#: 21301 S1/General Interest 12-Dec-95 23:18:36 Sb: #21265-#OS9 lives on... Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Rogelio Perea 72056,1204 (X) Hi! As a matter of fact, both Mike Haaland and myself are currently working for a major company creating the software for the first widespread interactive television settop boxes... and yep, we're using DAVID. best - kevin There is 1 Reply. #: 21302 S1/General Interest 13-Dec-95 14:36:44 Sb: #21301-#OS9 lives on... Fm: Craig German 72752,2336 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) Kevin, Just curiously, who do you work for? My company, Interactive Engines, built the user interface for TELE-TV's Stargazer project on Stellar One Navigator 1000 boxes on DAVID. We also have other projects we've done on the Stellar box. We're always interested in what others are doing on DAVID. Craig German There is 1 Reply. #: 21306 S1/General Interest 16-Dec-95 17:45:07 Sb: #21302-#OS9 lives on... Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Craig German 72752,2336 (X) Craig, We work for NYNEX in White Plains, NY (Science & Technology Division). I've read about Stargazer, of course; but have never seen it. best - kev There are 2 Replies. #: 21311 S1/General Interest 19-Dec-95 09:06:55 Sb: #21306-#OS9 lives on... Fm: Craig German 72752,2336 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) Kevin, How's that development going? My company came in to talk to Gene Miller, Michal Szwarc, and Samit Chatterjee in July of this year. Sounded like you guys had a very ambitious plan. I'd be interested in corresponding with you, if that's all right. Regards, Craig German There is 1 Reply. #: 21314 S1/General Interest 19-Dec-95 19:04:05 Sb: #21311-OS9 lives on... Fm: George Pifer 72521,1545 To: Craig German 72752,2336 (X) Craig: Joe Briggs was scheduled to meet with you today concerning use of a run-time engine for the Korea Telecom ITV project. Did he happen to get to your location today? As you probably know deployment is rather soon so we're hoping to hear some feedback quickly. George Bescom #: 21312 S1/General Interest 19-Dec-95 10:22:53 Sb: #21306-#OS9 lives on... Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) > We work for NYNEX in White Plains, NY (Science & Technology Division). > So Kev .... You've left Colorado? Or have you taken to telecommuting? *- Steve -* There is 1 Reply. #: 21318 S1/General Interest 22-Dec-95 18:50:24 Sb: #21312-OS9 lives on... Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Steve, I still have my house in Denver (a friend is housesitting it), but both Mike H and myself are living here in White Plains NY for at least the next six months while we work on this project. We're having a blast. One of the first things we did was to port the FLI player from the MM/1 to the settop box . best - kev #: 21297 S1/General Interest 09-Dec-95 18:31:16 Sb: #21292-CoCo xfer problems Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: John L. Wilkerson Jr. 71140,77 (X) John, There's no reason why it _still_ shouldn't work. Judging from the terminal programs you've mentioned, I'm guessing you're using xmodem or ymodem protocols for transferring files. If you're having better luck with sz/rz, I'm betting it's with ASCII files. Sounds like terminal settings. Set your terminal program to 8bits 1 stop and no parity. Next ... let's check your CompuServe terminal settings. Log on and at the first prompt you get, type PRO and hit return. This will drop you into a "command mode" area. Then, issue the command TER PAR (short for terminal parameters) and hit return. Pay close attention to what your parity setting is set to. Mine is NONE. That done, move to a forum library and attempt to download a file with xmodem protocol. If that works, move up to xmodem1K and ymodem. Keep in mind some systems (and some terminal programs mix these two up.) Let us know what happens. *- Steve -* #: 21298 S1/General Interest 09-Dec-95 20:12:05 Sb: #21296-#F-Keys under Termcap Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: David Breeding 72330,2051 (X) No easy way... If you use the curses package, it has built in support for this. What it does is set up a binary tree (or is it a try??) which contains the codes for the f-keys and other special keys. Input is parsed though a lookup and translated to special values for these keys (as I recall they are 16 bit values > 256). It is easy enuf to do similar things without using curses. Matter of fact, Ved needs to do the same kind of trick when reading keys. There is 1 Reply. #: 21299 S1/General Interest 10-Dec-95 13:15:11 Sb: #21298-#F-Keys under Termcap Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > No