gerrit@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Gerrit) (12/23/89)
Here's an update on some of the more recent additions to the NeXT Archives on "cc.purdue.edu". Most of the summaries that I provide are off the top of my head - if I'm not 100% accurate, don't shoot me. Also, progress on the email based archive server - I'm getting ready to run it through some basic beta testing. We have a little bit of configuration work to do before it is ready for general use, but it seems to be on the verge of being usable. I'll post when it is ready for general consumption. And, no, please don't fill my mailbox with letters about how you'd love to beta test it - I think I have enough volunteers already. I'm also planning to remove things related to 0.8 and 0.9 in the archives sometime during the new year, since everyone who had either of those releases should by now have access to the newest release. If anyone strongly objects to this, let me know and please provide a good reason (Not "Oh - I object on principle"). The following two directories are new - their description should be sufficiently complete. BuzzNUG D Directory for BuzzNUG (NeXT User's Group) publications lore D Directory containing useful info about the NeXT BuzzNUG/Buzzings1.ps.Z B 1st BuzzNUG newsletter, PostScript format BuzzNUG/Buzzings1.wn.tar.Z B 1st BuzzNUG newsletter, WriteNow format binaries/Cassandra08.dist.tar.Z B Monthly planner/appointment scheduler binaries/Mixer.Z B Mix sounds binaries/NX_VOID B Video game like asteroids binaries/SoundGenerator.tar.Z B Sound Generator binaries/hetro.tar.Z B hetrodyne filter analysis for Csound adsyn module binaries/kermit.Z B C kermit 4E(072) binary classes/ScrollTxt.tar.Z B Class definition for scrolling text docs/ProgDSP.tar.Z B Official NeXT Doc: Chapter 14 SysRefMan/14_ProgDSP.wn docs/SybaseDoc-1.0.tar.Z B Instructions to print Sybase docs under 1.0 docs/clman.tar.Z B Franz's Lisp documentation docs/nntp.1.5 A How to get NNTP 1.5 up and running docs/notes1.7 A How to get UIUC Notes 1.7 up and running lore/mach A Info on how to get CMU's MACH documents patches/cprolog A Patches to make C Prolog 1.5 work on NeXT patches/franz.docs A Make Franz Lisp docs work in Librarian These labs are the *current* 1.0 version of the labs, not to be confused with the 0.8 labs which are still listed below. source/Lab1.tar.Z B NeXT Developer's Course Labs source/Lab2.tar.Z B NeXT Developer's Course Labs source/Lab3.tar.Z B NeXT Developer's Course Labs source/Lab4.tar.Z B NeXT Developer's Course Labs source/LispScorefile.tar.Z B A Lisp package for generating Scorefiles The next one is a brand new submission from Doug Keislar at NeXT. The example was written by Lee Boynton at NeXT. Doug says it is a good example of running Common Lisp as a child process and subclassing the Text object ot be a Lisp Listener. source/LispExample.tar.Z B Example of editing Lisp in a Text window A wonderful monitor. The author had minor questions about its accuracy on some of the more obscure values he found in kmem, so be wary if you are counting on it. However, in general it seems to be very accurate and gives a good overall feel for the load on the machine. source/Monitor.tar.Z B Information monitor similar to Suns perfmon source/RecordApp.tar.Z B DSP Record program with source source/SoundGenerator.tar.Z B Generate Sine wave based sounds source/bash-1.04.tar.Z B GNU Born-again Shell with bugfixes for NeXT source/mac2snd.tar.Z B Convert Mac sound files to NeXT sound files source/playscorefile.cl A Common Lisp Example for playing scorefile source/pstools A Postscript tools source/sine.prog A Sine wave generator, posted to the Net This is not the entire INDEX file - just the stuff that is more recent. If you've never seen the INDEX file, ftp to "cc.purdue.edu" (128.210.9.2) using a login of "anonymous" and using your login@host as the password. The NeXT stuff is in the directory "pub/next". Submissions should be to "next-archive@cc.purdue.edu" - keep sending them in! I prefer not to archive binaries for fear of Viruses/Worms/ Trojan Horses, etc., but if you can not send your source, I'll put it in the directory called "binaries". Remember, Purdue provides no warranty on any of the files in the NeXT archive for any purpose. If a program out there destroys your machine, send me mail and I'll remove it from the archive, but that's the extent of what I can do. Gerrit Huizenga NeXT Workstation Coordinator NeXT Archive Moderator @cc.purdue.edu next-archive@cc.purdue.edu (for submissions) gerrit@cc.purdue.edu