der original SuperDraw CD auf Lager. Kostenloser weltweiter Versand! Bestellungen werden in der Reihenfolge ihres Eintreffens beruecksichtigt. Mehr Informationen unter: http://www.noir.net/sss/SuperDrawSV.html http://www.scribex.com/German/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_de.html (Deutsch) http://members.ping.at/stefan/SuperDrawSale.html http://www.scribex.com/English/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_en.html (Englisch) http://www.scribex.com/French/SuperDraw/SuperDrawSale_fr.html (Franzoesisch) Versaeumen Sie nicht diese Gelegenheit, sich Ihr Exemplar von SuperDraw zu sichern - dem Klassiker unter den NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Grafikanwendungen, von vielen noch immer als das eleganteste, maechtigste, vielseitigste und am einfachsten zu bedienende Grafikprogramm bezeichnet. ========================= INFORMATION Stefan Schneider Software (English & Deutsch) Dipl.Ing. Stefan Schneider Lerchenfelder St 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria stefan@ping.at http://members.ping.at/stefan/ Scribex Communications (English & Francais) 1450 Plessis Street #204 Montreal, Qc, Canada H2L 2X4 info@scribex.com http://www.scribex.com =========================
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr,comp.sys.newton,comp.sys.newton.announce,comp.sys.newton.marketplace,comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: cmsg cancel <6hsluh$fgd$551@news.on> Control: cancel <6hsluh$fgd$551@news.on> Date: 25 Apr 1998 13:35:37 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6hsluh$fgd$551@news.on> Sender: a@b.c Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Robert MacKimmie <rm@objectdata.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group, April 29 Date: 26 Apr 1998 02:53:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6hu7iq$a1k$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting April 29, 1998, 7pm, Apple Town Hall TOPIC: "Demystifying WebObjects" SPEAKERS: Allen Denison, WebObjects Product Manager, Apple Computer Judy Halchin and Chuck Fleming, Apple Store Engineers, Apple Computer Everything you always wanted to know about WebObjects ... ** ** (but were afraid David Letterman wouldn't ask) Allen Denison, WebObjects Product Manager, will present an update on WebObjects, a set of integrated frameworks which leverage and web-extend much of the upcoming cross-platform, object-oriented core Apple technologies. WebObjects itself is a web-based technology, which adds dynamism to web sites by linking web servers to data resources and business systems. WebObjects has been, and continues to be available, as a solution on NT and UNIX platforms, along with OPENSTEP and Rhapsody in the future. If you know a little about WebObjects and have been wanting to gain a greater understanding of why it is such a powerful solution, plan to take advantage of Allen's explanation of what WebObjects does today, with a glimpse of what's coming in the future. His talk will touch on new customers and sites that have deployed recently. WebObjects has been on an evolutionary fast-track, with version 3.5 proving to be a 'yet again' improved product. Several key components, such as WebObjects Builder, have been redesigned and rewritten from the ground up, providing truly useful GUI web construction tools at last. Direct-to-Web, another feature introduced with the current version, allows 'up and running' relational database connectivity with unprecedented ease. Though Apple doesn't speak about future products, the features and capabilities for upcoming versions are well mapped and WebObjects may be taking on much more critical roles in the near future -- stay tuned as Apple rolls out its OS game plan at the World Wide Developer's Conference in May. You owe it to yourself -- get a bigger, better, clearer picture of why WebObjects is so profound. WebObjectifying the Apple Store Chuck Fleming and Judy Halchin, two of the primary software engineers responsible for the architecture and programming of the Apple Store web site, will be available to discuss general aspects experienced when utilizing WebObjects to power a typical e-commerce site such as the successful Apple Store deployment. Highly-dynamic, scalable and extremely flexible web-based commerce sites are the hallmark of the Apple WebObjects advantage, and the November 1997 Apple Store deployment showcases the robust capabilities of this elegant technology. While specifics of the site are not publicly discussed by Apple, insight into the typical process of design, architecture, programming and optimization of WebObjects as an Internet commerce solution will be provided. Choice of http server and general problems can be discussed, as well as the ability to flexibly scale site capacity. To set proper expectation, remember, no specifics of the Apple Store deployment will be discussed. We feel fortunate to have such vital speakers and anticipate that the audience will greatly appreciate the information being presented. It will surely be another exciting and informative meeting, so join us for the presentation, demos, Q&A, and dinner after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. Where to Get More Information, including directions: * World Wide Web: http://www.bang.org/ * Email: info@bang.org
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: <23877892958423@digifix.com> Date: 26 Apr 1998 03:50:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13743893563222@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <23878892958426@digifix.com> Date: 26 Apr 1998 03:50:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13744893563224@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: scholzb@NOSPAM.peanuts.org (Bernhard Scholz - remove NOSPAM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP,OpenStep, Rhapsody software on CD-ROM (Peanuts-FTP-Archiv) Date: 27 Apr 1998 20:30:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6i2pu0$25s$1@news.digifix.com> New Peanuts-CD-ROM available ============================ The biggest software archive for NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Rhapsody operating systems and frameworks named 'Peanuts' is now available on CD-ROM. The archive contains more than 3GB of shareware, freeware, public domain and commercial demos, software categorized and sorted including all the software from the US-archive 'next-ftp.peak.org'. All this is available on CD-ROM. For a detailed content description see below. The CD-ROM is available in two different packages: - Package (1) is an update CD to the previously shipped complete archive. This CD-ROM updates your existing CD-ROM set labeled 'Vol.2'. The update disc is available for 20$ (US-Dollar) or 30 DM and contains new software of the last year up-to now. - Package (2) is adressed to new customers and consists of the complete archive on CD-ROM. This is a 5-disc (!) CD-ROM distribution. The complete set is available for 30$ (US-Dollar) or 50 DM. For details on prices, see below. Contents ======== You can find a complete Listing of the contents on our WWW server. Currently there is no other CD-ROM product, featuring all the software we provide: Besides the latest updates to the most popular software, like MiscKit, MiscSoundKit, NeXTanswers, Usenet articles for the year 1997, latest Rhapsody software previously unpublished, the collection is devided into several other main categories including, but not limited to: Unix ports, X11 (XNext X11R6 server,...), text (eg. latest TeX distribution, PDF, spell checker ...), science (signal processing, mathematics, ...), networking (WWW clients, FTP clients, PPP, SLIP), connectivity (terminal emulations ...), developer resources (objects, palettes, sourcecode, documentation,....), and several tools for everybody (printing, workspace, mail, games, etc. ...) and much much more! Of course you find all the 'must have' tools on these CD's too. Most applications are fat compiled (NeXT, Intel, Sparc, HP and/or PowerPC architectures). Contact and ordering information: ================================ Resellers are welcome and will receive special discounts. Please contact us for details. E-Mail: cdrom@peanuts.leo.org Fax: (++49) 89 3232996 (only 09:00 - 22:00 MET) Postal address: Peanuts-Archiv Muenchen c/o Bernhard Scholz Christoph-Probst-Str. 16/1128 80805 Muenchen Germany Bank account: Bernhard Scholz Postbank Muenchen Account: 154 88 -809 BLZ: 700 100 80 Pricing information: ==================== Prices are either in German Marks (DM) or US-Dollar ($) Sending with or without C.O.D. (cash on delivery/Nachnahme). Note, that COD isn't available for all countries, especially we can't send to the USA with COD. We always ship using air-mail. If you don't wish air-mail, please contact us first. (no-air mail will take 6-8 weeks to the USA) Single price for Package (1) (Update CD, 1 disc) is 30DM/20$. Single price for Package (2) (complete set, 5 discs) is 50DM/30$. Prices below are final including package and shipping. (DM/US-Dollar) ***left number is price in DM, right number is price in US-Dollar*** Pkg Country cash or bank-transfer check no COD COD no COD COD 1 Germany 34/na 37.5/na add 0 DM / 0 $ 2 Germany 56/na 59.5/na add 0 DM / 0 $ 1 Europe 39/24 51/32 add 3 DM / 2 $ 2 Europe 63/39 55/34 add 3 DM / 2 $ 1 World 47/29 59/37 add 3 DM / 2 $ 2 World 73/46 85/53 add 3 DM / 2 $ E.g: the update disc to the US costs 31$US, if you send us a check. the complete set to the US costs 48$US, if you send us a check. We give discounts if you order 5 or more sets. Special discounts are available for resellers. Please contact us for further information about discounts. We are sorry, but we can't accept credit cards. To order without C.O.D., the CD(s) will ship after we received a bank transfer. In this case please send us a short notice stating bank transfer mode and the day it was done. Please send requests for detailed costs for other countries by e-mail to cdrom@peanuts.org or any other previously mentioned contact address. Please don't forget to tell us the amount of sets you want, the way of payment you chose and the address to where we should deliver the CD-ROM set(s). About the Peanuts-FTP-Archive: ============================== The Peanuts FTP archive group consists of several people working for free to serve the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Rhapsody community. The archive is located in Germany and available via the world wide web, FTP protocol and e-mail. There is no profit in selling the CD-ROM. If there should be any profit, the money will be spent on new hardware to enhance the access and availability of the software archive. The software contained on these discs are all in the public domain, freeware, shareware or commercial demonstrations. It is collected from all over the world and includes the software found on many other well known FTP servers. For your service these software is sorted in an easy to use directory structure. The Peanuts archive exists since 1989 and produces CD-ROMs since 1995. Several mirrors all over the world do exist. The contact address is: World Wide Web: http://www.peanuts.org/ FTP access: ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/ Your Peanuts team. -- Bernhard Scholz http://www.leo.org/~scholz/ Peanuts FTP Admin http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@leo.org, (StuSta ONLY: boerny@xenia.hsh.stusta.mhn.de)
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces $199 NEXTSTEP Software Bundle Date: 30 Apr 1998 21:08:45 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6iap8t$3tg$1@news.digifix.com> News For immediate release For more information write info@stone.com or call Katie Graunke at (505) 345-4800 http://www.stone.com/pr/NSAppsSALE.html Stone Design Announces $199 NEXTSTEP Software Bundle April 28, 1998 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Stone Design announced today that its suite of NEXTSTEP software, which runs on "Prelude to Rhapsody", OpenStep 4.x and NextStep 3.1 and greater is available for only $199. Any individual application in the bundle can be purchased for only $99. The StoneWare suite consists of DataPhile(TM), the multi-media, easy to use database manager, Create(TM), THE powerful graphics package, 3DReality(TM), a 3D modeler and renderer, and CheckSum(TM), a check writer and finance manager. A bundle of all of these Stone Design applications for NEXTSTEP is now available for only $199, a very special deal. These apps originally listed for $1,979. This bundle includes DataPhile 3.1, Create 3.1, 3D Reality 2.1 and CheckSum 2.0. This sale is only available until June 30, 1998. If you do not care to ftp the apps, please add $20 USA ($30 International) for CD, shipping & handling. We accept VISA/MasterCard and money orders. FAX: 505-345-3424 DataPhile 3.1 is a flat-file database designed for people who need flexibility without the complexities of a rigid, relational system. Using DataPhile's intuitive front end, anyone can build and manage a database, modifying it and generating reports easily. DataPhile also comes with a number of useful template databases so you can begin using it right out of the box. DataPhile requires no additional servers; it functions alone or in a networked environment, on Motorola, Intel, Sun and HP-RISC processors. Create 3.1 is THE fully supported drawing application for NEXTSTEP. Create is a multi-page, full color, easy and fun to use graphics program that is perfect for professional artists and non-artists alike. Create's tool palette is highly extensive, including arcs, circles, lines, curves, splines, ovals, rectangles, squares, text, super text, and freehand tools. Create's User PostScript is unique, and perfect for advanced users or users who would like to learn more about PostScript, view, directly edit and repeatedly execute the PostScript code associated with any object created in or imported into the program. 3D Reality is a 3D modeling and rendering front end for Pixar's Renderman. 3D Reality creates photorealistic three dimensional drawings and includes many textures, shaders and sample images. CheckSum is the personal finance manager and check writer for the NEXTSTEP platform. With the convenient "Export to DataPhile" function, detailed reports and summaries can be obtained from your financial data. For more information on any Stone Design products and services, please visit our web site: www.stone.com To reach a human, please call 505-345-4800 Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm Mountain Time. +++ Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/Rhapsody marketplace. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. The Stone Design logotype is copyright Stone Design 1994. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. **********
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group - May Date: 1 May 1998 03:35:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ibfts$bga$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) May meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, May 4, 1998; 8:00pm MEST The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its monthly meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de), on Monday, May 4, at 8:00 pm MEST. The IN-Berlin club rooms are located in the Kiautschoust. 18 in 13353 Berlin-Wedding, about three kilometers north-east from our former meeting location at the Technical University of Berlin, and only some hundred meters south-east of the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topics: WWDC OUTLOOK In about two weeks, Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) takes place in sunny California. We try to offer a look at the "crystal ball" and will hear what the WWDC participants can probably expect -- with a special focus on Rhapsody. (On our *subsequent* meeting in June, two WWDC participants will share with us their first-hand WWDC impressions!) ON THE ROAD In June, Apple will tour german, austrian and swiss universities with a Rhapsody and WebObjects promotional show. We will share with you details and dates of that upcoming series of events. NEW DEVELOPER PROGRAMS Apple has re-designed its developer programs. We will give an overview of the new options available. TIME TO ASK Of course there will also be enough time to answer recent questions and share some helpful knowledge re: NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and/or Rhapsody. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 1, 1998, 8:00 pm MEST. How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/sec link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
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: <13743893563222@digifix.com> Date: 3 May 1998 03:50:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <14190894168021@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <13744893563224@digifix.com> Date: 3 May 1998 03:50:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <14191894168024@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: Robert Vasvari <vrobi@shell-1.sirius.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: RBrowser 2.21 is available for Rhapsody DR1 Date: 4 May 1998 03:15:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ijbsu$89e$1@news.digifix.com> RBrowser 2.21 is available for Rhapsody DR1 RBrowser 2.21 beta is finally available for all Rhapsody/Openstep platforms: OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH i386 OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH m68k OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH sparc OPENSTEP Enterprise for WINDOWS NT 4.0 Rhapsody YellowBox DR1 for WINDOWS NT 4.0 Rhapsody DR1 PPC Rhapsody DR1 Intel available at: <URL=http://www.ddrummer.com> RBrowser 2.20 requires WINDOWS NT 4.0 and either OpenStep Enterprise or the YellowBox runtime installed. For more detailed info please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html Remote Browser (RBrowser) provides access to files on the local host as well as remote UNIX systems with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowser provides a uniform interface to distributed file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. Who is RBrowser for? Anybody who has accounts on remote UNIX systems of whatever flavor, or on any host that has an FTP server. Working on documents, managing files over the network can be fairly painful, especially for those who are not experts in the cryptic UNIX shell commands. If you work on remote systems or have to move files back and forth often, RBrowser can make your life a lot easier. RBrowser provides an easy way to to manage and edit your HTML pages on the directly on the remote WEB host. Main functionality: a. RBrowser is a lot more than a file copying tool, like a graphic FTP client. RBrowser allows the user to manage/browse files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface. File management includes move, copy, duplicate, compress, delete,set permissions, make links, etc... b. Double-clicking on remote documents will open them on the local system automatically. If the document is modified, RBrowser will automatically save it back to the remote host. c. Entire file trees can be moved between local and remote host, or between remote hosts by simple drag&drop. d. Ability to connect to Web Hosts and anonymous FTP sites. For detailed documentation please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html e-mail:rbrowser@ddrummer.com (c)1998 Different Drummer Software.
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LatinByrd III Version 6 Date: 4 May 1998 20:01:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6il6qm$sif$1@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF LATINBYRD III VERSION 6 Vienna, May 4, 1998 -- LatinByrd III Version 6 has been made publically available. LB III v6 is a maintenance release, including two new features and two bug fixes. Update from previous versions (LB II through LB III v5) is free to registered users - please reuse your current license keys. New in LatinByrd III v6, compared to v5: - Table Row/Column End Tags LatinByrd III v6 now optionally outputs </tr>, </td>, and </th> table row/column end tags. Note: acc. to W3C's official HTML 3.2 Reference Specification, these end tags are as superfluous as is for instance the </p> tag. But try to tell this the morons at Netscape. Anyway, the end tags won't harm except making your web pages unnecessarily larger by perhaps a few bytes. - Automatic Copying of Referenced Documents During conversion of document trees, LatinByrd III v6 now checks whether any of the rejected files - i.e. those files which will not get converted to web pages - are referenced from within documents which will get converted. If so, the affected files are automatically carried over to the destination tree. Bug Fixes - LatinByrd III v5 did not correctly restore the font size and font color for a paragraph's text which comes after a link. (The font settings were restored correctly only in case the link text was underlined.). This has been fixed in LatinByrd III v6. - For a document tree containing - side-by-side - a subdirectory and a document which differ by extension only (for instance, a subdirectory "myName" and a document "myName.rtf"), LatinByrd III v5 created malformed URLs for links from other documents to "myName.rtf". This has been fixed in LatinByrd III v6. DOWNLOAD http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.NIHS.b.tar.gz (2259466 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.README (7071 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.LISEZMOI (7102 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.LIESMICH (7531 bytes) LatinByrd III v6 is compiled quad-fat, requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher - or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach - and is fully localized to English, French, and German, including on-line help. Users in Asia should download the Japanese Edition: http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.Jp.NIHS.b.tar.gz (1300761 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.Jp.README (7347 bytes) The Japanese Edition supports the 2-byte character encoding sets EUC-JP and EUC-KR. The Japanese Edition requires NEXTSTEP 3.3J or higher, or OPENSTEP 4.xJ for Mach. GENERAL PRODUCT INFO LatinByrd is an RTF/RTFD to HTML converter, and a TIFF/EPS to GIF/PNG/JPEG image converter. LatinByrd converts RTF documents, RTFD documents, and ASCII documents to web pages in HTML format. LatinByrd converts single documents as well as document trees. In addition, LatinByrd also converts TIFF and EPS images to GIF, PNG, and JPEG graphics formats. Note: LatinByrd is optimized to convert documents which are in NeXT's version of RTF. Converting RTF documents created on other platforms may deliver poor results. Note: For LatinByrd to display the contents of GIF, PNG, and JPEG files in its image wells, you need to have an image filter application installed. ToyViewer.app is strongly recommended, as it can handle the new PNG format as well as ProgressiveJPEG. ToyViewer is freeware - get it now if you still don't have a copy. LatinByrd is a commercial product. Fully licensable demo. FREE time-limited test keys available. Just send email. PRICE Commercial license: US$ 119 Academic license: US$ 69 Image conversion only: US$ 49 (sorry, no academic discount) INFORMATION (ENGLISH & GERMAN) Stefan Schneider Software DI Stefan Schneider Lerchenfelder St. 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria, Europe +43-1-523-5834 stefan@ping.at http://members.ping.at/stefan/ INFORMATION (ENGLISH & FRENCH) SCRIBEX COMMUNICATIONS 1450 Plessis Street #204, Montreal, Qc, Canada H2L 2X4 Phone: (514) 526-3996 E-Mail: info@scribex.com (MIME - ASCII - HTML) http://www.scribex.com
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LatinByrd III Version 6 Date: 4 May 1998 20:03:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6il6uo$smj$1@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF LATINBYRD III VERSION 6 Vienna, May 4, 1998 -- LatinByrd III Version 6 has been made publically available. LB III v6 is a maintenance release, including two new features and two bug fixes. Update from previous versions (LB II through LB III v5) is free to registered users - please reuse your current license keys. New in LatinByrd III v6, compared to v5: - Table Row/Column End Tags LatinByrd III v6 now optionally outputs </tr>, </td>, and </th> table row/column end tags. Note: acc. to W3C's official HTML 3.2 Reference Specification, these end tags are as superfluous as is for instance the </p> tag. But try to tell this the morons at Netscape. Anyway, the end tags won't harm except making your web pages unnecessarily larger by perhaps a few bytes. - Automatic Copying of Referenced Documents During conversion of document trees, LatinByrd III v6 now checks whether any of the rejected files - i.e. those files which will not get converted to web pages - are referenced from within documents which will get converted. If so, the affected files are automatically carried over to the destination tree. Bug Fixes - LatinByrd III v5 did not correctly restore the font size and font color for a paragraph's text which comes after a link. (The font settings were restored correctly only in case the link text was underlined.). This has been fixed in LatinByrd III v6. - For a document tree containing - side-by-side - a subdirectory and a document which differ by extension only (for instance, a subdirectory "myName" and a document "myName.rtf"), LatinByrd III v5 created malformed URLs for links from other documents to "myName.rtf". This has been fixed in LatinByrd III v6. DOWNLOAD http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.NIHS.b.tar.gz (2259466 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.README (7071 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.LISEZMOI (7102 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.LIESMICH (7531 bytes) LatinByrd III v6 is compiled quad-fat, requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher - or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach - and is fully localized to English, French, and German, including on-line help. Users in Asia should download the Japanese Edition: http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.Jp.NIHS.b.tar.gz (1300761 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv6.Jp.README (7347 bytes) The Japanese Edition supports the 2-byte character encoding sets EUC-JP and EUC-KR. The Japanese Edition requires NEXTSTEP 3.3J or higher, or OPENSTEP 4.xJ for Mach. GENERAL PRODUCT INFO LatinByrd is an RTF/RTFD to HTML converter, and a TIFF/EPS to GIF/PNG/JPEG image converter. LatinByrd converts RTF documents, RTFD documents, and ASCII documents to web pages in HTML format. LatinByrd converts single documents as well as document trees. In addition, LatinByrd also converts TIFF and EPS images to GIF, PNG, and JPEG graphics formats. Note: LatinByrd is optimized to convert documents which are in NeXT's version of RTF. Converting RTF documents created on other platforms may deliver poor results. Note: For LatinByrd to display the contents of GIF, PNG, and JPEG files in its image wells, you need to have an image filter application installed. ToyViewer.app is strongly recommended, as it can handle the new PNG format as well as ProgressiveJPEG. ToyViewer is freeware - get it now if you still don't have a copy. LatinByrd is a commercial product. Fully licensable demo. FREE time-limited test keys available. Just send email. PRICE Commercial license: US$ 119 Academic license: US$ 69 Image conversion only: US$ 49 (sorry, no academic discount) INFORMATION (ENGLISH & GERMAN) Stefan Schneider Software DI Stefan Schneider Lerchenfelder St. 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria, Europe +43-1-523-5834 stefan@ping.at http://members.ping.at/stefan/ INFORMATION (ENGLISH & FRENCH) SCRIBEX COMMUNICATIONS 1450 Plessis Street #204, Montreal, Qc, Canada H2L 2X4 Phone: (514) 526-3996 E-Mail: info@scribex.com (MIME - ASCII - HTML) http://www.scribex.com
From: Tim Vetter <tvetter@paragon-software.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Paragon Releases OAK CORBA ORB Version 5.2.1 Date: 5 May 1998 03:12:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6im03l$7p0$1@news.digifix.com> Paragon Releases OAK CORBA ORB Version 5.2.1 Vienna, Virginia, 4 May 1998 - Paragon Software Inc., a leading provider of distributed computing products and services to corporate customers worldwide, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its flagship OAK CORBA Object Request Broker. OAK is a fast, highly-portable CORBA 2.0 ORB, unique in the world for its availability with Objective-C language bindings. OAK led the way in bringing the benefits of standards-based, cross-platform, cross-language messaging to specialized environments like NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, and WebObjects. Now OAK 5.2.1 makes writing distributed systems even easier with CORBA-compliance and usability enhancements like: - Full Interface and Implementation Repositories; - Naming and Events Common Object Services; - Improved developer documentation including detailed walkthroughs on building systems in Objective-C and C++. OAK 5.2.1 is available today. It ships with C++ bindings on all major platforms, including Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, and Linux; and with Objective-C bindings for all Apple Enterprise environments including NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, WebObjects, PDO, and Rhapsody. OAK is fully interoperable via the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) with ORBs from leading vendors like Borland/Visigenic, Iona, and Sun. For more information on the OAK ORB, or to download an evaluation copy, please visit Paragon's website at: http://www.paragon-software.com/products/oak/ Paragon Software, Inc. 2136 Gallows Road, Suite G Vienna, VA 22027 USA voice 703-876-1700 fax 703-876-1818 info@paragon-software.com http://www.paragon-software.com
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships C R E A T E (tm) 5.0 Date: 8 May 1998 21:07:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ivs73$rul$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 Stone Design Ships C R E A T E (tm) 5.0 Albuquerque, NM - May 11, 1998 - Longtime OpenStep and now Rhapsody developers, Stone Design, announced that Create 5, the powerful draw studio and web page maker has shipped for Rhapsody Developer Release 2 and OpenStep today. This release (B5) incorporates numerous new features and bug fixes. Create is the all-in-one drawing and web page production application that has been shipping on NeXTSTEP for over 8 years. Create has the power and features that graphic designers need to make professional web pages, flyers, letterheads and much more. Stone Design is offering a 5 month free trial period on this release (good through September 16th), beginning now. See WWW.STONE.COM to obtain the software and the trial license. Some of the new features in Create 5 include: ********************************************* * Double-Click Auto Installer for Rhapsody RDR 2 * Automatic antialiasing of graphics and EPS files (Rhapsody) Create ultra-smooth JPEG graphics using the antialias feature. This can be set on a per graphic basis, and a new preference switch can determine whether new objects have the smoothing or not. * Animator now produces GIF movies which can be turned into animated GIFs automatically with a new, included Applet called "GIFfun" You can edit the animations parameters in GIFfun, and quickly include these movies into your Create HTML docs. * More HTML options: - Option to output current page only - Option to inhibit production of graphics - Source and destination anchors - Control-click a graphic to go to its URL or local addres - Option to produce larger/smaller fontsizes - Clean HTML which works perfectly on IE and Netscape - Drag URLs from OmniWeb as new graphics with links - Drag URLs into rich text to add that link to the text - Float graphics in a self-centering table option - Bigger/smaller fonts switch - Open local image to be used in HTML production * A Name Browser to edit all the names of graphics and pages and what images and web addresses are used in web page production has been added: Tools->Name Browser... * SERVICES: convert RTF or ascii from other apps instantly into HTML: - If you write something in Edit, select it, Services: Create->Convert to HTML, it replaces your RTF with HTML * Smart names: Graphics names are now more comprehensible - Graphics name appears in statusField to show selection * Option to print background graphics at any transparency * Drag an image onto the Inspector's "view button" to automatically load it as the tiled background image. * Drag out document as RTF file * See who's using up all the Create licenses on your network: - use of the updated Licenser Kit has network usage information. * Updated Icons * Hundreds of bug fixes Create 5 has a list price of $695, but is being offered Pre-Customer Release 1 for $249, furthermore, Stone Design offers academic pricing. To upgrade from Create 4.x, please contact Katie Graunke at Stone Design (katie@stone.com) If you purchased Create 4.x after Feb 12th, 1998, you receive a FREE upgrade. For others, the upgrade price is $59 for regular end users, $39 for academics and students. For more information about Create, please visit the Stone Design web site: http://www.stone.com/ To reach a human, please call between 9:00am and 5:00pm, MST: 505-345-4800, or try us anytime via email: info@stone.com Create Features: ******************* Tools: * Drawing tools include: Line, Straight Line, Curve, Arc, Rectangle, Oval, Rounded Rectangle, Bezier Spline, Spline-Line, Poly Line, Freehand, Brush, Polygon Star, Interface "Box", Video, Rich Text and Super Text. * Other types of graphics include: Text bound to a path, EPS and TIFF images, Groups, Box "Button" Groups, Mask Groups, Date & Page Markers. Effects: Each graphic can contain some or all of the following PostScript effects: * Outline - set the width, color and visibility of the stroke of an object. * Neon - Stone's unique Neon feature makes splashing, 3D lines. * Multiple - each object can be repeated any number of times at any offset. * Skew - torque and twist objects. * Shadow - set the color, direction and offset of the object's shadow. * Shaded Fill - fill objects with blended colors or lines: across, down, radially. * Pattern Fill - PS Level II patterns that you create with Pattern Editor. * Group - Manage complexity by grouping objects. See also Levels below. * Mask Group - Clip any number of objects to the object on top of them e.g., fill Super Text with a picture of a sunset. * Box Group - a grouping technique which puts an interface box around objects: Make instant WEB BUTTONS! * Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical. * Scale - set the vertical and horizontal scaling separately or together. * Rotate - Using Stone's rotational slider, precisely rotate objects. * Copy and Paste effects from one graphic to another. * Color blends: transparent colors, CMYK, RGB, HSB, and Grayscales. * Name - you can name graphics for ease of selection & editing HTML * Each graphic can link to a web address * Store the Effects for instant visual retrieval in the Effects Palette Precise Design: * Zoom: Unlimited zoom and custom zooms are remembered. You can zoom in on an area with CONTROL-SHIFT drag. * Undo: as many levels of undo and redo as you like - 30 by default. * Object layering: Bring To Front, Bring Closer, Send to Back, Send Further, Lock and Unlock. * Grids: control grid spacing, color, visibility and "snap-to" independently. * Rulers: Work in points, picas, inches or centimeters. * Layers: Each page can be composed of independently nameable, hideable, lockable layers * Layout Guides for easy placement of objects. * Alignment: Align objects to top, bottom, middle, left, center and right. * Distribution: Distribute objects evenly left to right and/or top to bottom. * Nudge: using arrow keys or Nudge inspector, move objects precise amounts. * Each page can have a background image for tracing or presentation. * Define default colors of an object's effects. Text Handling: 2 Text types available: Super Text and Paragraph Text * Paragraph Text has full support for Rich Text Format: multifont, multicolor, multi paragraph text. Sub and superscripting, ligatures, kerning and line spacing. Spell Checking. Underline, italics, bold. Rulers, tabs and indents. * Super Text: can have all of Create's effects applied to it. Instantly place along rose, circle, upper or lower arc. Optional background color. Support for 2-byte fonts, like Kai-Su. Convert Super Text to splines. Place along any path: bind Super Text to Splines or Spline-Lines. * Convert Super Text to Paragraph Text and vice versa. Multiple Pages: * Add, Copy, Paste, Duplicate or Delete pages. * Reorder pages with easy interface. * "Play" (continuously loop through) pages. * Automated pagination with Page Marker. Splines and Lines: * Add and delete handles, Join and separate splines and lines. * Turn objects into splines. Tighten, Loosen and Animate splines. * Reverse path of splines and polylines. 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. * Specify any image (local or net) for destination HTML (such as Animated GIFS) * Custom HTML: - Document titles can have a custom prefix, such as the site name, - add your own custom header and/or footer to each page. * Set the quality of the JPEG images created for export. * Automatic use of GIF if preferred or if transparent images are required. * Configure HTML Preferences per document and per page. * Drag & drop URL's from OmniWeb for instant links * Command-Click in any graphic to load the HTTP address or local page * Anchors: both destination and source anchors are supported. * Name Browser to quickly name objects & pages. Import/Export * Instantly drag out images via Create's unique "Data Well" * Import EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PICT and native file formats. * EPS files can be automatically antialiased (Rhapsody) * Autotrace: converts scanned images to editable graphics. * Export as EPS, PS, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, Ascii, RTF, HTML, CreateImage and Create. * TIFF export: control bit depth, alpha and compression method. * PNG import/export on Rhapsody Linking * Exported EPS can be reimported and edited. * Embed Create graphics in other documents with Object Linking (MACH) * Paste and Link other application's graphics and text into Create (MACH) * True object links with no redundant storage (MACH) 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. * Save your Effects and drag and drop them on other graphics * Entire searchable manual in HTML available at www.stone.com. * Suggestion Box to email Stone with your bug reports and suggestions. * License the product directly from the Application Expert Features: * Preferences: customizations that control every aspect of Create. Configure Create just the way YOU want! * User PostScript Editor - an environment where you can write and execute PostScript programs: Open, execute, modify and save PS files. Visually set the bounding box of any PostScript. * Templates: You can 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. - gifAnim: a sequence of GIFs for use in "GIFfun"(TM) by Stone. - tiffAnim: a sequence of TIFFs for use in various Movie.apps. * 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 more features, but we ran out of room! -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/Rhapsody marketplace. Create(TM) - the high end drawing and web page making package - is Rhapsody and Apple Yellowbox's first application. All other names are trademarked by their respective companies.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <14191894168024@digifix.com> Date: 10 May 1998 03:49:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <1563894772823@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: <14190894168021@digifix.com> Date: 10 May 1998 03:49:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <1562894772821@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar Subject: cmsg cancel <6j82dn$9ad$112@news.on> Control: cancel <6j82dn$9ad$112@news.on> Date: 11 May 1998 23:43:14 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6j82dn$9ad$112@news.on> Sender: FAST CASH @fgdfg.asdf 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: <1563894772823@digifix.com> Date: 17 May 1998 03:49:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <10467895377628@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: <1562894772821@digifix.com> Date: 17 May 1998 03:49:39 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <10466895377625@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Jack Nutting <jnutting@iaxs.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Rebisoft Inc releases 'Brown Box' for OpenStep Date: 18 May 1998 05:19:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogcc$mru$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release for more information, please contact: Jack Nutting jnutting@rebisoft.com http://www.rebisoft.com Rebisoft Inc releases 'Brown Box' for OpenStep Stockholm, Sweden - May 15, 1998 - Rebisoft Inc announced immediate availability of the 'Brown Box' virtual machine (also known as Stella) for OpenStep/Mach 4.2 for Intel. Future versions will also be released for Rhapsody and Mac OS X. The Brown Box provides a virtual machine allowing OpenStep users to run existing Atari 2600 applications without any recompilation or porting effort. A keyboard interface allows play of both one- and two-player games. "One of the biggest roadblocks to widespread acceptance of OpenStep and Rhapsody has been the lack of third-party applications," commented Jack Nutting, president of Rebisoft Inc. "With Brown Box technology, customers can upgrade to a modern OS, and at the same time retain their valuable software investments. It is now possible to run legacy applications in a virtual machine environment that is rock-solid. You can really live in this environment." Supported applications include popular arcade classics such as Ms. Pacman, Asteroids, and Battlezone, as well as 2600-only titles such as Pitfall, RiverRaid, Solaris, and Chase the Chuckwagon. An application running in the Brown Box VM runs in a window of its own, allowing BrownBox applications to run side-by-side with standard application software. Darrin O'Leary, president of Subsume Inc, commented, "I fully expect the Brown Box to be the killer app for Rhapsody." Stella.app requires OpenStep/Mach 4.2 for Intel. A tar'd and gzip'd file containing the application, as well as a README and a screenshot, are available at the following locations: http://www.rebisoft.com/ftp/Stella.0.7.m.I.tar.gz http://www.rebisoft.com/ftp/Stella.0.7.README http://www.rebisoft.com/ftp/Stella.0.7.gif For more info please visit http://www.rebisoft.com
From: Caffeine Software <info@caffeineSoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Caffeine Software Release Award-Winning TIFFany3 PR-7 Date: 18 May 1998 05:21:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogha$n02$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ Caffeine Software Release Award-Winning TIFFany3 PR-7 May 15, 1998 / Santa Clara, CA. One month after the release of TIFFany3 PR-6, Caffeine Software announces the public release of the latest version of the TIFFany3 image processing software. TIFFany3 was the only image processing application selected as a "Hot Pick" at Seybold NY, further delineating it as "Rhapsody's first killer app." Seybold editors said "We were impressed enough by the description of this company's products to call it a Hot Pick." In comparison to the PR-6 release, the PR-7 version of TIFFany3 has been tuned for better performance and memory management. It has also received a number of new features, as well as an easy setup feature for first-time installations. TIFFany3 PR-7 is available for the three OpenStep 4.2 architectures as well as a twin-fat binary for Apple's new operating system, Rhapsody. Starting with PR-7, TIFFany3 will be released as a binary for the DR2 version of Rhapsody; for compatibility reasons, PR-7 is still available as a DR1 version, but after PR-7 the support for DR1 will be terminated. TIFFany3 will be released in three versions - Basic, Professional, and Server. The binary which is ready for download from our ftp site is configured as the Professional version. Caffeine Software offer a free one-user floating license for TIFFany3 for evaluation purposes. In order to obtain a license, send an email to license-request@caffeineSoft.com and an automated reply with an embedded license string will be sent to you immediately. Since the PR-7 release is a beta application release running on a beta operating system, we appreciate any comments and suggestions as well as bug reports users may have. Such reports should be submitted to bugs@caffeineSoft.com. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. This is very useful for manual sharpening or color balancing, where multiple application of one and the same operation would result in undesired effects. * Operation logging: all operations performed to any document can be logged on a per-operator basis and used for billing or other purposes. * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers. You can download a free trial version of TIFFany3 from Caffeine's anonymous ftp site at ftp://ftp.caffeineSoft.com/pub/t3/ For additional information on TIFFany3, Caffeine Software or Caffeine's other innovative products please visit our web site at http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ or contact Caffeine at info@caffeineSoft.com. For a free trial license for TIFFany3, please send an email to mailto:license-request@caffeineSoft.com and an automated message containing your license key will be sent to you immediately. ~~~ 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: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (15.5.98) Date: 18 May 1998 05:23:05 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogjp$n03$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 63 May 15 00:15 Rhapsody/commercial/developer/JoyServices.1.00.m.PI.b.README 60 May 15 00:15 Rhapsody/commercial/developer/JoyServices.1.00.m.PI.b.tgz 54 May 15 00:15 OpenStep/implementation/solaris/OpenStep.1.1.README 54 May 15 00:15 OpenStep/implementation/solaris/OpenStep.1.1.tar.gz 48 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.H.b.tar.gz 48 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.I.b.tar.gz 48 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.N.b.tar.gz 44 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.README 48 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.S.b.tar.gz 51 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.Source.README 54 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.Source.sd.tar.gz 50 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.Utils.README 52 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/tools/archiver/Opener.3.4.Utils.s.tar.gz 51 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.Dutch.5.NI.b.tar.gz 52 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.French.4.NI.b.tar.gz 52 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.German.4.NI.b.tar.gz 56 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.Portuguese.1.NI.b.tar.gz 38 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.ReadMe 53 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.Spanish.1.NI.b.tar.gz 56 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.UK_English.1.NI.b.tar.gz 56 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/services/Ortho.US_English.1.NI.b.tar.gz 51 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/apps/PDFViewer.1.22b.NIHS.b.tar.gz 44 May 15 00:18 NEXTSTEP/text/apps/PDFViewer.1.22b.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Sean Luke <seanl@csl.sony.co.jp> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Resound 3.0 for Rhapsody now available Date: 18 May 1998 05:24:32 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogmg$n04$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Resound 3.0 for Rhapsody Now Available May 14, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan - Sean Luke and Jerome Genest announced today the official release of Resound 3.0 for the Rhapsody DR1 and (if it works) DR2. Resound is a sophisticated, modular sound editor originally for NeXTSTEP. Resound 3.0 marks the port of Resound to the Rhapsody developer release, running under the PowerPC and Intel architectures. Resound 3.0 is free, and comes with full source code. To download Resound, or find more information about it, please see the Resound web page at http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/seanl/Resound/ If you have any questions, Sean Luke can be contacted at seanl@cs.umd.edu
From: Wilhelm Pitzeier <willi@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELASE: JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED JOY 2.0 FOR RHAPSODY AND MACOS X SHOWN AT WWDC Date: 18 May 1998 05:24:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogms$n05$1@news.digifix.com> AAA+ SOFTWARE PRESENTS JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED JOY 2.0 FOR RHAPSODY AND MACOS X --Integrates all Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java API's into JavaScript San Jose, 12 May 1998 (WWDC). AAA+ Software is showing a preview of version 2.0 of its developer productivity and rapid application development tool, Joy, at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Joy 2.0 integrates language features of C, Objective-C, and Java into JavaScript, allowing developers to use all MacOS X API's (Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java) from one interpreted language. Developers' and third-party libraries are accessible too, with no "glue code" required. Joy 2.0 will fit perfectly into Apple's WebObjects framework, providing a more powerful alternative to WebScript. "At WWDC we are showing for the first time how you can use Macintosh Toolbox calls and Yellow Box API simultaneously from Joy on Rhapsody DR2. Joy allows you to integrate heterogeneous software components into one application, without changing either codebase," says Rainer Staringer, chief developer of Joy. Due to Joy's integration with Apple's InterfaceBuilder, creating full-fledged graphical user-interface applications is a matter of minutes. Joy-enhanced InterfaceBuilder files can be saved as multi-platform, standalone applications or reusable components Currently supported target platforms are Apple Rhapsody, Windows 95/NT, and OPENSTEP/MachOS. No other developer tools are required except InterfaceBuilder. Joy includes a graphical application inspector for browsing Objective-C runtime information. Joy can be loaded at runtime into any Yellow Box application, making it possible to inspect and modify applications without access to their source code. Joy 1.0 received a Finalist Award in the category 'Best Tool for New Technologies' at the Macworld/MacTech Editors Choice Awards celebration. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF JOY 2.0 - JavaScript-compliant scripting language integrating C, Objective-C, and Java - developers can implement Objective-C methods as JavaScript functions and call them transparently from Objective-C - new Objective-C or Java classes can be implemented in JavaScript - any C function can be called after declaring a prototype (tools for extracting prototypes from C header files are provided) - complete language support for all Objective-C and Java data types - Objective-C or JavaScript syntax for method calls - support for garbage-collected Objective-C objects - The Tcl-based Joy 1.x scripting language will continue to be supported and enhanced in Joy 2.0. AVAILABILITY - 1.x versions of Joy Explorer/Joy Developer/Joy Services for Apple Rhapsody, Windows 95/NT, and OPENSTEP/MachOS platforms NOW! - Joy 2.0 in Q3/98, prerelease versions available to registered users on request - FREE upgrade to Joy 2.0! The fully licensable demo of Joy is available for free download at: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html There are two license types: Joy Explorer and Joy Developer. Joy Explorer is the ideal tool for exploring the Yellow Box frameworks. Developers can create small utilities by using just Rhapsody's Joy-enhanced Interface Builder application. No other development tools are required. These utilities will run in Interface Builder's Test Interface mode. Joy Developer provides full functionality for developing sophisticated applications. Using the "Save Nib as App" feature, users can turn graphical user interfaces created in Interface Builder into stand-alone applications that run on any Yellow Box platform. Joy Services, a freeware scripting application implemented entirely in Joy, is available for free. Users can enhance their work environment by implementing short Joy scripts. Corresponding menu items are added to Rhapsody's Services menu. Some useful example services are included. Joy Services does NOT require a Joy license, but requires the free demo version of Joy to run. License keys for Joy Explorer and Joy Developer are $69 and $399 respectively. Upgrade license keys from Joy Explorer to Joy Developer are $339. Upgrade from Joy 1.x to Joy 2.0 will be free. Temporary Joy Developer evaluation keys are available through automatic reply email. Just send an empty message to: joykey-request@aaa-plus.com License keys can be ordered directly from AAA+ or through Developer Depot (http://www.devdepot.com/SBDisplayItem.qry?ItemCode=SJOYDEV). Further information is available from: AAA+ Software Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 e-mail: joy@aaa-plus.com website: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/index.html AAA+, Joy Explorer, and Joy Developer are registered trademarks of AAA+ Software F&E GmbH. WebObjects and InterfaceBuilder are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Additional names may be trademarks of individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
From: Pierre Schwarz <peschwar@diapool.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New Smalltalk/X for Next (68k) Date: 18 May 1998 05:25:02 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogne$n06$1@news.digifix.com> New Smalltalk/X for Next (68k) ------------------------------ The latest demo release of Smalltalk/X is available from ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/stx. Before downloading read carefully README.DEMO_DISTRIB, README.NEXT and README. Thanks, Pierre. peschwar@diapool.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
From: Peter Rasmussen <Rasmus@rasmus.interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: InterACTIVE-Technology TO LAUNCH FIRST PRODUCT -- ACTIVEDEVELOPER -- IN BETA RELEASE Date: 18 May 1998 05:25:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogoo$n07$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ InterACTIVE-Technology TO LAUNCH FIRST PRODUCT -- ACTIVEDEVELOPER -- IN BETA RELEASE May ll. 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Finally, here it is, what we've all been waiting for, so long. ActiveDeveloper, our take on thinking different about OPENSTEP development,is a Distributed and Smalltalk-like Development Environment for Objective-C, OpenStep, YellowBox and Rhapsody. Available today, as Entry-level incarnation, ActiveDeveloper makes OpenStep and YellowBox NATIVE Development feel as if it were interpreted. And on top of that, it offers you: - On-line Evaluation, Display, Inspection ... everywhere ... - On-line Object Graph Browser ... - On-line Class and Category Editors ... enabling code reloading ... - On-line Smalltalk-like Workspaces ... After you have Activated your ProjectBuilder projects, ActiveDeveloper will give them Edit-Compile-Play cycles in seconds ... even on a slow Pentium-II system. So, why bother resorting to some Scripting language, when you can now get truly InterACTIVE with NATIVE OpenStep and Yellow Box Power. - cause Native means ... one language and all code under ProjectBuilder - cause Native means ... no extra runtime in deployment - cause Native means ... no extra runtime penalty on performance - cause Native means ... not only for GUIs or particular kinds of projects. Available today in Beta Release, with a single user time limited floating license. Downloadable from our WebSite at <http://www.interactive-technology.com> WWDC-1998 Coverage: Unfortunately, due to active development we couldn't make it to come and shake your hands personally at the WWDC this year. To compensate for this we plan on providing Web development demonstrations throughout the week. Check us out for daily Activations of Rhapsody Examples for use with ActiveDeveloper. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: Peter Rasmussen <Rasmus@rasmus.interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: InterACTIVE-Technology TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR YELLOWBOX AND RHAPSODY DEVELOPMENT Date: 18 May 1998 05:26:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogq2$n08$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ InterACTIVE-Technology TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR YELLOWBOX AND RHAPSODY DEVELOPMENT May ll. 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- After 6 years of exciting rollercoaster ride throughout the European NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk marketplaces, our time for coming-out has arrived. So here it is - "Hello Apple World !". On the first WWDC day of the new Apple, and on our 6.th years anniversary. Today, we are able to release our first product, called ActiveDeveloper, in a series of YellowBox and Rhapsody Development Tools (See separate Press Release). What to us made the difference, and founded our decision for this coming-out, was the entry of Apple on the OPENSTEP stage and our observation how they really committed themselves to adding 1 and 1 up to 3 or even 4 - in creating Rhapsody and the YellowBox. So, while you are now all looking forward, beyond Rhapsody Developer Releases, into the future and the added full Java- and MultiMedia support - we believe that now is also a good time for looking backwards and for thinking. Thinkinking about what baggage it's worth while to carry along into the new world Here is our take from years of Dynamic OO experience: - forget function calls -> think message passing - forget deep class hierarchies -> think categories, -> think protocols, -> think delegation - forget pedantic compiler checks -> think runtime language support - forget compiletime development -> think runtime development So, enjoy your Object journeys everyone and remember, that you are always welcome to step by and visit us at InterACTIVE-Technology <http://www.interactive-technology.com>, where we have been thinking and working different for years - to create a better place. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: Bill Gram-Reefer <reefer@worldview-bbs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Helios server software for Rhapsody released at Apple Worldwide Developer Conference Date: 18 May 1998 05:26:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogqr$n09$1@news.digifix.com> Helios server software for Rhapsody released at Apple Worldwide Developer Conference Helios AppleTalk Toolkit and APIs also available for Rhapsody May 11, 1998- Cupertino, CA, Apple Worldwide Developer Conference- Supporting more AppleShare servers worldwide than any other Unix software, Helios Software GmbH, a leading vendor of Unix/RISC-based network and prepress server software, announced the availability of Rhapsody versions of Helios EtherShare, EtherShare OPI , and PDF Handshake at Apple Computer's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). All WWDC participants will receive a CD with Helios "a2" pre-versions for the latest Rhapsody developer release in their conference binder. Helios will also provide these versions to Apple's official Rhapsody seeding partners on request. Due to tight deadlines, Helios PDF Handshake could not be included on Helios' WWDC CD, but is made available over the Internet. The Helios web server http://www.helios.com provides detailed information. "This Helios software makes any Rhapsody Macintosh a powerful file and prepress server," says Helmut Tschemernjak, president of Helios. "Macintosh users can access their Rhapsody machine like any other AppleShare file server. Developers will like this idea because it makes transfer of program listings and binaries between MacOS and Rhapsody a lot more convenient." In addition to the developer community, system managers and network users will also find Rhapsody-based Macintosh computers a fast and versatile print spooler, OPI server, PostScript font server, ColorSync separation server, and a powerful PDF color print and workflow server. Administration of an Helios server on Rhapsody can be done from any Macintosh in the network, or from within Rhapsody's BlueBox. Helios also announced the release of pre-versions of its AppleTalk Toolkit, which offers identical APIs for AppleTalk on all Helios supported server platforms, and its other developer tools for Rhapsody. The Helios pre-releases for Rhapsody are provided free of charge. However, the license is time limited until November 2, 1998. Smart Ideas for Better Networking Helios products run on powerful and scalable Unix/RISC-based servers from Apple Computer, Data General, Digital, HP, IBM, Motorola, SGI, and Sun, providing reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients. Helios products are sold worldwide by distributors and value added resellers to provide complete networking solutions to customers. Helios software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by major vendors in the prepress industry. For further editor information please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany fax +49 5131-70-93-25; Internet: marketing@helios.de; or by World-Wide-Web access at http://www.helios.com. For U.S.-based sales information, contact: European Mikrograf Corporation, HELIOS Software GmbH.'s U.S. distributor, located at 269 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 100, Scotts Valley, CA 95066; 408-461-6061 (voice); 408-461-6056 (fax); Internet: info@ugraf.com, http://www.ugraf.com. Contact: Peter Mayr HELIOS Software GmbH +49-5131-709328 marketing@helios.de Bill Gram-Reefer WORLDVIEW 510-676-4733 reefer@worldview-bbs.com
From: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 for OPENSTEP 4.2/Mach Date: 18 May 1998 05:26:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogr1$n0a$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay Framework 0.9.0, April 10, 1998 ============================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), May 10, 1998 Description =========== This archive contains an OpenStep framework for the cryptographic library SSLeay written by Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>. Install it only on NeXT, SPARC, or Intel-based computers running OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.asc and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.asc Installation ============ Use the Installer.app. The recommended location for this framework is /LocalLibrary/Frameworks. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures (MOTOROLA, INTEL and SUN) are supported. Warning! ======== It is illegal to use this software inside of the USA. Inside the USA the RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms. If you are in the USA, you are required to use the RSAref version of this framework. In case that you need such a version, please contact Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> or check the URL http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/. Copyright ========= Copyright (C) 1997 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved. Source Code =========== You can obtain the source code via ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/. Thanks ====== Thanks to Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> for the RSAref version of this framework. Contact Information =================== For questions about the OPENSTEP Package write to: Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail) For questions about the SSLeay Libraries itself write to: Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> or Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com> You can find the FAQ's at http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/.
