NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS
Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators
Volume 3, Issue 4
Fall 1993
FEATURES
What's New in Release 3.2?
A look at what's special about the latest release of NEXTSTEPTM.
NeXT Product Marketing
The New SoftPC
A tour of what the new Microsoft WindowsTMand DOS emulation tool offers.
Bob Lawton
NFS Performance Tuning
How to get the most out of NFS® mounts in your network and how to tune the NEXTSTEP-compatible Ethernet adapters for PCs.
Wayde Schroeder
Advanced Networking Tools
Tools of the trade for anyone who manages a large NEXTSTEP network.
Dan Peknik
Using SCSI in a PC World
Ain't so bad--avoiding the pitfalls of setting up a SCSI system.
Aaron Morse
DEPARTMENTS
Focal Point
NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 brings an abundance of features and fixes.
FAQ
NeXT's Customer Support answers the most frequently asked questions.
Tips & Techniques
Booting NEXTSTEP for Intel®Processors; new NeXTanswersTMe-mail commands; recommended system administration references.
FYI
Announcing the new developer journal; correcting past mistakes; how to reach NeXT.
CREDITS AND LEGAL MATTER Editorial
Editor: Cynthia Closkey
Copy editors: Gary Miller, Roy West
Design and production
Designer and illustrator: Nancy Serpiello
Book designer: Cindy Steinberg
Production coordinator: Jennifer Sherer
Production assistant: Erica Denison
Circulation manager: Chona Reyes
Printer: A & a Digital Graphics
Contributions
Eric Chu, Curtis Galloway, Rick Jackson, Bob Lawton, Peter Lipps, Aaron Morse,
Bob O'Connor, Dan Peknik, Wayde Schroeder, Darren Smith
Technical reviews
Paul Frantz, Paul Hegarty, John Immordino, Marc Majka, Mike Perka, Terry Williams
Special thanks
Heidi Bolen, Joe Hollowood, Geoff Nicastro
Colophon
NEXTSTEP In Focus is designed, written, and produced with NEXTSTEP. Proofs are printed on a NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer. Final pages are transferred via a NeXT 2.88MB floppy disk to film using NeXT computers and an electronic imagesetter.
About NEXTSTEP In Focus
NEXTSTEP In Focus--Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators is a quarterly technical journal published by NeXT. It provides timely technical information to system and network administrators and users, to help you better support your NeXT network or user community and to let you make the most of NEXTSTEP.
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