Blinkinc states that BLINKER 2.0 is the only linker to dynamically overlay Microsoft BASIC PDS 7.1, as well as the only linker to provide an integrated memory swap function that will save a running program to EMS/XMS, then shell out and run a second program. The swap feature requires less than 8KB overhead.

BLINKER 2.0 supports the CodeView debugger and provides limited support for Borland's Turbo debugger. BLINKER 2.0 can use EMS/XMS during link time and provides overlay caching to EMS/XMS for overlaid code. BLINKER 2.0 includes a new technical reference manual and a Norton Guide help file.

Blinkinc plans continued support for its Clipper specific BLINKER 1.5.

BLINKER 2.0 is priced at $299. Registered BLINKER users should receive upgrade information from Blinkinc. For information, contact Blinkinc, P.O Box 7154, Richmond, VA 23221, (804) 355-4444, FAX (804)355-1676.

Other new features include: five x and y axes; user-controlled super and subscript for equation editing; axes zoom; eight plot-export formats; file import and export that supports Lotus 123, DIF, Dbase, Excel, Quattro Pro and ASCII; additional printer drivers and improved drivers; a revised manual that includes notes, fitting strategies and tutorials; and an online context sensitive help.

Current RSTRIP users may upgrade for $99. For more information. contact Micro-Math Scientific Software, P.O. Box 21550, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121, (801) 943-0290; FAX (801) 943-0299; BBS (801) 943-0397.

WATCOM's C8.5/386 and FORTRAN 77/386 v8.5 products support 32-bit development for DOS extenders, Windows, Windows DOS box, AutoCAD ADS, and embedded systems. WATCOM C8.5/386, which has been shipping since August, includes a royalty-free 32-bit DOS extender. WATCOM's C8.5 and FORTRAN 77 v8.5 support 16-bit development for DOS, OS/2 1.x and Windows. WATCOM has announced plans to support OS/2 2.0 in a future release.

Owners of WATCOM's 16-bit C8.5 compiler can upgrade to C8.5/386 for $299.

Owners of WATCOM's 32-bit C8.5/386 compiler can purchase the C8.5 Delta Pack for $99 and the FORTRAN 77/386 v8.5 for $399.

Owners of WATCOM's FORTRAN 77/386 v8.5 can purchase the C8.5/386 Delta Pack for $399 and the FORTRAN 77 v8.5 Delta Pack for $99.

Owners of WATCOM's FORTRAN 77 v8.5 can upgrade to the 32-bit system for $299.

For more information contact WATCOM, 415 Philip Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3X2, (800) 265-4555; FAX (519) 747-4971.

THINK C v5.0 runs under System 7 in both 24- and 32-bit modes, with or without virtual memory. Symantec stated that "THINK C is now 100 percent ANSI conformant." The new version adds a graphical class browser and new classes for dialogs, multi-window documents and System 7 support.

Markers have been added to the editor for positioning in large files. An integrated source-level debugger can maintain break-points and data displays between sessions. Disassemble and Preprocess commands allow programmers to view their code in different forms. Programmers can generate link maps during the compile cycle with another new feature. The jump-table limit has been increased to support larger projects.

Similar extensions have been added to THINK Pascal v4.0. An Instant Project feature can build a project with a single command.

THINK C v5.0 requires a Macintosh Plus or higher, with at least 2MB RAM and Macintosh System Software v6.0 or higher. The debugger requires 2MB RAM and Multifinder. A hard disk is recommended, and required to use the THINK Class Library. Registered users can upgrade to THINK C v5.0 for $89, while the suggested retail price is $299. THINK Pascal costs $249, with upgrades $69.

For more information contact Symantec, (800) 441-7234 or (408) 252-3570.

Super Malloc uses high memory available on most 80x86 PCs, using both Upper Memory Blocks (UMBs) and the High Memory Area (HMA) for up to 160KB of memory (depending on system configureation). Super Malloc can use the 64Kb EMS page frame of an EMS memory manager as conventional memory, and can use up to 96KB of graphics memory (if it is available and not needed for high resolution graphics).

If expanded or extended memory is available, Super Malloc uses it for the memory-management overhead for conventional memory. Super Malloc is implemented in assembly language. The full Super Malloc library requires 8KB, but an application may omit malloc from the compilers run-time library. Super Malloc has been tested with Microsoft C; Turbo C and C++; and Zortech C and C++.

Super Malloc comes with source code. The suggested retail price is $149. For more information contact Kandu, Inc., 16 Cannon Drive, Hamilton, New Jersey 08690, (609) 587-7973.

Version 2 added support for Corollary Inc.'s 486/smp and C-bus II multiprocessor designs. Corrollary's 486/smp design has been licensed by Advanced Logic Research, Digital Equipment Corporation, Everex, Mitax International, and NEC. The 486/smp design is also sold as a board level product through Corollary's value-added distributors. Various USL partners are porting UNIX SVR4 MP V1 to the Motorola 88000 and Intel860 architectures.

By providing Intel Binary Compatibility Specification extension 2 (iBCS2), UNIX SVR4 MP V2 supports applications written for UNIX SVR4 and UNIX SVR3.2 derivatives (such as SCO UNIX). INTERACTIVE Systems' multi-threaded VP/ix hooks support simultaneous use of UNIX SVR4 and DOS applications. Version 2 improved performance over V1 by almost 10%.

