From: cgeiger@NEXT.COM
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.next-l
Subject: v5.3 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 3, October 15, 1992)
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:32:22 GMT
Reply-To: cgeiger@NEXT.COM
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU

NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 3, October 15, 1992)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

      I.  GUN (New York City NeXT User Group) October 14th Meeting
     II.  Major NeXT FTP Archive Sites
    III.  NeXT Computer Provides Large Productivity Increase At
          Swiss Bank
     IV.  Optical Disk Drives for the NeXT
      V.  Xanthus Ships CraftMan 1.1, Multimedia Programming
          for NeXTSTEP 3.0
     VI.  NeXTSTEP MiniExample Release Available - September 1992
    VII.  NeXTwatch Magazine Update
   VIII.  Mac Emulator: Executor for NeXTSTEP Shipping from Abacus
     IX.  Xedoc Announces Netinfo for SPARC Server, Auspex and
          Solbourne
      X.  ADB Compatible Keyboards from NeXT
     XI.  Item of the week: NeXTSTEP Wins Another Award


This is vol. 5, issue 3 of the 1992 NeXT NUGGET NEWS DIGEST - a
collection of items of interest for the NeXT User Group members.
There are more than 385 NeXT User Groups in 38 countries on all
continents around the world.

To submit articles or announcements to appear in the Nugget
Digest, please send your contributions to the following address:

        user_groups@next.com.

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


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.  GUN (New York City NeXT User Group) October 14th Meeting

Hello,

All NeXT enthusiasts in the New City area are invited to attend
this special October 14th Gotham Users of NeXT user group meeting
this Wednesday: see below...

conrad geiger
International NeXT User Groups
P.S.  I look forward to seeing you there!


GUN (NYC NeXT USER GROUP) SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE NEW YORK MAC
USERS GROUP

Time:   Wednesday, October 14th, 7:00PM
Place:  Martin Luther King High School
        123 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 66th Street), New York, NY


AGENDA

I. NYMUG Elections - 7:00 pm
II. GUN Presentation - 8:00 pm
        1. Introduction
                Paul Murphy, GUN
        2. NeXT Overview
                Mike Slade, Mitch Green (NeXT Computer, Inc.)
        3. DTP and Graphics
                Jim Cornacchia (Electronic Directions)
                John Budocovic
                Bill Bumgarner (Stone Design)
        4. Telecommunications
                Ray Bloom (Marble)
III.  Closing Q & A - 9:30 pm


Martin Luther King High School
123 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 66th Street), New York, NY
212/ 874-1202

Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848


____________________________________________________________________

II.  Major NeXT FTP Archive Sites

For those wishing to check out the latest in public domain NeXT
applications, tools, demos, and technical notes, here are the
major ftp archives sites for NeXT:

    sonata.cc.purdue.edu (Purdue)          pub/next
    cs.orst.edu (Oregon State)             pub/next
    etlport.etl.go.jp (Japan)
    src.doc.ic.ac.uk (UK)
    pellns.alleg.edu (Allegheny College)   pub (academic apps)
    otter.stanford.edu                     (mathematica)
    roxette.mty.itesm.mx (Mexico)          pub/next

In Europe:
    rusvm1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de            /pub/next
    fiasko.rz-berlin.mpg.de
    ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de         /pub/next
    atlas.physchem.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de
    iesd.auc.dk                            pub/next
    nic.funet.fi                           pub/next



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III.  NeXT Computer Provides Large Productivity Increase At Swiss
      Bank

News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Noiseworks
          Nick Hayes or Alison Campbell
          Tel. 0628 522122


NeXT Computer Provides Large Productivity Increase
At Swiss Bank

Internationally Accepted Measurement Rating Shows 100% Improvement
Per Man Month

        Heathrow, 10th September 1992 - NeXT Computer UK today
announced that the London-based branch of Swiss Bank Corporation
(SBC), a leading investment bank, has measured large productivity
gains developing software in the NeXT environment.  The results of a
three month UK study in London show an increase in productivity of
50-100% in the number of function points per man month after
switching to NeXT.  `Function Point Analysis' is an internationally
accepted measurement system for ratifying individual productivity
levels.  On the strength of these findings, Swiss Bank Corporation
now plans to double the number of NeXT workstations it uses for
software development.

