OF INTEREST
ISDN*tek has released the CyberSpace Internet Card, an ISDN-compatible, half-size plug-in card that enables high-speed data transfers for ISDN users between for Windows- or OS/2-based PCs and the Internet or other UNIX hosts. Running six times faster than modems, the CyberSpace Internet Card allows connection to the Internet using compatible TCP/IP software to support Mosaic, Gopher, and other applications.
The card can also be used for high-speed data transfers directly between ISDN users or sites which have HDLC and synchronous PPP hardware and software. The CyberSpace Card supports all Basic Rate ISDN in the U.S. and automatically configures itself for AT&T 5ESS, Northern Telecom DMS, and National ISDN-1 standards. It offers a 56/64 data call on either B-channel and is supplied with interface drivers for any WinISDN compatible TCP/IP software. The card comes with a Windows DLL driver that implements the WinISDN API, a public interface by ISDN*tek and NetManage, and Performance System International that uses 18 calls to provide ISDN-specific data services between the hardware and software.
The CyberSpace Internet Card sells for $395.00. Reader service no. 20.
ISDN*tek
P.O. Box 3000
San Gregorio, CA 94074
415-712-3000
Microware has announced that its OS-9 real-time operating system is available for the PowerPC platform. Additionally, the company has ported FasTrak, an integrated C cross-development environment for UNIX and Windows (based on the Microware Ultra C compiler), and DAVID (digital audio/video interactive decoder) to the PowerPC.
To ensure deterministic, real-time response, OS-9 for PowerPC takes advantage of the PowerPC's visual caching mechanism, which enables developers to lock time-critical sections of code in the cache. Likewise, the FasTrak debugger has also been optimized for the PowerPC by making use of the processor's watchpoint registers.
The developer's package consists of various file managers ranging from ISP and NFS to ISDN and MPEG, as well as the development environment and drop-in board; it sells for $7500.00. Reader service no. 21.
Microware Systems
1900 NW 114th Street
Des Moines, IA 50325-7077
515-224-1929
A series of books for Mosaic users has been released by O'Reilly & Associates: The Mosaic Handbook for Microsoft Windows, The Mosaic Handbook for the Macintosh, and The Mosaic Handbook for the X Window System, by Dale Dougherty and Richard Koman (Paula Ferguson was also a co-author on the X Window book). The books introduce readers to Mosaic and its use in navigating and finding information on the World Wide Web. The Microsoft and Macintosh versions come with a copy of Mosaic on disk; the X Window version comes with a CD-ROM. The books sell for $29.95 each. Reader service no. 22.
O'Reilly & Associates
103A Morris St.
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-829-0515
Software Blacksmiths has begun shipping C-Doc 6.0, an automatic C/C++ program- documentation tool for Windows 3.x, NT, OS/2, and DOS. C-Doc consists of six modules: C-Call, for tree diagrams, table of contents, and function cross-references; C-Cmt, for function-block comments; C-List, for action diagrams and standardized formatting; C-Ref, for cross-reference of locals, globals, defines, and parameters; C-Metric, for complexity metrics; and C-Browse, for graphical viewing of C-Call function trees and C-Ref class trees.
Among the features Version 6.0 supports are OS/2 and Win32 long filenames, RTF output, and one-million-line capacity for Win32, OS/2, and extended DOS.
The complete C-Doc 6.0 Professional package sells for $299.00, although individual modules can be purchased separately. Reader service no. 23.
Software Blacksmiths
6064 St. Ives Way
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5N 4M1
905-858-4466
d-Time 1.1, a software accelerator that makes CD-ROMs run as fast as hard-disk drives, has been released by Ballard Synergy. The company claims that access improves by 20 times when the accelerator is installed. In addition to DOS and Windows support, d-Time works with network CD-ROMs. The program sells for $69.95. Reader service no. 24.
