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From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Any reviews of Garfinkel & Mahoney's book?
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:38:02 GMT
Organization: Madison Academic Computing Center, UW-Madison

In article <C0DJJ8.2HD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu
(J.B.  Nicholson-Owens) writes:

Should we twit you about trying to program before you get good
with your editor?  Nah... :-)

>I sh 
>ould have said this before, but also hearing from people who don't already know how to program for the NeXT would be valuable.  I
>appreciate Michael B. Johnson's review, however I would also like to
>know if there's anything missing in the book; something whose absence
>is noticed by a beginner, but for an experienced NeXTSTEP programmer
>would be something assumed or just known (and therefore not thought
>about).

I'll be able to report that shortly (SV says I'll get it on
the 8th).  I'm not new to programming, but fairly new to
NeXTstep, having done only things prompted by the IB
Tutorial.  My colleague who teaches our C and C++ programming
classes and who is a fellow NeXT maven told me yesterday the
book is very good indeed.

>I assume that this book is aimed at beginners only because it doesn't
>make much sense, to me, to talk to experts about how to program with
>NeXTSTEP.

Different strokes, I guess, but talking to experts seems to me
the best of all possible ways, the more expert the better.

>Thanks again,
>-- 
>-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
>-- NeXTmail welcome
>ginner, but for an experienced NeXTSTEP programmer
>would be something assumed or just known (and therefore not thought
>about).
>
>I assume that this book is aimed at

Tsk, tsk.

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From: doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu (Douglas Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: GraphicsWorkshop broken under 3.0?
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:35:20 GMT
Reply-To: doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu
Distribution: usa

I have just noticed that GraphicsWorkshop, the viewer for gifs and jpeg files,  
refuses to open any files under 3.0.  The Open menu command does nothing, and  
double-clicking on a .jpg file produces an error panel saying it cannot open  
the file, but that there is no error.  Is there a new version of this program?

Thanks.

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Center for Computer Music Research and Composition
University of California, Santa Barbara
Internet: (NeXTMail ok)   <doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: harryt@world.std.com (Harry D Tirrell)
Subject: Exception #
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:18:21 GMT

Does anyone have an available list of what all the diffferent
exception errors are ?

Also does anyone have a list of 3.0 bugs and available workarrounds?

My machine has been flaky ever since I went to 3.0

harry

harryt@world.std.com

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From: dblakele@hercules.acpub.duke.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: CDROM Audio Disk Trouble
Date: 7 Jan 93 22:55:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.
Originator: dblakele@raphael.acpub.duke.edu

Okay, I'm sure this has been hashed out before, but my CD-ROM unit hadn't
arrived, so the information went into part of my leaky memory and was 
quickly dumped into the proverbial mental bit bucket.

Machine setup: 68040 Classic Cube, 12Mb RAM, 660Mb HD

ESDI Device:  Canon MO Drive
SCSI Device:  Maxtor 660 Mb HD  SCSI #1
              SONY/NeXT CDROM   SCSI #4
              Moto 68040 25 MHz SCSI #7

NS3.0-Gold installed back in 10/92 from borrowed CDROM drive.

Popped in my NS3.0-Gold CD and it showed up in the File Viewer without
any trouble.  Accessed a few files and ejected the disk with a Cmd-e.
Exchanged discs and put in a Mannheim Steamroller audio CD.  The disc
spins around a bit while the system takes a sniff at it, then promptly
spits it out with the following Console message:

sd1 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (4,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label)
sd1 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (4,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 4 (no valid label)
sd1 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (4,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 8 (no valid label)
sd1 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (4,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 12 (no valid label)
        DISK UNFORMATTED
        Disk is Write Protected
Jan  7 16:39:31 Workspace: Mounted scsi disk at /cdaudio
cdaudio.util: CANNOT OPEN CDPlayer

Now, for fun, I fire up CDPlayer.app from the Workspace and:

cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 4
cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied
cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 7
cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied

CDPlayer sends me an error message saying that the drive unit
could not be found??

