From Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM Wed Nov 4 11:08:08 1992 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 11:08:00 -0800 From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM To: user_groups Subject: v5.6 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 6, November 4, 1992) NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 6, November 4, 1992) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Integrity Solutions Announces An Extended Beta Program for FrontDesk, a Network Message Center II. Announcing CodeCheck from Abraxas (Posix compliance testing for C and C++) III. September NeXTSTEP Developer mailing (Release 3.0 enhancements checklist) IV. Call For Beta testers for MicroPhone Pro Module V. NightShade Announces TalkBack, versatile conferencing NeXTSTEP App VI. Opportunities for NeXTSTEP Developers and Contractors VII. NeXT SysAdmin Position Open in Beverly Hills, California VIII. Open Position: Systems Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan All previous Nugget News Digest issues are archived at the Purdue ftp archive site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu under... /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q2_1992.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z Conrad Geiger Manager, International NeXT User Groups P.S. To be added or deleted from this distribution, please send email to "nugget@next.com." ____________________________________________________________________ I. Integrity Solutions Announces An Extended Beta Program for FrontDesk, a Network Message Center St. Paul, MN. Oct 6, 1992 - Integrity Solutions announces an Extended Beta Program for FrontDesk, a networked office productivity tool. FrontDesk merges "While You Were Out" telephone message notes and a traditional "In/Out" board with the powerful network capabilities of NeXTSTEP. Featuring a Client/Server architecture, FrontDesk provides a cost effective solution to keeping track of telephone messages and availability of office staff. Some of the FrontDesk features include: - Client/Server Architecture - Integrated In/Out Board and "While You Were Out" Messaging System - Optional NeXTMail message delivery - Hot Keys for "I am Back", "I'm Gone" and "Do Not Disturb" - Operates over SLIP connections - Full RTF support in all message and comment fields - Urgent messages are color-coded (User selectable) - Type-ahead user list selection - Message summary printing - User defined personal profiles - Date and time stamps for updates - Support for NeXT mail pictures - Icon animation alerts for unread messages - API for Third Party Development "Before FrontDesk and our network of NeXT computers, we would have to make a special point of going up the the receptionist 2-4 times a day to make sure we had all of our current messages," said Dr. John Andrews of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. "Many of our messages would be a few hours old when we retrieved them," he continued, "FrontDesk has been a blessing, now we know immediately when a call is received." The Extended Beta program offers interested NeXT users to beta test Front Desk with a special version of the application that allows an unlimited number network users. The Beta program will expire on November 15, 1992 and Beta testers will have the opportunity of buying the first release version for a substantial discount. "Our custom development heritage shows with this beta release of FrontDesk," said Rodger McBride, product manager of the FrontDesk project. "We see this as a first round in a suite of networked office productivity products. Our role is implementing solutions driven by our customers needs." For more information or to enroll in the Extended FrontDesk Beta Program, contact; Rodger McBride, FrontDesk Product Manager Integrity Solutions 32 Empire Dr. St. Paul, MN 55103 Telephone: (612) 223-8484 NeXTMail: frontdesk@is.com Integrity Solutions is a custom application developer located in St. Paul, Minnesota. They provide custom software solutions specializing in Workflow, Database and Executive Information Systems for clients in the Legal, Law Enforcement, Medical and Corporate environments. FrontDesk is their first product in a suite of Networked Office Productivity Solutions. NeXT Computer, Inc., headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., designs, manufactures and markets professional workstations, which combine the power and networking of today's most advanced workstations with the ease of use and productivity applications of today's best personal computers. NeXT's professional workstation systems promise to enhance the way groups of people work together in the 1990s. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. ____________________________________________________________________ II. Announcing CodeCheck from Abraxas (Posix compliance testing for C and C++) Until now, there has been no automated way for programmers to determine if the programs they write are in conformance with the Posix standards. Abraxas Software has released "CodeCheck," an expert system tool that will examine C and C++ source code for compliance to POSIX.1, AT&T UNIX System V, and Berkeley UNIX standards. CodeCheck assists programmers in their development process by providing friendly suggestions wherever their code fails to comply to the standards. Single user licenses start at $XXX, site and educational discounts are available. For more information, contact Patrick Conley, President of Abraxas Software Phone - (503) 244-5253 FAX - (503) 244-8375. ____________________________________________________________________ III. September NeXTSTEP Developer mailing This went out in the recent September NeXTSTEP developer mailing. Hope you find it useful! Sharon Zakhour Developer Support appkit.845 Release 3.0 enhancements checklist 3.0 Enhancement Checklist [or "How to be 3.0 Hip"] When you update your application to Release 3.0, following is a list of features you should strongly consider adding to your application to take advantage of the new 3.0 feature set. This information is provided as a checklist and primarily consists of features every 3.0 application should probably support. There are many other new and exciting 3.0 features (such as Distributed Objects, 3DKit, DBKit, Indexing Kit, Phone Kit) that are not mentioned here because they are relevant to a smaller set of applications. - Object links Every application running under NeXTstep 3.0 should take advantage, if at all possible, of the powerful ability to link external data or files into the documents of an application. Likewise a document- or data-oriented application should support exporting data links. Linking is performed using the familiar Copy/Paste metaphor for data and the Drag-n-Drop metaphor for files programmers should consider implementing both forms of object links. Bundled applications that import data links are Edit and Draw. Bundled applications that export data links are Draw, IconBuilder, and Graph. See the 3.0 Examples Graph and Draw, the AppKit and ObjectLinks Release Notes, and the NXDataLink spec sheets for more information on how to implement object linking. - Filter services A Filter service is a new 3.0 type of Service which has no menu item but supports the ability to convert a piece of data from one type to another. Every application can take advantage of filter services when opening files (via +typesFilterableTo: if it can open a standard type, like RTF) and when importing data via copy/paste or dragging (via +imagePasteboardTypes). Other applications can provide filter services: for example, if you have some code which converts your document format [the WonderFormat] to RTFD, then you should provide this functionality as a filter service. Another application which understands RTFD but not WonderFormat can still import WonderFormat documents and the filter service will do the work of the conversion. The other advantage of providing a filter to ascii is that your documents then become indexable by Digital Librarian. See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes and the Pasteboard spec sheet for more information on: +typesFilterableTo:, +newByFilteringFile:, +newByFilteringData:, +newByFilteringTypesInPasteboard:. - New dragging mechanism The drag and drop mechanism is new and improved in 3.0. Under 2.x, drag and drop was implemented using the registerWindow:, etc. methods. [These methods will continue to work in 3.0 but are being obsoleted.] For 3.0, a new Workspace Protocol has been added which supports interapplication dragging in View and Window classes and should actually simplify your code. The new dragging mechanism can be used both for inter-application dragging and intra-application dragging (as in palettes). See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes and the View, Window and NXDraggingDestination spec sheets for more information on (to name some of the methods involved): -registerForDraggedTypes:, -draggingEntered:, -draggingUpdated:, -draggingExited:, -prepareForDragOperation:, -performDragOperation: and -concludeDragOperation:. - Dragging TIFF and EPS [i.e. image] data As a side note, any application which supports drag and drop of TIFF or EPS should (instead of registering for ".tiff" and ".eps" explicitly) register for [NXImage imagePasteboardTypes]. This method returns a NULL terminated list of strings and allows your application to take advantage of other image types that NXImage knows how to convert between, such as the RIB format (if libMedia is linked with your application) or other formats supported via the filter services mechanism. See the Appkit Release Notes and the NXImage spec sheet for more information on +imagePasteboardTypes. [Note: all applications that import data via NXImage should start linking with libMedia.] - Dragging colors Another side note: applications should no longer use the -acceptColor:atPoint: method for accepting colors. [The -acceptColor: method will continue to work for 3.0 but should be avoided.] Dragging colors should be implemented via the normal drag/drop protocols with the NXColorPBoardType. See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes for more information on -acceptColor: and NXColorPBoardType. - Undo Undo is a very powerful mechanism that we strongly encourage all 3.0 applications to support. To this end, the Draw Example (in /NextDeveloper/Examples/Appkit/Draw) illustrates a whole framework for supporting Undo. Draw has three subprojects which implement Undo and two of these subprojects have been designed so that they can be added to an existing application with minimal effort: a reusable Change class, a reusable UndoText class, and a class specific to Draw. See the UndoDoc.rtf and UndoREADME.rtf files in the Draw Example for more information. - Help The Help facility is another powerful user mechanism that has been integrated into InterfaceBuilder for 3.0 that every application should support. The easiest way to implement Help in your application is to use the Help panel to display any help files you may have already written. The next level of implementation involves attaching help files to each of the buttons, menus and other controls in your application. For more information on how to implement Help, see the 3.0 InterfaceBuilder and Appkit Release Notes, the NXHelpPanel spec sheet and the Draw Example. - Device independent color: calibrated RGB and Pantone Colors should be set via the NXSetColor() function and should use NXColor for color storage. (Colors should not be set via PSsetrgbcolor() if you wish to take advantage of device independent color.) Applications using NXSetColor() and NXColor can take advantage (for free) of the calibrated RGB color space in Release 3.0 which emits device independent colors to all Level 2 devices. See the 3.0 Appkit and WindowServer Release Notes for further information on NXSetColor() and the NXColor spec sheet. - Restoring Windows to previous location and size Persistent windows can now take advantage of the new Window methods which allow saving and restoring a window by name. These methods use the defaults database to store the position and size of the window so that when you recreate the window it will adopt the same characteristics. See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes and the Window class spec sheet for more information on: -saveFrameUsingName:, -setFrameUsingName:, -setFrameAutosaveName:, -frameAutosaveName and -removeFrameUsingName:. - Creating a Workspace contents inspector You can now create your own contents inspector which Workspace will use when one of your documents is selected. See the 3.0 IntroWorkspace.rtf document and the WMInspector class spec sheet for more information on building an inspector module. - Find text object The ability to find text has been added to the Text object making it much easier to implement a text search panel. See the Text class spec sheet for more information on -findText:. - RTFD The Text object now supports reading, writing and editing the RTFD file format. (Under 2.x the Text object only supported reading and writing of straight ascii and RTF files.) See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes and the Text class spec sheet for more information on (to name a few of the methods): -setGraphicsImportEnabled:, -saveRTFDTo:, -openRTFDFrom: and -writeRTFDTo:. - Localization While making an application localizable to other languages was encouraged under the 2.x release of NeXTSTEP, it is now easier to implement in 3.0 with additional support in InterfaceBuilder and ProjectBuilder. Under 3.0, any application created via ProjectBuilder will automatically bundle the nib files, binary and other necessary files into an NXBundle (which looks suspiciously like an app wrapper in days of yore). All methods in the Appkit which used to look in the mach-O section to find something, now look in [NXBundle mainBundle] if the desired object is not in the mach-O section. See the 3.0 Localization Chapter of the Concepts Manual for more information on how to make your application localizable for 3.0. [Note: Localizing an application is different than making that application localizable. Localizing involves the actual translation while making it localizable puts the framework in place so that it can be translated usually by someone other than the programmer.] - Keyboard key codes are not portable to other platforms The keyCode information (available in the event data for key events) is device-dependent for a particular keyboard (and is documented as such). NeXT recently started shipping a keyboard with new key codes and any application which relied on the old raw key codes will almost certainly perform differently. In order to keep software as portable to as many platforms as possible, an application should avoid examining raw key codes at all costs. (It is safe to use charSet and event flags along with charCode to distinguish between key events.) To quickly determine if your application uses raw key codes, search your source files for the string "keyCode". - Copying/moving/compressing/destroying files via the Workspace Any application which supports copying or moving files around (or compressing or destroying files, to name some of the supported functions) should use the new Workspace Protocol method -performFileOperation:. This method allows you to ask the Workspace to perform an operation such as copying or moving a file and will update the Processes panel with the Background process information and the animated pie chart. See the 3.0 Appkit Release Notes and NXWorkspaceRequestProtocol spec sheet for more information on -performFileOperation: and the list of operations it supports. ____________________________________________________________________ IV. Call For Beta testers for MicroPhone Pro Module Software Ventures has completed a Loran module for MicroPhone Pro for NeXTSTEP which will send faxes, and we would like to beta-test it. If you 1> Have MicroPhone Pro v 1.0 for NeXTSTEP 2> Use Loran 3> Run System 3.0 4> Have a fax modem and send faxes on a regular basis Then we would like you to beta-test the fax module. As always, our Loran modules are free for use by all MicroPhone Pro owners. After the beta cycles are done, we will make the module available on our bbs and on the anonymous ftp sites (assuming they let me upload it there). -- Michael Rutman | moose@svcdudes.com Cubist | makes me a NeXT programmer Software Ventures | maker of MicroPhone Pro _____________________________________________________________________ V. NightShade Announces TalkBack, versatile conferencing NeXTSTEP App FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NightShade Software Box 60063, U of A Postal Outlet Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2S4 Phone: (403) 439-8718 E-MAIL: nshade@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca ANNOUNCING: Unlimited TalkBack 1.0 DEMO NightShade Software is proud to announce the release of a unlimited demo version of TalkBack, a versatile conferencing application for the NeXT computer. TalkBack 1.0 offers an easy to use NeXTMail-like interface, and allows any number of users with NeXTs connected to a TCP/IP network to interactively send messages consisting of voice, rich-text, and file-attachments to each other. All messages are stored in a local archive for later review. TalkBack uses a true peer-to-peer network model, meaning that there is no centralized "server". Users can create, join, and exit conferences at any time. A single user can participate