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.
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Michael McChesney, Five Paces Software, Inc.
9635 Wendell Road; Dallas, TX 75243 (214) 340-4933
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Ronald W. Heiby / netnews@wnuxb.UUCP
AT&T Information Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (CU-D21)