wilma.cs.brown.edu:~ftp/pub/README Last updated: 13 Dec 91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things in this archive ------------------------------------------------------------------------- bb.tar.Z -- the (old) bb editor. benchmark.ps.Z -- "A Summary of Network Performance Benchmarking of Sun 4/490 File Servers" bwe.tar.Z -- the Brown Workstation environment, various loaders, gnumake, etc. comp.robotics/ -- an archive of the newsgroup comp.robotics. dl.tar.Z -- a dynamic loader. encore.tar.Z -- an Object-Oriented Database Management System. field/field.tar.Z -- the FIELD programming environment (rqs BWE). NOTE: FIELD is available via "semi-anonymous" ftp. Mail your business address, phone number and/or fax number to brusd@cs.brown.edu to receive a password. floppy.tar.Z -- fmtflop and mntflop. A general user interface to formatting and mounting floppies on a Sparcstation. garden.tar.Z -- the GARDEN programming system (rqs BWE, THREADS) Note this requires the full version of threads. hyperbole/ -- an open, efficient, programmable prototype hypertext system for everyday work on any UNIX(tm) platform supported by GNU Emacs. idyl.tar.Z -- an incremental, dynamic loader. Currently this only runs on sun4s. passe.tar.Z -- a pascal programming environment for introductory programming students. pert.tar.Z -- Grid/layout method package for optional use with FIELD. quickdraw.tar.Z -- a partial implementation of quickdraw under X. speak.tar.Z -- utilities to make your sparcstation talk. sphigs.tar.Z -- Simple PHIGS and... srgp.tar.Z -- Simple Raster Graphics Package and... graphtext/ -- more goodies from "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice" by Foley, vanDam, Feiner and Hughes. tango.tar.Z -- the TANGO algorithm animation package (rqs BWE, FIELD). tconsole.tar.Z -- tconsole. A sun console accelerator. threads -- the THREAD lightweight process package. (send mail to brusd@cs.brown.edu for more information) threads.tar.nostdio.Z-- the THREAD lightweight process package without a safe version of stdio. This does not require a UNIX source license. tmm.tar.Z -- a system for doing causal and temporal reasoning. tn3270.tar.Z -- a tty-based ibm 3270 emulator. xmx.tar.Z -- An X Protocol Multiplexor. Multicast your X clients to multiple displays. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mailing lists ------------------------------------------------------------------------- bwe, field and related tools: ADD/REMOVE: spr@cs.brown.edu POST: field@cs.brown.edu hyperbole: ADD/REMOVE: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu POST: hyperbole@cs.brown.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments and questions about this archive to redsoft@cs.brown.edu.