in any number of conferences at once using the NeXT's standard "Multiple Document" metaphor. DETAILS ON "UNLIMITED DEMO" TalkBack version "1.0 DEMO" is FREE. That's right, it costs $0.00, and is not crippled in any way. Why are we doing this? We started writing TalkBack using NeXTSTEP 2.1. Being a small company, we didn't have advance access to 3.0 like the Big Guys. Now that we have 3.0, we've decided that TalkBack can greatly benefit from the use of the new 3.0 features. We were faced with a tricky decision -- should we ignore 3.0 for a while longer, and polish off the 2.1 version of TalkBack, or should we devote all our energy to creating a new TalkBack, taking full advantage of NeXTSTEP 3.0 (and make people wait even longer)? We decided to try something a bit different. We have frozen development of the 2.1-compatible TalkBack, and are releasing it as freeware, so that the people who have been waiting for TalkBack can start using it, while we work on the much more powerful TalkBack for 3.0. Here are the catches: - TalkBack 1.0 is distributed as-is, with no warranties or support of any kind - TalkBack 1.0 will not be upgraded in any way, including bug fixes or new features - TalkBack 1.0 will not be message-compatible with future versions of TalkBack - TalkBack 1.0 is NOT in the public domain; it can be freely distributed, but not sold - Persons wishing to distribute TalkBack 1.0 as part of a collection of NeXT demonstration software should contact NightShade Software for permission Work is already underway on the 3.0-specific version of TalkBack. This will NOT be a free program; it will be a fully supported commercial application, with many powerful new features. AVAILABILITY: TalkBack is available for anonymous ftp from the following archive sites: sonata.cc.purdue.edu (/pub/next/2.0-release/demos) cs.orst.edu (/pub/next/demos) The file is named TalkBack1.0.tar.Z. Note that it may initially be located in /pub/next/submissions on either of the above sites. If you don't have Internet access, or don't know how to use anonymous ftp, contact NightShade software for alternate shipping options. ____________________________________________________________________ VI. Opportunities for NeXTSTEP Developers and Contractors Fortune 500 opportunities for NeXTSTEP developers are available on the East coast, Texas, Illinois, Washington, England, and Europe. All opportunities are for long term on-site development with other top notch NeXT pros. Minimum 6 months NeXTSTEP and Objective C experience. For more info, call Jay Wallen (who has been independently retained to recruit) at 212-410-1400 or FAX at 212-534-3724. ____________________________________________________________________ VII. NeXT SysAdmin Position Open in Beverly Hills, California NeXT TRAINING & USER SUPPORT MANAGER FRO LOS ANGELES AREA The William Morris Agency is a large talent agency bearing the distinction of being the world's oldest. Approximately 200 employees in Beverly Hills and 100 in New York use NeXT computers on a company-wide network. NeXTs are used for general office automation in support of the individual talent agent's daily activities securing jobs for our clients in all facets of the entertainment business. The NeXT Training & User Support Manager helps to maximize the agency's investment in NeXT by ensuring that demanding users in a hectic environment are well trained and supported. The NeXT Training & User Support Manager also serves as the liaison with and representative of users in the continuing development, implementation and review of custom software. Position reports to MIS Director. Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to: TRAINING - Design, develop and produce all training materials, e.g. WMA specific procedures ("How To's"), In-class workbooks, visual teaching aids - Provide training for new and current users of Beverly Hills NeXT network - Analyze training needs on an on-going basis to develop solutions and assist users in attaining maximum efficiency from NeXT system. - Supervise training/support staff to assist in training effort. - Manage NeXT training function company-wide USER SUPPORT - Manage user support function for Beverly Hills office on a daily basis. - Be second source of support for help calls. TECHNICAL - Test/analyze new software packages for relevancy to the user population. - Analyze user business requirements and identify best short- or long-term methods to satisfy same. Analysis may result in changes to user procedures, use of existing software, purchase of additional software, or indicate need for custom programming. - Design, develop and produce custom software documentation Other job functions include but are not limited to: - Bi-monthly status reports to MIS Director - Assist MIS Director and other NeXT staff as needed QUALIFICATIONS - Four year college degree - Experience in each of the following areas: - as power PC, Mac or NeXT (a plus) computer user including familiarity with several different software packages - providing support to computer users - as trainer including needs analysis and development of material - Communication skills (verbal and written) - Ability to learn quickly - Personal flexibility and patience - Ability to work as part of a team - Organizational skills - Managerial ability - Ability to recognize areas for improvement and devise appropriate recommendations Contact: Phone: Leslie Dunlevy at (310) 859-4274 between 2:30 and 5:30pm Mail: Lealie Dunlevy William Morris Agency 151 El Camino Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Email: resume@wma.com (use only standard NeXT fonts) ____________________________________________________________________ VIII. Open Position: Systems Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan THIS IS A PRE-SALES SYSTEMS ENGINEERING POSITION REQUIRING EXCELLENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, NETWORK AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS. NeXT Systems Engineers provide the technical expertise necessary to close sales, and generally evangelize the NeXT product family. SE's must possess superb technical skills and a sense of innovation, combined with a personality which promotes cooperation, trust, and the sharing of ideas. The successful candidate will have a mix of software engineering skills, and enjoy working with people and new technology. 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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE -------------------- Fixed Effects Random Effects Factorial Models Nested Models Graphical Procedures: Location plots for each level of each factor Box plots for each level of a factor Interaction plots Half-normal probability plots of effects DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS --------------------- Full and Fractional Factorial Orthogonal Array EXPLORATORY REGRESSION ---------------------- Stepwise Multiple Regression All Possible Subsets Regression Generalized Additive Models Regression Model Linearization (ACE) Additivity and Variance Stabilization for regression (AVAS) Projection Pursuit Regression SCATTERPLOT SMOOTHERS --------------------- Kernel Smoothers Friedman and Stuetzle's "Super Smoother" Robust Locally Weighted Regression Smoother (Lowess) TIME SERIES ----------- Univariate ARIMA models Multivariate AR models Robust Fits for univariate AR models Fractionally-Differenced ARIMA Modeling Complex Demodulation Spectral Analysis General specification of filters and smoothers Robust filters and smoothers ROBUST METHODS -------------- Bisquare estimates of location and scale M-Estimate Regression Minimum Absolute Residual Regression Least Median of Squared Residuals (LMS) Regression Least Trimmed Squares Regression Generalized M-estimates of AR parameters in time series Robust estimates of location and scale in time series Robust filters and smoothers for time series SURVIVAL ANALYSIS ----------------- Survival Curves including Kaplan-Meier and Fleming-Harrington Cox Proportional Hazards Models Anderson-Gill modification to the Cox Model for time-dependent covariates G-rho family of tests for differences between survival curves MULTIVARIATE METHODS -------------------- Linear Discriminant Analysis Cluster Analysis -- Hierarchical and k-means Model-based Hierarchical Clustering and Classification Principal Components Analysis Canonical Correlation Multidimensional Scaling EXTENSIBILITY ------------- Object-Oriented Programming Language Interface to UNIX Interfaces to Fortran and C Static Loading of Fortran or C Code Dynamic Loading of Fortran or C Code INTERACTIVE HELP SYSTEM ----------------------- S-PLUS comes with a point-and-click help system which allows the user to scroll through a list of topics to easily identify the specific S-PLUS functions for which assistance is needed. INTERACTIVE DATA EDITOR ----------------------- S-PLUS comes with a built-in spreadsheet-like data editor (for X11 based systems only). It allows you to put a data matrix in a row-column structure, and to navigate the structure and view and edit data values. PARTIAL LIST OF FEATURES NEW TO S-PLUS 3.1 ========================================== NEW FUNCTIONS FOR MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATION ------------------------------------------ Many new functions for mathematical computing have been added to S-PLUS 3.1. Included are functions for integration, optimization, finding roots, multivariate minimization with bounds, nonlinear least squares with bounds, and more. Version 3.1 also includes support for complex numerical linear algebra. QUALITY CONTROL CHARTING AND FUNCTIONS -------------------------------------- S-PLUS version 3.1 implements both Shewhart and cusum charts for monitoring continuous and discrete processed. IMPROVEMENTS IN POSTSCRIPT SUPPORT ---------------------------------- A new device, called "postscript", has been created for producing postscript output. The new "postscript" includes all of the capabilities of the old "postscript" and "pscript" device drivers, plus some additional new features. The new features provide the user with greater control over color, fonts and international character sets. SUPERIOR SPEED PERFORMANCE AND MEMORY UTILIZATION ------------------------------------------------- Improvements resulting in both faster execution speeds, and less use of memory are included in S-PLUS 3.1. Initial tests indicate that the new software consumes significantly less memory and less execution time. Users can expect improvements when using "for" loops, working with large data sets, or performing simulations. COLOR OUTPUT OF THE "IMAGE" GRAPHIC ----------------------------------- The "image" graphic can now be produced in color on a postscript printer. Version 3.1 provides the user with control over the color map much like when desplaying the graphic with on screen X11 based devices. Additional documentation about how to set up and select color maps for output is included. ==================================================================== UNIX PLATFORM OFFERINGS ======================= Sun4/SPARC (SunOS 4.x, Solaris 1.x) Silicon Graphics IRIS-4D, Indigo HP9000/3xx, 4xx, 7xx, 8xx (HP-UX 8.x or higher) DEC RISC (Ultrix) NeXT (requires X11 for Graphics) IBM RS-6000 (AIX 3.2) (PC version also available; inquire for information) SUPPORT ======= Software and documentation updates S-PLUS hot-line phone support Statistical consulting Training courses in Seattle or on-site TECHNICAL NEWSLETTER ==================== The S-PRESS, an S/S-PLUS technical newsletter series commenced in June '90. Anyone wishing to receive the S-PRESS may do so by sending their surface mail address to StatSci's electronic or surface mail address provided below. REBATE PROGRAM ============== StatSci offers a rebate program for users of New S who wish to convert to S-PLUS. DISCOUNTS ========= Educational and non-profit discounts, academic site licenses, and volume purchase discounts are available. FOR MORE INFORMATION ==================== Email: mktg@statsci.com Surface: StatSci 1700 Westlake Ave N Phone: (800)569-0123/(206) 283-8802 Seattle, WA 98109l USA Fax: (206)283-8691 __________________________________________________ end From Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM Thu Nov 5 11:14:39 1992 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 11:14:25 -0800 From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM To: user_groups Subject: v5.7 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 7, November 4, 1992) NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 7, October 30, 1992) The Grady Report: Shipping Products for NeXTSTEP (October, 1992) By the following categories: I. BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY II. CONNECTIVITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EMULATION III. DATABASE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IV. MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING V. PUBLISHING AND GRAPHICS VI. SOUND AND MUSIC VII. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES VIII. UTILITIES IX. ENTERTAINMENT X. PERIPHERALS A. Data Acquisition and Sound B. Fax and Data Modems C. Image Capture, Display, and Printing D. Storage E. Other Peripherals ______________________________________________________________ I. BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY ** Adamation, Inc. ** LiveWire - Allows multiple users to simultaneously edit a document over the network. Who's Calling? 2.0 - Telephone tracking system with multiuser access, plus voice response; allows you to track calls, schedule meetings, keep yourself organized. What's Happening? - Group scheduling application that allows data input directly on the views and user defined time slots and display ranges. Phone: 415-452-5252 ** Appsoft, Inc. ** WriteNow - easy to use word processor, includes mail merge capability. Phone: 800-428-APPS ** Athena Design ** Mesa - the first traditional spreadsheet written exclusively for the NeXTSTEP operating environment, reads Lotus(r) 1-2-3(r) worksheet files and executes most 1-2-3 macros. Phone: 617-734-MESA ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** OnDuty - Group contact manager, scheduler, note taker. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** HSD Microcomputers, Inc. ** OCR Servant-Limited Edition - Optical Character Recognition software available to users only through the Services menu. Simon Says - Voice control over application launching, key stroke equivalent commands, etc. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** Informix ** Wingz - Spreadsheet with 3D graphics and powerful Hyperscript language. Phone: 415-926-6651 or 913-599-7330. ** Insight Software ** ElectroFile - Manages scanned-in document images, esp. including litigation docs. Phone: 503-222-2425 Email: info@insight.com ** Lighthouse Design ** Concurrence - State of the art outlining and presentation tool. Diagram! - A drawing package that makes creating org charts, labeled diagrams, etc. easy and which supports links to other NeXTSTEP apps. Phone: 1-800-366-2279 or 301-907-4621 ** Lotus Development Corporation ** Lotus Improv - Next generation spreadsheet offering English formulas, multiple views on the data, linked tables, and presentation graphics. Phone: 617-577-8500 ** Stone Design Corp. ** DataPhile - Full featured flat-file database which handles images and sounds as well as text. Phone: 505-345-4800 ** Visual Understanding Systems (VISUS) ** PaperSight Lite 1.2 - A personal digital file cabinet. PaperSight 1.5 - A complete image management system which handles document scanning, viewing, organizing, searching, and archiving. Pittsburgh Project Manager - basic project management software. Phone: 412-488-3600 ** WordPerfect, Inc. ** WordPerfect for NeXT - The first true WYSIWYG version of this powerful, full-featured wordprocessor which dominates the PC word processing market. Phone: 801-225-5000 ______________________________________________________________ II. CONNECTIVITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EMULATION ** Abacus R&D, Inc ** Executor v1.2.1 - Runs the Mac version of Microsoft Word 5 and Excel 3 in a NeXTSTEP window. Phone: 505-766-9115 Email: ctm@ardi.com ** Active Ingredients, Inc. ** Communicae 2.0 - A communication package that includes both DEC VT220 and Tektronix 4010/4014 terminal emulation, and standard file transfer protocols. Phone: 617-576-2000. ** Avatar Corporation ** InSession 3270 - IBM 3270 connectivity for NeXT computers; Programmer's Toolkit is available for custom applications development. Phone: 508-435-3000 ** Cub'x Systemes ** Cub'X-Window - X11R4 server for 4 and 16 bit NeXT computers. Phone: 33)-1-46-93-29-25 (France) Phone: North American distribution, call Interactive Technology, Inc. at 503-644-0111 ** Cayman Systems, Inc. ** GatorBox - Intelligent LocalTalk (TM)-to-Ethernet gateway; connects NeXT and Mac networks. GatorShare - software for file sharing between Macintosh and NeXT Computers. GatorMail-Q - or linking Macintosh QuickMail users with NeXT e-mail system. XGator - allows an ethernet-connected Macintosh to be displayed and controlled via an X window. Phone: 617-494-1999 ** Conextions, Inc. ** 3270Vision 3.0 and 3270Vision Coax - 3270 emulation via TCP/IP over ethernet or via coax. 5250Vision - NeXT to IBM connectivity in heterogeneous network environments using TCP/IP. Phone: 508-689-3570 Email: edk@conextions.com ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** FloppyWorks - Software that enables floppy drives for NeXT to read and write 1.44 MB Macintosh disks and to translate data between the Mac and NeXT machines. