VireoReleases VtoolsD for Windows 95
Vireo Software announced the release of VtoolsD, a VxD toolkit for Windows 95. Hardware developers can use VtoolsD to build optimized drivers for high-speed devices, build Plug and Play-compatible drivers, and prototype new drivers. Software developers can use it to build debuggers, virus checkers, security applications, and new file systems. They can also use VtoolsD to replace TSRs and build interfaces between Windows programs and legacy DOS applications.
VtoolsD for Windows 95's new features include: support and documentation for new functions, support for new dynamically-loaded and pageable device drivers, and communication between Win32 applications and device drivers. The new release also includes a revised QuickVxD utility that automatically generates source code for Windows 95 VxDs. In addition, examples demonstrate how to write Installable File System (IFS) driven, Vendor-Supplied Drivers (VSD), Plug and Play drivers, and Win32 interfaces.
VtoolsD is fully compatible with 32-bit C/C++ compilers from Microsoft and Borland.
VtoolsD for Windows 95 is available directly from Vireo Software for $495.00. Current customers may upgrade for $249.00. VtoolsD is also available from select international resellers. Vireo Software provides free technical support and an unconditional thirty day money-back guarantee.
For more information contact Vireo Software Inc., 385 Long Hill Road, Bolton, MA 01740. +1-508-779-8352. FAX: +1-508-779-8351. e-mail: [email protected]. WWW: http://world.std.com/~vireo/.
Phar Lap Announces TNT Embedded ToolSuite 8.0
Phar Lap Software has announced the release of TNT Embedded ToolSuite, Realtime Edition, Version 8.0, a real-time development system for ROM or flash-based embedded programs using standard 32-bit compilers and tools. Embedded applications built with TNT Embedded ToolSuite will run on any Intel 386/486/Pentium processor-based system. TNT Embedded ToolSuite, Realtime Edition includes a Phar Lap-developed real-time kernel with support for threads, priority scheduling, and inter-thread communications, such as semaphores, mutexes, and events.
For a ROMed embedded kernel, you need 14KB ROM and 13KB RAM and a serial or parallel port. Embedded programs can be loaded from diskettes, IDE hard disks, high-speed serial line, or the parallel printer port. Target hardware may include custom designed boards, PC/104 system hardware and standard PC hardware. TNT Embedded ToolSuite supports Intel's 80386, 80486, and Pentium processors.
Phar Lap's TNT Embedded ToolSuite, Realtime Edition is available from Phar Lap for a base price of $4995. Developers who do not need real-time capability, but who would like to build embedded applications using Phar Lap tools, may purchase the Standard Edition of Phar Lap's TNT Embedded ToolSuite at a lower cost.
For more information contact Phar Lap Software, Inc., 60 Aberdeen Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. +1-617-661-1510. FAX: +1-617-876-2972. e-mail: [email protected].
LWE Research Releases Math Toolkit for Windows
LWE Research has released MATHEMATICS DLL TOOLKIT!, a DLL-based toolkit of mathematical functions for Windows NT and Windows 95. MATHEMATICS DLL TOOLKIT! has easy plug in type, functions for topics such as statistics and basic math, matrix math, unit conversions, and engineering calculations.
All functions in MATHEMATICS DLL TOOLKIT! provide 19 significant figures of accuracy.
MATHEMATICS DLL TOOLKIT! Version 2.2 is being offer for $175.00 for 16-bit products (Pascal or C) and $300.00 for 32-bit native products.
For more information contact LWE Research, Inc., 1507 E. 53rd St., #438, Chicago, IL 60615. 800-201-4559, PIN 0505 or +1-312-684-7004. e-mail: [email protected].
Intel Announces VTune for Intel Architecture
Intel Corporation has announced VTune, a tool that allows programmers to optimize Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 application code for the Intel architecture. The tool provides a visual display of all active software in the system, including the operating system, device drivers, and the running application being tuned. VTune identifies sections of code using substantial CPU processing time, and provides possible solutions to enhance the performance of a software application.
