rasure@bullwinkle.unm.edu (John Rasure) (10/23/90)
I posted a short announcement about 10 days ago. But the long
announcement never showed up in to comp.newprod. So, due to
demand, here is the long announcement.
******************* KHOROS **********************
The Vision Lab at the University of New Mexico announces the
open distribution of the Khoros system (Beta release)!
INTRODUCTION
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Khoros is an integrated software development environ-
ment for information processing and visualization, based on
X11R4. Khoros components include a visual programming
language, code generators for extending the visual language
and adding new application packages to the system, an
interactive user interface editor, an interactive image
display package, an extensive library of image and signal
processing routines, and 2D/3D plotting packages.
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
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X Windows Applications
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Cantata - Extensible Visual Programming Language
Editimage - Interactive Image Display & Manipulation Program
Animate - Interactive Image Sequence Display Tool
Xprism2 and xprism3 - Comprehensive 2D and 3D Plotting Packages
Image & Signal Processing Algorithms
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The library of algorithms contains over 220 programs,
in the following categories: arithmetic, classifica-
tion, color conversion, data conversion, file format
conversion, feature extraction, frequency filtering,
spatial filtering, morphology filtering, geometric
manipulation, histogram manipulation, statistics, sig-
nal generation, linear operations, segmentation, spec-
tral estimation, subregion, and transforms.
User Interface Tools
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Preview - Graphical User Interface Display Tool
Composer - Interactive Graphical User Interface Editor
Conductor - Code Generation Tool for a Graphical User Interface
Ghostwriter - Code Generation Tool for a Command Line User Interface
Source Configuration & Management Tools
KHOROS DISTRIBUTION METHODS
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1) Anonymous FTP
Khoros is available via anonymous ftp from pprg.unm.edu
(129.24.13.10). Use your e-mail address as the password
(for example, herman@football.wmu.edu). Once you have
logged in, cd to the "pub/khoros" directory and get the
ascii file RELEASE_NOTES.ftp. This file will give you com-
plete instructions on how to get Khoros and install it on
your system. To get this file, execute the following com-
mands or steps:
a. Use ftp to connect to pprg.unm.edu.
% ftp pprg.unm.edu
-or-
% ftp 129.24.13.10
b. Use "anonymous" or "ftp" as the user name.
Name (pprg.unm.edu:login): anonymous
-or-
Name (pprg.unm.edu:login): ftp
c. Use your e-mail address as the password; please care-
fully use a valid e-mail address, as this version site
logs all anonymous ftp's.
Password (pprg.unm.edu:user): {your valid email
address}
331 Anonymous login ok, use your E-MAIL address as the
password.
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
d. Get the release notes for acquiring Khoros via
anonymous ftp (note that "RELEASE_NOTES.ftp" is the
plain text file - both ".ms" and ".ps" files are avail-
able for those who would like them).
ftp> cd /pub/khoros
ftp> get RELEASE_NOTES.ftp
2) UPS Delivery
If you would like to have a tape and printed documenta-
tion sent to you, send the order form below (last page)
along with a $1000.00 check or purchase order (payable to
UNM EECE Dept., in U.S. funds) to:
KHOROS
Room 110
Department of EECE
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
We will begin shipping tapes (source, binaries and printed
documentation) no earlier than November 1st. Please
remember, this is a BETA release; the final release will be
complete in January 1991. There will be no support or
updates provided for the beta release.
KHOROS REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
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To run Khoros, you must have a UNIX platform running
the X11R3, X11R4, or OpenWindows servers. The Khoros system
consists of ~350,000 lines of C code; it requires ~100 Meg
for storage for source, documentation and binaries. To com-
pile Khoros, the system requires X11R4 from MIT (patch lev-
els 1-18), and an additional ~30 Meg of storage.
If you have questions or problems, mail rasure@bullwinkle.unm.edu.
Once you have the system and want to report bugs or comments,
mail khoros-bugs@bullwinkle.unm.edu.
UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
The X Window System is a trademark of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology.
SunOS is a trademark for Sun Microsystems.
Ultrix is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
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KHOROS
Room 110
Department of EECE
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
SHIP TO:
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PHONE NUMBER:
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E-MAIL ADDRESS:
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PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER:
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Media: (Please circle one of the following types of media)
1) SUN3 cartridge (DC600A tape)
2) SUN4 cartridge (DC6150 tape)
3) 9-track tape (1/2 inch)
4) DEC TK50 tape
5) DEC TK70 tape
Binaries: (If you would like a compiled version of Khoros,
please circle one of the following machine architectures)
1) DEC VAX (Ultrix 3.1)
2) DEC MIPS (Ultrix 3.1)
3) SUN3 (SunOS 4.0.3)
4) SUN4 (SunOS 4.0.3)
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Dr. John Rasure rasure@bullwinkle.unm.edu
Department of EECE
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131fenn@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Fennell) (10/23/90)
Has anyone used this Khoros package? How dificult is it to get up and running? What exactly is this package oriented to? Is it an authoring tool like HyperCard, or more of a specialized language/code generator? What types of packages have people developed on this? What kind of licensing agreement is on it? Brian Fennell == fenn@wpi.wpi.edu