NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 4, issue 3, June 30, 1992) ...continued, The Grady Report: 3rd Party NeXT Shipping applications - July 1992 VIII. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES IX. UTILITIES X. PERIPHERALS A. Data Acquisition and Sound B. Fax and Data Modems C. Image Capture, Display, and Printing D. Storage E. Other Peripherals ______________________________________________________________ VIII. 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, a development environment for Display PostScript programming. 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. Phone: 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. International telephone 61 3 696 2490 (Australia) ** Diab Data, Inc. ** D-F77 - FORTRAN 77 compiler - high-performance optimizing native compiler. NeXT-hosted FORTRAN Cross Compilers available. D-CC - C CompilerPhigh-performance optimizing native NeXT compiler. NeXT-hosted C CrossCompilers available. Phone: (415) 571-1700 ** 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. ** 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 ** Impact Software ** Gdb 2.1 - a GNU Debugger Font End SpinDoctor 1.1 -for visualizing 3d experimental data; PhaseScope 2.0 - ui and graphical display program for qualitatively analyzing the stability characteristics of dynamical systems. Phone: 607-277-8623 Email: infokit@impact.shaman.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 ** Marble Associates ** Decision Builder - Dev 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: 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, RDa 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. Phone: 805-685-6869 ** Scheiber Consulting ** HexEditorPview, 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 ** University of Virginia ** uvapc/nextPPascal; inexpensive site license for educational institutions. Email uvapc@virginia.edu Phone: 804-982-2200 ** 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: (Sweden) 46 8 612-89-95 Email: jesper@xanthus.se ** Young Minds, Inc. ** CD Studio - complete desktop write-once disk system (plug and play). Phone: 714-335-1350 ______________________________________________________________ IX. UTILITIES ** Agog, Inc. ** Squash 1.0 - a file compression and floppy backup utility. Phone: 517-627-2186. ** Atherton Software Works ** Engage! - a general work management utility that complements the Dock and File Viewer. Phone: 415-321-3720 ** Aurora Software ** Filestart - dock extender. Tarre - graphical interface on Unix tar and compress commands. Phone: (608) 231-3679 ** Cube Technologies ** Stylist - Services-based app grabs and applys 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: (GERMANY) ++49 40 380 23 0 ** Garfinkel and Associates ** Sbook - electonic phone book that dials phones, addresses email, prints labels and lists. Phone: 617-354-7888 ** Impact Software Publishing, Inc ** enTar - backup utility. MacinDisk ToshBrowser - read 1.4 Mb Mac disks Phone: 607 277-8623 ** Information Technology Solutions, Inc. ** WorldClock - multiple clocks set to multiple times, alarms (incl email), timers, time stamps via Services. Phone: 312 951-7462 ** Metrosoft ** MetroTools - Font, compression and screen saver utilities. Phone: 619-488-9411 ** Paget Press, Inc. ** Labels - a sorting service especially useful for automating the production of mailing labels. Swoop'n - services for printing envelopes and selections, compressing files and sorting and summing selections. Phone: 206-448-0845 ** RightBrain Software ** LauchPad - 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. BackupMaster - incremental backup software. Phone: (412) 321-5850 ** Triakis, Inc ** T-Calc - reverse-Polish notation scientific calculator Phone: 505-672-3180 ______________________________________________________________ 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 converterz. 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 programable for on the fly parametric equalization, filtering, and effect processing. Phone: 309-674-9317 ** 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. Phone: (618)692-4142 Email: krs@minuet.siue.edu B. Fax and Data Modems ** Dove Computer Corportation ** DoveFax - 9600 baud fax modem and 2400 baud data modem. Phone: 1-800-622-7627 or 919-763-7918 ** HSD Microcomputer, Inc. ** FaxMaxter 96/24 X - 9600 baud fax and 2400 baud data modem bundled with OCR Servant. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** 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/S - An 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 ** Electronics for Imaging ** Fiery Color Laser Controller - Drives the CLC 1, CLC 300, CLC 500 up to their full resolution. Phone: 800 285 4565, 415 737 5008. ** 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. ** Scan-X Professional - An 8-bit grayscale, desktop flatbed scanner that supports resolutions of up to 2400 dpi. Scan-X Color - true 24 bit color scanner supporting up to 600 dpi for grayscale 24 bit color images and up to 2400 dpi for line art. Scan-X DP-20 - 20-page-per-minute scanner. Phone: 415-964-1400 ** Linotype-Hell ** Imagesetters - a full line of NeXT-compatible imagesetters Phone: (516) 434-2000 ** Metaresearch, Inc. ** Color Digital Eye - Video 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 ** 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/Videolink 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 resoluiion, 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 lets 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 lets 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 lets 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 ** 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. Phone: 619 598-2518 ** 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 ** Software Engineering Solutions ** At the Beep 1.2 - Phone answering hardware and software. Phone: (512) 219 9468 ________________________________________________________ end