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Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:40:02 PDT
From:         Conrad_Geiger@NEXT.COM
Subject:      v4.6 - NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 4, issue 6, July 30, 1992)

NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 4, issue 6,  July 30, 1992)

This is vol. 4, issue 6 of the 1992 NeXT NUGGET NEWS DIGEST - a
collection of items of interest for NeXT User Group members.

Please direct your comments and feedback on the content of
this NeXT news to: nugget@next.com.

Previous Nugget News Digests are located in the /pub/next/Newletters/Nugget
directory on the Purdue archive server site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu.


Conrad Geiger
Manager, International NeXT User Groups


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


     I. Objective Technologies, Inc. Announces the Release of SqlBuddy
    II. DIT looking for NeXTSTEP developers
   III. How To Join NeXT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGS)
    IV. Marble shipping version 1.1 of Teleconnect
     V. NeXT Positions available at Oceania
    VI. NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM reminder (New DEADLINE: August 10)
   VII. User Interface Guidelines for 3.0 available for anonymous FTP
  VIII. NeXT Computer at Fed Micro 1992
    IX. Connextions Announces NeXT-to-IBM Connectivity Products
     X. RDR Reduces Prices on all Objects in PowerPalette Series by 60%
    XI. Announcing MathGraph



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I.  Objective Technologies, Inc. Announces the Release of SqlBuddy


Objective Technologies, Inc
7 Dey Street, Suite 1502
New York City, NY  10007

July 1st, 1992

Objective Technologies, Inc. Announces the Release of SqlBuddy
Objective Technologies, Inc., a Wall Street based NeXT software
development and consulting firm announced that they were starting
shipments of SqlBuddy vers 1.0, a friendly and easy-to-use front-end
to relational databases.


SqlBuddy Simplifies Database Use

SqlBuddy eliminates the need for general users to use the difficult
Structured Query Language (SQL) to get information from databases.
Instead, it lets users graphically construct and execute database
commands and view the results.

SqlBuddy puts database information within easy reach of ordinary
users.  Users can quickly view data servers, databases, tables and
columns.  They can use the simple point-and-click method of writing
queries to get the information they want from databases.  In
addition, they can use any of the advanced SQL features such as
grouping, aggregate functions and computes.   SqlBuddy gives everyone
the ability to use database information and eliminates the need to
learn complicated query languages.

SqlBuddy also makes programming and administration databases easier.
It provides an interactive database access environment with command
history and Emacs-style key bindings.  It is fully integrated in the
NeXTSTEP environment so commands can be run and data can be retrieved
through the NeXT services interface.  All the database commands and
all the system stored procedures (for the Sybased database) are
available as templates from the menu.  Frequently used queries and
commands can even be easily saved to the menu.  All SqlBuddy text
files can be used interchangeably with OTProvide.

SqlBuddy runs on  NeXT computers with NeXTSTEP 2.0/2.1 system
software and Sybase.  SqlBuddy version 1.0 provides access to Sybase
databases only.  Version 2.0, due to be released after NeXT's  DBKit
(a feature of NeXTSTEP 3.0) will provide access to Oracle and other
databases.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
SqlBuddy is available now from OTI directly or through
NeXTConnection.   The price is $XXX for a single floating license and
$XXX for a single machine-lock license.  Educational customers
receive a 50% discount on floating licenses, and site licenses are
available.

Objective Technologies, Inc., founded in 1990,  is one of the leading
suppliers of software for the NeXT platform.  In addition to
SqlBuddy, OTI is the producer of  OTProvide, a tool for use with
Lotus' Improv spreadsheet program which allows users to create
models where their data resides in a relational database (Sybase
version available now), and [OTPalettes:2.0], a collection of custom
object palettes designed to help programmers develop general-purpose
applications for the NeXT platform.  Objective Technologies, Inc.
markets its products worldwide through distributors and directly to
end users.  The privately held company is headquartered in New York.
For more information contact:

Objective Technologies, Inc
7 Dey Street, Suite 1502
New York City, NY  10007


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II.  DIT looking for NeXTSTEP developers

Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. (DIT) is looking for a few
good NeXT developers to help with our continuing NeXTSTEP product
development efforts.   We are the company who brought the  NeXT
community  the CubeFloppy 2.9 and Plus external floppy drives,
CubeDigital I/O, FloppyWorks and OnDuty for the NeXT. We also have
products for the Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations.