So, I have a burst of inspiration and log in as root to try
things out.  I fire up CDPlayer.app and this time it asks me
to load in an audio disk.  I comply, and lo and behold, I'm
now listening to Tangerine Dream's Tangram.  What gives, and
what permissions are screwed up.  I'm trying to locate cdutil,
but haven't been lucky as of yet.

Any thoughts?

Peace (Sorry about reposting, but I sent the first article out before
I was through with it)



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From: eystein@smyril.fi.uib.no (Eystein Dugstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Is it possible to order by e-mail instead of 1-800-879-NeXT?
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:58:43 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway

1-800 numbers are great - for people in North America. For us living  
overseas who cannot dial them they are not so good. 

Therefore, I wonder if it is possible to place an order at NeXT Inc. by  
email.

Thanks in advance

Eystein Dugstad
University of Bergen, Norway
From: skochhar@cvbnet.prime.com (Operator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: TeXView and BIBINPUTS problem
Keywords: NS 3.0
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:38:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computervision

hi!
When I run the "bibtex" command thru' TeXView, my ".bib" files
are not found; seems like TeXView is not able to read the
BIBINPUTS (nor TEXINPUTS) environment variables... Is that the case?
or something else wrong?


(bibtex runs fine when I run it thru' a shell window, or thru' TeXMenu)

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Sandeep Kochhar
Computervision, MS 5-2            email: skochhar@cvbnet.prime.com
14 Crosby Drive                   tel:   (617) 275-1800 x 4618          
Bedford, MA 01730                 fax:   (617) 275-8506
From: gmw0622@venus.tamu.edu (Mr. Grinch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: startup problems
Date: 4 Jan 1993 22:51 CST
Organization: GrinchCo
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

When I attempt to start my computer it exits to the monitor and says
"default boot device not found"  I'm able to boot it up with a bsd command,
but Prefrences will not let me change my default boot device (it says
no applicable when I click the icon).

Any ideas what I've done/how to fix it?  It just started doing this a few days 
ago and I hadn't made any changes to the hardware recently.

Please respond by mail,  I seldom read this group.

Mr. Grinch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: ssircar@canon.com (Subrata Sircar)
Subject: NeXTStep on HP?
Reply-To: ssircar@canon.com
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:33:16 GMT


[This was paraphrased when it got to me - I have entered it exactly as I  
received it.  In particular, I think there's a mistake in the 3rd paragraph; I  
assume they meant to discuss NeXTStep '486.]

*****
Source:  New York Times, 1/6/93

	NeXT has been in discussions with Hewlett Packard over licensing  
NeXTStep.  It was further reported that the discussions were not limited to a  
software license only, but may broaden into an investment from HP.  Further,  
NeXT may use a version of HP's microprocessor in a future version of their  
workstation.

	There has been speculation around Silicon Valley, that NeXT may not  
survive if they don't receive additional investments from a major partner like  
HP.

	Work has already begun at NeXT on an Intel version of their workstation  
which has been delayed for release until mid-1993.  Other options being  
considered by NeXT include the NT operating system from Microsoft or software  
from Taligent, the joint venture established between IBM and Apple.
*****
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Any reviews of Garfinkel & Mahoney's book?
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:42:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.000145.13689@mksol.dseg.ti.com> dahla@mksol.dseg.ti.com (alexander dahl) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan5.082843.20911@news.media.mit.edu> wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
>>>In article <C0DBLw.C8w@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
>>>>>I've read only one review of G&M's recently-released book, of those  
>>>>> 
>>>>>that have read it, would you post your opinion of the quality of the book and why you feel the way you do about it?
>>>>>
>>>
>>>G&M's book, combined with a 3.0 system and NeXT's printed versions of
>>>"NeXTSTEP Development Tools and Techniques: Release 3" and "NeXTSTEP
>>>General Reference: Release 3, Volume 1 & 2" is everything you need
>>
>>
>>Does this mean that I must have 3.0 to use the book????
>>-- 

