Genus has announced the release of the PCX Programmer's Toolkit, which provides documentation and software to create applications that can display, save, capture, and manipulate PCX format images.
The toolkit supports all display modes of the Hercules CGA, EGA, and VGA display adapters. It contains a set of compiler interfaces, including Microsoft C, QuickC, Turbo C, Lattice C, QuickBasic, Turbo Pascal, and Clipper. Libraries are provided that are directly linkable to the user's program, and quick libraries are provided for the Microsoft integrated compilers. The toolkit also includes over 35 routines written in assembly language capable of producing on-screen animation.
In addition to the programming libraries, several utility programs are provided to display and capture screens cut out sections of an image, locate screen coordinates, inspect image headers, and manage image libraries. An images library manager allows images to be grouped together and be directly displayed from the library without extracting first so that necessary images may be grouped with the program.
The price of the PCX Programmer's Toolkit is $89.95, source code is an additional $100. Existing users of the PBUTILS package may upgrade for $35.
Reader Service No. 20. Genus Microprogramming 6305 Mobud Dr. Houston, TX 77074 713-771-4914 800-227-0918
Knowledge Garden has announced that KnowledgePro, a knowledge processor that integrates HyperText and system techniques into a programming language, can now access graphic images from HyperText.
With the KnowledgePro Graphics Toolkit, an add-in product that links graphic images within KnowledgePro, a user can point at one part of a picture and see a message or another picture with further hot spots, run another knowledge base, perform calculations, execute a set of if, then rules, and run an external program.
The Graphics Toolkit sells for $89, and the full KnowledgePro development environment costs $495. The Graphics Toolkit requires IBM PC, XT, AT, or PS/2 systems with EGA resolution, 512K, and a hard disk.
Reader Service No. 21. Knowledge Garden Inc. 473 Malden Bridge Rd. Nassau, NY 12123 518-766-3000
The recently released Renaissance Graphic Device Interface (RGDI) developer's kit centers around the TI34010-based Rendition I Advanced Graphic Controller.
The toolkit contains TMS34010 assembler diskettes with assembly language programs; an assembler, linker, library module simulator, and user's guide; TMS34010 debugger diskette developed for Rendition I for testing 34010 code on the Rendition I board; TI Software Development Board (SDB) commands; RGDI utilities diskette with command loader to download stand-alone 34010 code that will run independently of the RGDI kernel; and control panel utilities, a tool for interactively adjusting video timing parameters.
The RGDI Developers Kits is priced at $695, and the RGDI Advanced Developers Toolkit Add-on sells for $495.
Reader Service No. 22. Renaissance GRX Inc. Cedar Park 2265 116th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 98004 800-422-RENX
Graph X, Version 3.0, for the Hercules family of video cards has been released by Hercules Computer Technology Graph X is a collection of assembly language graphics subroutines designed to be used by programmers who wish to create monochrome graphics with a Hercules Graphics Card, Hercules Graphics Card Plus, or Hercules Network Card Plus. It also allows users to create 16-color graphics on systems equipped with a Hercules InColor Card.
Graph X subroutines can be used with programs written in interpreted Basic, QuickBasic 4.0, Turbo Basic, Microsoft C, QuickC, Turbo C, Turbo Pascal, Versions 3 or 4, Microsoft Pascal, Microsoft Fortran, Ryan-McFarland Fortran, and assembly language.
Graph X, Version 3.0, is available for $59.95; customers wishing to upgrade from earlier versions can do so for $10 but must return their original Graph X diskette or title page of the manual to Hercules.
Reader Service No. 23. Hercules Computer Technology Inc. 921 Parker St. Berkeley, CA 94710 415-540-6000
Soft Evolutions has released HGC Tools, a toolkit that provides more than 185 macros and functions for text, Hercules graphics, and the Hercules RamFont mode. Control of Hercules monochrome and InColor modes is supported by HGC Tools through macro assembler, C, and Pascal routines. Maintaining the operational status of all Hercules video cards within and between programs (including TSRs) is possible using the HGC Tools' Hercules Status Record Maintenance System. The product costs $79.95.
Reader Service No. 24. Soft Evolutions Inc. 484 Lake Park Ave. #17 Oakland, CA 94610 415-523-8247
Rational Systems has released DOS/16M, Version 2.0, which enables developers working under MS-DOS to create programs that directly address the 16 Mbytes of memory available on 80286 and 80386 PCs.