The qualifications  for these positions are:
         - significant NeXTSTEP programming experience
         - at least three years of C programming experience
         - good background in data structure design and manipulation
         - multi-platform experience (Macintosh, X/Motif, Windows)
         - hard worker who can handle long hours and deadlines.

DIT is located is the beautiful southwest (New Mexico).  In addition
to the great location, we offer  very competitive salaries, stock
options, excellent medical and dental benefits, liberal vacation and
sick leave benefits, and a challenging and rewarding work
environment.

If you are interested and qualified for these positions,  please
respond via e-mail (if possible); NeXTmail welcomed.

Resumes may be sent to:

     Robert Justice
     DIT, Inc.
     127 Eastgate Drive #20500
     Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
     Email: robert_justice@dit.com
     fax (505)662-0897

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III.  How To Join NeXT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGS)

NeXT Special Interest groups are a great way to communicate
electronically with NeXT users with similar interest or
problems that range from system administration to specific
application interest such as Lotus Improv or Frame.  Have a look
at the list below of the 34 special interest groups (if you wish to
start a noew group, please send email to user_groups@next.com:

        Adobe Illustrator NeXT SIG
        (ai_next@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca)
        To join, email: jchin@wcraft.wimsey.bc.ca


        AFS NeXT SIG
        To join, email: info-afs-next-request@transarc.com


        Auspex Administrators (NFS file servers)
        To join, send email to: auspex-request@princeton.edu



        Berkeley Mathematics Software Group
        Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu


        Classroom: NeXT Courseware SIG
        To join, email the text:
        "SUBSCRIBE next-classroom <your name>"
        to MAILSERV@gac.edu


        Communications/TeleCommunications SIG
        To join, email: nextcomm-request@marble.com


        Create users NeXT SIG
        To join, send email to Create-request@mcs.anl.gov


        Data GROUP NeXT SIG
        To join, email: data_group@dazzl.com


        DataPhile users NeXT SIG
        To join, send email to DataPhile-request@mcs.anl.gov


        Epoch Administrators SIG
        To join, send email to: epuf-request@antares.mcs.anl.gov


        Executor SIG
        To join, email: executor-request@ictv.com


        Finnish: FUNeXT (Finnish Users of NeXT)
        To join, send email to: mailserver@lists.funet.fi
                and write in body text:
                HELP
                LIST
                SUB FUNeXT


        Frame: FUN (Frame Users Network)
        To join, email: framers-request@drd.com


        Frame User Network -New England (FUNNE)
        To join, email: funne@srbci.mv.com


        Gopher users Interest Group
        To join, email: gopher-news-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu



        GIS(Geographical Information Services)SIG
        To join, email: next-gis-request@deltos.com



        Improv User Group
        To join, email: improv-request@bmt.gun.com


        Japanese: Kanji and Japanese on the NeXT
        To join, email:next-nihongo-request@pinoko.berkeley.edu



        Mathematica:Special Interest Group
        To join, email: mathgroup-request@yoda.physics.unc.edu



        Medical: NeXTMed SIG
        To join, email:NeXTMed-request@ulnar.biostr.washington.edu


        Music: NeXT Music SIG
        To join, email: nextmusic-request@wri.com


        Mexico - MexNeXT Discussion List
        To join, email the text:
        "SUBSCRIBE MEXNEXT <your> <name>"
        to listserv@TECMTYVM.bitnet


        Missouri -MUNUG-L Discussion List
        To join, email the text:
        "SUBSCRIBE MUNUG-L <your> <name>"
        to listserv@UMCVMB.bitnet


        NexLAW - Legal NeXT User Group
        To join, email: NexLAW-request@techlaw.com


        Next/Apple II Mailing List
        To join, email: na2sig-request@byu.edu



        NeXT-Icons Mailing List
        To join, email: next-icon-request@bmt.gun.com


        NeXTManagers (quick & technical answers)
        To join, email: next-managers-request@stolaf.edu


        NeXT Q&A's
        To join, email the text:
        "SUBSCRIBE NEXT-L <your> <name>"
        to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU


        NeXTSTEP, the operating environment
        To join, email the text:
	"SUBSCRIBE NEXTSTEP <your> <name>"
        to LISTSERV@IndyCMS.IUPUI.Edu
        or LISTSERV@IndyCMS.BITNET.