UNIX SVR4 V1 was scheduled for general availability February 10, 1992 from UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.

SMARTsystem is an integrated set of multi-user programming tools for C software development, maintenance and re-engineering. SMARTsystem stores program code, modifications, and derived data in an object-oriented database. Multi-user support includes version control and function-level locking. A new add-on metrics package measures the size and complexity of software components.

SMARTsystem support for the AIX SDE WorkBench/6000 will be available during the second quarter. SMARTsystem modules are priced at $2,000, the entire system at $10,000 and the separate metrics package is $2,000. A network license manager permits users to purchase only as many copies as are needed for simultaneous use.

For additional information contact PROCASE Corporation, (408) 727-0714 or Wilson McHenry Company, (415) 592-7600.

A Coup-de-plume device driver for DOS-compatible recognition of free-format handprint characters with GTCO and Summagraphics tablet interfaces is available. The free-standing Coup-de-plume/EVALUATOR emulates the driver functions and allows evaluation of script recognition and validation of vendor graphic digitizers and pens or styluses.

Coup-de-plume/EVALUATOR supports MS-DOS PC compatibles with 416KB RAM, monochrome monitor, two floppy drives, printer, and GTCO/Summagraphics tablet interface. The price is $189. For more information contact Shannon Associates, P.O. Box 597, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, (919) 929-6863.

EDIT*2000 supports C and C++ programming with autotab and brace matching. EDIT*2000 provides a windowing interface, along with other features including multiple files, multiple views into files, multiple levels of undo/redo, and redefinable keys.

Contact Computer Innovation, Inc., 980 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, (800) 922-0169 or (908) 542-5920.

Both Objectworks\C++ Release 3 and Rational Rose support the Motif user interface. Objectworks\C++ Release 3 will support IBM's RISC System/6000 platform, extending platform support beyond SUN SPARCstations for the first time. Announcements indicated that both products will also support IBM's new AIX Software Development Environment (SDE) Work-Bench/6000 computer-aided software engineering (CASE) environment. Objectworks\C++ includes AT&T C++ Language 2.1, a source-level debugger, an inheritance browser, a call-relationship browser, a program-structure browser and an error browser. Rational Rose is a graphical tool for object-oriented design that supports the Booch method of object-oriented analysis and design. The agreement calls for future versions of Objectworks\C++ and Rational Rose to be integrated, providing users with a seamless transition. Current Objectworks\C++ users can import existing C++ code into Rational Rose.

ParcPlace representatives state that Objectworks\C++ Release 3 will ship for the SPARCstation and RISC System/6000 platforms during the second quarter of 1992. The cost is $1,995. Free upgrades will be provided for customers who purchased Objectworks\C++ Release 2.4 from January 1992 and who also purchased a ParcPlace support agreement.

Rational announced that Rational Rose would be available in February 1992 for the SPARCstation and RISC System/6000 platforms, at $3,995 per license. Rational manages licensing using a "floating license server," allowing users to share Rational Rose over a network.

For more information, contact Parc-Place Systems, 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043, (415) 691-6700, FAX (415) 691-6715.

XDASM accepts Intel hex, Motorola S, and binary file formats, producing "assembler-ready" source code with manufacturer's assembly language mnemonics and user-configurable assembler directives. XDASM creates label names and cross-reference tables. XDASM will deblock source code into subroutines. Users can control disassembly, using a TAG file to indicate data, text, offset, and instruction addresses.

For information contact Data Sync Engineering, P.O. Box 146, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, (717) 421-1977; FAX (717) 421-9095.

IBM's AIX SDE is a framework product based on Hewlett-Packard's Soft-Bench Technology, and Oasys has already integrated Green Hills C++ with Hewlett-Packard's SoftBench product. The integrated environment includes access to the editor, program builder, static analyzer and debugger.

Oasys' plans to support version 4.0 of SCO UNIX contribute to their goal of providing customers with the same software across multiple hosts. Oasys currently provides the Green Hills Compiler Family and the Oasys Cross Tools for 680x0 on SCO UNIX, Interactive 386 UNIX, DECstations, DEC VAX, IBM RISC System/600, Sun-4 SPARC and HP workstations.

The Green Hills Compiler Family includes an implementation of C++ that has been validated using the Perennial C++ test suites, a C compiler that supports both ANSI C and Kernighan & Ritchie C, a FORTRAN 77 implementation with VAX VMS extensions and an ISO level 1 standard Pascal.

Oasys provides Green Hills C++ for IBM RISC System/6000, Sun-4 SPARC and DECstations/systems. Pricing starts at $1400.

For more information contact Oasys, One Cranberry Lane, Lexington, MA 02173, (617) 862-2002.

The PROGRESS Excelerator Bridge and the PROGRESS Knowledgeware Bridge enable exchange of database design information between the PROGRESS data dictionary and Intersolv's Excelerator and Knowledgeware's IEW and ADW upper-CASE tools.

PROGRESS support for Digital's OSF/1 operating environment should coincide with commercial shipment by Digital Equipment Corporation. PROGRESS support for SCO UNIX V4 should be available second quarter of 1992.

For information contact Progress Software Corporation, 14 Oak Park, Bedford, MA 01730, (617) 280-4477; FAX (617) 275-4595.

For information contact Four Seasons Software, 2025 Lincoln Highway, Edison, NJ 08817, (908) 248-6667; FAX (908) 248-6675.