Rational claims that the DOS/16M, Version 2.0, boasts the reduction of DOS memory overhead to 24K Bytes for tasks running under DOS/16M; more terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) support allowing TSRs of any size to be moved into extended memory and occupy 24K Bytes of DOS memory; support for several additional compilers; support for all currently marketed ATs and PS/2s (model 50 and higher) and compatibles; compatibility with most programs that use extended memory such as Desqview, AutoCad, Ramdrive, and VDisk; and enhanced debugging capabilities.
The product supports the following compilers: Microsoft C 4.0 and 5.0, Microsoft Fortran 4.0, Lattice C 3.10 and 3.20, Aztec C 4.10b, and Metaware's High C and Professional Pascal. Also supported is LinkLoc from Phar Lap Software, which allows programs with more than 1 Mbyte of code to work with DOS/16M.
Rational Systems has also enhanced DOS/16M's protected-mode symbolic debugger. Features that have been added include a built-in performance monitor to assist in analyzing the program's activity by counting DOS and BIOS service requests, interrupts, and CPU time for each function in a program; allowing execution history to be recorded in a disk file; and a new Files command to assist in analyzing file management problems by listing open file handles with the device type and full pathname.
Under Rational Systems' $5,000 initial development license, users receive replacement libraries for supported compilers, a program to convert an .EXE file into an .EXE executable file under protected-mode, the DOS/15M symbolic debugger, and the right to distribute up to 200 copies of one converted, protected-mode program developed using DOS/16M. Source code may be licensed for $10,000. The upgrade to DOS/16M 2.0 is free to all holders of the initial development license.
Reader Service No. 28. Rational Systems Inc. 220 N Main St., 2nd Floor P. O. Box 480 Natick, MA 01760 617-653-6006
A new interface design tool called FaceIt has been released by Black & White International. This product converts a complete pulldown system into a Lotus-menu style on the screen without any coding or recompiling. FaceIt takes the information from existing DBF or ASCII text files and automatically creates single windows or multi-menu systems.
FaceIt creates pop-ups, pull-downs, pop-downs, horizontal Lotus-style menus, context-sensitive help windows, and dialog boxes; creates tables from your existing data for direct viewing and data entry selection; provides each choice on the menu in a different color; automates data entry, prototyping, and design online help.
FaceIt is compatible with dBase III Plus, FoxBase+, Clipper, Quicksilver, Basic, C, Pascal, and other languages. Selling for $99, FaceIt requires an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or compatible and DOS 2.1 or later.
Reader Service No. 30. Black & White International Inc. P. O. Box 21108 New York, NY 10129 212-787-6633
Helios Software has released Version 3.2 of its prototype/demo system called Proteus. Proteus is an integrated development environment to build demos. Proteus 3.2 is used by developers for both design prototypes and marketing demos.
The product offers video effects such as wipes, fades, splits, sound, simulated input, optional delays, and support of Oakland's C-scape. It also includes on-screen help, system support, documentation, and text drawing commands. Users can type all 256 characters directly from the keyboard and draw line patterns with the cursor.
Proteus 3.2 also allows users to define the control logic and test their demos in its debugger. Other features are a runtime version, a screen grabber, a keyboard enhancer, source code, and conversion utilities.
Selling for $99, Proteus 3.2 requires an IBM PC or compatible, color or monochrome display adapter, 384K (256K runtime version), and DOS 2.1 or later.
Reader Service No. 29. Helios P. O. Box 22869 Seattle, WA 98122 206-324-7208 800-634-9986
Intel Corporation has added Iceview to its I2Ice in-circuit emulator. Iceview, a graphical user interface featuring pulldown menus, display windows, and command line prompts, is now included with all standard I2Ice kits.
The Intel Integrated Instrumentation and in-circuit emulation (I2ICE) system supports real-time testing and debugging of systems that use the 8086, 8088, 80186, 80188, and 80286 microprocessors at speeds up to 10 MHz. Among its standard features are source-level symbolic software debugging, software and hardware breakpoints, execution trace, and bus and data trace.
The combination of the two products allows the user to open and maintain windows for immediate access to application source display, execution trace, registers, and other debugging information. Users can view data as it changes at breakpoints or by stepping through their programs.
Iceview is available to registered I2ICE customers as an upgrade through December for $495. Volume pricing is available.
Reader Service No. 32. Intel Corp., Literature Dept., W469 3065 Bowers Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051 800-548-4725