Objective Technologies (OTI) began accepting orders for the beta release of Impress, its DBKit report writer, on September 1. For $700, users will get a $150 discount and free upgrade to the shipping product, available in Q1 1994. The beta was scheduled to be available September 30. OTI: 212/227-6767.
Stone Design in August renamed the upcoming revision to its Create drawing program and announced a maintenance upgrade to its 3D Reality modeling software. Create 2.0 includes new features originally scheduled for what the company had been calling Version 3.0. Version 1.4 of 3D Reality is a fat-binary upgrade and bug fix. Stone Design: 505/345-4800.
Hot Technologies has unveiled new functionality and purchasing options for its BarCodeKit. The collection of 13 InterfaceBuilder palettes contains an improved API, a new on-line tutorial, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Palettes can be purchased separately for between $99 and $495; if purchased as a kit for $2795, Hot will include source code for its Bar-a-Coda application. Hot Technologies: 617/252-0088; info@hot.com.
Black Market Technologies is shipping Connect It!, its $145 e-mail setup and administration package designed to provide an automated interface for configuring modems and administering NEXTSTEP e-mail and UUCP connections. Black Market Technologies: 718/522-5090.
Yrrid is on tap to ship its Cables terminal-emulation and file-transfer package this quarter. The package, which will sell for between $189 and $399, emulates a variety of popular minicomputers and supports Kermit, X/Y/ZModem, and Text protocols. Yrrid: 919/986-7858.
Sunrisa Software has suspended operations and ceased development of its DB2 adapter for DBKit after being unable to secure additional funding, according to the company. Sunrisa is looking to sell DB2 and Simpla, its flat-file database, to another developer.
Kathy Geisler waves the NEXTSTEP baton again with 21st Century Messiah, an update of Handel's opus that will be distributed in October to over 500 stores in North America. Well Tempered Productions: 510/ 526-5608; kathy@jaffe.com.
BŠcchus is shipping fat-binary versions of both its $99 ImageAgent and $299 PixelMagician image-conversion products. ImageAgent allows users to drag and drop non-native files into NEXTSTEP applications, while PixelMagician offers more functionality and advanced features and includes ImageAgent. BŠcchus: 310/820-9145.
Looking Glass Design is making available free, prerelease versions of its LGDCommunicationKit, a library of serial-port-communication objects for NEXTSTEP apps that will sell for $99 when released. The package sports objects for establishing serial-device connections and extending functionality through support of event-driven serial input. Looking Glass Design: 604/451-7461.