        In the UK, SBC has over 50 NeXT machines, with the majority
in use on the trading floor.  In addition to accessing SBC's custom
developed client databases, foreign exchange and trading systems, the
traders utilise other productivity applications such as Wingz,
WordPerfect and NeXTmail.

        The company introduced Albrecht function points to measure
its development productivity in early 1991, quantifying functions
points achieved in man months for the past six months.  Before NeXT
workstations were introduced to SBC, all development was carried out
using C++ and TELON.  SBC uses NeXTSTEP, NeXT's pioneering
object-oriented development environment, and Objective-C, linking to
Sybase databases running on SPARC servers.  NeXTSTEP allows SBC to
implement faster prototyping than possible on any other platform.

        Al-Noor Ramji, SBC's executive director of information
systems, explained: "These are significant productivity gains, with
the tangible cost savings clearly apparent.  I don't believe we could
get close to these productivity levels with any other software
development tools on the market today.  We have focused on a
particular type of application so far and we need to prove that these
gains hold for other types also."

        Devised by Dr Allen Albrecht of IBM, function points provide
a way to measure the level of functionality of a system.  The number
of function points produced per man-day is an accurate measure of
development productivity because:

   - Function points measure functions delivered, not effort or
     program size;
   - Function points are language and machine independent;
   - Function points are intelligible to users;
   - The measure is independent of changes in information systems and
     user organisations;
   - Reference data is available from several sources.

Function points are recognised by the NCC and CCTA, and a European
Function Point Analysis User Group was recently established.

        Swiss Bank Corporation is the second largest bank in
Switzerland and one of the top 20 banks worldwide.  The London office
- opened in 1898 - was the first branch established outside
Switzerland and is one of the largest and most important centres in
SBC's international network.  The Bank offers a full range of
services and financial solutions to corporate, institutional and
private clients using the latest financial analysis tools and
resources available.

        NeXT Computer, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets
professional workstations based on its NeXTSTEP object-oriented
system software.  NeXT computers are used by medium and large
organisations to develop and deploy mission-critical custom
applications, which can run alongside a robust suite of advanced
productivity applications and share the same user interface.


____________________________________________________________________

IV.  Optical Disk Drives for the NeXT


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
        Radiant Technology
        voice: 303-762-6059
        fax: 303-681-2204
        e-mail: doreen@radiant.com


COMPLETE LINE OF OPTICAL DRIVE PRODUCTS FOR NeXT COMPUTERS

Denver Colorado, September 23, 1992

Radiant Technology announces the availability of their complete line
of optical disk drive products for NeXT computers.  These products
include optical products from manufacturers like Panasonic, Maxtor,
and Pinnacle Micro, all of which support ANSI/ISO standards, and all
of which are very competitively priced.  Radiant offers a range of
capacities from 128 MB to 1 GB with average access times starting at
19 ms!

Radiant is pleased to announce as part of its line, the Optical Hard
Drive from Pinnacle Micro.  It boasts an industry leading 19ms access
time, bringing to the market the benefits of a 650 MB optical drive
with the access time of a hard drive!  Furthermore, Radiant is
offering the RT-650PM at the introductory price of $XXXX, a 30%
reduction over slower drives in its class from leading manufacturers.
Look for the RT-128PM, a 128 megabyte 19 ms access time optical
drive, and the RT-1000P, a 1GB optical drive, later this fall.

The optical solution is perfect for users who need removable high
capacity storage and the random access capability required by
applications such as multi-media, desktop publishing, digital video
and audio, document processing, and imaging.  Radiant's optical
products feature the following advantages:

- High speed removable media for unlimited storage
- ISO compatibility for transporting data between multiple platforms
- High speed random access times approaching, and in cases exceeding,
  some hard disk drives
- Reliable rewritable media with up to a 40 year shelf life
- Low cost erasable optical disks (the lowest cost random access
  data solution available!)
- Free 24 hour technical support
- One year manufacturer's warranty
- Sub-systems include documentation, installation software, and
  cables


SUMMARY:

A full line of optical storage products is available from
Radiant Technology in the following configurations:

Product     Capacity   Access  Transfer      Availability
             (MB)      time    rate(B/s)
RT-128PM     128        19ms    1.36MB          November
RT-128P      128        40ms     640KB          Now
RT-650PM     650        19ms    1.36MB          Now
RT-1000TT    650/1000   35ms    1.00MB          Now
RT-1000P     1000       90ms    522-983KB       October

30 day money back guarantee and extended warranty.



