Item    0247521                 93/08/03        18:25
From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
Subject: Announcing Serial Port Communication Objects for NEXTSTEP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For additional information, contact:

Mike Gobbi
Looking Glass Design
Phone: (604) 451-7461

FAX: (604) 451-7490
Email: mike_gobbi@looking-glass.com (NeXT Mail)


Looking Glass Design, Inc. Announces Serial Port
Communication Objects for NEXTSTEP

VANCOUVER, BC -  Looking Glass Design, Inc. (LGD) today
announced the pre-release of the LGDCommunicationKit, a
serial communications library for NEXTSTEP.

LGDSerialPort is an appkit-independant object used to
connect to serial devices, suitable for use in command-line
executables and daemons.  The class supports full uucp-style
device locking, as well as a wide range of port
configuration options.

LGDAppSerialPort extends the functionality of the basic
serial device for use in NEXTSTEP GUI applications.  The
kit includes a palette, allowing the programmer to specify
target and action from within Interface Builder.  The
specified message will be sent whenever data becomes
available at the device, allowing applications to deal with
serial port input in an event-driven manner just as they do
the keyboard and mouse input.

"I believe that third-party objects should be as easy to
use as objects developed at NeXT.  By providing complete
class and kit documentation in familiar styles, and by
making palettes and example programs a standard feature
of any kit released, Looking Glass Design demonstrates its
commitment to seamless integration into the development
environment."  Scott Thomas, president.

A pre-release of the LGDCommunicationKit is available
for free via anonymous ftp from cs.orst.edu.

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LGDCommunicationKit, LGDSerialPort, LGDAppSerialPort, and
LGDChat are trademarks of Looking Glass Design, Inc.   NeXT,
NEXTSTEP, and Interface Builder are trademarks of  NeXT
Computer, Inc.

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