NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 5, issue 7, October 30, 1992) The Grady Report: Shipping Products for NeXTSTEP (October, 1992) By the following categories: I. BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY II. CONNECTIVITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EMULATION III. DATABASE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IV. MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING V. PUBLISHING AND GRAPHICS VI. SOUND AND MUSIC VII. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES VIII. UTILITIES IX. ENTERTAINMENT X. PERIPHERALS A. Data Acquisition and Sound B. Fax and Data Modems C. Image Capture, Display, and Printing D. Storage E. Other Peripherals ______________________________________________________________ I. BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY ** Adamation, Inc. ** LiveWire - Allows multiple users to simultaneously edit a document over the network. Who's Calling? 2.0 - Telephone tracking system with multiuser access, plus voice response; allows you to track calls, schedule meetings, keep yourself organized. What's Happening? - Group scheduling application that allows data input directly on the views and user defined time slots and display ranges. Phone: 415-452-5252 ** Appsoft, Inc. ** WriteNow - easy to use word processor, includes mail merge capability. Phone: 800-428-APPS ** Athena Design ** Mesa - the first traditional spreadsheet written exclusively for the NeXTSTEP operating environment, reads Lotus(r) 1-2-3(r) worksheet files and executes most 1-2-3 macros. Phone: 617-734-MESA ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** OnDuty - Group contact manager, scheduler, note taker. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** HSD Microcomputers, Inc. ** OCR Servant-Limited Edition - Optical Character Recognition software available to users only through the Services menu. Simon Says - Voice control over application launching, key stroke equivalent commands, etc. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** Informix ** Wingz - Spreadsheet with 3D graphics and powerful Hyperscript language. Phone: 415-926-6651 or 913-599-7330. ** Insight Software ** ElectroFile - Manages scanned-in document images, esp. including litigation docs. Phone: 503-222-2425 Email: info@insight.com ** Lighthouse Design ** Concurrence - State of the art outlining and presentation tool. Diagram! - A drawing package that makes creating org charts, labeled diagrams, etc. easy and which supports links to other NeXTSTEP apps. Phone: 1-800-366-2279 or 301-907-4621 ** Lotus Development Corporation ** Lotus Improv - Next generation spreadsheet offering English formulas, multiple views on the data, linked tables, and presentation graphics. Phone: 617-577-8500 ** Stone Design Corp. ** DataPhile - Full featured flat-file database which handles images and sounds as well as text. Phone: 505-345-4800 ** Visual Understanding Systems (VISUS) ** PaperSight Lite 1.2 - A personal digital file cabinet. PaperSight 1.5 - A complete image management system which handles document scanning, viewing, organizing, searching, and archiving. Pittsburgh Project Manager - basic project management software. Phone: 412-488-3600 ** WordPerfect, Inc. ** WordPerfect for NeXT - The first true WYSIWYG version of this powerful, full-featured wordprocessor which dominates the PC word processing market. Phone: 801-225-5000 ______________________________________________________________ II. CONNECTIVITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EMULATION ** Abacus R&D, Inc ** Executor v1.2.1 - Runs the Mac version of Microsoft Word 5 and Excel 3 in a NeXTSTEP window. Phone: 505-766-9115 Email: ctm@ardi.com ** Active Ingredients, Inc. ** Communicae 2.0 - A communication package that includes both DEC VT220 and Tektronix 4010/4014 terminal emulation, and standard file transfer protocols. Phone: 617-576-2000. ** Avatar Corporation ** InSession 3270 - IBM 3270 connectivity for NeXT computers; Programmer's Toolkit is available for custom applications development. Phone: 508-435-3000 ** Cub'x Systemes ** Cub'X-Window - X11R4 server for 4 and 16 bit NeXT computers. Phone: 33)-1-46-93-29-25 (France) Phone: North American distribution, call Interactive Technology, Inc. at 503-644-0111 ** Cayman Systems, Inc. ** GatorBox - Intelligent LocalTalk (TM)-to-Ethernet gateway; connects NeXT and Mac networks. GatorShare - software for file sharing between Macintosh and NeXT Computers. GatorMail-Q - or linking Macintosh QuickMail users with NeXT e-mail system. XGator - allows an ethernet-connected Macintosh to be displayed and controlled via an X window. Phone: 617-494-1999 ** Conextions, Inc. ** 3270Vision 3.0 and 3270Vision Coax - 3270 emulation via TCP/IP over ethernet or via coax. 5250Vision - NeXT to IBM connectivity in heterogeneous network environments using TCP/IP. Phone: 508-689-3570 Email: edk@conextions.com ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** FloppyWorks - Software that enables floppy drives for NeXT to read and write 1.44 MB Macintosh disks and to translate data between the Mac and NeXT machines. