Pinnacle Research has rolled out three new programs for NeXTSTEP, including Page-Chain 1.0, a $129 multidocument print and fax utility; VWall, networkwide messaging software for system administrators priced at $250 for a five-machine license; and Virt-Space, Version 3.0 of Cheapskate Software's virtual window manager. Version 3.0 sells for $69; current owners can upgrade for $5, or free by re- questing a new license key via e-mail to virtspace@pri.com. Pinnacle Research: 602/529-1135.
MIDIapolis Systems has purchased and updated Calendoscope from Stained Glass Soft-ware, renaming it DayTripper. The personal and group scheduler sells for $129. MIDIapolis has also become the exclusive distributor of WarpIt, the $219 image-transformation application originally developed by Black Adder Research. MIDIapolis Systems: 612/822-1604.
BenaTong in January announced TymeSync, a $49.95 utility to help maintain clock accuracy on NeXT systems. TymeSync regularly calls on-line modems at either the National Institute of Standards and Technology or the U.S. Naval Observatory and "jumps" or slowly adjusts your system clock. BenaTong: 614/276-7859.
Well-Tempered Productions is Bach with a new CD. For 21st Century Bach, composer Kathy Geisler generated all voices and instruments on a NeXT computer, without benefit of an external synthesizer, using the Music Kit and custom software developed by David Jaffe, one of the Kit's principal authors. Well-Tempered Productions: 510/ 526-5608.
Athena Design is giving out a free 25-user license for its Mesa spreadsheet to any educational institution that has NeXTSTEP computers on its network for student use. Inquires should be made to dpp@athena.com. Athena has also placed Culture Shock, its $24.95 tile game, into the public domain. A copy of the program is available by anonymous ftp to athena.com.
Chris Cuilla joined Chicago-based IT Solutions in December as a software engineer, bring- ing with him CuillaMartin's DefaultManager and Calculator Set. IT Solutions will now provide technical support for CuillaMartin products. IT Solutions currently markets SpeedDex, World Clock and Shout, and provides custom applications for training of key NeXT corporate customers. IT Solutions: 312/587-2000.
Correction: The description of the NumberedExtensionManager in the December NeXT-WORLD Extra is inaccurate. It does not have any file-searching capabilities, nor does it let you assign numbers to directories. Instead, give the NEM object the name of the directory to which you are saving, and it returns a number that hasn't been used in any of the filenames in that directory. Use that number in a filename and it will be unique. Intuitive Edge: 614/299-2781; e-mail: NEM@IntuitiveEdge.com.