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Archive-name: NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ
Last-modified: Mon Mar  6 03:03:59 EST 1995
Version: 3.1


These FAQs are under significant construction,
and may well change form and content over the
next weeks.

These FAQs focus on various aspects of OpenStep,
NEXTSTEP, and NeXT machines.

The FAQs are kept on-line at several ftp sites,
including:

    cs.orst.edu
    sonata.cc.purdue.edu

Many FAQs, including these, are available (www, ftp,
email) on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the
directory pub/usenet/news.answers.  The name under
which this FAQ is archived appears in the
Archive-nameline above.

Within each section each question will be preceded by
a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up
the file into separate questions.  Each question has
its own unique number. Items that appear within
sections are not in any particular order, and get added
and removed over time.  Questions marked with a "+"
are new to this issue, and questions with changes since
the last issue are marked by a "!".

Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc.,
should be directed to Nathan Janette
<[e-mail]>.

Some important NEXTSTEP & OpenStep Information WWW sites:

NeXT, Inc.
http://www.next.com/

NeXTanswers
http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/

Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server
http://digifix.digifix.com/


TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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B0.         Where can I find additional information about NEXTSTEP?
B1.        Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines?
B2.        What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files?
B3.        If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email?
B4.        What are some good references on Objective C?
B5.        Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT?
B6.        What special interest groups exist?
B7.        How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event?
B8.        What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce?

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Subject: B0. Where can I find additional information about NEXTSTEP?

NeXT Technical documentation.  (How to program in the NextStep
environment)  Order from Addison-Wesley (1-800-447-2226)

0-201-63248-9   NeXTSTEP General Reference CANCELED (split into 2)
0-201-62220     NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol I (date not known)
0-201-62221     NeXTSTEP General Reference Vol II date not known)
0-201-63249-7   NeXTSTEP Development Tools (1 NOV)
0-201-63250-0   NeXTSTEP User Interface Guidelines (1 NOV)
0-201-63251-9   NeXTSTEP OOP and the Objective-C Lng  (1 NOV)
0-201-63252-7   NeXTSTEP Operating System Software (3 OCT)
0-201-63253-5   NeXTSTEP Programming Interface Summary  (1 NOV)
0-201-63254-3   NeXTSTEP Network and System Admin 3 (OCT)

These are packaged ten volumes in two slipcases; the whole stack is
8-1/2 inches high.  They look just like the other documents that come
with the machine, 8.5x11", perfect-bound paperbacks.

    Operating System Software
    NeXTstep Concepts
    NeXTstep Reference, v. 1
    NeXTstep Reference, v. 2
    Development Tools
    Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Concepts
    Sound, Music, and Signal Processing: Reference
    Writing Loadable Kernel Servers
    Technical Summaries
    Supplemental Documentation


[From: R. Craig Woods <[e-mail]>]

In the NEXTSTEP-General-FAQ it states that the NeXT Technical
documentation can be ordered from Addison-Wesley.  I called
Addison-Wesley yesterday and found out that that is no longer true.

I finally tracked down Brian Zacko at NeXT (415-780-2703) and found out
that the documentation is available directly from NeXT.  Cost of the set
for educational people (personal and departmental) is $133.50. He
said that there are different part numbers for the docs for black
hardware and the docs for Intel.


Get NeXT's Concepts and Tutorial sections electronically from the ftp
archives.  This is perhaps the single most important reference for
people wishing to develop software for the NeXT.


Unix man pages, which are included in the online docs.


BSD unix documentation (MISC, PS1, PS2, SMM, USD). Available from to
USENIX site members.  A lot of this has been  integrated into the NeXT
documentation.  Some of this is sorely missing.  The SMM Unix System
Manager's Manual is really useful!

    USENIX Association
    2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215
    Berkeley, CA  94710
    USA
        [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]

    PS1 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 1
    PS2 = Programmer's Supplementary Documents, Volume 2
    SMM = System Manager's Manual
    USD = User's Supplementary Documents

[Carl Edman <[e-mail]>] adds:

The SMM and the rest of the berkeley documentation are also available
directly and for free via anon ftp e.g. from

    ftp.uu.net /packages/bsd-sources/share/doc.

To format them properly for viewing and printing on the NeXT use nroff
with the package indicated by the file suffix (e.g. to format the
documentation file 0.t use 'nroff -mt 0.t').


Adobe documentation.  Available machine-readable by e-mail from
[e-mail].  Hardcopy available from Adobe Developer
Support Line [phone] for a nominal charge.  NeXT last shipped
these as part of the 1.0a release; hardcopies appeared in 0.9 Technical
Documentation, were omitted in 1.0, and have returned in updated form
in _Supplemental Documentation_ of the 2.0 Tech Docs (which is not
available on-line).


Get NextAnswers for Digital Librarian from NeXT.  The current versions
are actually on ftp.next.com or available via the mailserver at
[e-mail]


Get NeXT _Support Bulletin_ from the archives.  It is meant for support
centers.

Another good source of information is the archives of previously
posted notes from the comp.sys.next.*  newsgroups.  Note that since the
split of comp.sys.next, it is unclear if anyone is maintaining an
archive of all the groups.

NeXTstep Advantage book is available electronically from the archive
servers:

    cs.orst.edu: pub/next/documents/NeXT/
    sonata.cc.purdue.edu: ?
    etlport.etl.go.jp: pub/NeXT/documents/NeXTstepAdvantage/
    ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de /pub/NeXT/documents/next

The file name is NeXTstepAdvantage.tar.Z; (its compressed size is 1.3
megabytes; uncompressed, it's 9.5 megabytes).  It is a good
introduction to the NeXT programming environment.

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B1. Are there NeXT and NEXTSTEP specific magazines?

Yes.  There are also many NeXT specific newsletters, many of which are
available via ftp from the NeXT specific ftp sites (look in
pub/next/newsletters on cs.orst.edu and pub/next/Newsletters on
sonata.cc.purdue.edu - purdue seems to carry more newsletters on line
than orst.).  Some cost money, others don't.


Available from purdue:

SCaNeWS - Southern California NeXT Users Group Newsletter, first
issue came out January 1991.  Edited by Mike Mahoney
([e-mail])

BaNG - Bay Area NeXT Users Group, one item on-line on Purdue.  Edited by
Joe Barello ([e-mail])

rmNUG NeWS - Rocky Mountain NeXT Users Group Newsletter, latest issue
May 1991 (monthly).  Edited by David Bowdish
([e-mail]).

VNUS Newsletter - Vancouver NeXT Users Group The last issue  was in Nov
91.  Edited by three people, including the  Chairman of VNUS, Lawrence
Clarke ([e-mail]).

NeXT Users' Journal, latest issue December/January 1990-1.  Edited by
Erica Liebman ([e-mail]).


Hardcopy:

NeXTworld.  Published monthly with monthly ad-free newsletters
($23.95). NeXTWORLD, 501 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 415
978 3182 (phone),  415 978 3196 (fax) NeXTworld email address:
[e-mail]

NeXUS.  Published bi-monthly for $36/year. Contact Alfonso Guerra at
{emory|gatech}!nanovx!nexus.

What's NeXT?  The Boston Computer Society NeXT User group produces a
NeXT newsletter called "What's NeXT?" edited by Michael Burress
(pro-angmar![e-mail]) and Eric Celeste
([e-mail]). The Boston Computer Society,  One Kendall
Square, Cambridge, MA 02139-1562 Phone [phone], M-F 9:30-5:30

Bulletin - Gotham Users of NeXT, Inc., latest issue May, 1992
(monthly).  Edited by Robb Allan ([e-mail])

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files?

There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few.

NeXT:

    cs.orst.edu
    nova.cc.purdue.edu
    sonata.cc.purdue.edu
    umd5.umd.edu
    ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de

MIT GNU:

    aeneas.mit.edu

MIT X:

    export.lcs.mit.edu

music:

    princeton.edu

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B3. If I am not on the internet, how can I get to the ftp sites via email?

cc.purdue.edu is configured as an email archive server.  This means you
can upload and download files via email.  Send mail to:

    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]

with the subject line help and you will get a complete description of
this service.


Submissions:

Mail should be sent to [e-mail] with the subject
of 'submission' (no ticks) if a person is submitting material to the
archives.  They need to include a 1-2 sentence description of the
submission, the OS release the product runs on, and if it is source,
binary, newsletter, etc.