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships Create 5 for MACH, YellowBox & Rhapsody Date: 18 May 1998 05:27:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogrm$n0b$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com/pr/Create_5_Press_Release.html Stone Design Ships C R E A T E (tm) 5.0 Albuquerque, NM - May 11, 1998 - Longtime OpenStep and now Rhapsody developers, Stone Design, announced that Create 5, the powerful draw studio and web page maker has shipped for Rhapsody Developer Release, Yellow Box for Windows, and OpenStep today. This release incorporates numerous new features and bug fixes. Create is the all-in-one drawing and web page production application that has been shipping on NeXTSTEP for over 8 years. Create has the power and features that graphic designers need to make professional web pages, flyers, letterheads and much more. Stone Design is offering a 5 month free trial period on this release (good through September 16th), beginning now. See WWW.STONE.COM to obtain the software and the trial license. Some of the new features in Create 5 include: ******************************************** * Double-Click Auto Installer for Rhapsody RDR * Automatic antialiasing of graphics and EPS files (Rhapsody) Create ultra-smooth JPEG graphics using the antialias feature. This can be set on a per graphic basis, and a new preference switch can determine whether new objects have the smoothing or not. * Animator now produces GIF movies which can be turned into animated GIFs automatically with a new, included Applet called "GIFfun" You can edit the animations parameters in GIFfun, and quickly include these movies into your Create HTML docs. * More HTML options: - Option to output current page only - Option to inhibit production of graphics - Source and destination anchors - Control-click a graphic to go to its URL or local addres - Option to produce larger/smaller fontsizes - Clean HTML which works perfectly on IE and Netscape - Drag URLs from OmniWeb as new graphics with links - Drag URLs into rich text to add that link to the text - Float graphics in a self-centering table option - Bigger/smaller fonts switch - Open local image to be used in HTML production * A Name Browser to edit all the names of graphics and pages and what images and web addresses are used in web page production has been added: Tools->Name Browser... * SERVICES: convert RTF or ascii from other apps instantly into HTML: - If you write something in Edit, select it, Services: Create->Convert to HTML, it replaces your RTF with HTML * Smart names: Graphics names are now more comprehensible - Graphics name appears in statusField to show selection * Option to print background graphics at any transparency * Drag an image onto the Inspector's "view button" to automatically load it as the tiled background image. * Drag out document as RTF file * See who's using up all the Create licenses on your network: - use of the updated Licenser Kit has network usage information. * Updated Icons * Hundreds of bug fixes Create 5 has a list price of $695, but is being offered Pre-Customer Release 1 for $249, furthermore, Stone Design offers academic pricing. To upgrade from Create 4.x, please contact Katie Graunke at Stone Design (katie@stone.com) If you purchased Create 4.x after Feb 12th, 1998, you receive a FREE upgrade. For others, the upgrade price is $59 for regular end users, $39 for academics and students. For more information about Create, please visit the Stone Design web site: http://www.stone.com/ To reach a human, please call between 9:00am and 5:00pm, MST: 505-345-4800, or try us anytime via email: info@stone.com Create Features: **************** Tools: * Drawing tools include: Line, Straight Line, Curve, Arc, Rectangle, Oval, Rounded Rectangle, Bezier Spline, Spline-Line, Poly Line, Freehand, Brush, Polygon Star, Interface "Box", Video, Rich Text and Super Text. * Other types of graphics include: Text bound to a path, EPS and TIFF images, Groups, Box "Button" Groups, Mask Groups, Date & Page Markers. Effects: Each graphic can contain some or all of the following PostScript effects: * Outline - set the width, color and visibility of the stroke of an object. * Neon - Stone's unique Neon feature makes splashing, 3D lines. * Multiple - each object can be repeated any number of times at any offset. * Skew - torque and twist objects. * Shadow - set the color, direction and offset of the object's shadow. * Shaded Fill - fill objects with blended colors or lines: across, down, radially. * Pattern Fill - PS Level II patterns that you create with Pattern Editor. * Group - Manage complexity by grouping objects. See also Levels below. * Mask Group - Clip any number of objects to the object on top of them e.g., fill Super Text with a picture of a sunset. * Box Group - a grouping technique which puts an interface box around objects: Make instant WEB BUTTONS! * Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical. * Scale - set the vertical and horizontal scaling separately or together. * Rotate - Using Stone's rotational slider, precisely rotate objects. * Copy and Paste effects from one graphic to another. * Color blends: transparent colors, CMYK, RGB, HSB, and Grayscales. * Name - you can name graphics for ease of selection & editing HTML * Each graphic can link to a web address * Store the Effects for instant visual retrieval in the Effects Palette Precise Design: * Zoom: Unlimited zoom and custom zooms are remembered. You can zoom in on an area with CONTROL-SHIFT drag. * Undo: as many levels of undo and redo as you like - 30 by default. * Object layering: Bring To Front, Bring Closer, Send to Back, Send Further, Lock and Unlock. * Grids: control grid spacing, color, visibility and "snap-to" independently. * Rulers: Work in points, picas, inches or centimeters. * Layers: Each page can be composed of independently nameable, hideable, lockable layers * Layout Guides for easy placement of objects. * Alignment: Align objects to top, bottom, middle, left, center and right. * Distribution: Distribute objects evenly left to right and/or top to bottom. * Nudge: using arrow keys or Nudge inspector, move objects precise amounts. * Each page can have a background image for tracing or presentation. * Define default colors of an object's effects. Text Handling: 2 Text types available: Super Text and Paragraph Text * Paragraph Text has full support for Rich Text Format: multifont, multicolor, multi paragraph text. Sub and superscripting, ligatures, kerning and line spacing. Spell Checking. Underline, italics, bold. Rulers, tabs and indents. * Super Text: can have all of Create's effects applied to it. Instantly place along rose, circle, upper or lower arc. Optional background color. Support for 2-byte fonts, like Kai-Su. Convert Super Text to splines. Place along any path: bind Super Text to Splines or Spline-Lines. * Convert Super Text to Paragraph Text and vice versa. Multiple Pages: * Add, Copy, Paste, Duplicate or Delete pages. * Reorder pages with easy interface. * "Play" (continuously loop through) pages. * Automated pagination with Page Marker. Splines and Lines: * Add and delete handles, Join and separate splines and lines. * Turn objects into splines. Tighten, Loosen and Animate splines. * Reverse path of splines and polylines. 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. * Specify any image (local or net) for destination HTML (such as Animated GIFS) * Custom HTML: - Document titles can have a custom prefix, such as the site name, - add your own custom header and/or footer to each page. * Set the quality of the JPEG images created for export. * Automatic use of GIF if preferred or if transparent images are required. * Configure HTML Preferences per document and per page. * Drag & drop URL's from OmniWeb for instant links * Command-Click in any graphic to load the HTTP address or local page * Anchors: both destination and source anchors are supported. * Name Browser to quickly name objects & pages. Import/Export * Instantly drag out images via Create's unique "Data Well" * Import EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PICT and native file formats. * EPS files can be automatically antialiased (Rhapsody) * Autotrace: converts scanned images to editable graphics. * Export as EPS, PS, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, Ascii, RTF, HTML, CreateImage and Create. * TIFF export: control bit depth, alpha and compression method. * PNG import/export on Rhapsody Linking * Exported EPS can be reimported and edited. * Embed Create graphics in other documents with Object Linking (MACH) * Paste and Link other application's graphics and text into Create (MACH) * True object links with no redundant storage (MACH) 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. * Save your Effects and drag and drop them on other graphics * Entire searchable manual in HTML available at www.stone.com. * Suggestion Box to email Stone with your bug reports and suggestions. * License the product directly from the Application Expert Features: * Preferences: customizations that control every aspect of Create. Configure Create just the way YOU want! * User PostScript Editor - an environment where you can write and execute PostScript programs: Open, execute, modify and save PS files. Visually set the bounding box of any PostScript. * Templates: You can 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. - gifAnim: a sequence of GIFs for use in "GIFfun"(TM) by Stone. - tiffAnim: a sequence of TIFFs for use in various Movie.apps. * 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! -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/Rhapsody marketplace. Create(TM) - the high end drawing and web page making package - is Rhapsody and Apple Yellowbox's first application. All other names are trademarked by their respective companies.
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships GIFfun(tm): Free Web Animation Tool Date: 18 May 1998 05:27:28 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogs0$n0c$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com/GIFfun/GIFfun_by_Stone_Design.html Stone Design Ships GIFfun(TM) for Making Web Animations First Freeware For Yellow Box San Jose California - May 11th, 1998 - Longtime OpenStep and now Rhapsody developers, Stone Design Corp, announced their new application, GIFfun today. GIFfun is a drag and drop GIF frame editor and creation tool for Animated GIFS for use in Web pages. The application, source code and instructional web tutorial are available totally free. GIFfun runs on Rhapsody, Yellow Box for Windows and OpenStep for MACH on all supported architectures, and is included in the latest distribution of Create Version 5. GIFfun is easy to use. Simply drag a folder of images onto GIFfun's main window, and GIFfun will automatically create an animated GIF, and display it in your web browser to show you the default animation. You can change the order of the frames, add and delete image frames, alter the time delay between slides in your animation, and set the number of times the animation plays. An Options panel lets you select disposal method of previous frames as well as the index of the color to be made transparent. Users can automatically create the GIF frames in Stone Design's Create(V5) by using the Animation tool's new Save As GIFs option, or by using the Create's unique "Image Well" to drag images directly into GIFfun. GIFfun remembers the user's preferences, and also publishes itself as a Service for instant GIF animation directly from Create. GIFfun is free and the source code is available. Visit the Stone Design web site to download your copy of GIFfun for Rhapsody, YellowBox for Windows and OpenStep for Mach: www.stone.com -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/Rhapsody marketplace. Create(TM) - the high end drawing studio and web page making package - is Rhapsody and Apple Yellowbox's first application. All other names are trademarked by their respective companies.
From: scott@openbase.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: OpenBase Date: 18 May 1998 05:27:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jogsp$n0d$1@news.digifix.com> WWDC '98 San Jose, CA, May 11, 1998 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1. OPENBASE 5.2 SHIPS TO CUSTOMERS 2. OPENBASE BUSINESS SUITE ANNOUNCED, BETA AVAILABLE 3. POWERED BY OPENBASE PARTNER PROGRAM 4. OPENBASE TO EXHIBIT AT WWDC '98 5. OPENBASE LITE BUNDLED WITH MESA SPREADSHEET 6. OPENBASE PRICE & LICENSING CHANGES ================================= 1. OPENBASE 5.2 SHIPS TO CUSTOMERS ================================= OpenBase today announced the availability of OpenBase 5.2 Relational Database Server for Rhapsody DR2, OpenStep and Windows NT. OpenBase 5.2 offers remote internet access and administration, replication services, 100% native JDBC access, MacOS clients and many other new features. Used by thousands of companies spanning 37 countries, OpenBase is proven in demanding corporate production environments. At the same time, it is an ideal SQL-standard database choice for organizations who also want a future- safe environment that lets them take advantage of the latest object technologies and web tools. Andreas Glocker of Sirius Connections, an internet provider with a 500,000 row database says, "OpenBase has proven amazing reliability over the last four years. As our business has grown OpenBase has kept up. We are very excited to see it come out on Rhapsody. " Kevin Ford, president of Computer Active in Ontario says, "One of our programmers wrote a system using the OpenBase API in less than a day. Doing the same thing using Oracle OCIs took more than three. OpenBase demonstrates a level of quality and robustness rarely seen in the software world." OpenBase exceeds the industry standards by providing powerful features not found in other database systems. OpenBase pioneered the concept of true data file portability and change notification across operating environments and the internet. Paul Summermatter Chief Engineer and founder of LGS Systems Inc., a medical systems and solutions company, says, "OpenBase has given us a tremendous amount of flexibility in distributing cross-platform solutions to our clients that include NT, Mac, and Unix environments. It has also proven to be a rock solid 24x7 performer. In the medical field, we can expect no less." Aaron Morse, an engineer for Apple says, "OpenBase exhibits a level of maturity and performance that has added to the success of The Shaper Image website. As one of the developers of the site, OpenBase has been a pleasure to work with." With its industrial-strength, fault-tolerant design, OpenBase continues to be the choice of organizations that want both the flexibility of innovative design and the proven reliability of a traditional production environment. Advanced Features Include: -- Platform Independence allows databases to move transparently between operating systems and computer architectures. -- Internet-Enabled Client/Server Architecture lets you manage distributed databases across the Internet as easily as across a LAN. -- Application Notification automatically updates fields when data changes so users always see current information. -- Multi-Threaded Architecture processes queries simultaneously so client applications never have to wait. -- Variable Record Length Technology removes blank space to make data files small and compact. -- Replication Services provide synchronization between OpenBase databases and with other data sources, enabling local fault-tolerant operations. -- 100% Native JDBC allows Java based OpenBase applications to run on any platform or Network Computer that supports Java. -- 100% Enterprise Objects and WebObjects compatibility allows developers to use the latest tools to build Yellow-Box applications. The OpenBase SQL database provides advanced features and graphically based utilities which make it easy to build database applications. Along with support for the latest in object-oriented tools, including Enterprise Objects Framework and WebObjects, OpenBase features nested transaction processing, application notification, subqueries, views and many other features. OpenBase also supports KANJI and other 16 bit character sets. Database Server Features: -- 100% internet capable allowing access from anywhere in the world -- Multi-threaded architecture for simultaneous request processing -- Fast server initialization -- Standard SQL support -- Nested transaction processing support -- Transaction management utilities -- Query optimization -- Data integrity enforcement -- Application notification and automatic updating of changed data -- Automatically-generated unique keys -- Full subquery, view, alter table support -- Row level locking -- Choice of locking mechanisms (both pessimistic and optimistic support) -- Unique index support -- Huge BLOB storage (100+ megabytes per BLOB) -- TCP/IP for all client/server communications Server Platforms Supported: Rhapsody Windows NT Version 4.0 OpenStep/Mach 4.2 Client Platforms Supported: Rhapsody MacOS OpenStep/Mach 4.2 Solaris FreeBSD Linux Windows NT Version 4.0 and above Windows 95 Development Tools: Adaptor for EOF 2.2 Easy Objective-C API C-API for MacOS and other platforms 100% Java JDBC Interface Example Programs Printed Documentation OpenBase Manager Database View for managing databases anywhere in the world Graphical tool for starting and stopping databases remotely Graphical database creation and maintenance Graphical user administration Graphical tool for assigning table access permission Schema reporting Database monitoring (even from across the internet) Data import, export and backup functions Interactive command line SQL utility ==================================================== 2. OPENBASE BUSINESS SUITE ANNOUNCED, BETA AVAILABLE ==================================================== The OpenBase Business Suite offers powerful contact management and order entry solutions for Rhapsody and Windows NT. A beta is available with OpenBase 5.2 for Rhapsody RDR2. The OpenBase Business Suite's fault-tolerant multi-user design offers both scalability, security and reliability for businesses of all sizes. Unlike other solutions based on proprietary file formats, OpenBase Business Suite's open client-server design allows secure access to data through a variety of different access methods. You can even share databases between several locations and from across the internet. OpenBase Business Suite is centered around OpenContact, a high performance lead tracking system that sets new standards for multi-user contact management. Manage multiple contacts per organization, bring up multiple contact windows simultaneously, assign your contacts to multiple groups, and view your contacts any number of ways. Since OpenContact is based on OpenBase the same database tables can be used with your own business specific applications. OpenContact Features: -- Multiple contacts per company -- View by contacts, companies or groups -- 30 custom fields per contact -- Custom phone table with 12 phone numbers per contact -- Unlimited call and callback topic management -- Extensive natural queries using and field -- Letter & label reporting OpenOrder provides a complete software order management system with order entry, invoicing, accounts receivable tracking, shipping, and integration with a general ledger and checkbook program. OpenOrder users can manage multiple order windows simultaneously and track orders from quotation to delivery. A key-generation module (includes source code) provides automatic serial number generation for software sales. OpenOrder Features: -- Automatic serial and authorization number generation (source included) -- Invoicing and packing slip generation -- Product upgrade management -- Quote tracking system OpenBase Business Suite 5 users licenses can be purchased directly from OpenBase International for $495 (OpenBase license not included). OpenBase Business Suite customers will receive free upgrades for 1 year as part of this promotion. More information about OpenBase Business Suite is available at http://www.openbase.com. =========================================== 3. POWERED BY OPENBASE PARTNERS PROGRAM =========================================== OpenBase International, Ltd. announces the Powered By OpenBase Partners Program providing a strong network for resellers who want to offer OpenBase and third party products based on OpenBase to their customers. Participation allows you to receive reseller discounts on OpenBase products and to offer your OpenBase based product through the OpenBase online store (available later this year). For more information about the Powered By OpenBase Partners Program send e- mail to info@openbase.com. ================================== 4. OPENBASE TO EXHIBIT AT WWDC '98 ================================== OpenBase International Ltd. will be at WWDC '98 and will be demonstrating OpenBase developer tools and OpenBase Business Suite at booth #32. OpenBase 5.2 Relational Database Server will be available for purchase at Developer Depot for a special low price of $495 (5 connection license). Visit our web site at www.openbase.com for information on our other licenses and how you can get started with OpenBase products. ============================================== 5. OPENBASE LITE BUNDLED WITH MESA SPREADSHEET ============================================== P & L Systems is pleased to announce that they will bundle OpenBase Lite database with Mesa, their popular spreadsheet package. Mesa offers the power of a traditional spreadsheet package, but with strong database integration. "OpenBase is an excellent database product," commented Malcolm Crawford, P & L's Technical Marketing Manager. "We are delighted to be able to offer our customers the opportunity to see how well it works with Mesa, and how our spreadsheet can be used as a database reporting tool." "I think spreadsheets and databases have become essentials," said Alan Cook of OpenBase International Ltd., "Mesa and OpenBase are an excellent match." Mesa is the first spreadsheet to be available on Rhapsody. The next beta version, due to ship during WWDC, will feature limited Excel(TM)- compatibility. P & L Systems will begin offering OpenBase Lite with this beta, and will ship OpenBase Lite with Mesa for the first customer release of Rhapsody. For more information contact: Malcolm Crawford P & L Systems info@plsys.co.uk http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys voice: +44 1494 432422 ========================================= 6. OPENBASE PRICE & LICENSING CHANGES ========================================= OpenBase now offers platform independent licenses so you can use your OpenBase license on any combination of platforms that OpenBase supports. All prices apply to Rhapsody, Windows NT and OpenStep. Visit our website for complete details. The same 5 connections for $495 special offer is still valid for developers who adopt OpenBase today. Call our order center at 603-547-6400 for details. ================ ABOUT OPENBASE ================ For nearly a decade, the OpenBase family of products have been enabling some of the most innovative business applications at work today. With thousands of customers worldwide, OpenBase has become brand that companies can rely on. OpenBase customers include AT&T, Adobe Systems, Canon, Walt Disney, First National Bank of Chicago, MCI, Motorola, Apple Enterprise Software, LGS- Systems, The Sharper Image and many other innovators worldwide. CONTACT INFORMATION: OpenBase International, Ltd. Alan Cook, Marketing Voice: (603) 547-8404 Fax: (603) 547-2423 info@openbase.com WebObjects, EOF and other Apple Technologies mentioned are trademarks of Apple computer. OpenBase is a registered trademark of OpenBase International Ltd. ____________________________________________________________________ OPENBASE INTERNATIONAL LTD. http://www.openbase.com 58 Greenfield Road e-mail: info@openbase.com Francestown, NH 03043 USA TEL: 603.547.8404/FAX: 603.547.2423
From: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep 4.2/Mach) Date: 18 May 1998 20:14:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6jq4r1$b54$1@news.digifix.com> HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep 4.2/Mach) ======================================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), May 17, 1998 Description =========== This Package allows you to use https-URLs (via SSL or TLS) with OmniWeb 3 (Version >= 3.x (Beta6)). It uses the free SSLeay-lib (Version 0.9.0) from Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and the OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/) extensible bundle architecture. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/net/www/libs/HTTPS.1.03.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz This software is supplied without a warranty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using this software. Please keep in mind that this is work in progress. Also, please bear with the incomplete nature of the package. Installation ============ ATTENTION: Before you can install this Package you must install the SSLeay.pkg (Version 0.9.0) in /LocalLibrary/Frameworks, without this Framework the bundle doesn't work. People outside of the USA and Canada can obtain this framework via ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz People inside the USA and Canada should check ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks or write to Rex Dieter <rdieter@mathstat.unl.edu> to get a RSAref-Version of this framework. To enable the HTTPS protocol, install the ./HTTPS.omniweb bundle anywhere in the OmniWeb 3.x bundle path. Then, restart OmniWeb.app. The recommended location for personal installation is ~/Library/Components for system-wide installation /LocalLibrary/Components. If you use a proxy server, you MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes like defaults write OmniWeb NonProxiableSchemes "(file, mailto, omniweb, rlogin, telnet, tn3270, https)" Without these "workarounds" OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!!! CONNECT-Protocol (Proxy Support for https) ========================================== To enable proxy support for https (SSL tunneling) you need another entry in the Proxy-Preferences Panel. Add a server to the "Proxy Server URL" section like this: "https:\\whatever-cache:1234\" and add the https protocol to the "Protocols" section. IMPORTANT: The https proxy MUST be the first server in the list, because the list of proxy servers is an ordered list. For example my "OWProxyServers" defaults look like this: ( { destinations = (oic.de); proxyURL = "(non-proxied protocols and destinations)"; }, {proxyURL = "https://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; schemes = (https); }, {proxyURL = "?http://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; } ) History ======= 1.03 [10 May, 1998] - Changed the Preferences-Panel (more options). - Added a warning panel when the user enters a encrypted site. - Display more details about the connection (You must enable the Information/Warning-Panel to see it). - Localized the most stuff. - Source code is now included. 1.02 [26 April, 1998] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.9.0. - Supports TLSv1, SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Changed the SSL-Frameworks from SSL.framework and SSLCrypto.framework to one "super" Framework SSLeay.framework. It's now compatible to Rex Dieter's <rdieter@math.unl.edu> implementation of the SSL-Framework. 1.01 [26 January, 1998] - Fixed a bug in the CONNECTION (SSL-Tunneling) method. It was not possible to use the Apache-Proxy for SSL-Tunneling. 1.0 [19 January, 1998] - Changed the Proxy-Support. If you need proxy support add the proxy server now with the Proxy-Preferences Panel of OmniWeb. - Created a Version for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) AND OmniWeb 2.x - The name of the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) is "HTTPS", for OmniWeb 2.x "HTTPSExtension". 0.9 (Beta) [1 December, 1997] - Added Proxy authentication for the CONNECT-Protocol. - Fixed a bug in the Hostname resolver. Now it should be possible to use this bundle without any DNS if you use a proxy server. 0.8 (Beta) [14 November, 1997] - Adapted the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x - SSLeay-lib is now located in two Frameworks (SSLCrypto, SSL) - Renamed it (sorry for that) from HTTPSExtension.omniweb to HTTPS.omniweb, because the "new" bundle is not compatible with OmniWeb2.x, it works ONLY for OmniWeb3.x. So it is easier for me to figure out which bundle you mean if you have some questions about it. 0.7 [13 August, 1997] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.8.1. - Supports SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Added a Preferences Panel - Added Proxy-Support (CONNECT-Protocol) (see HTTPS Preferences) - Added an Installer Package - Renamed it from https.omni to HTTPSExtension.omniweb - Fixed some bugs - Removed the source code 0.6 [1 December, 1996] - Internal version 0.5a [14 June, 1996] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.2a. - Fixed a little (not important) bug. - Included the source code 0.5 [5 May, 1996] - First version, which uses the SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.1b Bugs? ===== Yes, if you use a proxy server. You MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes. ATTENTION: Without any protocols, OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!! Send bug reports, suggestions or comments to the address below. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Copyright ========= This bundle is free for commercial and non-commercial use. Test ==== Some https-URL's to test the bundle: https://tls.cryptsoft.com/ https://www.cryptsoft.com/~tjh/cryptocheck.php https://www.onlygourmet.com/ https://www.bose.com/cgi-bin/Direct https://sectest.microsoft.com/ https://vault.sfnb.com/cgi-bin/accntSum ToDo ==== - Client certification?? - Display an Icon when a SSL-Connection is in progress?? Source Code =========== To compile this bundle you need the SSLeay-Framework in version 0.9.0 and the API (Frameworks) for OmniWeb 3.x. If you modify the source code, please send a copy of the modifications to me <jm@oic.de>. Thank you. Thanks ====== Thanks to "Stefanie R. Herzer <herzer@apple.com>" "Stephen J. Perkins <perkins@netmass.com>" "Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com>" "Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>" "Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>" "Jens M. Schuh <schuh@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Sabina Stoeckmann <sabina@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Thomas Sieweke <sieweke@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>" "David Andel <david@nexttoyou.de>" Contact Information =================== Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail)
From: "Pat Taylor" <pat@qhp.queensu.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: "Rhapsody on Intel Advocacy" web site and mailing list formed Date: 21 May 1998 03:00:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6k05da$fiv$1@news.digifix.com> PRESS RELEASE WED, MAY 20, 1998 Representatives at Apple Computer have recently suggested that there is no future to Rhapsody on Intel past the 1.0 release this fall. Citing difficulties in maintaining compatibility with the wide variety of PC hardware and the limited appeal of a new OS in the Intel space, Apple apparently intends to phase out Rhapsody on Intel in favour of the Yellow Box for Windows solution. Many developers and users have complained that the limited lifespan of the x86 Rhapsody OS significantly reduces their ability to host mission-critical work on existing PC installations. These developers feel that Windows NT is not robust enough to handle tasks that have to be up 24 hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Their hope was that the combination of an easy-to-use interface, a powerful development environment and a rock solid modern Unix foundation could be used as an alternative to the NT juggernaut on Intel based computers. The Rhapsody on Intel Advocacy site and mailing list is neither pro-x86 or anti-PowerPC, rather it takes the pragmatic view that Rhapsody on Intel allows Apple to expand into new markets previously inaccessible to them. Many businesses and institutions have purchasing policies that restrict the type of computers used. Rhapsody on Intel would not cannabilize Power Macintosh sales in these circumstances but could significantly improve Apple's brand in the enterprise. The web site <http://www.of.org/rhaptel/> will provide tips, tactics and discussion on which arguments will be most effective with Apple, how to improve your chances to be heard, and who at Apple you should be communicating with. You are also invited to join the Rhaptel-Advocacy mailing list if you are interested in discussing your situation with other developers, users and interested folk. If you wish to subscribe email: mailto:majordomo@of.org and include the following in the body of the email: subscribe rhaptel end We're interested in your feedback and ideas. -30- Contact Patrick Taylor mailto:pat@qhp.queensu.ca (613) 531-4163
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <6k51eh$n31$10559@m5.stny.lrun.com> Control: cancel <6k51eh$n31$10559@m5.stny.lrun.com> Date: 22 May 1998 23:34:49 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6k51eh$n31$10559@m5.stny.lrun.com> Sender: PsxModifications <generation5@hotmail.com> Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <10466895377625@digifix.com> Date: 24 May 1998 03:49:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <8873895982424@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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. 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From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <10467895377628@digifix.com> Date: 24 May 1998 03:49:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <8874895982427@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: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 for Rhapsody DR2 Date: 25 May 1998 03:41:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kap9d$a2k$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay Framework 0.9.0, April 10, 1998 ============================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), May 22, 1998 Description =========== This archive contains an Rhapsody framework for the cryptographic library SSLeay written by Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>. Install it only on PPC or Intel-based computers running Rhapsody Developer Release 2. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.r.PI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.r.PI.b.tar.gz.asc Installation ============ Use the installer.sh script. The recommended location for this framework is /Local/Library/Frameworks. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Warning! ======== It is illegal to use this software inside of the USA. Inside the USA the RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms. If you are in the USA, you are required to use the RSAref version of this framework. In case that you need such a version, please contact Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> or check the URL ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/. Copyright ========= Copyright (C) 1997 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved. Source Code =========== You can obtain the source code via ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/. Thanks ====== Thanks to Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> for the RSAref version of this framework. Contact Information =================== For questions about the Rhapsody Package write to: Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail) For questions about the SSLeay Libraries itself write to: Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> or Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com> You can find the FAQ's at http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/.
From: Juergen Moellenhoff <jurgen@oic.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep 4.2/Mach) Date: 25 May 1998 03:44:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kapef$a2l$1@news.digifix.com> HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep 4.2/Mach) ======================================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), May 17, 1998 Description =========== This Package allows you to use https-URLs (via SSL or TLS) with OmniWeb 3 (Version >= 3.x (Beta6)). It uses the free SSLeay-lib (Version 0.9.0) from Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and the OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/) extensible bundle architecture. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/HTTPS.1.03.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/net/www/libs/HTTPS.1.03.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz This software is supplied without a warranty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using this software. Please keep in mind that this is work in progress. Also, please bear with the incomplete nature of the package. Installation ============ ATTENTION: Before you can install this Package you must install the SSLeay.pkg (Version 0.9.0) in /LocalLibrary/Frameworks, without this Framework the bundle doesn't work. People outside of the USA and Canada can obtain this framework via ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz People inside the USA and Canada should check ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks or write to Rex Dieter <rdieter@mathstat.unl.edu> to get a RSAref-Version of this framework. To enable the HTTPS protocol, install the ./HTTPS.omniweb bundle anywhere in the OmniWeb 3.x bundle path. Then, restart OmniWeb.app. The recommended location for personal installation is ~/Library/Components for system-wide installation /LocalLibrary/Components. If you use a proxy server, you MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes like defaults write OmniWeb NonProxiableSchemes "(file, mailto, omniweb, rlogin, telnet, tn3270, https)" Without these "workarounds" OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!!! CONNECT-Protocol (Proxy Support for https) ========================================== To enable proxy support for https (SSL tunneling) you need another entry in the Proxy-Preferences Panel. Add a server to the "Proxy Server URL" section like this: "https:\\whatever-cache:1234\" and add the https protocol to the "Protocols" section. IMPORTANT: The https proxy MUST be the first server in the list, because the list of proxy servers is an ordered list. For example my "OWProxyServers" defaults look like this: ( { destinations = (oic.de); proxyURL = "(non-proxied protocols and destinations)"; }, {proxyURL = "https://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; schemes = (https); }, {proxyURL = "http://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; } ) History ======= 1.03 [10 May, 1998] - Changed the Preferences-Panel (more options). - Added a warning panel when the user enters a encrypted site. - Display more details about the connection (You must enable the Information/Warning-Panel to see it). - Localized the most stuff. - Source code is now included. 1.02 [26 April, 1998] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.9.0. - Supports TLSv1, SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Changed the SSL-Frameworks from SSL.framework and SSLCrypto.framework to one "super" Framework SSLeay.framework. It's now compatible to Rex Dieter's <rdieter@math.unl.edu> implementation of the SSL-Framework. 1.01 [26 January, 1998] - Fixed a bug in the CONNECTION (SSL-Tunneling) method. It was not possible to use the Apache-Proxy for SSL-Tunneling. 1.0 [19 January, 1998] - Changed the Proxy-Support. If you need proxy support add the proxy server now with the Proxy-Preferences Panel of OmniWeb. - Created a Version for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) AND OmniWeb 2.x - The name of the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) is "HTTPS", for OmniWeb 2.x "HTTPSExtension". 0.9 (Beta) [1 December, 1997] - Added Proxy authentication for the CONNECT-Protocol. - Fixed a bug in the Hostname resolver. Now it should be possible to use this bundle without any DNS if you use a proxy server. 0.8 (Beta) [14 November, 1997] - Adapted the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x - SSLeay-lib is now located in two Frameworks (SSLCrypto, SSL) - Renamed it (sorry for that) from HTTPSExtension.omniweb to HTTPS.omniweb, because the "new" bundle is not compatible with OmniWeb2.x, it works ONLY for OmniWeb3.x. So it is easier for me to figure out which bundle you mean if you have some questions about it. 0.7 [13 August, 1997] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.8.1. - Supports SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Added a Preferences Panel - Added Proxy-Support (CONNECT-Protocol) (see HTTPS Preferences) - Added an Installer Package - Renamed it from https.omni to HTTPSExtension.omniweb - Fixed some bugs - Removed the source code 0.6 [1 December, 1996] - Internal version 0.5a [14 June, 1996] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.2a. - Fixed a little (not important) bug. - Included the source code 0.5 [5 May, 1996] - First version, which uses the SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.1b Bugs? ===== Yes, if you use a proxy server. You MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes. ATTENTION: Without any protocols, OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!! Send bug reports, suggestions or comments to the address below. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Copyright ========= This bundle is free for commercial and non-commercial use. Test ==== Some https-URL's to test the bundle: https://tls.cryptsoft.com/ https://www.cryptsoft.com/~tjh/cryptocheck.php https://www.onlygourmet.com/ https://www.bose.com/cgi-bin/Direct https://sectest.microsoft.com/ https://vault.sfnb.com/cgi-bin/accntSum ToDo ==== - Client certification?? - Display an Icon when a SSL-Connection is in progress?? Source Code =========== To compile this bundle you need the SSLeay-Framework in version 0.9.0 and the API (Frameworks) for OmniWeb 3.x. If you modify the source code, please send a copy of the modifications to me <jm@oic.de>. Thank you. Thanks ====== Thanks to "Stefanie R. Herzer <herzer@apple.com>" "Stephen J. Perkins <perkins@netmass.com>" "Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com>" "Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>" "Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>" "Jens M. Schuh <schuh@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Sabina Stoeckmann <sabina@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Thomas Sieweke <sieweke@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>" "David Andel <david@nexttoyou.de>" Contact Information =================== Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail)
From: Juergen Moellenhoff <jurgen@oic.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (Rhapsody DR2) Date: 25 May 1998 03:44:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kapel$a2m$1@news.digifix.com> HTTPS v1.03 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (Rhapsody DR2) ======================================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), May 22, 1998 Description =========== This Package allows you to use https-URLs (via SSL or TLS) with OmniWeb 3 (Version >= 3.x (Beta6)). It uses the free SSLeay-lib (Version 0.9.0) from Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and the OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/) extensible bundle architecture. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/HTTPS.1.03.r.PI.bs.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/net/www/libs/HTTPS.1.03.r.PI.bs.tar.gz This software is supplied without a warranty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using this software. Please keep in mind that this is work in progress. Also, please bear with the incomplete nature of the package. Installation ============ ATTENTION: Before you can install this Package you must install the SSLeay.pkg (Version 0.9.0) in /Local/Library/Frameworks, without this Framework the bundle doesn't work. People outside of the USA and Canada can obtain this framework via ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.r.PI.b.tar.gz People inside the USA and Canada should check ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ or write to Rex Dieter <rdieter@mathstat.unl.edu> to get a RSAref-Version of this framework. To enable the HTTPS protocol, install the ./HTTPS.omniweb bundle anywhere in the OmniWeb 3.x bundle path. Then, restart OmniWeb.app. The recommended location for personal installation is ~/Library/Components for system-wide installation /Local/Library/Components or /Network/Library/Components. If you use a proxy server, you MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes like defaults write OmniWeb NonProxiableSchemes "(file, mailto, omniweb, rlogin, telnet, tn3270, https)" Without these "workarounds" OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!!! CONNECT-Protocol (Proxy Support for https) ========================================== To enable proxy support for https (SSL tunneling) you need another entry in the Proxy-Preferences Panel. Add a server to the "Proxy Server URL" section like this: "https:\\whatever-cache:1234\" and add the https protocol to the "Protocols" section. IMPORTANT: The https proxy MUST be the first server in the list, because the list of proxy servers is an ordered list. For example my "OWProxyServers" defaults look like this: ( { destinations = (oic.de); proxyURL = "(non-proxied protocols and destinations)"; }, {proxyURL = "https://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; schemes = (https); }, {proxyURL = "http://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; } ) History ======= 1.03 [10 May, 1998] - Changed the Preferences-Panel (more options). - Added a warning panel when the user enters a encrypted site. - Display more details about the connection (You must enable the Information/Warning-Panel to see it). - Localized the most stuff. - Source code is now included. 1.02 [26 April, 1998] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.9.0. - Supports TLSv1, SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Changed the SSL-Frameworks from SSL.framework and SSLCrypto.framework to one "super" Framework SSLeay.framework. It's now compatible to Rex Dieter's <rdieter@math.unl.edu> implementation of the SSL-Framework. 1.01 [26 January, 1998] - Fixed a bug in the CONNECTION (SSL-Tunneling) method. It was not possible to use the Apache-Proxy for SSL-Tunneling. 1.0 [19 January, 1998] - Changed the Proxy-Support. If you need proxy support add the proxy server now with the Proxy-Preferences Panel of OmniWeb. - Created a Version for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) AND OmniWeb 2.x - The name of the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) is "HTTPS", for OmniWeb 2.x "HTTPSExtension". 0.9 (Beta) [1 December, 1997] - Added Proxy authentication for the CONNECT-Protocol. - Fixed a bug in the Hostname resolver. Now it should be possible to use this bundle without any DNS if you use a proxy server. 0.8 (Beta) [14 November, 1997] - Adapted the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x - SSLeay-lib is now located in two Frameworks (SSLCrypto, SSL) - Renamed it (sorry for that) from HTTPSExtension.omniweb to HTTPS.omniweb, because the "new" bundle is not compatible with OmniWeb2.x, it works ONLY for OmniWeb3.x. So it is easier for me to figure out which bundle you mean if you have some questions about it. 0.7 [13 August, 1997] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.8.1. - Supports SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Added a Preferences Panel - Added Proxy-Support (CONNECT-Protocol) (see HTTPS Preferences) - Added an Installer Package - Renamed it from https.omni to HTTPSExtension.omniweb - Fixed some bugs - Removed the source code 0.6 [1 December, 1996] - Internal version 0.5a [14 June, 1996] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.2a. - Fixed a little (not important) bug. - Included the source code 0.5 [5 May, 1996] - First version, which uses the SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.1b Bugs? ===== Yes, if you use a proxy server. You MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes. ATTENTION: Without any protocols, OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!! Send bug reports, suggestions or comments to the address below. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Copyright ========= This bundle is free for commercial and non-commercial use. Test ==== Some https-URL's to test the bundle: https://tls.cryptsoft.com/ https://www.cryptsoft.com/~tjh/cryptocheck.php https://www.onlygourmet.com/ https://www.bose.com/cgi-bin/Direct https://sectest.microsoft.com/ https://vault.sfnb.com/cgi-bin/accntSum ToDo ==== - Client certification?? - Display an Icon when a SSL-Connection is in progress?? Source Code =========== To compile this bundle you need the SSLeay-Framework in version 0.9.0 and the API (Frameworks) for OmniWeb 3.x. If you modify the source code, please send a copy of the modifications to me <jm@oic.de>. Thank you. Thanks ====== Thanks to "Stefanie R. Herzer <herzer@apple.com>" "Stephen J. Perkins <perkins@netmass.com>" "Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com>" "Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>" "Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>" "Jens M. Schuh <schuh@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Sabina Stoeckmann <sabina@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Thomas Sieweke <sieweke@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>" "David Andel <david@nexttoyou.de>" Contact Information =================== Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail)
From: mmalcolm crawford <Malcolm_Crawford@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THIRD BETA RELEASE OF VERSION 3 OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET Date: 25 May 1998 03:47:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kapjt$a5o$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: P & L Systems 12 The Broadway Old Amersham Bucks HP7 0HP, England info@plsys.co.uk +44 1494 432422 http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THIRD BETA RELEASE OF VERSION 3 OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET OLD AMERSHAM, 22 MAY 1998 -- P & L Systems today announced the third beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet, for Apple's Rhapsody operating system, and for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows. Mesa is a traditional spreadsheet which combines a powerful yet easy-to-use icon-based interface with the features you expect from an Excel- and 1-2-3-compatible product. 3b3 is the third official beta version, fixing a number of bugs, and implementing a number of new features requested by users over the course of the second stage of the beta cycle, including: Support for importing Excel files Mesa will now import many MicroSoft Excel files (*); Speed enhancements Considerable effort has been put into making the third release substantially faster than the second. P & L's Technical Marketing Manager, Malcolm Crawford, commented, "With the addition of enhanced Excel support we believe that Mesa will be even more attractive to Rhapsody users." Reflecting on the recent announcements at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in San Jose, he added, "We also look forward to providing MacOS users with a real alternative to Excel on MacOS X in 1999!" Mesa 3 is available from P & L's ftp site: OpenStep 4.2 (m68k, Intel, Sparc): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/OpenStep/Mesa3b3.app.m.NIS.b.tar.gz Rhapsody DR2 (PPC): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/Rhapsody/Mesa3b3.app.P.b.tar.gz Windows NT (requires OpenStep NT 4.2): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/WinNT/mesa3b3.app.w.I.tar.gz. The files will also be made available from the ftp archive at ftp.peak.org. For more information and screenshots, see P & L's WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. (*) Currently only cell values, formulas and formatting are supported. ---------- P & L Systems is the leading supplier of products and services for NeXTSTEP in the UK. With a complete range of software and hardware products and services, P & L Systems offer full support for customers in the aggressive and sometimes bewildering world of object oriented solutions. Products developed by P & L Systems include the Oracle Adaptor for Mesa; the QuickBase Adaptor for Mesa; Pager, a flexible application for pagers and beepers; PassKey, a password management tool for administrators; AppManager, a software usage monitoring and license allocation utility; and Informant!, a real-time data feed distribution application for Reuters and other feeds on NeXTSTEP, Solaris and Windows NT. For additional information about P & L Systems and its products and services, contact the company directly at +44 1494 432422, send email to info@plsys.co.uk, or visit P & L Systems' WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/. P & L Systems, AppManager, PassKey, Informant! and Mesa are trademarks of P & L Systems. NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Autoboot-1.0 (CLI powerup gadget for certain NeXT hardware) Date: 25 May 1998 20:41:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kcl1m$i6$1@news.digifix.com> autoboot Installer package (m68k only) Courtesy of Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/Tools/autoboot-1.0.bs.N.tar.gz ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/Tools/autoboot-1.0.README On newer NeXT hardware, when you are logged in as root, you can use the Preferences app to set an auto startup time for your NeXT hardware. I always found it a pity that this is not something you can set with a command line program, so you can call it from cron and have the system power up at a certain time and power down at another time for ever and ever (for instance while you're on vacation so your mail and news get fetched automatically at night). Now, there is such a program: autoboot. Autoboot is a program that interfaces to the clock chip on newer NeXT hardware. Actually, it is a more friendly interface to a command line utility that already exists on the system but probably nobody knows about until they have read the autoboot man page. This installs Autoboot 1.0 on your system. Autoboot is a command line interface to the clock chip in certain NeXT computers. It enables you to create a setup where your computer starts up at a certain time, performs some tasks, sets next power-up time and shuts down. The program is installed in /usr/etc and the man page in /usr/man/man8 to make it available, even when only the root disk is mounted. No warranty whatsoever. Solving this puzzle was almost as much fun as finding a workaround for the famous POSIX-bugs... ;-) Release 1.0, May 24, 1998 (How's that for hardware that has been 'obsolete' for almost 4 years now? Yeah, right, pathetic! Get yourself a G3! Sure, but does the G3 come with a clock chip like the NeXT's from 5-6 years ago? And will MacOSX have that CLI so you can actually program and organize stuff like this? And sorry people, no intel version. PC 'hardware' doesn't come with this option....) -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. Dass man fuer die Philosophie ein Interesse zeigt, bezeugt noch keine Bereitschaft zum Denken -- Martin Heidegger
From: Robert MacKimmie <rm@objectdata.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Bay Area NeXT Group, Wednesday, May 27, 1998, 7 PM -- Mac OS X Clarification Forum Date: 26 May 1998 03:50:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kde66$8kr$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting DATE: May 27, 1998, 7 PM, Apple Town Hall TOPIC: Mac OS X: When they say Think Different, they mean REALLY Different! Helpful quotes from WWDC week: "Mac OS X is Mach 3.0 + Carbon + Java + Yellow Box + Graphics substrate" (Jordan Dea-Mattson) "A rose is a rose, EPS and PDF are functionally equivalent" (Andrew Stone) Apple's OS strategy, as revealed by Steve Jobs at WWDC, surprised virtually everyone with "Carbon", the pruned and respectable portion of the MacOS 8.x APIs. To be rolled together with essential elements of Rhapsody, the fused result due in Fall of 1999 will be known as "Mac OS X". Yellow Box was seemingly not spoken of by Mr. Jobs in his keynote, but those in the legacy Object crowd are sensitized to the "Stealth" status of Rhapsody in recent months, with the bulk of the WWDC OS strategy sessions confirming that Yellow Box is alive and healthy, being an integral component of the future OS foundation. What isn't clear -- "what is or isn't being jettisoned" from the Rhapsody in the future-creating OS morph -- is information still sought by many. Display PostScript is being dropped, with PDF becoming the new imaging model -- Andrew Stone says we will survive the change. Another quake to rock the foundation of the community was elimination of NXHosting capability, an indicator that some of the very basic UNIX capabilities might be going the way of the buffalo. Or maybe it will be an add-on so that your grandmother could have her CLI after all. As some of the WWDC dust has settled, other important issues remain clouded. How the components, substrates, features and capabilities sort themselves out is still being configured inside Apple. Rhapsody developers, informed technologists, WWDC attendees, Mac Developers, Mac Users, formerly NeXT community members and present DR2 cognoscente are encouraged to join the forum to clarify what the future holds. Disregarding what the future looks like and what it might include, the greatly improved Rhapsody DR2 clearly puts the challenge squarely put in the court of developers: port your apps to Mac OS X or write anew with Yellow Box. With Microsoft and Adobe on board for Mac OS X, there is no justifiable reason for third party developers to delay any longer. Join us for a truth and sooth seeking evening. Hopefully clarity can be clarified. For directions and further information, check the BANG website at: "http://www.bang.org/" or Email: info@bang.org
From: "Kenneth Trueman" <ktrueman@cybercat.qc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Looking for WebObjects programmers in Quebec, Canada Date: 26 May 1998 21:39:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kfcr7$t56$1@news.digifix.com> Cyber Cat, a WebObjects solution developer located in Quebec City, Canada is looking for WebObjects programmers with experience. Specialized in information management solutions, including electronic catalogs, most of our contracts offer quick turn-around times (1-2 mos). Initial work will be on a contract basis with possibility of full-time employment. Additional knowledge of the IBM AS/400 environment, Oracle 7/8, SQL Server, Microsoft Interdev or Allaire Cold Fusion products is always a plus. Cyber Cat offers competitive salaries as well as the usual in-office choice of Coke, Pepsi and chocolate bars. WebObjects programmers in the province of Quebec, Canada, as well as the Ottawa, region, (and hey, why not Toronto) are invited to contact Kenneth Trueman at ktrueman@cybercat.qc.ca or 418-654-9388. Thank you. Kenneth Trueman idea guy Cyber Cat Inc. http://www.cybercat.qc.ca/
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.msx,comp.sys.ncr,comp.sys.newton,comp.sys.newton.announce,comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.pens,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy Subject: cmsg cancel <896304538.501894@nexus.polaris.net> Control: cancel <896304538.501894@nexus.polaris.net> Date: 27 May 1998 21:43:40 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.896304538.501894@nexus.polaris.net> Sender: "Shannonrx7" <shannonrx7@juno.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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.msx,comp.sys.ncr,comp.sys.newton,comp.sys.newton.announce,comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.pens,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy Subject: cmsg cancel <896308819.951908@nexus.polaris.net> Control: cancel <896308819.951908@nexus.polaris.net> Date: 27 May 1998 23:17:19 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.896308819.951908@nexus.polaris.net> Sender: "Shannonrx7" <shannonrx7@juno.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: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (29.5.98) Date: 29 May 1998 03:10:45 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kl8vl$5ld$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 65 May 29 00:15 OpenStep/system/components/OmniComponents-3.0b6.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 65 May 29 00:15 OpenStep/system/framework/OmniFrameworks-1998D2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 57 May 29 00:15 OpenStep/connectivity/www/OmniWeb-3.0b6.m.NIS.b.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org) es you to create a setup where your computer starts up at a certain time, performs some tasks, sets next power-up time and shuts down. Autoboot is a program that interfaces to the clock chip on newer NeXT hardware. Actually, it is a more friendly interface to a command line utility that already exists on the system but probably nobody knows about until they have read the autoboot man page. The program is installed in /usr/etc and the man page in /usr/man/man8 to make it available, even when only the root disk is mounted. No warranty whatsoever. Solving this puzzle was almost as much fun as finding a workaround for the famous POSIX-bugs... ;-) Release 1.1, May 28, 1998 -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. Dass man fuer die Philosophie ein Interesse zeigt, bezeugt noch keine Bereitschaft zum Denken -- Martin Heidegger
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <8874895982427@digifix.com> Date: 31 May 1998 03:49:48 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <3655896587222@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: <8873895982424@digifix.com> Date: 31 May 1998 03:49:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <3654896587219@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) - June 8 Date: 1 Jun 1998 03:10:03 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6kt62b$l6$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) June meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, June 8, 1998; 8-10pm MEST ----!!! Due to the first Monday in June being a public holiday in Germany this year, the BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its June meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de) on Monday, June _8_, at 8:00 pm MEST. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topic: WWDC, RHAPSODY & MACOS X In May, Apple presented the roadmap for Rhapsody and MacOS on its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in California. We will get an in-depth, first-hand report from our BeNG "special envoy" Axel Habermann who was on location in San Jose. Axel will describe the details of Apple's roadmap, and he will also explain what we can expect to stay and what will change. We expect a lot of questions and have scheduled enough time for discussions after the report. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 6, 1998, 8:00 pm MEST. How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/sec link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <sfG4RdUj9GA.112@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Control: cancel <sfG4RdUj9GA.112@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Date: 01 Jun 1998 10:56:24 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.sfG4RdUj9GA.112@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Sender: PC4LessOnline 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: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: YBOS 1.0 - YellowBox/OpenStep on one NT machine Date: 2 Jun 1998 20:11:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l1m9s$jj7$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION YBOS 1.0 - Yellow Box and OpenStep development on a single NT machine Copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> June 2, 1998 ANNOUNCING YBOS 1.0 FOR YELLOW BOX AND OPENSTEP YBOS is a utility which provides the capability to perform both Yellow Box and OpenStep development on a single Windows NT machine. Normally these development environments are mutually exclusive and the developer who needs to work with both environments typically resorts to configuring two separate Windows NT machines; one for Yellow Box, and one for OpenStep. YBOS works around this problem by providing a batch file which toggles between the environments dynamically. Toggling between environments requires neither logging out nor rebooting, and is as simple as double-clicking on the YBOS.bat desktop shortcut. LOCATION YBOS 1.0 is available at the following location: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Applications/YBOS-1.0-W-bs.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Applications/YBOS-1.0-W-bs.README CONCLUSION YBOS, its related utilities, and accompanying documentation were written by Eric Sunshine and are copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine. Please send comments to Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> MIME, NeXT, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: "Cliff Tuel" <ctuel@apple.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: WebObjects 3.5.1 Java Patch now available Date: 3 Jun 1998 02:46:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l2dde$r0f$1@news.digifix.com> Apple has released a patch that addresses various Java-related bugs in WebObjects 3.5.1. At this time the patch is only available for Windows NT, although we expect to release a Solaris version as well. The patch is available as NeXTanswer #2630, which can be found at: http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/2630.htmld/2630.html Here is a list of problems fixed in the patch: (1) DecimalNumber: Several of the next.util.DecimalNumber arithmetic methods raised exceptions when called. These methods now work properly. (2) CalendarDate: The next.util.CalendarDate constructor CalendarDate(java.util.Date date) would sometimes return an incorrect date. This has been fixed. After applying this patch, you may see a message like this one: BRIDGE: _NSAssociateJavaObject assertion failed: java class next/util/DecimalNumber, objective c class NSDecimalNumber, retain count 1, java handle not retained! This message may be safely ignored. (3) Java VM arguments: You may now pass "command line" arguments to the Java Virtual Machine. This is particularly useful for increasing the memory allocation pool (the garbage collected heap), which defaults to a maximum size of 16 MB. You should increase the pool size if you receive a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception. Here is some sample code showing how to pass these arguments. Be sure to add the JavaVM framework to your project. In YourApplication_main.m, do something like this: #import <JavaVM/NSJavaVirtualMachine.h> int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new]; NSMutableDictionary *myArguments = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [NSNumber numberWithInt:30*1024*1024], @"NSJavaMinHeapSize", [NSNumber numberWithInt:60*1024*1024], @"NSJavaMaxHeapSize", nil]; [NSJavaVirtualMachine setDefaultVirtualMachineArguments:myArguments]; return WOApplicationMain(@"Application", argc, argv); } You can ignore the compiler warning about the unused "pool" variable. For a complete list of arguments, refer to the NSJavaVirtualMachine.h header in the JavaVM framework. (4) NoSuchMethodError exceptions: WebObjects applications written in Java would occasionally raise a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError exception, when the method did in fact exist. This was caused by a race condition on the interaction between Objective C's reference counting and Java's garbage collection. This has been fixed. These exceptions could also be raised if a subclass of next.eo.CustomObject did not implement a default constructor (that is, a constructor with no parameters). Java classes generated by EOModeler already have this constructor. After installing this patch, a missing default constructor will generate a more meaningful error message. (5) Java string retain crashes: A problem was fixed where Java strings were garbage collected before WebObjects had a chance to retain them. The missing strings caused some applications to eventually crash under heavy use. (6) Sybase and ODBC EOF adaptor: This patch incorporates a previously-released patch to the Sybase and ODBC EOF adaptors. See NeXTanswer #2611 for more information on these changes. -- Cliff Tuel -- ctuel@apple.com Enterprise Technical Support / Apple Computer, Inc.