easy way... Yes, I've been playing around with it and you're right.. > If you use the curses package, it has built in support for this. I've _got_ to find that thing.. Haven't been able to find it yet. I'll check RTSI.COM out and see if it's there... We don't have the real thing here. > Input is parsed though a lookup and > translated to special values for these keys (as I recall they are 16 bit > values > 256). It is easy enuf to do similar things without using curses. Yes, it's just a matter of doing it. My idea is to read in the termcap values, then try to do a tputs().. > Matter of fact, Ved needs to do the same kind of trick when reading keys. Yah, I figured you might have been through this if not in ved, then somewhere else.. BTW.. I'm having to do some "re-learning" in ved. I had not remapped many of my commands onto the function keys, and I did that the other day so now, I keep wanting to hit that ESC key I don't remember if I explained what I was doing with the function keys. I got signed up with my "expensive" server. It is a Sun system, and uses the Sun function key mapping.. which my termcap gives only f1-4, but these are given the same as for vt100. They use the F-Keys for Help, Display Commands, chd (on some menus at least), and Exit. I can type in the combinations quickly and get results, I may just live with that for a while. My server allows for a text-based system, it provides Lynx and Pine for us automatically. I had hoped to use the system for telnetting here and to Delphi, but one problem has arisen with that, it seems. I use InfoXpress, and if someone sends me a binary file in email, I fear that it will be a problem. Normally ix starts to read a file, and I assume that if it encounters binary data, it aborts and then downloads it. However, what is liable to happen is that it will start the dload, and either the data will be converted to ascii - no 8-bit xmit on Internet, right? and either ix will dload a corrupted file and then delete the original.. Am I right on this. From the looks of your posts, I assume you don't use ix, but if so, how do you handle it? I would really hate to give up ix, now that I have become spoiled by it. The traffic here is bearable, but I have been reading some forums that need something like this. It just makes things soooooo easy... Thanks for your response, Bob. I'll work on my connect some more. To tell the truth, now that I have Web access, I may throw in the towel and get a system to do the graphics.. My curiosity is about to get the best of me... -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Composed with InfoXpress/OSK Vr. 1.02 & VED Vr. 2.4.0 *** There is 1 Reply. #: 21300 S1/General Interest 11-Dec-95 22:24:36 Sb: #21299-#F-Keys under Termcap Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: David Breeding 72330,2051 (X) I think that if you do a cis session via ix and the internet then ix will fork 'telnet' on the host. Then it is just like a hard link between your computer and cis...the host becomes invisible. If you have trouble uploading you'll have to enable the -E flag for telnet which disables the interupt character. Downloading should work fine. Yes, this is a 8 bit world...I think the only thing which isn't is internet mail. Mind you, I see the occasional piece of mail with IBM gfx characters in it, so I suppose that some of that is 8bit too. There is 1 Reply. #: 21303 S1/General Interest 13-Dec-95 23:44:55 Sb: #21300-F-Keys under Termcap Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > I think that if you do a cis session via ix and the internet then ix will > fork 'telnet' on the host. Do you mean IX will do it on its own? Getting my assumption from a recent message from Bill Dickhaus, Message #21230, that you need to do this with a logon script. > Then it is just like a hard link between your > computer and cis...the host becomes invisible. The host we use is a menu-driven system in text mode. I have not ironed out all the nuances of it yet. > Yes, this is a 8 bit world...I think the only thing which isn't is > internet mail. I didn't know that. I thought about all internet stuff was 7-bit. I didn't really know how the FTP stuff was handled. I assumed it was sort of an automatic encode-decode thing between the sites. -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Composed with InfoXpress/OSK Vr. 1.02 & VED Vr. 2.4.0 *** #: 21319 S1/General Interest 22-Dec-95 23:35:46 Sb: CIS HMI only, no ASCII Fm: John Murphy 73077,2305 To: All I've uploaded CISHMI.FAQ to lib 1 which us a document that covers Compuserve's recent decision to eliminate ASCII access. The short version is that we're not