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Version 5.37 of Rhetorex's MS-DOS driver for voice and speech applications improves accuracy by providing response time as low as 100 milliseconds. This improves accuracy when differentiating between human speech and ambient noise, silence, and telephone signals in RDSP multiline voice-processing applications. MS-DOS, OS/2, and UNIX systems are supported by the RDSP software, which includes a device driver, firmware loader, configuration module, C interface module, demos with source code, and various utilities. Reader service no. 20.

200 E. Hacienda Ave.

Campbell, CA 95008

Greenleaf Software is getting small with the release of ArchiveLib, a Windows-compatible data-compression and archive library for C or C++ programmers. ArchiveLib is an object-oriented, data-compression, run-time library that lets programmers compress ASCII or binary data and archive buffers of data within applications without having to store them as files. Retrieval of compressed data can be read into either a disk file or a memory buffer. ArchiveLib sells for $279.00. Reader service no. 21.

Greenleaf Software Inc.

16479 Dallas Pkwy., Suite 570

Dallas, TX 75248

A native, ANSI-standard Fortran 90 compiler for UNIX platforms has been introduced by Edinburgh Portable Compilers (EPC). EPC's Fortran 90 provides facilities to organize and manage compilation of program units, detects incorrect compilation order, and automatically binds a program from its constituent parts. Optimizing techniques provide array scalarization, dependence analysis, scalar optimizations, and symbolic register allocation. Other key features such as modules, array operations, derived types, recursion, generic and internal procedures, pointers and dynamic allocation, and new control structures are improvements over existing Fortran 77 implementations. This compiler is initially available for SunOS and SPARC-based systems. Reader service no. 22.

Edinburgh Portable Compilers

20 Victor Square

Scotts Valley, CA 95066

The Handbook of Information Security Management, published by Auerbach Publications and edited by Zella G. Ruthberg and Harold Tipton, examines how security experts handle information-security threats. It describes steps you can take to protect against charges of negligence in protecting information resources, ensure cost-effective development, guard against computer abuse, and establish effective controls over network communications. The 773-page book costs $125.00. ISBN 0-7913-1636-X. Reader service no. 23.

Auerbach Publications

New York, NY 10119

Software Technology (And Tools) is offering training courses for object-oriented analysis and design. The thrust of the curriculum is that excellence in engineering begins with a proper analysis of the problem. Good analysis allows the problem to be solved on paper, independent of implementation strategies and techniques.

The agenda includes the following topics: basis for analysis, object-oriented analysis, objects, attributes, relationships, state models, model organization, design of implementation, state- controlled implementation, and CASE for OOA. Classes are held monthly, and on-site training is available. Reader service no. 24.

Software Technology (And Tools)

6 West Main Street, Suite C

American Fork, UT 84003

Phar Lap's TNT DOS-Extender SDK (also known as the 32-bit Extended-DOS 6.0 development toolkit) lets developers use Microsoft's Visual C++ 32-bit Edition compiler to build 32-bit DOS applications that can take advantage of Windows NT capabilities, including threads and multitasking. In addition, Microsoft has included a free, trial-size version of TNT DOS-Extender Lite on every copy of the Visual C++ 32-bit Edition CD-ROM.

The SDK, which includes the TNT DOS-Extender, a 32-bit version of Microsoft's CodeView debugger, and all the components of Phar Lap's 386|DOS-Extender SDK, is priced at $495.00. Reader service no. 25.

Phar Lap Software Inc.

60 Aberdeen Ave.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Math Advantage 5.0, a mathematical library from Quantitative Technology, contains over 500 routines for matrices, signal, image, vector processing, complex functions, interpolation, integration, polynomial functions, rational functions, and root finding. Special functions are included for both Microsoft and Borland compilers. Math Advantage supports PCs, Macs, and SPARCstations. Price will vary according to platform. Reader service no. 26.

Quantitative Technology Corp.

331 Page Street, Suite 12

Stroughton, MA 02072

Analog Devices is set to release a new class of single-chip digital-signal processors (DSP). The ADSP-21060 will provide 32-bit single precision (or 40-bit extended precision) and an IEEE floating-point DSP core with three independent, parallel computational units: ALU, multiplier, and shifter. Performance is equivalent to 40 MIPS, with 120 MFLOPS peak (80 MFLOPS sustained). On-chip, configurable memory banks, such as dual-ported, 4-megabit internal SRAM provide fast, independent local memory access for the DSP core, DMA controller, and I/O processor. Other features include an I/O processor with DMA controller, a memory mapper, and communications. Ten DMA channels, used with the dual-ported SRAM, handle background transfers between internal and external memory, peripherals, host, and serial/link ports--without impact on the performance of the DSP core.

Interface to off-chip memory supports programmable DRAM. The system-bus crossbar provides flexible interconnections between a 16/32-bit host CPU, a DMA device controller, external memory, peripherals, and optional boot EPROM. Target pricing per 1000-piece quantities is $296.00. Reader service no. 27.

