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Item 2767368 93/08/31 07:57
From: CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET# Internet Gateway
Subject: NEXTSTEP User Release 3.2 Features
Hello,
Recently I posted the NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.2 features.
Below are some of the features included in the NEXTSTEP User
Release 3.2 scheduled for early-mid Fall, including:
- Third party Boot Drivers support
- Third party Sound Drivers support
- 32 bit Color support
- Enhanced Pentium support
- Additional Graphic and Sound Drivers support
- Bundled SoftPC demo included
- Network Install
- Startup and Shutdown Graphics mode
- Configuration cleanup
- Additional On-line help
- and of course, Bug Fixes
Conrad Geiger
NeXT
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Features of NEXTSTEP Release 3.2
Suggested Retail Price: $795
Product Includes software on CD-ROM, Installation floppy disk, and
hard-copy documentation such as Release 3 User's Guide, Installing
and configuring NEXTSTEP Release 3 for Intel Processors, and Here's
How.
Upgrade Pricing:
FREE to 3.1 customers who send in their registration BEFORE
10/31/93. $195 for all other existing "non-3.1" NEXTSTEP
customers. Price is the same for Intel and NeXT Computer versions.
Please note the upgrade package does not include the Release 3
User's Guide and Here's How.
Release 3.2 Objectives:
# Enhance support for the Intel platform
# Continue to improve NEXTSTEP's quality
# Bundled SoftPC demo
Intel platform support enhancements:
# Third-parties Boot Drivers support
Release 3.2 has been enhanced to enable the dynamic loading
of boot drivers for devices such as SCSI drives and CD-ROM
drives. This feature will greatly increase the number of
configurations NEXTSTEP can support.
# Third-parties Sound Drivers support
A new set of public API's has been added to the SoundKit to
enable developers to develop sound drivers that can be
dynamically loaded into NEXTSTEP at run time.
# 32 bit Color support
The WindowServer has been enhanced to support third-party
32 bit graphics drivers.
# Enhanced Pentium support
Release 3.2 has been enhanced to take advantage of the
Pentium processor for better graphics performance.
# Additional Graphic Drivers support
The ATI Graphics Ultra Pro and S3 805 drivers have been
enhanced to provide support for additional RAM DAC and
resolutions. In addition, S3 928 support has been added to
Release 3.2.
# Additional Sound Drivers support
Support for Compaq Business Audio, Microsoft Sound System,
and Intel GX Professional on-board sound system has been
added to Release 3.2.
BUNDLED SoftPC DEMO
# SoftPC
A demo version of SoftPC will be bundled with Release 3.2. To
unlock this demo version into a full working copy, users can simply
call Insignia and purchase a license number to unlock it into a
full working copy. NeXT has been working closely with Insignia to
develop the best solution possible to run DOS/Windows applications
under NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. In order to optimize the
performance of SoftPC, NeXT has enhanced NEXTSTEP's window server
to dramatically improve the performance of Microsoft Windows
applications in a NEXTSTEP window while providing full cut/paste
graphics and text integration with your NEXTSTEP applications. In
addition SoftPC will support a full screen mode to allow
DOS/Windows applications direct access to the PC's graphics system.
Other NEXTSTEP Enhancements
# Network Install
To simplify the installation of NEXTSTEP for Intel processors at
large sites, the core technology for network installation have been
added to this Release. NeXT will ship some additional tools after
3.2 ships which will enable users and system administrators to
install NEXTSTEP with a boot floppy and a network server.
# Startup and Shutdown Graphics mode
To improve the consistency of NEXTSTEP's "look and feel", the
startup and shutdown of NEXTSTEP will be displayed with a graphical
user interface.
# Configuration cleanup
The configuration application has been refined to improve "ease of
use" and enhanced to support additional configurations.
# Additional On-line help
On-line help has been added to the Edit (in developer mode) and
PrintManager application.
# Bug fixing
Over 500 bug fixes have been made based on customer feedback.
=END=