____________________________________________________________________

V.  Xanthus International Ships CraftMan 1.1, Multimedia Programming
    for NeXTSTEP 3.0

Stockholm, September 22, 1992 - Xanthus International AB today
announced that it is shipping CraftMan 1.1, its multimedia
programming tool for the NeXT computer platform. CraftMan 1.1 is
designed to run under NeXTSTEP 3.0.

Aimed at both commercial and in-house corporate developers as well as
multimedia artists, CraftMan is a complete tool for building real
multimedia applications for the NeXT platform. For example, CraftMan
can be used to create impressive presentations and highly efficient
computer-based training applications, as well as to build graphical
interfaces to other applications. In addition, it is an ideal tool
for rapidly prototyping applications with real functionality.

"CraftMan has many things in common with tools like HyperCard for the
Apple Macintosh and Visual Basic for Windows," says Jesper Lundh,
marketing manager at Xanthus." Basically, it is object-oriented
program development for normal computer users. But CraftMan is also
carefully designed to grow with the user, so even proficient
C-programmers can develop programs in a fraction of the normal
development time using CraftMan."

CraftMan lets users design complete multimedia applications
including the user interface   for the NeXT platform without having
to program in Objective-C. Instead, users write the necessary program
code in the built-in CraftScript language.

As a complete tool, CraftMan includes all the building blocks needed
for building multimedia applications:

- user interface design tools
- drawing tools
- multimedia object types like image, sound, animation and video
- a powerful and easy-to-use object-oriented scripting language

The user interface is designed by dragging objects from palettes,
importing graphics and sound from any other application and by
free-hand drawing.

The functionality of the program is defined simply by dragging
connectors between objects and by connecting CraftScript code
directly to interface objects like buttons, sliders and text-fields.

CraftMan takes full advantage of NeXT's multimedia capabilities,
including 32-bit color PostScript graphics with alpha channel for
portraying transparency; CD-quality stereo sound; on-screen video;
and animation. For example, partly transparent animation objects can
run "over" any other object, and graphics can be displayed "over"
live video.

The built-in scripting language CraftScript is a user-friendly, truly
object-oriented language that can be used even by non-programmers.
With CraftScript, users can build complete scripts by simply
selecting language components from a list. CraftMan is fully
integrated with the NeXTSTEP operating environment and can control
other NeXTSTEP applications and exchange data by sending CraftScript
messages to them.

CraftMan is also delivered with a run-time module that makes it
possible to freely distribute CraftMan programs. The run-time module
can run CraftMan programs but not edit them, making it easy for many
users to run the same CraftMan programs without having to purchase
more than one copy of CraftMan.

CraftMan 1.1 is available now.

For more information about CraftMan, please contact
craftman@xanthus.se

Xanthus International, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a
privately owned software development company that specializes in the
NeXTSTEP platform. CraftMan is the first in a series of
general-purpose productivity tools for NeXTSTEP. Xanthus
International was founded in 1990.



____________________________________________________________________

VI.  NeXTSTEP MiniExample Release Available - September 1992

From: mai_nguyen@next.com
Subject: MiniExample Release - September 92
Date: 8 Oct 92 23:30:43 GMT

Hi:
MiniExamples are small programming examples provided by NeXT
Developer Support.   Each one contains its own README file. If you
are interested, you can get the  examples via anonymous ftp (file
transfer protocol) from one of the following  Internet archive
servers. Note that they may still be in /pub/next/submissions.

