! NeXTSTEP RELEASE 3

NeXTstep Release 3 Over the past three years, NeXTstep™ has proven to be the premier graphical user interface adds database and development environment for delivering powerful, integrated applications. Its object- oriented architecture not only makes creating custom applications easy, but also allows for access, extensive quicker delivery of significant new system software features. Here are the highlights of our connectivity, new release: and information The object-oriented Database Kit™ (DBKIT) dramatically reduces the effort required to linking to design, implement, and maintain NeXTstep database applications. Additions of Novell® the powerful, and AppleTalk® networking, along with ® disk access, allow users to share data object-oriented with MS-DOS,® OS/2,® Windows,™ Macintosh, and UNIX® computers. And NeXTlinks™, an information linking system, empowers workgroups to share dynamic information which is NeXTstep updated automatically. architecture. In addition, Release 3 provides enhancements in areas such as secure wide-area electronic mail and professional color. Best of all, NeXTstep’s fundamental object-oriented architecture lets Release 2 applications automatically take advantage of many new Release 3 features. And because object-orientation means innovation happens more rapidly, NeXTstep will continue to be the premier operating environment available. NEW FEATURES AND BENEFITS

PC and Macintosh connectivity Novell client and AppleTalk client Provides connectivity in heterogeneous environments. capabilities for file and printer access. Preserves your current investment in networks of PCs while you transition to NeXT™ Macintosh and MS-DOS file system computers. compatibility.

NeXTlinks A means of sharing information between Makes it easy for workgroups to produce a collaborative document by streamlining the documents such that changes made in one revision process. are automatically reflected in the other. Provides assurance that the information with which you are working is the most current. Available in Release 3-compliant applications.

On-line help Context-sensitive with hyperlinks and Offers instant assistance for anything you click on. graphics. Lets you learn how to use an application as you work, without stopping for training. A standard panel for every application. Available in Release 3-compliant applications.

PostScript® Level 2 Includes color in the device-independent Assures you that colors you see on the screen are what you get on the NeXT Color Printer and PostScript imaging model. other PostScript printers (to the best of their physical capabilities). Compatible with PostScript Level 1. Automatically allows NeXT printers to take advantage of the newest PostScript release.

ISDN Networking High speed voice and data transmission over Allows you to remotely operate in your usual graphical computing environment ( as opposed digital ISDN lines in the US. to character–based operation). Requires an ISDN line addaptor.

PANTONE® Colors Available to every application through the Allows you to use industry-standard colors in any application without additional cost. standard Color Panel.

Fax Uses a network-shareable fax modem for Permits any user on a network to send and receive faxes from the desktop. sending and receiving. Produces high-quality faxes due to PostScript rendering. Available in every application.

Multimedia compression Lempel-Ziv for text, Audio Transform Lets you store on average two to ten times as much media-rich information on your hard and Coding for sound, JPEG for TIFF graphics, floppy disks. and Group 4 for faxes. Integrated into the NeXTstep environment.

Diverse printer support Support for NeXT, PostScript, and several Lets you use a printer that fits your budget and quality guidelines without requiring extra non-PostScript printers (e.g., Epson® software or hardware. LQ510). Allows altering of printer-specific parameters (e.g., alternate paper tray)

Customizable user environment Preferences for screen background colors, Lets you tailor your computing environment to fit your personal style and needs, independent system fonts, language preferences, and of which NeXTstep computer you use on the network. more.

Global system software NeXTstep available in English, French, Everything you see and hear can be in your native language. German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, and You can switch your environment to another language very easily. Japanese.

Compatibility with Binary compatibility with NeXTstep Lets you run existing applications, which are automatically enhanced by many new features in previous releases Release 2 applications. Release 3. Preserves and enhances your investment in software, hardware, on-line information, and training. NEW FEATURES AND BENEFITS

ESPECIALLY FOR APPLICATION DEVELOPERS... Database Kit An object-oriented toolkit for management Extends the power of object-oriented programming to data-intensive applications. of database transactions and their user Radically reduces the time required to design and implement graphical applications that interface. interact with databases. A database-independent layer. “Adapters” Allows the migration of applications to different databases without recoding user-interface encapsulate vendor-specific interaction and application logic. (bundled for Oracle® and SYBASE®).

