Zion Software and Consulting in December released TeleComm 1.01, its fat-binary telecommunications software. The app includes capabilities for serial-modem communications and file transfers using X-, Y-, and ZMODEM, and VT100 terminal emulation. TeleComm also sports terminal-emulation and file-transfer APIs for custom data handling. Users can find demo copies of TeleComm on cs.orst. edu, or purchase copies directly from Zion or the Electronic AppWrapper. It costs $89 or $45 educational. Zion: 203/ 659-4257; info@zion.com.
Thoughtful Software has announced a new prerelease version of HyperSense, its fat-binary NEXTSTEP authoring tool for multimedia documents and applications. The prerelease version costs $299, while Version 1.0, due to ship in Q1 of this year, will sell for $499. Purchasers of the prerelease version will receive the shipping product for free. Thoughtful: 303/221-4596; info@thoughtful.com.
Walnut Creek CD-ROM in December shipped its Nebula CD-ROM for NEXTSTEP Intel computers. The disc contains applications complete with source code, graphics, fonts, and sounds. Nebula retails for $59.95. Walnut Creek: 510/947-5996; info@cdrom.com.
Paget Press also shipped its newest CD-ROM, the Electronic AppWrapper Edition 4. The new disc features a new database engine for faster searches, new music, updated Intel product info, and an "interactive gift boutique," according to the company. Paget: 206/448-0845; aw@paget.com.
Hot Technologies has released Version 2.0 of its Bar-a-Coda application, which features a completely redesigned user interface, drag-and-drop bar codes, and support for Object Linking, NeXT services, and multiple bar-code generation.The software costs $349. Hot Technologies: 617/ 252-0088; info@hot.com.
CCRMA Music Kit 4.0 is now available from the Computer Center for Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. The object-oriented software system for building music, sound, signal-processing, and MIDI applications under NEXTSTEP is available free by anonymous ftp from the host ccrma-ftp. The kit, which features a host of new capabilities, was originally developed by NeXT but has been supported by CCRMA since 1991.
BLaCKSMITH in December shipped CHaRTSMITH, its graphing and charting package. The fat-binary software is designed to let novice or expert users create business or scientific presentations through integrated NEXTSTEP software capabilities like drag and drop and Object Linking. CHaRTSMITH sells for $495. BLaCKSMITH: 703/ 524-6147; info@ blcksmth.com.
Legent Corporation has signed a letter of intent to purchase TeamOne Systems, the Sunnyvale, California-based developer of TeamTools, a NEXTSTEP software-development management and configuration package. By combining TeamOne's products into Legent's ENDEVOR change-management product line, the company hopes to provide seamless integration of configuration-management capabilities across a wide range of UNIX platforms. Legent: 703/708-3118.
Xanthus International in late November shipped Graphity, its business-graphing software package aimed at business users. With a complete API and 3-D and RenderMan support, Graphity is designed to function as a standalone app or in conjunction with Questor, the company's flat-file database product. Graphity costs $395. Xanthus: 46/8/635-3000; xanthus@xanthus.se.