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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Intuitive Systems, Inc.
408 245 8540
fax: 408 245 8541
cubx@intuisys.com
INTUITIVE SYSTEMS, INC. ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF CUB'X-WINDOW V5.0
Sunnyvale, California, January 5th, 1996 - Intuitive Systems, Inc.
announces the availability of Cub'X-Window v5.0, the first X11R6
X Window client/server solution available for NEXTSTEP on NeXT,
Intel, HP PA-RISC and Sun SPARCstations.
With its still increased speed performance, optimized X visuals
and numerous pre-compiled X clients and window managers, Cub'X-Window
v5.0 provides the fastest and most complete X Window solution for
NEXTSTEP.
Cub'X-Window
Cub'X-Window integrates in NEXTSTEP the functionality of a standard
X Window terminal, allowing users to display on NEXTSTEP their
legacy X Window applications running on any X Window workstation
in the network. Cub'X-Window also provides all tools to port or
develop X Window applications locally on NEXTSTEP. Moreover,
Cub'X-Window bundles numerous popular X clients (XV, Mosaic...)
and window managers (Motif, fvwm, XView...) already pre-compiled
and ready to run.
Cub'X-Window includes complete communication tools between X and
NEXTSTEP (cut/copy/paste of text, screen grab, automatic launch of
X applications, access of manual pages under librarian...) and
allows the display of X applications in full screen or inside the
NEXTSTEP environment.
What's new in Cub'X-Window v5.0?
- X11R6 client/server architecture
The X11 Release 6 System is upward compatible with Release 5: X11R5
applications will continue to run on X11R6.
In order to ensure total compatibility of compiled applications,
Cub'X-Window Development Tools include both sets of tools and X
libraries for X11R5 and X11R6.
- Support on NEXTSTEP for Sun SPARCstation
The X Window 8 bit pseudocolor visual has been especially optimized
for increased display speed and perfect color tuning.
- Increased speed performance
Cub'X-Window v5.0 breaks the generally observed fact that increased
integration between X and NEXTSTEP results in lower speed performance.
With the implementation of new optimization techniques, Cub'X-Window
5.0 manages to nearly double the speed of X applications when
displayed inside NEXTSTEP, making this option about as fast as the
option displaying X Window applications in full screen.
- Support of all standard X Window visuals
Cub'X-Window v5.0 supports all standard X Window visuals (Pseudocolor,
TrueColor, Grayscale) on all platforms running NEXTSTEP. All visuals
are optimized and tuned for perfect compliance with the MIT
specifications.
- New window managers
In addition to OSF/Motif and Tab window manager, the followings are
now available: fvwm, XView, tvtwm, bowman.
- New function keys implementation
Users can now access the function keys directly on the keyboard
without need for an emulation.
- New pre-compiled clients
Cub'X-Window v5.0 includes numerous popular clients such as Mosaic,
ghostview, xfig, XV, tcl/tk...
System requirements
Cub'X-Window v5.0 runs on NEXTSTEP v3.2 and v3.3.
Cub'X-Window v5.0 is not compatible with the NeXT Dimension Board.
Demonstration version
A demonstration version of Cub'X-Window v5.0 is now available on
ftp.cs.orst.edu in the directory /pub/next/submissions (to be moved
to /pub/next/XNeXT).
You can download the following files:
- CubXWindow.Demo.README
- CubXWindow.Demo-m68k.tar.gz: Demo version for NeXT Hardware
- CubXWindow.Demo-i386.tar.gz: Demo version for Intel Systems.
- CubXWindow.Demo-hppa.tar.gz: Demo version for HP PA-RISC workstations
- CubXWindow.Demo-sparc.tar.gz: Demo version for Sun SPARCstations
- CubXWindow.Demo-quad.tar.gz: 4-way fat demo version for all architectures.
For more information, please contact:
Intuitive Systems, Inc.
599 North Mathilda Ave. Ste 19
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel : 408 245 8540
fax : 408 245 8541
cubx@intuisys.com
Cub'X-Window is a trademark of Intuitive Systems, Inc.
NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
OSF/Motif is a trademark of Open Software Foundation, Inc.
The X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology