netnews@wnuxb.UUCP (Heiby) (08/24/85)
A complete window management system is now available for Xenix on the IBM AT. Implemented as a device driver, Viewnix allows the user to configure up to ten windows on the screen of the PC/AT, each of which can contain any standard Xenix application. The windows can be expanded, contracted or moved about the screen in order to suit the user's specific needs. In addition, a cut-and-paste capability is provided. Viewnix also offers a programming interface that will allow applications to take control of the windows in which they are run. The system allows applications to write directly to the window memory buffers so that programs running on the memory-mapped console will not have to employ the slow, character-at-a-time video output associated with UNIX systems. Viewnix retails for $249.00 with generous discounts available to volume purchasers. The product will be available on the AT&T 6300 shortly after the new System V Xenix is available on that machine. {ihnp4, allegra, uiucdcs}!convex!infoswx!lan000!mcm Michael McChesney, Five Paces Software, Inc. 9635 Wendell Road; Dallas, TX 75243 (214) 340-4933 -- Ronald W. Heiby / netnews@wnuxb.UUCP AT&T Information Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (CU-D21)