Ballard Synergy
10715 Silverdale Way, Suite 208
Silverdale, WA 98383
206-656-8070
Datman, a software package that transforms a 4-mm DAT tape drive into a high-performance, 8-gigabyte, MS-DOS file system, has been released by Pixelab. Supporting up to 256,000 files and 16,000 subdirectories, Datman data is directly accessible by DOS or Windows applications. Once the Datman device driver is installed, the tape drive behaves like a floppy disk with large-volume data-transfer operations exceeding 15 Mbyte/minute.
Datman 1.0, which is ASPI-compatible, sells for $150.00. A full DAT tape subsystem, which includes the Datman software, a tape drive, SCSI host adapter, cable, and the like, sells for $1199.00. A Datman developer's kit that includes file-access functions for C programmers is also available. Reader service no. 25.
Pixelab
1212 S. Naper Blvd., Suite 119
Naperville, IL 60540
708-369-7112
Texas Instruments has released the TMS320C44, a floating-point DSP chip targeted for multiprocessor telecommunication systems. Although based on the TI C40 processor, the C44 differs in that it has a reduced pin count, lower-cost packaging, reduced power requirements, and power management. Because it is software compatible with the C40, all existing C40-based software tools can be used for system development. The C44 is available in 40/50/60-MHz versions, starting at $130.00 each in quantities of 1000. Reader service no. 26.
Texas Instruments
Semiconductor Group, SC-94112
P.O. Box 172228
Denver, CO 80217
800-477-8924 x4500
Pentium Processor Optimization Tools, by occasional DDJ author Mike Schmit has been released by AP Professional. Among other topics, the book provides coverage of superscalar programming, pipeline operation, Pentium optimization, FPU math, and the like. The book includes a source code disk. ISBN 0-12-637230-1. The 400-page book sells for $39.95. Reader service no. 27.
AP Professional
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495
619-699-6735
Object Bridge, middleware technology that provides interoperability for object-based systems, has been announced by Visual Edge. The Object Bridge SDK is a C++ class library that initially supports Microsoft's COM and OLE Automation, Iona's Orbix, and IBM's SOM/DSOM. Central to the Object Bridge technology is a class registry to which the features of each object system are described. Added to the class registry are Object System Adapters (OSAs) that describe each support object system. These OSAs can be purchased and dynamically added to Object Bridge as required.
The Object Bridge SDK lets you write C++ for a target-object model, then access objects from other systems using familiar native mechanisms (such as COM's IClassFactory). Reader service no. 28.
Visual Edge Software
3950 Côte Vertu, Suite 100
St-Laurent, PQ
Canada H4R 1V4
514-332-6430
Rimstart Technologies has released Version 2.1 of its Rimstar Programmer's Editor. In addition to supporting OS/2, this version of the tool includes hex mode and syntax coloring. The editor provides a graphical user interface for OS/2, Windows, and NT, and is fully configurable. Its multithreading capabilities make it possible for simultaneous multiple compilations. It also provides keystroke macro recording, smart indexing, bookmarks, a C source browser, and C macro language. The OS/2 version sells for $299.00, while the Windows and NT versions sell for $199.00. Reader service no. 29.
Rimstar Technologies
91 Halls Mill Road
Newfields, NH 03856
603-778-2500
The Fuzzy Logic CD-ROM Library, recently released by AP Professional, includes The Fuzzy Systems Handbook, by Cox, Fuzzy Systems Theory and Its Applications, by Terano, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, by DuBois and Prade, Introduction to the Theory of Fuzzy Subsets, by Kaufmann, and Fuzzy Sets and their Applications to Decision and Cognitive Processes, by fuzzy-logic inventor Lotfi Zadeh. The CD-ROM, which is available for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX systems, includes a search engine and additional software and sells for $59.95. ISBN 0-12-059755-1. Reader service no. 30.