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B4. What are some good references on Objective C?

Objective-C and other useful Object-oriented programming references:

Budd, Timothy, _An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming_
(Addison-Wesley) [It discusses Smalltalk, Object Pascal, C++ _and_
Objective-C]

Cox, Brad J., _Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary
Approach_ ISBN 0-201-10393-1. (Addison-Wesley) [Note: 2nd edition -
ISBN# is 0-201-54834-8 and has coauthor A.J. Novobilski]

Huizenga, Gerrit, "Slides from a short course on Objective-C"
available via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu in
pub/next/docs/ObjC.frame.Z, ObjC.ps.Z, or OldObjC.wn.tar.Z

Meyer, Bertrand, _Object-Oriented Software Construction_
(Prentice-Hall).

NeXT Technical Documentation

Pinson and Weiner, _Objective-C:  Object-Oriented Programming
Techniques_ (Addison-Wesley).  350 pages, ISBN 0 201 50828 1,
paperback.

User Reference Manual for Objective-C which is available from
Stepstone Corporation. [phone].  Note: There are some
differences between Stepstone's Objective-C and NeXT's.

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B5. Where can I communicate to others interested in doing music on the NeXT?

Since NeXT has become for now the platform of choice for much of the
computer music composition and research community, the newsgroup
comp.music is one good place to find people with information and
interest in music on the NeXT.

There is also a mailing list specifically for NeXT music.

For posting to the dist list:
        [e-mail]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change addresses, etc.:
        [e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B6. What special interest groups exist?

Adobe Illustrator NeXT SIG
    To join, email: [e-mail]
AFS NeXT SIG
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Berkeley Mathematics Software Group
    Email: [e-mail]
Classroom: NeXT Courseware SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send the following text message to
    [e-mail] --"Subscribe next-classroom <your name>"
Communications/TeleCommunications SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
    Data GROUP NeXT SIG
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Create Users
    To join email: [e-mail]
DataPhile Users
    To join email: [e-mail]
Executor SIG
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Finnish: FUNeXT (Finnish Users of NeXT)
    To join, send email to: [e-mail]
     and write in body text:
        HELP
        LIST
        SUB FUNeXT
Frame: FUN (Frame Users Network)
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Frame User Network - New England (FUNNE)
    To join, email:  [e-mail]
GIS(Geographical Information Services)SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
HyperSense Users
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Lotus Improv Email User Group
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Mathematica:Special Interest Group
    To join. email: [e-mail]
Medical: NeXTMed SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
Music: NeXT Music SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
MusicKit: [e-mail] is a news group for music kit info.
    To subscribe, send mail to [e-mail].
NeXT Icon Enthusiasts: [e-mail]
    To subscribe: send e-mail to [e-mail]
NexLAW: Legal NeXT User Group
    To join, email: [e-mail]
NeXTManagers (quick & technical answers) ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
NeXT Q&A's
    To join, email the text:
     "SUBSCRIBE NEXT-L <your> <name>"
    to [e-mail]
Network & Security Management for Labs & Large Installations ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
Programmers:  NeXT Programmers SIG ([e-mail])
    To subscribe: send email to [e-mail]
Publishing Interest Group
    To join, email: [e-mail]
Japanese: Kanji and Japanese on the NeXT
    To join - Email: [e-mail]
SCIENCE NeXT User Group (SNUG)
    To join, email: [e-mail]
United Kingdom SIG
    To join, email: [e-mail]
    and [e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B7. How may I let the NeXT user community know of an upcoming NeXT-related event?

Please send any announcements of upcoming NeXT-related events to

    [e-mail]

These events will be posted to comp.sys.next.announce.  Be sure to send
your announcement in plenty of time to have it posted prior to the event.
One to two weeks in advance would be a good idea.

____________________________________________________________________________

Subject: B8. What are the guidelines for posting to comp.sys.next.announce?

Submissions can be sent to [e-mail].

Since postings will be carried across many networks, commercial
announcements may be edited down to reflect network usage policies.

Look for current guidelines posted weekly in the newsgroup.

____________________________________________________________________________

Editor: [e-mail]
--
Nathan Janette
Systems Manager, Axel T. Br÷nger Lab

Internet:    [e-mail]