From: Robert Vasvari <vrobi@shell-1.sirius.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: RBrowser 2.3 is available for Rhapsody DR2 Date: 3 Jun 1998 21:24:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l4eup$jio$1@news.digifix.com> RBrowser 2.3 is available for Rhapsody DR2 RBrowser 2.3 available for all Rhapsody/Openstep platforms: OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH i386 OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH m68k OPENSTEP 4.2 MACH sparc OPENSTEP Enterprise for WINDOWS NT 4.0 Rhapsody YellowBox DR1 for WINDOWS NT 4.0 Rhapsody DR2 PPC Rhapsody DR2 Intel available at: http://www.ddrummer.com RBrowser 2.3 requires WINDOWS NT 4.0 and either OpenStep Enterprise or the YellowBox runtime installed. For more detailed info please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html Remote Browser (RBrowser) provides access to files on the local host as well as remote UNIX systems with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowser provides a uniform interface to distributed file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. Who is RBrowser for? Anybody who has accounts on remote UNIX systems of whatever flavor, or on any host that has an FTP server. Working on documents, managing files over the network can be fairly painful, especially for those who are not experts in the cryptic UNIX shell commands. If you work on remote systems or have to move files back and forth often, RBrowser can make your life a lot easier. RBrowser provides an easy way to to manage and edit your HTML pages on the directly on the remote WEB host. Main functionality: a. RBrowser is a lot more than a file copying tool, like a graphic FTP client. RBrowser allows the user to manage/browse files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface. File management includes move, copy, duplicate, compress, delete,set permissions, make links, etc... b. Double-clicking on remote documents will open them on the local system automatically. If the document is modified, RBrowser will automatically save it back to the remote host. c. Entire file trees can be moved between local and remote host, or between remote hosts by simple drag&drop. d. Ability to connect to Web Hosts and anonymous FTP sites. For detailed documentation please visit http://www.ddrummer.com/RBrowser_main.html e-mail:rbrowser@ddrummer.com (c)1998 Different Drummer Software.
From: Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NSPPL Framework Date: 3 Jun 1998 22:00:04 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l4h14$k8u$1@news.digifix.com> Apple has released the sources to the NSPPL class. The NSPPL class was removed from Foundation when Rhapsody DR2 was released. It is available at ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Rhapsody/UsefulStuff/PPL.tar.gz ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Rhapsody/UsefulStuff/DEV.LICENSE.txt The following excerpt is from the Readme. Warning: These PPL sources are obsolete and unsupported. These are the sources to the NSPPL class from Foundation, the ppl command-line tool, and NSPPL documentation. The PPL.fproj subproject will produce a PPL.framework, and the ppl.tproj produces the ppl tool. See PPL.html for the documentation. These sources are as they came from Foundation, and the only changes have been to eliminate the "NS" prefix on global symbols. (And yes, there really was one big source file containing all of the NSPPL classes.) There are no known bugs outstanding against PPL.
From: Bruce Fancher <bruce@evolution.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WWW.WOSOURCE.COM: Online Resource for WebObjects Developers Date: 5 Jun 1998 02:55:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l7mmh$o54$1@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCING WWW.WOSOURCE.COM: ONLINE RESOURCE FOR WEBOBJECTS DEVELOPERS JUNE 3, 1998 Today is the public launch of WWW.WOSOURCE.COM, the first Web site devoted exclusively to providing resources to developers using WebObjects, Apple Computer's enterprise Web application development platform. WebObjects is being used by developers all over the world to build Internet and Intranet Web sites at companies such as Disney, Reebok, Sharper Image, Dell, the US Postal Service and Apple Computer itself. WWW.WOSOURCE.COM is the product of an ongoing collaborative effort by the WebObjects developer community to share tips and information about using the product more effectively. WWW.WOSOURCE.COM includes the following sections: News: The latest news and announcements about WebObjects. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Over 50 technically-oriented frequently-asked questions and answers about WebObjects Features: This section includes articles, editorials and product reviews. Freeware: A list of freeware applications, utilities and frameworks of interest to WebObjects developers Commercial Software: A list of commercial products which are based on or intended for use with WebObjects. Reference: Technical information about WebObjects and links to other sites New material is being added on an ongoing basis as it is submitted by members of the developer community. To contribute to the site, or for more information, please visit the site on the Web at www.wosource.com, or contact Bruce Fancher via email at bruce@iterative.com.
From: Peter Rasmussen <rasmus@interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Press Release ... ActiveDeveloper Beta2 -- Adds support for Rhapsody, PowerPC and Sparc Date: 5 Jun 1998 03:24:52 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6l7oe4$one$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ActiveDeveloper Beta2 -- ADDS SUPPORT FOR RHAPSODY, POWERPC AND SPARC June 4th 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Today, InterACTIVE-Technology announce the Beta2 of ActiveDeveloper - a Distributed Smalltalk-like Development Environment for NATIVE Rhapsody and OpenStep Code - and our take on Thinking Different about Development into Rhapsody and Mac OS X. Since the Core Engine of Beta1 did prove safe and sound, our main scope of Beta2 has been to port and to broaden the usability of ActiveDeveloper. Therefore Beta2 adds: 1) Rhapsody DR1 support for (PowerPC, Intel) 2) OpenStep support for Sparc - totalling (NeXT, Intel, Sparc) 3) IB.palette enabling Development right inside of InterfaceBuilder of GUI, as well as Control and BusinessLogic Code 4) DefaultAppKit.app enabling fast AppKit and Foundation Experiments without the overhead of a ProjectBuilder project Advantages for WannaGetAhead Developers: In it's Entry-level incarnation, ActiveDeveloper makes YellowBox and OpenStep NATIVE Development feel as if it were interpreted. And on top of that, it offers: - On-line Evaluation, Display, Inspection ... everywhere ... - On-line Object Graph Browser ... - On-line Class and Category Editors ... enabling code reloading ... - On-line Smalltalk-like Workspaces ... After you have Activated your ProjectBuilder projects, ActiveDeveloper will give them Edit-Compile-Play cycles in seconds ... even on a slow Pentium-II system. Advantages for Cautious Developers: ActiveDeveloper is carefully designed, so that it does NOT impose ANY dependencies onto your Projects. Neither into your Source Code, nor inside your End Products; Except - it's very likely to rapidly make you Workspace-addicted, as it happens to most Smalltalk newcomers. Once they grasp what that Workspace has to offer - " they immediately start wondering how they ever gotten around without it ... " But, should you really really ever want to back out again. The decision is yours. All code developed with ActiveDeveloper is NATIVE Rhapsody or OpenStep Code, and as such compiles straight with ProjectBuilder. There's NO ActiveDeveloper lock-in. So, why bother resorting to some Scripting language, when you can now get truly InterACTIVE with NATIVE YellowBox and OpenStep Power. - cause Native means ... one language and all code under ProjectBuilder - cause Native means ... no extra runtime in deployment - cause Native means ... no extra runtime penalty on performance - cause Native means ... not only for GUIs or particular kinds of projects. ActiveDeveloper Beta2 Released today, with a single user time limited floating license. Downloadable from our WebSite at <http://www.interactive-technology.com> To get you Up Running out of the Box immediately - we recommend that you also download your WWDC Web Demonstrations and use these as first examples. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <3655896587222@digifix.com> Date: 7 Jun 1998 03:49:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <3380897192025@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: <3654896587219@digifix.com> Date: 7 Jun 1998 03:49:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <3379897192022@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: mont@doverpacific.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Entry level developer positions available Date: 12 Jun 1998 03:16:28 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6lq6ic$db5$1@news.digifix.com> Dover Pacific Computing Inc., a San Diego based software development firm, is looking to add several key members to its core development team. Qualified applicants will have a B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience. Applicants should be knowledgeable in C/C++, relational database theory, and object-oriented concepts. Experience with OpenStep or WebObjects is a definite plus. Dover Pacific Computing is a rapidly growing software development firm selling order management software to companies going direct. Offering competitive salary and benefits, stock options, a great work environment, and a beautiful location this is an excellent place to call home. Come join our team! Email resumes to: hr-engineering-dev@doverpacific.com or Fax to: 619-450-4890 Dover Pacific Computing, Inc. San Diego, CA 92121 619-450-4800 (voice) 619-450-4890 (fax)
From: mont@doverpacific.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Technical writer position available Date: 12 Jun 1998 03:16:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6lq6i2$db4$1@news.digifix.com> Dover Pacific Computing Inc., a San Diego based software development firm, is looking for a technical writer to document its system APIs and produce an SDK. Qualified applicants will have experience in API documentation and programming. Applicants should be knowledgeable in C/C++, relational database theory, and object-oriented concepts. Experience with OpenStep or WebObjects is a definite plus. Dover Pacific Computing is a rapidly growing software development firm selling order management software to companies going direct. Offering competitive salary and benefits, stock options, a great work environment, and a beautiful location this is an excellent place to call home. Come join our team! Email resumes to: hr-engineering-techdoc@doverpacific.com or Fax to: 619-450-4890 Dover Pacific Computing, Inc. San Diego, CA 92121 619-450-4800 (voice) 619-450-4890 (fax)
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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: <3379897192022@digifix.com> Date: 14 Jun 1998 03:49:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <28217897796825@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <3380897192025@digifix.com> Date: 14 Jun 1998 03:49:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <28218897796827@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: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HTTPS v1.04 Package for OmniWeb 3.x Beta 7 (Rhapsody DR2) Date: 16 Jun 1998 03:30:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6m4ot7$6qq$1@news.digifix.com> HTTPS v1.04 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (Rhapsody DR2) ================================================== Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), June 14, 1998 Description =========== This Package allows you to use https-URLs (via SSL or TLS) with OmniWeb 3 (Version == 3.x (Beta7)). It uses the free SSLeay-lib (Version 0.9.0) from Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and the OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/) extensible bundle architecture. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/HTTPS.1.04.r.PI.bs.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/net/www/libs/HTTPS.1.04.r.PI.bs.tar.gz This software is supplied without a warranty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using this software. Please keep in mind that this is work in progress. Also, please bear with the incomplete nature of the package. Installation ============ ATTENTION: Before you can install this Package you must install the SSLeay.pkg (Version 0.9.0 Port 1) in /Local/Library/Frameworks, without this Framework the bundle doesn't work. People outside of the USA and Canada can obtain this framework via ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.r.PI.b.tar.gz People inside the USA and Canada should check ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ or write to Rex Dieter <rdieter@mathstat.unl.edu> to get a RSAref-Version of this framework. To enable the HTTPS protocol, install the ./HTTPS.plugin bundle anywhere in the OmniWeb 3.x bundle path. Then, restart OmniWeb.app. The recommended location for personal installation is ~/Library/PlugIns for system-wide installation /Local/Library/PlugIns or /Network/Library/PlugIns. If you use a proxy server, you MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes like defaults write OmniWeb NonProxiableSchemes "(file, mailto, omniweb, rlogin, telnet, tn3270, https)" Without these "workarounds" OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!!! CONNECT-Protocol (Proxy Support for https) ========================================== To enable proxy support for https (SSL tunneling) you need another entry in the Proxy-Preferences Panel. Add a server to the "Proxy Server URL" section like this: "https:\\whatever-cache:1234\" and add the https protocol to the "Protocols" section. IMPORTANT: The https proxy MUST be the first server in the list, because the list of proxy servers is an ordered list. For example my "OWProxyServers" defaults look like this: ( { destinations = (oic.de); proxyURL = "(non-proxied protocols and destinations)"; }, {proxyURL = "https://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; schemes = (https); }, {proxyURL = "http://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; } ) History ======= 1.04 [14 June, 1998] - Some modifications (.plugin instead .omniweb, etc) for OmniWeb 3.x Beta7. 1.03 [10 May, 1998] - Changed the Preferences-Panel (more options). - Added a warning panel when the user enters a encrypted site. - Display more details about the connection (You must enable the Information/Warning-Panel to see it). - Localized the most stuff. - Source code is now included. 1.02 [26 April, 1998] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.9.0. - Supports TLSv1, SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Changed the SSL-Frameworks from SSL.framework and SSLCrypto.framework to one "super" Framework SSLeay.framework. It's now compatible to Rex Dieter's <rdieter@math.unl.edu> implementation of the SSL-Framework. 1.01 [26 January, 1998] - Fixed a bug in the CONNECTION (SSL-Tunneling) method. It was not possible to use the Apache-Proxy for SSL-Tunneling. 1.0 [19 January, 1998] - Changed the Proxy-Support. If you need proxy support add the proxy server now with the Proxy-Preferences Panel of OmniWeb. - Created a Version for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) AND OmniWeb 2.x - The name of the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) is "HTTPS", for OmniWeb 2.x "HTTPSExtension". 0.9 (Beta) [1 December, 1997] - Added Proxy authentication for the CONNECT-Protocol. - Fixed a bug in the Hostname resolver. Now it should be possible to use this bundle without any DNS if you use a proxy server. 0.8 (Beta) [14 November, 1997] - Adapted the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x - SSLeay-lib is now located in two Frameworks (SSLCrypto, SSL) - Renamed it (sorry for that) from HTTPSExtension.omniweb to HTTPS.omniweb, because the "new" bundle is not compatible with OmniWeb2.x, it works ONLY for OmniWeb3.x. So it is easier for me to figure out which bundle you mean if you have some questions about it. 0.7 [13 August, 1997] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.8.1. - Supports SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Added a Preferences Panel - Added Proxy-Support (CONNECT-Protocol) (see HTTPS Preferences) - Added an Installer Package - Renamed it from https.omni to HTTPSExtension.omniweb - Fixed some bugs - Removed the source code 0.6 [1 December, 1996] - Internal version 0.5a [14 June, 1996] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.2a. - Fixed a little (not important) bug. - Included the source code 0.5 [5 May, 1996] - First version, which uses the SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.1b Bugs? ===== Yes, if you use a proxy server. You MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes. ATTENTION: Without any protocols, OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!! Send bug reports, suggestions or comments to the address below. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Copyright ========= This bundle is free for commercial and non-commercial use. The code is supplied "as is" the author makes no warranty as to its suitability for any purpose. The code is free and may be distributed in accordance with the terms of the: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Test ==== Some https-URL's to test the bundle: https://tls.cryptsoft.com/ https://www.cryptsoft.com/~tjh/cryptocheck.php https://www.onlygourmet.com/ https://www.bose.com/cgi-bin/Direct https://sectest.microsoft.com/ https://vault.sfnb.com/cgi-bin/accntSum ToDo ==== - Client certification?? - Display an Icon when a SSL-Connection is in progress?? Source Code =========== To compile this bundle you need the SSLeay-Framework in version 0.9.0 and the API (Frameworks) for OmniWeb 3.x. If you modify the source code, please send a copy of the modifications to me <jm@oic.de>. Thank you. Thanks ====== Thanks to "Stefanie R. Herzer <herzer@apple.com>" "Stephen J. Perkins <perkins@netmass.com>" "Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com>" "Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>" "Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>" "Jens M. Schuh <schuh@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Sabina Stoeckmann <sabina@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Thomas Sieweke <sieweke@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>" "David Andel <david@nexttoyou.de>" Contact Information =================== Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail)
From: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 (Port 1) for Rhapsody DR2 Date: 16 Jun 1998 03:30:52 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6m4otc$6qr$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 (Port 1), April 10, 1998 =============================================== Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), June 14, 1998 Description =========== This archive contains an Rhapsody framework for the cryptographic library SSLeay written by Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>. Install it only on PPC or Intel-based computers running Rhapsody Developer Release 2. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.r.PI.b.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.r.PI.b.tar.gz Installation ============ Use the installer.sh script. The recommended location for this framework is /Local/Library/Frameworks. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Warning! ======== It is illegal to use this software inside of the USA. Inside the USA the RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms. If you are in the USA, you are required to use the RSAref version of this framework. In case that you need such a version, please contact Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> or check the URL ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/. Copyright ========= Copyright (C) 1997 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved. Source Code =========== You can obtain the source code via ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/. Thanks ====== Thanks to Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> for the RSAref version of this framework. Contact Information =================== For questions about the Rhapsody Package write to: Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail) For questions about the SSLeay Libraries itself write to: Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> or Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com> You can find the FAQ's at http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/.
From: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 (Port 1) for OPENSTEP 4.2/Mach Date: 16 Jun 1998 03:30:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6m4otf$6qs$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay Framework 0.9.0 (Port 1), April 10, 1998 =============================================== Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), June 14, 1998 Description =========== This archive contains an OpenStep framework for the cryptographic library SSLeay written by Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>. Install it only on NeXT, SPARC, or Intel-based computers running OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz Installation ============ Use the Installer.app. The recommended location for this framework is /LocalLibrary/Frameworks. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Warning! ======== It is illegal to use this software inside of the USA. Inside the USA the RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms. If you are in the USA, you are required to use the RSAref version of this framework. In case that you need such a version, please contact Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> or check the URL http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/. Copyright ========= Copyright (C) 1997 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved. Source Code =========== You can obtain the source code via ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/. Thanks ====== Thanks to Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> for the RSAref version of this framework. Contact Information =================== For questions about the OPENSTEP Package write to: Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail) For questions about the SSLeay Libraries itself write to: Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> or Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com> You can find the FAQ's at http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/.
From: jurgen@oic.de (Juergen Moellenhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HTTPS v1.04 Package for OmniWeb 3.x Beta 7 (OPENSTEP 4.2/Mach) Date: 16 Jun 1998 03:30:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6m4oti$6qt$1@news.digifix.com> HTTPS v1.04 Package for OmniWeb 3.x (OPENSTEP 4.2/Mach) ======================================================= Juergen Moellenhoff (jm@oic.de), June 14, 1998 Description =========== This Package allows you to use https-URLs (via SSL or TLS) with OmniWeb 3 (Version == 3.x (Beta7)). It uses the free SSLeay-lib (Version 0.9.0) from Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and the OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/) extensible bundle architecture. The software is currently available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/incoming/HTTPS.1.04.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz and later ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/net/www/libs/HTTPS.1.04.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz This software is supplied without a warranty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using this software. Please keep in mind that this is work in progress. Also, please bear with the incomplete nature of the package. Installation ============ ATTENTION: Before you can install this Package you must install the SSLeay.pkg (Version 0.9.0 Port 1) in /LocalLibrary/Frameworks, without this Framework the bundle doesn't work. People outside of the USA and Canada can obtain this framework via ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/developer/libs/frameworks/SSLeay.0.9.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz People inside the USA and Canada should check ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks or write to Rex Dieter <rdieter@mathstat.unl.edu> to get a RSAref-Version of this framework. To enable the HTTPS protocol, install the ./HTTPS.plugin bundle anywhere in the OmniWeb 3.x bundle path. Then, restart OmniWeb.app. The recommended location for personal installation is ~/Library/PlugIns for system-wide installation /LocalLibrary/PlugIns. If you use a proxy server, you MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes like defaults write OmniWeb NonProxiableSchemes "(file, mailto, omniweb, rlogin, telnet, tn3270, https)" Without these "workarounds" OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!!! CONNECT-Protocol (Proxy Support for https) ========================================== To enable proxy support for https (SSL tunneling) you need another entry in the Proxy-Preferences Panel. Add a server to the "Proxy Server URL" section like this: "https:\\whatever-cache:1234\" and add the https protocol to the "Protocols" section. IMPORTANT: The https proxy MUST be the first server in the list, because the list of proxy servers is an ordered list. For example my "OWProxyServers" defaults look like this: ( { destinations = (oic.de); proxyURL = "(non-proxied protocols and destinations)"; }, {proxyURL = "https://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; schemes = (https); }, {proxyURL = "http://www-cache.oic.de:3128/"; } ) History ======= 1.04 [14 June, 1998] - Some modifications (.plugin instead .omniweb, etc) for OmniWeb 3.x Beta7. 1.03 [10 May, 1998] - Changed the Preferences-Panel (more options). - Added a warning panel when the user enters a encrypted site. - Display more details about the connection (You must enable the Information/Warning-Panel to see it). - Localized the most stuff. - Source code is now included. 1.02 [26 April, 1998] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.9.0. - Supports TLSv1, SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Changed the SSL-Frameworks from SSL.framework and SSLCrypto.framework to one "super" Framework SSLeay.framework. It's now compatible to Rex Dieter's <rdieter@math.unl.edu> implementation of the SSL-Framework. 1.01 [26 January, 1998] - Fixed a bug in the CONNECTION (SSL-Tunneling) method. It was not possible to use the Apache-Proxy for SSL-Tunneling. 1.0 [19 January, 1998] - Changed the Proxy-Support. If you need proxy support add the proxy server now with the Proxy-Preferences Panel of OmniWeb. - Created a Version for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) AND OmniWeb 2.x - The name of the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x (OpenStep/Rhapsody) is "HTTPS", for OmniWeb 2.x "HTTPSExtension". 0.9 (Beta) [1 December, 1997] - Added Proxy authentication for the CONNECT-Protocol. - Fixed a bug in the Hostname resolver. Now it should be possible to use this bundle without any DNS if you use a proxy server. 0.8 (Beta) [14 November, 1997] - Adapted the bundle for OmniWeb 3.x - SSLeay-lib is now located in two Frameworks (SSLCrypto, SSL) - Renamed it (sorry for that) from HTTPSExtension.omniweb to HTTPS.omniweb, because the "new" bundle is not compatible with OmniWeb2.x, it works ONLY for OmniWeb3.x. So it is easier for me to figure out which bundle you mean if you have some questions about it. 0.7 [13 August, 1997] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.8.1. - Supports SSLv2 and SSLv3 - Added a Preferences Panel - Added Proxy-Support (CONNECT-Protocol) (see HTTPS Preferences) - Added an Installer Package - Renamed it from https.omni to HTTPSExtension.omniweb - Fixed some bugs - Removed the source code 0.6 [1 December, 1996] - Internal version 0.5a [14 June, 1996] - It's now SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.2a. - Fixed a little (not important) bug. - Included the source code 0.5 [5 May, 1996] - First version, which uses the SSLeay-lib in version 0.5.1b Bugs? ===== Yes, if you use a proxy server. You MUST include at least one protocol for your proxy server (http, ftp, etc. but not https) in the protocol section of the Proxy-Preferences Panel or add the "https" protocol to the NonProxiableSchemes. ATTENTION: Without any protocols, OmniWeb wraps https calls to http!! Send bug reports, suggestions or comments to the address below. Architectures ============= ALL Architectures are supported. Copyright ========= This bundle is free for commercial and non-commercial use. The code is supplied "as is" the author makes no warranty as to its suitability for any purpose. The code is free and may be distributed in accordance with the terms of the: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Test ==== Some https-URL's to test the bundle: https://tls.cryptsoft.com/ https://www.cryptsoft.com/~tjh/cryptocheck.php https://www.onlygourmet.com/ https://www.bose.com/cgi-bin/Direct https://sectest.microsoft.com/ https://vault.sfnb.com/cgi-bin/accntSum ToDo ==== - Client certification?? - Display an Icon when a SSL-Connection is in progress?? Source Code =========== To compile this bundle you need the SSLeay-Framework in version 0.9.0 and the API (Frameworks) for OmniWeb 3.x. If you modify the source code, please send a copy of the modifications to me <jm@oic.de>. Thank you. Thanks ====== Thanks to "Stefanie R. Herzer <herzer@apple.com>" "Stephen J. Perkins <perkins@netmass.com>" "Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com>" "Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>" "Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>" "Jens M. Schuh <schuh@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Sabina Stoeckmann <sabina@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Thomas Sieweke <sieweke@trytec.bo.uunet.de>" "Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>" "David Andel <david@nexttoyou.de>" Contact Information =================== Juergen Moellenhoff OIC - Object Innovation Center Bochum, Germany EMail: jm@oic.de (ASCII, NEXT and MIME-Mail)
From: Georg Gruber <georg@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Special Joy deal to commemorate award that started it all Date: 16 Jun 1998 21:16:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6m6nao$rgd$1@news.digifix.com> SPECIAL JOY DEAL TO COMMEMORATE AWARD THAT STARTED IT ALL Vienna, 16 June 1998. Five years ago, Steve Jobs joyfully announced that a NEXTSTEP-based application had won first prize in the top category of the 1993 Computerworld Object Application Awards. Inspired from talking with Steve Jobs and rejoicing about winning the award, Sabine and Werner Staringer decided later that evening to found AAA+ Software. The technology evolved into Joy, the company's flagship product. Today, AAA+ celebrates the occasion with a special anniversary offer and surprise gifts. "Back then I headed FML, a university research lab for advanced software technologies. We consequently extended the NEXTSTEP technology. That way we created a pretty cool application. The jury chose us over the numerous C++ and Smalltalk entries. We were delighted. So was Steve", reminiscences Werner Staringer. "Founding AAA+ was a logical step. There were many insanely great ideas floating around FML. It needed a company to turn them into products." Until July 16, Joy users will have the opportunity to upgrade the entry-level $69 Joy Explorer product to a full-blown Joy Developer license for just $169. This offer represents a saving of 50% off the regular upgrade price of $339. A very special deal is extended to students. The upgrade price is just $99 for non-commercial use. Proof of student status is required. Current users of Joy Developer will not miss out. A valuable surprise gift will show up in the mailbox of all currently registered users with fully-paid Joy Developer licenses. All users will receive a free upgrade to Joy 2.0. The first prerelease of Joy 2.0 is already available to registered users on request. It will ship as a product in Q3/98. Joy 2.0 unifies Javascript, C, Objective-C, and Java. The syntax will be a superset of all these languages. Tcl will continue to be supported. Joy is AAA+ Software's developer productivity and rapid application development tool. Joy 1.x is currently available for Rhapsody DR2 (PowerPC), Rhapsody DR1 (PPC/Intel), Windows NT/95, and OPENSTEP/MachOS. The fully licensable demo of Joy is available for download at: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html Further information is available from: AAA+ Software Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 e-mail: joy@aaa-plus.com website: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/index.html
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From: Robert MacKimmie <rm@objectdata.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting - June 24, 1998, 7 PM, Key Tech WebObjects and EOF Frameworks Date: 21 Jun 1998 03:38:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mhv75$qv7$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting DATE: June 24, 1998, 7 PM, Apple Town Hall TOPIC: The Power of Key Tech Frameworks using EOF and WebObjects, reusable frameworks which extend Apple's core technologies by Tim Dawson (formerly of Integrity Solutions) Agenda for the presentation: - Background on Key Tech and Tim Dawson - Using EOF and WebObjects for Real World applications - Demo of KT EOF and WebObjects Applications - Overview of Key Tech Frameworks - Licensing Frameworks for major development and deployment advantage Key Tech overview: In late 1997, Key Investment Inc., a Minneapolis-based investment firm, purchased Integrity Solutions, Inc., along with two other leading Internet and software development organizations, and combined them to form KeyTech LLC. KeyTech specializes in creating custom-built, mission critical enterprise applications. Founded in 1992, Integrity Solutions established a reputation as a pioneer in object-oriented software on top of relational databases. Products such as NeXT's DBKit, EOF, ParcPlace Smalltalk, and relational databases such as Sybase and Oracle provided the core technology set for the company's initial projects. Since 1994, that experience has been leveraged to bring the same level of robustness and performance to the Web. Using advanced technologies, KeyTech has successfully delivered hundreds of business applications to customers ranging form corporate startups to the Fortune 500. KeyTech harnesses advanced technologies for reasons that matter; solving the right business problem, ensuring the fastest deployment to market, and delivering mission critical performance. This will be a valuable report on real objects functioning in the real world. Please join us for the presentation, demos, Q&A, and dinner after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. The Subsequent BANG Meeting: July 22, 1998, 7pm 1998 BANG Meeting Schedule Monthly meetings are scheduled for the the 4th Wednesday of each month (Nov & Dec 1998 each moved up one week due to holidays). Please check this page for the latest information on meeting topics and venues, as booking speakers for the evolving Rhapsody Development community employs "Dynamic Binding near Runtime". If you have not already signed up to receive an email notification when a topic and speakers have been set, please add your address to our list. This list is not distributed and does not result in spam or unsolicited mail. confirmed for Apple's Town Hall * June 24, 1998, 7pm * July 22, 1998, 7pm * August 26, 1998, 7pm unconfirmed, but anticipated for Apple's Town Hall * September 23, 1998, 7pm * October 28, 1998, 7pm * November 18, 1998, 7pm * December 16, 1998, 7pm Apple has been extremely supportive by allowing our organization to use Town Hall on all available dates. The cordial and helpful support in setup and technology readiness has been terrific. BANG and our audience owe a special thank you to Katherine, Kelly and Ron for their high caliber and professional assistance. Where to Get More Information * Email: info@bang.org * World Wide Web: http://www.bang.org/ * Telephone: 1.415.487.6237 The Bay Area NeXT Group is a longstanding support forum. Eight years after its founding, BANG remains a membership organization with meetings open to an interested public. Topics for meetings vary; BANG tries to present timely information and speakers of pertinent interest to users, developers, and employees of computing and technology environments. Suggestions of meeting topics and ideas for speakers are welcome; please send them to info@bang.org. If you have questions about our meetings or the organization, visit this site again, or to contact one of the volunteers at BANG. How to Get to the Apple Town Hall, Building 4 The Apple Computer 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 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. Finding Town Hall Town Hall is a large auditorium with entrances in the lobby of Building 4. [Note: If the door is locked, please knock; someone will be there in a moment to let you into the building.] NOTE: Please check these pages for updates and announcements; dates and program information for BANG meetings may be subject to change. Copyright 1998 Bay Area NeXT Group Last updated: June 20, 1998 All rights reserved.
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: <28217897796825@digifix.com> Date: 21 Jun 1998 03:49:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12114898401620@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <28218897796827@digifix.com> Date: 21 Jun 1998 03:49:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12115898401622@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
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From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ssh.1.2.25 (port 1) for OpenStep for Mach 4.x Date: 24 Jun 1998 03:52:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mpt6p$jdc$1@news.digifix.com> Another recent addition to the peak archive site. I don't yet know it's final location there since this software must be export-controlled. ssh.1.2.25.1.m.README June 23, 1998 These archives contains an Installer.app package for SSH (Secure Shell), version 1.2.25 (port 1), a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, rcp, and rdist. This build of ssh uses RSAREF, which makes ssh legal to use within the US. See NOTES for more details. file: ssh.1.2.25.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz sum: 32536 840 md5sum: 369a99ba4ab74077d8ac1c6d761ab7fc file: ssh.1.2.25.1.m.s.tar.gz sum: 44259 551 md5sum: 8c4086f6f1177b503b1d0db3a1eeca8f INSTALLATION Unpack the tar.gz archive, and use Installer.app to install to /usr/local. This location is hardcoded, so if you want to install elsewhere, you'll need to recompile ssh yourself. The Installer package includes a post_install script to create a ssh host key and default host and server config files (all in /etc) if they don't already exist. You'll need to manually launch the sshd server (in /usr/local/sbin) or add it to /etc/rc.local if you wanted it started automatically upon every reboot of your machine. You'll need to make the ssh program setuid root (it is not set, by default), if you want to use it's rhost capabilities. This installation requires the following frameworks: GMP.framework (v >= 2.0.0.0) RSAref.framework (v >= 2.0.0.0) TCPWrap.framework (v >= 7.6.0.0) Zlib.framework (v >= 1.0.4.0) (** The frameworks can be found at http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ **) NOTES If you are in the US, you are required to use this RSAref version of ssh (don't blame me, it's an RSA patent issue). Furthermore, ssh cannot be exported from the US. CHANGELOG. June 23, 1998 (1.2.25, port 1) - Included source - update to 1.2.25 May 15, 1998 (1.2.23, port 1) - Update to 1.2.23 - Remove non-RSAref version, since I can't use or export it. What's the point? Mar 6, 1998 (1.2.22, port 2) - *sigh* one day later... - Include authfd patch - Fix config problem (about existence of /var directory). - Add setuid note. Mar 5, 1998 (1.2.22, port 1) - First attempt at OpenStep version. CREDITS Ssh was originally written by Tatu Ylnen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. It is now being maintained by Data Fellows (http://www.datafellows.com/) and SSH Communications Security (http://www.ssh.fi/) Source ssh home page http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh RSAREF/RSAREF2 http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/q174.html ftp://ftp.rsa.com/rsaref/ rsaref@rsa.com Package creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Perl.5.004_04 (port #4) for Openstep for Mach 4.x Date: 24 Jun 1998 03:52:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mpt5r$jda$1@news.digifix.com> Perl.5.004_04.4.m.README June 23, 1998 file: Perl.5.004_04.4.m.NIS.bd.tar.gz desc: Framework port #4 of perl v5.004_04 sum: 64520 5417 md5sum: a86d744f501e85ae884df3b5007e3cf4 A complete Perl implementation built in the form of a Framework, so that it can be used for embedding a perl interpreter into other products (like apache + mod_perl). Install it only on computers running Openstep for Mach 4.x. (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ **) This port fixes an important configuration problem present in previous versions of this framework. Unfortunately, the fix also breaks binary compatibility with previous releases. Binaries linked against older versions (v <= 5.004_03 ) of this framework will no longer function, and binaries linked against THIS version (5.004_04.4) will not function with older versions (again v <= 5.004_04.3) either. INSTALLATION Type in a Terminal.app window (as root). > cd /wherever/the/file/is > gnutar xvzf Perl.5.004_04.4.m.NIS.bd.tar.gz Then use /NextAdmin/Installer.app on the resulting Perl.pkg. Note this package includes runs a few scripts (that run automatically at these specified times): 1. pre_install: makes uncompress and zcat point to gunzip and gzcat, respectively, so that the Installer.app can now handle gzipped Installer packages, which this is. (gzipped packags are MUCH smaller). 2. post_install: makes links (in /usr/local/bin) to the real perl, perl5, and perl5.00404 binaries. 3. post_delete: removes aforementioned links (See 2). Install the resulting package to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks This perl distribution installs for native build dynamic modules, by default. If you want your distribution to build FAT add-on dynamically loadable modules, you'll need to look at /LocalLibrary/Frameworks/Perl.framework/lib/openstep4/5.00404/Config.pm*. A few perl modules require additional frameworks installed: DB_File DB.framework (>= 1.85.0.0) GDBM_File GDBM.framework (>= 1.7.3.0) Image::Magick Magick.framework (>= 4.0.5.0) Compress::Zlib Zlib.framework (>= 1.0.4.0) which must also be installed (to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks) for you to successfully use this distribution of Perl. These frameworks can be found at: http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ CHANGELOG June 23, 1998 (5.004_04 port 4) - update to CPAN(1.38), CGI(2.42), mod_perl(1.12), Getopt::Long(2.17), plus a few others. - Change dylib creation method from libtool -dynamic to cc -dynamiclib. - Set interppath to /usr/local/bin/perl in config.h - Oops, bincompat3 set accidentally to y. Set back to n for proper interpreter embedding. This breaks apps/modules linked against the older version. Sorry. - install Bundle::Apache (including eperl-2.2.12). - update DB_File(1.60) - install IO-stringy-1.203, MailTools-1.11, MIME-tools-4.119 - install PerlMagick-1.36 (requires ImageMagick framework version >= 4.0.6 to function) - re-enable use of Zlib.framework (CPAN wasn't happy anyway) OK, problem is when LWP loads before Compress::Zlib -> crash. Compress::Zlib loads before LWP, fine. wierd. See CHANGELOG file inside framework for more details of recent changes. CREDITS Perl home page http://www.perl.com/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay 0.9.0 (port 1) for Openstep for Mach 4.x Date: 24 Jun 1998 03:52:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mpt6c$jdb$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay.0.9.0.1.m.README June 23, 1998 This archive contains an Installer.app package for an OpenStep framework for SSLeay. This is port #1 of SSLeay v0.9.0. This default installation requires the installation of the RSAref framework (see below for more explanation) to function. file: SSLeay.0.9.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz sum: 01285 937 md5sum: 64369ff4273ce9e300a2ae610f9ded7e (** to be placed at (export controlled?) http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Install the framework to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks. This is the easiest place to put it, and software built with this framework expects it to be there. Alternate locations are possible, only if you know what you are doing and/or you don't mind playing with the Makefile in the framework to change the default installation parameters. Because of a special pre_install script that enables the use of a much smaller gzipped package, root access is required to install. NOTES If you are in the US, you are required to use the RSAref version of this cyptographic library. Don't worry, that is the default installation option. This RSAref version of SSleay requires you to also install the RSAref.framework as well. Applications that have been built to use (or that CAN use) this framework include: apache-SSL (versions >= 1.2.6.1) lynx-SSL (versions >= 2.8.0.1) OmniWeb * (HTTPS plugin version >= 1.04) * This SSLeay.framework can function as a drop-in replacement for the SSLeay (v0.9.0) framework by Jurgen Mollenhoff <jm@oic.de> that is used in his HTTPS plugin for OmniWeb. CHANGELOG June 23, 1998 (0.9.0 port #1) - Update crypto/date.h - add CFLAG define in makefile so C flags can be reported at runtime. - 0.9.0 seems to be binary compatible with 0.8.1, it's just that apache's ssl directives are a bit less forgiving of misconfigurations if using 0.9.0. See the CHANGELOG file inside of framework for details of recent changes. CREDITS Source Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/ ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: apache.1.2.6 (port 3) Date: 24 Jun 1998 03:54:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mpt9m$jdd$1@news.digifix.com> I've made my latest apache 1.2.6 for openstep available at peak. Attached is the README. (1.3.0 coming soon!) apache.1.2.6.3.m.README June 23, 1998 This archive contains an Installer.app package for the apache webserver v1.2.6 (port #3): file: apache.1.2.6.3.m.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: Installer.app package for apache binary distribution. sum: 55492 914 md5sum: 1e2e0cdacca498d8e0dabaa5f34d38d9 file: apache.1.2.6.3.m.s.tar.gz desc: tar'd + gzipped source code sum: 03548 1025 md5sum: 7eb0a109d4c8c39982bccc05df419685 (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/internet/www/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/apps/internet/www/ **) INSTALLATION Unpack and use Installer.app to install to /LocalLibrary (or elsewhere, but you'll need to fixup the config files if you do move it). Root access is required to install. NOTES This versin of apache was built using the following frameworks (aka dynamic/shared libraries): DB.framework (version >= 1.85.0.0), Perl.framework (version >= 5.004.0.4) which must also be installed (to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks) for you to successfully use this distribution of apache. These frameworks can be found at http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ CHANGELOG. June 23, 1998 (1.2.6 port 3) - apache-1.3.0 is coming soon! - include source code. - update to mod_perl-1.12. - Create as gzipped package using pre_install script. April 20, 1998 (1.2.6 port 2) - Fixed up OpenStep patch a bit (thanks to http://www.stepwise.com/ ) (I had the HZ set not-quite-right in mod_status.c). Mar 24, 1998 (1.2.6 port 1) - update to apache_1.2.6 CREDITS Apache home page http://www.apache.org/ Apache + Perl = mod_perl http://perl.apache.org/ Package Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: "John D. Yanefski" <john@targetdev.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Target Development, Inc. Announces Release 4.4.1 of ReportPalette for Rhapsody DR2 Date: 26 Jun 1998 05:01:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6mv9us$fej$1@news.digifix.com> News: For Immediate Release Contact: John Yanefski Target Development, Inc. Phone: (717) 399.9550 Fax: (717) 399.9551 email: john@targetdev.com Target Development, Inc. Announces Release 4.4.1 of ReportPalette for Rhapsody DR2 LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - June 19, 1998. Target Development, Inc. announces the 4.4.1 release of ReportPalette for Rhapsody and the Enterprise Objects Framework. The ReportPalette is a collection of objects that allow you to easily add custom report writing features into your EOF applications. Unlike traditional report writers that directly access database tables, the ReportPalette reports on NSDictionary values from your Enterprise Objects. EODisplayGroups can be used to define the hierarchy of the report, and Interface Builder serves as the medium for page layout. Using the ReportPalette, keys of your EOs can be mapped directly to columns or free-form text fields on the report page. Images and formatted rich text with imbedded keys can also be added graphically. This WYSIWYG reporting tool is capable of reproducing custom forms, generating mailing labels and form letters, and producing on-the-fly hierarchical column-based and free-form reports. Other ReportPalette Features: + Custom Static and Dynamic Page Sequences; for report cover, insertion, and trailer pages + Custom page backgrounds; for page header and footer information + Automatic Page Layout control at runtime + Horizontal pagination + Multi-level group headers and footers, including totals + Column Headers and Footers, with totals + Full support for the Foundation classes, including NSString, NSNumber, NSCalendarDate, NSData for RTF(D), and NSImage objects. + Fully documented API for programmatic customization The ReportPalette ships with several demo applications and NIBs, along with install scripts and EOModels for Sybase, Oracle, Informix, and OpenBase. The example NIBs can be loaded and run using IB's 'Test Interface' mode! That's how easy it is! Example NIBs include a column based report, form letters, mailing labels, a free-form report, and a custom healthcare form. A date licensed version of the palette is available via the Web or directly from Target Development, Inc. The product is date licensed through July 30, 1998. The product includes the Interface Builder palette, the TDReportKit and TDSharedKit Frameworks, complete technical documentation, and various demo applications and NIBS. The palette retails for $895.00 per developer seat. No runtime fees apply. Educational, site, and source licenses are also available. The palette can be downloaded from our Web site at: http://www.stepwise.com/Target_Development The archived version is compiled Fat for PPC and Intel. Target Development, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based object-oriented solutions company, specializing in database productivity objects for NEXTSTEP, OpenStep, and Rhapsody. We are currently shipping object palettes for EOF (versions 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 and 2.1 on Mach, NT,and Rhapsody). We additionally offer OpenStep and Rhapsody consulting and training, and are available for onsight services. Interested persons should contact us by phone at (717) 399-9550, fax at (717) 399-9551, or email to objects@targetdev.com. EOF, Interface Builder, NEXTSTEP, OpenStep and Rhapsody are a trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. ReportPalette and RetrieverPalette are trademarks of Target Development, Inc.