dead yet. Old 8 bit forums, and some DOS etc. forums will continue to be hosted on the existing platforms. This means terminal emulation or ASCII access will be around for as long as there is a demand for it. USE IT OR LOSE IT, literally. john Murphy 73077,2305 #: 21321 S1/General Interest 31-Dec-95 22:24:24 Sb: Happy New Year Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 To: All Dear Friends: Once again another year comes to an end. I am grateful for all of you in the OS-9 Community and your allowing me to be a part of it. May the new year be a year of peace, health and happiness for you and those near and dear to you. WIth all best wishes for 1996, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 Users Group Treasurer #: 21323 S1/General Interest 01-Jan-96 12:47:34 Sb: #Terminal Program Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 To: All OK, so it is going to be difficult, and eventually impossible, to use CIS with a CoCo or any other OS9 machine. That leaves the internet. I can log on to the net with a shell account, but it expects an ANSI or, at the very least, VT-100 terminal. Anyone know of, or willing to write, a suitable terminal program for OS9/OSK? The combination of ANSI terminal with a program like TIN (running on your server) would at least give newsgroup access to the OS9 community. STerm doesn't work, at least with my server, who doesn't allow the choice of terminal type. But I understand that even for those that do, the standard programs like lynx, tin, pine, etc. need a cursor-addressible terminal. Ian There is 1 Reply. #: 21326 S1/General Interest 02-Jan-96 19:38:26 Sb: #21323-Terminal Program Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051 To: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 (X) > OK, so it is going to be difficult, and eventually impossible, to use CIS > with a CoCo or any other OS9 machine. That leaves the internet. From what I'm getting, it appears that _some_ forums will maybe remain ASCII for a while. I would think that the OS9 and CoCo forums would hold out as long as they can. > I can log on to the net with a shell account, but it expects an ANSI or, > at the very least, VT-100 terminal. Anyone know of, or willing to write, a > suitable terminal program for OS9/OSK? The combination of ANSI terminal > with a program like TIN (running on your server) would at least give > newsgroup access to the OS9 community. > STerm doesn't work, at least with my server, who doesn't allow the choice > of terminal type. Maybe I hit it lucky, my server is set up for vt100. My system, operating under G-Windows, does vt100 by default, so it works quite well. Of course, it does not support colors, but I can live with that for now. Isn't there a "vt100" program somewhere? It seems like I saw it somewhere once.. > But I understand that even for those that do, the > standard programs like lynx, tin, pine, etc. need a cursor-addressible > terminal. I patched in Sterm to do the function keys. My arrow keys work, so that helped some, but the Tin and Pine programs that my server use allow for using control keys and regular keys for lots of the functions. I think one allows maybe the "j" key to do the job of the down-arrow (I think). -- David Breeding -- CIS 72330,2051 Delphi DBREEDING dbreeding@cumberland.com dbree@bnllc2.blue.net Composed with InfoXpress/OSK Vr. 1.02 & VED Vr. 2.4.0 #: 21327 S1/General Interest 03-Jan-96 04:41:08 Sb: OS-9 Simulation Library Fm: Holger Oelschlaeger 100275,2660 To: sysop (X) Hi, we are doing a simulation library for OS-9 system calls running under Solaris. To avoid work I would like to know does such a library already exist (perhaps for other UNIX operating systems) ?. Regards Holger #: 21329 S1/General Interest 05-Jan-96 14:53:54 Sb: hi Fm: Jim Vestal 103037,2655 To: all replace Hi All ... passing through again... A quick reply to Ian Hodges who asked about vt100 under os9. You are in luck if you use a CoCo, after 6 years Vaughn Cata has upgraded OSTERM. You can ftp it from os9archive.rtsi.com, the latest version I think is 2.11. OSTERM now supports full vt100 and works rather smoth. To Richard Crislip: I also have an Amiga in addition to my CoCo 3, leave me email and let me know about your Amiga. Jim jev@cis.compuserve.com jev@pobox.com replace #: 21334 S1/General Interest 13-Jan-96 17:55:00 Sb: AR source Fm: John Carter 72236,154 To: sysop (X) Is there a definition of the format of .AR files somewhere in the forum, or even better, an ascii source file (C, BASIC09, etc)? Thanks, John Carter #: 21320 S4/MIDI and Music 31-Dec-95 15:47:33 Sb: CD Repair Fm: Max Andrews 73162,1236 To: all If you have CD's that skip or