No.  Simson & Michael did a nice job of simultaneously discussing a 2.x
and a 3.0 environment, and I believe their supplied code works just fine
under 2.x.  I was expressing my personal opinion that, from a programmer's
perspective, 3.0 offers so much more in terms of functionality than 2.x
that if you want to do serious hacking, you need 3.0.  I seem to be one 
of the few people that hasn't been bitten badly by bugs in the current 
release of 3.0 - it's been quite stable for the sorts of things I want
to do.  I'm also doing things that just weren't possible under 2.x (writing
a lot of IB palettes which take advantage of all the public IB protocols, 
3D Kit stuff, etc.).

Hope that clears up any confusion I might have generated.



-- 

-->  Michael B. Johnson
-->  MIT Media Lab      --  Computer Graphics & Animation Group
-->  (617) 253-0663     --  wave@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: graphics seminar
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:13:28 GMT
Expires: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT

Followup-To: brett@desktop.com


December 15, 1992


Dear Graphic Arts Professional,

We at DPC, Inc. are pleased to extend this invitation to our NeXT  
publishing and graphics seminar to be held January 11, 1993 at the  
Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. This presentation is  
brought to you by DPC, Inc., Washington's first NeXT Authorized Dealer  
and NeXT Computer, Inc. of Redwood City, California. 

As a full service provider of computer systems to the graphic arts  
community, DPC is uniquely qualified to bring to you this display of the  
revolutionary power of the NeXT Computer platform. We will be displaying  
the latest page layout, design and image manipulation software available  
for the NeXT Computer. The presentation will be performed on a 10 foot  
projection screen and will focus on real world design and production  
features. 

You will see the NeXT Computer in action. The speed and power of the  
computer itself will astound you and the software interface is the most  
elegant of any system shipping today. You will learn that the NeXT  
system uses industry standard TIFF and EPS graphics file formats and  
that many NeXT software programs are compatible with their non-NeXT  
counterparts.

The Agenda for the day is as follows:

9:30 AM to 11:30 AM	Presentation 1
11:30 AM to 5:00 PM	Product display and demonstrations
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM	Presentation 2

Our space for this event is limited. Please call at DPC at 703-658-0033  
to reserve your seat for this special event. We look forward to seeing  
you on January 11th for a fun and informative day with the NeXT  
Computer.

Sincerely Yours,

Bryan M. Vaughan
President
 
E-mail contact: brett@desktop.com

--
Nathan Janette	# "As I walk I hear my longing thoughts subsiding.
Dept MB&B	# Upon your cross I bleed the thoughts that I've been hiding.
Yale Univ/HHMI	# I'm all used up; there's not much more for me to give.
New Haven, CT	# Echoes of the life that we all want to live."

nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu		
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: FORMATION OF FORGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Followup-To: brian@uunet.uu.net
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:15:04 GMT
Expires: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT

NeXT Developers:

ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF FORGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

The past five years our business has been software sales, marketing, training,  
and support.  We are now branching out to form a company called Forge  
Technologies, Inc.  Forge Technologies will specialize in selling ObjectWare.   
In addition to our own objects/palettes, we are seeking developers who have  
quality objects/palettes.      

Forge Technologies is currently recruiting developers and reviewing ObjectWare.    
We are developing a roster of quality ObjectWare.   ObjectWare is a dynamic  
industry and we plan to make a major impact through an unique marketing effort.   
Your objects/palettes can be included in our quest to distribute ObjectWare.   
Part of the marketing concept includes working with the developer on  
documentation and editing.  Additionally, we handle the time consuming tasks of  
distribution, registration, and user support.

If this business concept appeals to you, please e-mail  
bcarter@nextsrv1.andi.org with an example of an object/palette you have written  
or are writing. 