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** DataViz Inc. ** MacLinkPlus/PC - File transfer and translation between the NeXT and Macintosh environments. Phone: 203-268-0030 ** Financial Data Systems, Inc. (FDSI) ** Kerberos - Technology for enhancing security in network communications. Phone: 818-287-9789 ** FD Consulting ** Real-time MIPS - distributed workstation architecture for high-speed data retrieval. Phone: 212-766-1420 ** Federico Heinz ** Dots - Printer support for HP LaserJet III, Epson, and other printers. Phone: (+49 30) 784 98 64 in Germany ** FTP Software, Inc ** PC/TCP Plus for DOS - TCP/IP connectivity for DOS, supports Telnet, FTP, RCP, RSH, TAR, Mail, and others. PC/TCP Plus for DOS - adds NFS support. PC/TCP for OS/2 - TCP/IP connectivity for OS/2, supports Telnet, FTP, RCP, RSH, TAR, Mail, NFS, Kerberos, and others, Includes TELNETD, FTPD, RSHD, SENDMAIL and other servers. Phone: 617-246-0900 ** Hayes ** ISDN System Adapter - supports ISDN data transfer via the serial port. Phone: 415-974-5544 ** HELIOS Software GmbH ** PCShare - Fast MS-DOS file, print and terminal server software based on standard TCP/IP. Phone: 511-368 10 93 in Germany ** Insignia Solutions, Inc. ** SoftPC - DOS emulation at roughly the speed of a 10 Mhz AT. Supports CGA and EGA. Phone: (415) 694-7600 ** Information Presentation Technologies, Inc. ** uShare - supports Appleshare and bi-directional Mac/NeXT printing. Phone: 805-541-3000 ** Marble Associates ** TeleConnect - support for networking via serial lines (SLIP) Phone: 408-436-7299 ** Morning Star Technologies ** Morning Star PPP - Point to Point Protocols for remote access to network or LAN bridges. Serial Port X.25/Daemon-S - provides flexible X.25 connectivity via the serial port. SnapLink - provides multiple ports and X.25 support via the SCSI port. Phone: 614 451 1883 ** Novell, Inc. ** LAN-WorkPlace for DOS v4.0 - Fast concurrent access to NetWare servers and TCP/IP network resources; NetWare NFS v1.1 - integrates NeXT with NetWare 3.11 environment Phone: 801-429-7000 ** Pencom Software ** Co-Xist 3.0 - an X Window System (X11R5) display and development environment for the NeXT. Co-Xist - Full X11r4 client and server support within NeXTSTEP. Phone: 1-800-PENCOM-4 or 512 343 1111 ** Ridgeback Solutions ** SNMP Agent and ServerWatchd - workstation monitor that allows network managers to monitor and generate alarms on key workstation parameters. Phone: 310-456-6094. ** Software Ventures ** Microphone Pro - set of tools to transfer data, communicate with remote computers, build custom scripts and design graphical interfaces. Phone: 510-644-3232 ** SoftSwitch, Inc. ** Soft - Switch SMTP Gateway - multivendor/multiprotocol email connectivity. Phone: 215-640-9600 ** Transarc Corporation ** AFS 3.0 - A distributed file system for large, multi-location networks; their are no local or user dependencies in the system. Phone: 412-338-4400 ** Uninet ** SLAT-1 - Provides a Centronics: style parallel interface and up to eight high-speed serial ports, connecting to the NeXT computer via SCSI. Phone: Contact Paul Hammond, Uninet, 714-263-4222 ** White Pine, Inc. ** eXodus - Full featured X-Window System display server. Phone: 603-886-9050 ** The Wollongong Group, Inc ** Pathway Access for DOS, Pathway Client for DOS, Pathway Access for Macintosh, Pathway Client for Macintosh - TCP/IP connectivity for DOS/Windows 3.0 and Macintosh. Phone: 415-962-7100 ______________________________________________________________ III. DATABASE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (see also SAS under Mathematics and Statistics) ** BDMS ** Boss Document Manager - document tracking and control. Contact - client/people tracking. Phone: 515-472-7740 ** BKS-Software Entwicklungs GmbH ** POET - Object-oriented database system written in C++. Phone: +49 30 342 30 66-67 ** Comnetix Computer Systems ** Map System - collection and storage of map coordinates to display, zoom, pan and analyze geographic locations. Mug Shots - data capture, compression and storage of an individual image, retrieval based on coded attributes. Document Management - scan, store, distribute, retrieve and purge or archive document images. Phone: 416/274-4060 ** Datrix ** Datrix5 Accounting - an accounting package built on Sybase. A/R shipping, A/P, Payroll, GL, Sales Order, Purchase Order are due in May. Phone: (602)545-7421 ** Dazzl, Inc ** Mail Inspector - multilevel finder for the NeXT mail system. Radiology Fileroom - Sybase-based radiology image storage, manipulation and retrieval system. Phone: (603)643-9450 ** Desktop AI ** X2C - runs dBase apps in a character-based mode. Phone: 203-255-5600 ** Faircom ** Faircom Server - Faircom's SQL Server. c-treePlus - file management, front end development tool. Phone: 314-445-6833 ** Fusion Systems Group, Ltd. ** DataLink for Oracle - Query the databases, put the result in Wingz. Phone: 212-285-8001 ** Imagine, Inc. ** MediaStation 1.5 - Archival, retrieving and processing of multimedia information. Phone: 313-487-7117 ** Information Technology Solutions ** SpeedDex - Simple, unstructured flatfile personal information manager. Phone: 312-951-7462 ** Informix Software, Inc. ** INFORMIX-SE Release 4.1 - Informix's relational database management system. Includes INFORMIX-Net, C-ISAM, INFORMIX-4GL and INFORMIX-SQL. Phone: 415 926 6300 ** IP Design, Inc. ** Parabase 1.0 - database front-end that allows you to build custom client/server SQL database applications without programming. Facilities for form generation, report writing, ad hoc querying, data import/export, and system administration. Provides transparent connectivity to Sybase or Oracle. Phone: 310-394-1820 ** Oracle Corporation ** RDBMS 6.0.30 - Oracle's relational database management system. Oracle Financials 8.3Pan Oracle-based finance/accounting system. Oracle Government Financials 4.3 - like Oracle Financials 8.3, tuned for government needs. Phone: 415-506-5072 ** PFCS Corporation ** UNIX MUMPS Version 3.1 - Standard database and programming language for the interactive manipulation and storage of large volumes of medical and business data. Phone: (314)230-8847 ** Reuters Information Services Services, Inc. ** Triarch 2000 - information distribution architecture based on standard LAN technology designed for distribution of realtime financial information. Phone: 212-912-7372 ** Sybase, Inc. ** SYBASE SQL Server - Sybase, Inc.'s relational database management system. Phone: 1-800-8SYBASE or 415-596-3500 ** Teledia, Inc ** FileMaster - free form data management tool Phone: (412) 321-5850 ** Transgraphics Systems, Inc. TransManager 1.0 - transportation terminal inventory management system. Phone: (510) 376-3522 ** Virginia Tech Library System, Inc. ** VTLS InfoStation 2.0PA hypermedia information access and authoring system for electronic libraries. Phone: 1-800-HOT-VTLS or 703-231-3605 ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** IDB - high-performance database which supports multiple inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic binding, long & nested transactions, versioning, dynamic linking, and heterogeneous networks. Phone: (412) 488-3600 ______________________________________________________________ IV. MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (see also Lotus Improv and Informix Wingz under Business Productivity) ** Analytical Graphics ** Satellite Tool Kit - for planning, analyzing and evaluating satellite missions. Phone: 215 337 3055 ** DSP Development Corporation ** DADiSP 3.0b Worksheet - graphical data analysis for scientists and engineers. Phone: 617-577-1133 ** Gestel Italia ** solidThinking - 3D modeling environment for the creation of photorealistic digital pictures and animations. Phone: +39-444-543540 Email: gestel@fintelit.next.it ** Graphisoft ** VISA - Translates DXF files to PostScript and/or editable Adobe Illustrator format. Phone: 415-737-8665 ** Halchin and Fleming ** Rubik Algebra - Uses Rubik's cube as a tool for exploring elementary group theory. Spring - Animates motion of a spring with an attached mass; for exploring differential equations. Taylor - simple and attractive interface to Mathematica for investigating Taylor polynomials. Groups - Description of mathematical objects known as groups. Phone: 814-336-5407 ** Insight Software ** Scanner Suite - includes scanner server and scanner objects to drive the Fujitsu M3096 scanner, the Ricoh scanner and HSD's line of scanners. ImageView - a View subclass that offers numerous display options for viewing EPS and TIFF files, including TIFF files with multiple subdirectories. Phone: 503-452-5926. ** Leading Market Technologies ** EXPO Market Worksheet - spreadsheet power and flexibility for financial time series users. Phone: (617)494-4747 ** Dr. Michael Mezzino ** MathGraph - a general mathematical graphical display object that lets users control and display a variety of graphical models using fixed or variable data in 2D and 3D formats. Phone: 713-331-6624 ** Rare and Associates ** MathTools - A set of objects for developers to use to write applications that communicate with Mathematica. Phone: 412-772-4388 ** SAS Institute Inc. ** SAS Application System - Integrated applications for data access management, statistical analysis and presentation Phone: (919) 677-8000 ** SHAZAM ** SHAZAM - a command line oriented statistical analysis package. Phone: 604 822 5062 ** Triakis, Inc. ** DAN, The Data Analyzer - Interactive data analysis system with 2D plotting support. Math++ - C language numerical analysis source code math library. Phone: 505-672-3180 ** TSP International ** TSP 4.2A - a statistics/econometrics package with a tty interface. Phone: 415-326-1927 Email: clint@leland.stanford.edu ** Waterloo Maple Software ** Maple V - Powerful interactive system for algebraic manipulation and related 2 and 3D color graphics. Phone: 519 747 2373 Email: info@maplesoft.on.ca ** Wolfram Research, Inc. ** Mathematica 2.0 - A comprehensive software application for mathematical computation, symbolic manipulation, graphing, and high level programming. Phone: 1-800-441-MATH or 217-348-0917 ______________________________________________________________ V. PUBLISHING AND GRAPHICS (see also Lighthouse Design and WordPerfect under Business Productivity) ** Appsoft, Inc. ** Appsoft Draw - full featured structured drawing program w/ multiple page support. Phone: 800-428-APPSz ** Adobe Systems Inc. ** Adobe Illustrator 3.0 - Adobe's market-leading design/illustration application; includes the Adobe Separator application. Adobe TouchType - A power tool designed expressly for typesetting at large sizes. Adobe Type Sets 1,2 and 3 and the Adobe Plus Pack - sets of popular Adobe typefaces. Phone: 800-833-6687 ** Bacchus, Inc. ** Pixel Magician - Translates between eps and tiff and many other graphic formats. Phone: 310-820-9145 ** Epitome, Inc. ** Redmark - On-screen review and "redlining" for all types of documents. Phone: 615-675-0910 ** Frame Technology Corp. ** FrameMaker 3.0 - Technical publishing software, including word processing, graphics, page layout, equation editing and book-building tools. Phone: 408-433-3311 ** MicroMaps Software ** MapArt - A presentation quality set of EPS maps - world, continents and regions, and 22 country maps. Phone: 609-397-1611 ** RightBrain Software ** Adobe Type Library - authorized distributor for the complete library of Adobe Type Faces. TypeView - a utility available via services for quick access to font information. Phone: 415-326-2974 ** Stone Design Corp. ** Create - Easy, intuitive access to Postscript effects on all drawn objects. TextArt - Easy, intuitive access to the full range of text effects Display Postscript makes possible. Phone: 505-345-4800 ** T/Maker Company ** Click Art - Nearly 400 illustrations of Encapsulated PostScript EPS artwork. Phone: 415-962-0195 ** Totem Graphics ** Clip ArtPmore clip art. Phone: 206 352 1851 ______________________________________________________________ VI. SOUND AND MUSIC ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** SoundWorks 2.0 - A powerful, easy to use sound recording and editing program. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** MIDIapolis Systems ** SoundBursts - Percussion and Effects digital sound collections. SoundHouse - inexpensive sound recorder. WarpIt - application for performing geometric transformations of digital images Phone: 612-822-1604 ** Quest, Inc. ** MidiLink - serial-to-midi convertor. MidiLink+ - all features of MidiLink plus midi merge. Phone: 604-656-8644 Email: thor@advantage.com ______________________________________________________________ VII. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES ** 42 ** Album - A scrapbook for text, graphics, sound and Unix scripts. Phone: 011 49 40 38 19 24 ** Absoft Corp. ** Absoft FORTRAN 77 - Object Oriented FORTRAN compiler; fully compatible w/ NeXT's Interface Builder toolkit, allows programmers to add a graphical i/f to any FORTRAN program. Fx - a screen oriented source level debugger designed by and for FORTRAN programmers. IMSL FORTRAN Libraries Phone: 313-853-0050 ** ACUCOBOL ** ACUCOBOL-85 - a complete COBOL environment. (Currently VT100 version, NeXTStep version TBA Phone: 619 689-7220. ** Adobe Systems Inc. ** DisplayTalk 2.0 - a development environment for Display PostScript programming. Display PostScript Software Development Kit (SDK) for NeXTSTEP 1.1 - comprehensive set of tools and reference materials designed to reduce development time and create more powerful applications. Phone: 800-344-8335 ** Applied Logic Systems, Inc ** ALS Prolog Phone: 315-471-3900 ** BenaTong ** Serial Solutions - Unix serial drivers wrapped in an object. Phone: 614 276 7859 ** Black Market Technologies ** GridPalette - Scrolling matrix of text cells in a scrolling palette. Phone: 718-522-5090 Email: treed@gun.com ** CACI Products ** MODSIM II - object-oriented language for programming and simulation 619-457-9681 ** Cadence Research Systems ** Chez Scheme - high performance implementation of Scheme. Phone: 812/333-9269 ** Codex ** the XEvents Software Development Kit - protocols for cross platform interapp communication. Phone: International telephone 61 3 696 2490 (Australia) ** Conextions ** Network Palette - versatile object library for developing distributed network applications on NeXTSTEP computers. Offers a complete object interface to the 3270 Vision and 5250Vision products. Phone: 508-689-3570 ** Elan Computer Group, Inc. ** Elan License Manager - Controls multi-user access to software applications in a network or multi-user environment. Phone: 415 964 2200 ** EVB Software Engineering, Inc. ** GRACE - 276 reusble software components organized in 23 distinct families of abstractions that total more than 5200 lines of Ada source code. HERAGRAPH - a complete set of 20 and 30 graphics tools written entirely in Ada. Phone: 301 695 6960 ** Franz Inc. ** Allegro Common Lisp - A full featured Lisp environment which interfaces to Objective C and Interface Builder. Phone: 415 548-3600. ** Frontier, Inc. ** TextField Palette and DBKit Companion Palette - a suite of palettized objects which are designed to further enhance the functionality of the NeXTSTEP object oriented operating environment, both for the end-user and for the developer. Phone: 800-448-6398 ** Highland Software, Inc ** Flexible License Manager - A package that allows a software application to be licensed on a concurrent usage basis rather than a per-computer basis. Phone: 415-493-8567 ** Hot Software ** BarCodeKit - a comprehensive object library for adding PostScript and TIFF bar codes to custom NeXTSTEP applications. Phone: 617 252 0088 or + 1 617 252 0088 Email: info@hot.com ** Impact Software ** Gdb 2.1/SuperDebugger - a GNU Debugger Front End. SpinDoctor 1.2Pfor visualizing 3d experimental data. PhaseScope 3.0 - user interface and graphical display program for qualitatively analyzing the stability characteristics of dynamical systems. Phone: 212-686-3512 Email: info@impact.com ** Jefferson Software Corporation ** Modula-2 - Programming language. Phone: (602)869-0316 ** Liveware Corporation ** KeyFamily, including KeyAccess, KeyDaemon, KeyInstall and KeyGenerator - suite of user authentification object. Phone: 303-484-7607 Email: todd@liveware.com ** Marble Associates ** Decision BuilderPDev kit for apps supporting real time decision making. Phone: 408-436-7299 ** Meridian Software ** OpenAda Compiler - certified Ada compiler. Phone: (714) 727-0700 ** Motorola, Inc. ** DSP56000 Family C Compiler Macro Cross Assembler (ASM96000) Simulator Programs (9SIM56000 and SIM96000) - Tools for DSP programmers. Phone: 512-891-2030. ** Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) ** FORTRAN 90 for NeXT - Modern Fortran fully compliant with ISO/IEC 1539:1991 and ANSI X3.198-1991 standards. ** OASYS ** OASYS Native Compilers OASYS Optimizing 680x0 Cross Compliers OASYS Optimizing 88000 Cross Compilers (C, C++, Fortran, Pascal available for each) - Highly optimized Fortran, Pascal. C and C++ compilers and cross compilers. Phone: 617-862-2002. ** Objective Technologies, Inc. ** [OT Palettes:2.0] - Custom palettes for IB. Smartfields, Chooser, MathPalette, and GraphPalette are currently available. Phone: 212-227-6767 ** Ohio Supercomputer Center ** apE - Scientific visualization software. (apE stands for "animation production Environment.") Phone: 614-292-3274 Email address: michelle@cinema.osgp.osc.edu ** ONyX Systems, Inc. ** BugByte 2.1 - graphical debugging tool Phone: 817 432-9107 Email: mail info@onyx.com ** Persistent Data Systems ** IDB Object Database - high performance, distributed object database. Phone: 412 963 1843 ** Pixar ** PhotoRealistic RenderMan - a language for describing 3D scenes. Phone: 800-937-3179 ** Professional Software, Inc. ** Objective DB Toolkit - object library for use with SYBASE in the form of two IB palettes. Phone: 617-246-2425 ** RDR, Inc. ** Power Palettes, including RDRSwitchView, RDRSound, RDR Selector, RDRImageView, RDRGadgets - IB Palettes for using graphics and sound in the interface. Phone: 703 591 8713 ** Rock Solid Software ** Eiffel - an implementation of the Eiffel language compatible with Interface Builder. Phone: 1-512-328-6406; also available from Interactive Software Engineering, Inc. 805-685-6869 ** Scheiber Consulting ** HexEditor - view, edit, and create binary files Phone: (312)363-6420 ** Suite Software ** SuiteTalk - Transparent communications runtime environment for VAX/VMS and various UNIX platforms running TCP/IP or DECnet. Phone: 619-698-7550 ** Torque Systems ** Linda - Programming language. Phone: (415) 321-1200 ** Transgraphics Systems, Inc. ** TransLibrary 1.0 - transportation object library allows rapid creation of transportation/distribution operational inventory management applications Phone: (510) 376-3522 ** Trillium Sound Research ** TextToSpeech Kit - enables developers to incorporate text-to-speech capabilities into their applications. Offers unrestricted text-to-speech conversion from arbitrary text of any length. Phone: 403-284-9278 Email: manzara@cpsc.UCalgary.CA ** University of Virginia ** uvapc/nextPPascal; inexpensive site license for educational institutions Phone: 804-982-2200 Email uvapc@virginia.edu ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** PaperSight Developers' Toolkit - More than 70 code and data modules for image management. SpeechKit - speech recognition tool for application developers; supports speaker independence, continuous speech, moderate-sized vocabularies and grammars. Phone: 412-488-3600 ** Xanthus International AF ** Craftman - Multimedia NeXTSTEP authoring tool with an object-oriented scripting language. Phone: 46 8 612-89-95 Email: jesper@xanthus.se ** Young Minds, Inc. ** Makedisc CD-ROM formatting software for creating a CD-ROM disc image. Phone: 714-335-1350 ______________________________________________________________ VIII. UTILITIES ** Advanced Electronics ** Stedi-LANding - monitors the serial ports for power failure signals and issues log off alerts. Works in conjunction with StediWatt uninterruptible power supplies and shuts the NeXT down gracefully. Phone: 800-733-3155 or 800-345-1280. ** Agog, Inc. ** Squash 1.0 - a file compression and floppy backup utility. Phone: 517-627-2186. ** Athena Design, Inc ** LabelMaster - lets you print text or EPS images on a Seiko Smart Label Printer or a CoStar Label Printer. Phone: 617-782-3550 ** Atherton Software Works (Millenium) ** Engage! - a general work management utility that complements the Dock and File Viewer. Phone: 415-321-3720 ** Aurora Software ** Quickstart - dock extender. FileStart - file, folder and application organizer. Tarre - personal compression and backup utility. Phone: 608) 231-3679 or 800-578-4809 ** Cube Technologies ** Stylist - Services-based app grabs and applies styles from/to text. Phone: (713) 778-1400 Email: info@cubetech.com ** The CuillaMartin Company ** CuillaMartin Calculator Set - Basic, scientific and conversion calculators. Phone: 708 223 5164 Email: vpnet.chi.il.us!cuilla!chris or cuilla!chris@vpnet.chi.il.us ** d'ART Software GmbH ** BarCode - reads and writes a variety of bar code formats. Object kit available. Phone: ++49 40 380 23 0 ** Impact Software Publishing, Inc ** enTar - Pbackup utility. MacinDisk ToshBrowser - read 1.4 Mb Mac disks Phone: 212-686-3512 Email info@impact.com ** Metrosoft ** MetroTools - expandable suite of tools including: Application Launcher - dock extender on the market provides up to 32 highly configurable docks, and each can be configured to appear in several forms. Font Installer - opens the NeXT to megabytes of available Macintosh typefaces. NiteLite - screen-locking and backdrop features, and also supports BackSpace modules. File Locator helps manage your ever-increasing file collection. Archiver - provides simple and fast compression and decompression. Sound Importer - opens the NeXT to thousands of Macintosh sounds. Phone: 619-488-9411 ** Paget Press, Inc. ** Labels - a sorting service especially useful for automating the production of mailing labels. Swoop'nPservices for printing envelopes and selections, compressing files and sorting and summing selections. Phone: 206-448-0845 ** RightBrain Software ** LaunchPad - dock extender that lets you autolaunch documents as well as apps. Lockscreen - a screen saver which provides no-logout password protection. Portfolio - place for art files that lets you see their contents and drag them into apps. Rulers - horizontal and vertical rulers that float above everything. Phone: 415-326-2974 ** Salt Spring Technical ** MindOverMail - Utility for handling mailing labels, envelopes. Phone: 503 684 1416 Email: saltspring@twilight.rain.com ** Taranis Design ** WYSIcalc - 7 in 1 Calculator Phone: 415 585 9582 ** Teledia, Inc. ** PhrasePlayer - voice-controlled digital dictation machine. BackupMasterPincremental backup software. Phone: 412) 321-5850 ** Triakis, Inc ** T-Calc - reverse-Polish notation scientific calculator Phone: 505-672-3180 ______________________________________________________________ IX. ENTERTAINMENT ** Athena Design, Inc ** CultureShock 91 - a solitaire game for tile matchers and 60's afficianados. Phone: 617-782-3550 ** DavidJoergProductions ** Ragnarok:Twilight of the Gods - animated strategy game. Phone: (708) 879-6261 ** Lighthouse Design ** VOID - strategy/arcade game for solo or network play. Phone: 1-800-366-2279 or 415-570-7736 ** Shapiro & Gilmore Studios ** Curvature - generate beautiful color patterns based on a specified number of symmetrical rotations and reflections of Bezier curves Phone: 617-783-2889 ______________________________________________________________ X. PERIPHERALS A. Data Acquisition and Sound ** Ariel Corp ** DM-N Digital Microphone - High-fidelity stereo microphone with lab-quality data acquisition capabilities. ISPW (IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation) - a board with two Intel i860's (160 MFLOPs, 80 MIPS). QuintProcessor - 5 27MHz DSP5001's on a single board for the cube. ProPort Model 656 - Analog I/0 interface with 2 channels of 16 bit analog in and 20 bit analog out with programmable sample rates. Phone: 908-249-2900 ** Dazzl, Inc. ** Model 16/12/200 Analog to Digital Converter - 16 channel 12 bit 200,000 sample per converter. Model 16/16/500 Analog to Digital Converter - 16 channel 16 bit 500,000 sample per second converter. DataDisplay - realtime display software for use with Dazzl A to D products. Photon - NeXTcube-based Digital I/O port for Photometric CCD camera systems. Zydeco I - board providing commercial grade digital recording studio for the NeXT. Zydeco II - all the features of Zydeco I plus - 4 56000 Motorola DSP's programmable for on the fly parametric equalization, filtering, and effect processing. Phone: 603-643-9450 ** IOtech, Inc. ** SCSI1488/N - A SCSI-based IEEE interface plus software that lets a NeXT Computer control up to 14 IEEE instruments. The following require the SCSI 488/N Serial488/4 - A 4 channel IEEE to serial converter. Digital488/80 - An 80 bit IEEE to digital I/O interface. DAC488 - A digital to analog convertor in either 2 or 4 channel versions. ADC488 A/D Convertors - Supports 16 single ended or or 8 differential analog channels. Phone: 216-439-4091 ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** Digital Ears - Audio input device and control software for entering and recording compact-disc quality sounds. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** Singular Solutions ** A/D64x - Hardware and software for high-quality sound recording and capture. Phone: 818-792-9567 ** Stealth Technologies, Inc. ** ADA1800 Digital Audio Interface - 8-bit digital audio I/O board capable of A/D and D/A functions at 32, 44.1, and 48 kHz, (AES/EBU interface) Holstein-I - two-track digital audio recording, processing and editing software. DAI 240011AES/EBU and S/PDIF bidirectional interface for digital audio signals (EAS/EBU and S/PDIF) connects through the DSP port. Phone: (618)692-2769 B. Fax and Data Modems ** B&W Software ** NXFax - high speed data v.42 bis. Automatically switches from data to fax mode and back. Phone: 802-496-8500 ** Dove Computer Corporation ** DoveFax - 9600 baud fax modem and 2400 baud data modem. Phone: 1-800-622-7627 or 919-763-7918 ** HSD Microcomputer, Inc. ** FaxMaster 24/96 X - 2400 baud data and 9600 baud fax modem bundled with OCR Servant. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** Neuron, Inc. ** Neuron Fax 1414 - 9600 baud Fax, v.32bis data (up to 38,400 bps) mode; autoswitching between fax and data. Neuron Fax 1414+ - also supports 4 wire leased line systems and front panel programming. Phone: 609 243 7538. ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** Fax Modem VS-24 - 9600 baud fax modem that can vector call to a fax machine if busy. Phone: 412-488-3600 C. Image Capture, Display, and Printing ** Abaton (Everex) ** Scan 300 G/SPAn 8-bit scanner that scans halftones, line art, and grayscale images. Phone: 1-800-444-5321 or 415-683-2226 ** AGFA Compugraphics Division ** Imagesetters - a full line of NeXT-compatible imagesetters. Phone: (508) 658-5600 ** Canon U.S.A., Inc. ** IX-30F Image Scanner - An 8-bit flatbed scanner with a maximum scan resolution of 300 dpi. Phone: 1-800-848-4123 ** Extron Electronics/RGB Systems, Inc. ** RGB 111, RGB 112 and RGB 63/31 Scan Board - Respectively a NeXT video interface, a NeXT video interface for our color machines, and a NeXT video to "normal scan rate" converter. Phone: 800 633 9876 or 213 802 8804. ** Graphic Enterprises ** PageScan 3 - broadsheet laser printer Phone: 714 960 6268 ** HSD Microcomputer, Inc. ** Color-X-10 - application which can drive a Canon CLC as both scanner and printer via Canon's IPU 10 Scan-X Professional - An 8-bit grayscale, desktop flatbed scanner that supports resolutions of up to 1500 dpi. Scan-X Color - 24 bit true color scanner supporting up to 300 dpi for grayscale 24 bit color images and up to 2400 dpi for line art. Scan-X DP-20 - 20-page-per-minute scanner. PowerScan - new and improved UI for communication with HSD scanners. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** In Focus Systems, Inc. ** 7600WS - LCD color projection panel handles up to 1152 X 900 resolution. Phone: 800-327-7231 ** Linotype-Hell ** Imagesetters - a full line of NeXT-compatible imagesetters. Phone: (516) 434-2000 ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** Color Digital EyePVideo input device and control software for capturing still and moving NTSC video images. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** Oce Graphics ** OceColor - An Adobe PostScript, color printer that uses the latest thermal transfer technology, and supports the full range of PANTONE colors. Phone: 1-800-545-5445 or 415-964-7900 ** Pixelution ** Q-Scan - intuitive scanner support and color editing for Hewlett Packard Scanjet II and Microtek flatbed and slide scanners. Phone: +44-462-434029 (UK). ** Prism Technologies, Inc ** DyCam Model 1 Digital Still Camera - will grab images and dump them into the NeXT via one of the serial ports at a resolution of 376 4 240 4 8 bits deep (monochrome). Phone: 705.523.5528 ** RGB Spectrum ** RGB/Vidoelink 1450 AX - High quality high-res RGB to NTSC/PAL conversion and overlays. Phone: 510-848-0180 ** Second Glance ** ScanTastic - a scanner control application customized to exploit the full capabilities of the particular hardware it supports. Phone: 714 855-2331 Email: Lance@SecondGlance.com ** Talus Imaging ** Rio Film Recorder - 35mm camera back, Polaroid instant film back, NeXT computer interface kit, Imager software. Phone: (713) 556-6007 ** Tektronix ** Phasor IIPX - A 300dpi thermal color printer that uses a Postscript compatible language. It supports auto switching between SCSI, Serial, AppleTalk and parallel ports. ** Visus, Inc. ** Personal Page Scanner - up to 3 legal pages per minute scanner. Departmental Scanner - up to 11" by 17" at up to 12 pages per minute. Large Format Scanner - up to 24 by 60 inches, up to 400 dpi. Industrial Scanner - up to 2000 dpi resolution, accurate to .002 of an inch over 24 inches. Phone: 412-488-3600 D. Storage ** Box Hill Systems ** Various storage products - a variety of SCSI storage devices Phone: 212-989-4455 ** CORE International, Inc. ** Various storage products - multiple Hot Plug drives, controllers and power supplies wrapped into an Intelligent Array Subsystems for network backup. Phone: 407 997 6044 ** the Cube Route, Inc. ** Cube Route Hard Drives - Seagate Wren Hard Drives. 330MB, 660MB, 1 GB. Phone: (617) 876-8554 ** Dayna Communications, Inc. ** DaynaFile - External disk drive that lets NeXT Computers read and write to MS-DOS and NeXT-formatted floppy disks. Phone: 801-531-0600 ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** Cube Floppy Plus - External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks, Mac (400K, 800K and 1.44MB) disks and UNIX disks. Cube Floppy 2.9 External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks, Mac (1.44MB) disks and (1.44 MB and 2.88MB) UNIX disks. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** EMAC ** Metro CD - CD-ROM drive that also plays audio CD's. Metro DAT - 1.3 GB digital audio tape backup system. Metro Series Hard Drives - in 170MB, 335MB and 670MB capacities. Phone: 1-800-821-0806, ext 2155 or 415-683-2155. ** Epoch Systems, Incorporated ** Epoch-1 InfiniteStorage Server - platform independent network server designed to handle the need for quick access times to large off-line storage. Phone: 508-836-4711 ** ETC Peripherals ** Various storage products - full line of storage devices Phone: 813 884 2863 ** Liberty Systems ** Portable mass storage - SyQuest, DAT tape, magneto-optical. Phone: 408-983-1127 ** Maynard Electronics (Division of Archive Company) ** ST2000E - a SCSI based DAT drive which will hold up to 2GBytes of data on one 4mm tape. ST250E - a SCSI based cart tape drive that holds up to 250Meg on a DC6250 1/4" tape. ST525E - a SCSI based cart tape drive that holds up to 525Meg on a DC6250 1/4" tape. Phone: 800.821.8782 ** MicroNet ** Various storage products - up to 1.35 Gb, up to 10.7 ms access time. Phone: 714-837-6033 ** Microtech International, Inc. ** Eclipse 1.2T - 1 GB digital audio tape backup system. Eclipse 50R - Removable hard drive. Eclipse CD - CD-ROM drive with dual SCSI ports and a universal input power supply. Eclipse Serives Hard Disk Drives - ranging from 200MB to 1GB. Phone: 203-468-6223 ** Park Systems Technology Ltd. (Canada) ** Various hard disks - both fixed and removable media. Phone: 403-424-0530 ** Personal Computer Peripherals Corporation ** JETSTREAM Computer Peripherals Corporation - A tape backup system capable of archiving up to 2.3 gigabytes of data per tape at speeds up to 14.4 megabytes/minute. Phone: 813 884 3092 ** Peripheral Land, Inc ** PLI SuperFloppy 2.8 - External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks and UNIX (1.44MB and 2.88MB) disks. PLI CD-ROM - 380 ms access time with Sony's newest mechanism. PLI Infinity 40 Turbo - Removable cartridges store up to 42 MB. PLI turbo Drives - Very fast 300MB and 600MB hard drives. Phone: 1-800-288-8754 ** Radiant Technology ** Various optical disk drives - featuring high storage and low access time optical drives. Phone: 303-762-6059. ** TECOR ** Disk drive enclosures - (1/2 height and full height), provided with or without new and refurbished hard disk drives from 400MByte up to 1.2GByte. Phone: 408.458.3197 ** Ten X Technology, Inc. ** Various storage products - line of storage devices including WORM drives Phone: 512-346-8360 E. Other Peripherals ** CH Products ** Rollermouse - A trackball that plugs directly into the mouse port. Available for both ADB original keyboards. Phone: 619 598-2518 ** CoStar Corporation ** StingRay Trackball - ADB keyboards only. Phone: 203-661-9700 ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** CubeDigital I/O NeXTbus Development Board - Plugs into the NeXTbus Developer Kit circuit board to simplify breadboarding for NeXTbus development. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** Highland Digital ** Upstart - A new hardware and software product for the NeXT computers that allows you to use your NeXT workstations without a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Composed of a simple switch that attaches to the monitor port, and software that configures the system to boot and function properly without a monitor. Phone: 415-493-8550 ** Quest Inc. ** Call Link - Automated phone answering system Phone: (604) 656-8644 Email: thor@advantage.com ** Software Engineering Solutions ** At the Beep 1.2PPhone answering hardware and software. Phone: (512) 219 9468 ________________________________________________________ end All previous Nugget News Digest issues are archived at the Purdue ftp archive site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the following Mailbox format files and directories: April - June, 1992: /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q2_1992.tar.Z July - September, 1992: /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z From Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM Mon Nov 16 16:55:22 1992 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 16:55:02 -0800 From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM To: user_groups Subject: v5.8 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 8, November 16, 1992) NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 8, November 16, 1992) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Altsys Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP Now Available II. Bacchus Ships Image Agent for NeXTSTEP 3.0 III. Announcing: NeXT Education Software CDROM Sampler IV. Announcing the CCRMA Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution V. Cap Gemini America and NeXT Sign Alliance Agreement VI. Announcing Email Connectivity Gateway for NeXT VII. Announcing 1Vision, Publishing Environment For NeXT Computers VIII. Announcing Scanner Driver for HP ScanJet IIc for NeXT Computer IX. Penultimate Development to Release DBConnect for Ingres X. Vertex Librarian Release 1.1 Available from Vertex Software XI. Announcing Vertex Librarian Developer XII. Stone Design ships 3D Reality for NeXTSTEP XIII. MathTensor special promotion announcement XIV. FORTRAN compilers for NeXT workstations XV. SBook 3.0 is shipping XVI. First Release of Simulation Kit Ships from Doberman Systems XVII. Distributed Objects Mini-Example from Allegheny College XVIII. HSD Offers Scanner Toolkit to NeXTSTEP Developers XIX. Stone Design Ships Valis Shaders for NeXTSTEP XX. Pencom Software Seeks 18 NeXT Development & Support Engineers XXI. Sales & Marketing Positions available at Pages Software XXII. NeXT Developer, Training and System Admin Positions in Chicago XXIII. NeXTSTEP Computer Programmer/Analyst (Washington, D.C) XXIV. Open job positions at Archetype for NeXTSTEP programmers XXV. Sports Education and a NeXTSTEP project XXVI. NeXTwatch call for NeXTSTEP 3.0 Tips The NeXT Nugget News Digest is produced at least twice per month for the NeXT User Group community of 400 groups. If you have not registered your NeXT User Group or if you are thinking of forming a new NeXT User Group, please send email to "nugget@next.com." All previous Nugget News Digest issues are archived at the Purdue ftp archive site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu under... /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q2_1992.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Oct_1992.tar.Z /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Sept_1992.tar.Z Conrad Geiger Manager, International NeXT User Group Program P.S. To be added or deleted from this distribution -or- to submit announcements to appear in a future issue, please send email to "nugget@next.com." ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to GUN, the New York City NeXT User Group, for recently hosting their local NYMUG (Mac user group) to an introduction and presentation on NeXTSTEP 3.0 and the new shipping NeXTSTEP publishing apps announced below. Their meeting was attended by between 400 and 500 people! conrad ____________________________________________________________________ I. Altsys Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP Now Available FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Meaghan Hogan, Altsys Phone: (214) 680-2060 FAX: (214) 680-0537 Email: meaghan_hogan@altsys.com Altsys Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP Now Available - Drawing, Organization, Text, and Production Capabilities Now Available in One Program RICHARDSON, TEXAS - October 29, 1992 - Altsys Corporation announced today the shipping of Altsys Virtuoso, the advanced design and production program for NeXTSTEP. Redefining the traditional drawing program, Virtuoso combines powerful drawing, text, and production capabilities into one easy-to-master program. Virtuoso also raises the standard of multiplatform compatibility with its ability to readily exchange documents with Aldus FreeHand and Adobe Illustrator on other platforms. Altsys, the developer of award-winning graphics programs like Fontographer and Aldus FreeHand on the Macintosh and Windows, first announced development of Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP at Seybold in San Jose in the fall of 1991. Since that time, Virtuoso has been praised for its outstanding performance, drawing capabilities, and user interface. Altsys then announced the inclusion of new text features that rival those of professional page layout programs. Now that Virtuoso is complete, it proves to be the definitive single-page layout solution for NeXTSTEP users. "Virtuoso is a no-compromise illustration application that will warm the hearts of artists and graphic designers," said Steve Jobs, CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "Virtuoso shows the power speed, and precision of Display PostScript, and is setting the standard that other illustration applications will have to match." Virtuoso has advanced yet easy-to-use drawing and transformation tools which include the multigon tool that simplifies the creation of polygons and stars, and the freehand tool that can also be used as a variable-weight or calligraphic pen tool. Users can also take advantage of state-of-the-art features such as unlimited design layers, graphic styles, drag and drop color, unparalleled PostScript support, and extensive fill and line control. Virtuoso's feature set includes a variety of outstanding text capabilities not currently found in any other drawing program. With Virtuoso, creative professionals now have access to extensive text-formatting capabilities which include: text wrapping around objects, multiple columns and rows, copyfitting, automatic hyphenation, linked text blocks, rulers, and several types of tabs. Virtuoso also enables artists to use text as a graphic, including the ability to convert text to editable outlines, transform text like any other element, and bind text to arbitrary paths. In addition, Virtuoso provides professional typographical control over kerning, leading, tracking, and baseline shift. These features allow designers to use one program to combine the graphics and text for items such as advertisements, brochures, infographics, and newsletters. "We threw away traditional concepts for developing a graphics program by creating a feature set and user interface that caters to the needs of today's creative professional," said Jim Von Ehr, president of Altsys Corporation. "With its drawing, text-handling, and pre-press capabilities, Virtuoso gives users the tools they need to take their designs from conception to production. When combined with the power of NeXTSTEP, Virtuoso provides a compelling publishing environment." To simplify the task of working in multi-platform, multi-program environments, Virtuoso has the ability to import TIFFs (Tagged Image File Format), as well as import and export EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files for use with other programs. In addition, Virtuoso enables artists to import and export their documents for use with Aldus FreeHand 3 for the Macintosh and PCs running Windows, as well as Adobe Illustrator 88 and Adobe Illustrator 3 for the Macintosh, PCs running Windows, and NeXTSTEP. Graphic artists can also exchange documents between Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP and Virtuoso for Solaris. Virtuoso also offers numerous editing capabilities. With features such as edit in Preview (full color) mode, 100 levels of Undo and Redo, and Zoom (up to 1600%), artists using Virtuoso have all the tools they need for flexibility and precision when creating a design. When their document is complete, users can produce everything from color comps to full-color separations using Virtuoso's built-in production capabilities. With NeXTSTEP's Display PostScript, users can even preview their color separations on-screen. Virtuoso has a suggested retail price of $695 and will be available directly from Altsys Corporation, as well as through NeXT-authorized resellers. Virtuoso requires NeXTSTEP version 2.1 or higher. Versions of Virtuoso which take advantage of NeXTSTEP 3.0 and Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP 486 will be available in the first quarter of 1993. With true multitasking, high-speed Ethernet networking, and built-in Display PostScript Level 2, NeXTSTEP provides an ideal platform for publishing solutions. NeXTSTEP's intuitive graphical interface makes the power of UNIXR accessible to publishing users. NeXTSTEP Release 3.0 includes the Pantone Color Matching System for accurate color selection across applications. It provides built-in AppleTalk and Novell networking, and can read and write Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX-formatted disks, offering a high level of connectivity with existing systems. Most significantly, NeXTSTEP is fully object-oriented system software. This brings several benefits to publishers, including a higher level of integration across applications, and more customizable software. NeXTSTEP runs on NeXT Computers and will be offered on 486-based computers in the first quarter of 1993. Founded in 1984, Altsys Corporation, headquartered in Richardson, Texas, is a world leader in font editing and graphics software. Altsys offers a sophisticated selection of font editing programs that allow easy design of custom fonts and logos. Altsys' Macintosh products include Fontographer, Metamorphosis Professional, and Fontastic Plus, as well as the Altsys XTRAS line of graphics enhancements which includes EPS Exchange. Altsys also develops Fontographer for PCs running Windows 3.1. Virtuoso for Solaris will be available in the first quarter of 1993. In addition, Altsys continues to develop Aldus FreeHand. -###- Virtuoso and Fontastic are trademarks; the Altsys logo, Fontographer, EPS Exchange, Altsys XTRAS and Metamorphosis are registered trademarks of Altsys Corporation. All rights reserved. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brands or trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. _____________________________________________________________________ II. Bacchus Ships Image Agent for NeXTSTEP 3.0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Mieke Erdtsieck Telephone: 310/820-9145 Fax: 310/820-5930 E-mail: info@bacchus.com Bacchus Ships Image Agent - Drag and Drop Image File Conversion for NeXTSTEP 3.0. Santa Monica, California - October 29, 1992 - Bacchus, Inc. ships Image Agent, a powerful, integrated image conversion tool for NeXTSTEP Release 3.0. With Image Agent users can simply drag and drop non-native image files directly into graphic applications, such as PasteUp, Diagram, Concurrence, and have the images instantly appear. Image Agent transparently performs the image conversion as if it were part of the actual application in use. Additionally, image files from PCs, Macintoshes and Sun Workstations can now be easily imported over a network into NeXTSTEP applications. Supported image formats include; TIFF, GIF, Targa, PICT, MacPaint, PCX, DCX, Windows BMP, MTV, IFF/ILBM, Sun Raster, JPEG, XWD, XBM and others. "Image Agent allows NeXT users to share, access, and import a wide variety of images from many different computer platforms," said Catherine Mikkelsen, Publishing Developer Advocate at NeXT Computer, Inc. "Images from other platforms can be effortlessly integrated into page layout, drawing and imaging applications under NeXTSTEP 3.0." For those requiring more image conversion options, Bacchus offers Pixel Magician, its advanced image conversion application. Pixel Magician provides mass conversion, precise scaling, variable aspect ratios and image resolutions, alpha channel support, dithering, color quantization and flexible output options. The product is included free with Pixel Magician ($299), or can be purchased separately for $99. It is available directly from Bacchus and through authorized NeXT distributors, VAR's and dealers. Free demo disks are available. Bacchus, Inc., founded in 1985 and based in Santa Monica, CA, specializes in the development of graphics and communications software tools for DOS and UNIX Workstations. *** Image Agent and Pixel Magician are trademarks of Bacchus, Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. _____________________________________________________________________ III. Announcing: NeXT Education Software CDROM Sampler News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Grady Allison Thomas Associates (415) 780-3786 Announcing: NeXT(tm) Education Software Sampler: CD-ROM Software Compendium BALTIMORE, October 28, 1992 -- At the EDUCOM'92 conference today, NeXT Computer, Inc. announced the availability of the first NeXT Education Software Sampler, a CD-ROM containing a wide assortment of public domain shareware education software for NeXTSTEP(tm) computers. "Our goal with the NeXT Education Software Sampler is to provide users with useful, easily accessible software as well as to stimulate users' imaginations by providing ideas for further development with NeXTSTEP," said David Spitzler, higher education marketing manager for NeXT. "Because all the software on the disc was submitted to NeXT specifically for redistribution, we encourage users to share anything on the Software Sampler with others who may be interested in educational NeXTSTEP software." Most of the software on the CD-ROM is ready to run and can be used free of charge. The software was submitted by faculty, researchers and students as well as representatives from various industries. The disc also contains demonstration versions of a variety of commercially available applications, submitted by the third-party developers themselves. In addition, NeXT has also included the source code of its modifications to the Free Software Foundation's GNU-based development tools, including the compilers, debugger and the emacs editor. Examples of education software on the disc include FlyLab, an application written for an introductory genetics course at the California State University at Los Angeles. Fly Lab teaches the principles of genetic inheritance by simulating a genetics laboratory of the common fruit fly. Students can design flies that carry various combinations of mutations, then "mate" the flies to study the inheritance of genetic traits in the offspring. Other examples include Geo4 and Geo5, software for teaching and learning historical geography, written at St. Mary's College of Maryland, and a demonstration of Tarski's World, an application for learning first-order logic written at Stanford University. Organized into sections by subject, the CD-ROM contains more than 500 megabytes (MB) of applications, utilities, documents and much more. For instance, the disc includes nearly 15 MB of music software, more than 70 MB of mathematics software and almost 80 MB of programming examples and source code from full-functioning applications. Each submission includes a README file with minimum standard information about the application and who to contact for more information. Price and Availability The NeXT Education Software Sampler is available now directly from NeXT for $25.00. Interested parties can call 1-800-879-NeXT to order. About NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP object-oriented operating system, and designs, manufactures and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP. NeXTSTEP and NeXT workstations are used by medium and large organizations to develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063. -30- _____________________________________________________________________ IV. Announcing the CCRMA Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution (CDROM) *** now available on CD ROM and FTP *** The Music Kit is an object-oriented software system for building music, sound, signal processing, and MIDI applications on the NeXT computer. It has been used in such diverse commercial applications as music sequencers, computer games, and document processors. Professors and students in academia have used the Music Kit in a host of areas, including music performance, scientific experiments, computer-aided instruction, and physical modeling. The Music Kit is the first to unify the MIDI and Music V paradigms, thus combining interaction with generality. (Music V, written by Max Mathews and others at Bell Labs three decades ago, was the first widely available "computer music compiler".) The NeXT Music Kit was first demonstrated at the 1988 NeXT product introduction and was bundled in NeXT software releases 1.0 and 2.0. Beginning with NeXT's 3.0 release, the Music Kit is no longer part of the standard NeXT software release. Instead, it is being distributed and supported by the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) of Stanford University. To launch the CCRMA Music Kit, CCRMA has hired David A. Jaffe, principal designer of the Music Kit at NeXT Computer Inc. to work closely with Prof. Julius O. Smith, designer of the Music Kit DSP software at NeXT and Associate Professor (Research) at CCRMA. The first release of the CCRMA Music Kit is now available for NeXT computers running NeXTSTEP 3.0. It is a comprehensive package that includes on-line documentation, programming examples, utilities, applications and sample score documents. The package also comes with the DSP Array Processing Library, and Bug56, a window-oriented, symbolic debugger for the DSP5600x by