does not work Email me for information on the most increadable fix for CD's. 73162,1236 #: 21325 S5/OS9 Users Group 02-Jan-96 13:31:44 Sb: How Do I Get In Touch? Fm: Craig German 72752,2336 To: sysop (X) How does one contact the OS-9 User's Group? Craig German #: 21330 S5/OS9 Users Group 07-Jan-96 21:26:54 Sb: Lost Message Fm: Richard E. Crislip 102746,407 To: All Hello all: I received a message from a fellow Amiga user from California here who wanted to hear from me, BUT I forgot to save the message and it was clobbered when I logged back on with this offline reader. So if you're reading this please respond and I'll be more careful wiht you the future 8-) _|_ Cruisen on AutoPilot ----O---- R.E.C. #: 21332 S6/Applications 10-Jan-96 13:14:50 Sb: OS9 Profile Problems Fm: John L. Wilkerson Jr. 71140,77 To: ALL I am i using the old OS9 Profile Database program, and I am having a pri oblem using the Restructure Program. Seems it stay locked up "Writing Record: 8224" I have it converted to work on Hard Drive. When res OD I write a database, then remember, after adding dats a, i need to add a few more fields. After adding fiels fields, it tells me to run the restructure program. I do so... the pthname confuses me... I use the pathname /dd/profile/ databasedirectoryname Any ideas? #: 21307 S7/Telecommunications 16-Dec-95 23:39:02 Sb: IX and telnet Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) Bill, I read with interest your message #21235, giving an example script to log onto CIS using telnet. A few more questions from a dummy, since I am contemplating attempting it myself. One thing that you mention is the SevenBit option. If you have this turned on, does it preclude ix from downloading attached files in email? This is one of my concerns. If it does not, would you not lose them? I am worried that IX might attempt a download and then delete the file. You often don't know when you are going to get binary data. Someone said, or I understood them to say, that everything on Internet besides e-mail was now 8-bit, but your statement about SevenBit leads me to believe otherwise, and, using STerm moments ago, I tried to download a short file and B protocol would not do it, so I assume binary is still impossible? Also, I'm a little hesitant about just dropping carrier with my provider upon logoff. I guess you could put in a fake hangup string in there. Is a logoff script possible? If telnet is available for Delphi, I would like to be able to log onto my provider, telnet to Compuserve, then to Delphi. It would be OK to be left on the server after logoff. Of course, it wouldn't be totally automatic this way, but I normally stay close by anyway. -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Composed with InfoXpress/OSK Vr. 1.02 & VED Vr. 2.4.0 *** #: 21322 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 31-Dec-95 22:25:22 Sb: #Happy New Year Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 To: All Dear Friends: Once again another year comes to an end. I am grateful for all of you in the OS-9 Community and your allowing me to be a part of it. May the new year be a year of peace, health and happiness for you and those near and dear to you. WIth all best wishes for 1996, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 Users Group Treasurer There is 1 Reply. #: 21324 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 01-Jan-96 14:07:39 Sb: #21322-#Happy New Year Fm: Richard E. Crislip 102746,407 To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 (X) Happy New Year Jeremy: I'm an CoCo 3 OS-9 lurker who uses an Amiga when not CoCo'ing ;) _|_ Cruisen on AutoPilot ----O---- R.E.C. There is 1 Reply. #: 21331 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 08-Jan-96 23:29:13 Sb: #21324-#Happy New Year Fm: Rogelio Perea 72056,1204 To: Richard E. Crislip 102746,407 (X) ..huh... somtimes I lurk, sometimes I do not ;-) Happy new year to all!. This year will be the year for "C" on my CoCo 3. So far, this forum has been tops while finding information on the OS9 C compiler. Thanks to all those CoCo supporters. Rogelio Perea There is 1 Reply. #: 21333 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 10-Jan-96 18:09:54 Sb: #21331-Happy New Year Fm: Richard E. Crislip 102746,407 To: Rogelio Perea 72056,1204 (X) Hi Rogelio: I was wondering if we'd hear from you again 8-) _|_ Cruisen on AutoPilot ----O---- R.E.C. #: 21304 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 14-Dec-95 06:21:48 Sb: #20977-#OS9 v3.0 ISP Fm: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 To: M. Raabe 100327,1526 Hallo Martin, Niels ist leider nicht mehr bei unserer Firma, dafur bin ich jetzt hier. Wir haben leider immer noch gravierende Probleme mit dem MW-ISP. Kannst Du uns mal Informationen uber Eure TCP-Software zu kommen lassen? Vielleicht kann sie unsere Probleme ja wirklich beheben, das wurden wir gerne einmal ausprobieren! Unsere Addresse ist: ICT Integrated Circuit Testing GmbH z.Hd. Jost Eberbach Klausnerring 1a 85551 Kirchheim/Heimstetten Tel.: (089) 90 99 94 52 Im vorab schon mal vielen Dank, Jost There is 1 Reply. #: 21308 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 17-Dec-95 08:24:06 Sb: #21304-#OS9 v3.0 ISP Fm: Alptekin Aydogan 100527,324 To: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 (X) >> gravierende Probleme mit dem MW-ISP.