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- NeXT-FAQ.utilities: Questions about software utilities
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- *** Subject: T1. Where can I obtain the most recent version of Kermit?
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- The source for the latest version is available via ftp
- from cs.dartmouth.edu in the directory named
- kermit/sw. Get the file ckaaaa.hlp to get started and see
- what files are required. Note that this version of Kermit
- does have a NeXT specific compile option.
-
- Kermit can also be found on...
-
- The Purdue NeXT archive:
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- pub/next/2.0-release/source/kermit5a.170.tar.Z
- pub/next/2.0-release/binaries/kermit5a.170.bin20.tar.Z
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- The Oregon NeXT archive:
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- pub/next/sources/comm/kermit5a.170.tar.Z
- pub/next/binaries/kermit5a.170.bin20.tar.Z.
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- *** Subject: T2. Where can I obtain a NeXT version of SLIP or PPP?
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- PPP:
-
- The free version of SLIP available from purdue was
- written by Louis Mamakos and is an excellent
- implementation. Basic SLIP is free, but VJ TCP header
- compression requires a license which is available
- inexpensively from Mr Mamakos.
-
- Morning Star Technologies offers a commercial version.
-
- For more information:
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- email: marketing@morningstar.com
- ftp: ftp.morningstar.com (anonymous FTP archive
- of docs & literature)
- phone: +1 614 451 1883, +1 800 558 7827.
-
- SLIP:
-
- A free version is available on the archives.
-
- Morningstar and Marble Associates both have commercial
- packages available.
-
- For more information:
-
- Marble Associates
- teleconnect-info@marble.com
-
-
- *** Subject: T3. Where can I obtain a version of Larry Wall's patch for the NeXT?
-
- Patch is a utility that allows people to distribute
- updates to sources without resending the whole
- packages. This is done by detecting changes between the
- last release and the new one and creating a file of
- differences to each source file in the release. Patches
- need to be applied sequentially. The distribution can be
- found on the Purdue NeXT archives in:
- pub/next/2.0-release/source in file
- patch-2.0.12u3.NeXT.tar.Z
-
-
- *** Subject: T4. Where can I get a NeXTstep netnews reader?
-
- By far the most versatile NeXTstep-specific newsreader
- application for the NeXT is NewsGrazer by Jayson Adams
- formerly of NeXT. It is on the archive servers.
-
- Many non-NeXTstep-specific newsreaders have been
- ported to the NeXT environment providing the
- flexibility and familiarity existing on other
- platforms. Most of these may be obtained via anonymouse
- ftp from ftp.uu.net:~ftp/news
-
-
- *** Subject: T5. Where can I get plotting software?
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- nxyplot by Tom Pulliam is available from cs.orst.edu
-
- graph is available in source form from 4.3BSD systems. It
- is useful for dealing with pairs of numbers that need to be
- viewed.
-
- psplot comes with the NeXT, it takes the output of the
- graph program and generates a .ps file that can be
- previewed with Preview or Yap.
-
- gnuplot is available from prep.ai.mit.edu. Very useful
- patches for gnuplot are available from Purdue which
- allow it to open NeXTstep windows and output its graphs on
- them.
-
- jsplot clone of graph that generates ps files directly.
-
- plplot is a library of c routines that generate 2D, 3D and
- contour plots. It is available on purdue archive,
- plplot.tar.Z contains the source, and NXplplot.tar.Z
- contains the library, example programs and
- documentation.
-
- Mathematica The ReadList command will bring in files
- containing sample values and produces a plot on the fly.
-
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- *** Subject: T6. Where can I get objective-c mode for emacs?
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- You can get ObjC mode for Emacs, by Douglas Worthington
- and Kenneth Persson from cs.orst.edu
-
-
- *** Subject: T7. Is there a backup utility for multi-volume dumps (gnu tar)?
-
- GNU tar has a number of features not found in the tar
- delivered with the NeXT, and in some cases it may be a
- better choice for backups than rdump and rrestore. The
- NeXT supplied rdump/rrestore don't work when using
- multiple volumes to non-NeXT systems (see the man page
- for rdump/rrestore). GNU tar will also allow a dump of a
- portion of a file system as well as an entire file system.
- Other useful features of GNU tar include: incremental
- dump capability like BSD dump/restore, scripts for
- backing up heterogeneous workstations across the
- network automatically, multivolume tape and floppy
- disk support (it can't do multivolume compressed
- unfortunately), long filename support, and scripts for
- integrating floppy disks into a three level backup
- scheme. Source and binary for the NeXT is available on the
- purdue and orst archives in tar-1.10.tar.Z.
-
- An inexpensive commercial application for backup to DAT
- and SCSI tape is available from Impact Software
- publishing. The app automatically configures your tape
- drive and gives a NeXTstep browser interface for
- selecting files to save or restore. The program is
- distributed electronically, and a demo version can be
- obtained from nova.cc.purdue.edu or
- sonata.cc.purdue.edu under the pathname:
- /pub/next/2.0-release/demos/enTar1.4.tar.Z
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