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** DataViz Inc. ** MacLinkPlus/PC - File transfer and translation between the NeXT and Macintosh environments. Phone: 203-268-0030 ** Financial Data Systems, Inc. (FDSI) ** Kerberos - Technology for enhancing security in network communications. Phone: 818-287-9789 ** FD Consulting ** Real-time MIPS - distributed workstation architecture for high-speed data retrieval. Phone: 212-766-1420 ** Federico Heinz ** Dots - Printer support for HP LaserJet III, Epson, and other printers. Phone: (+49 30) 784 98 64 in Germany ** FTP Software, Inc ** PC/TCP Plus for DOS - TCP/IP connectivity for DOS, supports Telnet, FTP, RCP, RSH, TAR, Mail, and others. PC/TCP Plus for DOS - adds NFS support. PC/TCP for OS/2 - TCP/IP connectivity for OS/2, supports Telnet, FTP, RCP, RSH, TAR, Mail, NFS, Kerberos, and others, Includes TELNETD, FTPD, RSHD, SENDMAIL and other servers. Phone: 617-246-0900 ** Hayes ** ISDN System Adapter - supports ISDN data transfer via the serial port. Phone: 415-974-5544 ** HELIOS Software GmbH ** PCShare - Fast MS-DOS file, print and terminal server software based on standard TCP/IP. Phone: 511-368 10 93 in Germany ** Insignia Solutions, Inc. ** SoftPC - DOS emulation at roughly the speed of a 10 Mhz AT. Supports CGA and EGA. Phone: (415) 694-7600 ** Information Presentation Technologies, Inc. ** uShare - supports Appleshare and bi-directional Mac/NeXT printing. Phone: 805-541-3000 ** Marble Associates ** TeleConnect - support for networking via serial lines (SLIP) Phone: 408-436-7299 ** Morning Star Technologies ** Morning Star PPP - Point to Point Protocols for remote access to network or LAN bridges. Serial Port X.25/Daemon-S - provides flexible X.25 connectivity via the serial port. SnapLink - provides multiple ports and X.25 support via the SCSI port. Phone: 614 451 1883 ** Novell, Inc. ** LAN-WorkPlace for DOS v4.0 - Fast concurrent access to NetWare servers and TCP/IP network resources; NetWare NFS v1.1 - integrates NeXT with NetWare 3.11 environment Phone: 801-429-7000 ** Pencom Software ** Co-Xist 3.0 - an X Window System (X11R5) display and development environment for the NeXT. Co-Xist - Full X11r4 client and server support within NeXTSTEP. Phone: 1-800-PENCOM-4 or 512 343 1111 ** Ridgeback Solutions ** SNMP Agent and ServerWatchd - workstation monitor that allows network managers to monitor and generate alarms on key workstation parameters. Phone: 310-456-6094. ** Software Ventures ** Microphone Pro - set of tools to transfer data, communicate with remote computers, build custom scripts and design graphical interfaces. Phone: 510-644-3232 ** SoftSwitch, Inc. ** Soft - Switch SMTP Gateway - multivendor/multiprotocol email connectivity. Phone: 215-640-9600 ** Transarc Corporation ** AFS 3.0 - A distributed file system for large, multi-location networks; their are no local or user dependencies in the system. Phone: 412-338-4400 ** Uninet ** SLAT-1 - Provides a Centronics: style parallel interface and up to eight high-speed serial ports, connecting to the NeXT computer via SCSI. Phone: Contact Paul Hammond, Uninet, 714-263-4222 ** White Pine, Inc. ** eXodus - Full featured X-Window System display server. Phone: 603-886-9050 ** The Wollongong Group, Inc ** Pathway Access for DOS, Pathway Client for DOS, Pathway Access for Macintosh, Pathway Client for Macintosh - TCP/IP connectivity for DOS/Windows 3.0 and Macintosh. Phone: 415-962-7100 ______________________________________________________________ III. DATABASE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (see also SAS under Mathematics and Statistics) ** BDMS ** Boss Document Manager - document tracking and control. Contact - client/people tracking. Phone: 515-472-7740 ** BKS-Software Entwicklungs GmbH ** POET - Object-oriented database system written in C++. Phone: +49 30 342 30 66-67 ** Comnetix Computer Systems ** Map System - collection and storage of map coordinates to display, zoom, pan and analyze geographic locations. Mug Shots - data capture, compression and storage of an individual image, retrieval based on coded attributes. Document Management - scan, store, distribute, retrieve and purge or archive document images. Phone: 416/274-4060 ** Datrix ** Datrix5 Accounting - an accounting package built on Sybase. A/R shipping, A/P, Payroll, GL, Sales Order, Purchase Order are due in May. Phone: (602)545-7421 ** Dazzl, Inc ** Mail Inspector - multilevel finder for the NeXT mail system. Radiology Fileroom - Sybase-based radiology image storage, manipulation and retrieval system. Phone: (603)643-9450 ** Desktop AI ** X2C - runs dBase apps in a character-based mode. Phone: 203-255-5600 ** Faircom ** Faircom Server - Faircom's SQL Server. c-treePlus - file management, front end development tool. Phone: 314-445-6833 ** Fusion Systems Group, Ltd. ** DataLink for Oracle - Query the databases, put the result in Wingz. Phone: 212-285-8001 ** Imagine, Inc. ** MediaStation 1.5 - Archival, retrieving and processing of multimedia information. Phone: 313-487-7117 ** Information Technology Solutions ** SpeedDex - Simple, unstructured flatfile personal information manager. Phone: 312-951-7462 ** Informix Software, Inc. ** INFORMIX-SE Release 4.1 - Informix's relational database management system. Includes INFORMIX-Net, C-ISAM, INFORMIX-4GL and INFORMIX-SQL. Phone: 415 926 6300 ** IP Design, Inc. ** Parabase 1.0 - database front-end that allows you to build custom client/server SQL database applications without programming. Facilities for form generation, report writing, ad hoc querying, data import/export, and system administration. Provides transparent connectivity to Sybase or Oracle. Phone: 310-394-1820 ** Oracle Corporation ** RDBMS 6.0.30 - Oracle's relational database management system. Oracle Financials 8.3Pan Oracle-based finance/accounting system. Oracle Government Financials 4.3 - like Oracle Financials 8.3, tuned for government needs. Phone: 415-506-5072 ** PFCS Corporation ** UNIX MUMPS Version 3.1 - Standard database and programming language for the interactive manipulation and storage of large volumes of medical and business data. Phone: (314)230-8847 ** Reuters Information Services Services, Inc. ** Triarch 2000 - information distribution architecture based on standard LAN technology designed for distribution of realtime financial information. Phone: 212-912-7372 ** Sybase, Inc. ** SYBASE SQL Server - Sybase, Inc.'s relational database management system. Phone: 1-800-8SYBASE or 415-596-3500 ** Teledia, Inc ** FileMaster - free form data management tool Phone: (412) 321-5850 ** Transgraphics Systems, Inc. TransManager 1.0 - transportation terminal inventory management system. Phone: (510) 376-3522 ** Virginia Tech Library System, Inc. ** VTLS InfoStation 2.0PA hypermedia information access and authoring system for electronic libraries. Phone: 1-800-HOT-VTLS or 703-231-3605 ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** IDB - high-performance database which supports multiple inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic binding, long & nested transactions, versioning, dynamic linking, and heterogeneous networks. Phone: (412) 488-3600 ______________________________________________________________ IV. MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (see also Lotus Improv and Informix Wingz under Business Productivity) ** Analytical Graphics ** Satellite Tool Kit - for planning, analyzing and evaluating satellite missions. Phone: 215 337 3055 ** DSP Development Corporation ** DADiSP 3.0b Worksheet - graphical data analysis for scientists and engineers. Phone: 617-577-1133 ** Gestel Italia ** solidThinking - 3D modeling environment for the creation of photorealistic digital pictures and animations. Phone: +39-444-543540 Email: gestel@fintelit.next.it ** Graphisoft ** VISA - Translates DXF files to PostScript and/or editable Adobe Illustrator format. Phone: 415-737-8665 ** Halchin and Fleming ** Rubik Algebra - Uses Rubik's cube as a tool for exploring elementary group theory. Spring - Animates motion of a spring with an attached mass; for exploring differential equations. Taylor - simple and attractive interface to Mathematica for investigating Taylor polynomials. Groups - Description of mathematical objects known as groups. Phone: 814-336-5407 ** Insight Software ** Scanner Suite - includes scanner server and scanner objects to drive the Fujitsu M3096 scanner, the Ricoh scanner and HSD's line of scanners. ImageView - a View subclass that offers numerous display options for viewing EPS and TIFF files, including TIFF files with multiple subdirectories. Phone: 503-452-5926. ** Leading Market Technologies ** EXPO Market Worksheet - spreadsheet power and flexibility for financial time series users. Phone: (617)494-4747 ** Dr. Michael Mezzino ** MathGraph - a general mathematical graphical display object that lets users control and display a variety of graphical models using fixed or variable data in 2D and 3D formats. Phone: 713-331-6624 ** Rare and Associates ** MathTools - A set of objects for developers to use to write applications that communicate with Mathematica. Phone: 412-772-4388 ** SAS Institute Inc. ** SAS Application System - Integrated applications for data access management, statistical analysis and presentation Phone: (919) 677-8000 ** SHAZAM ** SHAZAM - a command line oriented statistical analysis package. Phone: 604 822 5062 ** Triakis, Inc. ** DAN, The Data Analyzer - Interactive data analysis system with 2D plotting support. Math++ - C language numerical analysis source code math library. Phone: 505-672-3180 ** TSP International ** TSP 4.2A - a statistics/econometrics package with a tty interface. Phone: 415-326-1927 Email: clint@leland.stanford.edu ** Waterloo Maple Software ** Maple V - Powerful interactive system for algebraic manipulation and related 2 and 3D color graphics. Phone: 519 747 2373 Email: info@maplesoft.on.ca ** Wolfram Research, Inc. ** Mathematica 2.0 - A comprehensive software application for mathematical computation, symbolic manipulation, graphing, and high level programming. Phone: 1-800-441-MATH or 217-348-0917 ______________________________________________________________ V. PUBLISHING AND GRAPHICS (see also Lighthouse Design and WordPerfect under Business Productivity) ** Appsoft, Inc. ** Appsoft Draw - full featured structured drawing program w/ multiple page support. Phone: 800-428-APPSz ** Adobe Systems Inc. ** Adobe Illustrator 3.0 - Adobe's market-leading design/illustration application; includes the Adobe Separator application. Adobe TouchType - A power tool designed expressly for typesetting at large sizes. Adobe Type Sets 1,2 and 3 and the Adobe Plus Pack - sets of popular Adobe typefaces. Phone: 800-833-6687 ** Bacchus, Inc. ** Pixel Magician - Translates between eps and tiff and many other graphic formats. Phone: 310-820-9145 ** Epitome, Inc. ** Redmark - On-screen review and "redlining" for all types of documents. Phone: 615-675-0910 ** Frame Technology Corp. ** FrameMaker 3.0 - Technical publishing software, including word processing, graphics, page layout, equation editing and book-building tools. Phone: 408-433-3311 ** MicroMaps Software ** MapArt - A presentation quality set of EPS maps - world, continents and regions, and 22 country maps. Phone: 609-397-1611 ** RightBrain Software ** Adobe Type Library - authorized distributor for the complete library of Adobe Type Faces. TypeView - a utility available via services for quick access to font information. Phone: 415-326-2974 ** Stone Design Corp. ** Create - Easy, intuitive access to Postscript effects on all drawn objects. TextArt - Easy, intuitive access to the full range of text effects Display Postscript makes possible. Phone: 505-345-4800 ** T/Maker Company ** Click Art - Nearly 400 illustrations of Encapsulated PostScript EPS artwork. Phone: 415-962-0195 ** Totem Graphics ** Clip ArtPmore clip art. Phone: 206 352 1851 ______________________________________________________________ VI. SOUND AND MUSIC ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** SoundWorks 2.0 - A powerful, easy to use sound recording and editing program. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** MIDIapolis Systems ** SoundBursts - Percussion and Effects digital sound collections. SoundHouse - inexpensive sound recorder. WarpIt - application for performing geometric transformations of digital images Phone: 612-822-1604 ** Quest, Inc. ** MidiLink - serial-to-midi convertor. MidiLink+ - all features of MidiLink plus midi merge. Phone: 604-656-8644 Email: thor@advantage.com ______________________________________________________________ VII. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES ** 42 ** Album - A scrapbook for text, graphics, sound and Unix scripts. Phone: 011 49 40 38 19 24 ** Absoft Corp. ** Absoft FORTRAN 77 - Object Oriented FORTRAN compiler; fully compatible w/ NeXT's Interface Builder toolkit, allows programmers to add a graphical i/f to any FORTRAN program. Fx - a screen oriented source level debugger designed by and for FORTRAN programmers. IMSL FORTRAN Libraries Phone: 313-853-0050 ** ACUCOBOL ** ACUCOBOL-85 - a complete COBOL environment. (Currently VT100 version, NeXTStep version TBA Phone: 619 689-7220. ** Adobe Systems Inc. ** DisplayTalk 2.0 - a development environment for Display PostScript programming. Display PostScript Software Development Kit (SDK) for NeXTSTEP 1.1 - comprehensive set of tools and reference materials designed to reduce development time and create more powerful applications. Phone: 800-344-8335 ** Applied Logic Systems, Inc ** ALS Prolog Phone: 315-471-3900 ** BenaTong ** Serial Solutions - Unix serial drivers wrapped in an object. Phone: 614 276 7859 ** Black Market Technologies ** GridPalette - Scrolling matrix of text cells in a scrolling palette. Phone: 718-522-5090 Email: treed@gun.com ** CACI Products ** MODSIM II - object-oriented language for programming and simulation 619-457-9681 ** Cadence Research Systems ** Chez Scheme - high performance implementation of Scheme. Phone: 812/333-9269 ** Codex ** the XEvents Software Development Kit - protocols for cross platform interapp communication. Phone: International telephone 61 3 696 2490 (Australia) ** Conextions ** Network Palette - versatile object library for developing distributed network applications on NeXTSTEP computers. Offers a complete object interface to the 3270 Vision and 5250Vision products. Phone: 508-689-3570 ** Elan Computer Group, Inc. ** Elan License Manager - Controls multi-user access to software applications in a network or multi-user environment. Phone: 415 964 2200 ** EVB Software Engineering, Inc. ** GRACE - 276 reusble software components organized in 23 distinct families of abstractions that total more than 5200 lines of Ada source code. HERAGRAPH - a complete set of 20 and 30 graphics tools written entirely in Ada. Phone: 301 695 6960 ** Franz Inc. ** Allegro Common Lisp - A full featured Lisp environment which interfaces