ObjectWare is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc
  
Brian Carter
NeXTMail Welcome




--
Nathan Janette	# "As I walk I hear my longing thoughts subsiding.
Dept MB&B		# Upon your cross I bleed the thoughts that I've been  
hiding.
Yale Univ/HHMI	# I'm all used up; there's not much more for me to give.
New Haven, CT	# Echoes of the life that we all want to live."

nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu		
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: January GUN Meeting Agenda
Followup-To: info@gun.com
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:15:47 GMT
Expires: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT

January GUN Meeting Agenda

Gotham Users of NeXT - New York City

Wednesday, January 13th

I. Q&A - 1830
Questions.  Answers.  News. 

II.  Board Elections - 1900
Elections for various Gun Board postions.
President will elected at this meeting.
Come and have your voice heard in the Election process.
We're Looking for a few good Volunteers to join the Board.

III.  Virtuoso and PasteUp - 2000
John Budacovich 1 DeskTop Publishing and Graphics Guru.
He will demonstrate Altsys drawing package Virtuoso.
Virtuoso is said to be NeXTs premier drawing package.
Also he will demonstrate RightBrain's PasteUp.
For desktop publishers who have faced a choice between the easy-to-use  
pasteboard approach of  
PageMaker and the precise typographical control of QuarkXPress, PasteUp offers  
the best of both worlds.

Electronic Directions
220 East 23rd Street, Suite 503
212-213-6500

Questions to GUN at 718-260-9848 or email: info@gun.com



--
Nathan Janette	# "As I walk I hear my longing thoughts subsiding.
Dept MB&B		# Upon your cross I bleed the thoughts that I've been  
hiding.
Yale Univ/HHMI	# I'm all used up; there's not much more for me to give.
New Haven, CT	# Echoes of the life that we all want to live."

nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu		
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: BenaTong announces TimeSync  for  NeXTSTEP
Followup-To: n8emr!cypher!cgb@trigger.morningstar.com
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:16:46 GMT
Expires: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:		Charles Bennett, BenaTong (614) 276-7859
Availability: 	Now
Pricing:		$xx.xx

BenaTong announces TimeSync  for  NeXTSTEP:
Automated, accurate, time synchronization with the national time standards.

Columbus, OH, Jan 1, 19921BenaTong, today announced  TimeSync for NeXTSTEP.

TimeSync  is a NeXT computer application which provides an easy to use,  
automated method of maintaining the system clock accuracy.

If you depend on the accuracy of your computers clock then you need TimeSync.    
TimeSync makes sure that your computer has the correct time by regularly  
synchronizing your computers clock with the clock at the United States Naval  
Observatory or the National Institute of Standards and Technology. .
 

BenaTong, based in Columbus, Ohio is a consulting firm that
specializes in providing custom hardware and software for computers running  
NeXTSTEP.



--
Nathan Janette	# "As I walk I hear my longing thoughts subsiding.
Dept MB&B		# Upon your cross I bleed the thoughts that I've been  
hiding.
Yale Univ/HHMI	# I'm all used up; there's not much more for me to give.
New Haven, CT	# Echoes of the life that we all want to live."

nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu		
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
Subject: Announcing Presto version 0.9.6b
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:20:57 GMT
Expires: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Followup-To: info@pri.com
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT

Announcing Presto version 0.9.6b

Pinnacle Research Inc. has just finished a new revision of Presto, the premiere  
music sequencing package for the NeXT computer.   In addition to fixing a few  
bugs, the new version introduces some new features:

- NoteFilters:  NoteFilters are a mechanism for non-destructive processing of  
notes in real-time.  NoteFilters allow operations as simple as pitch or  
velocity transposition, or as complex as algorithmic music generation.  As with  
Transforms, NoteFilters are dynamically loaded, making them completely  
user-extendable.