VTune is language-independent, has an intuitive graphical display, works with industry standard compilers and unlike most profilers, is not intrusive to a programmer's code. VTune provides a scripting interface that allows automated performance analysis, a system-wide view of all active software and provides source browsing capability.
The system-wide view provided by VTune gives information on the amount of time the CPU spends in each active module and time spent between system and user modes and for 32-bit, 16-bit and V86 applications.
VTune provides warnings of instruction sequences that result in penalty conditions, instruction pairing, and number of clock ticks per instruction. Also, developers programming in C can invoke the C Tuning Coach that offers coding suggestions for performance improvement.
For more information contact Intel Corp., 2200 Mission College Blvd., P.O. Box 58119, Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119. 800-253-3696 or +1-503-274-7247. WWW: http://www.intel.com.
BSO/Tasking Announces 80C166 Toolset
BSO/TASKING has announced the release of an integrated set of software development tools for the Siemens 80C166 family, enabling users to take full advantage of the 16-bit microcontroller's high speed and performance.
The new BSO/TASKING 80C166 integrated toolset features an ANSI C compiler with extensions for all members of the 80C166 microcontroller family. A number of pragmas are supported by the C166 compiler for controlling optimization and data allocation. Another integral part of the toolset is a Siemens-compatible macro assembler, supplied with linker/locator, librarian, and object format utilities for debugging support.
The 80C166 toolset also includes BSO/TASKING's CrossView 166 Debugger, a high-level language debugger.
BSO/TASKING's Embedded Development Environment (EDE) also is integrated in the 80C166 toolset. EDE features an extensible programming environment with a sophisticated language editor, providing an interface to all the tools required for building and debugging an 80C166 application.
Pricing for the BSO/TASKING 80C166 toolset (including C compiler, assembler, and EDE) starts at $2,500, and is available for PC/DOS, HP9000, SUN SPARC, and DEC ALPHA.
For more information contact BSO/Tasking, 333 Elm St., Dedham, MA 02026. +1-617-320-9400. FAX: +1-617-320-9212.
General Software Announces Embedded BIOS v3.0
General Software has announced Embedded BIOS Version 3.0, its third-generation BIOS designed for embedded systems and consumer electronics based on the x86 CPU architectures. Embedded BIOS 3.0 now includes integrated support for the Flash File System and PCMCIA Socket Services, in-place Flash BIOS updating, Advanced Power Management, and comes with its own Mini-DOS and COMMAND.COM that run from ROM for consumer applications that don't need a full desktop DOS.
With General Software's Mini-DOS integrated into the BIOS, there is no need to purchase and license a separate DOS operating system to launch DOS applications. Mini-DOS uses only enough RAM for scratch space and runs directly from ROM, saving valuable RAM space for application code. Despite its small footprint, Mini-DOS is a full-featured DOS that has all of the power of a desktop DOS. It supports CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, COMMAND.COM, device drivers, and standard utilities.
Embedded BIOS comes as a full source adaptation kit, with over 250 source-level options and over 100 binary-level options that can be configured with its Binary Configuration Program (BCP). In addition, Embedded BIOS can be coupled with add-on CPU Personality Modules to enable support for Intel, AMD, and other x86-based families of embedded architectures.
For more information contact General Software, Inc., 320 - 108th Ave., N.E., Ste. 400, Bellevue, WA 98073. +1-206-454-5755. FAX: +1-206-454-5744. e-mail: [email protected].
MicroHelp Announces OLE Controls for VB and VC++
MicroHelp, Inc. has announced a complete line of tools based on Microsoft's new OLE architecture. The flagship of the OLE line will be a new control package, OLETools, based on MicroHelp's VBTools 4.
All of the existing tools in the MicroHelp product line have been updated to include the new OLE technology and contain both 16- and 32-bit OLE controls as well as 16-bit VBXs all in the same package. SpellPro 2 & Thesaurus is currently available with the new OLE controls. Additional updated tools include Compression Plus, Communications Library, and VBViewer.