to Objective C and Interface Builder. Phone: 415 548-3600. ** Frontier, Inc. ** TextField Palette and DBKit Companion Palette - a suite of palettized objects which are designed to further enhance the functionality of the NeXTSTEP object oriented operating environment, both for the end-user and for the developer. Phone: 800-448-6398 ** Highland Software, Inc ** Flexible License Manager - A package that allows a software application to be licensed on a concurrent usage basis rather than a per-computer basis. Phone: 415-493-8567 ** Hot Software ** BarCodeKit - a comprehensive object library for adding PostScript and TIFF bar codes to custom NeXTSTEP applications. Phone: 617 252 0088 or + 1 617 252 0088 Email: info@hot.com ** Impact Software ** Gdb 2.1/SuperDebugger - a GNU Debugger Front End. SpinDoctor 1.2Pfor visualizing 3d experimental data. PhaseScope 3.0 - user interface and graphical display program for qualitatively analyzing the stability characteristics of dynamical systems. Phone: 212-686-3512 Email: info@impact.com ** Jefferson Software Corporation ** Modula-2 - Programming language. Phone: (602)869-0316 ** Liveware Corporation ** KeyFamily, including KeyAccess, KeyDaemon, KeyInstall and KeyGenerator - suite of user authentification object. Phone: 303-484-7607 Email: todd@liveware.com ** Marble Associates ** Decision BuilderPDev kit for apps supporting real time decision making. Phone: 408-436-7299 ** Meridian Software ** OpenAda Compiler - certified Ada compiler. Phone: (714) 727-0700 ** Motorola, Inc. ** DSP56000 Family C Compiler Macro Cross Assembler (ASM96000) Simulator Programs (9SIM56000 and SIM96000) - Tools for DSP programmers. Phone: 512-891-2030. ** Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) ** FORTRAN 90 for NeXT - Modern Fortran fully compliant with ISO/IEC 1539:1991 and ANSI X3.198-1991 standards. ** OASYS ** OASYS Native Compilers OASYS Optimizing 680x0 Cross Compliers OASYS Optimizing 88000 Cross Compilers (C, C++, Fortran, Pascal available for each) - Highly optimized Fortran, Pascal. C and C++ compilers and cross compilers. Phone: 617-862-2002. ** Objective Technologies, Inc. ** [OT Palettes:2.0] - Custom palettes for IB. Smartfields, Chooser, MathPalette, and GraphPalette are currently available. Phone: 212-227-6767 ** Ohio Supercomputer Center ** apE - Scientific visualization software. (apE stands for "animation production Environment.") Phone: 614-292-3274 Email address: michelle@cinema.osgp.osc.edu ** ONyX Systems, Inc. ** BugByte 2.1 - graphical debugging tool Phone: 817 432-9107 Email: mail info@onyx.com ** Persistent Data Systems ** IDB Object Database - high performance, distributed object database. Phone: 412 963 1843 ** Pixar ** PhotoRealistic RenderMan - a language for describing 3D scenes. Phone: 800-937-3179 ** Professional Software, Inc. ** Objective DB Toolkit - object library for use with SYBASE in the form of two IB palettes. Phone: 617-246-2425 ** RDR, Inc. ** Power Palettes, including RDRSwitchView, RDRSound, RDR Selector, RDRImageView, RDRGadgets - IB Palettes for using graphics and sound in the interface. Phone: 703 591 8713 ** Rock Solid Software ** Eiffel - an implementation of the Eiffel language compatible with Interface Builder. Phone: 1-512-328-6406; also available from Interactive Software Engineering, Inc. 805-685-6869 ** Scheiber Consulting ** HexEditor - view, edit, and create binary files Phone: (312)363-6420 ** Suite Software ** SuiteTalk - Transparent communications runtime environment for VAX/VMS and various UNIX platforms running TCP/IP or DECnet. Phone: 619-698-7550 ** Torque Systems ** Linda - Programming language. Phone: (415) 321-1200 ** Transgraphics Systems, Inc. ** TransLibrary 1.0 - transportation object library allows rapid creation of transportation/distribution operational inventory management applications Phone: (510) 376-3522 ** Trillium Sound Research ** TextToSpeech Kit - enables developers to incorporate text-to-speech capabilities into their applications. Offers unrestricted text-to-speech conversion from arbitrary text of any length. Phone: 403-284-9278 Email: manzara@cpsc.UCalgary.CA ** University of Virginia ** uvapc/nextPPascal; inexpensive site license for educational institutions Phone: 804-982-2200 Email uvapc@virginia.edu ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** PaperSight Developers' Toolkit - More than 70 code and data modules for image management. SpeechKit - speech recognition tool for application developers; supports speaker independence, continuous speech, moderate-sized vocabularies and grammars. Phone: 412-488-3600 ** Xanthus International AF ** Craftman - Multimedia NeXTSTEP authoring tool with an object-oriented scripting language. Phone: 46 8 612-89-95 Email: jesper@xanthus.se ** Young Minds, Inc. ** Makedisc CD-ROM formatting software for creating a CD-ROM disc image. Phone: 714-335-1350 ______________________________________________________________ VIII. UTILITIES ** Advanced Electronics ** Stedi-LANding - monitors the serial ports for