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- From: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu (Gary I. Chang)
- Subject: SLIPCommander 2.0 submitted to archive sites
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- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:43:24 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- SLIPCommander 2.0 is now on both sonata.cc.purdue.edu and
- cs.orst.edu archive sites. Enclosed are extracted from the README file:
-
- ============================
- Welcome to SLIPCommander2.0!
-
-
- SLIPCommander.app is a NeXTStep Interface to the SLIP
- commands provided in the TransSys DialUpIP SLIP package by Louis A.
- Mamakos. Installation of the latest SLIP_v1.pkg version 920904 is
- highly recommended.
-
- SLIPCommander simplifies the SLIP connection/disconnection process
- as well as retrieving mails from remote sites. A set of very informative
- panel buttons are used to provide a NeXTStep looks & feels Interface. If
- you use SLIP connection a lot, you will find SLIPCommander a very sexy
- companion along with your NeXT.
-
-
- What's in the SLIPCommander?
- ============================
-
- * Toggle SLIP with connection/disconnection button.
-
- * NeXTMails are always just a 'click' away.
-
- * Auto-redial within time-out upon a busy phone line .
-
- * Monitoring your SLIP connection status.
-
-
- Version 2.0 Improvements
- ========================
-
- * Yes, SLIPCommander is now 3.0 color and Help ready.
-
- * SLIPCommander is more stable and responsive than ever due to a
- new fine-tuned mechanism of message passing.
-
- * A much easier way to customize your personal preference. The root
- password is no longer needed. A configurable path for finding SLIP
- commands.
-
- * New-Mails notification. (you no longer need to watch the logwindow
- closely for mail arrival.)
-
- * An improved Commander window that controls and displays SLIP
- activities with a set of colorful icon buttons.
-
- * A memory saver, bi-colored logwindow.
-
- * Elimination of the $(HOME)/.SlipCommander file. Preference are now
- store in the Defaults database.
-
-
-
-
- --
- +----------------+
- | Gary I. Chang |
- +----------------+
- Northwestern Univ. E-Mail: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu
-