OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.1 - Revision history

Bridgetr: some caps fix here, some punctuation changes there

2023-01-24T16:41:23Z

some caps fix here, some punctuation changes there

Vmlemon: /* WindowServer, and Display PostScript */ Tidy up, a little

2023-01-14T23:01:47Z

WindowServer, and Display PostScript: Tidy up, a little

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	The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, and CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GDI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.		The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, and CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GDI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.

	A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers.		A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers, and <code>./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le</code>, (which seems to be in an undocumented format), contains implementations of PostScript drawing commands (for things like shapes, and colours), and handling mouse events.

	~~ToDo -~~ ./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le, which seems to be in an undocumented format, ~~but seems to contain~~ drawing ~~command symbols,~~ for things like shapes, mouse events~~, and colours~~

	=== Teflon v0.01 (Network Message Server) ===		=== Teflon v0.01 (Network Message Server) ===

Vmlemon: /* Teflon v0.01 */ Clean this up

2023-01-14T22:57:55Z

Teflon v0.01: Clean this up

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	ToDo - ./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le, which seems to be in an undocumented format, but seems to contain drawing command symbols, for things like shapes, mouse events, and colours		ToDo - ./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le, which seems to be in an undocumented format, but seems to contain drawing command symbols, for things like shapes, mouse events, and colours

	=== Teflon v0.01 ===		=== Teflon v0.01 (Network Message Server) ===

	./NextLibrary/System/nmserver.exe ~~also exists (mentions~~ "Teflon v0.01", "Network Server", "/usr/mach/etc/old_netmsgserver", cthread~~, and communicates with the machd, and deals with port right arbitration, naming services, and TCP socket binding)~~		This is implemented in <code>./NextLibrary/System/nmserver.exe</code>, relative to the OPENSTEP Enterprise installation directory, and communicates with the Mach Emulation Daemon, to handle with port right arbitration, naming services, and TCP socket binding.

			Strings in this binary mention "<code>Teflon v0.01</code>", "<code>Network Server</code>", "<code>/usr/mach/etc/old_netmsgserver</code>", and <code>cthread</code>.

	=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===		=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===

Vmlemon: /* WindowServer, and Display PostScript */ Typo

2023-01-14T22:52:51Z

WindowServer, and Display PostScript: Typo

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	=== WindowServer, and Display PostScript ===		=== WindowServer, and Display PostScript ===
	The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, and CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.		The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, and CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GDI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.

	A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers.		A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers.

Vmlemon: FileUtils, grammar, WindowServer, nmserver/Teflon notes

2023-01-12T23:21:44Z

FileUtils, grammar, WindowServer, nmserver/Teflon notes

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	=== UNIX Commands ===		=== UNIX Commands ===

	Many of the UNIX/POSIX commands are based on the Congruent ToolBuster distribution of various GNU projects.		Many of the UNIX/POSIX commands are based on the Congruent ToolBuster distribution of various GNU projects, including GNU FileUtils 3.1.

	=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===		=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===
	This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output.		This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output.

			=== WindowServer, and Display PostScript ===
			The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, and CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.

			A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers.

			ToDo - ./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le, which seems to be in an undocumented format, but seems to contain drawing command symbols, for things like shapes, mouse events, and colours

			=== Teflon v0.01 ===

			./NextLibrary/System/nmserver.exe also exists (mentions "Teflon v0.01", "Network Server", "/usr/mach/etc/old_netmsgserver", cthread, and communicates with the machd, and deals with port right arbitration, naming services, and TCP socket binding)

	=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===		=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===
	''ToDo - Elaborate on implementation of this''		''ToDo - Elaborate on implementation of this''

	The ORB is a component that integrates Windows's OLE/ActiveX runtime environment, and the COM Automation framework, with APIs for network transparency, over TCP/IP. It is used by some examples, included with OPENSTEP Enterprise, to demonstrate populating an Excel spreadsheet, with cells from an OpenStep application, via a network, as well as interfacing with OpenStep APIs, from MS VisualBASIC applications, such as a calculator application.		The ORB is a component that integrates Windows's OLE/ActiveX runtime environment, and the COM Automation framework, with APIs for network transparency, over TCP/IP. It is used by some examples, included with OPENSTEP Enterprise, to demonstrate populating an Excel spreadsheet, with cells, from an OpenStep application, via a network, as well as interfacing with OpenStep APIs, from MS VisualBASIC applications, such as a calculator application.