<< Hallo Jost, wir haben schon seit einiger Zeit den OS9TCP 2.0 von ASS im Einsatz. Die Hardware stammt ebenfalls von der Firma bei der Martin Raabe arbeitet. Probleme hatten wir, von einigen anfaenglichen OS9-Net Unvertraeglichkeiten mal abgesehen, bis jetzt nicht. Bisher hatten wir zwar keine gro_en Erfahrungen mit socket programming, aber seit ein paar Monaten bin ich dabei, ein Kommunikationsprogramm zwischen einem VME-System und einem PC auf dieser Basis aufzubauen. Die VME-Maschine soll MSR-Aufgaben uebernehmen, der PC fuer das GUI und Visualisierung verantwortlich sein. Das Problem Vermeidung von Polling habe ich geloest, in dem ich Signale und ss_sendsig() verwendet habe. Performance ist nicht so berauschend (Problem liegt wohl hauptsaechlich auf der PC-Seite, zwischen zwei VME-Systemen habe ich bis zu 250 MBaud erreicht) aber funktionieren tut's jetzt schon mal. Gruss Alptekin There is 1 Reply. #: 21309 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Dec-95 06:22:15 Sb: #21308-#OS9 v3.0 ISP Fm: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 To: Alptekin Aydogan 100527,324 (X) Hallo Alpetkin, danke fur Deine Info! Martin Raabe hat mir leider noch nicht geantwortet, er scheint sein email nicht so oft zu checken. Hast Du vielleicht eine Addresse oder Telefon-Nr. von der Firma? Gruss, Jost There is 1 Reply. #: 21315 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Dec-95 02:40:48 Sb: #21309-OS9 v3.0 ISP Fm: Alptekin Aydogan 100527,324 To: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 (X) Hallo Jost, bei dem extremen Messie-Aufkommen hier ist es sicherlich nicht verwunderlich, dass Antworten etwas laenger brauchen :-). Anscheinend sind alle privat hier, ich jedenfalls, keiner will sich so richtig outen mit Firma, Tel.-Nr. oder so. Na ja, ich glaube die Tel.-Nr. darf ich verraten, Du musst Dich allerdings verbinden lassen. Die Nummer des Vertriebs ist: 06131-918-100. Ja, es ist der VME-Hersteller in der Rheinland-Pfaelzischen Hauptstadt, dessen Name mit E anfaengt. Ich habe auch in der letzten Message was falsches gesagt, faellt mir ein. SS_SSIG funktioniert mit der ISP2.0 von MW aber -leider- nicht mit OS9TCP 2.0. Da muss man wohl oder uebel SS_SEVENT einsetzen. Man kann aber ein Event fuer alle Pfade verwenden, und dann nach Ueberpruefung des Puffers einlesen. Eine Select-Funktion ist ebenfalls in der Lib enthalten, das habe ich aber noch nicht ausprobiert. Gruss, Alptekin #: 21305 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 15-Dec-95 11:16:22 Sb: #nameserver Fm: Neal Wilsey 73757,2144 To: ALL My TCP/IP package on OS/9 requires me to have the hosts file in my /sys directory but has no provision for use of a domain nameserver. Is there any way I can take advantage of my institution's nameserver. It would cut down considerably the size of the hosts file. Neal Wilsey EMAIL: neal.wilsey@nrl.navy.mil There is 1 Reply. #: 21310 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Dec-95 06:22:17 Sb: #21305-#nameserver Fm: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 To: Neal Wilsey 73757,2144 (X) Neal, OS-9 uses the hosts (as well as the other network database files, i.e. networks, protocols and services) file only when it builds the inetdb data module. OS-9 actually doesn't use the files to get IP-Addresses, it only uses the data module. This allows embedded systems to use ISP aliases, even if they don't have any disk/file managers/devices installed. Usually the data module is created on startup using the idbgen utility from within a network startup script (startisp). You can tell the idbgen utility to use a different directory than the default directory by using the -d= option. could be the directory on your nameserver, assuming the drive is already mounted (requires NFS client installed). Of course this creates the the 'egg and hen' problem, what comes first? You would probably need a small local hosts file just for the nameserver, and then use the hosts file on the nameserver. By the