________________________________________________________
   hostname       MiniExamples-directory
________________________________________________________

cs.orst.edu    pub/next/documents/NeXTanswers/MiniExamples/3.0Release
              (may still be in pub/next/submissions)
sonata.cc.purdue.edu    pub/next/docs/MiniExamples
              (may still be in pub/next/submissions)



The September 92 Release contains 8 miniexamples for the 3.0 NeXTStep
Release.  7 of them are DBKit MiniExamples.

AssociationExample shows how you can attach a qualifier to your fetch
on the detail fetchgroup in the case of a one-to-many relationship.

BarChart demonstrates how to use the DBCustomAssociation protocol
with your UI object to retrieve or set values to your database.

BooleanFormatter shows how to translate 0/1 values of your database
into YES/NO strings.

OrderByTest shows how to change the sort order every time the columns
in your tableview are rearranged.

QuickApp is a simple workaround for fetching records with a qualifier
built from one-to-one relationship attributes.

RadioAssociation provides an extension to the Matrix class so that
you can connect radio buttons to integer attributes of your module.

TableViewExample shows how you can set up your own tableview
programmatically without using Interface Builder.

TIFFandEPS shows how to open EPS or TIFF images and save them back as
EPS or TIFF, converting the image in the process. This version has
been upgraded to 3.0.

Enjoy!

mai
Developer Support




____________________________________________________________________

VII.  NeXTwatch Magazine Update

Arthur C. Kyle   ack@skylee.com (NeXTmail)
Editor-in-chief, NeXTwatch <nextwatch-info@skylee.com>
Skylee Press  PO Box 471645, San Francisco, CA 94147-1645 USA
Tel: 415-474-7803    Fax: 415-474-7896



NeXTwatch(tm)
         The NeXTSTEP(tm) Information Resource


         NeXTwatch is--

Informative--NeXTwatch will help you understand and
use your NeXTstep computer more fully and keep you
up-to-date on the rapidly expanding NeXT market.

Monthly--As an 8-24 page newsletter, our lead time is
short--typically about a week--so you get the latest
information.

Responsive--Our articles and reviews address the issues
and products you need to hear about and we work hard to
give you the complete picture. If a topic is too large to
be covered in one article (such as networking), we'll
split it up over several months rather than give you an
incomplete sketch. We give you complete descriptions
of products, both their defects and their benefits, so
that you can make informed decisions.


         NeXTwatch isn't--

Glossy--We don't spend money on slick paper or color
covers. Instead, with the help of a top-notch graphic
designer, NeXTwatch is an easy-to-read, informative,
concise, and helpful resource.

Ad-driven--NeXTwatch accepts no advertising. Our
editorial policy isn't influenced by vendors so if we
praise a product, you can be sure it deserves it. You'll
find our criticisms straightforward and helpful in
deciding what products you'll buy. We accept review
copies of software, and will tell you so if we review them.

Expensive--A one year subscription is $30* (12 issues),
$3 for a single copy. An inexpensive way to increase
your knowledge of and control over your NeXT computer.


To subscribe, send your postal address and check; money order;
or Visa/MasterCard number, expiration date, and signature  to

Skylee Press
PO Box 471645
San Francisco, CA 94147-1645

415-474-7803
415-474-7896 fax
nextwatch@skylee.com

*California residents please add $2.55 sales tax.
*Canadian subscriptions are $34 for 12 issues.
*Overseas subscriptions are $50 for 12 issues.


NeXTwatch Back Issues

Available from Skylee Press for $3 per issue.*

Issue 1 January         8 pages
     Third-party market (editorial)
     Mac-NeXT connectivity
     Black Magic (UNIX help)

Issue 2 February                10 pages
     Three dock extenders reviewed
     Expo coverage & the future (editorial)
     NeXT Software Update
     Black Magic

Issue 3 March           16 pages
     Five backup apps reviewed
     Seven commercial IB palettes/objects reviewed
     NeXT Software Update
     Black Magic
     Reader Survey

Issue 4 April           16 pages
     Concurrence and DataPhile reviews
     NeXT Software Update
     Software in the Mist (announced but not shipping)
     Black Magic

Issue 5 May             24 pages
     CD-ROM software disk reviews
     Graphic design tools and utilities
     NeXT Software Update
     Software in the Mist
     Black Magic