	=== GDB 4.15.3 ===		=== GDB 4.15.3 ===

Vmlemon: Relationship to ToolBuster

2023-01-12T22:55:27Z

Relationship to ToolBuster

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	This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.		This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.

			=== UNIX Commands ===

			Many of the UNIX/POSIX commands are based on the Congruent ToolBuster distribution of various GNU projects.

	=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===		=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===

Vmlemon: /* NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) */ Notes on ORB examples

2023-01-12T22:47:27Z

NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB): Notes on ORB examples

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	=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===		=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===
	''ToDo - Elaborate on this''		''ToDo - Elaborate on implementation of this''

			The ORB is a component that integrates Windows's OLE/ActiveX runtime environment, and the COM Automation framework, with APIs for network transparency, over TCP/IP. It is used by some examples, included with OPENSTEP Enterprise, to demonstrate populating an Excel spreadsheet, with cells from an OpenStep application, via a network, as well as interfacing with OpenStep APIs, from MS VisualBASIC applications, such as a calculator application.

	=== GDB 4.15.3 ===		=== GDB 4.15.3 ===

Vmlemon: /* Windows NT Version */ machd.exe arguments

2023-01-12T22:33:22Z

Windows NT Version: machd.exe arguments

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	=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===		=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===
	This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump.		This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output.

	=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===		=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===

Vmlemon: /* Mach Emulation Server */ Name of MailSlot, internal name/version of the server

2023-01-12T22:29:27Z

Mach Emulation Server: Name of MailSlot, internal name/version of the server

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	This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.		This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.

	=== Mach Emulation ~~Server~~ ===		=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===
	This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot-consuming message pump.		This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump.

	=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===		=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) ===

Vmlemon: UNIX tuples note, Mach Emulation/ORB notes

2023-01-12T22:23:21Z

UNIX tuples note, Mach Emulation/ORB notes

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 The Windows port is based on a modified version of CygWin, Congruent ToolBuster, and newly-developed adaptation layer code, by NeXT, and has additional functionality, to support interoperability with OLE, and Visual BASIC/COM.
 === GDB 4.15.3 ===
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 == Solaris, and HP-UX Versions ==
 The Solaris, and HP-UX ports use HP, and GNU components, and NeXT-developed code, to provide an OS abstraction, in place of Mach.

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	[[Category:Preservation and Documentation]]		[[Category:Preservation and Documentation]]
	OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.1 is a port of the OpenStep APIs, Adobe's Display PostScript engine, the NeXT/GNU Objective-C toolchain, and graphical application development tools, to Windows NT (3.51/4.0, x86), Solaris (SPARC), and HP-UX (HP-PA).		OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.1 is a port of the OpenStep APIs, Adobe's Display PostScript engine, the NeXT/GNU Objective-C toolchain, and graphical application development tools to Windows NT (3.51/4.0, x86), Solaris (SPARC), and HP-UX (HP-PA).

	''ToDo - Elaborate on this topic, further, based on Discord discussion, from a while ago. Need to investigate compatible Windows versions, build numbers, introduction date, and other info, at some point, too...''		''ToDo - Elaborate on this topic, further, based on Discord discussion, from a while ago. Need to investigate compatible Windows versions, build numbers, introduction date, and other info, at some point, too...''
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	== Windows NT Version ==		== Windows NT Version ==

	The Windows port is based on a modified version of ~~CygWin~~, Congruent ToolBuster, and newly-developed adaptation layer code, by NeXT, and has additional functionality, to support interoperability with OLE, and Visual BASIC/COM.		The Windows port is based on a modified version of Cygwin, Congruent ToolBuster, and newly-developed adaptation layer code, by NeXT, and has additional functionality, to support interoperability with OLE, and Visual BASIC/COM.