For more information contact MicroHelp, Inc., 4211 J.V.L. Industrial Park Dr. N. E., Marietta, GA 30066. +1-770-516-0899. FAX: +1-770-516-1099.
Applied Microsystems Announces CodeTEST for Embedded Software
Applied Microsystems Corporation has released CodeTEST, a suite of software verification tools for in-circuit verification of software performance and coverage, as well as in-circuit memory allocation. For more detailed analysis, CodeTEST provides a powerful software-oriented trace tool.
CodeTEST consists of four software tools — CodeTEST/Performance, CodeTEST/Coverage, CodeTEST/Memory, and CodeTEST/Trace — and a target system probe that attaches to the microprocessor running the program to be tested. A software instrumenter prepares the user's program for in-circuit verification. The utility reads program source files and inserts test point instructions into the code. The instrumenter processes programs written in C and C++ in compliance with K&R C, ANSI C, and the emerging ANSI C++ standard. The probe passively monitors the program as it executes and communicates measurement results to the user's workstation via an Ethernet connection. Run-time information may be viewed while the test is in progress.
CodeTEST tracks single or multi-taskiong application programs. The tools easily connect to custom real-time operating systems (RTOS) or commercially available RTOSs, such as pSOS from Integrated Systems, VxWorks from Wind River, and VRTX from Microtech Research, Inc.
CodeTEST is available for Sun workstations running SunOS, Hewlett-Packard workstations running HP-UX, and PCs running Windows 95. U.S. prices are approximately $6,000 for the processor probe and $3,000 each for the Performance, Coverage, Memory, and Trace software packages. Software licenses are shareable network floating licenses.
For more information contact Applied Microsystems Corp., 5020 148th Ave. N.E., P.O. Box 97002, Redmond, WA 98073-9702. 800-426-3925 or +1-206-882-2000. FAX: +1-206-883-3049. e-mail: [email protected]. WWW:http://www.amc.com.
ACI US Announces 32-Bit ObjectMaster for Windows
ACI US has released the latest upgrade of Object Master for Windows, an integrated programming environment that provides browsing and editing tools for C/C++ programming. Object Master for Windows includes improved 32-bit compiler support for Visual C++. Users can now compile, debug, and build applications in Visual C++ without leaving the Object Master editing environment or writing DOS files. Object Master also supports other compilation systems, including Symantec C++, Borland C/C++, and all DOS compilers. Object Master provides an integrated, "Smalltalk-like environment" for C/C++ developers.
Object Master for Windows also features the creation of WinHelp documentation, the Windows online documentation system. Programmers can customize their online reference materials for creating help information.
Prices for Object Master for Windows Version 3.1 start at $249.
For more information contact ACI US, Inc., 20883 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014. +1-408-252-4444. FAX: +1-408-252-4829.
AccuSoft Announces Imaging Toolkit for UNIX
AccuSoft has released version 5.0 of its Raster Image Format Library for UNIX platforms. This library significantly expands upon the performance, capabilities, and features of the previous version, 4.0. The product is shipped as an OBJ file for all common UNIX C compilers and is available for HP-UX, Sun-OS, Sun Solaris, SCO, and IBM-AIX-RS/6000. X-Windows support is built in.
AccuSoft's Image Format Libraries now offers format support for 36 different image formats, including TIFF, JPEG, Photo CD, PCX, BMP, and X-Windows. New features added for the UNIX platforms include scale to gray, sub-degree rotation, decompress rectangle, color reduction technology, automatic thumbnails, and compression algorithms.
The price for the UNIX Image Format Library is $1995 for all in-stock versions. Custom platform support is available at extra cost.
For more information contact AccuSoft Corp., Two Westborough Business Park, Westborough, MA 01581. +1-508-898-2770. FAX: +1-508-898-9662.