        Network and Security Management for
        Installed Labs and Large Installations
        To join, email: next-lab-request@cs.ubc.ca


        Developers/ Programmers:  NeXT Programmers SIG
        To join, email: next-prog-request@cpac.washington.edu


        Publishing Interest Group
        To join, email: publish-request@chron.com


        SCIENCE NeXT User Group (SNUG)
        To join, email: snug-requests@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu


        United Kingdom SIG
        To join, email: uk-next-users-request@ohm.york.ac.uk,
        and next-uk-usergroups-request@asmec.co.uk,
        and uk-next-announce-request@asmec.co.uk


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IV.  Marble shipping version 1.1 of Teleconnect


From: ray@carrara.bos.marble.com (Ray Bloom)

Marble Associates is pleased to announce the immediate
availability of version 1.1 of Marble Teleconnect for the
NeXT. We appreciate everyone's patience while we have been
preparing this release. We have just finished the testing
period and can now upgrade existing copies of Teleconnect
v1.0. Any owner of a copy of Marble Teleconnect may upgrade to
version 1.1 directly from Marble Software Products,
regardless of where the copy was purchased

Upgrades are available between between July 1 and August 31,
1992. Please contact Marble Software Products (see
signature) for more upgrade information.

The Future:

ISDN
Marble Teleconnect already supports the Hayes ISDN System
Adapter under NeXTstep 2.1, and it will support this adapter
under NeXTstep 3.0, when 3.0 becomes available.



___________________________________________________________________

V.  NeXT Positions available at Oceania

Oceania Health Care Systems is a growing start-up software
development company dedicated to improving patient care through a
progressive approach aimed at providing health care information
management solutions.  Oceania is  committed to utilizing industry
standards,  maintaining an open architecture, incorporating the
newest advances in hardware, networking/communication and
software technologies, and changing the notion of the human machine
interface. Our goal is the development of a state of the art computer
human interface and database for the clinical environment.

Oceania extends this progressive philosophy to its corporate
management and operations.  We are committed to a democratic
management approach and high quality working environment which
includes flexible hours, medical benefits, and aggressive profit
sharing plans.

We seek qualified candidates in the following areas:


System Administration and Support:

Perform traditional system administration duties, customer
support, and quality assurance. The individual will need Unix
experience, networking, and NeXT NetInfo. BS/BA in an engineering
related degree with 3-5 years of experience.


Network Designer:

Perform the design and implementation of a distributed
application. The individual will need UNIX, OLTP, Network, TCP/IP,
LU6.2, and  Client/Server application experience. MS/PhD in an
engineering related degree with 5-10 years of experience.


Software Implementers:

Implementation of a clinical health care application. The
individual will need NeXT, OOD, GUI, UNIX, Health Care, multi media,
networking, and database experience. BS/MS in an engineering
related degree with 3-10 years of experience.


Senior Software Developers:

Design and Implementation of a clinical health care application.
The individual will need strong writing and communication skills,
NeXT, OOD, GUI, UNIX, Health Care, multi media, networking, and
database experience. MS/PhD in an engineering related degree with
5-15 years of experience.


