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 Release of V4.20 TNT products
March 1993
Table of Contents
Release Notes Index
Release of TNT-MIPS V4.20
Introduction
- now recommending use of V4.20
MicroImages recommends for the first time
that those of you who have properly equipped 386 or 486 completely convert
their activities to TNT-MIPS. This release of TNT-MIPS V4.20 is
more than a 99% equivalent of MIPS V3.33 and the short list of the
missing features is provided below. Many of the few remaining features
requiring conversion are highly specialized and were created for specific use
in a particular problem area and user activity. MicroImages is proceeding
forward to complete them all as rapidly as possible. Should one of them be
something you need immediately please contact MicroImages via phone or FAX to
have it completed first and shipped to you individually. Unless noted
otherwise these features will be shipped as part of V4.30 in June.
Most of MicroImages' software engineers have
now completed their year-long conversion and rewrite process finishing off
with a couple of months of 10 hour days including weekends. They will now turn
their attention in the short run to improvements in the features, reliability,
and functionality of TNT-MIPS. One of the reasons MicroImages has not
previously recommended you move to TNT-MIPS is that the conversion
process was preoccupying all our available software engineering time and could
not be easily interrupted. Now that this is over we will be able to begin to
resume business as usual especially by giving a high priority to fixing the
problems you encountered in TNT-MIPS V4.20 with highest priority. Often
MicroImages will be able to airmail you corrections by the next day except in
the case where the problem can not be recreated or is especially complex to
resolve.
Soon MicroImages will be making a formal
written call for your advice as to the enhancements you would like in the
current processes in TNT-MIPS V4.20. Those of you who can make the
switch now to TNT-MIPS will be able to provide such input and guide the
adjustment of existing TNT-MIPS features to more closely meet your
needs. MicroImages is also now able to begin planning the reassignment of a
major portion of our software engineering resources to the development of
completely new processes to extend and interrelate the extensive mix already
available. This same call for advice will provide you the opportunity to
outline completely new IPS, GIS, CAD, or related
processes which would expand your applications of TNT-MIPS.
TNT-MIPS V4.30 will be shipped about
mid-June reassuming the normal quarterly release schedule.
Features
missing from V4.20
Those MIPS V3.33 features marked below
with an a single * will not likely be available until TNT-MIPS V4.30
due MicroImages' plan to redesign the way in which they are handled. The few
remaining import or export processes not provided with V4.20 are noted
by a double ** and are being worked on while TNT-MIPS is on its way to
you. They should be available for individual distribution to those who are
converting immediately to TNT-MIPS by the time you are set up. Please
let us know which particular format you need via FAX or phone and they will be
shipped via airmail. Those remaining features not marked by an * or ** have
lower priority and you should notify MicroImages if any particular feature is
specifically holding up your conversion to TNT-MIPS V4.20 or your
projects so we can give their conversion a higher priority.
Generally
used features.
Raster profile display
Displaying raw raster data values for an
outline box in view window
Measurement tool for solid areas and their
boundaries
Direct display from TIFF format
** ArcINFO Coverage (vector import)
** DXF - AutoCAD (vector export)
** IDGS - Intergraph internal format
(CAD export)
** MMI - Mapinfo Map Interchange (CAD
import and export)
** MBI - Mapinfo Boundary
Interchange (CAD import and export)
** Optional DLG - USGS
(vector and CAD export)
Elliptical arcs - (arc, wedge, and chord)
can not be created
Snap to grid feature is not available CAD
editor
Vector route tracing
Printers which communicate via GPIB,
SCSI, and Xerox VPI cards
Making legends for the screen and Map and
Poster Layout (being redesigned)
Preparing and showing a slide show
"CLASS-CMAP" - special image
analysis routine
Forms - for user definable layouts for
viewing /editing database fields
Importing all raster formats directly from
open reel CCT tapes.
* Context sensitive help is absent from all
processes
* Batch processes are not yet available
* Defaults are not retained in various
processes
Specialized
features used by 1 or a few users.