JMI Software Systems Announces TimeScan Event Analyzer
JMI Software Systems has released The TimeScan Event Analyzer, a system analyzer tool, for use with PSX and C EXECUTIVE, JMI's real-time kernels. The new TimeScan port will allow networks of heterogeneous computers, including UNIX, LynxOS, and other POSIX operating systems, along with PSX and C EXECUTIVE, to be analyzed using a flexible system tool.
TimeScan is a product from BBN Systems and Technologies for tracing events and subsequently analyzing overall system behavior. The TimeScan Event Analyzer runs on a compatible host development system, such as POSIX systems from Lynx, Sun, Digital Equipment, Data General, and others. The Viewer portion of TimeScan allows viewing sequences of previously logged events.
For more information contact JMI Software Systems, Inc., 904 Sheble Lane, P.O. Box 481, Spring House, PA 19477. +1-215-628-0840. FAX: +1-215-628-0353. e-mail: [email protected]. WWW: http://www.mcb.net/jmi/.
SDS Announces MPC 8XX Tool Set
In conjunction with Motorola's introduction of its new MPC821 and MPC860 microprocessors, Software Development Systems (SDS) announced the SDS MPC8XX Tool Set, including SingleStep, an advanced processor simulator. The toolset supports optimization of real-time performance by providing a real-time view of cache contents, and support for the validation of such memory operations. SingleStep gives developers the ability to edit, compile, link, download, and debug applications without leaving the SingleStep environment.
All versions of SingleStep share the same graphical interface so developers can move to other versions as project requirements change. Developers can use most programming tools from within SingleStep, including text editors and make utilities.
SingleStep is available for Sun and HP workstations starting at $2,000, and Microsoft Windows starting at $1,500 (as an advanced MPC8XX simulator).
For more information contact Software Development Systems, Inc., 815 Commerce Drive, Ste. 250, Oak Brook, IL 60521. 800-448-7733 or +1-708-368-0400. FAX: +1-708-990-4641. e-mail: [email protected].
Terasoft Releases Object Engineering Workbench v2.1
Terasoft Technology Corporation has released version 2.1 of Object Engineering Workbench (OEW) for C++ by Innovative Software. OEW, a C++ programming productivity toolkit, features forward and reverse engineering technology, including automated database design schema generation for applications using relational and object-oriented DBMSs. OEW for C++ also employs SQL database schema, IDL (OMG-specified) statement generation, and Microsoft Access BASIC generation.
OEW for C++ is available in English and German for Microsoft Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2 Warp. UNIX versions are available on Sun Solaris, and other ports are in process.
Innovative Software has bundled all PC implementations on CD-ROM for $795.00 The software license allows the use of any one of these versions at any one time. If you are using Windows today and upgrade to Windows 95, no additional purchase is necessary. For UNIX, OEW is available at $1,495 per node, quantity one. Quantity discounts and site licensing are also available.
For more information contact Terasoft Technology Corp., 221 East Main St., Milford, MA 01757. +1-508-634-8400. FAX: +1-508-634-8236. e-mail: [email protected].
Transarc Announces Encina 2.0
Transarc Corporation has announced Encina 2.0, the newest version of its DCE-based transaction processing monitor for three-tier, enterprise-wide client/server environments. Version 2.0 provides users with Encina++, for object-oriented development of Encina and DCE applications. Version 2.0 also includes a new administration tool for simple GUI-based system administration.
Encina++ is a distributed object development environment, supporting application development and reuse of Encina code through C++ class libraries. With Encina++, developers are shielded from the underlying complexities of client/server computing. Customers can now develop Encina applications in any of the three most popular corporate development environments: COBOL, C, or C++.
For DCE users, Encina++ reduces the programming effort required for underlying DCE communications. For example, Encina++ automatically establishes DCE security mechanisms and object location services without additional code generation. Encina++ provides an interface to the Object Management Group's (OMG) Object Transaction Service (OTS), the OMG standard for business-critical transactions.
Versions of Encina are available directly from major OEMs. IBM offers Encina for AIX and an Encina client for OS/2. Encina is also used within its CICS for AIX product family. Encina 2.0 for the Sun Solaris platform can be purchased directly from Transarc. Pricing for the Solaris version is $150 for a single client, with server software starting at $5,500, depending upon configuration and machine class.