From: Georg Gruber <georg@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PR: AAA+ Software Ships Joy Services for Rhapsody DR2 Date: 27 Jun 1998 04:33:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6n1smh$c6c$1@news.digifix.com> For immediate release. AAA+ SOFTWARE SHIPS JOY SERVICES FOR RHAPSODY DR2 --- Free scripting application now available for DR2 Vienna, June 26, 1998. AAA+ Software announces the release of Joy Services 1.0/DR2 for Rhapsody Developer Release 2. This software is free. Users can enhance their work environment by implementing short Joy scripts. Corresponding menu items are added to Rhapsody's Services menu. No other developer tools are required. Joy Services 1.0/DR2 is for use with Rhapsody DR2 only. For other Yellow Box platforms Joy Services 1.0 is the current version. Joy Services are free. Joy Services require the Joy frameworks. These are part of the commercial Joy package. Just download and install it. There is no need to purchase a Joy license key to use Joy Services. Joy Services 1.0/DR2 comes with a small collection of example services. Among them: Files/Copy Paths Copies the full pathnames of the selected files to the pasteboard. Files/Group in Folder Tells Workspace to create a new folder and move the selected files into that folder. Files/Open Matching Prompts for a regular expression (e.g. *.gif), then asks Workspace to open any matching files in the current folder. Joy/Search in Manual Opens the documentation for the selected Objective-C class name or Joy command. Joy/Evaluate Expression Interprets the selected text as a mathematical expression and replaces the selection with the result. Text/Capitalize Capitalizes the text in the selection. Text/To Lowercase Converts the selected text to lowercase. Text/Trim Left Removes all leading spaces, tabs, newlines, and carriage returns from the selection. Creating new services with Joy Services is very easy. Many of the examples above are single line scripts. The entire functionality of the Yellow Box frameworks is accessible through Joy scripts. Scripts can interact with and create any object, class, or method. In addition, Joy Services encompasses the entire command set of Tcl 8.0. Download Joy Services from: http://www.aaa-plus.com/free-sw/download.html Download the Joy package from http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html If you are already a user of Joy, make sure to upgrade to the latest version before installing Joy Services. The current release version for Rhapsody DR2 is Joy 1.13. Joy is a cross-platform development and developer productivity tool from AAA+ Software. It is available for all Yellow Box platforms, including OPENSTEP, Rhapsody, and Windows NT/95. At the 1998 Macworld/MacTech Editors Choice Awards, Joy 1.0 received a Finalist Award in the category 'Best Tool for New Technologies'. Further information on Joy is available from: AAA+ Software Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 e-mail: joy@aaa-plus.com website: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/index.html
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ssh1.2.25 (port 1) for NEXTSTEP 3.x Date: 27 Jun 1998 04:33:49 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6n1snd$c6d$1@news.digifix.com> Another recent addition to the peak archive site. I don't yet know it's final location there since this software must be export-controlled. ssh.1.2.25.1.README June 25, 1998 These archives contains an Installer.app package for SSH (Secure Shell), version 1.2.25 (port 1) for NEXTSTEP 3.x (x >= 2). SSH allows one to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh, rcp, and rdist. This build of ssh uses RSAREF, which makes ssh legal to use within the US. See NOTES for more details. file: ssh.1.2.25.1.NIS.b.tar.gz sum: 41690 1083 md5sum: c1c1d70acf929413f9fc32a0e72b48ae INSTALLATION Unpack the tar.gz archive, and use Installer.app to install to /usr/local. This location is hardcoded, so if you want to install elsewhere, you'll need to recompile ssh yourself. The Installer package includes a post_install script to create a ssh host key and default host and server config files (all in /etc) if they don't already exist. You'll need to manually launch the sshd server (in /usr/local/sbin) or add it to /etc/rc.local if you wanted it started automatically upon every reboot of your machine. You'll need to make the ssh program setuid root (it is not set, by default), if you want to use it's rhost capabilities. NOTES If you are in the US, you are required to use this rsaref version of ssh (don't blame me, it's an RSA patent issue). Furthermore, ssh cannot be exported from the US. CHANGELOG. June 25, 1998 (1.2.25, NEXTSTEP port 1) - First attempt (no source) June 23, 1998 (1.2.25, OpenStep port 1) - Included source - update to 1.2.25 May 15, 1998 (1.2.23, port 1) - Update to 1.2.23 - Remove non-RSAref version, since I can't use or export it. What's the point? Mar 6, 1998 (1.2.22, port 2) - *sigh* one day later... - Include authfd patch - Fix config problem (about existence of /var directory). - Add setuid note. Mar 5, 1998 (1.2.22, port 1) - First attempt at OpenStep version. CREDITS Ssh was originally written by Tatu Ylnen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. It is now being maintained by Data Fellows (http://www.datafellows.com/) and SSH Communications Security (http://www.ssh.fi/) Source ssh home page http://www.ssh.fi/ RSAREF/RSAREF2 http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/q174.html ftp://ftp.rsa.com/rsaref/ rsaref@rsa.com Package creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTTOYOU Summer 1998 is out Date: 1 Jul 1998 04:31:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nce2j$1id$1@news.digifix.com> Today, the summer issue of NEXTTOYOU, the German NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine, has been published. (Unfortunately, we are ten days late due to technical problems.) Excerpts from its contents: NEWS Neues und Aktuelles p. 8 FACTS Mach kennenlernen p. 21 MacOS X Strategie p. 26 WebObjects, Teil 2 p. 32 Buchtip: Apple Design p. 38 APPS Neues vom Software-Markt p. 40 TIPS Hier kommt die Maus p. 44 PnPDump p. 45 TEST Zwei X fuer ein R p. 47 Schluesselkinder p. 52 OmniWeb 3 p. 58 HOW Drucken wie von Geisterhand p. 64 Das Sahnehaeubchen (CAPer) p. 66 CODE Java fur Umsteiger p. 69 MiscSoundKit 2.0 p. 70 POSIX Bugfix p. 70 Apples neue Developer-Programme p. 71 NEXTTOYOU is the oldest NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine worldwide. First published in 1994 to provide the NEXTSTEP community with a platform both for neophytes and professionals, it has enjoyed steady growth since then and right now experiences another leap in interest due to the upcoming new Apple operating system based on OPENSTEP technology. NEXTTOYOU also provides a great advertisement opportunity for those companies that want to position themselves early in the newly emerging OPENSTEP/Rhapsody marketplace. NEXTTOYOU appears quarterly at season's start and costs (including shipping): annual single subscription issue US $ 30 $ 8.50 EU DM 46 DM 13 For more information: WWW: <http://www.nexttoyou.de (subscription is possible on our Web pages) EMAIL: info@nexttoyou.de (for general questions) abo@nexttoyou.de (for subscriptions/orders of single issues) anzeige@nexttoyou.de (for advertisement)
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (3.7.98) Date: 3 Jul 1998 03:18:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nhihl$o2p$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 55 Jul 3 00:17 NEXTSTEP/audio/apps/MusicBuilder.1.2.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 42 Jul 3 00:17 NEXTSTEP/audio/apps/MusicBuilder.README 56 Jul 3 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/network/system/sharity-light.0.4.README 44 Jul 3 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/ssh.1.2.25_I_b.tar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <1MQ41vjp9GA.154@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Control: cancel <1MQ41vjp9GA.154@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Date: 03 Jul 1998 05:20:58 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.1MQ41vjp9GA.154@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Sender: PC Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSSION: TCPWrap (v7.6.0.3) for Rhapsody (DR2) Date: 2 Jul 1998 04:30:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nf2dm$s5n$1@news.digifix.com> TCPWrap-7.6.0.3.README July 1, 1998 This archive contains an Installer.app package for an OpenStep framework for tcp_wrappers v7.6. With this package you can monitor and filter incoming requests for the SYSTAT, FINGER, FTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, RSH, EXEC, TFTP, TALK, and other network services The package provides tiny daemon wrapper programs that can be installed without any changes to existing software or to existing configuration files. The wrappers report the name of the client host and of the requested service; the wrappers do not exchange information with the client or server applications, and impose no overhead on the actual conversation between the client and server applications. file: TCPWrap-7.6.0.3-PI-b.tar.gz sum: 30981 104 md5sum: f8055991943883a98f5bc8b04e13fd65 Source available on request. (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Upack the archive: > gnutar xvf TCPWrap-7.6.0.3-PI-b.tar.gz Install the pkg using installer.sh as root: > installer.sh TCPWrap-7.6.0.3-PI-b.tar.gz to install the framework to /Local/Library/Frameworks. NOTES I configured this version of tcp_wrappers to use the LOG_AUTH syslog facility (which varies from the default LOG_MAIL). CHANGELOG July 1, 1998 (7.6.0 Rhapsody port 3 - Fixup for RhapsodyDR2 (and post DR2) See CHANGELOG inside of framework for more detailed list of recent changes. CREDITS Source Wietse Venema ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/security/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: SSLeay (v0.9.0b.1) framework for Rhapsody (DR2) Date: 2 Jul 1998 04:30:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nf2dq$s5o$1@news.digifix.com> SSLeay-0.9.0b.1.README July 1, 1998 This archive contains an Installer.app package for a Rhapsody framework for SSLeay. This is port 1 of SSLeay v0.9.0b. This port of SSLeay uses RSAref routines, which make it legal to use for non-commericial purposes in the US. file: SSLeay-0.9.0b.1-PI-b.tar.gz sum: 58529 709 md5sum: fc64095703f8fe39a8d925d492aec5c6 Source available on request. (** ?? export controlled ?? to be placed at http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Unpack the archive: > gnutar xvf SSLeay-0.9.0b.1-PI-b.tar.gz Install the pkg using installer.sh as root: > installer.sh SSLeay.pkg to install the framework to /Local/Library/Frameworks. You'll also need to install the following frameworks: RSAref (v >= 2.0.0.2) NOTES If you are in the US, you are required to use the RSAref version of this cyptographic library. Don't worry, that is the default installation option. This RSAref version of SSLeay requires you to also install the RSAref.framework as well. Applications that have been built to use (or that CAN use) this framework include: OmniWeb3* (HTTPS plugin version >= 1.04) * This SSLeay.framework can function as a drop-in replacement for the SSLeay (v0.9.0) framework by Jurgen Mollenhoff <jm@oic.de> that is used in his HTTPS plugin for OmniWeb3 (beta 7 or newer).. CHANGELOG July 1, 1998 (0.9.0b Rhapsody(DR2) port 1) - First try, include fixups for DR2. - update to SSLeay-0.9.0b, which fixes the PKCS#1 padding bug. - This is a VERY rough port, with limited testing... we'll see how it works See CHANGELOG inside of framework for more details of recent changes. CREDITS SSLeay home page http://www.ssleay.org/ Source Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com> http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto/ ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GMP (v2.0.2.2) framework for Rhapsody (DR2) Date: 2 Jul 1998 04:30:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nf2e2$s5q$1@news.digifix.com> GMP.2.0.2.2.README July 1, 1998 These archives contain an installer.sh package of a Rhapsody framework for GNU's gmp-2.0.2. It is a C library for doing arbitrary-precision mathematics. It also contains a Berkeley-compatible libmp.a. This library is utilized in building many other tools, like ssh and various mathematical software packages (macaulay2). file: GMP-2.0.2.2-PI-b.tar.gz sum: 12717 277 md5sum: 06122540fb97f91ca4801ad91f94bbbf Source available on request. (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Unpack the archive: > gnutar xvf GMP-2.0.2.2-PI-b.tar.gz Install the pkg using installer.sh as root: > installer.sh GMP.pkg to install the framework to /Local/Library/Frameworks. CREDITS GMP Home Page http://www.matematik.su.se/~tege/gmp/ GNU Software Archive ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Zlib (v1.1.2.1) framework for Rhapsody (DR2) Date: 2 Jul 1998 04:30:43 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nf2dj$s5m$1@news.digifix.com> Zlib-1.1.2.1.README July 1, 1998 This archive contains a RhapsodyDR2 framework for zlib 1.1.2, a general purpose data compression library. All the code is reentrant (thread safe). The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). file: Zlib-1.1.2.1-PI.b.tar.gz sum: 38130 137 md5sum: b7c2299f07ae99e74d0e9b2213ad8d85 Source available on request. (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Unpack the archive: > gnutar xvf Zlib-1.1.2.1-PI.b.tar.gz Install the pkg using installer.sh as root: > installer.sh Zlib.pkg to install the framework to /Local/Library/Frameworks. CHANGELOG July 1, 1998 (1.1.2 RhapsodyDR2 port 1) - zlib-1.1.2 - Fixup for DR2 Mar 2, 1998 (1.1.1 RhapsodyDR1 port 1) - zlib-1.1.1 CREDITS Zlib source ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/src/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RSAref (v2.0.0.2) framework for Rhapsody (DR2) Date: 2 Jul 1998 04:30:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nf2dv$s5p$1@news.digifix.com> RSAref.2.0.0.2.README July 1, 1998 These archives contain Installer.app packages for an OpenStep framework for the March 16, 1994 release of RSAREF 2.0 from RSA Data Security, Inc. Please read *carefully* the the RSAREF 2.0 license (and the bottom of this README file); it describes your obligations when using RSAREF 2.0 in/with any application. file: RSAref.2.0.0.2-PI-b.tar.gz sum: 47808 75 md5sum: 3f9fc7f1a01ae5cfff0fdd79b39510e0 Source available on request. (** ?? export controlled ?? to be placed at http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Developer/Frameworks/ **) INSTALLATION Unpack the archive: > gnutar xvf RSAref.2.0.0.2-PI-b.tar.gz Install the pkg using installer.sh as root: > installer.sh RSAref.pkg to install the framework to /Local/Library/Frameworks. NOTES Access to this library is restricted, and can obtained by request (e-mail Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> ) or some other manner as dictated by Peak, because of US export laws. Furthermore, use of this library is governed by the license terms as stated and the end of this document. In short, this library is for non-commercial use only. There do exist alternatives to this library: BSAFE: in effect, the commercial version of RSAREF. RSAEURO: free library for use anywhere non-US. (-: ESREF: RSAREF compatible library by ESCP project. I believe it is possible (for the most part) to use any one of these (BSAFE, ESREF, RSAREF, RSAEURO) as drop-in replacements for any other. Applications that use this framework include: SSLeay.framework (and, in effect, any application that uses it) ssh.1.2.25.1 CHANGELOG See CHANGELOG file inside of framework for a detailed list of recent changes. CREDITS RSAREF/RSAREF2 http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/q174.html ftp://ftp.rsa.com/rsaref/ rsaref@rsa.com RSAEURO http://www.repertech.com/RSAEuro/ ESCP/ESREF http://sunsite.nus.sg/escp/ RSA/BSAFE http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/q173.html http://www.rsa.com/ Pointers to Cryptographic Software http://www.cryptograpy.org/ Framework Build Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ LICENSE TERMS RSA LABORATORIES PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT Version 2.0 March 16, 1994 RSA LABORATORIES, A DIVISION OF RSA DATA SECURITY, INC. ("RSA") GRANTS YOU A LICENSE AS FOLLOWS TO THE "RSAREF" PROGRAM: 1. LICENSE. RSA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual (subject to the conditions of Section 8) license for the "RSAREF" program (the "Program") and its associated documentation, subject to all of the following terms and conditions: a. to use the Program on any computer; b. to make copies of the Program for back-up purposes; c. to modify the Program in any manner for porting or performance improvement purposes (subject to Section 2) or to incorporate the Program into other computer programs for your own personal or internal use, provided that you provide RSA with a copy of any such modification or Application Program by electronic mail, and grant RSA a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and distribute such modifications and Application Programs on the terms set forth in this Agreement. d. to copy and distribute the Program and Application Programs in accordance with the limitations set forth in Section 2. "Application Programs" are programs which incorporate all or any portion of the Program in any form. The restrictions imposed on Application Programs in this Agreement shall not apply to any software which, through the mere aggregation on distribution media, is co-located or stored with the Program. 2. LIMITATIONS ON LICENSE. a. RSA owns the Program and its associated documentation and all copyrights therein. You may only use, copy, modify and distribute the Program as expressly provided for in this Agreement. You must reproduce and include this Agreement, RSA's copyright notices and disclaimer of warranty on any copy and its associated documentation. The Program and any Application programs must be distributed with their source code. b. The Program may not be used directly for revenue-generating purposes. You may not: (i) use the Program to provide services to others for which you are compensated in any manner; (ii) license or otherwise distribute any Application Program in any manner that generates income to you, including without limitation any income on account of license fees, royalties, maintenance fees and upgrade fees; and (iii) license or otherwise distribute any Application Program without the express written acknowledgment of the end user that the Program will not be used in connection with any revenue-generating activity of the end user. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits you from using the Program or any Application Program solely for internal purposes on the premises of a business which is engaged in revenue-generating activities. c. The Program, if modified, must carry prominent notices stating that changes have been made, and the dates of any such changes. d. Prior permission from RSA in writing is required for any modifications that access the Program through ways other than the published Program interface or for modifications to the Program interface. RSA will grant all reasonable requests for permission to make such modifications. 3. NO RSA OBLIGATION. You are solely responsible for all of your costs and expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of the Program or any Application Program hereunder, and RSA shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility therefor. RSA shall have no obligation to provide maintenance, support, upgrades or new releases to you or to any distributee of the Program or any Application Program. 4. NO WARRANTY OF PERFORMANCE. THE PROGRAM AND ITS ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION ARE LICENSED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND YOUR DISTRIBUTEES. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU AND YOUR DISTRIBUTEES (AND NOT RSA) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 6 HEREINUNDER, NEITHER RSA NOR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THE PROGRAM SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF RSA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 6. PATENT INFRINGEMENT OBLIGATION. Subject to the limitations set forth below, RSA, at its own expense, shall: (i) defend, or at its option settle, any claim, suit or proceeding against you on the basis of infringement of any United States patent in the field of cryptography by the unmodified Program; and (ii) pay any final judgment or settlement entered against you on such issue in any such suit or proceeding defended by RSA. The obligations of RSA under this Section 6 are subject to: (i) RSA's having sole control of the defense of any such claim, suit or proceeding; (ii) your notifying RSA promptly in writing of each such claim, suit or proceeding and giving RSA authority to proceed as stated in this Section 6; and (iii) your giving RSA all information known to you relating to such claim, suit or proceeding and cooperating with RSA to defend any such claim, suit or proceeding. RSA shall have no obligation under this Section 6 with respect to any claim to the extent it is based upon (a) use of the Program as modified by any person other than RSA or use of any Application Program, where use of the unmodified Program would not constitute an infringement, or (b) use of the Program in a manner other than that permitted by this Agreement. THIS SECTION 6 SETS FORTH RSA'S ENTIRE OBLIGATION AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS INFRINGEMENT. NOTE: Portions of the Program practice methods described in and subject to U.S. Patents Nos. 4,200,770, 4,218,582 and 4,405,829, and all foreign counterparts and equivalents, issued to Leland Stanford Jr. University and to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Such patents are licensed to RSA by Public Key Partners of Sunnyvale, California, the holder of exclusive licensing rights. This Agreement does not grant or convey any interest whatsoever in such patents. 7. RSAREF is a non-commercial publication of cryptographic techniques. Portions of RSAREF have been published in the International Security Handbook and the August 1992 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Privacy applications developed with RSAREF may be subject to export controls. If you are located in the United States and develop such applications, you are advised to consult with the State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls. 8. TERM. The license granted hereunder is effective until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by destroying the Program and its associated documentation. The termination of your license will not result in the termination of the licenses of any distributees who have received rights to the Program through you so long as they are in compliance with the provisions of this license. 9. GENERAL a. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. b. Address all correspondence regarding this license to RSA's electronic mail address <rsaref-administrator@rsa.com>, or to RSA Laboratories ATTN: RSAREF Administrator 100 Marine Parkway, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA 94065
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <WS6oPwxp9GA.81@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Control: cancel <WS6oPwxp9GA.81@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Date: 04 Jul 1998 08:16:47 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.WS6oPwxp9GA.81@cidintnews.infosel.com.mx> Sender: PC Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <3088899006434@digifix.com> Date: 5 Jul 1998 03:48:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <668899611234@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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. 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COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. 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From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <3089899006438@digifix.com> Date: 5 Jul 1998 03:48:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <669899611237@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: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: New version (1.17) of Multi!Wav Sound Driver Date: 7 Jul 1998 21:00:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6nu2a9$3e5$1@news.digifix.com> Version 1.17 of Multi!Wav Adapter Device Driver for NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 and 3.3 for Intel Processors and OPENSTEP 4.0 /Mach The Harvard Computer Music Center, Rob Poor, and Tomas Hurka announce the first NeXTStep for Intel driver for a professional audio card. Thanks to the amazing work of Tomas Hurka, we have completed a driver for the AdB Digital Multiwav Pro, Multiwav Pro-18 and Multiwav Pro-24 cards. OVERVIEW: Multi!Wav Adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO ISA AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO18 ISA AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO24 ISA These Multi!Wav ISA cards provide AES/EBU, SPDIF, and TOSLINK input/output to your NeXTStep Intel machine. The Pro-18 card adds an 18 bit digital to analog converter for monitoring. For more information about AdB sound cards see the AdB www home page at http://www.adbdigital.com. Driver supports 32000,44100 and 48000 Hz sampling rates, 16 bit linear sampling in mono or stereo format. The driver makes the card work like a standard audio card, so special software is not needed for digital tranfers, though I recommend Bernhard Scholz's excellent SASound.app for recording. The driver is robust, and provides much better playback that what you might be used to from the Microsoft Sound System, SoundBlaster, or Pro Audio Spectrum. Harvard Computer Music Center are currently using the cards to do direct to DAT transfers, and with Lexicon MXP1s for digital reverberation without leaving the digital realm. They're proven to be a remarkable improvement over our Microsoft Sound System Cards. COPYING: The Multi!Wav adapter device driver is shareware. You can freely distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more details see document Registration.rtf inside driver package. Changes between version 1.17 and 1.14: 1. Driver now supports PRO24 card. 2. Driver supports multiple LCAs (aka Multi!Wav OS) per card, thus all Multi!Wav Digital PRO cards (with XC4004A and XC4003E) and both PRO18 cards are supported. 3. Autodetection of the correct LCA file is possible too. Changes between version 1.13 and 1.14: 1. Driver now correctly generates carrier for 48 KHz and 32 KHz sampling rates. Release 1.13 notes: 1. This a first public release of the driver. 2. Only Multi!Wav Digital PRO with XLINK XC4003A is supported. Other two versions (XC4004A and XC4003E) of XLINK can be supported on request. 3. Driver does not use IRQ since Multi!Wav card cannot generate one. The result is this log message when the driver is loaded by Mach OS: "MultiWav at dma channels 6 and 7 irq -268415659" This does no harm, just Sound class does not count with the sound driver without IRQ. AVAILABILITY: The driver has been uploaded to ftp.next.peak.org and placed in the /pub/next/submissions directory. Driver should be moved to the /pub/next/drivers/sound directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/drivers/sound/MultiWav.1.17.I.b.README ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/drivers/sound/MultiWav.1.17.I.b.tar.gz For more information on the driver, please contact us at: Tomas Hurka Hukatronic (H.C.C.) Kankovskeho 8 182 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic, Europe Email: tom@hukatronic.cz Sean Varah Harvard Computer Music Center Department of Music Harvard University Music Building, North Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. Email:multiwav@mario.harvard.edu
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTTOYOU asks to update your MailTIFF entry Date: 8 Jul 1998 21:11:31 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6o0na3$sn$1@news.digifix.com> NEXTTOYOU asks all NEXTSTEP users to update their MailTIFFs entries in the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database Since the introduction of the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database more than a year has passed, and as a result more and more of the entries are not up to date anymore. In most cases, if simply your email address has changed, the submission of a new aliases file (see below) will be sufficient. This is especially true for those who often change their faked usenet email address. There is no risk in submitting fake address aliases for your registered addresses to the MailTIFFs database! However, if you have hardly appeared on usenet lately, but will appear more often in the future, it might make sense to submit your picture again since you will probably be deleted from most users' local databases. INSTRUCTIONS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your MailTIFF should have a size of 64 x 64 pixel and be LZW compressed. Name it user@address.tiff (where user@address is your email address) and send it via NeXTMail to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de If you write from more than one email address, you should also include a so-called aliases file which lists your alternative email addresses. The file must be a plain ASCII file named user@address.aliases (where user@address is exactly the same email address you used to name your MailTIFF). In this file, write your alternative email addresses, one each line, each line finished by Return. If you use no-spam fake addresses in usenet (e.g. user@address.NOSPAM), please remember to also include these addresses as aliases. There is *no* risk for you in doing so, but it allows newsreaders to make use of the MailTIFFs database, too. An example for a submission would be: SteveJobs@next.com.tiff SteveJobs@next.com.aliases --> this is an ASCII file including the lines: SteveJobs@advisory.apple.com Steve@microsoft.haters.net SteveJobs@next.com.NOSPAM SteveJobs@advisory.apple.com.NOSPAM Steve@microsoft.haters.net.NOSPAM If you want to update your picture, just send a new MailTIFF of *exactly the same name* to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de. It will automatically replace the old one in all people's MailTIFFs databases. If your mail address changes, just send a new aliases file of *exactly the same name* to MailTIFFs@nexttoyou.de. The new aliases it contains will automatically be added to all people's aliases files. The NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database consists of a set of programs to be installed on your computer and a global MailTIFFs server provided by NEXTTOYOU. It allows you to automatically administrate MailTIFFs from internet users and get their pictures displayed in Mail.app as well as newsreaders prepared for this mechanism. You can find the programs needed at ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/97.1-Fruehjahr/ MailTIFF.database/MailTIFF.database.1.2.b.NIHS.tar.gz NEXTTOYOU is the German magazine for all users of NeXT and Apple technology. The oldest NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine worldwide, it aims to provide the OPENSTEP and Yellow Box community with a platform for both neophytes and professionals. For more information, take a look at http://www.nexttoyou.de.
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: EnhanceMail 2.2 Date: 8 Jul 1998 21:12:00 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6o0nb0$so$1@news.digifix.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This is a new-features release of Carl Edman's EnhanceMail bundle. EnhanceMail extends the capabilities of Mail 3.3 / 4.x by adding quoting, signatures, X face support, a distributed, cached user-image database, full-text indices, PGP encryption/decryption/signatures, unread-mail indicators in Mailboxes panel, smiley expansion and a number of other features. What's new (since 2.1): (*) Updated French UI + Help, thanks to Andr\'e Lalonde <info@scribex.com>, German UI + Help, thanks to Gerald Erdmann <gerald@stepman.com>, and Japanese UI, thanks to Takeshi Yanagisawa <yanagisw@aa.ap.titech.ac.jp>. (The Japanese Help is forthcoming). (*) Much improved handling of nested Mailboxes unread/new mail detection. Read all about it in the new "Mailboxes Panel" section in EnhanceMail's online help. (*) New "Mailboxes" preferences section, for preferences related to the Mailboxes panel. (*) Optionally show number of flagged messages in Mailboxes panel, when there are no unread messages left (subject to "Show Flagged" preference.) (*) Repaired fixed-pitch display of plain-text messages that originate from NeXT Mail.app. This is subject to the value of the "Really use fixed pitch font for plain messages" preference, since some people may actually like current behaviour. (*) New quote-prefix expansion sequences %F, %i, %!ab, %(...) to allow SuperCite-style quoting, see the "Quoting" section in the online help for description and examples. [on instigation of Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> and Holger Graudejus <h_graude@informatik.uni-kl.de>] (*) You can now search for flagged messages by typing a `<<' character (Alternate-Shift-7 with US keyboard mapping) in the Find field of the Find panel (and selecting `Summaries' under `Find Scope'.) This is analogous to the already existing capability to search for unread messages by typing a bullet `*' (Alternate-7) in the Find field. (*) PGP version 5 is now supported. See the PGP Preferences. (*) XImageURL aliases support to simplify off-line image administration. (for instance, NEXTTOYOU's MailTIFF scripts.) (*) Y2K fix for outgoing Date: header. (*) Bugfix: resetting "PGP Pass Phrase Timeout" to a shorter time, or turning it off altogether, now takes effect immediately. (*) Bugfix: PGP decryption error brings up the PGP alert panel again, so you can for instance re-enter a mistyped pass phrase. (*) Improved detection of corrupt/out-of-sync mailbox TOCs. (*) .../EnhanceMail.bundle/<language>.lproj/Images/ is now off-limits to XImageURL caching. (*) Numeric IP address should now work in URLs and proxy host. (*) Better copy/paste support for partial e-mail addresses. [Based on a patch from Marc Guenther <yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de>] (*) Special thanks to Don Yacktman <don@misckit.com> for his (unwitting) contribution of... well, I'm not going to spoil the surprise here. You'll find out eventually :-) Source code and a quad-fat binary are included. (NB. EnhanceMail can only be compiled with NS3.x/dev, _not_ with OS4.x/dev.) See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail.2.2.README> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail.2.2.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz> - Base distribution: contains English online-help and localized UI for French, German and Japanese (but not its online-help); Installer package with quad-fat precompiled bundle, Installer package with English online-help, and source code. <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail.2.2.s.gnutar.gz> - Source-only base distribution: contains English online-help and localized UI for French, German and Japanese (but not its online-help). Additional language add-on packages are available at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail_French.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail_German.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz> - Installer packages with complete localized UI and online help. and also in <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/> for the near future. Checksums: (md5sum EnhanceMail*.2.2.*) cf681c17fba9e994c081ee5316d026b1 EnhanceMail.2.2.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz 7d446a4b70c32c44f5b25400e487cace EnhanceMail.2.2.README 0ac7f62147105eced2d36ed8035b88ea EnhanceMail.2.2.s.gnutar.gz 5d59819d2a7b161f311ad059f46420bd EnhanceMail_French.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz f27385596db959d372b80636d4e7ba09 EnhanceMail_German.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz (sum EnhanceMail*.2.2.*) 05708 755 EnhanceMail.2.2.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz 13705 9 EnhanceMail.2.2.README 28475 379 EnhanceMail.2.2.s.gnutar.gz 39057 284 EnhanceMail_French.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz 00810 207 EnhanceMail_German.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz [I expect it will turn up at ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to: <enhancemail@basil.icce.rug.nl> Enjoy! Tom Hageman. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: next iQCVAwUBNaPPeTHcGwCnCAFpAQEjOwP/Xp1qvM63/2mNknFKbyuVuNDBncptFH9H wSb1Ov6B6O2vm1AxWXnngCWJyYO92paP4AI6CYSQMFL0/cSSM80CZ45jov07YyZe 2ZJWgwbZ0h9F9sfbcizD3el1YRukgdtHnqSe0RmHATx8RQJNSZsa1BB4C6J4CiKx 1HBYj0s4hxc= =VWbY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailTIFFs database v1.2 Date: 8 Jul 1998 21:12:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6o0nbu$sp$1@news.digifix.com> MailTIFF.database.1.2 has been released and submitted to ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/97.1-Fruehjahr/ MailTIFF.database/MailTIFF.database.1.2.b.NIHS.tar.gz Please note that beginning with this version of the MailTIFFs database, you *must* have the "convert" image conversion utility installed on your machine. If you don't have already installed convert, you can get it in the package MailTIFF.convert.1.0.b.NIHS.tar.gz. The most important news is that the MailTIFF database will finally be able to import mail pictures retrieved via EnhanceMail since the brand new EnhanceMail.bundle 2.2 has implemented the necessary interface. To make the most of the new cooperation, MailTIFF.database.1.2 now has the ability to convert mail pictures retreived via EnhanceMail that are not already in TIFF format. Therefore it needs the convert utility to work (see above). All users of the MailTIFFs database that install the new EnhanceMail 2.2 should also install MailTIFF.database.1.2 (and the convert utility, if needed)! Please note that this mechanism will work only for mail pictures retreived by EnhanceMail *after* the new version of EnhanceMail is installed. Therefore it may be the best solution to delete all your mail pictures in ~/Library/Mail/Images received via EnhanceMail so far and to fetch them again with the new EnhanceMail version. This is the only way all the pictures will also be available for your newsreader. Some other enhancements of MailTIFF.database.1.2: - new option -b for mailbox directories other than ~/Mailboxes - option -s should now work as advertised - MailTIFF.database.1.2 deletes its temp fiels when it's done ----------------------- Applications that are compatible with the NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database right now are: Mail.app Alexandra.app (version 0.82.mod) HNNews.app RadicalNews.app ----------------------- >From the README: The NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database consists of a set of programs to be installed on your computer and a global MailTIFFs server provided by NEXTTOYOU. It allows you to automatically administrate MailTIFFs from internet users and get their pictures displayed in Mail.app as well as newsreaders prepared for this mechanism. * mailDBupdate.in is a replacement for NeXT's mailDBupdate for computers which are connected to the internet. mailDBupdate can't handle internet users correctly. mailDBupdate.in automatically * registers MailTIFFs from internet users * registers aliases for these internet users * provides full-internet-address aliases for local users * imports MailTIFFs retrieved by EnhanceMail * deletes outdated MailTIFFs * fetchMailTIFFs automatically updates your local MailTIFFs database with MailTIFFs newly arrived at the global NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs server. * convertMailTIFFs converts the names of MailTIFFs you may have already stored to the correct format. The NEXTTOYOU MailTIFFs database is described in full detail in NEXTTOYOU 97/1 allowing you to understand how it all works. For those of you who are not able to understand German the package contains brief installation instructions in English. NEXTTOYOU is the German magazine for all users of NeXT and Apple technology. The oldest NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP magazine worldwide, it aims to provide the OPENSTEP and Yellow Box community with a platform for both neophytes and professionals. NEXTTOYOU appears quarterly at season's start and costs (including shipping): annual single subscription issue BRD 40 DM 11,50 DM EU 46 DM 13 DM US 30 $ 8.50 $ For more information, take a look at http://www.nexttoyou.de; there, you may also subscribe to NEXTTOYOU. If you don't have access to the Web, please contact the publishers; you may also order single issues there via snail mail (please enclose a cheque!). NEXTTOYOU Verlags GbR Fon: +49 9195 99 56 45 Sperberweg 10 Fax: +49 9195 99 56 43 D-91334 Hemhofen E-Mail: info@nexttoyou.de for general questions Germany abo@nexttoyou.de for subscriptions/ orders for single issues
From: Pedja Bogdanovich <pedja@TipTop.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Objective-Everything Release 5.1 Date: 9 Jul 1998 04:48:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6o1i21$92q$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Objective-Everything Release 5.1 ================================ Bethesda, Maryland. July 9, 1998. TipTop Software, Inc. proudly announced release 5.1 of the Objective-Everything(tm) development environment. "We believe that Objective-Everything is the best thing since sliced bread" said Pedja Bogdanovich, TipTop President. "We are thrilled to make it widely available under attractive licensing terms so that all Yellow Box developers can reap the benefits of the development environment like no other." Objective-Everything is a *MUST-HAVE* development environment for anyone who develops under YellowBox (Rhapsody, Windows, and MacOS X), including programmers who just want to program in straight Objective-C. Objective-Everything is ideally suited for rapid application prototyping and development, application scripting, regression testing, exploratory programming, and much more. Objective-Everything currently consists of Objective-Browser, Objective-Python, Objective-Tcl, Objective-Perl, and Objective-WebScript. Uses and Benefits ----------------- Objective-Everything is a comprehensive YellowBox development and runtime environment which complements the Apple-provided runtime system and tools. Some of the popular uses and benefits include: * Rapid application prototyping and development environment. The Objective-Everything languages, Objective-Python, Tcl, Perl, and WebScript provide an interactive interpretive environment. You get immediate feedback to all your programming actions in this environment, so you can prototype and develop much more rapidly. You can define and redefine classes and methods on-the-fly, at runtime. For example, the advanced InterfaceBuilder integration lets you build entire applications directly in InterfaceBuilder in record time! * True language independence. The Objective-Everything infrastructure brings true language independence into the YellowBox development environment. It allows you to develop programs for YellowBox and Carbon without being restricted by the lack of expressiveness, class libraries, or other limitations of a particular programming language. With Objective-Everything you can use the language best suited for the task at hand, or even mix-and-match languages! Classes can have mixed implementation; certain methods can be implemented in Objective-C, other methods can be implemented in Tcl, yet some other methods can be implemented in Python, etc. It is transparent and irrelevant to the sender of a message which language implements the corresponding method---the method looks "native" to the caller. * Carbon development and scripting. Objective-Everything is Carbon-ready! It lets you leverage the Carbon API from any of the Objective languages. * Exploration and debugging. The dynamic nature of Objective-Everything, and its powerful runtime introspection capabilities make it an ideal tool for exploratory programming and debugging. In this respect, Objective-Browser, a graphical tool which allows you to visualize objects and object-relations in a running program, is especially useful. The browser allows you to view live objects within a running application in many object-specific ways. OB allows you to easily investigate the structure and methods of various objects and classes. For example, classes hierarchy, methods, instance variables, and other object information can be viewed and *edited* during execution. * Scripting environment. The Objective-Everything runtime can be used with any YellowBox application to provide high-level scripting control. In addition, when Apple provides the scripting infrastructure (ie, in Rhapsody CR) you will be able use any of the Objective languages to script YellowBox applications via the Apple Event Manager! * Testing environment. Objective-Everything is ideally suited for regression testing. * Programming environment enrichment. Objective-Everything augments YellowBox and Carbon with high-level languages, and augments high-level languages with the YellowBox and Carbon APIs. Objective-Everything provides Python, Tcl, Perl, or WebScript programmers with full access to the powerful YellowBox and Carbon APIs from these languages. Symmetrically, it augments the YellowBox and Carbon environments with powerful high-level languages and associated class libraries. * Cross-platform portability. Programs developed with Objective-Everything run without any porting and recompilation on all YellowBox platforms (Rhapsody, Windows, Mach). * Objective-Everything is easy! You will be able to use it to explore the YellowBox system and build non-trivial apps in no time. WebScript --------- Objective-WebScript is premiering in this version of Objective-Everything. Objective-WebScript augments WebScript with the richness of the Objective-Everything environment, such as: * The ability to invoke C functions, including the Carbon API; * Use WebScript to implement functionality of any object directly in InterfaceBuilder; * Many other Objective-Everything features that Objective-Everything users are accustomed to. Additional language modules are forthcoming as per customer demand. Pricing, Licensing Terms, and Availability ------------------------------------------ Coolest of all, TipTop announced the new pricing structure for Objective-Everything developer licenses as follows: * FREE for educational and academic use; * FREE for personal and non-commercial use; * FREE even for commercial use by and for companies with less than US $1 million in annual revenue; * Commercial use by and for companies with more than US $1 million annual revenues is $349 per developer box. Annual subscription is available for $399 for the first two years, and $199 for subsequent years. Site, deployment, and runtime distribution licenses are available. TipTop is also offering a special introductory discount. Through August 31, 1998, commercial developer licenses are offered at the special price of only $299 per developer box, and subscription at $349 for the first two years! Objective-Everything is available for Rhapsody PPC and Intel, Windows/YellowBox, and OpenStep/Mach 4.2 now, contact TipTop directly or see http://www.tiptop.com/Objective/Download.html for download information. Objective-Everything will be available for Mac OS X with full Carbon support as soon as Mac OS X ships. For more information see http://www.tiptop.com/Objective, or contact TipTop: TipTop Software, Inc. PO Box 30681 Bethesda, MD 20824-0681 USA +1-301-656-3837 +1-301-656-8432 fax info@tiptop.com http://www.tiptop.com ---- Objective-Everything technology is being used by a number of Fortune 500 companies to rapidly build mission critical custom applications. TipTop Software, Inc. a privately held Maryland corporation, provides state-of-the-art products and services to enterprises using advanced object environments such as OpenStep, YellowBox, and Java. TipTop is the pioneering innovator in the language independence technology field. Objective-Everything, Objective-Python, Objective-Tcl, Objective-Perl, Objective-Browser are trademarks of TipTop Software, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. ###
From: Timothy J Luoma <luomat@peak.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: pine 4.0.0 for NeXTStep Date: 9 Jul 1998 05:35:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6o1krm$9v1$1@news.digifix.com> PINE 4 was released today, including a bunch of new features and fixes. It compiles cleanly for NeXTStep, but I figured I might as well put it out there. It's a goodly sized program, so each arch has its own release, and there's a separate NI and NIHS (really big!) Here goes: The official announcement: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.README NeXT/Intel ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.NI.b.gz QuadFat (warning! about 10MB when uncompressed!) ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.NIHS.b.gz Single Arch: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.hppa.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.i386.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.m68k.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.sparc.gz Patched to remove "Sender:" line ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.nosender.NI.b.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/pine.4.0.0.nosender.README TjL -- As of 31 July 1998 I will no longer be able to actively participate in PEAK's FTP site. Please make sure to direct all questions/comments/etc to <next-ftp@peak.org>
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <669899611237@digifix.com> Date: 12 Jul 1998 03:48:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <26221900216035@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: <668899611234@digifix.com> Date: 12 Jul 1998 03:48:54 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <26220900216033@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GNU textutils 1.22 (NEXTSTEP port 2) Date: 14 Jul 1998 20:35:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ogfei$e2c$1@news.digifix.com> GNU_textutils.1.22.2.README GNU_textutils.1.22.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz July 14, 1998 This archive contains an Installer.app package for GNU textutils-1.22, port #2. Built for NEXTSTEP 3.x (x>=1) and OpenStep for Mach 4.x. file: GNU_textutils.1.22.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz sum: 26919 1290 md5sum: 744e54be99a900a537d4f5da9358956b (** To be placed at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/unix/ http://www.peak.org/next/apps/utils/unix/ **) >From the README: These are the GNU text file (actually, file contents) processing utilities. Most of these programs have significant advantages over their Unix counterparts, such as greater speed, additional options, and fewer arbitrary limits. The programs that can be built with this package are: cat, cksum, comm, csplit, cut, expand, fmt, fold, head, join, md5sum, nl, od, paste, pr, sort, split, sum, tac, tail, tr, unexpand, uniq, and wc. The textutils are intended to be POSIX.2 compliant (with BSD and other extensions), like the rest of the GNU system. They are almost there, but a few incompatibilities remain. Note that the distributed man pages are no longer being updated. The authoritative documentation is in texinfo form in the doc directory. CHANGELOG July 14, 1998 (1.22 port 2) - Fixed endianness problem, where BIG_ENDIAN systems (m68k, sparc) would calculate incorrect md5sums. - Sorry, no hppa support in this port. Let me know if you want/need this. - pre_install script enables gzipped package. Feb, 1997 (1.22 port 1) - First try CREDITS GNU Software Archive ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ NEXTSTEP port and packaging Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: ralf.suckow@snafu.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Free MusicBuilder 1.2.2 for NEXTSTEP Date: 14 Jul 1998 20:35:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6ogfec$e2b$1@news.digifix.com> MusicBuilder for NEXTSTEP is now freely available under ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next/audio/apps/MusicBuilder.1.2.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz ------------------- From the README file ---------------------------------- This software is (c) 1991-1996 copyright Ralf Suckow, Berlin, Germany. The use of this version under NEXTSTEP is free of charge. MusicBuilder has not been maintained for two years now, but people keep asking for the commercial version, although not enough to justify further development. I don't want to sell unsupported software anymore, so you can freely use thisprogram for whatever purpose you want, as long as you don't remove this file. To save work, I just republished the commercial version. Please note that the commercial license conditions described in the original MusicBuilder.README.rtf file do not apply to this version. There is not support or warranty for this software. Another reason to publish this software is to see if there is enough interest to bring out a source version under GPL (probably not). Please let me know what you think about this idea. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall I, Ralf Suckow, be liable for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this software, even if I, Ralf Suckow, have been advised of the possibility of such damages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the license string you should use with the free version: 60 61 fa e4 58 26 7e 0c (don't forget the spaces between the numbers/letters) Yours, Ralf.Suckow@snafu.de
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: EnhanceMail 2.2p1 bugfix release. Date: 15 Jul 1998 03:44:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6oh8i1$lpj$1@news.digifix.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This is a bugfix release of Carl Edman's EnhanceMail bundle. EnhanceMail extends the capabilities of Mail 3.3 / 4.x by adding quoting, signatures, X face support, a distributed, cached user-image database, full-text indices, PGP encryption/decryption/signatures, unread-mail indicators in Mailboxes panel, smiley expansion and a number of other features. What's new (since 2.2): Well, in my enthusiasm to get 2.2 out of the door I overlooked a small but annoying bug that had crept in: X-Image-URL headers weren't sent out anymore. This bugfix release repairs it. To sweeten the pill, I also threw in the "Color Quotes in Mailbox" feature I sort-of promised 2 releases ago. When enabled, this feature displays quoted passages in received messages in the chosen Quote Color. Source code and a quad-fat binary are included. (NB. EnhanceMail can only be compiled with NS3.x/dev, _not_ with OS4.x/dev.) See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2p1/EnhanceMail.2.2p1.README> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2p1/EnhanceMail.2.2p1.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz> - Base distribution: contains English online-help and localized UI for French, German and Japanese (but not its online-help); Installer package with quad-fat precompiled bundle, Installer package with English online-help, and source code. <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2p1/EnhanceMail.2.2p1.s.gnutar.gz> - Source-only base distribution: contains English online-help and localized UI for French, German and Japanese (but not its online-help). Additional language add-on packages are available at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail_French.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/bundles/EnhanceMail/2.2/EnhanceMail_German.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz> - Installer packages with complete localized UI and online help. (these still work with the patched version.) and also in <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/> for the near future. Checksums: (sum EnhanceMail*.2.2*) 18947 762 EnhanceMail.2.2p1.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz 22773 9 EnhanceMail.2.2p1.README 36621 379 EnhanceMail.2.2p1.s.gnutar.gz 39057 284 EnhanceMail_French.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz 00810 207 EnhanceMail_German.lproj.2.2.d.pkg.tar.gz [I expect it will turn up at ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to: <enhancemail@basil.icce.rug.nl> Enjoy! Sorry for the inconvenience, Tom Hageman. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: next iQCVAwUBNavVWzHcGwCnCAFpAQHAcwP/Q6qty2lzhUYy03vSS/Tt2FoYZO07YIZj WgUnZcVG5wq6/PwGyHA7XcJnN9Y+gZhEhwYhAtudIGYSFiJ7TydSQZE94yRrRn6u 5k1+71dnhYCS3nAEQGGO6hL+RparYcpPJkGFOYFpxYG4uo8/24QSCnBHBFsHE6Q1 sGKwj4uYXNE= =mv7e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: Peter Rasmussen <rasmus@interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ActiveDeveloper Beta2 - Adds Rhapsody DR2 Support Date: 15 Jul 1998 19:40:07 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6oj0in$aki$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ActiveDeveloper Beta2 -- ADDS SUPPORT FOR RHAPSODY DR2. July 14th. 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Here it is, Tonight, the added Rhapsody DR2 support to ActiveDeveloper Beta2 - that we have been asked for every day for a month. We received the DR2 Seed CD in the mail this Morning, had it installed on two machines for Lunch, Networked and Backedup for Tee. ActiveDeveloper got ported and PI-Fat compiled early in the Evening, Tested and uploaded around Midnight ... If this represents your Expectations of Cross-Platform Development - Think YellowBox. And let ActiveDeveloper turn you InterActive on Your own NATIVE Projects. 1) Rhapsody DR2 and DR1 support for (PowerPC, Intel) 2) OpenStep 4.2 support for (NeXT, Intel, Sparc) 3) Windows NT support (Upcoming shortly) 4) AppKit.app Fast AppKit and Foundation Scripting and Experiments without the overhead of a ProjectBuilder project 5) IB.palette InterActive Development right inside of InterfaceBuilder of GUI, as well as Control and BusinessLogic Code Advantages for WannaGetAhead Developers: In it's Entry-level incarnation, ActiveDeveloper makes YellowBox and OpenStep NATIVE Development feel as if it were interpreted. And on top of that, it offers you: - On-line Evaluation, Display, Inspection ... everywhere ... - On-line Object Graph Browser ... - On-line Class and Category Editors ... enabling code reloading ... - On-line Smalltalk-like Workspaces ... After you have Activated your ProjectBuilder projects, ActiveDeveloper will give them Edit-Compile-Play cycles in seconds ... even on a slow Pentium-II system. Advantages for Cautious Developers: ActiveDeveloper is carefully designed, so that it does NOT impose ANY dependencies onto your Projects. Neither into your Source Code, nor inside your End Products; Except - it's very likely to rapidly make you Workspace-addicted, as it happens to most Smalltalk newcomers. Once they grasp what that Workspace has to offer - "they immediately start wondering how they ever gotten around without it ... " But, should you really really ever want to back out again. The decision is yours entirely. All code developed with ActiveDeveloper is NATIVE Rhapsody or OpenStep Code, and as such compiles straight with ProjectBuilder. There is NO ActiveDeveloper luck-in. So, why bother resorting to some Scripting language, when you can now get truly InterACTIVE with NATIVE YellowBox and OpenStep Power. - cause Native means ... one language and all code under ProjectBuilder - cause Native means ... no extra runtime in deployment - cause Native means ... no extra runtime penalty on performance - cause Native means ... not only for GUIs or particular kinds of projects. ActiveDeveloper Beta2 is Available, fully functional and FREE of Charge, with a floating single user license valid until Aug 10th 98. Downloadable from: <http://www.interactive-technology.com> To get you Up Running out of the Box immediately - we recommend that you also download your WWDC Web Demonstrations and use these as first examples. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Apple Reports Third Quarter Profit of $101 Million Date: 15 Jul 1998 20:51:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6oj4ol$bu8$1@news.digifix.com> CUPERTINO, California--July 15, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a profit of $101 million, or $.65 per diluted share, for the Company's fiscal 1998 third quarter ended June 26, 1998. These results compare to a profit of $55 million, or $.38 per diluted share, achieved in the March 1998 quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $1.4 billion, equal to revenues of the prior quarter, and gross margins were 25.7 percent, up from 24.8 percent in the prior quarter. International sales accounted for 43 percent of the quarter's revenues. The current quarter's results included a $26 million net favorable impact from non-recurring items, including an after-tax gain of $33 million related to the initial public offering of ARM Holdings plc., in which the Company is a shareholder, and a $7 million charge for purchased in-process research and development related to the acquisition of technology from Macromedia, Inc. Without these non-recurring items, the Company's net income for the quarter would have been $75 million, or $.50 per diluted share. "Apple had a terrific quarter--we sold a record number of Power Macintosh G3 computers, customers love our new PowerBooks, Apple earned its highest profits in years, and we ended the quarter with the lowest inventory level among the major PC players," said Apple's interim CEO Steve Jobs. "Looking forward, Apple's improved operational efficiency has paved the way for us to aggressively reenter the consumer market with iMac on August 15." "Apple's three consecutive quarters of profitability and improved asset management have made Apple much stronger financially," said Apple's CFO Fred Anderson. "We have nearly $2 billion in cash and short-term investments, and we believe we have the infrastructure in place to support our upcoming reentry into the consumer market." Except for the historical information contained herein, the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the effect competitive factors and the Company's reaction to them may have on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; the ability of the Company to make timely delivery of new products and successful technological innovations to the marketplace; and the ability of the company to successfully evolve its operating system. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company's Form 10-K for the 1997 fiscal year, the Company's Form 10-Q for the first and second fiscal quarters, and the Company's Form 10-Q for the third fiscal quarter, to be filed with the SEC. 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 Contact: Tami Begasse Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-3156 email: begasse@apple.com Investor Relations Contact: Nancy Paxton Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-5420 email: paxton1@apple.com NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's website (http://www.apple.com/pr/) or call Apple's Media Helpline at (408)974-2042. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks and of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (17.7.98) Date: 18 Jul 1998 03:30:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6op4s4$dkd$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 58 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/communication/PPP-2.3.3-0.5.1.NI.b.tar.gz 53 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/communication/PPP-2.3.3-0.5.1.README 59 Jul 17 00:16 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.1.I.b.tar.gz 55 Jul 17 00:16 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.1.README 56 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/script/perl.5.004_04.NIHS.bd.pkg.tar.gz 44 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/script/perl.5.004_04.README 48 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/ssh.1.2.25.2.NIS.b.tar.gz 42 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/ssh.1.2.25.2.README 47 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/zsh.3.0.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 39 Jul 17 00:22 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/zsh.3.0.5.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <26221900216035@digifix.com> Date: 19 Jul 1998 03:48:48 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <17554900820826@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: <26220900216033@digifix.com> Date: 19 Jul 1998 03:48:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <17553900820823@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: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MineHunter 0.80 for OPENSTEP 4.2 and RDR2 Date: 21 Jul 1998 03:34:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p127v$5gd$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@gamekit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF MINEHUNTER 0.80 GAME PROVO, UT, July 20, 1998 -- The first public release of Don Yacktman's version of the popular "MineSweeper" game is now available. Don calls his version "MineHunter" and has made several improvements to the game play that are not to be found in any of its cousins. This release runs on OPENSTEP 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2. It will not run on NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP versions prior to 4.2. This release should be considered a pre-alpha test; this version of the game is playable, but missing several key features. There will be future updates with new features added. Players should note that the sound in the Rhapsody DR2 version does NOT work correctly on Power PC hardware. This is a bug that will be fixed in a future version. Also, preferences on the game's control panel are NOT yet saved. This too will eventually be implemented. The OPENSTEP 4.2 version of the game is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/MineHunter.0.80.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/MineHunter.0.80.m.NIS.b.tar.gz.README The Rhapsody DR2 version is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/MineHunter-0.80-PI-b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/MineHunter-0.80-PI-b.tar.gz.README Both versions of the game are expected to eventually appear on the PEAK ftp archive as well. MineHunter is one of the fruits of the ongoing efforts of Don Yacktman to develop a GameKit--a kit of reusable objects that are handy for developing "Yellow Box" based games. For more information about the GameKit, watch the official GameKit web site at http://www.gamekit.com/ for pertinent details as they become publically available. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. In the remaining spare time, he does this game stuff whenever he isn't loafing. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Robert MacKimmie <rm@objectdata.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BANG Meeting - July 22, 1998, 7 PM, Apple Town Hall Date: 21 Jul 1998 03:34:05 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p127d$5gc$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting July 22, 1998, 7 PM, Apple Town Hall TOPIC: TIFFany3 on DR2, with Stan Jirman and Ralf Brunner A Detailed Look at a Major New Release of TIFFany, Running on DR2 TIFFany3 is available for the three OpenStep 4.2 architectures as well as a twin-fat binary for Apple's newest system release DR2, and later this fall for Mac OS X Server running on PowerPC hardware. TIFFany3 comes with a one-user full floating "timed" license. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, * Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. This is very useful for manual sharpening or color balancing, where multiple application of one and the same operation would result in undesired effects. * Operation logging: all operations performed to any document can be logged on a per-operator basis and used for billing or other purposes. * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers For additional information on TIFFany3, Caffeine Software or Caffeine's other innovative products please visit our web site at http://www.caffeineSoft.com or contact Caffeine at info@caffeineSoft.com. The Subsequent BANG Meeting: August 26, 1998, 7pm 1998 BANG Meeting Schedule Monthly meetings are scheduled for the the 4th Wednesday of each month (Nov & Dec 1998 each moved up one week due to holidays). Please check this page for the latest information on meeting topics and venues, as booking speakers for the evolving Rhapsody Development community employs "Dynamic Binding near Runtime". If you have not already signed up to receive an email notification when a topic and speakers have been set, please add your address to our list. This list is not distributed and does not result in spam or unsolicited mail. confirmed for Apple's Town Hall * July 22, 1998, 7pm * August 26, 1998, 7pm unconfirmed, but anticipated for Apple's Town Hall * September 23, 1998, 7pm * October 28, 1998, 7pm * November 18, 1998, 7pm * December 16, 1998, 7pm Apple has been extremely supportive by allowing our organization to use Town Hall on all available dates. The cordial and helpful support in setup and technology readiness has been terrific. BANG and our audience owe a special thank you to Katherine, Kelly and Ron for their high caliber and professional assistance. Where to Get More Information * Email: info@bang.org * World Wide Web: http://www.bang.org/ * Telephone: 1.415.487.6237 The Bay Area NeXT Group is a longstanding support forum now focused on issues relating to topics such as: * Mac OS X * Mac OS X Server * Rhapsody/PPC * Rhapsody/Intel * YellowBox/PPC * YellowBox/Intel * WebObjects * EOF * iMac * OPENSTEP * NEXTSTEP * the Macintosh computing environment. Seven years after its founding, BANG remains a membership organization with meetings open to an interested public. Topics for meetings vary; BANG tries to present timely information and speakers of pertinent interest to users, developers, and employees of computing and technology environments. Suggestions of meeting topics and ideas for speakers are welcome; please send them to info@bang.org. If you have questions about our meetings or the organization, visit this site again, or to contact one of the volunteers at BANG. How to Get to the Apple Town Hall, Building 4 The Apple Computer 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 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. Finding Town Hall Town Hall is a large auditorium with entrances in the lobby of Building 4. [Note: If the door is locked, please knock; someone will be there in a moment to let you into the building.]