Both full and part-time positions are available with start time and
compensation package negotiable. All interested in Oceania and its
endeavors are encouraged to mail or FAX a CV/Resume (please no
electronic mail) , indicating the position(s) you are interested
in, to:

Edmund Billings, Jr. MD.
325 Lytton Avenue. Suite 400
Palo Alto, CA 94301
FAX: (415) 322-0142


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VI.  NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM reminder (NEW DEADLINE: August 10)
Reminder:


******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Monday, August 10, 1992****



ANNOUNCING THE NeXT PUBLIC DOMAIN CD-ROM FOR EDUCATION

Soon you will be seeing quite a few CD-ROMs containing files from the
major NeXT archive sites (e.g. Purdue, Oregon State). Some are being
produced by NeXT user groups, others are from software publishers,
and even others are included when you buy a hard disk from a
particular vendor.  Much of the *really* incredible educational
software, however, does not appear at the NeXT public archive sites,
and therefore may not be included in these productions.

WHAT IS THE NeXT PUBLIC DOMAIN CD-ROM FOR EDUCATION?

The Higher Education Marketing group at NeXT Computer, Inc. is
gathering educational software that is available either free of
charge (freeware) or for minimal costs (shareware) and will
distribute the wares via CD-ROM. There will also be a handful of
commercial demos (education oriented only) on the CD-ROM, as well
some selected demonstration applications developed at NeXT which are
not part of NeXT's current product lines.

NeXT plans to distribute the CD-ROM this fall to many of our
education users, and will give it away to attendees at the 1992
EDUCOM conference in Baltimore, MD (October 28 - 31).



******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Monday, August 10, 1992****



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We realize that we're going to get gigabytes of stuff, and not all
will fit on one CD-ROM.  NeXT will evaluate for software for
stability and then select the submissions to be included on this
version of the NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education.

If you have software that you would like to include on the NeXT
Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, please observe the following
guidelines:

1. Each application should be in a separate directory, along with a
README file containing the following sections:

a. Who wrote the software and contact information (preferably
    Internet and US. Mail addresses) for questions, comments, bug
    reports, etc.
b. The category that best describes the software type. (See
    *categories* below.)
c. What the application does.
d. What the application is used for at your institution (e.g. in a
    particular course, to illustrate a certain concept, research).
e. Which NeXT release your software was developed under (2.x or
    NeXTSTEP Pre-Release 3).
f. Detailed installation instructions (if any).
g. Any other comments you would like to add.

2. All executables must be stripped. This can either be done by
typing "make install" to build the application, or by typing "strip
<executable name>" in a UNIX shell.

3. If the software is an Interface Builder palette or an Objective C
class, we require a small example application and / or detailed
documentation illustrating the tool's function. Please include this
in the directory containing the tool.

4. If your software is shareware, we will gladly include any
licensing information that you provide for us. Please include such
information in the README file. We will also place a file in a
conspicuous place on the CD-ROM encouraging people to register any
shareware that they use.

Note: We hope that these guidelines will make the CD-ROM much more
useful for everyone in the NeXT education user community. If any
guideline(s) presents a particular hardship, please contact us.

PARTIAL LIST OF SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
(Feel free to suggest a category that we may not have included.)

    Architecture
    Astronomy
    Art/Design
    Biology
    Business
    Chemistry
    Communications
    Computer Science
    CraftMan (Both programs & palettes. NeXT will supply CraftMan
      Engine)
    Economics
    Engineering
    English
    Foreign Language
    Games
    Geology
    History
    Information Management
    Law
    Linguistics
    Mathematics (Including Mathematica Notebooks and front ends to
      Mathematica)
    MediaStation (NeXT will provide a MediaStation engine to run your
      archives)
    MediaView
    Medical
    Multimedia
    Music
    Networking
    Philosophy
    Physics
    Programming (e.g. palettes, objects, examples)
    Psychology
    Publishing
    Statistics
    Utilities/Services



******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Monday, August 10, 1992****



HOW TO SUBMIT
In order of preference:

1. NeXTmail to:
<next_on_campus@next.com>

2. A 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk sent to:

    NeXT on Campus
    NeXT Computer, Inc.
    900 Chesapeake Drive
    Redwood City, CA 94063

If you would like your disk returned, please include a self-addressed
envelope.  (NeXT will provide return postage.)

Please contact us with any questions you may have.  And thank you for
writing top-quality educational software for NeXT computers!

