From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: NeXT-FAQ.utilities: Questions about software utilities
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:53:02 GMT
Expires: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:00:00 GMT

NeXT-FAQ.utilities: Questions about software utilities


*** Subject: T1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit?

The source for the latest version is available via ftp
from cs.dartmouth.edu in the directory named
kermit/sw.  Get the file ckaaaa.hlp to get started and see
what files are required. Note that this version of Kermit
does have a NeXT specific compile option.

Kermit can also be found on... 

The Purdue NeXT archive:

	pub/next/2.0-release/source/kermit5a.170.tar.Z
	pub/next/2.0-release/binaries/kermit5a.170.bin20.tar.Z

The Oregon NeXT archive:

	pub/next/sources/comm/kermit5a.170.tar.Z
	pub/next/binaries/kermit5a.170.bin20.tar.Z. 


*** Subject: T2. Where can I obtain a NeXT version of SLIP or PPP?

PPP:

There is an unsupported freeware port on the
archives.

Morning Star Technologies offers a commercial version.

For more information:

	email: marketing@morningstar.com
	ftp: ftp.morningstar.com (anonymous FTP archive
	of docs & literature)
	phone: +1 614 451 1883, +1 800 558 7827.

SLIP:

A free version is available on the archives. 

Morningstar and Marble Associates both have commercial
packages available.

For more information:

	Marble Associates
	teleconnect-info@marble.com


*** Subject: T3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for the  
NeXT?

Patch is a utility that allows people to distribute
updates to sources without resending the whole
packages.  This is done by detecting changes between the
last release and the new one and creating a file of
differences to each source file in the release. Patches
need to be applied sequentially.  The distribution can be
found on the Purdue NeXT archives in:
pub/next/2.0-release/source in file
patch-2.0.12u3.NeXT.tar.Z 


*** Subject: T4. Where can I get a NeXTstep netnews reader?

By far the most versatile NeXTstep-specific newsreader
application for the NeXT is NewsGrazer by Jayson Adams
formerly of NeXT.  It is on the archive servers.

Many non-NeXTstep-specific newsreaders have been
ported to the NeXT environment providing the
flexibility and familiarity existing on other
platforms.  Most of these may be obtained via anonymouse
ftp from ftp.uu.net:~ftp/news 


*** Subject: T5. Where can I get plotting software?

nxyplot by Tom Pulliam is available from cs.orst.edu

graph is available in source form from 4.3BSD systems.  It
is useful  for dealing with pairs of numbers that need to be
viewed.

psplot comes with the NeXT, it takes the output of the
graph program and generates a .ps file that can be
previewed with Preview or Yap.

gnuplot is available from prep.ai.mit.edu

jsplot clone of graph that generates ps files directly. 

plplot is a library of c routines that generate 2D, 3D and
contour plots.  It is available on purdue archive,
plplot.tar.Z contains the source, and NXplplot.tar.Z
contains the library, example programs and
documentation.

Mathematica The ReadList command will bring in files
containing sample values and produces a plot on the fly. 


*** Subject: T6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs?

You can get ObjC mode for Emacs, by Douglas Worthington
and Kenneth Persson from cs.orst.edu 


*** Subject: T7.  Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)?

GNU tar has a number of features not found in the tar
delivered with the NeXT, and in some cases it may be a
better choice for backups than rdump and rrestore. The
NeXT supplied rdump/rrestore don't work when using
multiple volumes to non-NeXT systems (see the man page
for rdump/rrestore). GNU tar will also allow a dump of a
portion of a file system as well as an entire file system.
Other useful features of GNU tar include: incremental
dump capability like BSD dump/restore, scripts for
backing up heterogeneous workstations across the
network automatically, multivolume tape and floppy
disk support (it can't do multivolume compressed
unfortunately), long filename support, and scripts for
integrating floppy disks into a three level backup
scheme. Source and binary for the NeXT is available on the
purdue and orst archives in tar-1.10.tar.Z. 

An inexpensive commercial application for backup to DAT
and SCSI tape is available from Impact Software
publishing.  The app automatically configures your tape
drive and gives a NeXTstep browser interface for
selecting files to save or restore.  The program is
distributed electronically, and a demo version can be
obtained from nova.cc.purdue.edu or
sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the pathname:
/pub/next/2.0-release/demos/enTar1.4.tar.Z 



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Editor:
Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu


--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)

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