Analog Devices Inc.

DSP Market Development

Norwood, MA 02062

Adlersparre recently introduced its Stash 3.0 data-compression software. Stash works on MVS, VM, AS/400, DOS, OS/2, Mac, and most UNIX machines. It translates files from ASCII to EBCDIC, or vice versa to maintain consistency between systems, and multiple files can be compressed and decompressed in one run. Transactions created on PCs or minis that are batched can be uploaded to a mainframe for processing, thus reducing upload time. Prices range from $8500.00 for a mainframe license, to $40.00 for a PC version. Reader service no. 28.

Adlersparre & Associates

Chesterfield, MA 01012

Object Master for Think C and C++ provides tools to software developers to assist them during code development. This program is integrated with Think Project Manager and works with Think C, Symantec C++, and any other ANSI C or standard C++ language.

Object Master's Browser window allows access to different pieces of code with no restriction to physical location. It parses all project files and maintains a data dictionary of all project components, including classes, functions, and methods. Changes made to the code are immediately displayed, and no compilation is necessary. The product sells for $225.00. Reader service no. 29.

10351 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

The SoftProbe 386EX/SIM Simulator/

Debugger is a DOS-hosted, bus-level debugger for real- and protected-mode C/C++ and PL/M applications. The SoftProbe, recently released by Systems & Software, is designed to run on the 386EX processor, a version of the 386 specifically targeted for the embedded-systems market. The SoftProbe performs program execution via software simulation of all 386EX and 387 functions, without using the actual processor or evaluation boards.

The SoftProbe 386EX/SIM is compatible with MetaWare C/C++, Watcom/386 32, MASM, and Intel's C-86/286/386, PL/M-86/286/386, and ASM-86/286/386 compilers. Reader service no. 30.

Systems & Software Inc.

18012 Cowan, Suite 100

Irvine, CA 92714

DocuMento 1.1, an online help and documentation tool for OS/2 2.x applications, has been released by SE International. With DocuMento, only one information source is used to generate printed documentation, online documentation, and online help. The tool lets programmers write online documentation using a standard word processor, then create online help by converting the document into HLP files without any IPF-Tag language knowledge. Reader service no. 31.

SE International Inc.

One Park Place, Suite 240

621 NW 53rd Street

Boca Raton, FL 33487

Win2Mac from Altura is a cross-platform porting tool for Windows developers. Implementing the Windows 3.1 API as a Macintosh library lets Windows developers work with a single set of existing Windows source code to recompile and build Macintosh applications. Reader service no. 32.

Altura Software Inc.

510 Lighthouse Ave., Suite 5

Pacific Grove, CA 93950

The Annotated ANSI C Standard by Herb Schildt has been published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill. Schildt annotates the C language as described in the Standard, presumably making it more understandable to C programmers. The Annotated ANSI C Standard includes the original, untouched Standard on the left-hand page, with Schildt's annotations, comments, clarifications, and examples on the right. The 219-page book sells for $39.95; ISBN: 0-07-881952-0. Reader service no. 33.

Osborne/McGraw-Hill

2600 Tenth Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

Nohau has released the POD-16Y1 probe, an in-circuit emulator for Motorola's 68HC16Y1 microcontroller. The POD-16Y1 supports all the 68HC16Y1 operating modes: single chip, partially expanded, and fully expanded. The probe works with the EMUL16/300-PC emulator board, which also supports the 68300 family of microcontrollers. The emulator supports the chip at full speed, currently 16.78 MHz. The user interface is a Microsoft Windows 3.x application.

POD-16Y1 comes with emulation RAM from 256 Kbytes in one bank to 4 Mbytes in four banks. The emulator consists of an emulator plug-in board, a five-foot-long twisted-pair ribbon cable, a pod board, and an optional trace board. Prices start at $2495.00. Reader service no. 34.

Nohau Corporation

51 E. Campbell Ave.

Campbell, CA 95008

ACCENT STP 2.0 from National Information, is a translation tool for Sun Open Look applications. According to a spokesperson, the Sun user community will now be able to migrate to CDE and COSE without rewriting the graphical user interface portion of their application. ACCENT STP will translate 80 to 100 percent of the C or C++ application source code produced by XView, OLIT, or Devguide GIL files--including header files--for which equivalent paradigms are offered in Motif. The translated output will be recognizable Motif C or C++ source code. Version 2.0 features a number of new enhancements, including support for "drag and drop," the TTY Widget, and internationalization.

ACCENT STP consists of three separate modules: the Devguide Conversion, XView Conversion, and OLIT Conversion; each costs $4995.00. A WindowMaker GUI editor is $1495.00. Reader service no. 35.

National Information Systems Inc.

4040 Moorpark Ave.

San Jose, CA 95117

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