NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS

	Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators
	Volume 3, Issue 4
	Fall 1993

	FEATURES

	What's New in Release 3.2?
	A look at what's special about the latest release of NEXTSTEPä.
	NeXT Product Marketing

	The New SoftPC
	A tour of what the new Microsoft Windowsäand DOS emulation tool offers.
	Bob Lawton

	NFS Performance Tuning
	How to get the most out of NFSâ mounts in your network and how to tune 	the NEXTSTEP-compatible Ethernet adapters for PCs.
	Wayde Schroeder

	Advanced Networking Tools
	Tools of the trade for anyone who manages a large NEXTSTEP network.
	Dan Peknik

	Using SCSI in a PC World
	Ain't so badÐavoiding the pitfalls of setting up a SCSI system.
	Aaron Morse

	DEPARTMENTS

	Focal Point
	NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 brings an abundance of features and fixes.

	FAQ
	NeXT's Customer Support answers the most frequently asked questions.

	Tips & Techniques
	Booting NEXTSTEP for IntelâProcessors; new NeXTanswersäe-mail commands; recommended system administration references.

	FYI
	Announcing the new developer journal; correcting past mistakes; how to reach NeXT.

CREDITS AND LEGAL MATTER
	Editorial

Editor: Cynthia Closkey
Copy editors: Gary Miller, Roy West

Design and production
Designer and illustrator: Nancy Serpiello
Book designer: Cindy Steinberg
Production coordinator: Jennifer Sherer
Production assistant: Erica Denison
Circulation manager: Chona Reyes
Printer: A & a Digital Graphics

Contributions
Eric Chu, Curtis Galloway, Rick Jackson, Bob Lawton, Peter Lipps, Aaron Morse, 
Bob O'Connor, Dan Peknik, Wayde Schroeder, Darren Smith

Technical reviews
Paul Frantz, Paul Hegarty, John Immordino, Marc Majka, Mike Perka, Terry Williams

Special thanks
Heidi Bolen, Joe Hollowood, Geoff Nicastro

Colophon
NEXTSTEP In Focus is designed, written, and produced with NEXTSTEP. Proofs are printed on a NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer. Final pages are transferred via a NeXT 2.88MB floppy disk to film using NeXT computers and an electronic imagesetter.

About NEXTSTEP In Focus
NEXTSTEP In FocusÐSupport Bulletin for Users and System Administrators is a quarterly technical journal published by NeXT. It provides timely technical information to system and network administrators and users, to help you better support your NeXT network or user community and to let you make the most of NEXTSTEP.

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