NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS
Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators
Volume 4, Issue 1
Winter 1994
FEATURES
Using SoftPC® for Intel
How to make SoftPC for NEXTSTEP for Intel® processors work best for you.
Joe Hollowood
NetInfo® Programming
A tour of the tools you can use to build your own applications and utilities for managing NEXTSTEP networks.
Marc Majka
Getting the Best Support
Making sure that you get the technical help you need.
Allen Denison
DEPARTMENTS
Focal Point
Using the best tools available.
FAQ
NeXT's Customer Support answers the most frequently asked questions.
Tips & Techniques
Measuring local disk space; security patch on the way; corrections to past issues.
FYI
Announcing training courses for the start of 1994; the case of the missing disk; how to reach NeXT.
CREDITS AND LEGAL MATTER Editorial
Editor: Cynthia Closkey
Copy editors: John Hammett
Design and production
Designer and illustrator: Nancy Serpiello
Book designer: Cindy Steinberg
Production coordinator: Jennifer Sherer
Production manager: Heidi Bolen
Circulation managers: Eric Larson, Chona Reyes
Printer: New Life Printing
Contributions
Allen Denison, Brandon Greimann, Joe Hollowood, Takuji Hosoi, Ellen Leeb, Alan M. Marcum, Marc Majka, Roy West
Technical reviews
David Bohman, Josh Doenias, Paul Frantz, Amir Gharaat, John Immordino, John Karabaic,
Joe Keenan, Lennart Lovstrand, Scott Mattoon, Mike Paquette, Dan Peknik, Angela Spearman, Jan Tyler
Special thanks
Toni Childress, Nik Gervae, Gary Miller, Ian O'Donnell
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 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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