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Balling 3.0 for OPENSTEP 4.2 and RDR2 Date: 21 Jul 1998 03:34:38 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p128e$5ge$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@gamekit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF BALLING 3.0 GAME PROVO, UT, July 20, 1998 -- A new release of the popular NEXTSTEP game "Balling" is available. This new release has been ported to OPENSTEP 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2. It will not run on NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP versions prior to 4.2. In the process of porting, a few minor bugs have been fixed. This release should be considered a beta test; there will be future updates with new features added. Players should note that they need to click on the game window in the playing area in order to activate it and be able play the name; before the click, it will not pay attention to keystrokes. This is a bug that will be fixed in a future version. The OPENSTEP 4.2 version of the game is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Balling.3.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Balling.3.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz.README The Rhapsody DR2 version is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Balling-3.0-PI-b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Balling-3.0-PI-b.tar.gz.README Both versions of the game are expected to eventually appear on the PEAK ftp archive as well. Balling is one of the fruits of the ongoing efforts of Don Yacktman to develop a GameKit--a kit of reusable objects that are handy for developing "Yellow Box" based games. For more information about the GameKit, watch the official GameKit web site at http://www.gamekit.com/ for pertinent details as they become publically available. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. In the remaining spare time, he does this game stuff whenever he isn't loafing. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Caffeine Software <info@caffeineSoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-8 for Windows NT (OSE) Date: 22 Jul 1998 06:43:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p41nc$6cj$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-8 for Windows NT (OSE) July 22, 1998 / Santa Clara, CA. Two months after the release of TIFFany3 PR-7, Caffeine Software announces the first public release of the TIFFany3 image processing software for the Windows NT platform. TIFFany3 PR-8 can be run either on Windows NT with NeXT OSE 4.2, Apple WebObjects 3.5, or with Apple YellowBox DR2. TIFFany3 PR-8 is also available for the three OpenStep 4.2 architectures as well as a twin-fat binary for Apple's new MacOS X Server platform. TIFFany3 was the only image processing application selected as a "Hot Pick" at Seybold NY, further delineating it as "Rhapsody's first killer app." Seybold editors said "We were impressed enough by the description of this company's products to call it a Hot Pick." In comparison to the PR-7 release, the PR-8 version of TIFFany3 has received a number of new features and improvements. TIFFany3 will be released in three versions - Basic, Professional, and Server. The binary which is ready for download from our ftp site is configured as the Professional version. Caffeine Software offer a free one-user floating license for TIFFany3 for evaluation purposes. The PR-8 version requires a different license key from the previous PR-7 release. In order to obtain a license, send an email to license-request@caffeineSoft.com and an automated reply with an embedded license string will be sent to you immediately. Since the PR-8 release is a pre-release application running on a beta operating system, we appreciate any comments and suggestions as well as bug reports users may have. Such reports should be submitted to bugs@caffeineSoft.com. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even between individual brush strokes. This is very useful for manual sharpening or color balancing, where multiple application of one and the same operation would result in undesired effects. * Operation logging: all operations performed to any document can be logged on a per-operator basis and used for billing or other purposes. * Open API with sample sources for 3rd party developers. You can download a free trial version of TIFFany3 from Caffeine's anonymous ftp site at ftp://ftp.caffeineSoft.com/pub/t3/ For additional information on TIFFany3, Caffeine Software or Caffeine's other innovative products please visit our web site at http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ or contact Caffeine at info@caffeineSoft.com. For a free trial license for TIFFany3, please send an email to mailto:license-request@caffeineSoft.com and an automated message containing your license key will be sent to you immediately. ~~~ 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: Heinrich Giesen <giesen@uni-koblenz.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Bibliography.app 1.5 for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Date: 22 Jul 1998 21:35:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p5lvd$n3q$1@news.digifix.com> Bibliography.app for NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP is now available under ftp://ftphost.uni-koblenz.de/outgoing/People/giesen/Bibliography.1.5.m.NIHS.b.tar.gz and should show up shortly under ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/peanuts/NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.m.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/peanuts/NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.Readme.rtf ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/peanuts/NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.Usage.rtf Bibliography is an application to view, create, modify and preview BibTeX database files under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. For further information see the Readme file and the Usage file. -- Heinrich Giesen | giesen@infko.uni-koblenz.de Universitaet Koblenz, | MIME / NeXTmail ok Institut fuer Informatik | Voice: +49 261 9119-416 Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany | Fax: +49 261 9119-497
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (24.7.98) Date: 24 Jul 1998 03:19:31 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6p8ug3$qhv$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 58 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/communication/PPP-2.3.3-0.5.1.NI.b.tar.gz 53 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/communication/PPP-2.3.3-0.5.1.README 59 Jul 24 00:14 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.1.I.b.tar.gz 55 Jul 24 00:14 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.1.README 56 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/script/perl.5.004_04.NIHS.bd.pkg.tar.gz 44 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/script/perl.5.004_04.README 48 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/ssh.1.2.25.2.NIS.b.tar.gz 42 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/ssh.1.2.25.2.README 47 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/zsh.3.0.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 39 Jul 24 00:18 NEXTSTEP/unix/shell/zsh.3.0.5.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Tomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Multi!Wav Sound Driver (v1.17) for Rhapsody DR2/Intel Date: 25 Jul 1998 03:47:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pbkgs$oa4$1@news.digifix.com> Version 1.17 of Multi!Wav Adapter Device Driver for RHAPSODY DR2/Intel The Harvard Computer Music Center, Rob Poor, and Tomas Hurka announce the first third-party Rhapsody DR2 for Intel driver. This a 1.17 version of MultiWav driver for NeXTSTEP ported to Rhpasody environment. Driver development is still not supported by Rhapsody DR2, but the driver seems to work great. OVERVIEW: Multi!Wav Adapter device driver lets you take advantage of the following adapters: Manufacturer Adapter PC Bus AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO ISA AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO18 ISA AdB Corp. Multi!Wav Digital PRO24 ISA These Multi!Wav ISA cards provide AES/EBU, SPDIF, and TOSLINK input/output to your NeXTStep Intel machine. The Pro-18 card adds an 18 bit digital to analog converter for monitoring. For more information about AdB sound cards see the AdB www home page at http://www.adbdigital.com. Driver supports 32000,44100 and 48000 Hz sampling rates, 16 bit linear sampling in mono or stereo format. The driver makes the card work like a standard audio card, so special software is not needed for digital tranfers, though I recommend Bernhard Scholz's excellent SASound.app for recording. The driver is robust, and provides much better playback that what you might be used to from the Microsoft Sound System, SoundBlaster, or Pro Audio Spectrum. COPYING: The Multi!Wav adapter device driver is shareware. You can freely distribute without changing or removing any parts of the package. If you found the driver reliable, please, register the driver. For more details see document Registration.rtf inside driver package. Release 1.17 notes: 1. This a first public release of the Rhapsody DR2 driver. 2. Driver does not use IRQ since Multi!Wav card cannot generate one. The result is this log message when the driver is loaded by Mach OS: MultiWav at dma channels 6 and 7 irq -268415659 This does no harm, just Sound class does not count with the sound driver without IRQ. AVAILABILITY: The driver has been uploaded to ftp.next.peak.org and placed in the /pub/rhapsody/submissions directory. Driver should be moved to the /pub/rhapsody/Drivers/Intel/Sound directory. The appropriate files are: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Drivers/Intel/Sound/MultiWav-1.17-I-b.README ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Drivers/Intel/Sound/MultiWav-1.17-I-b.tar.gz For more information on the driver, please contact us at: Tomas Hurka Hukatronic (H.C.C.) Kankovskeho 8 182 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic, Europe Email: tom@hukatronic.cz Sean Varah Harvard Computer Music Center Department of Music Harvard University Music Building, North Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. Email:multiwav@mario.harvard.edu
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: gcc-2.8.1 (i386) for OpenStep for Mach 4.x Date: 25 Jul 1998 03:47:54 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pbkha$oa5$1@news.digifix.com> gcc-i386.2.8.1.1.m.README July 24, 1998 The GNU C compiler (v2.8.1 port 1) to produce NEXTSTEP 3.x-compatible i386 binaries on OpenStep for Mach 4.x. file: gcc-i386.2.8.1.1.m.I.b.tar.gz sum: 29929 3930 md5sum: 64eb087aeb7e7d751dd51f9cb4a92b28 These archives contains the following pre-built binaries: gcc-2.8.1 g77-0.5.23 libstdc++-2.8.1.1a libg++-2.8.1.1a (** To be placed at: http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/devtools/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/apps/devtools **) INSTALLATION The tar.gz archive contains the installer package gcc-i386.pkg. Use /NextAdmin/Installer.app to install to /usr/local and you're done. The installation process tries to be careful not to squash a preexisting gcc. It installs binaries as i386-next-nextstep-gcc, etc... and makes symbolic links named gcc-ns3 and gcc pointing to it (the link making is not done if a file of the same name already exists). NOTE: you STILL need the nextstep developer packages (tested for OpenStep for Mach 4.2 only... earlier/other versions may or may not work) installed in order to use this, as it uses NeXT's supplied binutils, C libraries, and header files. CAVEATS The libgcc.a library complains when used because it's archive is not sorted. It works fine, but is annoying. I have no workaround. CHANGELOG July 24, 1998 - First attempt at 2.8.1. - Ah ah... figured out why gcc is such a pain on Openstep. Need to use -static flag... which is now set automatically via specs file. Because of this, gcc 2.8.1 supports only static (ie, not dynamic) linking. (With this same procedure, one can use NeXT's cc to create NEXTSTEP3 compatible binaries too... shh... it's a secret.) CREDITS GNU Software, gcc source http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/ Packager Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: "Kenneth C. Dyke" <kcd@jumpgate.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: G3CacheEnabler (v1.1) driver and control app for Rhapsody (DR2 PPC) Date: 25 Jul 1998 05:11:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pbpdf$ps3$1@news.digifix.com> G3CacheEnabler v1.1 Driver for Rhapsody DR2 PowerPC ==================================================== Kenneth C. Dyke (kcd@jumpgate.com), July 24, 1998 Description =========== G3CacheEnabler is a simple DriverKit driver for Rhapsody DR2 PowerPC that will enable the L2 backside cache on PowerPC 750 ("G3") processors. This driver is meant to be used on systems that have been upgraded to G3 processor cards via third party accelerators. The big new feature of 1.1 is G3Control.app, a GUI configuration tool that lets you select which model card you have, monitor CPU temperature and clock speed, and do a few other nifty things. This driver and configuration tool will eventually be available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Drivers/PPC/G3CacheEnabler-1.1-RDR2-P-b.tar.gz Installation ============ The installation process is unfortunately more involved than will comfortably fit in this announcement. Please read the included README.txt file for installation instructions. History ======= 1.1 [July 24, 1998] - Added G3Control.app 1.0b [July 5, 1998] - Small fix to Defaut.table. No code changes. 1.0a [July 3, 1998] - Initial test release. Bugs ==== I don't know of any, other than it's currently more difficult to install than I'd like it to be. Unfortunately there are many possible ways to configure the L2 backside cache on the 750, so I can't just pick one setting and hope it works on all cards. If you *do* find a bug or have suggestions for improvement, send comments to the address below. Architectures ============= PowerPC only, for obvious reasons. Copyright ========= This driver is (C) Copyright 1998, Kenneth C. Dyke. This driver may be freely distributed for all non-commercial use. Hardware vendors that wish to distribute this driver for use with their cards should contact me at the address below. To Do ===== - Add a database of known configurations for more third party G3 cards. - Write a GUI bundle for Configure.app on PowerPC if there ever is such a thing. Contact Information =================== Kenneth C. Dyke Hayward, CA email: kcd@jumpgate.com (ASCII, NeXT and MIME accepted)
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <35bbe53e.0@d2o7.telia.com> Control: cancel <35bbe53e.0@d2o7.telia.com> Date: 28 Jul 1998 04:02:02 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.35bbe53e.0@d2o7.telia.com> Sender: by_the_lake@jboat.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: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG) Date: 30 Jul 1998 06:20:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pp3c2$dj7$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) August meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, August 3rd, 1998; 8-10pm MEST The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its July meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de) on Monday, August 3rd, at 8:00 pm MEST. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topic: RHAPSODY DR 2 In time with Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, the second developer release (DR2) of Rhapsody was published. In the meantime, the DR2 version for Intel hardware (and compatibles) was sent to the registered Apple developers. On this meeting, we will show DR2, especially the Intel version. Another topic we will discuss is Apple's roadmap regarding Rhapsody--or "Mac OS X server" as this product is now called officially. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 1998, 8:00 pm MEST. How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/s link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (31.7.98) Date: 31 Jul 1998 05:46:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6prlo7$ali$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 49 Jul 31 00:19 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.README 53 Jul 31 00:19 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.Readme.rtf 52 Jul 31 00:19 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.Usage.rtf 58 Jul 31 00:19 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/apps/Bibliography.1.5.m.NIHS.b.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: mmalcolm crawford <Malcolm_Crawford@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Updated license for Mesa 3 beta Date: 1 Aug 1998 03:55:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pu3ke$606$1@news.digifix.com> The license for the current beta of Mesa (3b3) expires on 31 July 1998. Unfortunately a new beta will not be available until mid-August or so, therefore we are providing an updated license file valid until September 29, available from: http://www.plsys.co.uk/products/mesa/29Sept.MesaLicense Simply copy this file to inside the Mesa.app folder. (If you are using OmniWeb, you should use the "Save Source To..." option to save the file.) We apologise for this inconvenience. Best wishes, mmalc. P & L Systems -- developers of Mesa http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ Tel: +44 1494 432422 Fax: +44 1494 432478
From: Eric Bloom <eric@bacchus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: FREE one user licenses of Pixel Magician and Image Agent from Date: 1 Aug 1998 05:47:45 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6pua61$81k$1@news.digifix.com> FREE one user licenses of Pixel Magician and Image Agent from Bacchus. A FREE one user license for Pixel Magician and Image Agent is now available on the Bacchus website ... http://www.bacchus.com/. NEXTSTEP 3.x or OPENSTEP 4.x are required to run these applications. Pixel Magician is an advanced Image Conversion and viewing application. Image Agent is a transparent image filter service for WWW applications. Both of these commercial applications have been shipping since 1992. Note: no support is provided for these FREE licenses. Also see the latest information on our realtime 3D technology and game concept. The 3D technology and related tools were originally developed under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. For more information contact: Bacchus, Inc. info@bacchus.com http://www.bacchus.com/ 310 820-9145 310 820-5930 (fax)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <4194901425624@digifix.com> Date: 2 Aug 1998 03:48:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6523902030425@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: <4193901425621@digifix.com> Date: 2 Aug 1998 03:48:45 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6522902030423@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NPipe 2.0 for OPENSTEP 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2 Date: 3 Aug 1998 21:36:28 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6q5ags$kcg$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@gamekit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF NPIPE 2.0 GAME PROVO, UT, August 3, 1998 -- A new release of the popular NEXTSTEP game "NPipe" is available. This new release has been ported to OPENSTEP 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2. It will not run on NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP versions prior to 4.2. In the process of porting, several bugs have been fixed and some enhancements have been added. The OPENSTEP 4.2 version of the game is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/NPipe.2.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/NPipe.2.0.m.NIS.b.tar.gz.README The Rhapsody DR2 version is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/NPipe-2.0-PI-b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/NPipe-2.0-PI-b.tar.gz.README Both versions of the game are expected to eventually appear on the PEAK ftp archive as well. NPipe is one of the fruits of the ongoing efforts of Don Yacktman to develop a GameKit--a kit of reusable objects that are handy for developing "Yellow Box" based games. For more information about the GameKit, watch the official GameKit web site at http://www.gamekit.com/ for pertinent details as they become publically available. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. In the remaining spare time, he does this game stuff whenever he isn't loafing. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: cmsg cancel <06089817.3028@no5rma4.net> Control: cancel <06089817.3028@no5rma4.net> Date: 07 Aug 1998 00:47:06 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.06089817.3028@no5rma4.net> Sender: ph8yllis@no5rma4.net 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: <6523902030425@digifix.com> Date: 9 Aug 1998 03:48:32 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <11761902635222@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: <6522902030423@digifix.com> Date: 9 Aug 1998 03:48:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <11760902635220@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces July 1998 Raffle Winner Date: 10 Aug 1998 21:25:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6qnofv$17t$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Announces July 1998 Raffle Winner Albuquerque, NM, August 1, 1998 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Rhapsody software marketplace, announced the winner of the July 1998 Raffle for a copy of Create and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is UNA-MAY O'Reilly. 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: "InterPoint" <interpoint@centrenet.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: GERMANY - OPENSTEP POSITIONS Date: 10 Aug 1998 21:24:02 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6qnodi$17s$1@news.digifix.com> Our client, a leading European Next/Openstep consultancy, is urgently seeking consultants at all levels of experience for major blue-chip projects in Germany. You should have experience in at least one of Next/Openstep Web Objects Enterprise Objects A background in OO methodology would be a strong plus. Our client offers an excellent remuneration package including stock options, structured public & private health insurance in addition to a highly competitive salary & a friendly, professional & team-oriented corporate culture. German language skills are desirable but not essential. please mail us in complete confidence at interpoint@centrenet.co.uk +44 411-262359
From: "David W. Young" <dwy@ace.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: VNCViewer 0.9 Date: 13 Aug 1998 04:07:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6qtopf$5op$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Young dwy@ace.net ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF VNCVIEWER 0.9 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 12, 1998 -- A release of a client for Olivetti & Oracle Research Labs' (ORL) VNC protocol is available. This release has been developed for OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach on NeXT, Intel, and SPARC hardware. This software will not run on NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP versions prior to 4.2. This software is near feature-complete: mouse and keyboard events are properly sent to the server, and remote framebuffers can be displayed at 32 bits per pixel using any encoding defined by the VNC protocol save for Hextile, which is still under development. This release is provided as an initial first-crack at functionality for end users to generate bug reports, and to make the source code available for developers wishing to contribute. Both bug reports and code contributions are greatly appreciated at this time. The application itself is available from: http://www.ace.net/NeXTSTEP/Software/VNCViewer/ The application depends on two frameworks, TCFoundationExtensions and TCNetworking, which are available from: http://www.ace.net/NeXTSTEP/Software/ Both the application and the frameworks are expected to eventually appear on the PEAK ftp archive as well. More information on the VNC protocol, VNC servers for X-Windows and Windows NT, and other resources are available from: http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/ David Young David Young is currently a student at the University of San Francisco, where he is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Communications. David was formerly employed at THINK New Ideas in New York City from 1996 to 1997. He now develops OPENSTEP software for his own use in between school and OPENSTEP and Unix contract work. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Peter Rasmussen <rasmus@interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ActiveDeveloper Beta3 -- NOW SUPPORTS MACOSX, WindowsNT and OpenStep Date: 13 Aug 1998 04:02:04 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6qtofs$5oo$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ActiveDeveloper Beta3 -- NOW SUPPORTS MACOSX, WindowsNT and OpenStep August 12th 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Today, InterACTIVE-Technology announce the Beta3 of ActiveDeveloper - our Distributed Smalltalk-like Development Environment for NATIVE MacOS X and OpenStep Code - and also our take on Thinking Different about the Best way to Develop Object-Oriented Code from OpenStep into Mac OS X. From Beta2 to Beta3 of ActiveDeveloper, the following Improvements have appeared: - WindowsNT support for YellowBox DR2 and OpenStep 4.2 Enterprice - User Customizable Compilation Environment - Speedup of Code-Compile-Play Cycle (1-2 seconds even on the slowest P-II) ActiveDeveloper Beta3 is available Today. Fully functional - FREE of Charge - with a Single User Floating Network License, valid until Expiration on Sep. 14th. 1998. Downloadable from: <http://www.interactive-technology.com> Current Support of ActiveDeveloper in Beta3 totals: 1) MacOS X Server DR2 support for (PowerPC, Intel) 2) OpenStep 4.2 support for (NeXT, Intel, Sparc) 3) Windows NT support for YellowBox DR2 and OpenStep 4.2 Enterprice 4) AppKit.app Fast AppKit and Foundation NATIVE API Experiments without the overhead of a ProjectBuilder project 5) IB.palette InterACTIVE Development right inside of InterfaceBuilder of GUI, as well as Control and BusinessLogic Code Advantages for WannaGetAhead Developers: In it's Entry-level incarnation, ActiveDeveloper makes MacOS X, YellowBox or OpenStep NATIVE Development feel as if it were interpreted. And on top of that, it offers you: - On-line Evaluation, Display, Inspection ... everywhere ... - On-line Object Graph Browser ... - On-line Class and Category Editors ... enabling code reloading ... - On-line Smalltalk-like Workspaces ... After you have Activated your ProjectBuilder projects, ActiveDeveloper will give them Edit-Compile-Play cycles down to 1-2 seconds ... even on the slowest P-II system. Advantages for Cautious Developers: ActiveDeveloper is carefully designed, so that it does NOT impose ANY dependencies onto your Projects. Neither into your Source Code, nor inside your End Products; Except - it's very likely to rapidly make you Workspace-addicted, as it happened to most Smalltalk newcomers. Once they grasped what that Workspace has to offer - " they immediately started wondering how they ever gotten around without it ... " But, should you really really ever want to back out again. The decision is yours entirely. All code developed with ActiveDeveloper is NATIVE MacOS X or OpenStep Code, and as such compiles straight with ProjectBuilder. There is NO ActiveDeveloper luck-in. So, why bother resorting to some Scripting language, when you can now get truly InterACTIVE with NATIVE MacOS X, YellowBox Windows or OpenStep Power. - cause Native means ... one language and all code under ProjectBuilder - cause Native means ... no extra runtime in deployment - cause Native means ... no extra runtime penalty on performance - cause Native means ... not only for GUIs or particular kinds of projects. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: mailapp-utilities, version 2.2 Date: 14 Aug 1998 03:27:22 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6r0aqq$4br$1@news.digifix.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This is a release of Carl Edman's mailapp-utilities. These are some command line tools useful in conjunction with Mail.app. `Nextmail' has a command line interface similar to UCB mail but instead of sending the letter it puts it in a Mail.app compose window. `Appnmail' appends messages to the end of Mail.app mailboxes while taking care to properly handle locks, NeXT mail and the table of contents. `Compactmail' compacts Mail.app mailboxes just like the Compact menu item does. In addition, there is also a small utility called `listmail' which lists Mail.app table_of_contents. New features since 2.1: * First working port to Rhapsody / MaxOS X Server (DR2). Status: - appnmail: works, but incorporation into open mailbox is not supported. - compactmail: works. - listmail: works. - nextmail: edit-mode works, using (undocumented) MailViewer DO API; deliver-mode circumvents MailViewer, and uses documented API from Message.framework directly--this also means the message is not archived in Outgoing.mbox. (DISCLAIMER: s/works/seems to work/g :-) See also the file TODO. * appnmail: incorporate iso-2022-jp and us-ascii encoding patches contributed by SHIROYAMA Takayuki <psi@fortune.nest.or.jp>. * appnmail: new options `-I encoding', `-J', `-L' to set default input encoding. * appnmail: new options `-N', `-M' to support both NeXT Mail.app and Rhapsody/MacOS X MailViewer.app mailbox formats. A suitable default is chosen at compile-time. * appnmail: handle multiline (folded) headers. * appnmail: fix longstanding bug in recording length of NeXTmail messages. The recorded length in the TOC was one byte shorter than the actual message in the mbox. (Ugh!) This was probably the cause of message display errors after compaction. * appnmail: avoid appending message to out-of-sync mailbox, if at all possible (use appnmails own temporary mailbox instead). * listmail: print hex timestamps if out of sync (so you can correct it with a hex-edit tool if you know what you're doing:-); print extended timestamp if -vv. * fix stupid bugs in appnmail's Mime-header (base64) decoding, and in appnmail's (mailtoc's actually) message_current_date(). * fix bug that prevented `appnmail -i </dev/null' from working. * appnmail: add diagnostics code in an attempt to detect elusive message corruption (message is partially overwritten with the contents of the lock file, followed by a bunch of null characters.) Unfortunately, this didn't shed any light on the bug during beta-testing, so it means the bug is still there... * mailtoc: support extended timestamp for MailViewer (Rhapsody / MacOS X) mailboxes. This is used by appnmail in `-M' mode. * add lock timeout option (-T sec) to appnmail, listmail and compactmail. * Centralized logging, for more consistent log / error messages. appnmail now displays time and process id in log messages, a la syslog. * add diagnostics code in unlock to detect locks that have been stolen from us (shouldn't happen, but still doesn't hurt to check...) * compactmail: new `-t' (test-mode) option. * listmail: new message-type selection options: `-d', `-f', `-n', `-r', `-u', `-a' and `-h'. These show message-count(s) in combination with `-t'. * listmail: now ignores lock by default, and lists regardless. To wait for the lock, use `-w' or `-T -1'. Source code and quad-fat executables are included. See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities/mailapp-utilities.2.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities/mailapp-utilities.2.2.README (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP version) and: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Applications/Mail/mailapp-utilities-2.2-PI.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Applications/Mail/mailapp-utilities-2.2.README (Rhapsody / MaxOS X Server DR2 version) Checksums: (sum) 39430 281 mailapp-utilities.2.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 26072 14 mailapp-utilities.2.2.README 19153 192 mailapp-utilities-2.2-PI.bs.tar.gz 26072 14 mailapp-utilities-2.2.README (md5sum) a25bc1c84f0f0c7a9db31fd07ac8bf38 mailapp-utilities.2.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz c36433de7e523060c57120952002ff20 mailapp-utilities.2.2.README d83e655478af2cacd32d8bc1ba96290f mailapp-utilities-2.2-PI.bs.tar.gz c36433de7e523060c57120952002ff20 mailapp-utilities-2.2.README [It should turn up at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to <mailapp-utilities@basil.icce.dev.rug.null.nl>. <<SPAMBLOCK: remove dev. and null. to reply>> Enjoy! 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From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Attention PasteUp and WriteUp Customers! Date: 14 Aug 1998 03:26:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6r0aor$4bq$1@news.digifix.com> [This message is being sent to every WriteUp and PasteUp customer who provided an email address when they registered. Unfortunately, many early customers did not have email, and many others are no longer reachable at their original addresses. Therefore, we are posting this message to the NeXT community as a whole. But even if you are not an AFS customer at this time, it would be worth responding to the questions below if you expect to be a early adopter of Mac OS X Server (formerly known as Rhapsody).] Anderson Financial Systems Inc., publisher of PasteUp page layout software and WriteUp word processing software for NEXTSTEP, has committed to deliver new versions of its applications with the first customer shipment of Mac OS X Server (currently projected by Apple for fall 1998). To prepare for this event, we are asking for your help, because we have some decisions to make. Foremost is the question of how many different releases to build. Our current inclination is NOT to produce native OPENSTEP 4.x executables, since the older NEXTSTEP releases will run on OPENSTEP. Nor are we inclined to produce an OPENSTEP/Enterprice (Windows) version, since Yellow Box for Windows will cover the same set of machines in approximately the same timeframe as Mac OS X. But our minds are not closed on these issues. If enough users cannot move to Mac OS X and YB/Windows right away, we could support OS4.x and OS/E with pretty much the same source code. Our major concern is build management: Why QA and bundle something that only a handful of people will buy? The other big question has to do with your current and future use of AFS's NEXTSTEP products. Are you still using them, or have you moved on to other operating systems and hardware platforms? If you are still using them, do you plan to upgrade to Mac OS X [Server], and if so, when? We need to make new arrangements with some of the third parties who provide document filters and hyphenation routines. Having a sense of the early demand for upgrades will help us plan with those suppliers. Finally, assume that the first release of WriteUp and PasteUp for Mac OS X will be feature-identical to the last NEXTSTEP release. What are the top five new features you would like to see in the second Mac OS X release? Thanks for your input and support of AFS over the years. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Gregory H. Anderson Founder and CEO <greg@afs.com>
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (14.8.98) Date: 14 Aug 1998 03:27:54 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6r0arq$4bs$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 59 Aug 14 00:19 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/FIX/FIX.2.0.NIHS.bsd.tar.gz 50 Aug 14 00:19 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/FIX/FIX.2.0.README 58 Aug 14 00:17 Rhapsody/system/service/JoyServices.1.0DR2.m.P.b.README 55 Aug 14 00:17 Rhapsody/system/service/JoyServices.1.0DR2.m.P.b.tgz 62 Aug 14 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/PPPMeter.v1.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 54 Aug 14 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/PPPMeter.v1.5.README 44 Aug 14 00:15 OpenStep/database/sql/SQLEdit.1.06.README 50 Aug 14 00:15 OpenStep/database/sql/SQLEdit.1.06.m.I.b.tar.gz 52 Aug 14 00:17 Rhapsody/graphic/viewer/Slider0.9-PI-b.pkg.tar.gz 43 Aug 14 00:17 Rhapsody/graphic/viewer/Slider0.9-README 65 Aug 14 00:19 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/octave/octave.2.0.11.1.I.b.tar.gz 65 Aug 14 00:19 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/octave/octave.2.0.11.1.N.b.tar.gz 61 Aug 14 00:19 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/octave/octave.2.0.11.1.README 45 Aug 14 00:21 NEXTSTEP/unix/tools/progress.NIHS.s.tar.gz 38 Aug 14 00:21 NEXTSTEP/unix/tools/progress.README 45 Aug 14 00:20 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/programs/t0.0.N.b.tar.gz 41 Aug 14 00:20 NEXTSTEP/text/tex/programs/t0.0.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MailboxInspector 1.2 Date: 14 Aug 1998 03:28:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6r0asf$4bt$1@news.digifix.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This is an inspector for Mail.app's mailbox (.mbox) files. Its chief function is to display, in Workspace's Contents Inspector, whether the mailbox contains newly arrived messages, and if so, how many[*]. It also displays the number and size of messages and (NeXTmail) attachments for a number of categories: total, deleted messages, read (and not flagged or marked unread) messages, flagged messages, messages marked unread, and new messages. Finally it indicates whether the mailbox is indexed (another fine EnhanceMail extension incidentally), and the size of the index store if appropriate. _____ [*] [HYPE: EnhanceMail 2.0b5 and later adds exactly this type of functionality to the Mailboxes panel of Mail.app.] Changes since 1.1: - - Add detection of pending mail left around in some circumstances by appnmail. Incorporate button lets you add this pending mail to the mailbox. (this only works with appnmail v2.2 or later, installed in /usr/local/bin.) - - Display prominent warning sign for unreadable/corrupt/out-of-sync mailboxes. - - Re-uses MailboxSummary class from EnhanceMail 2.2. Source code and a quad-fat binary are included. See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/MailboxInspector.1.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/MailboxInspector.1.2.README Checksums: (sum) 55076 107 MailboxInspector.1.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 27023 5 MailboxInspector.1.2.README (md5sum) b85a1615d548645ca6d877a334a22dda MailboxInspector.1.2.NIHS.bs.tar.gz a01dfa9816bbc63ff772b9d3b48a381a MailboxInspector.1.2.README [I expect it will turn up at ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to <mailapp-utilities@basil.icce.dev.rug.null.nl>. <<SPAMBLOCK: remove dev. and null. to reply>> Enjoy! Tom Hageman. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: next iQCVAwUBNdNiBTHcGwCnCAFpAQEMtwP+LbKemT4Fr78ZEBdEOpaxdiFaQvEPHoBJ fXSvZFv1JIMiZzZiguOStDtGXbjP0hyZrt98k4PLC6MywpnqmLdNgo7K1ewqQyZY uZDT9CvF6g+JVXgROmgeWNd+q9lItxZgLMd5kN42zLls2WDMLv1YduSVb9bqFd11 24aoc/MaFEU= =Xy7I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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: <11760902635220@digifix.com> Date: 16 Aug 1998 03:48:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <15411903240023@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <11761902635222@digifix.com> Date: 16 Aug 1998 03:48:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <15412903240025@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.mac.programmer.info,comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ncr,comp.sys.newton.announce,comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next. Subject: cmsg cancel <01bdc8e2$8f594bc0$LocalHost@public.bta.net.cn> Control: cancel <01bdc8e2$8f594bc0$LocalHost@public.bta.net.cn> Date: 16 Aug 1998 08:27:18 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.01bdc8e2$8f594bc0$LocalHost@public.bta.net.cn> Sender: "xmd" <xmd@public.bta.net.cn> 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: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (21.8.98) Date: 21 Aug 1998 03:15:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6riop9$ag$1@news.digifix.com> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 65 Aug 21 00:17 NEXTSTEP/Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner.1.4.1.I.b.tar.gz 65 Aug 21 00:17 NEXTSTEP/Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner.1.4.1.N.b.tar.gz 68 Aug 21 00:17 NEXTSTEP/Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner.1.4.1.NIHS.b.tar.gz 61 Aug 21 00:17 NEXTSTEP/Commercial/hardware/cdrom/CDDesigner.1.4.1.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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: <15411903240023@digifix.com> Date: 23 Aug 1998 03:48:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6415903844821@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <15412903240025@digifix.com> Date: 23 Aug 1998 03:48:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6416903844823@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: Pedja Bogdanovich <pedja@TipTop.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Last week of special Objective-Everything discount Date: 25 Aug 1998 02:53:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6rt8ui$q8u$1@news.digifix.com> Remainder: Last week of special Objective-Everything discount ------------------------------------------------------------- Bethesda, Maryland, August 24, 1998. Time is running out... Through August 31, 1998, commercial Objective-Everything developer licenses are offered at the special price of only $299 per developer box, and subscription at $349 for the first two years! Objective-Everything is a *MUST-HAVE* development environment for anyone who develops under YellowBox (MacOS X/Server, Windows), including programmers who just want to program in straight Objective-C. Objective-Everything is ideally suited for rapid application prototyping and development, application scripting, regression testing, exploratory programming, and much more. Objective-Everything currently consists of Objective-Browser, Objective-Python, Objective-Tcl, Objective-Perl, and Objective-WebScript. For more info see: http://www.tiptop.com/Objective To take advantage of this offer contact: TipTop Software, Inc. PO Box 30681 Bethesda, MD 20824-0681 USA +1-301-656-3837 +1-301-656-8432 fax info@tiptop.com http://www.tiptop.com ###
From: duncanc@datacom1.com (Duncan Campling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-NY-NYC - NeXT/Sybase Consultant - 3 months minimum Date: 26 Aug 1998 02:54:38 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6rvtde$pps$1@news.digifix.com> Our client, based in Midtown New York City currently seeks to hire a NeXTSTEP/Sybase programmer analyst. Required Skills: - Strong NeXTSTEP 3.3 or 3.2/Objective C (2 years minimum) - Strong Sybase RDBMS skills (stored procedures and triggers) - SQR skills Duration: Three months minimum (could be renewed indefinitely) Rate: Open to suggestions from 1099/corporation to corporation or W2 consultants. Contact: Duncan Campling duncanc@datacom1.com http://www.datacom1.com 212-629-5720 Extension: 230 (voice) 212-629-3374 (fax) Please mark all fax correspondence with my name Datacom Technology Group Inc. The Empire State Building, New York com 212-629-5720 Extension: 230 (voice) 212-629-3374 (fax) Please mark all fax correspondence with my name Datacom Technology Group Inc. The Empire State Building, New York
Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <g1SrbKEIM.t7Ws@isc.org> Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:57:57 GMT QZTyN2hCoiYTcaJkog9hiuzSvtS_fiqqmQ9O_aJBPM1fJkWU_XtISDLoaes286bz oHfmIGuugSpw18i_cQBs4BVpW2hyUo_1M89yxkISg7OtLiZB9Iuy643MXTbguFyP goO_gpM20fp_1Oa9WQ9luGOV0mmsTrSP2ziUwrYVrztKbUDW2s2g1IBgMk_lrBAB zpld9XiJrht= =Rt22 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 341:38 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <3sdziyjST.XMln@isc.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:23:27 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README PiGiMbaIB7D8QLFxVntnHbB6HNi9ziU9jw2nsIxSuWGfFE64y2Zky9VcgCj6qcer ZF71UAy3YxNJbJBS7SgDMp0aU9RLZEV4tyV7RIB9WgDqwxB7ZyKDRg66Xz4oDoM4 6ek49VldRw0TItwMLs5FbCwhxXkweQ1SLSxqZMJQcjTCju0peX3ADYFdQRrXZbVM 5_38EzVwGDH= =NUG3 comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 301:54 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <j4BpzDPEK.xMfw@isc.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 01:03:27 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README y2RDyQDDE6vEGf_bZ7zbOY3yOXWCeGeonrgJFyDOHtb2tMLUzjbggvQkv4j5AUDx AuPoKUKSRUfW5eaFgU_OBnKxAFH9MAwnszz3tplHai_XjSgZ2swiq5YltnaJWpyc CK44fnlmPfGh2B4wWbhpCgYQ5tXVT_fUySSltYE6tcOjt9YcgWwXV3gwO8PltMMs wxHZGeJxVwA= =z6GF comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 146:17 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <OyXn0GCZF.E39C@isc.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 20:44:35 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README tL_AHYS5yizCc_qWRuzYUwgbol9aMXShovB8nAkRy4tuXKo9qsSvRFERqLaCAjiV jJOhWe866RBJDztguMzCPlpI2xYE8JrLhTWAjaAL_pdeI4mnWT9QalHAPoqgPqTh UYykFdFJ7na9dP9p_NMGN1ML4p3C4vd4RO4mgZnqy9nVvTpTfMK1DFCFHUqoSJyo h0BPRQXod85= =2Wfw comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 345:4 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <apCJTFFA0.sVhu@isc.org> Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:59:18 GMT RKjfKhX8yeLg4hKhaZ08_7N8lCLOyrjkn9_fXNg6leftP9ke5dr8GDHh6k2mrgWh HluLAd8Adz4tdDdUE4mSS5qUnZpmPeYdn0RrXw669VggMGXpV7ZISeVCfyyYAaLm 4DIWZGShzWD_YmC8ZjDD_ojpoXVR4oVcgHsluUaj6XLOC_sAsSQM5XcnjiyDIDex leXTS46rLdW= =6ODV ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 232:23 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <P0OECZMrM.6Ki7@isc.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 03:53:24 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README VJCv1tEUKW9SpNN5uFMqCBNHRsvNC7nz935rFtvwj1M1v_iGsn5XVe9zYsUsInB5 eMFv_iKNdlxkPf7R9KRiYjXw3wfWZJd29ocqRdxKcpUvVQs1rYBz4ODeRD_QmZIB kH0NYHtC3GDIKATs9IldG5H9rhmKW_AJr0oyiDbNbnQbRQp1QE6UI85K9V9xXr5J hykbLWFXRBN= =DlwP comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 217:28 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <RbqGxKlLv.g_NK@isc.org> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:24:13 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README _FdYqGGHz1pQJAWPLS4JFyEw_OREikZSbZiIOX8tDVqaJjhpuBT5WFklcy4HiCPz tkbjpmM3HZ4sIGbqSWyHjqurSzMha5Yi13IoKhBfTUGGPbbF1HdyZK7z4pvnCZIk LD7k_8RshLWsCua8bcXOtRwvmsVH8y2nl_w6hHP9vqOm1K1kTZt1JUhtcyoQFA3x svLMe1d_hGo= =lVqT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 112:42 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <A5KPx_CfS.m3cT@isc.org> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 07:26:11 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README cKrAHUUffg_bgTEWQZRbJdAU0YqfqxUrUSs56jvWPh7mYRi5J2_3GTeum4ainPT0 DvaAD5zilGi39C76mTtTcTMnh0mH4IYE5KK9sPzBJXF1ogyg1pCSTNpTHeyAc12B Zl2GNTC18NQw6Ke_1PQ0Mhte2H64acotqPHKb9En6TvZet9ibwQORgOvMjdUwIsf 5E4VwHRyjtF= =20a5 comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 60:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <UeYURZXxY.lYhX@isc.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:23:53 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README J5VNZ2mzX9FGY5MPwftVzCBSMxS5J2s1mVvk_K_FPI_4qgXaMz3rhE7ddRxvJsa2 gMAnkjmdTGwC2KA10mGUZQKzT5CrWQh4AB7ib7ew39Ke8PUFRGayTeCM1U69Q8rj 40eNXP4fqb6KCHs2Ns3lVXw1Slied998pLsK5qRQvuWdoi7ca5K4VM6ITuRn2qpg PJja8HiF0M4= =8yrD comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 201:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <UpBMNyuwa.1U2t@isc.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 06:53:40 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README 5b7jHZCnJ1FcSp92TfzyoTgB8VTH8xo00UvzTBO1Gkh_6z50pYB7I4c9o3VxpBy1 OnxblcjU04ilXtUPPPuabmXn3AKjsWoimAHj0CUQFE7EglQgQxjG3GyURwFfIcma z8Pi0dq1ACUogNs6scSgpMNi_llswV31ql7C0wZzT5uNFBtr3Ryn7J_m5tpStonD BhYnxid2m6L= =G2UU comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 183:42 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <2Au0ewZ8P.EF7S@isc.org> Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:51:35 GMT lFwZKzwFWTsR1LUN_BKuFv_REB4v73IgwbWyrT6zPjxsfw379kf0NY48wN9UpS3q w5Ey6G1guZXi0B5j1LMg9sMK_YsY4A_IFj6GnC91p6W9jozvEUDeTSKY26NGOtd6 Bng7mHn_rjrcoEiifHhaJfxgriu9sqFp6e638pX6YabO0YqamRkoDb3ph8a3hb89 dEW3fVtU7_k= =vIm7 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 262:17 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <bq3LOyEWm.V66L@isc.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 02:38:06 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README lfmf02pXA9UxtsYojQwjQe8UoKUKW9PEgIufhpjVlLA2TaN0rh0aIJXxYLrLQhhP RDGd89tOGFXxhzFxDMadzP9j2Lw1e0NFTlJra6O0lBa0uTuqMhEhW5Xov0kST1vc qH9lp9I8LvAKveS37YnkWWJLNehgMs4_Uh_rKNzU6wOann_JZrvJMliRj89jalUW Jl7LLmqi18K= =0u6K comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 227:49 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <jzRSUaAta.scgnWl@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:03:20 GMT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 285:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence
Date: 31 Aug 1998 11:21:41 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.g1SrbKEIM.t7Ws@isc.org> Control: cancel <g1SrbKEIM.t7Ws@isc.org> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <g1SrbKEIM.t7Ws@isc.org> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.01 for further details
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <904589944.22343@isc.org> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 18:59:04 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNeryeMJdOtO4janBAQFz1QP9FC4EYkfj2XE1D4bzvuoI8NIdqIKWlGDa aDHjXixYWpsVlK6hbVziaf22dcZI0DT/NycCIY3NlYC+4b+9x7W3p8fRlRaqtNkN GCcHb9piPsy/SVLN3FN9TDqYxGu1BtKZliLgJKvbVuNKIi9M0xzIR0/DGdV50fva //BgMqQcbR0= =gw6X comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
Date: 31 Aug 1998 11:56:53 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.ZAHRNL3MH.voU_@isc.org> Control: cancel <ZAHRNL3MH.voU_@isc.org> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <ZAHRNL3MH.voU_@isc.org> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.17 for further details
Date: 31 Aug 1998 11:58:29 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.A5KPx_CfS.m3cT@isc.org> Control: cancel <A5KPx_CfS.m3cT@isc.org> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <A5KPx_CfS.m3cT@isc.org> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.18 for further details
Date: 31 Aug 1998 12:19:12 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.s_L_SSSbA.t7N_JV@uunet.uu.net> Control: cancel <s_L_SSSbA.t7N_JV@uunet.uu.net> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <s_L_SSSbA.t7N_JV@uunet.uu.net> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.21 for further details
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Date: 31 Aug 1998 11:21:41 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.2Au0ewZ8P.EF7S@isc.org> Control: cancel <2Au0ewZ8P.EF7S@isc.org> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <2Au0ewZ8P.EF7S@isc.org> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.01 for further details
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <904611683.29055@isc.org> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 01:01:23 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNetHY8JdOtO4janBAQF6dQP+OuUK/CcF83GuUkVldNWyOnsW+V3vGFiR VuphIYXDGFV7PAD+PerpqaXs4u3/2mWlDjxK6ibxZacTkU9cPnCkOcp2LSTGntlz xBiyz7AysIz0Z0qh3YGMa3w3igSD1vAmrWyyfGYovAlfgnURMYcSClOS5PRf/znt vqTQLpjkHO0= =jY6R comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
Date: 31 Aug 1998 11:32:23 EST Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <cancel.3sdziyjST.XMln@isc.org> Control: cancel <3sdziyjST.XMln@isc.org> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg cancel <3sdziyjST.XMln@isc.org> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19980831.04 for further details
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From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces August 1998 Raffle Winner Date: 1 Sep 1998 04:15:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6sfsdj$8jr$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Announces August 1998 Raffle Winner Albuquerque, NM, September 1, 1998 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Mac OS X Server marketplace, announced the winner of the August 1998 Raffle for a copy of Create and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is Francis Gros. Stone Design will raffle software and a CD each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Mac OS X Server, Java, and OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions.