- Multi-part selections: It is now much more convenient to re-arrange sections  
of a score, since measure selections in the Score Window can now span all  
parts.  A multi-part selection is made by holding down the Alternate key while  
making a selection in the ScoreView.

Unfortunately for those who have not made the switch to 3.0, THIS VERSION OF  
PRESTO (0.9.6b) WILL BE THE LAST VERSION THAT WILL OPERATE UNDER NeXTSTEP 2.x.   
We are sorry that this changeover may prevent a few people from using  
subsequent versions of Presto, but we feel the new features we will be able to  
add under 3.0 make moving to the newer version of the OS desirable for the vast  
majority of our users.

Presto version 0.9.6b has been uploaded to the sonata.cc.purdue.edu archive  
sites (the filename is Presto_v0.9.6b.tar and it is currently in the  
submissions directory).  It will run in demo mode (saving scores is disabled)  
until activated with a license key obtained from Pinnacle Research.

For more information on Presto, please send email to info@pri.com (NeXTmail  
welcome) or contact us at:
	Pinnacle Research, Inc.
	4725 E. Sunrise Dr. #435
	Tucson, AZ 85718
	(602)529-1135 (Voice)
	(602)299-9133 (FAX)



--
Nathan Janette	# "As I walk I hear my longing thoughts subsiding.
Dept MB&B	# Upon your cross I bleed the thoughts that I've been hiding.
Yale Univ/HHMI	# I'm all used up; there's not much more for me to give.
New Haven, CT	# Echoes of the life that we all want to live."

nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu
Organisation: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, Germany
Date: Monday, 11 Jan 1993 16:25:00 MEZ
From: christoph heising <HEISINC@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: SYBASE IAC

Hello!

Does anybody know if its possible to initiate inter process
communication from within SYBASE. We intend to post object ids
to remote applications...

Thanks
  Chris

EMail: heisinc@obelix.uni-muenster.de (preferred)
       heisinc@dmswwu1a.uni-muenster.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
From:  (slugg jello)
Subject: Re: InterfaceBuilder: No KeyAndOrderFront at app's startup??
Reply-To: slugg@mouthers.wa.com
Organization: Mouthing Flowers
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:54:19 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.130920.29274@oce.nl> fjh@oce.nl (Erik Hommersom) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
> When I start an application, made with InterfaceBuilder in a Terminal, 
> it is not activated, but the Terminal application remains the active
> application. 
> 
> Instead I would like to have MyApplication become active after it has been
> launched from a Terminal, without having to click on one of its windows. 
> 
> The problem I have is that I cannot figure out where to call the method
> "makeKeyAndOrderFront" if not in the main.m program generated by
> InterfaceBuilder?

The app's delegate receives appDidInit:.  In that method you can call  
makeKeyAndOrderFront or activateSelf:.  The owner of your main nib is usually  
of the class NXApp and is whose delegate outlet you must set.
-- 
Doug Kent
slugg@mouthers.wa.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
From: alastair@hecate.phy.queensu.ca (A.B. McLean)
Subject: Pointers to functions in method definitions
Keywords: method
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:20:06 GMT

POINTERS TO FUNCTIONS IN METHOD DEFINITIONS

I want to write a method that will accept a pointer to a C function.
For example, let the function be a simple Gaussian:-

void gaussian(x,a,y)
float x,a[],*y;
{
  float arg;
  
  arg = (x-a[2])/a[3];
  *y += a[1]*exp(-arg*arg);
}

In the interface file I would expect (Kernigham amd Ritchie section 5.11)
the method definition to look like 

- methodName:void(*gaussian)(float, float*, float*);

and in the implementation file I may have

- methodName:void(*gaussian)(float, float*, float*)
{
  // ...
  return self;
}

When I try to do this the compiler gives me the message

  parse error before `void'
  
Any suggestions ?

Alastair McLean
alastair@hecate.phy.queensu.ca