From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Press Release: X11 & Motif toolkits
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:53:53 GMT



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     		Contact: Charles McHenry             								    (503) 772-2382



QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES X11 AND MOTIF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLKITS FOR DESQview/X

New SDKs Allow Developers Flexibility in the 
Choice of Programming Toolkits, Also Free GNU Compiler

	SANTA MONICA, Calif., August 28, 1992 -- Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QDEK) announced today at the company's fifth annual VAR and Developer Conference the DESQview/X X11 and Motif Software Development Toolkits. Also available at no charge with the Toolkits is the popular GNU C/C++ compiler. The X11
Toolkit and the DESQview/X OSF/Motif Toolkit will ship in September, 1992. Attendees at the full conference will receive the X11 toolkit free of charge at the conclusion of the event.    
	"The DESQview/X X11 Toolkit provides a rich X development environment on PC systems," said Gary Pope, Quarterdeck's co-founder and executive vice president, development. "This environment allows developers to create X Clients that will operate within DESQview/X, and are capable of communicating with other X Window Systems across a network." 
	The X11 Toolkit is an open system that adheres to such industry standards as the Berkeley Socket Interface (for network-independent communication), X Window System (for display output 
and distributed computing) and Adobe Type Manager font technology (for scalable fonts). 


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QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES DESQview/X DEVELOPMENT KITS -- 2
	"The X11 Toolkit provides access to advanced DESQview/X features such as remote printing, dynamic link libraries and virtual memory -- features that promote greater programming  flexibility," added Pope. 
	The Quarterdeck DESQview/X X11 Toolkit allows developers to create DESQview/X specific applications. DESQview/X, introduced in March, 1992, is a multitasking and windowing environment that includes the first full implementation of the X Window System under DOS. With the X11 toolkit, developers will be able to: 

     o    port X clients from other X Window System environments 
		to DESQview/X;
     o    create new X clients that may be ported at a later 			stage to other	X Window System environments;
     o    perform network-independent communication between 			different machines;
     o    access Adobe Type Manager to provide Type 1 scalable 			fonts; and,
     o    customize DESQview/X through the creation of utility 			programs and configuration files.
	A special base-level DESQview/X X11 Starter Toolkit, for use with the GNU C/C++ compiler only, includes disks containing the full X11 R4 programming libraries, the DESQview/X system library with Berkeley Socket Interface, sample programs, make files for GNU, the DESQview/X Roadmap documentation, and the GNU C/C++ compiler. The starter kit sells for $50. 
	The complete DESQview/X X11 Toolkit, priced at $750, includes: X11 R4 programming libraries, the DESQview/X system 
library with Berkeley Socket Interface, sample programs, make 
files and library support for Microsoft C, Borland C++, Zortech 



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QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES DESQview/X DEVELOPMENT KITS -- 3
C++, Rational Instant C, Watcom C/386, Metaware High C, and GNU C/C++ compilers, the DESQview/X Roadmap, O'Reilly X Reference and Programming Guides (Volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5), Rational Systems DOS/4GX DOS extender and tools, Instant C development environment, Oxygen, and Quarterdeck's Developer Passport Support. 
	The Developer Passport Support designates a specific 
Quarterdeck technician/programmer to provide technical support for individual developers. Developers are provided with direct-dial phone access to their designated support technician, as well as standard electronic bulletin board system (BBS) support.  
Developer Passport Support enrollees are also entitled to use 
the new Quarterdeck Porting and Programming Labs, staffed by 
company technicians and developers, located in Santa Monica,  
California and Chelmsford, England. 
	In order for developers to select only the tools that suit their individual needs, the toolkit components are available separately:

     o    DESQview/X X11 libraries (for all supported compilers), 
          DOS/4GX, DESQview/X Roadmap, and O'Reilly Volumes 1, 2, 
          4 and 5   							$300.00   
     o    Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual  		$ 25.00 
     o    Volume 2: Xlib Reference Manual   			$ 25.00 
     o    Volume 4: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming 	$ 25.00 
     o    Volume 5: X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference  	$ 25.00 
     o    Instant-C for DESQview/X    				$250.00 
     o    Oxygen for DESQview/X     				$ 50.00 
     o    Quarterdeck Developer Passport Support  	$450.00/yr
All developer tools are available only from Quarterdeck directly; orders may be placed by calling (800) 354-3222.

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QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES DESQview/X DEVELOPMENT KITS -- 4
	For those programmers interested in developing DESQview/X applications who do not require documentation or support, Quarterdeck has made the Quarterdeck X libraries for DESQview/X available for distribution with the C/C++ compiler for DOS, which can be downloaded free from Internet.
	Quarterdeck's OSF/Motif (v. 1.1.5) Development Toolkit, priced at $150, includes: Motif Widget libraries, Motif Resource 
Management library, Motif User Interface Language (UIL) compiler, 
sample programs, O'Reilly Volume 6, Motif Programming Manual, the 
DESQview/X OSF/Motif Roadmap and the DESQview/X end user 
OSF/Motif Window Manager.
	Quarterdeck is a technology leader in the development of software products that enhance the performance of DOS-based personal computer hardware and software. The company develops, markets and supports multitasking, windowing and memory management software designed to bring cost-effective
computing solutions to business and professional PC users. 
	Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. is located at 150 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA  90405.  
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