hws@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Heinz Schmidt) (01/30/91)
In article <1888@gold.gvg.tek.com>, brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) writes: |> I need information on CASE tools for the Macintosh. [lines deleted] |> BRANDON G. LOVESTED [lines deleted] There is a Hypercard stack available via public ftp in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu -r 284325 Jan 16 19:05 ./card/case-products.hqx . The stack also contains summaries for a number of CASE tools on the Mac. I append the blurb at the end of this mail. On a Mac IIsi running 6.0.7, though, you may have problems to exit the stack using the home button. You simply use clover-H or the menubar to exit if this is a problem. I posted the new version 1.1 in the meantime that I tested with Hypercard 1.2.2 through 2.0v2 on various system 6's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heinz W. Schmidt hws@icsi.berkeley.edu International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley (415) 642-4274 x175 PS: Case stack blurb Some time ago I wrote a survey in CASE tools. By and by, short tool descriptions went into a Hypercard stack. The stack now has more than 70 entries. Most of them give a list of what methods are supported, on what platform the tool is running, vendor address, price, etc, The stack includes an import facility, references and online help. To the extent that this dry matter allows, the graphics is cute. If you ever had a chance to see Pat Lynch's public domain Bird Anatomy, you know what I mean. I finished adding entries by end of last summer and finally, with the permission of the German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), I can put it in the public domain. Although the CASE market is dynamic, I believe the stack still represents its state modulo minor changes. At least others can pick up from here, repost it -- or may simply benefit and enjoy! There is quite a number of Mac and PC CASE tools out there for low prices but of course also the grand players have long entered the market offering their mainframe COBOL CASE tools unbundled. Part of the market is moving to object-orientation, often it is only lip-service. A short companion report (about 60 pp. including tool signal info and my view of why and where this market is going) can be obtained from GMD. The stack contains the reference and the address (oh, don't write to me for obtaining the TR, their Western US office is: GMD, 1942 University Ave. #207, Berkeley CA 94704.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heinz W. Schmidt hws@icsi.berkeley.edu International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA on leave of GMD-F2G2, St. Augustin, FRG -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heinz W. Schmidt hws@icsi.berkeley.edu International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley (415) 642-4274 x175 /\\/\\|;;