	This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.		This version was codenamed <code>Bastion4R1</code>, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.
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	=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===		=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 ===
	This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output.		This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running as a foreground process that prints debugging information on the standard output.

	=== WindowServer, and Display PostScript ===		=== WindowServer, and Display PostScript ===
	The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary, that implements ASCII85, ~~and~~ CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GDI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.		The WindowServer implementation is located in <code>./NextLibrary/System/WindowServer.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and is a 1.6MB binary that implements ASCII85, CCITT fax codecs, JPEG, LZW compression, the PostScript engine/font rendering, GDI contexts, Mach port communication, mapping the cursor location, alpha channels, and binding Win32/OpenStep widgets/window drawing.

	A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet, and laser printers, and <code>./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le</code>, (which seems to be in an undocumented format), contains implementations of PostScript drawing commands (for things like shapes, and colours), and handling mouse events.		A config file, written in PostScript, is used to configure BubbleJet and laser printers, and <code>./NextLibrary/System/PS.VM.le</code> (which seems to be in an undocumented format), contains implementations of PostScript drawing commands (for things like shapes and colours), and handling mouse events.

	=== Teflon v0.01 (Network Message Server) ===		=== Teflon v0.01 (Network Message Server) ===

	This is implemented in <code>./NextLibrary/System/nmserver.exe</code>, relative to the OPENSTEP Enterprise installation directory, and communicates with the Mach Emulation Daemon, to handle with port right arbitration, naming services, and TCP socket binding.		This is implemented in <code>./NextLibrary/System/nmserver.exe</code>, relative to the OPENSTEP Enterprise installation directory, and communicates with the Mach Emulation Daemon to handle with port right arbitration, naming services, and TCP socket binding.

	Strings in this binary mention "<code>Teflon v0.01</code>", "<code>Network Server</code>", "<code>/usr/mach/etc/old_netmsgserver</code>", and <code>cthread</code>.		Strings in this binary mention "<code>Teflon v0.01</code>", "<code>Network Server</code>", "<code>/usr/mach/etc/old_netmsgserver</code>", and <code>cthread</code>.
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	''ToDo - Elaborate on implementation of this''		''ToDo - Elaborate on implementation of this''

	The ORB is a component that integrates Windows's OLE/ActiveX runtime environment, and the COM Automation framework, with APIs for network transparency, over TCP/IP. It is used by some examples, included with OPENSTEP Enterprise, to demonstrate populating an Excel spreadsheet, with cells, from an OpenStep application, via a network, as well as interfacing with OpenStep APIs, from MS VisualBASIC applications, such as a calculator application.		The ORB is a component that integrates Windows's OLE/ActiveX runtime environment and the COM Automation framework, with APIs for network transparency over TCP/IP. It is used by some examples, included with OPENSTEP Enterprise, to demonstrate populating an Excel spreadsheet with cells from an OpenStep application via a network, as well as interfacing with OpenStep APIs from MS VisualBASIC applications, such as a calculator application.

	=== GDB 4.15.3 ===		=== GDB 4.15.3 ===
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	== Solaris, and HP-UX Versions ==		== Solaris, and HP-UX Versions ==
	The Solaris, and HP-UX ports use HP, and GNU components, and NeXT-developed code, to provide an OS abstraction, in place of Mach.		The Solaris and HP-UX ports use HP and GNU components, and NeXT-developed code, to provide an OS abstraction in place of Mach.

	''Note - sparc-nextpdo-solaris2, and hppa1.1-nextpdo-hpux tuples, for toolchain''		''Note - sparc-nextpdo-solaris2, and hppa1.1-nextpdo-hpux tuples, for toolchain''