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From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (4.9.98) Date: 3 Sep 1998 22:58:25 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6sn6uh$sin$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: jbrow@radical8.Radical.Com (Jim Brownfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RadicalNews.0.9.7 beta Date: 4 Sep 1998 03:27:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6snmn9$avb$1@news.digifix.com> Radical System Solutions, Inc. announces the release of RadicalNews.0.9.7 that corrects a serious posting problem in RadicalNews.0.9.6 that was discovered after its release. The new release can be downloaded from: http://www.radical.com/ftp/RadicalNews.0.9.7.NIHS.b.tar.gz We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and we would like to thank all those people who pointed out the problem. -- Jim Brownfield (Jim_Brownfield@Radical.Com) NeXTmail/MIME accepted Radical System Solutions, Inc. (http://www.radical.com/) System/Network/Database Design, Development, Consulting rad i cal \'rad-i-kel\ n -- a basic principle: FOUNDATION
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: BeNG September meeting (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) Date: 4 Sep 1998 03:31:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6snmvb$b6s$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) September meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, September 7, 1998; 8-10pm MEST The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its September meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de) on Monday, September 7, at 8:00 pm MEST. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topics: ALTIVEC PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE Motorola will extend the PowerPC architecture with dedicated instructions for vector processing that can extremely accelerate multimedia-intensive applications. We will have a speech that will provide us with details on this. iMAC HAS ARRIVED The iMac, Apple's newest and hottest hardware offer, starts selling in Germany three days before our meeting. We are trying to get our hands on one machine for a live presentation at the BeNG meeting. Apart from that, we will talk about the latest in Apple HW and SW development -- with a special eye on Mac OS X server. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday evening, October 5, 1998. ATTENTION: we have scheduled an excursion for that meeting and will *not* meet at the usual location. -- Watch the beng-announce mailinglist and/or the notorious newsgroups for further announcements & details as the october meeting date approaches! How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/s link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
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From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <6407904449625@digifix.com> Date: 6 Sep 1998 03:47:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <2706905054428@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: "Kenneth C. Dyke" <kcd@jumpgate.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: G3CacheEnabler (v1.2) driver and control app for Rhapsody (DR2 PPC) Date: 6 Sep 1998 03:50:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6st0qm$an9$1@news.digifix.com> G3CacheEnabler v1.2 Driver for Rhapsody DR2 PowerPC ==================================================== Kenneth C. Dyke (kcd@jumpgate.com), September 5, 1998 Description =========== G3CacheEnabler is a simple DriverKit driver for Rhapsody DR2 PowerPC that will enable the L2 backside cache on PowerPC 750 ("G3") processors. This driver is meant to be used on systems that have been upgraded to G3 processor cards via third party accelerators. Also included is G3Control.app, a GUI configuration tool that lets you select which model card you have, monitor CPU temperature and clock speed, and do a few other nifty things. This driver and configuration tool will eventually be available via anonymous ftp at: binary: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Drivers/PPC/G3CacheEnabler-1.2-RDR2-P-b.tar.gz source: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Drivers/PPC/G3CacheEnabler-1.2-RDR2-P-s.tar.gz Installation ============ The installation process is unfortunately more involved than will comfortably fit in this announcement. Please read the included README.txt file for installation instructions. History ======= 1.2 [September 5, 1998] - Minor bug fix to kernel driver. Released source code. 1.1 [July 24, 1998] - Added G3Control.app 1.0b [July 5, 1998] - Small fix to Defaut.table. No code changes. 1.0a [July 3, 1998] - Initial test release. Bugs ==== I don't know of any, other than it's currently more difficult to install than I'd like it to be. Unfortunately there are many possible ways to configure the L2 backside cache on the 750, so I can't just pick one setting and hope it works on all cards. If you *do* find a bug or have suggestions for improvement, send comments to the address below. Architectures ============= PowerPC only, for obvious reasons. Copyright ========= This driver is (C) Copyright 1998, Kenneth C. Dyke. This driver may be freely distributed for all non-commercial use. Hardware vendors that wish to distribute this driver for use with their cards should contact me at the address below. To Do ===== - Add a database of known configurations for more third party G3 cards. - Write a GUI bundle for Configure.app on PowerPC if there ever is such a thing. Contact Information =================== Kenneth C. Dyke Hayward, CA email: kcd@jumpgate.com (ASCII, NeXT and MIME accepted)
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Hextris 0.1 Date: 6 Sep 1998 03:50:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6st0q5$an8$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@gamekit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF HEXTRIS 0.1 GAME PROVO, UT, September 7, 1998 -- A release of the popular X-Windows game "Hextris" is available. Like Tetris, Hextris is a game where the player stacks falling shapes into a playing area. The difference is that Hextris uses hexagonal, instead of square, blocks to compose the falling pieces. This new release has been ported to run natively under OPENSTEP 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2. It will not run on NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP versions prior to 4.2. This release should be considered an alpha test because it is only just barely playable; there will be future updates with new features added and bugs fixed. The OPENSTEP 4.2 version of the game is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Hextris.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Hextris.0.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz.README The Rhapsody DR2 version is available from: ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Hextris-0.1-PI-b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yacktman.org/pub/next/games/Hextris-0.1-PI-b.tar.gz.README Both versions of the game are expected to eventually appear on the PEAK ftp archive as well. Hextris is one of the fruits of the ongoing efforts of Don Yacktman to develop a GameKit--a kit of reusable objects that are handy for developing "Yellow Box" based games. For more information about the GameKit, watch the official GameKit web site at http://www.gamekit.com/ for pertinent details as they become publically available. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. In the remaining spare time, he does this game stuff whenever he isn't loafing. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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: <6406904449623@digifix.com> Date: 6 Sep 1998 03:47:39 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <2705905054425@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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. 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From: Caffeine Software <info@caffeineSoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-9 Date: 7 Sep 1998 03:32:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6svk4i$9ns$1@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ Caffeine Software Release TIFFany3 PR-9 September 6, 1998 / Santa Clara, CA. Caffeine Software announces the public release of the PR-9 version of the TIFFany3 image processing software. TIFFany3 PR-9 is the same version as demoed at Seybold San Francisco earlier this month. It can be run either on Windows NT with NeXT OSE 4.2, Apple WebObjects 3.5, or with Apple YellowBox DR2. TIFFany3 PR-9 is also available for the three OpenStep 4.2 architectures as well as a twin-fat binary for Apple's MacOS X Server platform. TIFFany3 was the only image processing application selected as a "Hot Pick" at Seybold NY, further delineating it as "Rhapsody's first killer app." Seybold editors said "We were impressed enough by the description of this company's products to call it a Hot Pick." With "Rhapsody" renamed to "MacOS X Server", giving it a strong membership in the renown Apple MaOS family, and with MacOS-X-Server release only weeks away, this version of TIFFany3 is available to the largest size public yet. TIFFany3 will be released in three versions - Basic, Professional, and Server. The binary which is ready for download from our ftp site is configured as the Professional version. Caffeine Software offer a free one-user floating license for TIFFany3 for evaluation purposes. The PR-9 version requires a different license key from the previous PR-7 release. In order to obtain a license, send an email to license-request@caffeineSoft.com and an automated reply with an embedded license string will be sent to you immediately. Since the PR-9 release is a pre-release application running on a beta operating system, we appreciate any comments and suggestions as well as bug reports users may have. Such reports should be submitted to bugs@caffeineSoft.com. Some of TIFFany3's Outstanding Features: * Input of any standard bitmap format as well as EPS * Output in most bitmap standards, as well as EPS * TIFFany3 operates on the actual image, not on a proxy. * Arbitrary number of layers in arbitrary size, resolution and color space. It is possible to mix & match layers of different color spaces and / or resolution in one and the same document. This increases memory efficiency as each layer occupies only the absolutely required space. Once exported as a flattened file (TIFF, EPS), the user can determine the output resolution and color space. * All operations can be executed in a resolution-independent manner. * Filter settings can be entered in Inches, Millimeters, Points, Picas, or Pixels. * Realtime rotation and resizing of layers. This allows easier composition of multi-layered documents. Also, resizing and rotation do not degrade image quality: turning a layer 360 times by one degree will result in the original image. * Arbitrary number of views for each document. * Unlimited undo levels. The user can specify the number of undo levels to be used for each document, as well as memory bounds for undo. Undo buffers can be exported with the document file, allowing the user to return to work precisely at the same point as when closing the document. * Smart undo. The undo mechanism buffers only the modified areas of an image. Therefore, modifying only a small area of the image will not result in a full-size undo layer, thus saving memory and time when created. * "MagicAction" tool mechanism: all filter settings can be saved in the "Action Catalogue" as actions, allowing immediate access to often used Actions. * Any Action can be applied manually. This means that there is an unlimited number of Sharpen, Smooth or Smear tools, as well as manual Saturation or Levels tools. Allowing each Action to be applied manually enables the user to e.g. selectively replace the Red of a rose with a Yellow by simply brushing at the desired areas. * Extensive color correction, brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and tone balancing facilities. All operations are enhanced for CMYK image editing in addition to the usual RGB and HSB color spaces. * Flexible cloning, allowing the source and destination to be in different documents. * 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. For instance, the user can define an Action that is both Contrast * Enhancement and Sharpen at the same time, and to brush with it. * Graphic scripting language for the definition of Process Actions. The user can define a Process by simply dragging other Actions into a "flowchart style" panel determining the order in which the * Actions will be applied. This flowchart allows for branching and merging of flows. * Over 70 different Filters for color balancing, sharpening, noise reduction, wide variety of special effects, etc. * Over 350 pre-set Actions, allowing the user to get quickly started with a variety of sensible Filter settings, covering various image processing needs. * Automatic image masking by color, region, brightness or any other attribute or a combination thereof. * An Action can be set to produce a Mask rather than immediately modifying the image. This is especially useful when the user needs to select a non-contiguous area, such as the Shadows or all the Red areas of an image. * Background removal tools. Standard tools for removing background, such as paper from scanned originals, automatically resulting in partially transparent layers ready to be composed with other elements. These tools create smooth edges between opaque and transparent regions. * High-quality image scaling and rotating, using a number of user-selectable interpolation methods. * 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 are applied in the background. The built-in scheduler allows the user to put long tasks into a background process which is active only if the user does not perform any interactive operations. * "Smart Brush" - does not reapply an Action to previously touched areas in order to avoid undesired multiple effects, even betw0Since 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: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <905194884.17118@isc.org> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:01:24 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNfQthMJdOtO4janBAQFkOwP7BbKl6RcfWUv2t4plk6rdeFDoZl5CfjG0 eLz8sm3k7H9YIHBnAZNd8i+nQo/Io6ALFAdm7UFcHmQcSKDRvoHQxMZ460up8aqZ 0RzXKp+lhCFPNiYZjlC8S/TXuGeFcdYg4wHL+NiGY4iZBs3gGjKZqg7ts6u+8g/m 0UA5cMWdnUo= =tP8v comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
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From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (11.9.98) Date: 10 Sep 1998 23:08:54 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6t9m66$7nn$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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From: Ben F Oliver <olicon1@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: OpenStep Developers Date: 12 Sep 1998 04:05:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6tcrue$97q$1@news.digifix.com> Wanted immediately for a Dallas project OpenStep/Objective-C developers. Send email to olicon1@ix.netcom.com. Thanks
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From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: GateKeeper 2.2 (CORRECTED) Date: 15 Sep 1998 03:45:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6tknsl$b5l$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION GateKeeper 2.2 for ppp2.2 GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2. CHANGES IN VERSION 2.2 When employing a FIFO as the communication mechanism between GateKeeper and pppd, the syslog daemon (syslogd) is blocked from writing until the first PPP connection. This behavior is cured in this release, i.e. syslogd will work as soon as GateKeeper is started. However, for syslogd to work little right from the start-up of the computer, you need to install a utility program. See README.openFifo.rtfd for details. The necessary modifications for version 2.2 were incorporated by Uli Zappe <uli@nexttoyou.de>. RELEASE NOTES 2.2 was built on the latest stable release (2.1) of GateKeeper. It is the last release which supports the 2.0 DNS based Dial on Demand. If you want this feature you must download the DoD version of the 2.0 distribution. *Note that a wholly redesigned release 3.0 of GateKeeper is currently available in Beta state (though not under active development). GateKeeper 3.0 is tightly integrated with ppp2.3 and can not be used as a GUI front-end to other ppp packages. GateKeeper 3.0 and the integrated PPP daemon communicate in a peer to peer fashion as necessary via Mach RPC. See the GateKeeper 3.0 package for details. DISTRIBUTION FILES GateKeeper.2.2.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution GateKeeper.2.2.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution URL's ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/ppp/GateKeeper/GateKeeper.2.2.s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/ppp/GateKeeper/GateKeeper.2.2.NI.b.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/peanuts/NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.2.2.s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/peanuts/NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.2.2.NI.b.tar.gz CURRENT RELEASE The current stable release of GateKeeper is version 2.2 The current Beta release of GateKeeper is version 3.0 Beta 4 OVERVIEW GateKeeper has the following significant features: -- Dial on demand (triggered by NS Apps and UNIX tools) -- GUI options file editor -- Toolbar control -- Inactivity timeout with sound warning. -- Execute and check exit status of a preLink and a preUnLink script prior to the respective operation. -- displays pppStats -- Capable of auto-launching pppd using defaults or using information from a GateKeeper document -- AutoRedial if provider's line is busy. -- Manual Dial and login to a ppp provider without a script. -- Persistent connection will redial and link to your provider if the connection is unexpectedly dropped. -- Compound document format for storing information necessary to access an Internet Service Provider. -- GUI status window. -- App Icon shows session time. -- Tri-state animated icon provides status feedback. -- Preferences editor simplifies editing of ppp2.2 files. -- Provides sound notification. -- Captures and displays connection information Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to: Uli Zappe <uli@nexttoyou.de> (if they refer to the 2.2 modifications for syslogd) or Felipe A. Rodriguez <far@ix.netcom.com>
From: Chris Saldanha <csaldanh@computeractive.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: WebObjects programmer, computerActive Inc. Date: 17 Sep 1998 03:31:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6tpvq5$7lb$1@news.digifix.com> SKILLED PROGRAMMER REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Who We Are ---------- computerActive is an Ottawa, CANADA based consulting and system integration firm specializing in applying UNIX tools to today's business challenges. Our objective is to deliver the total resources of internal and world wide networks to the user as if it were one system. We use Web technologies to accomplish it. With Web browsers being available on all current computers, the Web has become a unifying technology. Our Web-based applications are some of the most sophisticated deployed in the industry. Our Work -------- We are looking for someone to join our programming staff to assist in the development and design of leading-edge web applications and their database backends. computerActive employs highly skilled individuals, ready to work hard in our team environment. Our employees are always trying to push the limits of today's technologies to produce more efficient solutions for our customers. Ideal candidates will have a University degree in Computer Science or the equivalent in education or experience. General Object-Oriented programming experience and specific experience in C, Objective-C, Java, Smalltalk or C++ are an asset. This is not a position to write static web pages, and does not involve a lot of HTML design; we develop applications, not documents. Our projects include in-house product development as well as custom development for clients. We work in a team environment, coordinating projects with coworkers and dealing directly with customers from time to time. As such, good communication skills are important. We offer a dynamic work environment where people are given respect, responsibility and a lot of independence. You're not a number here! We will rely on your knowledge and creativity to deliver the best solution... on time... on budget. computerActive offers a comprehensive health and insurance plan, and is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada and willing to work in Ottawa for at least one year. Some travel may be a requirement for this position. Timeframe --------- We are presently hiring for a full-time position, open immediately. Contact Info ------------ Please contact Noel Gondek at computerActive if you would like to join our team. Voice: (613)225-4824 Fax: (613)225-1670 E-mail: ngondek@computeractive.com Web: http://www.computeractive.com Postal: 15 Capella Court, Suite 128. Nepean, Ontario, Canada K2E 7X1 Please note: if you are e-mailing a resume, please send MIME e-mail, and attach documents in Word, PDF, WordPerfect or ASCII format.
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From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (18.9.98) Date: 17 Sep 1998 22:58:11 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6ts463$h4b$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 60 Sep 18 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.2.2.NI.b.tar.gz 55 Sep 18 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.2.2.README 57 Sep 18 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/protocol/GateKeeper.2.2.s.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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: <25036905659241@digifix.com> Date: 20 Sep 1998 03:47:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24796906264032@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <25037905659244@digifix.com> Date: 20 Sep 1998 03:47:49 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24797906264035@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 <6u56jt$lfu$9400@hyperion.nitco.com> Control: cancel <6u56jt$lfu$9400@hyperion.nitco.com> Date: 21 Sep 1998 09:35:21 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6u56jt$lfu$9400@hyperion.nitco.com> Sender: gfqinqou@somethingfunny.net 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: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <906416410.5995@isc.org> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:20:10 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNgbRGsJdOtO4janBAQG4IwP/S8+FWmNyi9e86nWT8vTkQJQ2sNLCrNHk iyFGoUnpsewMn/7T7tbK08VRBNp9x9Wun2bJvQmk9T0RjwS4BYeFOaHoYhVmVyjk Ox6IoO4ZVdEEnN1gzCg2gGgZTg/V0RefA1XNdaTaMxDOE6gbJs9CSqzSrZ2voGlV fGMAuIuCS2w= =sTpa comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <906438684.9607@isc.org> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 04:31:24 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNgcoHMJdOtO4janBAQG0pAP+M8nlb+ldPafXsSblSjCo8UrW6J2FdKyL jRAR2UJnltel+kIWcz9iZ69Cb7C31SOrkvqKgqC+X/FtIlMm9HIWCGU6UeGy9v4A tu0wsQ9qtF9Rvq2MUltdQkQOmVb1uAVV/KKojQjKRz0qluypNWBJfsGxmI4NyBvh U885C/YkyfU= =HywW comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Perl v5.005_02 for OpenStep for Mach 4.x Date: 22 Sep 1998 21:11:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6u93pj$j99$1@news.digifix.com> Here's my first stab at a port of perl 5.005_02 for OpenStep for Mach 4.x. Enjoy! Coming soon: samba 1.9.18p10 Perl.5.005_02.1.m.README September 22, 1998 file: Perl.5.005_02.1.m.NIS.bd.tar.gz desc: Framework port 1 of perl v5.005_02 sum: 19725 4288 md5sum: 6c2b721d42195895e22b8c4fe8eab874 file: Perl.5.005_02.1.m.s.tar.gz desc: modified perl 5.005_02 source code (just type make) sum: 15682 4337 md5sum: 5d191858b92561e051f3035f49febfba (** to be placed at http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ **) A complete Perl implementation built in the form of a Framework, so that it can be used for embedding a perl interpreter into other products (like apache + mod_perl). Install it only on computers running Openstep for Mach 4.x. Highlights of this perl port: * Localization: This version/port of Perl is (almost) completely localized into the folder /LocalLibrary/Frameworks/Perl.framework/Versions/5.00502 so that it should not interfere with other versions, ports, or implementations of perl. The only EXCEPTION is that this package does make symbolic links in /usr/local/bin pointing to THIS version of the perl interpreter. * POSIX module support via -posix and libposix.a (when building POSIX.pm) * IPC/SysV support: Thanks to the libIPC.a library from Tom Hageman. * Source code available. INSTALLATION Type in a Terminal.app window (as root). > cd /wherever/the/file/is > gnutar xvzf Perl.5.005_02.1.m.NIS.bd.tar.gz Then use /NextAdmin/Installer.app on the resulting Perl.pkg. Note this package includes runs a few scripts (that run automatically at these specified times): 1. pre_install: makes uncompress and zcat point to gunzip and gzcat, respectively, so that the Installer.app can now handle gzipped Installer packages, which this is. (gzipped packags are MUCH smaller). 2. post_install: makes links (in /usr/local/bin) to the real perl, perl5, perl5.005, and perl5.00502 binaries. 3. post_delete: removes aforementioned links (See 2). Install the resulting package to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks You may also want to add /LocalLibrary/Frameworks/Perl.framework/Executables to your path, to make all the perl utililies available from a shell. This perl distribution installs for native build dynamic modules, by default. If you want your distribution to build FAT add-on dynamically loadable modules, you'll need to look at/LocalLibrary/Frameworks/Perl.framework/Versions/5.00502/Modules/Config.pm* A few perl modules require additional frameworks installed: DB_File DB.framework (>= 1.85.0.0) GDBM_File GDBM.framework (>= 1.7.3.0) which must also be installed (to /LocalLibrary/Frameworks) for you to successfully use this distribution of Perl. These frameworks can be found at: http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/sourcelibrary/frameworks/ CHANGELOG See CHANGELOG file inside framework for more details of recent changes. TODO * Include more optional/updated perl modules. * I could make a new port (that includes Localization) of perl5.004_04 available, if there is interest. CREDITS Perl home page http://www.perl.com/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: "Cliff Tuel" <ctuel@apple.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: New WebObjects 3.5.1 Java Bridge Patch (NT and Solaris) Date: 22 Sep 1998 21:10:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6u93ng$j98$1@news.digifix.com> In a continuing effort to improve the quality of WebObjects 3.5.1, Apple has released a second patch that addresses several Java-related bugs. The patch is available for Windows NT and Solaris platforms. It is available as NeXTanswer #2630, and can be found at: http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/2630.htmld/2630.html Version 1 of this patch was released for Windows NT only. This new version includes additional fixes and should be installed on all systems, with or without the previous patch. (NOTE: If you received the WebObjects 3.5.1 Java Patch from Apple Enterprise Technical Support after August 21, you do not need to download this version.) A complete list of problems fixed in this patch can be found at the above URL. -- Cliff Tuel -- ctuel@apple.com Enterprise Technical Support / Apple Computer, Inc.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (25.9.98) Date: 24 Sep 1998 22:58:10 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6ueiq2$9it$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <oHtBl3wep.b9AZ@isc.org> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:43:16 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README 7wE0zLJOjdk2jVMbEQxM5O2YhXapseHgf5rQurx6gpdvymA85gdD4d83Gm02fqlR pB6FAdNGDPCvY5kCm8ujXAvUDkmvQYn73mw5fcKRKYJkJmjxriYLyDdL8AZiOs54 GmFZw6H1SP1sHPB7HF8iO1e8_ULXVpOUuBRPfLvTYs0Eqp4mHkZWRqSbiE7ofWg7 siGP787J4eF= =XC72 comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 261:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 23 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
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From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: samba 1.9.18p10 for NEXTSTEP 3.x and OpenStep for Mach 4.x Date: 28 Sep 1998 21:27:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6uouvi$3b4$1@news.digifix.com> Here's the blurb on my latest port of samba for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep for Mach. Enjoy. samba.1.9.18p10.1.README Sep 28, 1998 These packages contains Samba, a file server that lets an NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP computer share directories and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. This is an update from the version of samba distributed with OpenStep 4.2 for Mach (v.1.9.16p?). This update fixes an important security problem and has all the latest bug-fixes and enhancements, of course. See the samba home page for details. The source distribution contains a fair amount of documentation for using and configuring samba. (** (to be) found at: http://www.peak.org/next/apps/utils/networks/ and/or http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/utils/networks/ **) FILES file: samba.1.9.18p10.1.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for NEXTSTEP 3.x (compatible with OS-Mach 4.x) sum: 04736 2096 md5sum: 24a33c4d33f6bc36ad2afeaa0f4b2344 file: samba.1.9.18p10.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for OpenStep for Mach 4.x sum: 15837 2329 md5sum: 9a6bd2891720f18ac68fc5d223bc8da0 file: samba.19.18p10.1.s.tar.gz desc: slightly modified samba source sum: 07507 1391 md5sum: a10026dce7dafc558b0c6f312b0d50ca CHANGELOG Sep 28, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT3.x and NEXT4.x port 1) * Fixup strftime problem. * Fixup Makefile for NEXT3, NEXT4, and Rhapsody/MacOSX builds. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT3.x port 1) * First (and most likely last) attempt at NEXTSTEP port. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 2) * Fixed up install_samba script a bit. * Added NETGROUP (yp) support. Dec 4, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 1) * First attempt at OS-Mach port. CREDITS Samba home page http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
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From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces September 1998 Raffle Winner Date: 30 Sep 1998 21:46:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6uu8rg$sl4$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Stone Design Announces September 1998 Raffle Winner Albuquerque, NM, October 1, 1998 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/Mac OS X Server marketplace, announced the winner of the September 1998 Raffle for a copy of Create and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is James Bevan. Stone Design will raffle software and a CD each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Mac OS X Server, Java, and OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. CheckSum is a trademark of Sirius Solutions.
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: samba 1.9.18p10 for Rhapsody 5.1 (DR2) Date: 6 Oct 1998 05:27:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc9oc$odb$1@news.digifix.com> I've just finished making a binary distribution of samba for Rhapsody. Small blurb follows... samba.1.9.18p10.1.README Oct 5, 1998 These packages contains Samba, a file server that lets a Rhapsody 5.1 (aka DR2) computer share directories and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. The source distribution contains a fair amount of documentation for using and configuring samba. (** (to be) found at: http://www.peak.org/rhapsody/Applications/Network/ **) FILES file: samba-1.9.18p10.1-PI.b.tar.gz desc: for Rhapsody 5.1 (aka DR2) sum: 26040 1651 md5sum: 9f2386cd30750c85ddf5d86187b90ce2 file: samba-1.9.18p10.1-s.tar.gz desc: slightly modified samba source sum: 60412 1391 md5sum: d6df08035ce1b7bf58939970d501d9d3 CHANGELOG Oct 5, 1998 (1.9.18p10 Rhapsody 5.1 port 1) * First attempt at Rhapsody port. Sep 28, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT3.x and NEXT4.x port 1) * Fixup strftime problem. * Fixup Makefile for NEXT3, NEXT4, and Rhapsody/MacOSX builds. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT3.x port 1) * First (and most likely last) attempt at NEXTSTEP port. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 2) * Fixed up install_samba script a bit. * Added NETGROUP (yp) support. Dec 4, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 1) * First attempt at OS-Mach port. CREDITS Samba home page http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: Uli Zappe <uli@tallowcross.uni-frankfurt.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NEXTTOYOU Object Library (NEXTSTEP 3.3) Date: 2 Oct 1998 03:25:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6v1h3v$33d$1@news.digifix.com> The NEXTTOYOU Object Library is intended to comprise useful objects that are well documented, demonstrated by an example app, and easy to use as a palette in Interface Builder. The objects are free for both commercial and non-commercial use, but come without any warranty. Source code is available on request, but the conditions depend on the author of the particular object. So far, only a "prototype" version exists. It is available only for NEXTSTEP 3.3, and so far only contains a single object, NTYBrowserData. NTYBrowserData is an NXBrowser delegate that allows to very easily read all kinds of data into an NXBrowser object. The library is available at: ftp://ftp.cs.TU-Berlin.DE/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/ObjectLibrary/NTYObjectLibrary.3.3.NIHS.tar.gz For further information, contact: Uli Zappe <uli@nexttoyou.de>
From: Erik Doernenburg <erik@object-factory.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Spectre (v7) Date: 2 Oct 1998 03:26:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6v1h49$33e$1@news.digifix.com> SPECTRE Yet another dock! This is my version of a dock for MacOS X, not as sophisticated as the Fiend but nice enough to be usable. And because it almost completely relies on Yellow Box APIs, it should be fairly stable, portable and easy to extend. An OPENSTEP port is trivial but not really useful as Spectre can't steal the application icons from Workspace Manager. A Windows port works but it is left as an exercise to the user to figure out which applications were started before Spectre. HISTORY V5 - First public release V6 - Modifications by Eike Dirks: Don't hide feature, Collapse dock when Spectre icon is double clicked, Command double-click tiles to launch app and hide all others V7 - New (shaded) tile images, Alert panel to confirm quit HOMEPAGE Further information can be found on the official homepage at http://www.object-factory.com/~erik/Spectre DOWNLOAD See homepage or directly from ftp://webftp.object-factory.com/pub/erik/Spectre7.PI-bs.tar.gz UPDATES I probably won't post announcements for minor updates so you might want to check out the homepage every now and then.
From: Ken Case <kc@omnigroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: OmniWeb 3.0 beta 8b is now available Date: 2 Oct 1998 03:31:59 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6v1hff$3ac$1@news.digifix.com> OmniWeb 3.0 beta 8b is now available. See http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniWeb/3/ for more information (including a list of download sites), or you can download the app directly from ftp://ftp.omnigroup.com/pub/software/. Release notes for OmniWeb 3.0 beta 8b are available at http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniWeb/3/ReleaseNotes.html. The 10-user beta license included with beta 8b expires on January 31, 1999. Enjoy! Ken Release notes for 3.0 beta 8b: * Our licensing framework no longer uses multicast (which failed in some configurations). * OmniWeb plug-ins are now required to specify which version of the frameworks they use, so that we don't crash due to incompatible plug-ins.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (2.10.98) Date: 1 Oct 1998 22:58:04 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6v11ds$leb$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: herren@flannet.middlebury.edu (David Herren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Desktop and Network Applications Software Developer Date: 7 Oct 1998 03:22:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vemq2$jig$1@news.digifix.com> Preamble: This "official" announcement was just posted to the college's web site yesterday. The shocking request regarding electronic applications is, I assure you, a requirement of the undergraduate college's Human Resources department, and NOT an indication of the level of technology here at the CET. Folks interested should feel completely at ease requesting additional information from me electronically, however HR will require a hard copy of the application for their records...sigh... See my sig below for additional contact information. Middlebury, Vermont is situated at the foothills of the Green Mountains in the Lake Champlain valley. Homes with views of both the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks on the other side of lake Champlain are quite common, and we're in full foliage even as I write this. Montreal is 2 hours & 15 minutes away, Boston is 3 hrs 20 min, and Mid-town Manhattan only 4hrs 15 min away. Burlington, Vermont (our largest city though not the capital) is under an hour. Yes, we live in a postcard, we have the quintessential quality of life living and working environment, but we also have great connectivity and excellent computing and development facilities. Though the position is nominally a two year position, it's quite possible that it will be renewed pending additional funding. Salary negotiable but commensurate with experience. ______________________________________________________________________ Title: Desktop and Network Applications Software Developer Department: The Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College Term: Full Time Two Year Term Position Works under the supervision of the Associate Director of Technology and Instruction. Responsible for desktop and network computer software applications and continued development of a multilingual multimedia authoring system and related software. Solid applications development experience using Objective-C and OpenStep/Yellow Box development environment. Production experience developing and maintaining WebObjects or other interactive web technology based web site. 3-5 years experience in commercial and/or academic software development. Knowledge of Objective C (C++ and Java programming experience desirable). A second language other than English and a college degree are preferred. Application Deadline: October 30, 1998. Please send your resume and cover letter by US mail to the following address. Please do not respond or apply electronically. Middlebury College Human Resources Office Service Building, Second Floor Middlebury, Vermont 05753 802-443-5465 (Voice) 802-443-5949 (TTY) 802-443-2058 (Fax) Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged. _________________________________________________________________________ -- David D. Herren www.cet.middlebury.edu/herren Assoc. Dir. for Tech. & Instruction herren@flannet.middlebury.edu Center for Educational Technology voice: (802)443-5746 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 fax: (802)443-2053
From: Georg Tuparev <gtupar@ObjectZoo.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: EUROPE: OPENSTEP/MacOS X, WebObjects, and Java Software Engineers Date: 7 Oct 1998 03:59:20 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6veouo$k9g$1@news.digifix.com> The ObjectZoo Ltd. is currently accepting applications for full and part-time development positions. The ObjectZoo is a UK and Dutch based company with a background in internet technologies and traditional large scale systems development. The company specialises in web-enabled knowledge management, but also designs and implements enterprise-strength internet solutions for large multinational corporations. We have an immediate requirement for high quality people to augment our software engineering team. Openings exist from graduate to object architect and project manager level for work on projects in Amsterdam, Munich and London. There are several distinct job categories that we are always looking to hire. - Object Architects - Project Managers - Technical Team Leaders - Data and object modelers - Objective-C and Java Programmers - Database Administrators - WebObjects developers - Web Designers Successful candidates who join The ObjectZoo will: - Have the opportunity to learn and be a part of a rewarding business environment - Work on high-profile object-oriented development projects - Work with a team of talented object-oriented software developers - Work with state-of-the-art object modeling and implementation techniques - Travel in many countries around the world - Enjoy large palette of benefits, including company car, performance bonus, health insurance, and many more - Free coffee and iMac in the rest rooms Resumes are being accepted immediately. For more information please contact: Georg Tuparev <gtupar@ObjectZoo.com> The ObjectZoo VOF, Ceintuurbaan198-I, The Netherlands Mobile: +31-655-798196 Fax: +31-20-524-1254 or The ObjectZoo Ltd., 3 Cathles Road, London SW12 9LE, UK Fax: +44-171-681-2712
From: "technicalSCOUTS" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-CA-LOS ANGELES-WEBOBJECTS-E-COMMERCE-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3ru$mkg$1@news.digifix.com> Location: Los Angeles, Ca Title: WebObjects Software Engineer Responsible for designing, coding, implementing, and maintaining electronic commerce applications. Must work within a team of engineering and creative individuals to support and enhance the efforts of our firm in the Internet Electronic Commerce field. Assist in defining and evaluating the future commerce applications needs for the company. Commerce Applications Responsibilities: Work within a team to design the presentation, functional, and technical components of commerce applications. Develop applications that are optimized for performance and are written for reusability. Future Commerce Direction Responsibilities: Research, evaluate, and present information supporting the evolution of commerce products for use. Research strategies and emerging technologies in support of the firm's future electronic commerce directions. Skills/Experience: A BS/BA degree in Computer Science or a related field. Strong Object-Oriented analysis, design, and coding experience. Must have proficiency in WebObjects (including EOF). Experience with Java and /or C++ in also preferred. Experience with multiple computing platforms preferred (i.e. Solaris, Windows NT). Experience with writing Internet-based applications required, Internet-based electronic commerce applications preferred. Must possess excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. -- technicalSCOUTS Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-DC-METRO-WEBOBJECTS-OPENSTEP-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3s6$mkh$1@news.digifix.com> WebObjects Developers The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with high-profile clients and work in an exciting object-oriented development environment. Job Requirements: Minimum requirements: Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering -OR- equivalent work experience 2 years professional development experience, 6 months experience with WebObjects, using either Objective-C or Java as the programming language -OR- 2 years professional development experience using NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP, including 1 year of experience with EOF, and 6 months professional development experience with any Web-based application in any environment Willingness to work at customer site when necessary The following experience is a plus: Object-Oriented analysis and design Java programming Relational database application development Successful candidates will: Work and/or mentor a talented team of developers. Provide input on commercial product development. Work on full-cycle development projects to include: Creating a custom database applications for a corporate intranet, including standard office automation and gaming strategy for a high volume website. Creating a custom health services application. Successful candidates will: Have the opportunity to learn and be a part of a rewarding business environment. Work on high-profile Object-Oriented development projects, including Java-based projects. Work with a team of talented Object-Oriented software developers and provide valuable input and direction. Work with state-of-the-art object modeling and implementation techniques. Work in an environment that is flexible, relaxed and technically challenging. -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-IL-CHICAGO-NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3sb$mki$1@news.digifix.com> Title: NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Developer Location: Chicago, IL DESCRIPTION: This person will have primary responsibility for the analysis, design, and implementation of FX trading and risk management systems. The developer will learn the development and business environment by first becoming thoroughly familiar with the designs and implementations of ongoing projects and systems. The strong candidate will have the opportunity to make contributions early by applying good object orientated analysis and design skills in the development of object model extensions and enhancements to meet the fast moving and ever changing face of the currency markets. QUALIFICATIONS: 4+ years data processing experience, 2-5 years NeXT development and Strong Objective-C programming skills required. Preferred Skills: OPENSTEP/EOF development Relational database schema design (especially Sybase) Object orientated analysis and design, Strong C and UNIX background, Windows NT development. -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-WA-SEATTLE-WEBOBJECTS-OPENSTEP-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:28 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3sg$mkj$1@news.digifix.com> Location: Seattle, WA Title: WebObjects Engineer Well established Seattle based Internet company is committed to utilizing WebObjects and other leading object technologies in it's development of new systems. Currently seeking multiple, experienced WebObjects / OPENSTEP engineers. The positions are permanent and offer very competitive salaries and significant option grants in a company IPO'ing within 24 months -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-IL-CHICAGO-NEXT/OPENSTEP/CONTRACT-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3sl$mkk$1@news.digifix.com> Contract Position: 5-6 months Where: Downtown Chicago The project is porting an application from NeXTSTEP to OPENSTEP on NT for a major financial institution. Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer position. Environment: Dress is casual Working with financial and banking applications.such as foreign exchange, interest rates, derivatives ect. It was a NeXTSTEP environment They did a shallow port to OPENSTEP with Windows NT and then found that they needed to go back and do a more in-depth conversion.They are also writing interface programs to this system. The system will end up with a Java front end.They are at the early beginnings of this project. -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-TX-DALLAS-WEBOBJECTS/OPENSTEP-DEVELOPER-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3sp$mkl$1@news.digifix.com> Title: OPENSTEP/WebObjects Programmer Location: Dallas, TX Job Description: 1. Solid understanding of EOF 2.2. Experience with writing both tools and GUI applications based on EOF 2.2. This requirement assumes a good understanding of object-oriented design and analysis. 2. Solid understanding of OPENSTEP 4.2, the Foundation Kit and related tools, including ProjectBuilder and InterfaceBuilder. 3. Experience with OPENSTEP 4.2 tools for debugging compiled and scripted code. 4. Ability to build applications using new OPENSTEP 4.2-based frameworks. 5. Familiarity with WebObjects 3.5. 6. Knowledge of SQL and Perl would be beneficial. 7. Good interpersonal communications skills, and strong writing skills -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-CA-BAY-OPENSTEP/WEBOBJECTS-PRESALES-SYSTEMS ENG.-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3t9$mko$1@news.digifix.com> Position Title: Pre-Sales Systems Engineer Location: Bay Area covering Western Region Responsibilities: Responsible for providing technical expertise to drive sales. Develops and delivers persuasive technical sales presentations and product demonstrations that clearly communicate this Web Application Server product and technology direction and competitive advantages. Provides technical consulting on the integration and implementation of products and technologies in customer environments. Persuades customers that our products are the best technological fit for their organizations. Some overnight travel. Customer Interaction - Routinely works with customers and Sales Reps in pursuit of sales opportunities. Participates with Sales Reps in customer calls which require significant technical knowledge to deal with product capabilities and compatibility issues. Delivers sales presentations on strategic technical and business messages requiring excellent presentation skills. Delivers tactical technical and business presentations in both short range non-disclosure and open settings. Works with manager and corporate to coordinate resolution of product issues which jeopardize future sales. Analyzes customer opportunities and proposes appropriate product and technology solutions. Persuades customers that your solutions meet their organizational needs. Effectively builds relationships with customer technical personnel. Has good understanding of assigned market. Technical Expertise Responsible for technical aspects of sales into assigned accounts. Defines and implements appropriate technical sales tactics in assigned accounts. Coordinates with more senior engineers to resolve new or complex technical issues and problems through creative and often original approaches. Required Skills: Knowledge of the Application Server Market, Strong Pre-Sales Ability, Good Presentation Skills. Normally requires BS degree in scientific or engineering discipline plus 3-5 years technical experience or MS degree plus 1-2 years experience, or equivalent; at this level, an expert in at least one key technology. Not Required but helpful: NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/WEBOBJECTS. U.S. Citizenship/Green Card/Permanent Residence Required. -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-CA-BAY-WEBOBJECTS/OPENSTEP/NEXT-CONSULTING ENG.-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3su$mkm$1@news.digifix.com> Title: WebObjects Consulting Engineer Location: Bay Area, California Consulting Engineer will provide dedicated on-site WebObjects expertise, analysis, design and programming assistance, act as a conduit between the customer and our firm to resolve technical issues, optimize WebObjects development tools and environment, assist with application planning, integration and testing and fill other duties as required. Reqs Bachelor's degree in related field such as math, physics, computer science, or engineering. At least 3 yrs. of SW development exp with at least 1 yr. of NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, or WebObjects development required. A solid understanding of the software development process including OO analysis and design and prior exp setting and managing customer expectations also required. -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: "Wes Wigginton" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-NC-RALEIGH -WEBOBJECTS/OPENSTEP-RECRUITER Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:47:47 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3t3$mkn$1@news.digifix.com> Title: WebObjects Integration Consultant Location: Raleigh,NC Description: Senior consulting engineer positions supporting a client on-site their facilities in Raleigh, NC. Provide software engineering support developing and maintaining a large, enterprise-deployed object-oriented (OO) application and intra/internet application components. 2-4 years software engineering experience using OO software development methodologies required. Experience with OPENSTEP, EnterpriseObjectsFrameworks (EOF), and WebObjects preferred. Experience with C, C++, MS Windows NT desired. Experience with development and implementation of 3-tier, enterprise client solutions. Provide mentoring, advice and assistance to client programmers, analysts, and managers. Work directly with a team of 15-20 other developers and several client analysts. Excellent client handling and customer support skills necessary. Positions require: (1) security clearance processing for access to sensitive and participation on client network and (2) drug testing -- Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting technicalSCOUTS, Inc. 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: sdroll@NOSPMmathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Sven Droll) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: vice 0.15.0 for NeXTstep Date: 6 Oct 1998 03:48:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vc3tq$mkp$1@news.digifix.com> Hello. I submited a fat compile of vice 0.15.0 to the peanuts archive. vice is a C64/C128/PET/VC20-emulator and needs Xnext or CubX to run. It has no sound yet. This makes another 5000 games availible on NeXTstep computers ;-) Sven -- Sven Droll __ sdroll@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <907773416.13215@isc.org> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:16:56 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNhuF6MJdOtO4janBAQHw0AP/dNZB6xMaTneLbsoWCQ+t/Tj/tqNAOMlv U8tyyTyMfpyIxCSbql5S4RyfvtrdAnEgKhHnrPg8MQrMc6gij2ahv+otDtOBxP8J RRpoj+f3Z1qd9jQDVaCROayU1yNDKsgoGqBDPm34+DuhE2WW/bqT9sLLOL+W6GsI Foymcc9auUs= =YvvT comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
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From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (9.10.98) Date: 8 Oct 1998 22:58:02 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <6vjg1q$1v8$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <907848606.10389@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 12:10:06 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNhyrn8JdOtO4janBAQE/3wP9EoOob0t/ARD0b/bZdixSrsJuAfjkyURk T84c04aGw8n5QCclg/bwNgCU/RmQ01eZBCVaM6D6oNbYJqVRGxC5USOwywrlkJF6 MY2MjWO3CiR+921bxb4gq2qPupZCaUbayE/T7zU29+mm87O6xoYj6BnK5sMzVaet IhD2uniVuso= =XqMq comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <907900340.22754@isc.org> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 02:32:20 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNh11tcJdOtO4janBAQGK6gQAgntoPbUAmaHa1rmwhu7Ed4WIggt1qphK +lxdS4qCyxAFbCvJXdBLYI5xgVGxjLbVGf4UdlLcf7gq4IkJyxHKd8mGDE1gv+2N xESUaD01h1cf2XvKHygRlTgR2DKDpthVUaSSLzQFjI/EnAD2AnXvysBt5SeFY20S RT8zumUZ0yo= =b70s comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <907878664.5362@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 20:31:05 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNh0hCcJdOtO4janBAQGmbgP/dOei31Lf0DQvVtc7Lc/P6PqfVrG44xP7 EeAcPZ3rwEDdmN1GefzKILPjOezf71vE85prMYuecEuYdwWLN3pmKGHGTTSDFyJO pPAvKWPSYFaWYKmNEKqsuN0xjFN+q3XJr+abXC4r7rVmc+CcVOEPIPguZOGW//Kn gStZfdAgoRs= =qqTg comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: 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: <21207907473623@digifix.com> Date: 11 Oct 1998 03:47:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <17552908078421@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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. 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From: David Wetzel <dave@turbocat.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PostgreSQL EOAdaptor Release 1.3 (v134) available Date: 10 Oct 1998 03:39:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vmku9$f8d$1@news.digifix.com> The current EOAdaptor for PostgreSQL is now available. It enables you to access PostgreSQL databases from EOF 2.x. The current version is free. It will work until end of Jan '99. Supported is OPENSTEP on NeXT, Intel and Sun. Rhapsody is not supported until MacOS X server ships. NT is not supported until someone is willing to pay for the hassle. For information/download visit http://www.turbocat.de/ CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE INCLUDE: * Primary keys can be generated automatically now. * Tested with WebObjects. If you have any questions or suggestions mail to info@turbocat.de. Commercial support is available. --- _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Fax +49 33056 82835 NeXTmail dave@turbocat.de (______) http://www.turbocat.de/ DEVELOPMENT * CONSULTING * ADMINISTRATION
From: Adrian Smith <adrian@aaa-plus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Objective-C turned into a Scripting Language Date: 10 Oct 1998 03:39:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vmku2$f8c$1@news.digifix.com> For immediate release. OBJECTIVE-C TURNED INTO A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE --- AAA+ Software releases Joy 2.0 for Yellow Box Vienna, October 9, 1998. Release 2 of the Yellow Box development tool Joy lets developers use standard Objective-C as a scripting language. Methods can be defined, called, and modified interactively; all without restarting the program under development. However, Objective-C compatibility is only part of the story. AAA+ Software's customers had responded enthusiastically to the ease with which they could create Yellow Box applications with Joy 1. However, they found it an inconvenience that they had to adapt their Objective-C code to be compatible with Joy's scripting language that was then based on Tcl. In the words of Rainer Staringer, CTO of AAA+ Software: "Customers clearly told us they would not settle for anything less than Objective-C. Our goal therefore was 100% compatibility between Joy scripts and Objective-C source code, including type casts, macros, inline functions, pointer arithmetic, you name it." AAA+ Software did not stop there. The new release unifies multiple languages into a single scripting language. While retaining compatibility with the original languages, the fusion is more powerful than any of its elements. The now released version combines JavaScript, C, and Objective-C. Full Java integration is already in final testing and will make it's appearance in Joy 2.1. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Joy 2 is available for OPENSTEP/Mach, Rhapsody DR2, OPENSTEP Enterprise, and WebObjects. The software can be downloaded from: http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html Use of the software is free for evaluation purposes. Regular licenses are $69 for users who develop only small scale applications, and $399 for unlimited use. See http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/ for details. PROVEN TECHNOLOGY The shrinkwrap Joy product is a spin-off of proven technology that AAA+ Software has developed and used internally for significant development projects for many years. The now publicly released Joy 2 has already been used to develop a foreign exchange risk reporting application for a large investment bank. The application which will be deployed this month into subsidiaries all across Europe is entirely implemented as Joy scripts, not a single line of code needed to be compiled. TYPICAL USES OF JOY Joy can increase developer productivity in many ways, e.g.: * Use Joy for stress relief Joy takes the stress out of deploying to Windows. Run Joy on OS X Server, then simply save your project for Windows. * Learn about frameworks Look at Yellow Box or any other framework. Inspect classes and objects. Look at what methods are provided, and what instance variables there are. * Snoop into applications Take a look at what's going on inside an application. Even one for which you don't have the source. * Interact Double click on an object, double click on a method, hit return and it's executed! * Prototype Try out commands, as above, then capture them in a method. Prototype using Joy, then compile (if necessary) for speed. * Automate Testing Any C function, any Objective-C method can be called with any arguments. This makes it easy to create component validation suites. COMPATIBILITY WITH JOY 1 Joy 2 is fully compatible with Joy 1. Even though Tcl is no longer the language of choice for implementing new functionality, AAA+ Software is committed to protecting their customers investment into the technology. Tcl will continue to be supported and enhanced, including access to Java objects from Tcl. Further information is available from: AAA+ Software Fax: +43-1-533-68-90 e-mail: joy@aaa-plus.com website: http://www.aaa-plus.com/
From: Karl Kraft <karl@ensuing.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: XoX for Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody) Date: 12 Oct 1998 02:55:59 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6vrr3v$9k6$1@news.digifix.com> If you were at BaNG about a year ago, you probably saw Ali demonstrate XoX for Rhapsody running on a PowerPC. You've probably also pestered me for the source during that time. :-) Since then I've fixed a number of bugs, cleaned up some stuff, and ported over some other modules like Defender, KaBLAM, and Shoot. All of this is now available as either source or binaries and for both PowerPC and Intel. For more information, screenshots, and download locations, visit http://www.ensuing.com/freebies/xox/ --K2 karl@ensuing.com (Karl Kraft) OpenStep/Rhapsody Developer: cogitamus alius.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <908378430.15226@isc.org> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:20:30 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNiTBPsJdOtO4janBAQGnCQP/T30sf7gbOHHdWHZLnqox2730qJGEZwgv ewxQKZTwAV0GD8HTfXXQ6typKl6C4czO4uKP6FhSGuHH2hyvGDte3ku5qJILsDbg dYVR5lwUba6v3AGUKoh+FZ1Un8jrFFC++cCAhQfTbK5TUh5BZrq3fHBcd02yavCv ieOQpeFHmhw= =TbXX comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: Jim_Brownfield@Radical.Com (Jim Brownfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: RadicalNews 2.0b2 for Rhapsody RDR2 Date: 15 Oct 1998 03:29:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <703q7f$39l$1@news.digifix.com> October 14, 1998 Radical System Solutions, Inc. announces the beta release of its graphical usenet newsreader, RadicalNews 2.0b2, for Rhapsody RDR2. This beta release of RadicalNews is free and will execute until February 1, 1999. To download RadicalNews, you may use one of the following URLs: ftp://ftp.radical.com/radical/RadicalNews-2.0b2-RDR2-IP.tar.gz http://www.radical.com/ftp/RadicalNews-2.0b2-RDR2-IP.tar.gz For more information on RadicalNews, please visit our web site at http://www.radical.com
From: Hugh Evans <hevans@morrice.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: CoordinateConverter.app for OpenStep Date: 15 Oct 1998 04:26:48 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <703ti8$48a$1@news.digifix.com> WorldEnergy, S. Morrice & Associates, Ltd. and Digital Peaks have developed an extensible coordinate converter and have decided to release the code into the Public Domain under the MiscKit license. The idea is, is that other users, with other needs will contribute to the code and add coordinate conversions systems, etc. - thus improving the total product for all users. About CoordinateConverter CoordinateConverter.app is an OPENSTEP application that runs on both DR2, Mach and Windows. You will need Apple's OPENSTEP Enterprise or WebObjects installed on Windows (NT or 95) for it to work. A version of CoordinateConverter is available for Rhapsody DR2 amd MacOSX. Support for future versions of Rhapsody/OSX and Yellow Box for Windows is planned. CoordinateConverter is an application that converts between various geographic coordinate systems. Conversions can be made between any two supported coordinate systems. Currently, the supported coordinate systems are: Latitude/Longitude ("World") Irish UTM Old Irish UTM UK UTM Swedish UTM Zone UTM Both single point and batch conversions of files are supported. CoordinateConverter.app uses the GISKit, which is part of the MiscKit. MiscGIS is covered under the MiscKit license. http://www.digitalpeaks.com/Pubs/Help/CoordConv/ Respectfully, Hugh Evans
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (16.10.98) Date: 15 Oct 1998 22:59:46 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <705up2$et4$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: cmsg cancel <705v4v$mfd$165@newsin-1.starnet.net> Control: cancel <705v4v$mfd$165@newsin-1.starnet.net> Date: 16 Oct 1998 09:17:19 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.705v4v$mfd$165@newsin-1.starnet.net> Sender: r_mckinney@stl-online.net 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: <17553908078424@digifix.com> Date: 18 Oct 1998 03:47:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12648908683223@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: <17552908078421@digifix.com> Date: 18 Oct 1998 03:47:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <12647908683221@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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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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: "technicalSCOUTS" <wow@techscouts.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: WEBOBJECTS/JAVA: US-CA-LOS ANGELES-PROGRAMMER-RECRUITER Date: 21 Oct 1998 03:28:39 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <70jkd7$h6e$1@news.digifix.com> TITLE: WebObjects Engineer Location: Los Angeles, CA Description: Design, code, implement, and maintain electronic commerce applications for the Online Dept. Assist in defining and evaluating the future commerce application needs. Work within a team to design the presentation, functional, and technical components of commerce applications. Develop applications that are optimized for performance and are written for reusability. Research strategies and emerging technologies in support of future electronic commerce directions. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: o Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent o Demonstrated experience with writing Internet-based applications o Proven proficiency in WebObjects (including EOF) o Demonstrated excellent oral and written communications skills o Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: o Experience with Java and/or C++ o Experience with writing Internet based electronic commerce applications o Experience with multiple computing platforms (Solaris, Windows NT) -- technicalSCOUTS Wes Wigginton Manager of OPENSTEP Recruiting 13492 Research Blvd. Suite 120-171 Austin, Texas 78750 512-257-1100 ext. 104 off. 512-335-1899 fax wow@techscouts.com http://www.techscouts.com
From: Erik Doernenburg <erik@object-factory.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Alexandra 0.9 (for NEXTSTEP) Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:22:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <70o45q$48d$1@news.digifix.com> Update to the free newsreader application ALEXANDRA is now available. DORTMUND, GERMANY -- October 22, 1998. Finally, a new release of the highly acclaimed newsreader ALEXANDRA has been made publically available. This version includes parts of a new message decoder from the forthcoming version of Alexandra for MacOS X which makes this version almost MIME compliant. Also, certain minor changes proposed by the GNKSA paper were made in order enhance user friendliness. For a comprehensive list of changes see below. In contrast to previous versions ALEXANDRA 0.9 makes use of the foundation kit which means that you need NEXTSTEP 3.3 or OPENSTEP. I assume that it also runs on a NEXTSTEP 3.2 system with the "Foundation User Patch" but this was not tested. Alexandra is distributed under the GNU Public License. Therefore, you can use the application without having to pay any fees and you are granted access to the full source code so that you can modify the application if something annoys you or you have some special requirements/ideas. Initially, Alexandra is available as source and precompiled binary from OBJECT FACTORY's server. http://www.object-factory.com/Alexandra http://www.object-factory.com/Alexandra/Download.html Feel free to upload it to the FTP server of your choice. If you want to compile Alexandra yourself, make sure that you're running NEXTSTEP Developer 3.3 and have MiscKit version 1.6.1 or above installed. The application is not officially supported but we are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions. mailto:alexandra-info@object-factory.com Following patches to ALEXANDRA 0.82 are included in this release: - Various patches (trh7) by Tom Hageman - NEXTTOYOU patch for TIFF database Changes include: - More header fields displayed by default. - New message decoder; all common message types and encodings can be displayed properly. - URLs are prefixed with a little 'zap' that can be double-clicked to open the location. It is also possible to drag the zaps into OmniWeb or any other application that supports WebStep pasteboard types. - Setting of a font in preferences works (again!) - The 'Kill Authors' panel is resizable. (A neccessity these days!) - Quoted text is rewrapped to 72 characters per line. - Header fields that contain 8bit characters are properly encoded. - References header is corrected if necessary. - Spaces are silently removed from the Newsgroups header. - Proper headers are generated for ASCII only postings. - Posting is disallowed if the quoted text was not edited - A stern warning is presented if an attempt is made to cancel articles written by a person with a different e-mail address. - A warning is presented if an attempt is made to post a reply when the original poster has request reply via e-mail. Know problems: - Signature detection is still missing. - Some articles contain characters that cannot be rendered using NEXTSTEP string encoding. Unfortunately, these seem to trigger a bug in the string class which results in large amount of questions marks or, in very rare cases, a crash of the application. - Drag and Drop of attachments to Workspace Manager does not work properly. Important Note #1: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION. Keep your previous version until you are sure that you want to switch! Important Note #2: The message decoder makes heavy use of foundation's string and data objects whereas the display system in general and the text system in particular are C string based. This means that a lot of conversions are needed which make this version of Alexandra slower than previous versions and will definitely make it consume more memory. This also means that future versions will be faster again when the conversions aren't needed anymore. But then again, who cares if the slowest machine that the next version will run on is a 233Mhz G3...? Important Note #3: In some environments, particularly those in which news are kept for a long time, it can take a good while to enter a newsgroup. This is due to the fact that Alexandra fetches the headers for *all* articles which, in this case, is a Bad Thing. By issuing the following commands in a terminal window you can restrict Alexandra to fetching only the last 100 articles (or 50% of the available articles if that is less.) dwrite Alexandra PrivateExpire YES dwrite Alexandra PrivateExpireAbsoluteOffset 100 dwrite Alexandra PrivateExpireRelativOffset 50 Note, however, that even if you select 'All Articles' you will only see these 100 articles. There is no way (except setting the expire default to NO) to access older articles. And now: Have fun!