Issue 6 June            20 pages
     About NeXTwatch
     Modem and telecommunications software reviewed
     SLIP and Internet services reviewed
     NeXT Software Update
     Software in the Mist
     What's New? (Recent announcements of particular interest)
     Black Magic

Issue 7 July            28 pages
     SBook and SpeedDex reviewed
     Who's Calling? and OnDuty reviewed
     VirtSpace reviewed
     Modem update
     NeXT Software Update
     Software in the Mist
     What's New?
     Black Magic


NeXTwatch is a joint production of Skylee Press and The Shaman Group:
Arthur C. Kyle, Editor-in-Chief, and Jiro Nakamura, Technical Editor.
NeXT, NeXTSTEP and NeXTwatch are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
and NeXTwatch is used herein pursuant to license.
NeXTwatch is not affiliated with NeXT Computer, Inc.



____________________________________________________________________

VIII.  Mac Emulator: Executor for NeXTSTEP Shipping from Abacus

For more information:

E-mail:    questions@ardi.com
NeXTmail:  questions@ardi.com           Abacus R&D, Inc.
FAX:       +1 505 247 1899              1650 University Blvd., NE
Phone:     +1 505 766 9115              Albuquerque, NM  87102

FTP:       see below

ABACUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES NEW NeXTSTEP VERSION OF
             EXECUTOR(tm), THEIR MACINTOSH(r) EMULATOR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 28, 1992 - Abacus R&D, Inc. (ARDI)
began shipping copies of Executor 1.2.1 today.

Executor is an application that allows programs originally written on
a Macintosh to run on a non-Macintosh.  Currently Executor is
available for NeXT computers only.  Executor is FAST: On a 25 MHz
NeXTstation, Executor calculates twenty-six times faster than a
Macintosh Classic and can perform graphics up to ten times as fast as
a Macintosh Classic.

Executor 1.2.1 allows Excel 4.0 to run, an application that didn't
run under Executor 1.2.  In addition, two bugs that affect NeXTSTEP
3.0 users have been fixed.  Executor 1.2.1 is able to run more
applications than Executor 1.2 was able to.  Some of the programs
that run very well under Executor include:

        Word 4, Word 5, Excel 3, Excel 4, Quicken 3.0,
        Managing Your Money 4.0, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego
        and SimAnt.

Applications that haven't been tested as thoroughly and may have
Quirks include:

        Crystal Quest 2.20Z, CricketGraph 1.3.2, FileMaker Pro 1.0v2,
        Fontographer 3.5, MacInTax 1992 9.01, MacPaint 2.0,
        MacProject II 2.5v1, MacWrite II 1.1v1, MacMoney V3.52
        and Resolve

Showing promise, but not useable in Executor 1.2.1 are:

        ClarisCAD, HyperCard, MacDraw II, MacDraw Pro, PageMaker
        and Quark XPress

Executor 1.2.1 has a suggested retail price of $XXX and a suggested
retail educational price of $XXX.  Both educational and
non-educational purchasers of Executor 1.2.1 will receive automatic
free updates until October 1, 1993.  Executor 1.2.1 is the first
version of Executor that is available from a variety of NeXT dealers
as well as from ARDI itself.  It is also the first version of
Executor to come with a three ring manual and slipcase.

Current Executor owners will automatically be sent a free update to
1.2.1.

Executor 1.3 is due out in December.  It will run even more
applications and is being ported to a variety of non Motorola 680x0
platforms.

A publicly distributable crippled version of Executor, Executor-DEMO4
is available via anonymous ftp in the following places:

        unmvax.cs.unm.edu:pub/ardi/DEMO/Executor-DEMO4.tar
        nova.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/submissions/Executor-DEMO4.tar
        cs.orst.edu:pub/next/submissions/Executor-DEMO4.tar

ARDI is a privately held Delaware Corporation with primary offices in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.  ARDI was incorporated in 1989 with the
mandate to further develop and market the Macintosh compatibility
software begun by founder Clifford T. Matthews in 1986.  In December
of 1991, ARDI was the first company to release a binary Macintosh
compatible product that did not require any software from Apple
Computer, Inc.