way, the default directory for the hosts file should be /dd/etc, not /dd/sys. Regards, Jost There is 1 Reply. #: 21313 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Dec-95 13:19:57 Sb: #21310-#nameserver Fm: Neal Wilsey 73757,2144 To: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 (X) Jost, Thank you for your reply. Yes, my hosts file is in the ETC directory. From your reply, I gather that the OS-9 implementation of TCP/IP does not make use of the nameserver feature that has been in general use since 1991. Most unix systems have a file named resolve.cnf that contains the information needed to get the IP address from the nameserver. Some client systems such as NCSA Telnet and MacTCP place the domain and nameserver information in a configuration file so there is no need for a hosts file to exist on the local computer. I noted when I scanned the SOURCES file there was a UDP port associated with nameserver but found that there was no RESOLVE file. I was hoping to avoid downloading the nameserver hosts file during generation of the inetdb data module. Our institution's local hosts file is over 200K and the general hosts file is almost 1M! With the proliferation of networks, I really need to use the nameserver. Neal There is 1 Reply. #: 21317 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Dec-95 09:26:36 Sb: #21313-nameserver Fm: Jost Eberbach 73502,2041 To: Neal Wilsey 73757,2144 (X) Hi Neal, wow, your hosts files are really big! You don't have to download them to your OS-9 system though. If you use NFS you can sinply mount the harddisk of Nameserver as a device for OS-9, then you can use the -d option of idbgen. But - do you really need all the entries in your nameserver's hosts file? You may get a problem with the inetdb getting too big. Unlike Unix, OS-9 has no virtual memory! Maybe you should create your own hosts file containing only the server aliases you really need. Regards, Jost #: 21316 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 20-Dec-95 09:17:56 Sb: Need ITV Programmers Fm: Craig German 72752,2336 To: all Interactive Engines is hiring software product developers and consultants in the D.C. area. If you know of any exceptional individuals who are just itchin' to be part of the interactive television market in an aggressive startup, e-mail me at 72752.2336. Background ---------- We designed and implemented the authoring system being used in the Bell Atlantic Stargazer Interactive Television (ITV) trial in Northern Virginia and in the Telecom Italia VideoMagic ITV trial in Rome, Italy. We assisted in the design of an Internet advertising product for another startup firm. We designed, produced, and implemented the ITV-home computing application that Novell showed in their CEO's keynote speech and in their booth at Comdex. And we have the ear of many more Fortune 500 and large international companies regarding ITV services and products. Our products are currently targeted at ITV service providers who have a need to produce robust, compact, high-performance, engaging multimedia applications on a regular basis in a cost-effective manner. We understand the needs of this community from past experience and market research. Our ideal consultants are at ease with client interaction and respect the philosophy, "The customer is always right". Our consultants need to be self-starters and problem solvers who believe in producing quality work. People and project management skills are a huge plus. Fairly substantial travel is involved in most of our contracts, especially upon delivery; travel schedules are often somewhat unpredictable. Our ideal product developers are eager to stay on the cutting edge of interactive distributed application technologies. They're always coming up with ideas that everyone else thinks are crazy until a company goes public for billions of dollars 3 months later with the same ideas. These same developers recognize the value of disciplined, methodical software implementation. They're also in tune with the needs of developers that will use our products, without giving in to "feature frenzy". We'd like our consultants and developers to be experienced with at least several of the following technologies: multimedia application production embedded applications networked multimedia applications distributed object architectures (CORBA) interactive television application development collaborative multimedia development GUI development tool design languages (C, C++, Java) multi-tasking OSs (Windows, UNIX, Mac, OS-9) database design application porting Please send resumes through e-mail. Craig German Chief Technical Officer Interactive Engines, Inc. Press !>