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (23.10.98) Date: 22 Oct 1998 22:57:54 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <70od9i$kav$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 57 Oct 23 00:19 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice.0.15.0.NeXT.patch.README 53 Oct 23 00:19 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice.0.15.0.NeXT.patch.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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: <12647908683221@digifix.com> Date: 25 Oct 1998 03:47:04 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <18198909288022@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <12648908683223@digifix.com> Date: 25 Oct 1998 03:47:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <18199909288025@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: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: [MEETING] Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) November 2, 8:00 pm Date: 28 Oct 1998 04:24:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <71669e$l7$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) November meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, November 2, 1998; 8-10pm MEST The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its November meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de) on Monday, November 2, at 8:00 pm MEST. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topics: The Year 2000 (Y2K) problem In 14 months, the year counters in most computers will switch from 1999 to 2000. As many software still uses only two digits for the year, this may have some fatal consequences. We will discuss whether NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Mac OS are prepared for or affected by this problem. Software, software, software Even though NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP may be somewhat "old-fashioned" nowadays, and Mac OS X Server and the Yellow Box for Windows are not shipping yet, the software market for them is steadily growing -- at least in the non-commercial sector. We will have an overview of new software and new versions of existing programs for NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, Mac OS X Server and the Yellow Box. News from Apple Mac OS X Server may not be on display at the MacWorld expo in Duesseldorf (Germany), nevertheless it will be presented by Apple in Berlin on the occasion of a technology day on November 9. There, the iMac, too, will play a prominent role. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday evening, December 7, 1998. Watch the beng-announce mailinglist (mailto:about@beng.org) and/or comp.sys.next.announce for further announcements & details as the december meeting date approaches! How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk):: If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 600 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/s link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: YBOS 2.0 - Yellow Box/OpenStep development on one NT machine Date: 28 Oct 1998 21:18:22 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7181mu$jhn$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION YBOS 2.0 - Yellow Box and OpenStep development on a single NT machine Copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> October 23, 1998 ANNOUNCING YBOS 2.0 FOR YELLOW BOX AND OPENSTEP YBOS is a utility which provides the capability to perform both Yellow Box and OpenStep development on a single Windows NT machine. Normally these development environments are mutually exclusive and the developer who needs to work with both environments typically resorts to configuring two separate Windows NT machines; one for Yellow Box, and one for OpenStep. YBOS works around this problem by providing a batch file which toggles between the environments dynamically. Toggling between environments requires neither logging out nor rebooting, and is as simple as double-clicking on the YBOS.bat desktop shortcut. YBOS version 2.0 works with Yellow Box DR2. YBOS version 1.0 works with Yellow Box DR1. LOCATION YBOS 2.0 is available at the following location: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Applications//YBOS-2.0-W-bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Applications//YBOS-2.0-W-bs.README CONCLUSION YBOS, its related utilities, and accompanying documentation were written by Eric Sunshine and are copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine. Please send comments to Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> MIME, NeXT, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: ProjectUnity 1.0 - Rhapsody/OpenStep project unification Date: 28 Oct 1998 21:18:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7181mp$jhm$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION ProjectUnity 1.0 Maintain common project files for Rhapsody/OpenStep Copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> October 27, 1998 ANNOUNCING PROJECT UNITY 1.0 FOR RHAPSODY/YELLOWBOX AND OPENSTEP ProjectUnity is a set of compatibility makefiles and scripts which allow a project to be built for both Rhapsody and OpenStep without maintaining distinct PB.project files and Makefiles for each platform. With the introduction of Rhapsody & YellowBox DR2, the directory structure of the development environment changed incompatibly from that present in OpenStep 4.x. Consequently projects configured for Rhapsody & YellowBox DR2 fail to build on OpenStep, and projects configured for OpenStep fail to build on Rhapsody and YellowBox DR2. In order to work around the disparate directory structure, developers who need to support both Rhapsody and OpenStep are forced to maintain two sets of PB.project files and Makefiles; one for Rhapsody DR2, and one for OpenStep. The files in this package, when dropped into a project, eliminate the need to maintain two sets of project files. They provide the project with the ability to dynamically adjust to its target environment, with the upshot that a single project can be built successfully by both environments. This package works equally well for both Mach and Windows, and works for projects which originated in either environment; OpenStep or Rhapsody/YellowBox. LOCATION ProjectUnity 1.0 is available at the following location: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Utilities//ProjectUnity-1.0-PIW-s.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/rhapsody/Developer/Utilities//ProjectUnity-1.0-PIW-s.README CONCLUSION ProjectUnity and the accompanying documentation were written by Eric Sunshine and are copyright (C)1998 by Eric Sunshine. Please send comments to Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> MIME, NeXT, and ASCII mail accepted.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (30.10.98) Date: 29 Oct 1998 23:57:51 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <71avdv$ko9$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 65 Oct 30 00:15 OpenStep/system/framework/OmniFrameworks-1998G2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 68 Oct 30 00:15 OpenStep/connectivity/www/plugin/OmniPlugIns-3.0b8.m.NIS.b.tar.gz 58 Oct 30 00:15 OpenStep/connectivity/www/OmniWeb-3.0b8b.m.NIS.b.tar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: samba 1.9.18p10 (port 2) for NS 3.x and OSM 4.x Date: 30 Oct 1998 04:08:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <71be31$ofi$1@news.digifix.com> samba.1.9.18p10.2.README Oct 29, 1998 These packages contains Samba, a file server that lets an NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP computer share directories and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. This is an update from 1.9.18p10.1 which fixes a serious problem: when file locking and/or share modes are enabled in the samba config file smb.conf, samba would stop working. See CHANGELOG for more details. See the samba home page for more information about Samba. The source distribution contains a fair amount of documentation for using and configuring samba. (** (to be) found at: http://www.peak.org/next/apps/utils/networks/ and/or http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/utils/networks/ **) FILES file: samba.1.9.18p10.2.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for NEXTSTEP 3.x sum: 18342 2112 md5sum: 474d7474cef6f6d66208b330c70186e7 file: samba.1.9.18p10.2.m.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for OpenStep for Mach 4.x sum: 18274 2375 md5sum: e095c1251c559170f58b1d44ed2277e0 file: samba.19.18p10.2.s.tar.gz desc: slightly modified samba source sum: 09572 1391 md5sum: b76b2b5a43b8f394631c2a457111affa CHANGELOG Oct 29, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT 3.x and NEXT4.x port 2) * Samba fail if locking and/or share modes were enabled in the smb.conf config file. I had disabled fcntl (POSIX) style locking at compile time, since it doesn't work on NS/OS; with locking / share modes enabled, samba will deny access to all files if it cannot ATTEMPT a lock. If I renable the use of fcntl locking and let it attempt a lock (and fail), it is happy to allow access to any/all files. (thanks to Alex Tavcar <fast@cyberjunkie.com> for reporting this) Sep 28, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT3.x and NEXT4.x port 1) * Fixup strftime problem. * Fixup Makefile for NEXT3, NEXT4, and Rhapsody/MacOSX builds. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT3.x port 1) * First (and most likely last) attempt at NEXTSTEP port. Dec 15, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 2) * Fixed up install_samba script a bit. * Added NETGROUP (yp) support. Dec 4, 1997 (1.9.17p4 NEXT4.x port 1) * First attempt at OS-Mach port. CREDITS Samba home page http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
Date: 1 Nov 1998 01:08:44 GMT From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Message-ID: <cancel.qKbHVXDpo.e6vA@isc.org> Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <qKbHVXDpo.e6vA@isc.org> Control: cancel <qKbHVXDpo.e6vA@isc.org> ROGUESUPER spam cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Total spams this type to date: 93120 Total this spam type for this user: 6311 Total this spam type for this user today: 2399 Originating site: rns.net Complaint addresses: postmaster@rns.net postmaster@cgocable.net
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: <18198909288022@digifix.com> Date: 1 Nov 1998 04:47:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <2557909896420@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <18199909288025@digifix.com> Date: 1 Nov 1998 04:47:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <2558909896423@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
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <e9QaRL0bL.6HnW@isc.org> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:32:03 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README fylym9Uj5OiaDYTGq1k1AJcbEM14MED7CKlajZhJwOdKLmBUn__6a47woDspT2ZM D8bhpMzFYuBunpuajhavpjqa_IooFpizyUPfCb35efT8LJcoQx_EkWTiyEYf0vmF HQNyC62IAwVMflkAZM59U3qVc4ISIoF_HKWTdsamkkxScgNjYXwXEOrvlZ3XWgOu kn9aeKeWcCh= =PBVP comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 175:43 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <MHwVBpY7D.o0WF@isc.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:07:37 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README r3NYOunOvgRmk0pR3hEAKROhyNYBRlMVih4YIqZ0wTCLzeMTW_SFWLtl95eL06ih sKAxr91l1rsHRLXgbaCnD4YkuARMyUivzX1Y3lfmY2tGijc6pNjEYSQ3tiv6Me6u MobcTqupWUko5zvbc2kYCklPYGATVVWCm3XiNNZwal15OyH8mOiFefwR7pv8Gena DdEcE1m9Mbo= =WXEf comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 329:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <T30zjkf61.H0RIpY@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 02:48:07 GMT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 98:21 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <9vBTgrPqB.rn7T@isc.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:11:47 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README CdPz7jjn6z81V5j2XRK7G2Pby8snZwVsMmgvlNDSuXJEN72uzkHUdzzhSYWzvj8t rLjT7pl9KFv515J6SHi6rVdZemdXREMpjdOTcXfVqSAnHX8yzE7VhS7bDH3UXY3d 8o9F9ehm5YVCzaV1MebImeP7iqTtMJl6eGaCimQBLG6EiIbNtBWY1vx0UybDX0uD w8sqsUjaAUX= =V9st comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 324:10 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <59t03DTRF.gF4X@isc.org> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:50:24 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README v8Jyx1VWiOte4qOjsQKBnWDXAs9kWXxAEp_aGz9lR4imZjSOGEl7fQhVyrXaWT5f nTmWja7QSTIXNdAP3YTXW2ZQJWvUD3WJa6lej4Xc6vUHGYm5Bx2HJHADu7qkZ59c zFG_GjnBqj5IUms5EoSIsn5IdqwnK0xZCIZBFuhq9Sv56wsaxBPXXI5tXB2Da8hJ fz4cYDueCU2= =a1If comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 117:5 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 31 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <ZHvKeCG1S.3yEVix@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:15:36 GMT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 71:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 31 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <7J9XtYM26.cWU8@isc.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:03:03 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README otz2KKRmew6i2njnA82xzfQQMiYNmABy2CpbsQ9v98CxJcnBozjPB37KHGDaRfSo lVESiIewENlEqVYgBNAdoISix8Vw5T8eYuAWzuLlpAy2GM4ZRgzx6CqMDbVL5QNQ 1dA56MwIhz40HnVMKLoJe3XCvJ6NQXGnOQstTXHSgsP7seVInfj6a9vvJLd43NMW ZD9o1fE1Wrj= =o4AC comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 286:23 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Meow! David C Lawrence
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <Ltjo3YdN1.hBpFnG@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:10:47 GMT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 188:46 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910032787.702@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:53:07 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNj3/k8JdOtO4janBAQFKPAP+KBY00KT4tHc6c3KXEF8N1JB6Fyx7lnjG P8pzpmTt8OhvDN9ZLEZqaSkh8o44T0gXi4Pd0ZpJaHujmwP/3Ew/cAGOfEPKM60O fy/8ugIu2vBlWmLRxqV8vxPSuS26wdroqlLc/KkW30hCSUfC7YkBHCvLI+OWinkv 6hnb0uXLHNI= =jcaj comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910027745.24829@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:29:05 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNj3r4sJdOtO4janBAQF8dAP/RiTP/banzY/iFeia8O3vYEteeeZ85QZ7 ExhBFQ5ocv47f7ZTkGm9Z4hEqzsplRxxyCEffxNz96/QpkQsy15T9kGx5WsUYrvM UOgytFsMoVxX7i27dLOH6w0HZq9ftINV5pM5TQnupNPURfxrxMIw6oPVsvF6dqoH a0veZjlRCok= =b/ZH comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910035600.23000@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 19:40:00 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNj4KkcJdOtO4janBAQEBmgP+Od0RQ5yiRJqN8C3hZ8aHEydw+fBN846O sRiSLRKbPMvC/G8t7UE7S5wgCRuaWDmLtxvfCv3tJJrnpIZCsZHQq+8nOLlib2er DMoA+2HIOeHiHDU3PrPqQhp0qlVx6huvoQ+9J7zbTUtm3o8DHTbOE17i3X3+Mwqi ubllQmteEsE= =PQvd comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910041467.3555@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 21:17:47 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNj4hfMJdOtO4janBAQEypwP/W+BTKCeBpUsqfUhDzLgNZ9P2pA7D9uRo hjGKAMSOs98d0s+eCfK0sGH7tDRKfd8Bg48rAPeetqWX2tdD9uCCjea6in0gkE5i XdCrKEhHnseLBKFuGugRMtHOy8MZAubr1hekQkSUP7lThhws1KIVubUe21mfFlgr tKQXgW7e8nk= =pMhw comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910063240.17317@isc.org> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 03:20:40 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNj52iMJdOtO4janBAQHcegQAjz7GF9sHQwcy8iSqJOnjLCLkYIK6Ftbv AI+emLNQn6jhRrVIWSQXj/AhT6dri3KZvxAuIdZlFaR62QjgHdiFlcaXT0ffadLX +bMc/G54IXMG5uVT+WPOIgyJw7TmWQmZjpv8V6upkTfuw19RRFJjoQKFiyZVVqK2 m3ME8GfULdM= =kR47 comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell Subject: cmsg cancel <363f27d2.0@206.58.152.195> ignore no reply Control: cancel <363f27d2.0@206.58.152.195> Message-ID: <cancel.363f27d2.0@206.58.152.195> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:08:02 +0000 Sender: info@maxishopping.com From: andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk Organization: Annihilator v0.3 Spam (EMP) cancelled - multiposted binary files BI=392.088/1 SPAM ID=u0uIH0BAJylnqpljrCL2Ow==
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (6.11.98) Date: 5 Nov 1998 23:57:46 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <71te1q$i81$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 63 Nov 6 00:15 OpenStep/connectivity/www/plugin/HTTPS.1.04a.m.NIS.bs.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce Message-ID: <OiSrMQley.389iRA@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 07:42:32 GMT comp.sys.next.announce is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 338:8 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 3 Nov 1998. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910378222.13228@isc.org> Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 18:50:22 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkNE78JdOtO4janBAQHcxQP+JkEpa3QSDth+1UX3qYFqhnyvuh1P75Oy d7wrhqpPEEOPcmHhKWzZSkrfMlvVvJ7uqpg4CIqeBsypopr/OU/IOvirNACoTQWH hHzgTlQLfHIPBJ195UfGd0K0L8WtHcKeiO/DRr8YSswCahqi0q9f4k2GcuOIKxca 0qnkP6kmGSM= =sd5V comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910399820.16341@isc.org> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 00:50:20 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkOZTMJdOtO4janBAQETgQP+McYotgVy+e+JYSFYhC/C/YmJDRM7EHG9 fOkDB95JywssMMq/7VOdC4MPz5KiaqQ0t17fNzDy6DBUC6hmBNBryC6IWWja6aR6 L/zF1hi7kqVoKs4IrMXx6uWalHTShEhipm2rYxSQbJbdGpVIkmE8mMGFGwG4MV+E 7D6GlcOqdaE= =/m7y comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
Date: 7 Nov 1998 22:06:06 GMT From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Message-ID: <cancel.OqTANoxAp.APHa@isc.org> Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <OqTANoxAp.APHa@isc.org> Control: cancel <OqTANoxAp.APHa@isc.org> ROGUESUPER spam cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Total spams this type to date: 115739 Total this spam type for this user: 19 Total this spam type for this user today: 19 Originating site: uunet.uu.net Complaint addresses: spam-complaint@uunet.uu.net postmaster@interactive.net
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: <2557909896420@digifix.com> Date: 8 Nov 1998 04:46:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <1620910501225@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <2558909896423@digifix.com> Date: 8 Nov 1998 04:46:31 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <1621910501227@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
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From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910571922.5288@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:38:42 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkY5ksJdOtO4janBAQECrAP+KKnwMhIEp6f78mDcEzquNgfh4FTO4nn9 TW4cr3SinDpJa9bnZgaf3pHZWL5bUsB34bEUtLTnWVO5o94yPKpAJo67jL0oQ4x5 4+fOLi2jRfQmSag3iPMyUe/HeTkMfVbTVbY3rRLTMZSg1RHp1U21RpZO7lc7/I1T uwi9/wK5Nx0= =9faK comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: Pascal Leroy <phl@Rational.Com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PPP.preferences version 1.2 Date: 9 Nov 1998 04:05:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <725pm7$bal$1@news.digifix.com> This is the README file for PPP.preferences version 1.2 -- November 98. PPP.preferences is yet another front-end for Stephen Perkins' PPP deamon. 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. It displays speed and compression statistics on the current connection. 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, with version 2.3.3-0.5.1 of the PPP daemon. It may or may not work on other versions or other hardware. Changes since version 1.1: - Fixed a bug that prevented the connection status from being correctly displayed with version 2.3.3-0.5.1 of the PPP daemon. The status was only correct with older versions of the daemon. - Added a Statistics panel to display speed and compression statistics on the current connection. This panel provides roughly the same information as pppstats. - Faster start-up. Changes between versions 1.0 and 1.1: - Fixed a bug that prevented newly created configuration files from showing up in the configuration files pop-up. - Fixed a bug that caused the value of the login sequence timeout to be lost when exiting Preferences. - Fixed a bug that caused Preferences to crash when pressing the Connect button if the login sequence was empty. - Added support for serial ports other than cufa and cufb. - The Preferences executable doesn't need to have the SUID bit anymore. As part of installation, version 1.1 removes the SUID bit from Preferences, if it had been set by version 1.0. - SIGTERM used instead of SIGTERM to terminate the daemon. This makes it possible to execute the ip-down script. - The connection duration may be displayed in the Preferences icon (next to the system clock). - Entries in the login sequence may now be encrypted. This is useful for information like passwords and account names. - Added defaults to control: the PPP deamon syslog facility; the AT dial commands; and the paths for chat and pppd. 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
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910632644.19570@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:30:44 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkcmxMJdOtO4janBAQHb3wP/WSgCrOHRtss/rt7tA3lT77lytfvR15Zc Pu1N9h36UqFb3vzkIEmYBN025QnrdIxm+RRgHTpXMe+uv7O77OdT4/mbWkmORzu7 /6CieHiz+tP7oyzxk3Wp43+Kyk9egLS9mUKtGf2xoFrkveW7vu7A1VrYS5xebxUm kroOyEmCXEg= =sEbC comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910501990.23152@isc.org> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 05:13:10 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkUoZ8JdOtO4janBAQE5pgQAgl3TkZ8KKF87/JQ9O/MKXjdVcCVi9tMj JF/v3TCJWF34UkbGlPYHfR/DoDquiIEo0m+efWuNJU9QTE4jk+tGBd7RvYDGzEPH lTUCfVIGzF+1q8AtW0Y3I+Rlenm/nsSQRn3EbmV+JARk5kGtQWSSnmpvVkFt1K7g XoQC1THUBZI= =pcKm comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: samba 1.9.18p10 (port 3) Date: 12 Nov 1998 04:08:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <72dn0o$4q9$1@news.digifix.com> samba.1.9.18p10.3.README Nov 11, 1998 These packages contains Samba, a file server that lets an NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP computer share directories and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. This latest release (port 3) fixes a few more file locking problems. See CHANGELOG below for details. See the samba home page for more information about Samba. The source distribution contains a fair amount of documentation for using and configuring samba. (** (to be) found at: http://www.peak.org/next/apps/utils/networks/ and/or http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/utils/networks/ **) FILES file: samba.1.9.18p10.3.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for NEXTSTEP 3.x sum: 07196 2098 md5sum: 303e016a62515168fc6d81a951c5c458 file: samba.1.9.18p10.3.m.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: for OpenStep for Mach 4.x sum: 29153 2361 md5sum: de9cfe0af5a16dc72486574395884de2 file: samba.19.18p10.3.s.tar.gz desc: slightly modified samba source sum: 47790 1391 md5sum: f95d348cb0e26a2d800a29aeba96e4af CHANGELOG Nov 11, 1998 (1.9.18p10 port 3) * Fix smbpasswd so that it doesn't attempt the broken fcntl file lock. In doing so, cleanup and better implement the similar "fix" that took place in port 2. (Reported by James Rowland <jhrowlan@nps.navy.mil> ) * Fix addtosmbpass and smbadduser scripts so that they work (addto* requires gawk). OK, they work better (before they would just bomb out) , but I haven't verified the validity of their output. (Reported by James Rowland <jhrowlan@nps.navy.mil> ) * These locking problems are significant enough now so that I will submit patches to samba's authors. Oct 29, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT 3.x and NEXT4.x port 2) * Samba fail if locking and/or share modes were enabled in the smb.conf config file. I had disabled fcntl (POSIX) style locking at compile time, since it doesn't work on NS/OS; with locking / share modes enabled in smb.conf, samba will deny access to all files if it cannot ATTEMPT a lock. If I renable the use of fcntl locking and let it attempt a lock (and fail), it is happy to allow access to any/all files. (Reported by Alex Tavcar <fast@cyberjunkie.com> ) Sep 28, 1998 (1.9.18p10 NEXT3.x and NEXT4.x port 1) * Fixup strftime bug, where it would put ?'s instead of correct timestamps in log files. * Fixup Makefile for NEXT3, NEXT4, and Rhapsody/MacOSX builds. CREDITS Samba home page http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ Package Creation Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: robert@iamexwi.unibe.ch (Philippe Robert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: UPlipo V0.7 Date: 10 Nov 1998 04:23:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <728f3g$9ab$1@news.digifix.com> Hi! I have uploaded UPlipo V0.7 for Rhapsody DR2 on peak and my page: http://www.nice/ch/~phip/softcorner.html It comes with binary for PPC and x86 and full source ! GPL applies without any restrictions! sweet dreams, Phil -- Philippe C.D. Robert | OpenStep/WebObjects/Unix Uptime Object Factory Inc | http://www.nice.ch/~phip
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910479973.5348@isc.org> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:06:13 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkTSZ8JdOtO4janBAQEi9AQAg9urwxykiqsdR9mF82ZIVLiRR5agC5Ai 2h1EwbEm++A8pjyTqzOUDLYLul+OmovSxS1uKsu1l5iVuw6wI11Q7eI5FOvKlPuR pE183Fn+NAc/UUQ8+0Gj5aZt6eZpWyd6QRXaL7Ws4+05ikV3Bkf3Yhdjal5rJDln OqkgvWkAeAg= =l94w comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (13.11.98) Date: 12 Nov 1998 23:57:44 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <72fslo$mpa$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910593642.3181@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 06:40:42 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkaOa8JdOtO4janBAQF5XQQAmw1fywsNPkvgHUUUTXTZvGLRHHOCUZSg SElB/Hc6KpqiUvPF9I8j0LM6EMsW7mjGQYvWVsz+HqHwk2v4yAsy0LVZWCbY4AFX iPuEqym/tP0Tu25pVzNPgfaqMjGWAuplxF6tnAV44fctgQeBtX7LAq+odFGxUb5m PB7OM13kRgA= =zu7X comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-bat.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PATCH: Mesa GL Framework -3.0 fails to run under Windows NT Date: 14 Nov 1998 05:24:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <72j469$1jg$1@news.digifix.com> As supplied from the ftp site Mesa-3.0 (the GL framework, not P&L's spreadsheet!) will not run properly when built using the win32-openstep.sh script. This has been observed under OpenStep for NT and preseumably applies equally to YellowBox for Windows as well. To fix the problem obtain new versions of gl.h and glu.h from ftp://maekong.ohm.york.ac.uk/pub/pete and rebuild the library from scratch. All applications linking against Mesa will also need this in order to work properly. This fix has so far only been tested under OpenStep for NT, so reports as to whether it also works under YellowBox for Windows would be appreciated. -bat. [apollogies for not detecting this at beta stage!]
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <910980093.9452@isc.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:01:33 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkxz/cJdOtO4janBAQGIhQQAottrMI9048Sh6hLwZzXHPgAftj1eMpCL Q+ENcc8UJsFg+eVvhWVlIzs3WS1E1Hvci2bSOa7IuZwpIyG1lbGss8NU5kt6KTHE tvjLbO/wEwDwKyFXudOm/dNM3HDCVj59NV7p7CfXYkAK/fylPNu28uCXwS8M5WK8 qWjQ2CXv4lQ= =CCHL comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: 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: <1620910501225@digifix.com> Date: 15 Nov 1998 04:46:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24470911106025@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <1621910501227@digifix.com> Date: 15 Nov 1998 04:46:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24471911106027@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: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <911001943.29741@isc.org> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:05:43 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNkzJV8JdOtO4janBAQFbUwP9HxgqZsImexmcE/XKEvu4SfKoe9fEqda6 65zDC3tSQkfAj2zEjBagJGN/eDCeQOcm6G+vRZp/ZYq4gG3KswMuaIS9cu/gT/lK 0ZTqwqnPbGj3R/1deqbwPHN86r4dIFHU+1GGN+f9T77yA0WMBy6LDZw5zz4ztMos nzgB/Un4OQQ= =BmN9 comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: Denise Britti <denise@BLaCKSMITH.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: Mid-Atlantic WebObjects Users Group - December 15, 1998 Date: 16 Nov 1998 07:22:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <72ojr4$sm3$1@news.digifix.com> Are you a WebObjects Enthusiast? If so, you'll be extremely interested in this invitation. The first official meeting of the Mid-Atlantic WebObjects User Group (MAWUG) is Tuesday, December 15th in McLean, Virginia. Thanks to the phenomenal growth in WebObjects' popularity, interest in a user's group in the Washington, D.C. area has reached a critical mass. So on December 15th, the growing fraternity of users and developers in the Mid-Atlantic region can now formerly commune with each other on a topic of mutual interest and appeal, WebObjects! With Apple's enthusiastic support, BLaCKSMITH will be hosting the inaugural meeting at its training facility near Tysons Corner at 7:00pm. BLaCKSMITH is a well known WebObjects consulting firm and a certified WebObjects trainer. To help launch this first meeting, developers from both Apple and BLaCKSMITH will be making technical presentations and BLaCKSMITH will be hosting a Welcome Social at 6:30pm. You can view the meeting agenda, obtain directions, and learn more about the new organization and how you can contribute to its success by visiting MAWUG's new web site at www.mawug.org. Like most user groups, MAWUG's mission is to build a community of users of Apple's WebObjects technology. The goal of this not-for-profit advocacy group is to: 1) exchange useful information with others in the group, 2) foster awareness of trends in WebObjects, internet and associated technologies, 3) network with other developers/users and industry representatives to form a repository of contacts and resources, 4) form collaborations with others through which each member's individual success as WebObjects developers may be improved and 5) promote the use of WebObjects technology in the mid-atlantic region. The first meeting poses to be a great one! We're excited about this user group and its potential to better communicate information about WebObjects technology and how we use it. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing mawug@mawug.org. See you there!
From: "Isamu Ohzawa" <fastio@fastio.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: ClibPDF - ANSI C Source Library for Direct PDF Generation Date: 19 Nov 1998 04:23:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7306fv$jil$1@news.digifix.com> We, at FastIO Systems, are pleased to announce the availability of ClibPDF: an ANSI C Source Library for Direct PDF Generation. PDF (Portable Document Format) will be *THE* native graphics interchange format of the upcoming MacOS X. While we anxiously wait for its arrival, you can start producing PDF files programatically using ClibPDF now. While MacOS X will no doubt allow PDF generation, ClibPDF does not rely on any Apple-specific technology. It's a plain ANSI C library. Therefore, it will work on just about any platform. For details and downloading of ClibPDF, visit our web site, http://www.fastio.com/ ## What is ClibPDF ClibPDF is a library of ANSI C functions, distributed in source form, for creating PDF (Acrobat) files directly via C language programs without relying on any Adobe Acrobat tools and related products. It is suitable for fast dynamic PDF Web page generation in response to user input and real-time data, and also for implementing publication-quality graph plotting for both on-screen viewing and printing in any custom application. Since there is minimal platform-specific code, it is ideal as cross-platform graphing solutions with minimal developement efforts. Generated PDF files are viewed and printed by auto-launching Adobe Acrobat Reader or any other PDF viewer available free for many platforms. Note that ClibPDF is for PDF file creation only. It has no support for reading or editing existing PDF files. ## Notable Features of ClibPDF - Most basic PDF drawing primitives are supported, plus arc and circle. - Plot domains (linear, semi-log, log-log) with mesh to give graph paper appearance. - Axes (linear, log, date) with flexible tick marks, numbering, and labelling. - Markers, pointers, error bars for data points. - Multi-page documents may be generated in any page order, and pages may be written in an interleaved manner. - Support for Flate/Zlib compression for fast web download (No need for LZW license from Unisys.) - In-memory PDF generation (no temp files). - Transition, timed slide show support. ## Possible Applications - Fast, light-weight CGI for dynamic PDF web pages generation. - Report generation in medical, scientific, and industrial test equipment (and plots may be used directly in publications). - Giving legacy console-type applications an attractive graphic output via auto-launched Arobat Reader (or any PDF viewer). - Cross-platform graphing solutions. - A unified imaging model for X-Window applications for beautiful screen AND printed output (no more ugly screen dumps). This eases the pain of the death of DPS (Display PostScript). ## License, Copying, and Distribution ClibPDF is free OR commercial depending on how and by whom it is used. ClibPDF is free for non-profit personal use, and use by educational, non-profit, and government organizations. Commercial license is required for use by for-profit entities (also refered to as commercial users), including commercial web-site deployment (including intranet), inclusion in in-house business, production, manufacturing and research applications, for-profit use by individuals, inclusion in commercial applications, libraries, and tools that are sold or bundled with other commercial products. There is a special deferment provision for shareware developers. An automatic free 30-day examination period is granted for commercial users for the purpose of evaluating ClibPDF. The summary of license terms described above is an overview and is not legally binding. Exact and legally accurate details of licensing terms are described in the file LICENSE.txt or LICENSE.pdf included in the distribution or at http://www.fastio.com/LICENSE.pdf. We welcome feedback regarding the feature list, licensing, bugs, and improvements and any other suggestions. Please send comments to clibpdf@fastio.com. ## Platforms tested so far -- Unix variants -- BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 (gcc 2.7.2.1) FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE (gcc 2.7.2.1) Linux 2.0.34 (Red Hat 5.1) (gcc 2.7.2.3) MacOS X Server (Rhapsody DR2) NEXTSTEP 3.2, 3.3, OPENSTEP 4.2 SunOS 5.4 / (SUNWspro/SC4.0) -- PCs -- MacOS 8.1 (Metrowerks IDE 1.7.4) -- See also: README.MacOS8 Windows NT 4.0 (VC++ 5.0) -- See also: README.win32 ## Relationships to other software Conceptually, ClibPDF has been inspired by Cgraph for PostScript (http://totoro.berkeley.edu/software/A_Cgraph.html), but it is much more powerful and no code from Cgraph (PS) has been used. Here are some comparisons with similar libraries. I don't claim completeness or impartiality obviously, but I try to be fair. PDFlib: There are acutally two PDFlib's, one from Thomas Merz, and the other from Adobe. NO part of ClibPDF is derived from or related to either of the two PDF libraries. ClibPDF has been written completely independently. I have seen some documentation for each, but no source code. [1] Thomas Merz http://www.muc.de/~tm/pdflib/ Thomas Merz's PDFlib is also a source C language library for dynamic PDF generation. There is some overlap in functionalities between PDFlib and ClibPDF. PDFlib covers PDF generation at a basic operator level. It has no compression yet, though the documentation notes that it is planned. ClibPDF is designed to do much more than PDFlib, and it is primarily targeted for graph plotting applications with high-level APIs for plot domains, data markers, and log and linear axes, although it can be used for any purpose. ClibPDF can generate multi-page documents in an arbitrary page order. Flate/Zlib compression is supported. [2] Adobe http://beta1.adobe.com/ada/acrosdk/libraries.html Adobe PDF Library, I believe, is distributed in binary form only with no sources (other than header and examples), thus supported platforms are limited (in particular, there is no support for Linux or FreeBSD). It may be used to write applications that will create/read/edit PDF files. I have no idea how easy it is to use. [3] PDFPerl http://www.ep.cs.nott.ac.uk/pdf-pl/ If you would rather use PERL scripts, this is for you. Due to the interpreted nature of PERL, I think this is not going to be fast (I am curious to see any comparisons). ClibPDF and FastIO are trademarks of FastIO Systems. Adobe, Acrobat, Exchange, and PostScript are tademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders. -- Isamu "Sam" Ohzawa FastIO Systems - Fast Direct PDF Generation via C clibpdf@fastio.com, http://www.fastio.com/
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: AutoDoc 2.0 Beta 1 Date: 19 Nov 1998 04:22:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7306e3$jik$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@misckit.com Carl Lindberg Carl_Lindberg@blacksmith.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE AUTODOC 2.0 BETA 1 Update to Objective-C Documentation Generation Tool Is Now Available PROVO, UT, November 18, 1998 -- An update to the popular NEXTSTEP developer tool "autodoc" is now available. This new version runs on both the OPENSTEP and Rhapsody DR2 operating systems. AutoDoc 2 is a complete re-implementation of the original 'autodoc' Perl program written by Adam Swift. AutoDoc generates documentation for Objective-C classes, categories, and protocols by extracting comments from the source code. This allows a developer to maintain code documentation as part of the source code. This new version is written in Objective-C. It tries to mimic all of the features in the original autodoc, so that it can be used as a drop-in replacement. It adds a few new features as well, such as HTML output (in addition to RTF), the ability to put method comments above the method line in the .m file, and the ability to generate a documentation file for each class, category, and/or protocol found in a .h file (as opposed to one doc file per .h file). When the beta period is finished, Autodoc 2 will be donated to the MiscKit and become part of the kit itself as an example program. Before that happens, a beta test version is being made available so feedback such as suggestions, bug reports, etc. may be collected and incorporated into the program. The beta version is available from ftp.misckit.com as an OPENSTEP binary, a Rhapsody DR2 binary, and as source code at the following URLs. OPENSTEP/Mach 4.2 binary: ftp://ftp.misckit.com/pub/next/misckit/AutoDoc-2.0b1.NIS.b.tar.gz Rhapsody DR2 binary: ftp://ftp.misckit.com/pub/next/misckit/AutoDoc-2.0b1-PI-b.tar.gz Source code (as an OPENSTEP 4.2 Tool project): ftp://ftp.misckit.com/pub/next/misckit/AutoDoc-2.0b1.s.tar.gz In addition to providing the FTP site, we have created a mailing list for feedback and other discussion on autodoc. The list's address (for posting messages) is: autodoc@of.org and subscription/cancellation requests should be sent to: autodoc-request@of.org This mailing list implements several measures to reduce spam and other types of abuse. For more information about these measures and how to effectively use the list, please see the informational web page at this URL: http://www.of.org/autodoc/info.html An archive of all posts to the list is maintained on the web at: http://www.of.org/autodoc/ Please send any bug reports to the autodoc mailing list or, failing that, to Carl or Don directly. Carl Lindberg Carl Lindberg is a consultant with BLaCKSMITH and was one of the first contributors to the MiscKit. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. The MiscKit The MiscKit is an open source collection of free Objective-C objects designed to work with the NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, and Rhapsody operating systems. An active project since 1993, the kit has grown to become one of the staples in the tool chest of most Objective-C programmers. Further information is available on the web at http://www.misckit.com/. # # # # All trademarks mentioned above belong to their respective owners.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (20.11.98) Date: 19 Nov 1998 23:57:42 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <732b9m$2o8$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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From: Caffeine Software <info@caffeineSoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: PBSorter by Caffeine Software Date: 22 Nov 1998 04:18:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7383b1$jnt$1@news.digifix.com> For further information, please contact: Caffeine Software info@caffeineSoft.com http://www.caffeineSoft.com/ SUBMISSION: PBSorter by Caffeine Software November 22, 1998. Caffeine Software release a developer utility for the OPENSTEP 4.2 and Apple Rhapsody platforms which alphabetically sorts the files in a Project Builder project. So far, the only way to achieve this was by sorting files by hand, which is quite annoying. This tool allows the developer to choose which types of files should be sorted and it then performs a deep sort of a project. This tool is free of charge and can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.caffeineSoft.com/pub/other Please note that you are using this tool at your own risk. ~~~ 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: 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: <24470911106025@digifix.com> Date: 22 Nov 1998 04:46:23 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24666911710829@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <24471911106027@digifix.com> Date: 22 Nov 1998 04:46:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <24667911710831@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: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <911702740.21830@isc.org> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 02:45:40 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNld61MJdOtO4janBAQH/PwP/SG2nqjhrqjEcwnERxy1qmXAnPu3dA4yK PKeyocCkrouveZqPmsK0XZ5F0Cy3ix3zspF7+Goin7RVB9YSWpbtvVTr/JJIZ+pM QK7Y9RO3At1SVJhBX30diCByYA8FgTxeNuXwCQzzNfTAYgHDzYZ/7Ncjaq0xZ9YB ohJgmsNcVxw= =5ktE comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Control: newgroup comp.sys.next.announce moderated Message-ID: <911724368.8658@isc.org> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 08:46:08 -0000 ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README iQCVAwUBNlfPUMJdOtO4janBAQGzFAQAkNJGppWiMczBG332ha+bUYT/fo/NUJUG H3hCPr/ZXuEj+C0mJysWRhOydBXt66vDCn2hyrgV8W1//UE0iilAm6SQxiRpf/f1 54Js3MHg5NJO2FOsmnu9hCyTKSsyjh0oiV33v3CsPoy/LMM93R2aE8OdkaeKF+KW 99F/16A4zWM= =ju1L comp.sys.next.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 354:40 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 July 1991. For your newsgroups file: comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: This group is for NeXT computer related announcements. This includes, but is not limited to user group meeting announcements, new products relating specifically to the NeXT machine, and other information announcements (such as the FAQ). This group will be moderated.