power failure signals and issues log off alerts. Works in conjunction with StediWatt uninterruptible power supplies and shuts the NeXT down gracefully. Phone: 800-733-3155 or 800-345-1280. ** Agog, Inc. ** Squash 1.0 - a file compression and floppy backup utility. Phone: 517-627-2186. ** Athena Design, Inc ** LabelMaster - lets you print text or EPS images on a Seiko Smart Label Printer or a CoStar Label Printer. Phone: 617-782-3550 ** Atherton Software Works (Millenium) ** Engage! - a general work management utility that complements the Dock and File Viewer. Phone: 415-321-3720 ** Aurora Software ** Quickstart - dock extender. FileStart - file, folder and application organizer. Tarre - personal compression and backup utility. Phone: 608) 231-3679 or 800-578-4809 ** Cube Technologies ** Stylist - Services-based app grabs and applies styles from/to text. Phone: (713) 778-1400 Email: info@cubetech.com ** The CuillaMartin Company ** CuillaMartin Calculator Set - Basic, scientific and conversion calculators. Phone: 708 223 5164 Email: vpnet.chi.il.us!cuilla!chris or cuilla!chris@vpnet.chi.il.us ** d'ART Software GmbH ** BarCode - reads and writes a variety of bar code formats. Object kit available. Phone: ++49 40 380 23 0 ** Impact Software Publishing, Inc ** enTar - Pbackup utility. MacinDisk ToshBrowser - read 1.4 Mb Mac disks Phone: 212-686-3512 Email info@impact.com ** Metrosoft ** MetroTools - expandable suite of tools including: Application Launcher - dock extender on the market provides up to 32 highly configurable docks, and each can be configured to appear in several forms. Font Installer - opens the NeXT to megabytes of available Macintosh typefaces. NiteLite - screen-locking and backdrop features, and also supports BackSpace modules. File Locator helps manage your ever-increasing file collection. Archiver - provides simple and fast compression and decompression. Sound Importer - opens the NeXT to thousands of Macintosh sounds. Phone: 619-488-9411 ** Paget Press, Inc. ** Labels - a sorting service especially useful for automating the production of mailing labels. Swoop'nPservices for printing envelopes and selections, compressing files and sorting and summing selections. Phone: 206-448-0845 ** RightBrain Software ** LaunchPad - dock extender that lets you autolaunch documents as well as apps. Lockscreen - a screen saver which provides no-logout password protection. Portfolio - place for art files that lets you see their contents and drag them into apps. Rulers - horizontal and vertical rulers that float above everything. Phone: 415-326-2974 ** Salt Spring Technical ** MindOverMail - Utility for handling mailing labels, envelopes. Phone: 503 684 1416 Email: saltspring@twilight.rain.com ** Taranis Design ** WYSIcalc - 7 in 1 Calculator Phone: 415 585 9582 ** Teledia, Inc. ** PhrasePlayer - voice-controlled digital dictation machine. BackupMasterPincremental backup software. Phone: 412) 321-5850 ** Triakis, Inc ** T-Calc - reverse-Polish notation scientific calculator Phone: 505-672-3180 ______________________________________________________________ IX. ENTERTAINMENT ** Athena Design, Inc ** CultureShock 91 - a solitaire game for tile matchers and 60's afficianados. Phone: 617-782-3550 ** DavidJoergProductions ** Ragnarok:Twilight of the Gods - animated strategy game. Phone: (708) 879-6261 ** Lighthouse Design ** VOID - strategy/arcade game for solo or network play. Phone: 1-800-366-2279 or 415-570-7736 ** Shapiro & Gilmore Studios ** Curvature - generate beautiful color patterns based on a specified number of symmetrical rotations and reflections of Bezier curves Phone: 617-783-2889 ______________________________________________________________ X. PERIPHERALS A. Data Acquisition and Sound ** Ariel Corp ** DM-N Digital Microphone - High-fidelity stereo microphone with lab-quality data acquisition capabilities. ISPW (IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation) - a board with two Intel i860's (160 MFLOPs, 80 MIPS). QuintProcessor - 5 27MHz DSP5001's on a single board for the cube. ProPort Model 656 - Analog I/0 interface with 2 channels of 16 bit analog in and 20 bit analog out with programmable sample rates. Phone: 908-249-2900 ** Dazzl, Inc. ** Model 16/12/200 Analog to Digital Converter - 16 channel 12 bit 200,000 sample per converter. Model 16/16/500 Analog to Digital Converter - 16 channel 16 bit 500,000 sample per second converter. DataDisplay - realtime display software for use with Dazzl A to D products. Photon - NeXTcube-based Digital I/O port for Photometric CCD camera systems. Zydeco I - board providing commercial grade digital recording studio for the NeXT. Zydeco II - all the features of Zydeco I plus - 4 56000 Motorola DSP's programmable for on the fly parametric equalization, filtering, and effect processing. Phone: 603-643-9450 ** IOtech, Inc. ** SCSI1488/N - A SCSI-based IEEE interface plus software that lets a NeXT Computer control up to 14 IEEE instruments. The following require the SCSI 488/N Serial488/4 - A 4 channel IEEE to serial converter. Digital488/80 - An 80 bit IEEE to digital I/O interface. DAC488 - A digital to analog convertor in either 2 or 4 channel versions. ADC488 A/D Convertors - Supports 16 single ended or or 8 differential analog channels. Phone: 216-439-4091 ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** Digital Ears - Audio input device and control software for entering and recording compact-disc quality sounds. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** Singular Solutions ** A/D64x - Hardware and software for high-quality sound recording and capture. Phone: 818-792-9567 ** Stealth Technologies, Inc. ** ADA1800 Digital Audio Interface - 8-bit digital audio I/O board capable of A/D and D/A functions at 32, 44.1, and 48 kHz, (AES/EBU interface) Holstein-I - two-track digital audio recording, processing and editing software. DAI 240011AES/EBU and S/PDIF bidirectional interface for digital audio signals (EAS/EBU and S/PDIF) connects through the DSP port. Phone: (618)692-2769 B. Fax and Data Modems ** B&W Software ** NXFax - high speed data v.42 bis. Automatically switches from data to fax mode and back. Phone: 802-496-8500 ** Dove Computer Corporation ** DoveFax - 9600 baud fax modem and 2400 baud data modem. Phone: 1-800-622-7627 or 919-763-7918 ** HSD Microcomputer, Inc. ** FaxMaster 24/96 X - 2400 baud data and 9600 baud fax modem bundled with OCR Servant. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** Neuron, Inc. ** Neuron Fax 1414 - 9600 baud Fax, v.32bis data (up to 38,400 bps) mode; autoswitching between fax and data. Neuron Fax 1414+ - also supports 4 wire leased line systems and front panel programming. Phone: 609 243 7538. ** Visual Understanding Systems, Inc ** Fax Modem VS-24 - 9600 baud fax modem that can vector call to a fax machine if busy. Phone: 412-488-3600 C. Image Capture, Display, and Printing ** Abaton (Everex) ** Scan 300 G/SPAn 8-bit scanner that scans halftones, line art, and grayscale images. Phone: 1-800-444-5321 or 415-683-2226 ** AGFA Compugraphics Division ** Imagesetters - a full line of NeXT-compatible imagesetters. Phone: (508) 658-5600 ** Canon U.S.A., Inc. ** IX-30F Image Scanner - An 8-bit flatbed scanner with a maximum scan resolution of 300 dpi. Phone: 1-800-848-4123 ** Extron Electronics/RGB Systems, Inc. ** RGB 111, RGB 112 and RGB 63/31 Scan Board - Respectively a NeXT video interface, a NeXT video interface for our color machines, and a NeXT video to "normal scan rate" converter. Phone: 800 633 9876 or 213 802 8804. ** Graphic Enterprises ** PageScan 3 - broadsheet laser printer Phone: 714 960 6268 ** HSD Microcomputer, Inc. ** Color-X-10 - application which can drive a Canon CLC as both scanner and printer via Canon's IPU 10 Scan-X Professional - An 8-bit grayscale, desktop flatbed scanner that supports resolutions of up to 1500 dpi. Scan-X Color - 24 bit true color scanner supporting up to 300 dpi for grayscale 24 bit color images and up to 2400 dpi for line art. Scan-X DP-20 - 20-page-per-minute scanner. PowerScan - new and improved UI for communication with HSD scanners. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** In Focus Systems, Inc. ** 7600WS - LCD color projection panel handles up to 1152 X 900 resolution. Phone: 800-327-7231 ** Linotype-Hell ** Imagesetters - a full line of NeXT-compatible imagesetters. Phone: (516) 434-2000 ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** Color Digital EyePVideo input device and control software for capturing still and moving NTSC video images. Phone: 503-238-5728 ** Oce Graphics ** OceColor - An Adobe PostScript, color printer that uses the latest thermal transfer technology, and supports the full range of PANTONE colors. Phone: 1-800-545-5445 or 415-964-7900 ** Pixelution ** Q-Scan - intuitive scanner support and color editing for Hewlett Packard Scanjet II and Microtek flatbed and slide scanners. Phone: +44-462-434029 (UK). ** Prism Technologies, Inc ** DyCam Model 1 Digital Still Camera - will grab images and dump them into the NeXT via one of the serial ports at a resolution of 376 4 240 4 8 bits deep (monochrome). Phone: 705.523.5528 ** RGB Spectrum ** RGB/Vidoelink 1450 AX - High quality high-res RGB to NTSC/PAL conversion and overlays. Phone: 510-848-0180 ** Second Glance ** ScanTastic - a scanner control application customized to exploit the full capabilities of the particular hardware it supports. Phone: 714 855-2331 Email: Lance@SecondGlance.com ** Talus Imaging ** Rio Film Recorder - 35mm camera back, Polaroid instant film back, NeXT computer interface kit, Imager software. Phone: (713) 556-6007 ** Tektronix ** Phasor IIPX - A 300dpi thermal color printer that uses a Postscript compatible language. It supports auto switching between SCSI, Serial, AppleTalk and parallel ports. ** Visus, Inc. ** Personal Page Scanner - up to 3 legal pages per minute scanner. Departmental Scanner - up to 11" by 17" at up to 12 pages per minute. Large Format Scanner - up to 24 by 60 inches, up to 400 dpi. Industrial Scanner - up to 2000 dpi resolution, accurate to .002 of an inch over 24 inches. Phone: 412-488-3600 D. Storage ** Box Hill Systems ** Various storage products - a variety of SCSI storage devices Phone: 212-989-4455 ** CORE International, Inc. ** Various storage products - multiple Hot Plug drives, controllers and power supplies wrapped into an Intelligent Array Subsystems for network backup. Phone: 407 997 6044 ** the Cube Route, Inc. ** Cube Route Hard Drives - Seagate Wren Hard Drives. 