AP Professional
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495
619-699-6735
Wireless Connect has announced its CDPD Starter Kit and CDPD SDK. The CDPD Starter Kit includes source code for Windows, UNIX, Macintosh, and DOS; two wireless modems and airtime. The CDPD SDK is a full set of tools and libraries--including built-in encryption, compression, and modem independence--that lets developers build Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) applications. CDPD is similar to packet radio networks in that data is moved in small packets that can be checked for errors and retransmitted. However, CDPD does this in the current cellular voice network using a technique known as "channel hopping" to locate idle voice channels and weave data packets into them. Reader service no. 31.
Wireless Connect
2177 Augusta Place
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-448-3844
CSIM 17, from Mesquite Software is a C/C++ toolkit for implementing process-oriented, discrete-event simulation models. The library supports UNIX workstations, PCs, and Macintosh platforms. Among the features this version provides are synchronous facilities and storages, timed operations, random-number streams, and moving window averages. The package sells for under $500.00. Reader service no. 32.
Mesquite Software
8920 Business Park Drive
Austin, Texas 78759
512-338-9153
Voysys, a supplier of voice-processing systems, has announced VoysAccess, a software tool that lets developers create applications for receiving, inputting, and updating data in a database using a TouchTone telephone, a process referred to as "interactive voice response" (IVR). VoysAccess will initially support Microsoft's FoxPro language; subsequent releases will support languages such as Borland dBase and Microsoft Visual Basic. In addition, VoysAccess supports Microsoft's Telephony Advanced Programming Interface (TAPI) standard for Windows, a set of program specifications that allows developers to incorporate telephony features in their applications.
The VoysAccess Software Development Kit (SDK) includes a set of database-development language extensions to enable telephone access and the VoysAccess Server, which is capable of handling two telephone lines in a single PC; an Expansion Kit will support up to 24 lines. The SDK also includes a one-port PC board to enable rapid development and Windows sound capture and editing that enables IVR applications to "speak" database information. In addition, Voysys will provide three operational mini-applications to help developers get started quickly. The VoysAccess SDK sells for $895.00. Reader service no. 33.
Voysys Corp.
48634 Milmont Dr.
Fremont, CA 94538
510-252-1100
The C++ Compilation System 2.0 for UnixWare 1.1 from Novell is an add-on to the UnixWare SDK 1.1 that includes a C++ compiler, with template support and optimization for the Pentium processor, C++-standard components libraries (a set of foundation classes and tools), graphical debugger with interface customization and animation features, C++ and system header files, and support for shared libraries. The C++ Compilation System 2.0 for UnixWare 1.1 is available for $99.00 on CD-ROM and QIC-24 tape formats. Reader service no. 34.
Novell Inc.
P.O. Box 4100
Crawfordsvall, IN 47933
800-457-1767
The SoftPub Yellow Pages, a directory of suppliers in the software industry, has been released by the SoftPub Group. The directory provides contact information for over 100 categories in the software industry, including disk/CD duplicators, user-interface consultants, localization specialists, and the like. The directory sells for $49.00. Reader service no. 35.
The SoftPub Group
24705 214th Ave. SE
Maple Valley, WA 98038
206-852-7440
Nu-Mega has released Version 2.2 of its Bounds-Checker for Windows that supports automated debugging for Visual Basic Custom Controls (VBXs). In addition to detecting memory leaks, Version 2.2 also detects resource leakage and heap and data corruption in VBXs from C, C++, and Visual Basic. Likewise, T-View, Bounds-Checker for Windows' integrated event-logging utility, also supports VBXs so that you can capture and play back all VBX-specific events and messages.
Bounds-Checker for Windows 2.2 sells for $249.00. Reader service no. 36.
Nu-Mega Technologies
P.O. Box 7780
Nashua, NH 03060-7780
603-889-2386
Crescent Software has announced the release of its QuickPak Professional add-on library for PowerBasic. QuickPak Professional is a library of nearly 600 subroutines and functions for everything from handling data entry input fields to accessing DOS and BIOS interrupts. The QuickPak Professional library sells for $199.00. Reader service no. 37.
Crescent Software
11 Bailey Avenue
Ridgefield, CT 06877-4505
203-438-5300
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