From: Peter Rasmussen <rasmus@interactive-technology.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ActiveDeveloper Last Beta -- Now MULTI-USER and LICENSABLE Date: 26 Nov 1998 04:19:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <73ikse$ii2$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release: For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ActiveDeveloper (Last Beta) -- now MULTI-USER and LICENSABLE. November 26th 1998 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Today, InterACTIVE-Technology delivers the Last Beta of ActiveDeveloper - our CrossPlatform Smalltalk-like Development Environment for NATIVE MacOS X, Windows and OpenStep Code - and our take on Thinking Different about the Best way to Develop Object-Oriented Code from OpenStep into Mac OS X. From Beta3 to Beta5 of ActiveDeveloper, the following Improvements have appeared: - Network and Multi-User Capability - Network Licensing System integrated - Code-Compile-Play Cycle (1-2 seconds even on the slowest P-II) - No Extra Installation needs for Demo Machines and Inhouse Test Users. ActiveDeveloper Beta5 is available Today. Fully functional - FREE of Charge - with a Single User Floating Network License, valid until Expiration on Dec. 31th. 1998. Downloadable from: <http://www.interactive-technology.com> for: MacOS X Server DR2, Windows and OpenStep. If You don't want Our Betatest Single User license to set Your Limits. It's Now possible to Purchase ActiveDeveloper version 2.xx Network Licenses at a Special Discount Price - while we Trim our Direct Sales Channel at <http://www.interactive-technology.com> *** Special Direct Offer --- Available until Christmas 1998 *** *** ActiveDeveloper v2.xx Network Licenses for ONLY $169 *** Current Support of ActiveDeveloper in Beta5 totals: 1) MacOS X Server DR2 support for (PowerPC, Intel) 2) Windows NT support for YellowBox DR2 and OpenStep 4.2 3) OpenStep 4.2 support for (NeXT, Intel, Sparc) 4) DefaultAppKit.app Fast AppKit and Foundation NATIVE API Experiments without the overhead of a ProjectBuilder project 5) IB.palette InterACTIVE Development right inside of InterfaceBuilder of GUI, as well as Control and BusinessLogic Code Advantages for WannaGetAhead Developers: In it's Entry-level incarnation, ActiveDeveloper makes MacOS X, Windows or OpenStep NATIVE Development feel as if it were interpreted. And on top of that, it offers you: - On-line Evaluation, Display, Inspection ... everywhere ... - On-line Object Graph Browser ... - On-line Class and Category Editors ... enabling code reloading ... - On-line Smalltalk-like Workspaces ... After you have Activated your ProjectBuilder projects, ActiveDeveloper will give them Edit-Compile-Play cycles down to 1-2 seconds ... even on the slowest Pentium-II. Advantages for Cautious Developers: ActiveDeveloper is carefully designed, so that it does NOT impose ANY dependencies onto your Projects. Neither into your Source Code, nor inside your End Products; Except - it's very likely to rapidly make you Workspace-addicted, as it happened to most Smalltalk newcomers. Once they grasped what that Workspace has to offer - " they immediately started wondering how they ever gotten around without it ... " But, should you really really ever want to back out again. The decision is yours entirely. All code developed with ActiveDeveloper is NATIVE MacOS X or OpenStep Code, and as such compiles straight with ProjectBuilder. There is NO ActiveDeveloper luck-in. So, why bother resorting to some Scripting language, when you can now get truly InterACTIVE with NATIVE MacOS X, YellowBox Windows or OpenStep Power. - cause Native means ... one language and all code under ProjectBuilder - cause Native means ... no extra runtime in deployment - cause Native means ... no extra runtime penalty on performance - cause Native means ... not only for GUIs or particular kinds of projects. For further information, please contact: InterACTIVE-Technology info@interactive-technology.com http://www.interactive-technology.com/ ~~~ InterACTIVE-Technology was founded in 1992, and has been working with NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and Smalltalk as consultants or in-house within the European MultiMedia and Finance industries. Always striving to create a better place out of the tools at hand.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (27.11.98) Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:57:40 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <73kptk$sua$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 55 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/news/Alexandra-0.9.NI-b.tar.gz 52 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/connectivity/news/Alexandra-0.9.s.tar.gz 41 Nov 27 00:19 NEXTSTEP/games/board/Clue.1.0.s.README 41 Nov 27 00:19 NEXTSTEP/games/board/Clue.1.0.s.tar.gz 61 Nov 27 00:15 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.5.NIS.b.tar.gz 55 Nov 27 00:15 OpenStep/database/application/SmartBase.1.5.5.README 52 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/as.3.3.NIHS.s.tar.gz 45 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/as.3.3.README 40 Nov 27 00:15 OpenStep/audio/player/mpap.1.0.README 46 Nov 27 00:15 OpenStep/audio/player/mpap.1.0.m.I.b.tar.gz 44 Nov 27 00:17 Rhapsody/audio/player/mpap.1.0.m.PI.b.tgz 75 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/smalltalk/squeak-2.0-0.3d109.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 67 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/smalltalk/squeak-2.0-0.3d109.README 69 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/smalltalk/squeak-2.0-0.3d109.s.tar.gz 59 Nov 27 00:18 NEXTSTEP/developer/languages/smalltalk/squeak-2.0.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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <24667911710831@digifix.com> Date: 29 Nov 1998 04:45:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <18756912315625@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: <24666911710829@digifix.com> Date: 29 Nov 1998 04:45:35 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <18755912315622@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: Juergen Sell <js@euler.han.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HtmlIndex.0.13 Date: 29 Nov 1998 05:05:16 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <73qkmc$hcq$1@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION HtmlIndex.0.13.N.bs.tar.gz Html filtering and description services for DL indexing of html articles. Extracts TITLE and H1 tag and build a file description from that. Based on NewsIndex by Izumi Ohzawa, izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu. His work, my errors. Uses MiscString class (not included). Uploaded to peanuts.org. Should end in tools/services section. Have fun, Juergen Sell
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (4.12.98) Date: 3 Dec 1998 23:57:44 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <7478ho$7c$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 49 Dec 4 00:28 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice-0.15.0.NIS.b.tgz 57 Dec 4 00:28 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice-0.15.0.NeXT.patch.README 53 Dec 4 00:28 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice-0.15.0.NeXT.patch.gz 46 Dec 4 00:28 NEXTSTEP/tools/emulators/vice-0.15.0.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: [MEETING] Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) 7 December, 8pm Date: 4 Dec 1998 04:45:57 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <747pe5$eev$1@news.digifix.com> What: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) December meeting Where: IN-Berlin club rooms, Kiautschoust. 18, Berlin-Wedding When: Monday, December 7, 1998; 8-10pm MET The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its December meeting in the club rooms of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin, www.in-berlin.de) on Monday, December 7, at 8:00 pm MET. (See "How to get there" below for a detailed description!) Topics: CYBERSTUDIO 3.1 We will have a presentation of Cyberstudio 3.1, probably the best WYSIWYG HTML editor money can buy (cf. computer magazine "c't" 20/98). Cyberstudio is available for Mac OS only, but it offers WebObjects support as far as the user interface is concerned. You can find details about Cyberstudio online at www.golive.com. NEW MAC OS X SERVER/YELLOW BOX FTP SERVER! In mid November, ftp.beng.org was officially opened for the public. On the BeNG's new FTP server, you can find the world's largest collection of software for Rhapsody, Mac OS X Server and Apple's development environment Yellow Box. NEXTTOYOU 3/98 With some delay, the fall issue of the NeXT and Apple technology magazine NEXTTOYOU left the press early in November. We will have a glance at the topics of this issue, which will also be on sale at the meeting for all those who do not have subscribed to NEXTTOYOU yet. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP or RHAPSODY, Apple's future operating system (OS). People seeking for more first hand information about these OS's (especially Mac users), are very welcome, too. The official part of the meeting is scheduled to end at about 10 pm. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at a nearby cafe or pub. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann <gerald@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@beng.org> (NeXTmail welcome) Suggestions for meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for suitable speakers are welcome! Please mailto:treffen@beng.org The following meeting is scheduled for Monday evening, January 4, 1999. Watch the beng-announce mailing list (mailto:about@beng.org) and/or comp.sys.next.announce for further announcements & details as the January meeting date approaches! How to get there ---------------- We hold our monthly meeting in the meeting room of the Individual Network Berlin e.V. (IN-Berlin), Kiautschoust. 18, in 13353 Berlin-Wedding. This is about 3.5 km north-west from the city-center of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag). The club rooms of IN-Berlin are located in a residential area, and it should be easy to spot them once you have found the Kiatschoust., for they are part of the store at no. 18 with the "IN-Berlin" logo and name on display in the front window. The rooms are on the ground floor and will be easier to access for people with a wheelchair than those where we used to meet in the TU Berlin, but there are still one or two steps to hurdle. The buses used on line 248 are "behindertengerecht" ("suitable for disabled persons", i.e. they can be accessed by people with a wheelchair and have enough free space inside on the platform to transport them). by bike or public transport: You can either take the underground train lines U9 to station 'Amrumer Strasse' or U6 to 'Wedding', or one of the Bus lines 248 to 'Kiautschoustrasse', 221 to 'Luxemburger Strasse' or 245 to 'U-Bahnhof Wedding'. from U-Bf. 'Amrumer Strasse' (five minutes walk): Choose the exit marked 'Torfstrasse' and enter Torfst. Turn left into Sprengelst., right into Samoast. and then left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the right hand side then. from U-Bf. 'Wedding' (six minutes walk): Leave the station and enter Lynarstrasse. Walk down Lynarst., passing Willdenowst. and Sparrst., then turn right into Tegeler Strasse. Finally, turn left into Kiautschoustrasse. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street then. from bus stop 'Luxemburger Strasse' (four minutes walk): If you have come by the bus 221 line driving to destination 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', you are already on the right side of the Luxemburger Strasse; if you have come from the opposite direction (i.e. bus line 221 destined for 'Maerkisches Viertel' or 'Wilhelmsruher Damm'), you have to cross the Luxemburger Street first. Then, enter Tegeler Strasse, pass Triftstrasse and Sprengelstrasse until you reach Kiautschoustrasse. Turn into Kiautschoust. The meeting location is on the left hand side of the street. with bus line 248: If you come with bus 248 bound for final station 'Kreuzberg, Gitschiner Str.' or 'U-Bhf. Hermannplatz', the station directly preceding Kiautschoustrasse is 'Samoastrasse'. If you come with the 248 bound for 'Reinickendorf, Buednerring' or 'U-Bhf. Leopoldplatz', the stop before Kiautschoustrasse is 'Am Nordhafen'. Leave the bus at the stop Kiautschoustrasse and you are nearly there (just a few steps...) via S-Bahn: The nearest "S-Bahn" (inner city railway) station is "Putzlitzstr.", but this station is not operational yet (scheduled for year 2000 when the northern city ring becomes completely operational...). All other S-Bahn stations are more than 2 km away. by car As this is a residential area, there will only be few (if any!) parking lots near the location. Hence we really recommend you to come by bike or public transport! [The "map" below should be viewed in a *fixed-width* font!] N /|\ | | Am \ ___---""" ru \ TFH ___---""" \ me \ ___---""" ___--- \ r \ ___---""" ___---""" \ \ ___---""" Strasse <"" ___ \ St. \_---""" burger ___-\ T \ ___---""" \ Luxem- ___---""" \ e "" ___--- _--"" U-Bf. ___---""" ___---" g _---""" Amrumer St.___---""" ____---"""ftst.__-\ e \ ___--- <" _--""" Tri-__--"""" \ l \__---""" __ __--\ \ \__-- S \"" ___----" e ___---""" -"" \ \ \ a \___---""" _____ r \"" \ T \ ___--" m str___---""" \ \ \ o \__---""" gel- o <""" \ S \ \ r Spren- __--""\ a \ \ t \ \ f .-"""""" \ s \ ___---"" r \ U-Bf \ s \ \ t \___---""" str. \ Wedding \ t \ \ r Kiautschou__---""\ \ ---> \ r \ "" ___---""" X \ \__--"" \ \__Pekinger Pl._ \ __\ ___---"" NNN__ \ \ __--"" __-- ___---""" Nordufer """"--__\ \ __--"" str. __--"" ___---""""""""""""---___ Nord- "" Lynar __--"" ___---""" ""-_ ufer __--"" " "-_ _--"" \ "\ \ \ If you have access to the world wide web, you may also want to take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via http://www.beng.org/meeting.html (follow the link to the StadtINFO city map on that page; the IN-Berlin "club house" will be marked with a red circle.) About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. e-mail about@beng.org (automated reply) beng@beng.org (mailing list) beng-request@beng.org (subscriptions) WWW http://www.beng.org FTP ftp://ftp.beng.org (RHAPSODY) ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP) We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. Suggestions of meeting topics and offers for presentations or ideas for speakers are welcome; please mail them to `treffen@beng.org'. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) c/o IN-Berlin Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org About IN-Berlin The Individual Network Berlin (IN-Berlin) offers Internet access for private use since 1990. A registered society ("e.V.") since 1996, IN-Berlin works on a non-commercial basis and provides more than 630 participants with Internet connectivity via its 2 MBit/s link today. In the IN-Berlin club rooms in the district of Berlin-Wedding, user meetings, courses and events of groups and associations friendly related to IN-Berlin, e.g. the Berlin LINUX User Group (BeLUG) or the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG), take place on a regular basis. Further information about IN-Berlin: IN-Berlin e.V. Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin GERMANY Phone +49 30 - 45 49 43 43 WWW http://www.in-berlin.de e-mail info@in-berlin.de
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: World's largest FTP server for Rhapsody and Yellow Box software Date: 4 Dec 1998 04:46:21 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <747pet$ei7$1@news.digifix.com> THE WORLD's LARGEST FTP SERVER FOR MAC OS X SERVER AND YELLOW BOW SOFTWARE, FTP.BENG.ORG, IS OPEN! At ftp://ftp.beng.org, the Berlin NeXT User Group (BeNG) has opened the world's most comprehensive and up-to-date FTP server for Apple's new operating system Mac OS X Server, its preliminary version Rhapsody (DR1 & DR2) and the development and runtime environment Yellow Box for Windows. CONTENT OF THE SERVER On ftp.beng.org you can find freeware and shareware software as well as (licensable) demo versions of commercial programs. Many of the software packages are also available in source code. As of today, the archive measures nearly 450 MB. A recent file index of the server is available at ftp://ftp.beng.org/pub/INDEX. All documents and software archives on the server have a common naming structure, thus enabling users to recognize immediately the platforms a certain package can run on and whether it contains an executable, sources or other documents. A detailed description of the naming format can be found at ftp://ftp.beng.org/pub/FILENAMES.README. If you want to put new documents or software packages on ftp.beng.org, you may upload them to ftp://ftp.beng.org/pub/incoming. Please do not forget to add a README file in English or a German "LIESMICH" file. They should describe to other users of the server what's in the package you just uploaded. The FTP admin team of ftp.beng.org would be especially thankful if you could try to meet our naming conventions with the files you upload. The FTP admin team can be reached at the e-mail address ftpmaster@beng.org. MAILING LIST In addition to the new FTP server, the BeNG offers a related service via e-mail: once in a week, a MIME mail is sent to the subscribers of ftp-readme@beng.org that contains the README files of all the packages on the server that have been added or modified during the last week. For each of those software packages, this mail also contains the size and the URL necessary to download the respective file. (The mail itself does not exceed 50 KB.) In order to subscribe to this list, simply send an e-mail to ftp-readme-request@beng.org with the body line subscribe <email> where the expression <email> must have been replaced by *your* e-mail address. FUTURE PLANS During the spring of 1999, we plan to extend our new FTP server's Internet connection. Besides, we will add a WWW user interface for the server. This user interface will also feature a search engine that covers all the README files on the server. About BeNG The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT/NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/RHAPSODY enthusiasts. Our participants can be reached and communicate via a mailing list. We are also present in the World Wide Web and host one of the most respected FTP servers with RHAPSODY software. In addition, we manage the well-known NeXT/NEXTSTEP/ OPENSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin for several years now. We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. local time. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list. Our meetings are open to the interested public. If you still have any questions/queries, please do not hesitate to contact us! Berliner NeXT User Group (BeNG) Kiautschoustrasse 18 D-13353 Berlin Tel +49 30 / 39 03 93 03 Fax +49 30 / 39 03 93 04 Email info@beng.org
From: F.Knobloch@inis.de (Frank Knobloch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: To all developers and companies that may be interested Date: 5 Dec 1998 04:45:42 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <74adpm$dsc$1@news.digifix.com> To all developers and companies that may be interested, the actual situation of the Openstep market (respectively Openstep, Yellow-Box, EOF and WOF) requires developers with expertise in this field that cannot be found easily. Like our company, there are other firms which are interested in training programmers which are new to this technologies. InIS is currently developing a product, called Requester, that is based on the famous technology of WebObjects 4.0. Requester is a system for building, using and administrating internet-based knowledge databases, which is in final beta and will be released early next year. A knowledge-based supportsystem has much more advantages than news or mailinglists, cause mostly it would be better to get informations in a more flexible way. We are intending to create a web site based on this technology at no cost. It will be possible to obtain a quick answer to questions related to Openstep programming, by flexible searching or by getting answers from experts. As with OmniGroup's mailing lists, which can either be browsed online or downloaded as m-box files, the contents of this database will be available to anyone interested online. If she/he deems it more convenient she/he will be able to download all of parts of the database in a public format. So the collected knowledge is for everyone who is interested in it. The purpose of this mail is to 1. mention to you the availability of this new service, and 2. to invite any interested developer which considers herself/itself an expert in any of the aforementioned fileds to join the system as such. In the first major-release the experts of the Requester must be skilled developers, but in future releases we will build up an expert-system, based on the collected knowledge. If you are in any way interested (as an expert or an user or both) in this offering please let us know. Regards Frank Knobloch -- //InIS GmbH * Loesungen fuer Automations- und Verwaltungssysteme [Addr.: Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 78 ~ D-34119 Kassel] [Tel..: ++49-561-788090, Fax: ++49-561-78 80 929] [Mail.: F.Knobloch@inis.de, Web: www.inis.de] //Never trust existing sources!
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Colorist1.0b3 bundle for PopOver 2.0 Date: 5 Dec 1998 05:58:01 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <74ai19$f9g$1@news.digifix.com> Michael Fox has released the Colorist1.0b3 bundle for the mail program, PopOver2.0 Colorist is a bundle (a la Eric Seymour's Colorizer for NeXTMail) that adds another dimension to viewing mail in PopOver2.0 by providing a means to mark mail message summary information based on matching patterns in mail message headers. For example, one can mark all messages from a client with a red underline, or all messages that have a particular subject with an orange background. The bundle, built for most architectures, can be found in the Available Plug-Ins section of the EIDOLON Software PopOver2.0 beta page: http://www.eidolonsoftware.com/PopOver20Beta.html
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: <18755912315622@digifix.com> Date: 6 Dec 1998 04:46:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <15188912920426@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <18756912315625@digifix.com> Date: 6 Dec 1998 04:46:12 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <15189912920428@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: "Dirk Fromhein" <dpf@watershed.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Relational Object Framework update - EOF 1.x and 2.x import Date: 7 Dec 1998 06:16:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <74frs8$el4$1@news.digifix.com> Watershed Technologies is pleased to announce the availability of an update for the Relational Object Framework (ROF) 1.0 JavaBeans Edition. Come see a demo at the Java Business Expo in NY Dec 8-10th in Booth #1342. ROF enables the complete separation of an object model from the underlying physical RDBMS data layout, making it the single most flexible object persistence framework. ROF eliminates all JDBC level programming from you project, programmers just work with their business objects and the ROF runtime handles all object persistence. This final 1.0 release adds significant new features and performance enhancements including: * Support for importing EOF 1.x and EOF 2.x models * Generation of default Java Classes from any model * Support for stored procedures * Support for pre-defined Queries at the ObjectModel or Class level * Correlated sub-selects on PropertyRestrictions * Support for sequence, identity, and stored procedure identity definitions * Stored procedure tester built into RelationalModeler * Import schema changes and stored procedures into an existing ROModel * Pre-configured support for many new JDBC drivers including: * All Weblogic type 2 and type 4 Drivers - Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server, and Informix * Sybase jCONNECT 3.x/4.x * Oracle OCI and type 4 * Informix type 4 * Much faster runtime, support for object relation "look ahead" cache * Improved RDBMS schema and Class mapping validation An evaluation can be obtained from our website http://www.watershed.com/ We are also pleased to announce a special bundle deal that is good until the end of this year. For a price quote contact sales@watershed.com Watershed is also starting the ROF 1.1 Beta program at the end of this month. ROF 1.1 will be offered in two flavors, a new Enterprise Edition and the current JavaBeans Edition. ROF Enterprise Edition will provide complete support for automatically generating Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) that use the ROF runtime for persistence. Both editions will continue to share the same ROModels. The Enterprise Edition will feature: * Direct support for creating Enterprise JavaBeans * Centralized XML based JNDI accessible metadata repository * XMI based metadata interchange * XML based object transport For further information please contact beta@watershed.com Thank you for your time, Mike Casey, Director of Marketing Watershed Technologies, Inc. http://www.watershed.com Mike.Casey@watershed.com ====================================
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (11.12.98) Date: 10 Dec 1998 23:57:32 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <74pn5c$2bs$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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From: Stephen Brandon - SysAdmin <sbrandon@music.gla.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Sequence.app major bug-fix release (v0.9.85) Date: 12 Dec 1998 04:37:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <74srtk$ac8$1@news.digifix.com> Sequence 0.9.85 ================ New release of NeXTSTEP MIDI/DSP Sequencer (10 December 1998) Stephen Brandon is pleased to announce a long-awaited bug-fix release of Sequence.app. This release fixes a large number of known bugs, and has resulted in a much more stable, more usable sequencer. It is a must-have upgrade for anyone using an older version of Sequence (or Presto). Just some of the improvements: - Event List editor works properly - Note preview when editing works properly - Metronome works properly, and has graphical indication of the lead-in - Much faster start-up time when playing and recording - Looping system rationalised, and one "machine hang" bug related to looping fixed - Context-sensitive Help - Lots of random crashes fixed - More "idiot-proof" -- warning panels appear if you try to record without having Sequence set up correctly - The sound driver is no longer messed up on Intel machines Limitations: - There's still a bug in the MusicKit on NeXT computers which often hangs Sequence on DSP playback. DSP note-preview on NeXT is also flakey. Sequence was first introduced in May 1992 as a commercial product of Pinnacle Research, Inc. It was released, and sold, in Beta form to allow NEXTSTEP users to do sequencing under NEXTSTEP, since no other sequencing applications existed. Unfortunately, Pinnacle Research was unsuccessful and folded as a company, and the developers have gone on to other jobs. As a result, development of this application was on long-term hold. In order for the application not to die completely, it was finally decided to release the current version of the application publically, under the auspices of the MusicKit. The licensing code which disabled saving in the previous versions has been removed. The new release of Sequence (0.9.85) can be found at the CCRMA ftp site. ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/Sequence.9.85.tar.gz (2150 kB) You may want to pick up the "Extras" packages too: ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/Sequence_Extras/ Contact: David Jaffe <david@jaffe.com> Stephen Brandon <S.Brandon@music.gla.ac.uk> Kevin Brain <ksbrain@visgen.com> OVERVIEW ======== Sequence runs under NEXTSTEP 3.x and 4.x, on NeXT and NeXT/Intel computers, and does not require the Foundation Kit extensions be installed on the machine. Sequence is the first MIDI sequencer and DSP synthesis application available for NeXT, and NeXTSTEP/Intel computers. Paired with a MIDI interface, Sequence allows NeXT users to record and play music using MIDI compatible keyboards and sound generators. When MIDI equipment is not available, users can compose and play music using the NeXT's built-in DSP to generate CD quality sound output. Sequence provides a library of DSP "voicings" including: piano, electric bass, strings, voice, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, which can be modified to create custom sounds. Sequence's intuitive graphical interface takes full advantage of the NeXTstep environment. Drag-and-drop measure editing allows the user to move, copy, insert, merge or replace groups of measures. Note and MIDI controller editing can be performed either graphically or with the event-list editor. Transforms such as Quantize, Transpose, Velocity Adjust, Durations, Retro, Crescendo, TimeScale and Time Shift are provided, including a randomize option which can be used to "humanize" sequenced passages. Sequence's multi-document support allows you to simultaneously edit multiple files and effortlessly transfer data between them. Sequence reads and writes standard MIDI files (reads type 0, 1 and 2; writes type 1) as well as NeXT Score and Playscore file formats. Sequence also transmits MIDI Real-Time clock, enabling you to synchronize external devices such as drum-machines and hardware sequencers to Sequence's playback. SEQUENCE ON INTEL ================= Sequence requires a MIDI card, and optionally a DSP card, in order to function. Drivers for some common cards are provided. For MIDI input and output, you need an MPU-401 compatible card. There are a number of these available, including all SoundBlaster, and most SoundBlaster-compatible cards. Release of a free driver that supports simultaneous audio and MIDI on a SoundBlaster card is imminent (e-mail S.Brandon@music.gla.ac.uk). Until that time, you need separate cards for audio, MIDI and DSP, even if one card is supposedly capable of doing them all.
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: <15188912920426@digifix.com> Date: 13 Dec 1998 04:45:59 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13296913525221@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <15189912920428@digifix.com> Date: 13 Dec 1998 04:46:02 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <13297913525223@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: Robert MacKimmie <rm@jobhaus.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BANG Meeting, Tuesday, December 15 - Helios Ethershare and WebObjects 4.0 Date: 13 Dec 1998 06:22:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <74vmfg$bqa$1@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting: Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 7pm, Apple Campus Town Hall (Note: This is the THIRD TUESDAY!!!) TOPICS: Helios EtherShare by Tom Hallinan and WebObjects 4.0 by Allen Denison of Apple Computer First Segment: Helios EtherShare Ready For Mac OS X Server Cross-Platform Printer, File Sharing and Printing Industry Utilities Available On Reliable, High Performance Macintosh Servers Apple Macintosh Computers running Mac OS X Server and Helios EtherShare enable the easy introduction of reliable high performance servers into Macintosh environments. Helios EtherShare 2.5 provides the AppleTalk and AppleShare IP services needed for printer and file sharing between the OS X Server and Mac clients. EtherShare also provides a font server, POP3 mail server, and a time server. All of this is easily administered from any Mac on the network, using a simple interface to configure users, groups, print spools, volumes, etc. Tom Hallinan, will preview Helios EtherShare for Mac OS X Server (shown on DR2). In addition to the EtherShare connectivity solution, Helios also offers PCShare for PC client support. EtherShare OPI 2.0, PDF Handshake 1.0, and Print Preview 1.0 are Helios applications for the printing and publishing industries. All of these Helios applications will ship simultaneously with the official release of Apple's Mac OS X Server. About our Presenter: Tom Hallinan is General Manager for European MikroGraf Corporation, the North American Distributor for Helios Software GmbH. Additional product information is available at European MikroGraf's Web Site, or by contacting European MikroGraf by phone at (831) 461-6061. _____________________________________________________________________ Second Segment: WebObjects 4.0 Finally Arrives! The latest major advance in Apple's enterprise technology for building flexible, Java-based network applications, WebObjects 4.0, offers major enhancements including a 5x speed increase in performance and solid Java functionality. Other major advances include drag-and-drop control over Java applets and full compliance with the write once, run anywhere standard of Java interoperability. Transaction management, dynamic data access, content-generation strengths and fabled ease of use make this long awaited release a major step forward. A relatively new feature, Direct to Web for code-free development has been refined, along with graphical development tools, rich palettes of prebuilt (and infinitely reusable) components, seamless integration with all kinds of enterprise information systems and industrial-strength performance. Industry buzz words that have proven reliablility and empowering meaning to enterprise programmers include: scalability, reliability, standards support, request-handling services, session management support, database connectivity, flexible tools such as Direct to Web, development tool suite, versatile language support, and deployment tool suite. As it has for many years, WebObjects offers an open, extensible architecture featuring stratified application architecture, reusable components and independent browser and client technology. Product features included with this release offer improved versions of the outstandingly familiar Development Tools, Enterprise Objects Modeler, WebObjects Builder, Interface Builder, Deployment Tools, Monitor and Statistics, Record and Playback Manager. This presentation of WebObjects 4.0 is something that has been awaited for the better part of a year and we now have the Allen Denison, WebObjects Product Manager, to provide the overview. Don't miss this very exciting BANG evening at Apple's Town Hall. _____________________________________________________________________ 1998-1999 BANG Meeting Schedule Monthly meetings are scheduled for the the 4th Wednesday of each month (Nov & Dec 1998 each moved up one week due to holidays). Please check this page for the latest information on meeting topics and venues, as booking speakers for the evolving Rhapsody Development community employs "Dynamic Binding near Runtime". If you have not already signed up to receive an email notification when a topic and speakers have been set, please add your address to our list. This list is not distributed and does not result in spam or unsolicited mail. confirmed for Apple's Town Hall December 15, 1998, 7pm ( Note:This is the THIRD TUESDAY!!!) January 27, 1999, 7pm February 24, 1999, 7pm March 31, 1999, 7pm ( Note:This is the 5th WEDNESDAY!!!) April 28, 1999, 7pm May 26, 1999, 7pm June 23, 1999, 7pm unconfirmed, but anticipated for Apple's Town Hall July 28, 1999, 7pm August 25, 1999, 7pm September 22, 1999, 7pm October 27, 1999, 7pm November 17, 1999, 7pm December 15, 1999, 7pm Apple has been extremely supportive by allowing our organization to use Town Hall on all available dates. The cordial and helpful support in setup and technology readiness has been terrific. BANG and our audience owe a special thank you to Katherine Mench, Kelly Parker and Ron for their high caliber and professional assistance. Where to Get More Information Email: info@bang.org World Wide Web: http://www.bang.org/ Telephone: 1.415.487.6237 The Bay Area NeXT Group is a longstanding support forum now focused on MAC OS X Server and MAC OS X, along with other Apple technologies. Seven years after its founding, BANG remains a membership organization with meetings open to an interested public. Topics for meetings vary; BANG tries to present timely information and speakers of pertinent interest to users, developers, and employees of computing and technology environments. Suggestions of meeting topics and ideas for speakers are welcome; please send them to info@bang.org. If you have questions about our meetings or the organization, visit this site again, or to contact one of the volunteers at BANG. How to Get to the Apple Town Hall, Building 4 The Apple Computer 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 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. Finding Town Hall Town Hall is a large auditorium with entrances in the lobby of Building 4. [Note: If the door is locked, please knock; someone will be there in a moment to let you into the building.] NOTE: Please check these pages for updates and announcements; dates and program information for BANG meetings may be subject to change.
From: Stefan Schneider <stefan@ping.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: LatinByrd III Version 7 Date: 14 Dec 1998 04:56:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <7525q2$9fa$1@news.digifix.com> ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF LATINBYRD III VERSION 7 Vienna, Dec 13, 1998 -- LatinByrd III Version 7 has been made publically available. LB III v7 is another maintenance release, including a few new features and one single bug fix. Update from previous versions (LB II through LB III v6) is free to registered users - please reuse your current license keys. New in LatinByrd III v7, compared to v6: - Footnotes LatinByrd III v7 now recognizes footnotes in RTF documents. In the converted HTML documents, the footnotes are output as endnotes, and the numbering restarts with 1 in each document. The visual appearance of the footnote links can be altered in the Links preferences. - Font family names LatinByrd III v7 now optionally outputs the names of the font families used, along with alternate font family hints. For example: <font face="Univers,Helvetica" size="+2">. For this, the Add font family names option has to be turned on in the Fonts & Characters preferences. Note that the 'face' attribute is not part of the HTML3.2 specification, and many browsers ignore this attribute. - Specifying additional attributes for anchor tags Previously, the "Marker name" field in Edit's Link Inspector was always converted to a marker component of the anchor's link target. For example, File name: SomeDoc.rtfd Marker name: SomeMarker yields <a href="SomeDoc.html#SomeMarker"> Now, if surrounded by angle brackets, the "Marker name" field is converted to additional tag attributes instead of to a marker component. For example, File name: SomeDoc.rtfd Marker name: <title="aTitle" rel="aType"> yields <a href="SomeDoc.html" title="aTitle" rel="aType">. - Specifying text & background colors per web page In case a red <body ...> line is encountered as the last line of a document's red header lines, this line will be used as the "body" line in the converted web page, instead of a "body" line auto-generated according to the current Colors & Background preferences. This lets you hard-code the text and background colors, on a per-page basis. Note that background images (specified via the "background=" tag) will not be copied/converted automatically. This would have to be done manually, after conversion. Bug fixes - In LatinByrd III v6, shared background images for tables - as well as for individual table cells - were referenced from within the HTML pages as being local images instead of being shared ones. This has been fixed in LatinByrd III v7. DOWNLOAD http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.NIHS.b.tar.gz (2323424 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.README (8059 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.LISEZMOI (7672 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.LIESMICH (8443 bytes) LatinByrd III v7 is compiled quad-fat, requires NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher - or OPENSTEP 4.x for Mach - and is fully localized to English, French, and German, including on-line help. Users in Asia should download the Japanese Edition: http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.Jp.NIHS.b.tar.gz (1340849 bytes) http://www.noir.net/sss/LatinByrd.IIIv7.Jp.README (8335 bytes) The Japanese Edition supports the 2-byte character encoding sets EUC-JP and EUC-KR. The Japanese Edition requires NEXTSTEP 3.3J or higher, or OPENSTEP 4.xJ for Mach. GENERAL PRODUCT INFO LatinByrd is an RTF/RTFD to HTML converter, and a TIFF/EPS to GIF/PNG/JPEG image converter. LatinByrd converts RTF documents, RTFD documents, and ASCII documents to web pages in HTML format. LatinByrd converts single documents as well as document trees. In addition, LatinByrd also converts TIFF and EPS images to GIF, PNG, and JPEG graphics formats. Note: LatinByrd is optimized to convert documents which are in NeXT's version of RTF. Converting RTF documents created on other platforms may deliver poor results. Note: For LatinByrd to display the contents of GIF, PNG, and JPEG files in its image wells, you need to have an image filter application installed. ToyViewer.app is strongly recommended, as it can handle the new PNG format as well as ProgressiveJPEG. ToyViewer is freeware - get it now if you still don't have a copy. LatinByrd is a commercial product. Fully licensable demo. FREE time-limited test keys available. Just send email. PRICE Commercial license: US$ 119 Academic license: US$ 69 Image conversion only: US$ 49 (sorry, no academic discount) INFORMATION (ENGLISH & GERMAN) Stefan Schneider Software DI Stefan Schneider Lerchenfelder St. 85/6 A-1070 Vienna, Austria, Europe +43-1-523-5834 stefan.schneider@eunet.at http://members.eunet.at/stefan.schneider/ INFORMATION (ENGLISH & FRENCH) SCRIBEX COMMUNICATIONS 1450 Plessis Street #204, Montreal, Qc, Canada H2L 2X4 Phone: (514) 526-3996 E-Mail: info@scribex.com (MIME - ASCII - HTML) http://www.scribex.com
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (18.12.98) Date: 17 Dec 1998 23:57:32 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <75c5pc$om0$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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: <13296913525221@digifix.com> Date: 20 Dec 1998 04:45:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6039914130021@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <13297913525223@digifix.com> Date: 20 Dec 1998 04:45:20 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <6040914130024@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: Marco Scheurer <marco@sente.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Sen:te releases OCUnit Date: 21 Dec 1998 04:57:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <75kkf6$5pc$1@news.digifix.com> Test first, develop later. Sen:te releases OCUnit. OCUnit is a testing framework for Objective C in the MacOSX/Yellow Box environment. It is based on SUnit, Kent Beck's Smalltalk testing framework, also available for Java under the name JUnit. With OCUnit, testing becomes integrated with development. You can test frameworks, bundles, or applications. You can now tell "when something starts working or when something stops working [...] you can cheaply and incrementally build a test suite that will help you measure your progress, spot unintended side effects, and focus your development efforts." (Kent Beck and Erich Gamma, Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests). As a service to the MacOSX/WebObjects developer community, OCUnit is distributed as open source. OCUnit includes: - SenTestingKit, a framework to help you write test cases; - Shikenjo.app, an interactive application to run tests and review results; - otest, a testing tool; - a collection of Makefiles and utilities to seamlessly integrate testing with ProjectBuilder. Some benefits of OCUnit: - Object-oriented tests. - Low overhead. - Tests are in the same language as the implementation. - Test case classes cohabit with classes they test. - Promotes aggressive refactoring. - Helps capture requirements, expose dependencies. - Total integration in the development process. - Tests frameworks, bundles, or applications. - No license fee. OCUnit and more information are available at: http://www.sente.ch/software/ocunit More information about Sen:te is available at: http://www.sente.ch/ Marco Scheurer (marco@sente.ch) Sen:te
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Ships DataPhile Y2K for NeXTSTEP & OpenStep Date: 25 Dec 1998 06:31:40 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <75vbgc$5l9$1@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke info@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com/pr/DataPhile_Y2K_Ships.html Stone Design Ships DataPhile Y2K for NeXTSTEP & OpenStep Albuquerque, NM, December 24 1998 - One of the few remaining original NEXTSTEP developers, Stone Design, today shipped DataPhile Y2K - a major upgrade to the premier NeXTSTEP multi-media database manager DataPhile. New features include Year 2000 compliant date handling, ability to publish databases to the web, and ability to export all of the calculations in a database. Katie Graunke, Director of Marketing, said, "Many customers wanted to know if DataPhile for NeXTSTEP was Year 2000 compliant, so we've taken the steps to insure a smooth transition into the next millenium. And to make this a worthwhile upgrade, we've added the ability to create web pages from your databases on the fly. We still have a big committment to the NeXT community." This release will run on NeXTStep 3.1 or greater and OpenStep for Mach on the following architectures: INTEL, SPARC, HPPA and NeXT Computers. The upgrade is available for a limited time for $59 for current users of DataPhile 3.1; the cost of a new license is $159. Download the software now from the Stone Web Site: http://www.stone.com/NewDownload.html For more information on the enhancements, visit: http://www.stone.com/DataPhile_Y2K.html -=- Stone Design Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico was formed in 1984 and was the first developer to ship a product on NeXT Hardware in 1989 with the release of TextArt. Since then, Stone Design has been a leader in innovative shrinkwrap software in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/Rhapsody/Mac Server/ and Yellow Box for Windows marketplace. DataPhile(TM) is trademarked by Stone Design Corp. All other names are trademarked by their respective companies.
From: mmalcolm crawford <malcolm@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L Systems Announces Fifth Beta Release of Version 3 of Mesa Spreadsheet Date: 25 Dec 1998 06:32:25 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <75vbhp$5la$1@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: P & L Systems 12 The Broadway Old Amersham Bucks HP7 0HP, England info@plsys.co.uk +44 1494 432422 http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/ P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES FIFTH BETA RELEASE OF VERSION 3 OF ITS MESA SPREADSHEET OLD AMERSHAM, 24 DECEMBER 1998 -- P & L Systems today announced the fifth beta release of version 3 of its Mesa spreadsheet, for Apple's MacOS X Server operating system, and for OPENSTEP for Mach and Windows. Mesa is a traditional spreadsheet which combines a powerful yet easy-to-use icon-based interface with the features you expect from an Excel- and 1-2-3-compatible product. 3b5 is the fifth official beta version, fixing a number of bugs, and implementing a number of new features requested by users over the course of the fourth stage of the beta cycle, including: Support for importing Excel files: Mesa will now import most Microsoft Excel files, from Excel version 3 to Office 98; Report Writer enhancements: The updated Report Writer has more options for setting colours and producing more elaborate reports. Mesa3 is available from P & L's ftp site: Rhapsody DR2 (PPC, Intel): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/Rhapsody/Mesa3.app.3b5.PI.tar.gz OpenStep 4.2 (m68k, Intel): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/OpenStep/Mesa3.app.3b5.NI.tar.gz Windows NT (requires OpenStep NT 4.2 or YellowBox for Windows): ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa3/WinNT/mesa3.app.3b5.I.tar.gz For more information and screenshots, see P & L Systems' WWW pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/.
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (25.12.98) Date: 24 Dec 1998 23:57:24 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <75ukd4$m0k$1@union.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://ftp.peanuts.org/next): 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 will be from march 1998. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.org)
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: <6039914130021@digifix.com> Date: 27 Dec 1998 04:45:38 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <14228914734832@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 1994. Some of the many resources on the site include: original YellowBox and Rhapsody articles, mailing list information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to Rhapsody, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep http://www.peak.org/rhapsody PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://enterprise.apple.com http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's Rhapsody Developer Release Site http://gemma.apple.com/rhapsody/rhapdev/rhapsody.html These pages are focused on tools and resources you need to develop great Rhapsody software products.. Rhapsody Developer Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/rhapsody/rhapsody.html WebObjects Documentation http://gemma.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/enterprise/enterprise.html 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: <6040914130024@digifix.com> Date: 27 Dec 1998 04:45:41 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <14229914734836@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@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,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: cmsg cancel <IE01dgNyXq9YtOt.0iyxNIurE3UHFu.Ha3uZSkU@digifix.com> Control: cancel <IE01dgNyXq9YtOt.0iyxNIurE3UHFu.Ha3uZSkU@digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 11:51:38 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.IE01dgNyXq9YtOt.0iyxNIurE3UHFu.Ha3uZSkU@digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <6Z6SrWMVEx6.A31Tvy1HIUXYaWV.TMNnkCthr@digifix.com> Control: cancel <6Z6SrWMVEx6.A31Tvy1HIUXYaWV.TMNnkCthr@digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:16 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6Z6SrWMVEx6.A31Tvy1HIUXYaWV.TMNnkCthr@digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,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: cmsg cancel <Kojgs1vg06v8N.QC2dj6tNc.SRZZWG8T6dp3@digifix.com> Control: cancel <Kojgs1vg06v8N.QC2dj6tNc.SRZZWG8T6dp3@digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:23 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.Kojgs1vg06v8N.QC2dj6tNc.SRZZWG8T6dp3@digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <SeFK7LS6xUsZ.zhwHbkQruO8Bp.MY20NpB67@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <SeFK7LS6xUsZ.zhwHbkQruO8Bp.MY20NpB67@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:22 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.SeFK7LS6xUsZ.zhwHbkQruO8Bp.MY20NpB67@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <2x1JQhXTfX8t9ip.QpVGswKRsNfKM.OZ4esXMjv7NA@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <2x1JQhXTfX8t9ip.QpVGswKRsNfKM.OZ4esXMjv7NA@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:27 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.2x1JQhXTfX8t9ip.QpVGswKRsNfKM.OZ4esXMjv7NA@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <f5OjSGYqIKf75.bNyDVB58kmb23L.URwynfZgFYol@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <f5OjSGYqIKf75.bNyDVB58kmb23L.URwynfZgFYol@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:33 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.f5OjSGYqIKf75.bNyDVB58kmb23L.URwynfZgFYol@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <EyrsnPWQk.je6kh0LH13WrDnf1.qmg1lToYM1m@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <EyrsnPWQk.je6kh0LH13WrDnf1.qmg1lToYM1m@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:36 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.EyrsnPWQk.je6kh0LH13WrDnf1.qmg1lToYM1m@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <CLeLds5MGC0G7b80.Op7exKeHBgakW7m.12epsHrELJn@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <CLeLds5MGC0G7b80.Op7exKeHBgakW7m.12epsHrELJn@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:43 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.CLeLds5MGC0G7b80.Op7exKeHBgakW7m.12epsHrELJn@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <garrKxFAJC2Xs2.VghQ9UBuvc6B.7Mpj8eu@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <garrKxFAJC2Xs2.VghQ9UBuvc6B.7Mpj8eu@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:29 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.garrKxFAJC2Xs2.VghQ9UBuvc6B.7Mpj8eu@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int%rauug.mil.wi.us@bofh.int> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,alt.gothic,soc.culture.jewish,uk.test,soc.culture.israel,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: cmsg cancel <FDpo3zXaOn.ps8d8LAL.pBDMocio3uO@news.digifix.com> Control: cancel <FDpo3zXaOn.ps8d8LAL.pBDMocio3uO@news.digifix.com> Date: 28 Dec 1998 12:01:32 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.FDpo3zXaOn.ps8d8LAL.pBDMocio3uO@news.digifix.com> Sender: mrsam@concentric.net My From: line has been fudged because many test newsgroup autoresponders respond to control messages. My apologies! Please see the X-Cancelled-By: line for my proper address. 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: wsi@spacelab.net (WSI Nationwide) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-CA-WebObjects/Nextstep/Open Step/EOF Programmer/Analysts-WSI Date: 29 Dec 1998 04:33:26 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <769m2m$3bc$1@news.digifix.com> I have been asked to identify Independent Consultant WebObjects / Web Objects Programmer/Analyst candidates (no 3rd party referrals or agencies,please). Qualified candidates must have demonstrated experience with writing Internet-based applications; proven proficiency in WebObjects (including NextStep/OpenStep/EOF); demonstrated excellent verbal and written communications skills; demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. Experience with Java and/or C++; experience with writing Internet based electronic commerce applications; experience with multiple computing platforms (Solaris, Windows NT) Bachelor's degree or equivalent a plus. The selected consultants will design, code, implement and maintain electronic commerce applications and assist in defining and evaluating the future commerce application needs which includes working within a 12-person team to design the presentation, functional and technical components of commerce applications. Develop applications that are optimized for performance and are written for reusability. Research strategies and emerging technologies in support of future electronic commerce directions. Qualified candidates must be a USA citizen or not require sponsorship with strong English speaking skills and must have at least two years of USA work experience outside of college. This is a long term project with an initial one year contract in Southern California offering a flexible starting rate range, depending on experience. Your asking rate will be submitted after your approval. If you use E-mail (preferred) to respond, please e-mail your resume to Jay L. at wsi@spacelab.net, with the subject line (or title and skills) of this message in the subject line of the message you send, no job numbers only, please. (Those are assigned by the various websites, and I don't know what the numbers refer to), thanks. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, (we have an additional 150+ open employment and consulting requirements), e-mail a resume to Jay L., with the subject line (title with skills) of this message in the subject line of the message you send, (no URL links and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to wsi@spacelab.net, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, you may also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY 10128-0004) A full listing of all WSI requirements can be seen at http://www.webb.com/wsi When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) - - ------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA. xwsix
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