Transfer of labels from vector polygons in
Feature Mapping
Dual raster color overlay method for
georeferencing
Support for Atronics Professional Image
Board for video digitizing
Automatic interval capturing (intervalometer)
in video digitizing
User defined map coordinate systems
NITF (raster import)
WDBII - World Data bank II (use RVFTORVC
to convert)
** MOSS - USF&WS and USFS
format (vector and CAD export)
** GSMAP - USGS digitizer
format (vector and CAD export)
Installation
Microsoft Windows 3.1 (MS W3.1).
The 5.25" version has 31 disks as
follows: 23 containing processes; 3 supplemental with additional processes; 4
containing both the TNT-MIPS and MIPS documentation; and 1 with
the installation, utilities, and MI wrappers.
The 3.5" version has 26 disks as
follows: 19 containing processes; 3 supplemental with additional processes; 3
containing both the TNT-MIPS and MIPS documentation; and 1 with
the installation, utilities, and MI wrappers.
The special supplemental disks noted above
contain additional processes and corrections added at the last moment and
these disks will be requested in the appropriate order after the main
processes are installed.
Running INSTALL upgrades your key to
authorize it for V4.20. It then decompresses and writes a copy of each
process you have licensed from the disks containing V4.20 into the
selected directory on your hard drive. You must use the INSTALL
routine on the installation disk supplied with this release to
decompress the files during installation. Installing this V4.20 will completely
replace the earlier V4.11 or earlier versions of TNT-MIPS if
the same hard drive is selected.
It is our suggestion that any MIPS
user installing TNT-MIPS for the first time choose menu selection
"T" (Install Minimal Test Version) offered by the INSTALL
program. This approach will use about 5 megabytes of drive space. It will
install only the TNT-MIPS display program and its associated support
elements including the appropriate menu and the process to convert RVF
project files into RVC project files. This comprehensive new display
process is explained in detail in the printed reference material supplied
earlier and in the on-line documentation and is the heart of TNT-MIPS.
When you experiment with the TNT-MIPS
display process for the first time you will find that it is a much more
comprehensive activity than in MIPS V3.33. It should be apparent that
since the severe memory constraints of MIPS are being lifted by using MS
W V3.1, all our new processes will be considerably larger.
Correspondingly, however, there will be fewer, longer loading processes
involved as many formerly independent processes are consolidated into fewer,
more comprehensive procedures.
After you have familiarized yourself with the
display process and determined that it is correctly functioning, choose menu
selection "M" (Install TNT-MIPS Version 4.20)
on the INSTALL program to complete the loading of all the other
available processes. TNT-MIPS V4.20 will require more or less than 50
megabytes of your hard drive depending upon the options you have purchased.
Eventually this hard drive requirement will shrink somewhat as processes are
further streamlined and integrated together. Please see the section below on
optimizing MS W3.1 and also review the bright pink check sheet enclosed
for sample times for loading typical processes.
Apple Macintosh.
The Mac via AU/X version is shipped on floppy
disks with specific printed installation instructions included.
Workstation.
The workstation versions are being shipped on
8 mm Exabyte, 4 mm DAT, or 1/4" QIC tape according to the
preference you expressed. Specific installation instructions are included with
each tape.
On-Line
Documentation
A total of 360 printed pages of TNT-MIPS
documentation are included with V4.20 should you print the pages out. A
few supplemental pages were completed after the on-line documentation disks
were prepared and are included in printed form. The on-line documentation
printing capability is available but will not yet print the on-line
illustrations. The on-line documentation currently is detailed, current, and
nearly complete on the Basic System Operation (91 pages) and Display (296
pages) subsections of TNT-MIPS and all their complex new features, but
only miscellaneous other sections are complete and available. Now that TNT-MIPS
is a complete conversion of MIPS V3.33, our technical documenters can
get on with documenting and illustrating it.
