dave@island.uu.net (David Newman) (02/15/90)
longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu!robert writes: > >In article <6478@ogicse.ogc.edu> goward@ogicse.ogc.edu (Philip Goward) writes: >> >> >> Hi! >> >> I'm looking for MacPaint and MacWrite style software for >> X or NeWS (preferably in the public domain). Anyone know >> any location I can obtain these from? >> >> Also if anyone out there has a version of troff that runs >> under X or NeWS and the sources for it are available.... > >I don't know of a word processing appliction for X (if someone does please >post the source as I am looking for the same thing) The other applications >are available at: > > expo.lcs.mit.edu 18.30.0.212 > >Or just about any other comp.sources.x archive site. Hope this helps. > >Robert Thompson >Center for Computer Assisted Engineering >Colorado State University > [caution: Press Release Ahead :-] In response to the inquiry about paint and desktop publishing software for X, Island Graphics Corporation, the company that along with Sun Microsystems created SunWrite, SunPaint, and SunDraw, has announced a new suite of office publishing applications that run with OSF/Motif. Here are excerpts from a February 9, 1990 posting in comp.newprod: ISLAND GRAPHICS INTRODUCES THE ISLAND OFFICE SERIES(tm) UNDER OSF/MOTIF(tm) AT UNIFORUM IslandWrite(tm), IslandPaint(tm) & IslandDraw(tm) Shown on HP's Apollo Personal Workstations and on HP 9000 Series 300 Workstations WASHINGTON, D.C. January 23, 1990 -- Island Graphics Corporation introduced its newest office publishing applica- tions, IslandWrite, IslandPaint, and IslandDraw under the X Window System-based OSF/Motif graphical user interface, at UniForum today. The products, the first in the Island Office Series, were shown on HP's Apollo personal worksta- tions and HP 9000 Series 300 workstations in Island's booth, and in the Hewlett-Packard Company booth. The Island Office Series is intended to serve office publishing needs ranging from writing memos and letters to creating illustrated reports and newsletters. IslandWrite is a word processing and desktop publishing package that accepts graphics from IslandDraw, an object-oriented illus- tration package, and IslandPaint, a raster graphics editor. Each program provides PostScript(R) output to laser printers and imagesetters. The Island Office Series will be distributed by the Apollo Direct Channel beginning April 1, 1990, for the Apollo personal workstations, and July 1, 1990, for the HP Series 300 workstations. Apollo Direct is an after-market sales channel that enables Apollo users to select from a wide variety of products that add functionality to their installed equipment. IslandWrite is priced at $595, while IslandPaint and IslandDraw can be purchased together for $495. The U.S. toll-free number for Apollo Direct is 1- 800-225-5290. The Island Office Series runs on the entire Apollo personal workstation family, ranging from the Series 2500 to the Series 4500. It also runs on the HP 9000 Series 300. Island Graphics Corporation, headquartered in San Rafael, California, is the leading developer of UNIX desktop publishing and prepress software. Island Graphics has created a wide range of products for publishing and prepress system vendors in the United States, Europe, and Japan, including Sun Microsystems, Nixdorf, Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company, AT&T Information Systems, AGFA Compu- graphic, ArborText and H. Berthold Fototype. -30- UNIX is a trademark of AT&T. OSF/Motif is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. Contact: David Newman Lynn Wehner Marketing Manager Public Relations Island Graphics Hewlett-Packard Company 415/491-1000 508/256-6600 x 7717 dave@island.uu.net