        David Spitzler
        Mgr., Higher Education Marketing
        dspitz@next.com

        Jeff Blum
        Higher Education Technical Assistant
        jblum@next.com




___________________________________________________________________

VII. User Interface Guidelines for 3.0 available for anonymous FTP


The latest version of NeXT's User Interface Guidelines document
(.rtfd) is now available for anonymous FTP from sutro.sfsu.edu
[130.212.15.230] in the directory pub/UIGuide_July_92/.  This
supersedes the previous draft release already on the archives.
The UIGuide_July_92 directory contains the following files:

   README (instructions how to uncompress the Guidelines)
   UserInterface.squfold
   UnSquashOnly*

Addison-Wesley will publish the final version in hardcopy form as
part of the NeXTSTEP 3.0 documentation set.

Thanks to Kathy Walrath for making these files available to BANG
and for permission to redistribute them electronically.


BANG
P.O Box 1731
Palo Alto, CA  94302
info@bang.org
(415) 327-BANG

The Bay Area NeXT Group is an organization that provides a forum
for information exchange concerning the NeXT marketplace and
computer technology in general.

____________________________________________________________________

VIII. NeXT Computer at Fed Micro 1992

If you are in the Washington, D.C (USA) area next week...

The Fed Micro '92 show is in full swing next week at the Washington
Convention Center!  Fed Micro (next to FOSE) is one of the largest
and fastest growing Federal microcomputer conferences drawing over
50,000 attendees.  NeXT will be participating this year in both the
Lotus and Adobe Booths.  NeXT's Jeff Spirer will also be speaking on a panel
called, "OS Wars: Is There a New Operating Systems in Your Future" on
August 5 between 10:15 and 11:45AM.


____________________________________________________________________


IX.  Connextions Announces NeXT-to-IBM Connectivity Products

Connextions has announced their 5250Vision product, which connects
NeXT computers to IBM's Application System 400. The 5250 product
offers NeXT-to-IBM connectivity in heterogeneous network environments
using the TCP/IP protocol. Connextions also announced Release 3.0 of
the 3270Vision product, which offers new functionality and services
to its users.

In a separate announcement, Connextions introduced Network Palette,
an object library for developing distributed network applications
on NeXTSTEP computers. It offers a complete object interface to
the 3270Vision and 5250Vision products.

Contact: Ed Kodinsky (508) 689-3570


____________________________________________________________________

X. RDR Reduces Prices on all Objects in PowerPalette Series by as Much
as 60%

June 12, 1992.  RDR announced today that prices for all of its
reusable software components are to be reduced by up to 60% from
their current levels.  Due to high user demand for inexpensive,
reliable and reusable software components, RDR has restructured
the pricing of its PowerPalettes series of NeXTSTEP Objects to
better address the needs of the developer market.

In addition to the new pricing structure, RDR announced the
RDRSelector palette is now shipping.  PowerPalettes consists of
five palettes designed to provide developers access to useful
graphical interface components.  Members of the PowerPalettes family
include RDRSwitchView, RDRSound, RDRSelector, RDRImageView, and
RDRGadgets.  All palettes are appropriate for many custom application
domains, and are not specific to any particular vertical markets.

In addition, RDR announced two new reseller agreements.  NeXTConnection,
the New Hampshire based mail order reseller for the NeXT market,
will carry RDR's line of reusable components.  In the United Kingdom,
RDR has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with TPS Systems,
Ltd. of  Perth.  RDR is actively pursuing additional international
resellers.

Contact:  Chris Walters, (703) 591-8713


____________________________________________________________________

XI. Announcing MathGraph

Dr. Michael J. Mezzino, Jr., chairman of the University of Houston
Clear Lake's Department of Mathematics and a NeXTSTEP developer,
today announced MathGraph, a general mathematical graphical display
object.

In the form of a loadable object palette, MathGraph is an object
class that lets users control and display a variety of graphical
models using fixed or variable data in two-dimensional and
three-dimensional formats. It also manages data, data scaling,
axes, axis labels, data plotting and limited animation.

Contact: Dr. Michael J. Mezzino, Jr.
Phone: (713) 331-6624
Email: mezzino@gauss.cl.uh.edu

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