March 01, 1991
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Open Look GUI for UNIX System V Release 4, and Xwin graphical windowing system, USL's implementation of the X Window System ported to System V, are available individually or together. Together, they are offered as Graphics Services v4. Alex software, which is a language extension to X developer's tool, is available separately.
Open Look GUI contains a customizable environment featuring icons, pushpins, pull-down menus, point-and-click desktop and file manager, and other utilities. Open Look GUI works with any implementation of the industry standard Massachusetts Institute of Technology X Window System Intrinsics Version X11R4.
This release of Open Look offers realistic three-dimenstional visuals that provide enriched appearance and improved visual feedback to user input.It also enables users who choose not to use a mouse to traverse the screen by rising keyboard accelerators or navigational keys.Release 4 of Xwin includes support for multiple servers, allowing users to run a server in each virtual terminal or on multiple terminals connected to a single CPU.
Graphic Services v4, Open Look GUI, and Xwin graphical windowing system are available now. Source licencing fees for Graphics Services v4 are $20,000 for the initial CPU. Current customers can upgrade through April 1, 1991 at a 50 percent discount.
For more information, contact UNIX System Laboratories at (800) 828-UNIX.
RISC/OS 4.51 employs a layered design, making the system readily adaptable to various languages and simplifies the development required to internationalize applications. The lower layer provides functionality that is independent of any one specific language or culture. The upper layers serve as country kits that provide language and cultural-dependent interfaces.
MIPS implemented its first localized country kit for Japan, including messages translated into Japanese for more than 130 UNIX commands. Country kits in other languages will follow. The kit provides a Japanese version of the X Window System terminal emulator, so Japanese characters can appear on display screens in the X Window System environment. The kit also provides a Japanese version of the EMACS text editor.
For more information, contact MIPS Computer Systems, 928 Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3650, (408) 720-1700; FAX (408) 991-7777.
Precise/MPX is a multiprocessing real-time kernel for industrial embedded systems. It is an open kernel and can be used with an unlimited number of different processors. MPX is based on a high-performance message passing paradigm and supports multiple tasks on each processor.
The InterTools software development package features extensive C and target-level optimizations and ANSI C language support. This package includes programming utilities and XDB, and a multi-window source level debugger.
Prices for the integrated multiprocessing application development environment start at $15,000 and will vary depending on host system and target platform configuration. For more information, contact Intermetrics Microsystems Software, 733 Concord Ave., Cambridge MA 02138-1002, (617) 661-0072; FAX (617) 828-2843.
The code browser helps programmers locate identifiers, defines, numbers, and include in a project with query results placed in a scrollable list. The text browser has built-in language capabilities and also allows hypertext-like database searching. You can trace function calls or identifier references across the project and also automatically trace include files. Both the text browser and code browser permit easy invocation of external editors and other tools. The command line query utility allows database queries from the command line similar to interactive querries from within the code browser.
CAS is available for the PC compatible on DOS. The price is $100. For more information, contact Qtool, 5814 SW Taylor, Portland, OR 97221, (503) 297-3583.
Applications include general scientific computation, geometrical graphics, signal processing, simulation, and non-linear systems. The library includes transcendental functions, logarithm, exponential, and square root.
The library functions are compatible with Quick C and Turbo C. The product sells for $59. A small royalty is charged when it is used in a commercial product. For more information, contact Triakis, 1011 Duchess Rd., Bothell, WA 98012, (206) 486-8282.
The tool provides support for basic Motif features, such as text, scrolling, and push button widgets, full mouse and graphics support, and proportional fonts.
For more information, contact JYACC, 116 John St., New York, NY 10038, (212) 267-7722; FAX (212) 608-6753.
The E6805 can step through source code at either instruction rate or source line rate. Programs may be traced following the data flow or following the program logic. Listing displays trace the activity of the program being executed on the emulator or respond to user needs through browser commands.
The E6805 sells for $295 and requires 512K memory. For more information, contact Byte Craft Limited, 421 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 4E4, (519) 888-6911; FAX (519) 746-6751.
LynxOS 2.0 also provides real-time Ada implementations based on lightweight threads as described in POSIX 1003.48 (Draft 3). LynxOS 2.0 will sell for the same price as previous versions, which vary according to hardware platforms and optional features, such as X Windows, Motif, NFS, or ROMkit. A typical development version for 80386 PC/AT compatibles, (including bootable LynxOS kernel, shell, utilities, libraries, and object files to customize the LynxOS kernel, C compiler and library for software development, device driver source code, and user manuals costs $1,495.
LynxOS runs on the Intel 860i, 80386 SX and DX and 80486, Motorola 680X0 and 88000, and MIPS R3000 and R6000 microprocessors. For more information, contact Lynx Real-Time Systems, 16780 Lark Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030, (408) 354-7770; FAX (408) 354-7085.
The new service, called AGE Labs, provides the personnel and equipment necessary to perform comprehensive X Window System product testing, benchmarking, and analysis. This includes access to DECstation, Hewlett-Packard 3XX and 8XX, IBM RS/6000, Sun 3, Sun SPARCstation, 386/Interactive UNIX, 386/SCO UNIX, and Open DeskTop, and VAXstation workstations; interfaces for Ethernet, IEEE 802.3, Token Ring, and serial communication ports; Internet (TCP/IP), SL/IP, and DECnet networking protocols, multi-user operating systems (UNIX and VMS); and X user environments such as Motif, DECwindows, and OpenWindows.
Evaluation includes use of the Xlib Protocol Test Suite (T7), the MIT Volume Stress Test, and the AGE Test Suite, Testing is also done using standard X client programs and with popular commercially available X Window System applications.