For more information contact Transarc Corp., The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219. +1-412-338-4400. FAX: +1-412-338-4404.
Symantec Ships C++ 7.2 for Windows 95
Symantec Corporation is shipping Symantec C++ 7.2, Symantec's Windows 95-compliant C++ compiler. With this revision, customers receive 32-bit operating system support, support for all new Windows 95 controls, registry support and install/uninstall capabilities, 16x16 icons, long file names, and OLE2 support for containers and servers. Other Windows 95 supported features include MFC 3.2 with support for Windows 95 controls, the Windows 95 SDK with pre-existing Symantec C++ project files, a new documentation viewer using Windows 95 help, Windows 95 sample applications, and facilitation of migration from Borland and Microsoft projects to Symantec C++.
Estimated Retail Prices (ERP) start at $399. A competitive upgrade is available for $199 (ERP) and the subscription service, (with three updates) is available for $499 (ERP). A free upgrade from Symantec C++ 7.0 will be sent to all registered customers or by calling (800) 441-7234.
For more information contact Symantec Corp., 10201 Torre Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014-2132. 800-441-7234 or +1-408-253-9600.
XVT DSC++ v3.22 Supports Windows 95
XVT Software Inc. has announced its latest releases of XVT Development Solution for C++ (DSC++) and XVT Development Solution for C (DSC).
Windows 95 support is available on XVT's 16-bit and 32-bit Windows toolkits for both C and C++. In addition, DSC++ 3.22 includes new versions of operating systems and compilers for all platforms, as well as CodeWarrior for PowerMac and Mac 68k.
Customers on current maintenance with XVT's 32-bit (Windows NT) product will receive free upgrades. Customers with XVT's 16-bit (Windows 3.1) product who want to move to 32-bit applications will be offered special upgrade pricing. Product pricing for new customers $2,325 on PCs and $7,500 on workstations will remain unchanged by the upgrade.
For more information contact XVT Software, 4900 Pearl East Circle, Boulder, CO 80301. +1-303-443-4223. FAX: +1-303-443-0969. e-mail: [email protected]. WWW: http://www.xvt.com/xvt.
Talarian Announces SmartSockets IPC Toolkit
Talarian Corporation has announced SmartSockets, a message-oriented toolkit for interprocess communication (IPC). SmartSockets allows programs to communicate across different operating systems through the use of structured messages. SmartSockets allows software developers to embed messaging capabilities into their products.
SmartSockets simplifies the development of distributed applications by handling network interfaces and communications protocols, guaranteeing delivery of messages and managing recovery after system/network problems. SmartSockets includes visual point-and-click tools for developing, testing, and controlling the many programs that can be involved in a networked application.
SmartSockets is available now on Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, UNIX, and VMS platforms. Pricing starts at $3000.
For more information contact Talarian Corp., 444 Castro St., Ste. 140, Mountain View, CA 94041. +1-415-965-8050. FAX: +1-415-965-9077. e-mail: [email protected]. WWW: http://www.mainstreet.net/talarian/.
Rogue Wave/Inmark Announces zApp Factory v2.0
Rogue Wave Development Corporation, which recently acquired Inmark Development Corp., has released its zApp Factory Version 2.0, an interface designer/code generator that creates portable GUI applications based on the zApp Application Framework. New features in 2.0 include a modeless object manager, a new program manager, incremental code generation capability, an updated source code editing interface, object galleries, a separate test mode, clipboard support of dialogs and controls, enhancements to the dialog editor to include rubberband selections, and drag-and-drop menus and toolbars. zApp Factory Version 2.0 also makes extensive use of context-sensitive menus and help.
For more information contact Rogue Wave Software, 260 SW Madison Ave., P.O. Box 2328, Corvallis, OR 97339. 800-487-3217 or +1-503-754-3010. FAX: +1-503-757-6650. WWW: http://www.roguewave.com.