Ariel Corporation. For the first time, source code (!) is available for everything except Bug56 and the low-level sound, DSP, and MIDI drivers. This means researchers and developers may study the source or even customize the Music Kit and DSP Tools to suit their needs. Enhancements can be sent to musickit@ccrma.stanford.edu to have them considered for future CCRMA releases. Commercial NeXT software developers may freely incorporate and adapt the software to accelerate development of NeXTSTEP software products. (Free commercial use of files copyrighted by NeXT Inc. are understandably restricted to NeXTSTEP platforms.) Among the significant enhancements since the NeXT 2.0 version is a new version of Ensemble, the composition and performance application by Michael McNabb. Ensemble can now mix multiple sound files with DSP sound synthesis, send MIDI to external synthesizers, and generate complex responses to perfomers' actions, all under MIDI control. Other enhancements include a new version of ScorePlayer and improvements to the DSP and Music Kit libraries. Please send all bug reports, comments, etc. to musickit@ccrma.stanford.edu The 3.0 Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution (including source code) is now available via ftp and on CD ROM. See comp.sys.next.misc or comp.sys.next.announce for details. ======================== CD ROM INFO ============================== The CD ROM release of the Music Kit and DSP Tools INSTALLATION PACKAGE comes free with a year membership to the Bay Area Next Users Group (BANG). To join BANG and obtain the CD ROM, send a check for US $35 to the following address: BANG P.O. Box 1731 Palo Alto, CA 94302 phone: (415) 327-BANG e-mail: info@BANG.org The CD ROM also contains a wide variety of other NeXT software. Note that the SOURCE PACKAGE is not available on CD ROM. ======================== FTP INFO ================================== 1. To obtain the Music Kit and DSP Tools INSTALLATION PACKAGE via FTP: >From a shell, type "ftp ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu". Then login with the name "anonymous" and your email address as a password. Type "cd pub", then "bin" to choose binary transfer mode. Say "get MusicKit_3.0.pkg.tar" to start the transfer. You should also "get MusicKit.README", as it contains useful information about the installation process. Once it is complete, say "bye" to exit ftp, and unpack the file by typing "tar xvf MusicKit_3.0.pgk.tar" followed by "open MusicKit_3.0.pkg" (or open the package directly from the program /NextAdmin/Installer.app/Installer). The Installer program will let you choose a directory in which to place the installation tree. If you are on a stand-alone machine, you should be logged in (or running Installer) as root and choose "/" for the installation directory (the default). This will cause files to be placed in the directories /LocalApps, /LocalLibrary, /LocalDeveloper, and /usr/local. If you are the system administrator for a network of NeXT Computers, you probably want to choose a local directory which can be exported and create symbolic links into that directory on the networked machines. Alternatively, if you have a single server that exports /Local* and /usr/local, simply install the package there and you're done. The size of the uninstalled package is about 9.6 mb. The size of the installed package is about 24.8 mb. 2. FTP directions for obtaining SOURCE CODE PACKAGE: As above, but the filename is instead "MusicKitSource_3.0.pkg.tar". The Installer program will let you choose a directory in which to place the source tree, which can be anywhere. Please read the README file to get started. The size of the uninstalled package is about 10 mb. The size of the installed package is about 24 mb. _____________________________________________________________________ V. Cap Gemini America and NeXT Sign Alliance Agreement For Immediate Release November 2, 1992 Contact: Leslie Schinto CAP GEMINI AMERICA (212)944-6464 ext.297 or Emily Brower Allison Thomas Associates (415)780-3786 CAP GEMINI AMERICA AND NeXT SIGN ALLIANCE AGREEMENT New York, NY - CAP GEMINI AMERICA (CGA) and NeXT Computer, Inc. today jointly announced that the companies have signed a systems intergrator agreement wherein CAP GEMINI AMERICA will provide NeXT-related services to users at large client server installation sites nationwide. CGA's NeXT-related service offerings will include project implementation, consulting, networking and programming, with a primary emphasis on integrating the NeXT platform in heterogeneous environments, officials from the companies said. These services are expected to prove particularly interesting to the CGA clients within the financial service, insurance and manufacturing business communities. Under the agreement, CGA will provide pre- and post- sales services and support to the NeXT sites, but will not resell NeXT hardware. "CAP GEMINI AMERICA is a premier information technology consulting organization, " stated Todd Rulon-Miller, NeXT's vice president of North American sales. "We are delighted to have established this relationship. Our customers with large client server installations will be able to take immediate advantage of CGA's service offerings." "We are pleased to form this strategic marketing agreement and look forward to mutually rewarding relationship," said Robert J. Sywolski, chairman of CAP GEMINI AMERICA. "NeXT and CGA share numerous clients who will benefit from this association. Our relationship will assist both of our companies in meeting the needs of customers who elect to integrate the NeXT platform within their I.T. operation." CAP GEMINI AMERICA is a leading provider of information technology consulting and professional services. Headquartered in New York, and employing more than 2,500 professionals in 32 branch offices nationwide, the company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CAP GEMINI SOGETI (CGS), one of the largest information technology consulting companies in the world. In addition to supplying NeXT support services, the CGA organization specializes in conversions and re-engineering, software engineering productivity, and integrated manufacturing technologies project business. CGS, with transnational operations in 16 countries, has annual revenues of more than $2 billion. Revenue for CGA in 1991 exceeded $210 million. NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP object-oriented operating system, and designs, manufactures and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP. NeXTSTEP and NeXT workstations are used by medium and large organizations to develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, California, 94063. _____________________________________________________________________ VI. Announcing Email Connectivity Gateway for NeXT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: The Boston Software Works, Incorporated Steve Thibodeau, 617-482-9898 NeXT Computer, Inc. Angela Grady, Allison Thomas Associates, 415-780-3786 NeXT and Boston Software Works Announce Collaboration on Email Gateway SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 1992 - NeXT Computer, Inc. and The Boston Software Works, Inc. (BSW) announced at the annual meeting of the Electronic Mail Association that they will collaborate to port BSW's InterOFFICER Message Exchange electronic mail connectivity software to the NeXT platform. InterOFFICE Message Exchange transparently connects several popular office automation and electronic mail systems, including Lotus cc:Mail, UNIX mail, HP OpenMail, DEC ALL-IN-1, IBM OfficeVision/400, Wang OFFICE and HP DeskManager. "We are delighted to be working with NeXT, makers of one of the industry's most innovative and exciting desktop environments," said Ross Gale, president of BSW. "NeXT is one of the few companies that has integrated electronic mail into its entire operating environment, NeXTSTEP. We're excited that BSW's InterOFFICE Message Exchange will allow NeXTmail to interoperate with other mail systems." With InterOFFICE Message Exchange, users of one email or integrated office system can send most mail attachments including text memos, revisable word processing documents, meeting invitations or binary files such as spreadsheets to users of remote, foreign and incompatible mail systems, without learning any new commands or addressing formats. InterOFFICE Message Exchange transparently automates directory synchronization, conversion of revisable documents, conversion of meeting invitations and other structured messages, and translation of multinational character sets. "Our users consider NeXTmail to be one of NeXTSTEP's most important functions, because NeXTmail is so tightly integrated into NeXTSTEP, and because any NeXTSTEP application can use NeXTmail as a service," said Peter van Cuylenberg, president and chief operating officer of NeXT. "Our customers use their NeXT systems in computing environments with a variety of e-mail systems, and BSW's new product will allow these customers to integrate NeXTmail with their other systems. This is a very important announcement to the entire NeXT community." InterOFFICE Message Exchange Version 3.0 for OfficeVision/400, DEC ALL-IN-1, HP DeskManager and Wang OFFICE is available immediately from BSW. The first Version 4.0 beta release, due next month, extends coverage to platforms based on the Sequent Symmetry 2000 family of systems running DYNIX/ptx and HP 9000s running HP-UX, with cc:Mail and UNIX sendmail access units for both new platforms and an HP OpenMail access unit for HP 9000s. Support services, including round-the-clock telephone support and automatic software updates, are also available from BSW. Availability of InterOFFICE Message Exchange on the NeXT platform will be announced in early 1993. The InterOFFICE Message Exchange product family will expand in 1993 to cover several other PC LAN, UNIX and mainframe office and mail systems, as well. NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP object-oriented operating system, and designs, manufactures and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP. NeXTSTEP and NeXT workstations are used by medium and large organizations to develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped software. NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063. The Boston Software Works, located in Boston, Mass., is a privately held software development firm, specializing in high-quality office system integration and coexistence products. -30- _____________________________________________________________________ VII. Announcing 1Vision, Publishing Environment For NeXT Computers tms GmbH - Regensburg, Germany - announces the release of 1VISION - the complete publishing environment for NeXT Computers (PEN). 1VISION is already in delivery in Germany and international release is expected early in 1993. 1VISION is a modular platform for electronic publishing in which the optimal working environment can be attained by combining the programs (VISIONlinks) and modules. The VISIONlinks currently offered by tms GmbH are CRANACH (image manipulation), LANSTON (typesetting and layout design), and MANET (vector graphics and vector trace). A driver for the HP ScanJet IIc, calibration and color separation tools, and film recorder drivers are modules currently offered. 1VISION makes any form of multi-media - sound, vector and raster graphics, video, layout and design - available to its users, as well as those who wish to write modules for it. The possibilites are limited only by the creative abilities of those who use it. By offering a single environment to work in, 1VISION allows its users to combine the functions of the VISIONlinks and tools. This combination allows limitless freedom of creativity within one user- friendly environment. With 1VISION, the artificial separation of work, which was a former necessity of the computing environment, no longer exists. CRANACH is a complete image manipulation package which offers such innovative features as the ability to create and manipulate any type of image of up to 16-bit CMYK. Working masks, a wide variety of filters, auto lasso, smart brushes and retouching tools - all of which can be used on the entire image, a selection chosen by lassos and masks, or free-hand - are only a few of the features contained in CRANACH which make it the ideal application for image manipulation. LANSTON, the layout and design VISIONlink, allows complete control of all text elements in the document. Kerning and ligatures, piping and text flow within or around the frames or contours of any element, and clipping are some of LANSTON's special features. In addition, as with any element in 1VISION, all text elements can be individually manipulated - rotated, skewed, mirrored, used as patterns, resized, stretched, compressed - in relation to their own frames, groups, or to the page. The vector graphics application, MANET, includes a complete palette of vector elements including geometric shapes and custom-designed elements using PostScript. Special features include: automatic vector optimization with Bezier curve recognition and metamorphosis. Metamorphosis allows the transformation of one element into another,the blending of its form and color can be controlled at any stage. The palette of VISIONlinks for 1VISION offered by tms GmbH is continually growing and 1VISIONBs environment makes it ideal for other developers to create modules for it as well. For more information about 1VISION and the VISIONlinks available now, contact Frank Pohl or Bernd Gorny at tms GmbH, Dr.-Gessler-Str.10, 8400 Regensburg, Germany. Tel.: +49-941-95163 Fax: +49-941-95163 E-Mail (NeXT): admin@tms-gmbh.de _____________________________________________________________________ VIII. Announcing Scanner Driver for HP ScanJet IIc with NeXT Computer tms GmbH - Regensburg, Germany - announces the release of its Scanner Driver module for HP ScanJet IIc which functions for all 1VISION VISIONlinks on NeXT(TM) Computers. The scanner driver enables on-screen control of all the scanners parameters. Preview-scanning can be done in color, half tone, or monochrome. A portion of the previewed image can easily be scanned by "framing" the desired selection. The HP ScanJet IIc is a flatbed scanner which distinguishes itself from other scanners by its speed and the quality of the scanned color data. It process DIN A4 format with a true resolution of 400 dpi or an interpolated resolution of 1,600 dpi. The HP ScanJet IIc scans up to 256 halftones - 16.7 million colors - in brilliant quality. The average scan-time for an A4 page is only 20 seconds. Calibration of scanning, color correction, image manipulation, PostScript output, separation, etc. can be accomplished with the corresponding modules of 1VISION. As a 1VISION module, the scanner driver can be added and used with 1VISION as part of the 1VISION license. It can also be licensed separately if the user wishes to use it for other applications. For more information about the scanner driver or 1VISION and its modules, CRANACH (image manipulation), LANSTON (type-setting and layout design), and MANET (vector graphics), each available separately, please contact Frank Pohl or Bernd Gorny at tms GmbH, Dr. Gessler-Str. 10 8400 Regensburg, Germany. Tel.: +49-941-95163 Fax: +49-941-95163 E-Mail: admin@tms-gmbh.de ____________________________________________________________________ IX. Penultimate Development to Release DBConnect for Ingres CONTACT: Greg Noel Email: rathe!penultimate@cs.umn.edu or rathe!gn@cs.umn.edu Phone: (612) 225-1401 (For a demo copy, send your name, email address, telephone number and ground mail address to: rathe!penultimate@cs.umn.edu) Penultimate Development to Release DBConnect for Ingres SAINT PAUL, MN--October 7, 1992--Penultimate Development today announced the upcoming release of DBConnect for Ingres - a NeXT Database Kit Adaptor for Ingres database software. Scheduled for final release in late October, DBConnect for Ingres will allow NeXT users to easily access and manipulate data from a network Ingres database server. DBConnect for Ingres is designed to work with NeXT's Database Kit (DBKit) to provide custom, object oriented tools for creating Ingres database applications on the NeXT platform. Both NeXT Computer and Ingres have pledged full support of the product. DBConnect for Ingres features three main components: an Ingres DBKit Adaptor, a DBConnect API (Application Program Interface), and an IngresConnect Server. The Ingres DBKit Adaptor provides a convenient interface to the Ingres software, allowing a developer to integrate complete Ingres functionality with the NeXT Interface Builder and DBKit Object Library to develop custom NeXT applications. The provided DBConnect API allows any Ingres application to be ported for use on a NeXT workstation. The product's IngresConnect Server runs on the Ingres UNIX host and allows the custom NeXT application to manipulate the Ingres database. "Our goal is to provide customized tools to aid the NeXT developer," says Greg Noel, product manager for Penultimate Development. "We saw an opportunity to expand the functionality of NeXTSTEP 3.0 by creating an adaptor for one of the most popular relational database packages available--Ingres." Noel says that Penultimate Development and its software development partner--Rathe Inc.