330MB, 660MB, 1 GB. Phone: (617) 876-8554 ** Dayna Communications, Inc. ** DaynaFile - External disk drive that lets NeXT Computers read and write to MS-DOS and NeXT-formatted floppy disks. Phone: 801-531-0600 ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** Cube Floppy Plus - External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks, Mac (400K, 800K and 1.44MB) disks and UNIX disks. Cube Floppy 2.9 External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks, Mac (1.44MB) disks and (1.44 MB and 2.88MB) UNIX disks. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** EMAC ** Metro CD - CD-ROM drive that also plays audio CD's. Metro DAT - 1.3 GB digital audio tape backup system. Metro Series Hard Drives - in 170MB, 335MB and 670MB capacities. Phone: 1-800-821-0806, ext 2155 or 415-683-2155. ** Epoch Systems, Incorporated ** Epoch-1 InfiniteStorage Server - platform independent network server designed to handle the need for quick access times to large off-line storage. Phone: 508-836-4711 ** ETC Peripherals ** Various storage products - full line of storage devices Phone: 813 884 2863 ** Liberty Systems ** Portable mass storage - SyQuest, DAT tape, magneto-optical. Phone: 408-983-1127 ** Maynard Electronics (Division of Archive Company) ** ST2000E - a SCSI based DAT drive which will hold up to 2GBytes of data on one 4mm tape. ST250E - a SCSI based cart tape drive that holds up to 250Meg on a DC6250 1/4" tape. ST525E - a SCSI based cart tape drive that holds up to 525Meg on a DC6250 1/4" tape. Phone: 800.821.8782 ** MicroNet ** Various storage products - up to 1.35 Gb, up to 10.7 ms access time. Phone: 714-837-6033 ** Microtech International, Inc. ** Eclipse 1.2T - 1 GB digital audio tape backup system. Eclipse 50R - Removable hard drive. Eclipse CD - CD-ROM drive with dual SCSI ports and a universal input power supply. Eclipse Serives Hard Disk Drives - ranging from 200MB to 1GB. Phone: 203-468-6223 ** Park Systems Technology Ltd. (Canada) ** Various hard disks - both fixed and removable media. Phone: 403-424-0530 ** Personal Computer Peripherals Corporation ** JETSTREAM Computer Peripherals Corporation - A tape backup system capable of archiving up to 2.3 gigabytes of data per tape at speeds up to 14.4 megabytes/minute. Phone: 813 884 3092 ** Peripheral Land, Inc ** PLI SuperFloppy 2.8 - External floppy that lest NeXT users read and write MS-DOS (720KB and 1.44 MB) disks and UNIX (1.44MB and 2.88MB) disks. PLI CD-ROM - 380 ms access time with Sony's newest mechanism. PLI Infinity 40 Turbo - Removable cartridges store up to 42 MB. PLI turbo Drives - Very fast 300MB and 600MB hard drives. Phone: 1-800-288-8754 ** Radiant Technology ** Various optical disk drives - featuring high storage and low access time optical drives. Phone: 303-762-6059. ** TECOR ** Disk drive enclosures - (1/2 height and full height), provided with or without new and refurbished hard disk drives from 400MByte up to 1.2GByte. Phone: 408.458.3197 ** Ten X Technology, Inc. ** Various storage products - line of storage devices including WORM drives Phone: 512-346-8360 E. Other Peripherals ** CH Products ** Rollermouse - A trackball that plugs directly into the mouse port. Available for both ADB original keyboards. Phone: 619 598-2518 ** CoStar Corporation ** StingRay Trackball - ADB keyboards only. Phone: 203-661-9700 ** Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. ** CubeDigital I/O NeXTbus Development Board - Plugs into the NeXTbus Developer Kit circuit board to simplify breadboarding for NeXTbus development. Phone: 505-662-1459 ** Highland Digital ** Upstart - A new hardware and software product for the NeXT computers that allows you to use your NeXT workstations without a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Composed of a simple switch that attaches to the monitor port, and software that configures the system to boot and function properly without a monitor. Phone: 415-493-8550 ** Quest Inc. ** Call Link - Automated phone answering system Phone: (604) 656-8644 Email: thor@advantage.com ** Software Engineering Solutions ** At the Beep 1.2PPhone answering hardware and software. Phone: (512) 219 9468 ________________________________________________________ end All previous Nugget News Digest issues are archived at the Purdue ftp archive site: sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the following Mailbox format files and directories: April - June, 1992: /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q2_1992.tar.Z July - September, 1992: /pub/next/submissions/Nugget_News_Digest_Q3_1992.tar.Z