From: garth@helix.ObjecTime.on.ca (Garth Gullekson)
Subject: Re: Real Time CASE
Keywords: CASE
Reply-To: garth@ObjecTime.on.ca (Garth Gullekson)
Organization: ObjecTime Limited
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 15:10:45 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.123053@axion.bt.co.uk>, cbrophy@axion.bt.co.uk (Connor Brophy) writes:
|> 
|> I am writing a report on REAL-TIME CASE tools. I was wondering would anybody 
|> know any up to date books or references that I could use?
|> 
|> ....
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> 	Conor

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Dear Connor Brophy,

I recently saw your note in comp.realtime regarding the report you 
are writing on real-time CASE tools. 

You may be interested in ObjecTime, an object-oriented CASE tool for
real-time systems originally developed by Bell-Northern Research and
now a commercial tool vended by ObjecTime Limited. The following gives
you a brief overview of the tool.

If you want further information, I would be pleased to mail you a hard copy
package of product material. If so, please give me your mailing address.

	
	Yours truly,


	Garth Gullekson 

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ObjecTime Summary
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ObjecTime 4.0 is a commercial object-oriented CASE tool specifically
created for distributed, event-driven systems. 

ObjecTime supports an advanced methodology for the analysis and design
of distributed, event-driven systems known as Real-Time Object-Oriented
Modeling (ROOM).  ROOM includes graphical design concepts and a
highly-iterative development process which help to eliminate
error-prone discontinuities between the various phases of software
development.  As a unique feature, ObjecTime enables the creation of
executable analysis and design models that can be tested in an
extensive workstation-based run-time environment.

The high-level design concepts supported for real-time include
concurrent objects (hierarchically decomposed) that communicate via
messages through formal protocol definitions. Complex hierarchical
finite-state machines specify the behavior of such objects, via major
object-oriented extensions to the Statecharts formalism.  Inheritance
can be applied at the design component level, independent of the detail
level programming language.

The high-level object-oriented concepts are independent of programming
language. Either C++ or Rapid Prototyping Language (based
on Smalltalk-80) may be used at the detailed design level.

ObjecTime is vended by ObjecTime Limited, an independent software
company established as a spin-off from Bell-Northern Research (BNR),
the R&D arm of Northern Telecom. The development of ObjecTime started
in 1986 in a response to the needs of complex telecommunications
software design. It has been marketed since early 1991.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 
 
	Garth Gullekson 
	ObjecTime Limited
	1-800-567-TIME
	sales@objectime.on.ca
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