Should you require a paper printed version of
the TNT-MIPS documentation completed to this date it will be 613 pages
including all illustrations. A master copy has been deposited at Kinko's Copy
Center in Lincoln as in the past for your direct ordering. Please be careful
to specify the exact version number should you order a printed copy of the
documentation from Kinko's as they have both V3.32 (no changes for V3.33)
and V4.20 on hand. Please contact George Hiatt; Kinko's Copy Center;
1201 "Q" Street; Lincoln; NE 68508 at voice (402)475-2679 or FAX
(402)475-2523 for this service. The printed copy of the 1320 pages for MIPS
V3.32 (specify single or double sided) is approximately $80 plus the
charge for shipping by the method specified. The printed copy of 613 pages for
TNT-MIPS V4.20 (specify single or double sided) is approximately $40
plus the charge for shipping by the method you specify. A credit card is the
best way to pay for both the printing and shipping from Kinko's.
MicroImages
X Server (MI/X)
Commercial release. MicroImages now
has now achieved a high level of confidence in the unique MI/X Server.
A press release and color illustration are enclosed and were recently sent out
to promote the use of this unique product separately by other software
developers.
Windows NT. Currently
MicroImages has installed the latest March 1993 beta release of Microsoft's
Windows NT and its associated developer tools. It is likely that a
MicroImages MI/X server for the use of TNT-MIPS on NT will be
available approximately concurrent with Microsoft's release of Windows NT.
References have also been located to others using the same X Server approach
for porting X / Unix software to NT. These include public domain
development libraries present on Compuserve and press releases of commercial
products for this purpose.
Sun goes to Motif. The decision by
MicroImages 18 months ago to go with the Motif Graphics User Interface (GUI)
is being verified in the market place. Sun has recently joined a consortium
called COSE made up of several prominent Unix developers to promote
Unix in the face of NT. As a concession to the other members of this
group Sun has tentatively agreed to phase out its proprietary Open Look GUI
over the next 4 years and adopt Motif. It is the projection of MicroImages
that this GUI change by Sun will happen much more rapidly than Sun
plans.
INFORMATION
UPDATES
A new MicroImages communication device
entitled INFORMATION UPDATE appears with this release of TNT-MIPS.
The MicroImages MEMO instrument of communication will still be used for
the quarterly release of TNT-MIPS and other related information. An UPDATE
will be used for short, more frequent and informal transmission of transient
and volatile information at or between quarterly upgrades. In order to meet
the requirements to get information to you as rapidly as possible an UPDATE
may not be carefully edited as our objective will be to get the information
into your hands as quickly as possible.
UPDATEs will be mailed primarily to
keep you informed of what is happening with regard to the products that you
have and answer questions frequently asked of MicroImages. For example, the UPDATE
entitled Recommendations for PC Display Boards (10 April 1993) is in
response to a question asked of MicroImages almost daily during this period of
rapid changes in board technology. This UPDATE illustrates the type of
topics to be covered which contain transient materials which may require
periodic updating. The second UPDATE included with this release and
entitled MicroImages X Server (MI/X) for Microsoft Windows 3.1
(3 march 1993) is of more casual interest and was included for your general
reference.
Optimizing
MS W 3.1
Previous MEMOs released with TNT-MIPS
earlier versions contained progressively more and more information on setting
up MS W3.1. This information has been further extended and reorganized
in a section for an installation manual being prepared for TNT-MIPS.
These materials when completed will eventually replace all the contents of the
small 3-ring notebook originally distributed with each original MIPS
kit and now with each TNT-MIPS kit.
The completed portion of this material is
enclosed for your 3-ring notebook and concerns system optimization and TNT-MIPS
installation. It should be reviewed carefully to help you in optimizing the
installation of DOS 5.0 or 6.0, MS W3.1, and TNT-MIPS
V4.20. Unfortunately these optimization steps have become somewhat more
complex with the advent of DOS 6.0. The bright pink check sheet
enclosed for provides a check list of the optional and mandatory steps
required to optimize MS W3.1 for TNT-MIPS.