3D Graphics Kit™ Based on Pixar’s RenderMan™ standard. Lets developers easily add three-dimensional graphics to existing applications without being a A unified 3D imaging model, so the same 3D expert. code draws objects on both the screen and Provides the necessary object and rendering framework for building sophisticated 3D the printed page. applications. Cooperates with 2D PostScript.

Distributed objects Messaging to objects on other computers or Extends the power of object-oriented programming to interapplication and intercomputer in other applications. communication. Integrated with Objective C. Enables a new generation of collaborative workgroup applications.

Interface Builder™ A graphical object editor for building Helps you develop, test, and maintain consistent graphical user interfaces for NeXTstep applications. applications. Support for DBKit, on-line help, and Lets you tailor your development environment to include custom and commercial objects. localization. Enhanced support for inspectors and palettes of custom objects.

Indexing Kit Tools for efficiently storing, indexing, and Allows developers to manage large amounts of structured information without the complexity retrieving record–based information. of a commercial database.

Phone Kit Object classes interfacing with analog Enables a new generation of applications utilizing telephony capabilities to be quickly and telephone service and ISDN. easily developed.

PRODUCT DETAILS

ESSENTIAL APPLICATIONS Terminal ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IconBuilder Workspace Manager™ A VT100™ terminal emulator that provides Interface Builder A simple pixel-based editor for generating A graphical environment for managing the direct interaction with a UNIX shell. An application that lets developers edit custom icons. documents and applications on the computer. objects via their graphical representations to Shakespeare IN EVERY APPLICATION interactively build NeXTstep applications. NeXTmail Help Panel Indexed, on-line text of The Oxford A sophisticated electronic messaging system A consistent, context-sensitive, hypertext- ProjectBuilder University Press Edition of William for sharing text, sound, and graphics among based, on-line help system. A tool for managing the files, class Shakespeare: The Complete Works. network users. definitions and compilation process Color Panel Quotations associated with software projects. Edit A standard interface for choosing colors. An application providing access to The A mouse-based text editor for creating and GNU Objective C++ compiler ® Fax Panel Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. editing ASCII or Rich Text Format (RTF) The GNU CC compiler, an ANSI-standard An extension of the Print Panel allowing the text files. C++ compiler extended by NeXT to compile OBJECT-ORIENTED KITS faxing of any document which can be Application Kit™ the Objective C language. FaxReader printed. A framework for all NeXTstep applications An application for reading incoming fax GNU GDB which includes object classes for everything Services documents across a network. Used in A powerful, source-level debugger integrated from editing text and managing windows to A facility enabling an application to utilize conjunction with third-party fax modems. with the Edit application. interacting with the pasteboard. another application’s algorithms to Preferences manipulate a standard data type. Malloc Debugger Database Kit A graphical interface for changing personal A tool for measuring the dynamic memory A toolkit enabling vendor-independent NeXTlinks preferences. usage of applications, useful in detecting access to databases, along with management A special type of copying which associates memory leaks. and control of database transactions. Digital Webster™ the pasted data with its original, and keeps An application providing access to Webster’s the copy updated automatically. AppInspector™ 3D Graphics Kit Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary® and A graphical tool for browsing the object class A framework including objects for integrated Font Panel Collegiate® Thesaurus. hierarchy and viewing messages sent three-dimensional graphics applications, A standard interface for selecting a between objects. along with multihost rendering. Installer PostScript font for text in a document. A standardized tool for installing ProcessMonitor Indexing Kit Spelling Panel applications or files onto the hard disk. A graphical tool for examining and A toolkit for managing large amounts of A facility providing spell checking, allowing manipulating any running process. structured information in a lightweight, Digital Librarian™ for end-user dictionaries. consistant fashion ( includes B* Tree A full text indexing and searching tool for Yap Open/Save/Print Panels structures for efficient indexing). creating custom digital libraries. An interactive PostScript previewer which Standard interfaces for opening, saving, and lets users enter and execute PostScript code. Phone Kit Preview printing documents. Object classes controling and accessing both An application which displays PostScript T X™ E ISDN and analog telephone lines for voice and TIFF files, before printing for example. A typesetting system for long or complex technical documents. PRODUCT DETAILS and data applications. Used in conjunction -based Apple® networks for file modem. upgrading Release 2 computers to Release 3 with a third–party ISDN/analog line sharing and printing. while preserving user data SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION hardware adapter. and configuration files. Ethernet networking APPLICATIONS Sound Kit™ IEEE 802.3a networking software permitting Simple Network Starter Localized system software Object classes that access the hardware for transparent data sharing over thin coaxial A simple but powerful tool for setting up The user interface for English, French, recording and playback of sound. Ethernet cable and 10baseT twisted pair small networks of NeXT computers. German, Spanish, Italian, and Swedish Ethernet cabling. versions of NeXTstep. NetInfo Kit™ UserManager Object classes providing access to NetInfo CD-ROM file system A tool for adding, modifying, and deleting Demonstration applications database information. A dynamically-loaded file system that both user accounts and user groups. Several simple applications showcasing supports CDs formatted with the ISO-9660, NeXTstep functionality. SYSTEM SOFTWARE PrintManager High Sierra, and Rockridge standards. Mach A tool for adding printers or fax modems, Examples The Berkeley 4.3 BSD UNIX compatible DOS file system and monitoring the progress of print and fax Programming examples demonstrating the of NeXTstep, containing a A dynamically-loaded file system integrated requests. usage of the NeXTstep API. small and efficient communication-based with the Workspace supporting initialization, NFS Manager Developer documentation kernel which provides virtual memory and reading, and writing of DOS floppy disks for A tool for exporting and mounting NFS Information indexed in Digital Librarian on true multitasking. easy file transfers. volumes. the NeXTstep development environment and Window Server Macintosh file system HostManager object specifications. Screen manager capable of rendering A dynamically-loaded file system integrated A tool for configuring the administrative System administration documentation Display PostScript® Level 2 and version 3.2 with the Workspace which supports the information of individual computers. Indexed information describing NeXTstep of Interactive and Photorealistic initialization, reading, and writing of system administration. RenderMan.™ Macintosh disks (1.44 MB floppy and SCSI- InstallTablet A tool for installing Sketch1 or Wacom UNIX manual pages Sun® (NFS®) 4.0 based hard disks, along with graphics tablets. Indexed information on supported UNIX Networking software allowing any NeXT CD-ROMs). utilities. computer to be a client or server to any other MIDI driver MailManager computer running NFS. A driver supporting electronic musical A tool used to set up electronic mail on SYBASE DB-Library™ networks of NeXT computers. All utilities needed by DBKit to access NetInfo™ instruments abiding by the MIDI protocol. SYBASE databases. A hierarchical and distributed database for Printer drivers NetInfo Manager maintaining network administration. Drivers for NeXT and PostScript printers, as A graphical tool for accessing and Oracle Call Interface, SQL*Net® manipulating a computer’s NetInfo database. All utilities needed by DBKit to access Novell Client well as Epson LQ510 Oracle databases. Novell NetWare® client software integrated SCSI driver BuildDisk with the UNIX file system, providing access A driver allowing users to plug in almost any A tool for reformatting a disk and reinstalling to NetWare 286, NetWare 386, and Portable hardware peripheral adhering to the SCSI-1 software from another disk. NetWare servers for file sharing and printing. protocol. MISCELLANEOUS Upgrader AppleTalk Client Fax driver A network-based application for AppleTalk client software integrated with the A driver for sending and receiving facsimile UNIX file system, providing connectivity to documents. Requires a third-party fax

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

NeXTstep Release 3 will run on any NeXT factory depends on hard disk size. oriented kits, all system software, system complete set of development tools. It computer with a minimum of a 100 MB hard administration applications, and assorted contains all software in Release 3, the Release 3, preinstalled on NeXT computers disk and 8 MB of RAM. Every NeXT other software. advanced applications, the complete object- with 100 MB- and 200 MB-class hard disks, computer comes with a CD-ROM containing oriented kits, and all miscellaneous software. encompasses the entire end-user software Release 3 Extended, preinstalled on NeXT all NeXTstep software of a given release. environment. It contains the essential computers with 400 MB-, 600 MB-, and The software configuration preinstalled at the applications, runtime portions of the object- Gigabyte-class hard disks, includes a

ORDERING INFORMATION

All NeXT computers will come with To upgrade a NeXT computer running NeXTstep Release 3 on floppy disk NeXTstep Release 3 on CD-ROM NeXTstep Release 3 (when the new release Release 2, order one of the following two USA and Europe (Extended configuration) is available). products: N5528 USA and Europe N5527

For additional information, call 1-800-TRY-NeXT NeXT Computer, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063 USA

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