co-Xist boosts speed

by Paul Curthoys

Austin, TX Ð Pencom Software in December shipped co-Xist 3.2 for NEXTSTEP for Intel, which provides a NEXTSTEP implementation of the X11R5 Windows System. With co-Xist, NEXTSTEP users can display X Window applications that are running on other machines in their network, furnishing access to applications that usually appear on Sun, HP, IBM, or DEC workstations.

Engineers can also utilize co-Xist's development environment to port NEXTSTEP apps to X Window sor to develop X Window apps using NEXTSTEP machines.

New features in this updated version include substantial performance improvements, a GUI-based installation process, and greatly expanded graphics-card support. "We support all of the graphics cards that NeXT does, plus some that they don't," said Matthew Waters, who handles product marketing and sales for Pencom.

The package costs $195; educational discounts and expanded developer versions are available. Pencom Software: 512/343-6666, 800/736-2664; co-Xist_info@pencom.com.