--plan to release several new NeXT development tools in the near future, including other custom DBKit Adaptors for major relational database software. For more information about DBConnect for Ingres, Penultimate Development, or Rathe Inc., contact Greg Noel by phone at 612/225-1401, or by fax at 612/223-5388. Address written inquiries to: Penultimate Development, 1319 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105. Email: rathe!gn@cs.umn.edu _____________________________________________________________________ X. Vertex Librarian Release 1.1 Available from Vertex Software For more information: Debbie Karako Vertex Software voice: 412-931-7600 fax: 412-931-4429 e-mail: dkarako@vertex-software.com NeXTMail: kdillon@mktgnext.vertex-software.com Vertex Librarian Release 1.1 Upgrade Available from Vertex Software Vertex Software announces the release of Vertex Librarian 1.1, which fixes minor bugs in the 1.0 release. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (October 12, 1992) -- Vertex Software is pleased to announce Release 1.1 of its Vertex Librarian product, the most advanced information retrieval product available for the NeXT computer. Vertex Librarian 1.1 is available immediately from Vertex Software. An upgrade from previous versions of Vertex Librarian is free to all registered users. If you have not received an upgrade after two weeks following this announcement, please contact Vertex Software. Vertex Librarian is a powerful information retrieval system which extends the idea of the NeXTstep Digital Librarian. While maintaining the look and feel of Digital Librarian, Vertex Librarian adds features such as management of any type of NeXTstep file; hypertext browsing and editing; an extended qery language; thesaurus-based conceptual searching; document structure (pattern) analysis; and complete multi-user network integrity. Vertex Librarian runs under NeXTstep 2.0 and higher. This will be the last interim release which is not 3.0-specific. This release fixes several minor bugs found in the debut of the product. The following lists the bug fixes/enhancements for Version 1.1 of Vertex Librarian for NeXTstep: - fixed bug in handling of file names longer than 256 characters - fixed bug in handling of text containing foreign characters - added the fast indexing feature and associated toggle on the indexing defaults panel - fixed recognition of Rich Text Format files that do not end with a .rtf extension - added toggle to the Librarian Window allowing users to show full paths for file names - fixed the panel that pops up on indexing files into an info base that has a default filter assigned; allows choosing Repeat (which uses the filter on all the remaining files) and Cancel (which cancels the whole indexing process) - fixed a bug with file names containing certain characters, e.g., &, |, >, etc. - fixed a bug in the structural analysis concerning end of line ($) The demo available via anonymous FTP from sonata.cc.purdue.edu has also been updated. It is in a tar'ed Installer package in /pub/next/submissions/VertexEval.tar. Vertex Librarian 1.1 is available immediately from Vertex Software (orders 800-333-4845). SUMMARY: Vertex Software announces Vertex Librarian 1.1, an upgrade to 1.0. The upgrade is free to all registered users. The demo version on sonata.cc.purdue.edu has also been updated. _____________________________________________________________________ XI. Announcing Vertex Librarian Developer For more information: Debbie Karako Vertex Software voice: 412-931-7600 fax: 412-931-4429 e-mail: dkarako@vertex-software.com NeXT Mail: kdillon@mktgnext.vertex-software.com Vertex Librarian Developer: Add Sophisticated Text Management to Your NeXTSTEP Application Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (October 14, 1992) -- Vertex Software is happy to announce Version 1.0 of Vertex Librarian Developer, a programming library for adding sophisticated text search, retrieval, and management functionality to your NeXTstep application. Vertex Librarian Developer is the text engine used in Vertex's flagship product, Vertex Librarian for NeXTSTEP. The ability to manage text-based information is essential for many of today's mission critical applications. Vertex Librarian Developer provides this ability in a form suitable for embedding in your NeXTSTEP application. Vertex Librarian Developer's powerful text-based information management functionality far exceeds the capabilities of the NeXTstep Indexing Kit. Vertex Librarian Developer (VLD) is capable of managing huge collections of text-based information. VLD's efficient indexing and advanced querying capabilities provide your application and it's users instant access to critical information. VLD's full multi-user network integrity allows your applications to seamlessly share information among multiple users across a network. VLD's flexible thesaurus technology provides a powerful method of capturing and applying the knowledge of your users to the task of managing their information. Using the thesaurus, your application can automatically classify new information and find existing information based on what your users say is important to them. VLD's typed hypertext facility lets users of your application navigate documents in a more flexible manner. VLD's document structure (pattern) analysis facility provides the ability to automatically extract information from structured full text sources, such as e-mail, forms, or SGML-based documents. VLD allows you to attach arbitrary attribute/value pairs to documents, useful for recording and accessing documents based on properties external to the documents themselves, such as author, date received, etc. Here is a small sampling of the many possible applications of Vertex Librarian Developer: - managing e-mail and newsfeeds, including automatic classification and routing of incoming information - embedding text retrieval and/or hypertext in a word processor - developing workgroup applications - document assembly - providing robust on-line documentation for your applications - electronic publishing/hypertext authoring SUMMARY: Vertex Librarian Developer, a powerful text management programming library, is available immediately from Vertex Software (orders 800-333-4845). _____________________________________________________________________ XII. Stone Design ships 3D Reality for NeXTSTEP For more info contact: Cliff Baltzley Phone: 505-345-4800 Email: info@stone.com S T O N E D E S I G N S H I P S R E A L I T Y 3D Reality - the easy 3D Modeler for NeXTSTEP ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Halloween, Oct. 31, 1992 - Stone Design shipped 3D Reality(TM) today, a 3D modeling and picture-creating program for NeXTSTEP computers that sets a new standard for ease of use and flexibility. Just as Stone Design's revolutionary graphics package Create provided a user interface that makes all the power of PostScript accessible to mere mortals, so 3D Reality allows users to take advantage of the myriad of features provided by the 3DKit in NeXTSTEP 3.0 as well as the underlying RenderMan architecture. Below is where a demo copy of 3D Reality is now available via ftp: SITE PATH FILE cs.orst.edu pub/next/submissions 3DReality.tar unmvax.cs.unm.edu pub/stone 3DReality.tar _____________________________________________________________________ XIII. MathTensor special promotion announcement New Discounts for MathTensor Advanced Tensor Analysis for Mathematica From: MathSolutions (mathtensor@wri.com) MathSolutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that we are now offering educational discount pricing for MathTensor to faculty, students, and researchers in universities outside the USA. In addition, we are increasing the discount for academic users in the United States. For details, please contact us at: MathSolutions, Inc. PO Box 16175 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA Phone and FAX: 919-967-9853 Email: mathtensor@wri.com This offer replaces all previous discounts and is subject to change without notice. To obtain discounts, purchases must be made before the end of 1992. [Please pass this information on to colleagues with an interest in tensor analysis.] _____________________________________________________________________ XIV. FORTRAN compilers for NeXT workstations For more info on FORTRAN compilers for NeXT workstations, contact: (1) FORTRAN-90 compiler for NeXT: Tom Ryan Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc. 1400 Opus Place, Suite 200 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-5702 Phone: (708) 971-2337 Fax: (708) 971-2706 E-mail: ryan@nag.com (2) FORTRAN-77/Object-Oriented compiler: Patti Reich Absoft Corporation 2781 Bond Street Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 Phone: (313) 853-0095 E-mail: absoft!ltljoe!psr@uu.psi.com _____________________________________________________________________ XV. SBook 3.0 is shipping A demo copy of SBook 3.0 has been placed in pub/next/submissions on the FTP archive servers: sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Existing 2.0 users can use version 3.0 with your 2.0 license strings. SBook 3.0 is completely compatiable with version 2.0 and offers these improvements: * Even friendlier user interface. * Full support for all rectangular Avery and 3M labels. * Export to 3.0's fax lists, Mail.app alias lists. * QuickFAX window. * Full drag&drop support of text, fonts, and SBook entries. * Imports SpeedDEX files. * Better demo mode * Improved performance * Entry locking * File locking * Ability to open files read-only. * Smarter import. * Smarter smart-sort. Have you tried SBook? For ordering information, contact: orders@next.cambridge.ma.us _____________________________________________________________________ XVI. First Release of Simulation Kit Ships from Doberman Systems SANDY, Utah, October 26, 1992--Doberman Systems today announced the first release of the Simulation Kit, the first collection of objects specifically developed for continuous system modeling and simulation on the NeXT computer. Coupled with the NeXTSTEP application development environment, the Simulation Kit provides the ideal context for developing and analyzing object-oriented simulations. Unlike traditional methods, where the model to be simulated is programmed procedurally from derived equations, the object-oriented approach is implemented directly from a block diagram representation of the system. Both academic and commercial users will find the Simulation Kit to be a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for modeling, analyzing, and teaching linear and nonlinear continuous systems, numerical integration, and the numerical solution of differential equations. Typical application areas are numerical analysis, engineering systems (e.g. mechanical, electrical, thermodynamic, and chemical), and control systems. The Simulation Kit is composed of seven primary Objective-C classes: ActiveProcess, Clock, Composite, Expression, Process, Signal, and Simulation. Simulations are modeled by connecting processes together with signals. More complex subsystems can be grouped together into composite processes, which may then be manipulated and used as a single process. In addition to the seven core classes are 15 examples of commonly-used clocks and processes, as well as four example simulations, which all include full documentation and source code. These may be used as guides for the development of new clocks, processes, and simulations. A typical use of the Simulation Kit can be illustrated by simulating the motion of an automobile. The car's acceleration is determined by the pressure applied to the accelerator by the driver, the slope of the road (which depends on the location of the car), and the car's drag (which increases with the vehicle's speed). It is known that the car's location and speed may be obtained by successively integrating its acceleration. From this information, a block diagram composed of integrator, gain, and summer blocks can be easily assembled. These process blocks and the signals that connect them are implemented by Simulation Kit objects which are organized in the same fashion as the block diagram. Information such as the car's position, velocity, and acceleration may then be output as the car moves through its virtual environment. This approach to modeling provides greater insight and intuition into the behavior of the system and allows simple and rapid modification of the simulation. The Simulation Kit employs several advanced features that are unavailable in other simulation packages. Multiple clocks allow simulations to contain fast and slow subsystems. Process prioritization permits fine control over the execution of the simulation for techniques such as cascaded integrations. The Simulation Kit is available now from Doberman Systems for US $399 (US$99 academic). The product is distributed on a single NeXT-compatible floppy disk and consists of the object library, indexed header files, full on-line documentation, and fully-documented example source code. Technical support is available by telephone and electronic mail directly from Doberman Systems. A demonstration version of the Simulation Kit is available from major Internet archives. Doberman Systems was launched in 1992 to develop hardware and software solutions for the NeXT series of professional workstations. The firm is committed to providing the highest quality products and services for NeXT users and developers worldwide. Doberman Systems, the Doberman logo, and Simulation Kit are trademarks of Doberman Systems. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. -- Mike Panzitta Doberman Systems doberman!mike@uunet.uu.net (NeXTMail) _____________________________________________________________________ XVII. Distributed Objects Mini-Example from Allegheny College From: Chuck Fleming Subject: Distributed Objects Mini-Example Greetings from Allegheny College, I've written a mini-example (a server and a client) that illustrates the use of Distributed Objects. Basically the server application can send images to its clients and select which client should be active. The active client can control a pointing marker with its mouse and move it around in an image that it has received from the server. The server and other clients will see the same moving pointer in the same image on their screens. Lots of nifty features remain to be added, but I thought I would make this version available while it is still small and hopefully easy to follow. At Allegheny we suspect that this type of application might replace the need for an overhead projection unit at least in our NeXT labs. At the very least applications like this will stimulate classroom discussions. In addition to illustrating how to write a distributed objects application, other features of interest in this mini-example are - 1) How to drag a file from the WorkspaceManager into a view. This is how images to be sent to clients are selected by the server. Just drag a file from the File Viewer into the preview window. 2) How to use the NetInfoKit to get the real name of a user. When a client gets added to the servers list, we want to know the real name of the user. 3) How to use an NXData object. We have to send the NXBitmapImageRep data to our clients. This is done most easily with an NXData object. The complete source code can be obtained via anonymous ftp from pellns.alleg.edu. Look for Server.tar.Z and Client.tar.Z in /pub/3.0/Source/Multidisciplinary. There is also a diagram illustrating how the objects in these applications talk to each other. I hope you find this useful. Regards, Chuck cfleming@alleg.edu _____________________________________________________________________ XVIII. HSD Offers Scanner Toolkit to NeXTSTEP Developers Open offer to NeXT Developers: NeXT Registered Developers that would like to include scanner support within their products, please contact HSD. We'll provide the HSD Scanner Toolkit (royalty-free), documentation and a direct support contact who will help you integrate support for HSD scanners into your application. When your application is ready to ship, HSD will provide marketing assistance by notifying our installed base of scanner customers that your application is now available. HSD has the largest installed base of any company selling scanners on the NeXT platform which provides a large, focused target market that you can reach quickly to sell your products to. HSD will also consider "bundling" your application, co-marketing or promotional arrangements. If you would like to receive the HSD Scanner Toolkit or have any questions, please contact me (David W. Peter - dpeter@hsd.com) directly. Sincerely, David W. Peter dpeter@hsd.com (NeXTmail) (800) 828-5522 (415) 964-1400 _____________________________________________________________________ XIX. Stone Design Ships Valis Shaders for NeXTSTEP For more info contact: Cliff Baltzley Phone: 505-345-4800 info@stone.com S T O N E D E S I G N S H I P S V A L I S S H A D E R S ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Halloween, Oct. 31, 1992 - The VALIS Group announces the availability of all six volumes of their VG Shaders through Stone Design for use with Stone's new NeXT RenderMan modeler - 3D Reality. VG Shaders are applied to an object or shape within 3D Reality and rendered with RenderMan. The shader itself is a small mathematical program controlled by the user to create unique looking surfaces simply by changing parameters from within the 3D Reality program. 