The multi-vendor, heterogeneous hardware and software environment ensures thorough hardware and software testing. The AGE Labs service is available to all vendors and is operated independently from the development teams at AGE. AGE assures confidentiality of all products.
For more information, contact AGE, 8765 Aero Drive, Suite 226, San Diego, CA 92123, (619) 565-7373; FAX (619) 565-7460.
UX-Metric uses techniques known as software complexity metrics to measure the characteristics of a program's source code, which are known to cause trouble for programmers. In addition to support for the software science, cyclomatic complexity and span of data reference measures, v2.0 also measures number of blank lines, number of comments, and average variable name length.
UX-Metric v2.0 sells for $450. Registered users can upgrade for $50. The company offers a 30-day money back guarantee. SunOS and System V/386 versions of UNIX are currently supported. For more information, contact SET Laboratories, P.O. Box 868, Mulino, OR 97042, (503) 829-7123.
Demo II is a PC-based development tool for producing program prototypes, demonstrations and tutorials. Demo II simulates the operation of any program under any computing environment. It includes a run-time module with unlimited distribution licensing so demonstrations produced can be freely sent to prospective software users, providing demonstrations of a program's operation without supplying any live code.
Demo II v3.0 is available in a single user version for $249. For more information, contact Sage Software at (800) 547-4000; FAX (503) 645-4576.
The debugger offers a quick-connecting parallel ROM communication cable, convenient multi-window display, and commands featuring a C-like syntax for extremely intuitive operation.
QuickFix's high-speed performance can be attributed to the parallel ROM communications interface. The debugger has six display windows: Source Window, Register Window, Command Window, Data Display Window, Terminal Emulation Window, and Help Window.
QuickFix command expressions follow C language syntax and semantics. Expressions can incorporate any C operator, including casts and functions calls. All local and global variables can be referenced by their symbolic names, and the stack trace can be examined to determine the exact function nesting. For repetitive operations, debugger commands can be grouped into macros or placed into batch command files.
With QuickFix, programmers can observe, control, and modify embedded applications as they execute on the target system. The debugger can set breakpoints in either ROM or RAM, set watchpoints, display and modify register and memory contents, and trace program execution. Conditional breakpoints and code patching allow users to test bug fixes quickly and efficiently without recompiling and reloading the target program.
The QuickFix debugger hosted on PC AT computers, including the target systems monitor in source form and ROM communication cable, costs $1,500 when purchased with the Sierra C Compiler. When purchased separately, QuickFix costs $1,750. For more information, contact Sierra Systems, 6728 Evergreen Ave., Oakland, CA 94611, (415) 339-8200; FAX (415) 339-3844.
This release adds support for Microsoft C 6.0 and Think C 4.000Ps. New options include ANSI function prototype generation for any C source code, construction of composite include files, new file/function interdependency reports, ne C source code formatting options, and external specification of hidden include files.
The Toolbox works with any C dialect, and works with any size program through its virtual memory system and wildcard/indirect file processing facilities. For more information, contact MMC AD Systems, Box 360845, Milpitas, CA 95036, (415) 770-0858.
SilverScreen is a 3-D CAD/Solid Modeling software system. It features 2-D and 3-D Boolean operations, rendering, shading, mass properties, and associative dimensioning. SilverScreen runs on DOS and UNIX (Silicon Graphics), For more information, contact Schroff Development, P.O. Box 1334, Mission, KS 66222, (913) 262-2664; FAX (913) 722-4936.
New additions include dynamic modeling and real-time simulation, reverse engineering C code, an Ada design-sensitive editor, expanded object-oriented analysis support, heterogeneous network support, a document production interface and a new release of PathMap.
Cadre Technologies has also introduced SaberLink, an operational interface between Saber Software's Saber-C program development environment and Cadre's Teamwork family. SaberLink allows users to invoke Saber-C commands from Teamwork's structured design view.
For more information on either of these products, contact Cadre Technologies, Providence Division, 222 Richmond St., Providence, RI 02903, (401) 351-5950; FAX (401) 351-7380.
AccSys, from Copia International, is a seamless interface between C and Paradox table files, and primary and secondary indexes and sorts database files. Even though Paradox offers a versatile high-level language interface, it does not provide the flexibility or the efficiency of C or C++. AccSys and Paradox can be accessed either from your own application or from within Paradox.
A complete set of working examples is included with AccSys for Paradox v2.50. Source code can be purchased at an additional cost. There are no runtime royalties, and the product is backed by a full 60-day return policy. Prices for a single user copy is $395, with source code, $795. A multi-user copy is $750, and $1,500 with source code.
For more information, contact Copia International, 1964 Richton Drive, Wheaton, IL 60187, (708) 682-8898; FAX (708) 665-9841.
C-terp features full K&R support with ANSI extensions, a full-screen, built-in, reconfigurable editor, incredibly fast semi-compilation, complete multiple module support, automatic make file, global search, preprocess facility, system shell, trace, batch mode, and full-screen source-level interactive debug facilities.
Under MS-DOS, C-terp is available for the Microsoft 5.x and 6.0 compiler for $298. C-terp 386 is compiler-specific. In the Phar Lap environment, it is available for Meta Ware's High C 386 and Watcom C 386. It sells for $398 for the first copy and $300 for each additional copy. C-terp 386U, for UNIX System V/386, is also available.
For more information, contact Gimpel Software, 3207 Hogarth Lane, Collegeville, PA 19426, (215) 584-4261.
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