Executor is a trademark of Abacus Research and Development, Inc.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.



____________________________________________________________________

IX.  Xedoc Announces Netinfo for Sparc Server, Auspex and Solbourne

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:

Emily Brower
Phone: (415)777-0270


XEDOC ANNOUNCES NETINFO SPARC SERVER EDITION:
ALSO ANNOUNCES MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH AUSPEX AND OEM AGREEMENT WITH
SOLBOURNE


NEW YORK, September 21, 1992 - Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd.
(formerly called Codex Software) announced today at UNIX Expo a new
version of their network administration software for SPARC
workstations, called NetInfo SPARC Server Edition.

Xedoc's product is based on NetInfo, network administration software
from NeXT Computer.

Xedoc also announced a marketing agreement with Auspex of Santa
Clara, CA, in which Auspex will help sell and support NetInfo for
SPARC Servers, and an OEM agreement with Solbourne Computer of
Longmont, CO, in which Solbourne will sell NetInfo Workstation
Edition, Xedoc's current product.  Network managers operating mixed
NeXT and SPARC-based networks can use the NetInfo-based software to
administer networks from Solbourne or Auspex servers.

Xedox software will be demonstrated on SPARC server hardware from
Auspex and Solbourne in the NeXT Computer booth (#521, Jacob Javits
Convention Center) at UNIX Expo, which runs from September 22 to
September 24.

"Our NetInfo SPARC Server Edition has been specifically developed to
meet the needs of customers using the products of our new partners,
Auspex and Solbourne," said Brett Adam, Director of Marketing. "Our
relationships with both these vendors not only validate Xedoc's
technology, but reinforce the competitive advantage delivered by
NetInfo. They are also further steps forward in our stated commitment
to deliver NetInfo on the widest range of platforms possible."


NetInfo SPARC Server Edition includes support for AutoConfig, a
NetInfo feature which enables automatic configuration of network
addresses and host names for network clients.  Xedoc is also bundling
access to a direct, toll-free hotline for technical support with the
new product.  NetInfo SPARC Server Edition, which will ship in the
fourth quarter of this year for $XXXX per server license, is intended
for use with high-end SPARC-based servers, like those offered by
Auspex and Solbourne.

The company will continue to sell NetInfo SPARC Workstation Edition,
which shipped in June of the year, for $XXX per workstation license.
Both products enable network  administrators to easily manage mixed
networks of SPARC-based and NeXT workstations.



OEM Agreement with Solbourne

Solbourne Computer has licensed NetInfo Workstation Edition and will
sell and support a version for its SPARC-compatible symmetric
multiprocessing servers.  NetInfo will be used to manage networks of
NeXT computers using Solbourne servers.

"Xedoc is a perfect example of the important role third party
developers play in allowing multiple vendors to participate in
exciting technology advances, " said Travis White, vice president of
marketing at Solbourne.  "We're proud to be the first to extend this
important functionality to symmetric multiprocessing SPARC server
users."



Marketing Agreement with Auspex

Auspex Systems and Xedoc also announced a joint marketing agreement
for the sale of NetInfo SPARC Server Edition for Auspex NetServers.
In the agreement, Xedoc will sell NetInfo SPARC Server Edition and
Auspex will provide the first line of support for customers
installing the software on their server hardware.

"NetInfo SPARC Server Edition gives a significant boost in efficiency
and management support to networks of NeXT workstations served  by
Auspex NetServers," said Ken Kark, Auspex's channels marketing
manager.  "Xedoc's software development expertise for NeXT systems is
unmatched P in particular, the firm's specialized knowledge of
heterogeneous NeXT/Sun Microsystems network environments and our
SPARC-based systems.  Combined with Xedoc's strong commitment to
customer service, this superior experience will make Xedoc NetInfo
Editions a standard for the industry."


About NetInfo SPARC Server Edition and Workstation Edition

NetInfo for SPARC systems improves upon traditional "file
configuration" based network administration used in UNIX networking
with new tools that provide hierarchical access to configuration
information and fast, automatic propagation of that information. It
is based on NetInfo, network administration software from NeXT
Computer of Redwood City, CA, and is one hundred percent compatible
with that product. Network managers operating mixed NeXT and
SPARC-based networks can use all the graphical tools provided on NeXT
systems to administer the entire network.