3D Reality(TM) is a 3D modeling and picture-creating program for NeXTSTEP computers that sets a new standard for ease of use and flexibility. Just as Stone Design's revolutionary graphics package Create provided a user interface that makes all the power of PostScript accessible to mere mortals, so 3D Reality allows users to take advantage of the myriad of features provided by the 3DKit in NeXTSTEP 3.0 as well as the underlying RenderMan architecture. "3D Reality is the premier visualization and design tool for NeXT users. 3D Reality provides artists and designers with an intuitive and graphical interface to the power of VG Shaders and RenderMan on the NeXT platform. Most importantly, its modeling capabilities create high quality objects in the RIB format; a critical aspect of making 3D pictures look photorealistic," Rose Ann Alspektor, CEO, The VALIS Group. "We are pleased to announce the availability of the entire VALIS line of shaders directly from Stone Design. They make it easy to create professional photorealistic pictures using 3D Reality," commented Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The VALIS group is committed to providing state of the art shaders to the rendering world, and we are proud to be distributing their tools." The VALIS Group is currently the leading supplier of shaders on the Macintosh, PC/DOS and NeXT platforms. The six volumes are: Volume 1-Product Design/Architecture Volume 2-Architecture: Interior Desing Volume 3-Architecture: Exterior Design Volume 4-Illustration: Spectral/Splotch Voluem 5-Illustration: Mondo/Hide Volume 6-Illustration: Painted Chipped/Blistered/Peeling & Brushed Metals Shipping with 3D Reality are two complementary VALIS shaders, Bumpy Glass and Wood Veneer. These shaders are totally parameterized, and can be set up interactively from within the Reality program. The VALIS Group, of Pt. Richmond, California, provides professional tools for digital picture making across many platforms. Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of business and design productivity applications for NeXTSTEP computers. (505) 345-4800. info@stone.com # # # 3D Reality and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. VG Shaders is a trademark of the VALIS Group. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. _____________________________________________________________________ XX. Pencom Software Seeks 18 NeXT Development and Support Engineers Location: North America (Northeast, Midwest, West, Canada) AUSTIN, TEXAS - November 12, 1992 - Pencom Software is tripling its staff of NeXT engineers to facilitate the team specifically dedicated to serving both developers and end user organizations equipped with workstations from NeXT Computer, Inc. Already a NeXT-authorized systems integrator as well as a registered NeXT software developer, Pencom is expanding the service to capitalize on the growth NeXT has recently experienced. "Pencom has been involved with NeXT on many levels -- as a customer, a product developer and as a co-bidder on several projects," said Ed Taylor, President of Pencom Software. "We are excited to embark upon a whole new relationship with NeXT through our expanded services." Pencom Software is a division of Pencom Systems Incorporated, a New York-based firm providing software engineering and manpower resources to Fortune 500 companies and leading computer firms since 1973. Currently the largest recruiting firm specializing in the UNIX/Open Systems market, Pencom employs over 500 people and maintains a large heterogeneous network of workstations including more than 50 NeXT machines. For more information, contact: Clint Tomlinson - Manager NeXT Recruiting Pencom Software 9050 Capital of Texas Highway North Austin, Texas 78759 Telephone: 512-343-1111 Fax: 512/346-6444 E-Mail: clint@pencom.com The following positions are available nationwide: Northeast 7 - Development Technical Leads * Strong NeXTSTEP applications development experience * Strong UNIX/C, database programming (Sybase, Oracle, Informix) * Experience with Objective-C, AppKit, Interface Builder * High level applications design and rapid prototyping in NeXT environment * Project/Technical lead experience * Good interpersonal skills (oral and written) * Technical support/OOP, OOD methodology transfer capabilities * 6 to 10 years computer industry experience 1 - Jr. Technical Support Engineer * NeXT/UNIX System Administration background 2+ years * Some NeXTSTEP/C programming experience * Phone/customer support experience a plus * NFS, NetInfo, or NIS a plus 1 - Configuration Manager * Utilities, tools, SCCS, CASE, experience * UNIX/C programming experience * Ability to evaluate and choose 3rd party tools/utilities * Technical marketing a plus 1 - System Administrator * NeXT/Sun/UNIX system administration experience * Network Management background * Objective-C or C++ experience * Background in a heterogeneous systems environment a must 1 - Software Engineer * NeXT/UNIX application software development * Samming experience * 5 to 8 years experience 1 - Jr. Software Engineer (same requirements as Software Engineer listed above) * 2 to 5 years experience Mid-West 1 - Senior Systems Engineer * Provide NeXT applications development and support assistance * Project Management/Project Lead experience * Very strong interpersonal skills, technical marketing experience a plus * Tech transfer of OOD, OOP methodologies * NeXTSTEP, Appkit, DBKit, Objective-C or C++ * 6 to 10 years experience West 1 - Technical Support Engineer * Level 2 Support For Developers Hot-line * UNIX/NeXT software development experience * AppKit, Interface Builder, DBKit, Objective-C or C++ * Phone/Customer support background a plus * 4 to 6 years development experience 1 - Systems Administrator * Strong SADM skills (NeXT, Sun, or RS/6000) to provide sadm and network support via phone and E-mail * NeXTSTEP, AppKit, Objective-C or C++ * DBKit a big plus * 3 to 5 years experience Canada 3 - NeXT Contract Engineers * strong NeXTSTEP applications development experience * strong UNIX, Objective-C, C++ programming * AppKit, Interface Builder, DBKit experience preferred * 6 to 10 years experience More positions available soon!! _____________________________________________________________________ XXI. Sales & Marketing Positions available at Pages Software Location: East Coast and Midwest/Southern regions and San Diego Please reply with a resume and cover letter to: Rand Schulman, Director of Sales and Marketing at Pages Pages Software Inc. 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92124 EMail welcome: Rand_Schulman@pages.com FAX: 619-492-9124 Pages is looking to fill three high viability positions with qualified candidates who share our vision: 1) Channel Marketing Manager 2) Southern Regional Sale Manager 3) Eastern Region Sale Manager Pages' object-based technology takes word processing, desktop publishing and presentations a step further - seamlessly integrating them into an easy-to-use and extremely powerful package. We believe that our product will yield solutions for addressing the requirements of the organization, projecting a uniform image through documents, and saving vast amount of time for the user. Channel Marketing Manager We believe that there is an excellent opportunity to create a new distribution channel where NeXT and Pages resellers will add value; as creators of NeXT Mission Critical Custom Applications and Pages Design Models. Since we believe the key to our product distribution is in creating a very strong indirect channel, we are looking to fill a Channel Manager position with a seasoned software channel professional. The Pages Channel Manager position is not for the faint-hearted, or for someone looking for OJT. We require 3-5 years experience, and documented success in publishing software sales and marketing. NeXT experience is a plus. The Channel Manager will be responsible for building the Pages distribution channels, creating channel programs, and recommending strategies for introducing Pages products to the market. The position will be based in San Diego, and report to the Director of Sales and Marketing. Regional Sales Managers Pages is also looking to fill the field position(s) of Regional Sales Manager for the East Coast and Midwest/Southern regions. The RSM will be responsible for representing Pages in strategic accounts, working closely with Pages Resellers, developing regional sales plans and strategies, and providing sales seminars and early stage sales training, as well as staffing trade shows. It will be the responsibility of the RSM to build Pages' installed base within their region, and to staff and manage the region as required. The successful candidate will have 3-5 years software sales management experience with a proven track record of building a software sales organization. Both NeXT and Publishing/word processing software sales experience are desirable. Compensation will have a strong incentive component. Please reply with a resume and cover letter to: Rand Schulman, Director of Sales and Marketing at Pages EMail welcome: Rand_Schulman@pages.com FAX: 619-492-9124 Pages Software Inc 9755 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92124 Pages Software Inc is an EOE. No phone calls will be accepted. All responses will be strictly confidential. _____________________________________________________________________ XXII. NeXT Developer, Training and System Admin Positions in Chicago Contact: Jon Tegethoff Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 400 West Erie St. Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: (312)587-2000 Email: jet@its.com Information Technology Solutions, Inc. is a consulting firm offering the following services to a prestigious list of clients: A. Custom Object Oriented Programming B. Network installation and management C. Training (Introductory through NeXT developer camp) We are rapidly expanding and have a number of openings currently available. Although our focus is NeXT we also install and manage Novell LANs. The following postions are currently available: 1. NeXT OOP Programmer (Experienced): Requirements: - B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience. - Strong working knowledge of C, Objective C or C++. - Significant knowledge of NeXT object-oriented methodology including AppKit and DBKit. 2. NeXT OOP Programmer (Entry Level): Requirements: - B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience. - Working knowledge of C, Objective C or C++. - Knowledge of object-oriented methodology. - Desire to learn - General working knowledge of the NeXT interface Please send me e-mail as to which position you are applying for, a resume and any information you believe will help you get the job. We also respond to phone calls and even "heaven forbid" land mail Thank you in advance. Jon Tegethoff Information Technology Solutions, Inc. 400 West Erie St. Chicago, IL 60610 (312)587-2000 jet@its.com Information Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer _____________________________________________________________________ XXIII. NeXTSTEP Computer Programmer/Analyst (Washington, D.C) Professional Services Company seeks programmer/analyst for Baltimore, MD/Washington, D.C. metropolitan area work location. UNIX, C++, Oracle, Object Oriented Concepts, & GUIs experience. Development on NeXT computers a plus. Must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with customers. Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Build state-of-the-art information systems that make a difference! Please send resume to... HR Tech Svcs Div. P.O. Box 231 Fairfax, Virginia 22030-0231. EOE M/V/D/V. _____________________________________________________________________ XXIV. Open job positions at Archetype for NeXTSTEP programmers Product Development Manager - Document Engine & Stylist The Document Engine is Archetype's hot new product for the NeXT machine. The Document Engine provides a framework for third-party developers to rapidly create powerful publishing applications (ie. page layout, word processing, form packages). The DE is being developed on the NeXT machine, and is designed to be ported to other popular platforms, including Windows and Macintosh. Stylist is Archetype's high-powered page layout application, which is being built on the Document Engine. Archetype is looking for a talented individual to join our team to provide product management for both the Document Engine and Stylist projects. The Product Manager for Document Engine and Stylist projects will be a team leader accountable to the Executive VP of Engineering for the development and quality of all aspects of the Archetype Document Engine and the Stylist page layout program for the NeXT. The Product Manager will ensure the creation of high-quality, innovative, useful and productive end-user products that fulfill the needs of our customers. The Product Manager will be accountable for the engineering, quality assurance, documentation, and shipping of both products. The Product Manager will work closely with the Engineering team to develop goals and workable schedules from the desired feature list. The Document Engine and Stylist projects are innovative, and on aggressive time schedules. The Product Manager will coordinate engineering, quality assurance and documentation resources to ensure that the goals of the projects are met on time. The Product Manager will work with the team to produce results. The Product Manager will be accountable for administering and coordinating beta programs for both the Document Engine and Stylist, handle customer inquiries, comments and criticisms, and return valuable customer feedback into the design of the projects. The Product Manager must be technical and well-grounded in development techniques, but will not be directly involved with the code itself. Requisite experience: Managed projects that have successfully launched a shrink-wrap application. At least 3 years experience with production of shrink-wrap software. Excellent organizational and managerial skills. A proven result producer in the area of software development. Experience with the Publishing Industry a plus. Contact: Sue Robertson, sue@archetype.prospect.com QA and Support Manager ---------------------- Archetype is an expanding company that is meeting the high quality demands of today's shrink-wrap software market. Archetype is looking for a person to ensure that that level of quality exists in all shipping products, from the product itself to the documentation and final packaging. This position requires serious experience with shrink wrap software products, knowledge and hands on experience in both the Microsoft Windows 3.0 and Unix environments (specifically NeXT). This person needs a good working knowledge commonly used publishing applications, excellent organizational and communication skills. Managing the Quality Assurance Department requires an ability to prioritize and sort bug reports, organizing testers to perform effectively, and working closely with Engineering to quickly resolve problems. The day to day responsibilities will include: - organizing and streamlining the test effort - creating test suites to automate QA - leading regression testing - interface with product managers/engineers for bug resolution - tracking bugs - supervising software builds and maintaining source code control system for shrink wrap and OEM shipped versions - producing release packages of software - working with documentation staff to produce accurate documentation Requisite experience: Three or more years leading/participating in a QA organization with emphasis on shrink-wrap products, particularly Desktop Publishing. Mac or Windows experience a must. Contact: Sue Robertson, sue@archetype.prospect.com Archetype, Inc. ------------------ Archetype is a fast growing company in the Boston area, producing innovative and productive software for the world. Along with its revolutionary Document Engine, Archetype produces a page layout application under Windows called Archetype Designer, and a OPI-spooler & Graphics management system called InterSep. Archetype 100 Fifth Avenue Waltham MA, 02154 voice: 617/890-7544 fax: 617/890-3661 e-mail: info@archetype.prospect.com _____________________________________________________________________ XXV. Sports Education and a NeXTSTEP project "Going for the Gold with NeXT" - series of projects for rowing education, analysis, and timing. Projects include result reporting for speed-order races, national championships, and national team trials; The Race Visualizer, a multimedia race simulator; Speed and Spacing, an application for determining predicted speed and required spacing for races; and The Rowing Calculator, a system that lets coaches and athletes explore the relationships among the variables that effect races. Status: under development. Geoffrey S. Knauth Coxswain for Heavyweight Men's Sweeps Boston Rowing Center (617) 426-7550 x451 geoff@bos.camex.com _____________________________________________________________________ XXVI. NeXTwatch call for NeXTSTEP 3.0 Tips NeXTwatch(TM) would to announce a call for NeXTSTEP 3.0 tips. If you have any neat tips, techniques, power-user tricks, or suggestions on how to make life on NeXTSTEP 3.0 easier or faster, please send them to . We are offering a small prize to anyone whose suggestion is printed in our next issue. We will give you a free copy of NeXTwatch or an extra issue added to your subscription. (We'd like to offer more, but as a small company...) More importantly, however, think of the fame and fortune that you will achieve if your hint is published! Once again, that e-mail address is: nextwatch@skylee.com (NeXTmail OK) _____________________________________________________________________ end of issue 5.8