From: chauvin@pencom.com (Chris C. Chauvin)
Subject: co-Xist 3.0 Shipping
Reply-To: co-Xist_info@pencom.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:57:37 GMT


		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
		For more information:
		Pencom Software
		(512) 343-1111
		co-Xist_info@pencom.com

		
NEW VERSION OF PENCOM'S CO-XIST AMONG
FIRST SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT NEXTSTEP 3.0

Runs X Applications 5 to 10 Times Faster on NeXT Workstations
	
AUSTIN, 9 November 1992 -- Pencom Software has released a major new
version of it's software product, co-Xist 3.0, which will allow NeXT
workstation users to display and develop X applications locally or on
other hardware platforms. With performance enhancments of up to 5 to
10 times in display speed, co-Xist will address an industry need for
faster X applications on NeXT systems.  co-Xist 3.0 is Pencom's
version of the X Window System (X11R5) and is compatible with NeXTSTEP
3.0, the recently released version of NeXT's object-oriented
development environment and graphical user interface. co-Xist 3.0
takes advantage of NeXTSTEP 3.0's new features and performance
enhancements, as well as the new features of Motif 1.2 and the latest
release of the X Window System, X11R5.

According to Chris Chauvin, product manager at Pencom Software, Pencom
began working with NeXTSTEP 3.0 several months ago, and has seen
dramatic performance improvements with the latest version of NeXT's
software. By taking advantage of these enhancements, Chauvin said that
X Windows applications running with co-Xist 3.0 can now run from two
to five times faster than before, depending on the mode of operation
and monitor type.  And by taking advantage of co-Xist's new "Take Over
Mode" option, users can expect up to 10 times the performance than
before.

The "Take-Over-Mode" option allows X Windows applications to take over
the entire screen, rather than running with NeXTSTEP applications
simultaneously.  "Running X applications in 'Take-Over-Mode' provides
a dramatic increase in speed," said Chauvin.  In 'Rootless Windows
Mode' (where users can position the X Window as desired on the
workstation screen just as they can position NeXTSTEP windows),
applications will run up to two times faster than previously on
greyscale, and three times faster on color monitors, according to
Chauvin.

Other new features in co-Xist 3.0 include a client launch panel,
support for Motif 1.2 and support for X11R5, the newest version of X
Windows software which features the PHIGS Extension to X Windows
(PEX). The new font server provided under the distribution of X11R5 is
also implemented.

By taking advantage of the enhanced localization features offered in
NeXTSTEP 3.0, users are now able to adapt the co-Xist user interface
to foreign language environments. Currently, the co-Xist interface
commands can be changed to French or German. And finally, a client
launch panel allows users to specify how and where to launch any X
windows application.

Pencom Software is a division of Pencom Systems, Inc, a $42 million
national technical search and recruiting firm with five offices
nationwide. Today as a NeXTedge Partner, Pencom Systems is the only
company of its kind to provide the entire suite of resources and
training services to the NeXTedge program.

For more information about co-Xist 3.0 or Pencom's NeXTedge services,
contact: Pencom Software, 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy North, Austin, TX
78759; (512)343-1111 - ph; (512)343-9650 - fax; electronic mail:
co-Xist_info@pencom.com.


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