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: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:03:39 GMT
Expires: Fri, 18 Dec 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. 

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

PPP:

The free version of SLIP available from purdue was written by Louis Mamakos and
is an excellent implementation. Basic SLIP is free, but VJ TCP header
compression requires a license which is available inexpensively from Mr
Mamakos.  

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

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*** 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  

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*** 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  

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*** 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.  Very useful patches for gnuplot
are available from Purdue which allow it to open NeXTstep windows and output
its graphs on them.  

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.  

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*** 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  

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*** 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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NeXT-FAQ 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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