NetInfo is a complete "drop in" replacement for Network Information
System (NIS), network administration software for Sun workstations
from Sun Microsystems.  It can replace NIS or work with it.

Like hierarchical file directories, hierarchical NetInfo domains
provide organization and structure to network administration data.
Domains allow information to be stored either locally, departmentally
or throughout an organizations network - efficiently, effectively and
where it's needed most.

NetInfo also provides quick, automatic updates of changes to the
network database. It does this by propagating only the changes to the
database rather than the entire database as NIS does.

In addition, NetInfo SPARC Server Edition supports distributed
administration and auto configuration. Distributed administration
allows network managers to access NetInfo databases and make changes
from any system in the network. Auto configuration provides tools for
automatic addition of new hosts to an existing network, reducing the
addition of a new system to a few simple steps.

About Xedoc

Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd., located in Albert Park,
Victoria, Australia, is a software development company specializing
in network development and management tools.  The company also
develops and sells XEvents, a developer toolkit for creating network
applications for Macintosh, Sun and NeXT computers.



-30-



NetInfo SPARC Server Edition and NetInfo Workstation Edition are
trademarks of Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd.  NeXT is a
trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.  All other products or companies
mentioned are trademarked by their respective holders.




____________________________________________________________________

X.  ADB Compatible Keyboards from NeXT

NeXT Announcement
October 1, 1992

All NeXT systems are now ADB-compatible

Starting October 1, 1992, NeXT is standardizing on ADB-compatible
hardware.  Because of the advantages of the new ADB keyboard and
mouse, NeXT has decided to support this system enhancement across the
entire product family.  The NeXTstation, NeXTstation Turbo,
NeXTstation Color, NeXTcube Turbo systems along with the NeXTstation
Color Turbo system are now fully compatible with NeXT's new ADB
Keyboard and Mouse.

Effective late October, NeXT will begin shipments of a new
ADB-compatible MegaPixel 17" monochrome display. This ADB-compatible
17" monochrome display will replace the old 17" monochrome display.
Along with the Sony 17"  MegaPixel Color Display and the Hitachi 21"
MegaPixel Display, now all NeXT displays are completely
ADB-compatible.

Now that all products are ADB compatible, the ordering process is
very straightforward.  All displays work with the same keyboard.
There is one Starting Point Kit for all systems, Starting Point Kit
3.0A. The old kit Starting Point Kit 3.0 (N8504-5216) has been
taken off the price list.  For color systems, the Sound Box 2
supports all color monitors.

Note: Because of the need for NeXTSTEP Release 3 to support ADB, new
NeXT systems are not downgradable to prior NeXTSTEP releases. You can
only run Release 3 on new systems shipped from the factory.
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New Products
17" Megapixel Monochrome Display  (N4000B)
        - ADB compatible keyboard connector
        - 3 pounds lighter (13 pounds lighter than the "original")
        - Higher reliability
        - New footprint

17" MegaPixel Color Display - Fimi  (N4001F)
        - Compatible with the new ADB keyboard and mouse

Products Introduced September 1, 1992
17" MegaPixel Color Display - Trinitron  (N4006)
        - Compatible with the new ADB keyboard and mouse
        - Higher contrast
        - Flatter display
        - Universal power supply
        - Industry leading focus and convergence
        - 72Hz for rock solid image (compatible at 68Hz with small
          adjustment)
        - Fully compliant with NPR-2 regulations for ELF and VLF
          emissions

Starting Point Kit 3.0A (N8504-4996)
        - For use with all systems
        - Includes new ADB Keyboard/Mouse
        - Release 3.0 documentation

Sound Box 2 (N4004A)
        - Re-designed audio board with ADB style keyboard connector


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XI.  NeXTSTEP Wins Another Award!

You will be pleased to hear NeXT has won "The Industrial Design
Award" for NeXTSTEP 3.0 at SMAU, the largest annual Italian computer
fair.

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