Copyright ã1995 by NeXT Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

	OpenStep Journal
	
	Volume 1, Issue 2
	Summer 1995

		Features

	Realities of Portable Distributed Objects
Designing a distributed application can offer a valuable education. This second article in a series focuses on the DOEventLoop class and explores how clients and servers send and receive messages.

Brian Raymor and Randy Tidd

	A NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Interface to the SAP R/3 System
Since choosing NEXTSTEP as their object-oriented development platform, the German company BIW has developed various NEXTSTEP/OpenStep products and prototypes.

Sabine Walter, Martin Polzer, and Morris Meyer

	Two Heads Are Better Than One
How you can enjoy multiple displays on a wide choice of systems. Try itÐyou'll like it.

Chad Hoffman

	Fast, Enhanced: The New ATA and ATAPI Standards
The latest round of IDE products are faster than ever, and recent speci®cations promise to connect more kinds of equipment than hard disks. This article sorts out the terms to see just what features you can depend on and what's still vapor.

Rakesh Dubey

	NICE to Be Sure
An overview of the NEXTSTEP Intel Compatibility Expert (NICE) Testing Program.

Rick Wolfe

	Departments

	appDidInit:
Words from the editor.

	The Village Smythy
The smyth forges on, crafting the details of network startup into a more malleable form.

Alan M. Marcum

		CREDITS AND LEGAL MATTER

	Editorial
	Editor: Judith Starnes

	Design and production
	Art/production manager: Terri FitzMaurice
	Designer: Karin Stroud
	Illustrator: Daniel€Marusich
	Circulation manager: Chona€Reyes
	Cover printer: Mastercraft Press, Inc.
	Text printer: Giant Horse Printing, Inc.
		
	Contributions
	Rakesh Dubey, Chad Hoffman, Morris Meyer, Alan M. Marcum, Martin Polzer, Brian Raymor, Randy Tidd, Sabine Walter, Rick Wolfe

Technical reviews
	Gordie Freedman, Alan Freier, Blaine Garst, Eric Noyau

	Special thanks
	James Stockford

	Colophon
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	About the OpenStep Journal
	The OpenStep Journal is a quarterly technical journal published by NeXT. It provides timely technical information and thorough examples for programmers, technical managerts, and system administrators.

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