DOS
6.0
MicroImages has installed DOS 6.0 with
DoubleSpace on several machines and finds that TNT-MIPS V4.20 works
without alteration. Only minor speed differences are encountered with
DoubleSpace (a few percent slower on 386s and a few percent faster on 486s) so
it can be used to double your drive space.
Please note that for maximum performance of MS
W3.1 and therefore TNT-MIPS your permanent virtual memory
must be on the uncompressed portion of your drive (called the "host"
drive in the DOS 6.0 manual and designated as drive a H: or higher).
This drive is automatically set up for you during the installation of
DoubleSpace. If you have permanent virtual memory set up in MS W3.1
and DOS 5.0 when you install the upgrade of DOS 6.0 and then
DoubleSpace, you will find that your permanent virtual memory now occurs on
the "host" or non-compressed drive. This is so that the MS W3.1's
constant swapping on and off the drive is not using the DoubleSpace
compression feature thus optimizing user interface performance.
If you are forced to install DOS 6.0
on a clean drive and then reinstall MS W3.1, then you must be sure to
establish your permanent virtual memory on the "host" or
non-compressed drive. This will require that you have twice the amount of
drive space free on the "host" drive as you will specify as permanent
virtual memory. As you may recall, this requirement for twice as much space as
needed is because your permanent virtual memory is always limited by MS
W3.1 to no more than 1/2 the available drive space. To accomplish this
first install DoubleSpace using the "express" technique. Then reboot
and execute DBLSPACE again and use the menus presented to free up the
necessary space on the "host" drive. All these procedures are
outlined in detail in the DOS 6.0 manual.
New
Features
The following new features have been added
with the release of TNT-MIPS V4.20 and were not present in V4.11.
Edit CAD
objects.
A map grid can now be created in this
process. The view position window is available to select the area to be
displayed. A line can now be broken into multiple segments for editing
(instead of only 2).
Scanning.
Scanning directly into a TIFF file now
works (did not work previously in MIPS).
Pen Plotting.
The vector and CAD elements can now be
selected for plotting by field attribute or by database query.
Principal
Component Analysis.
When using a raster as a mask the process can
determine the PCA statistical model for the irregular area(s) of the
source raster objects as defined by the mask. The previous version allowed
this model to be applied only to the same irregular data area(s) to produce
the new rotated PCA raster objects. You can now apply the model
computed from the irregular data areas to the entire original rasters.
In this fashion, PCA can be trained
upon selected irregular shaped areas of interest which exclude anomalous areas
of uninteresting scattered features of significantly different data values
which would significantly impact the PCA model. This "guided"
PCA model can then be applied to the total area of the original raster
objects to compute the new rotated raster objects. When these new rasters are
displayed in false color combinations (or otherwise interpreted), the colors
of the known features inside the original irregular training area(s) can be
sought in the balance of the original raster area. This technique has been
suggested by our mining clients to extend ground maps of known outcrop areas
in large complex images such as TM and has similar application in other
disciplines.
Text Editor.
You can now use 2-byte encoding and fonts.
DEM/orthophoto
A statistical result is reported for the
auto-correlation process which reports the accuracy of the extracted elevation
compared to the ground control points available.
Edit Raster.
Any fill pattern you define and save in the
raster pattern editor can be used to draw the border of polygons, boxes,
circles, and ellipses. The border thickness can be set for polygons, boxes,
circles, and ellipses. Rectangular areas can be zoomed, shrunk, or rotated to
non-integer scale and rotation using an elastic box anywhere in the raster.
You can define collections of brushes and save them in named files and reopen
them for later use.
SML.
Previously clicking on a function name with
the mouse in the "Insert Function ..." control panel will show which
parameters the function requires and what it returns. This has been modified
to show which parameters are optional. A CopySubObjects () function has been
added. Input functions, input () and input$ () prompt to have you enter a
number or a string. Additional "constants" can be read from
UNITS.TXT. Raster reading and writing have revised buffering to increase
their speed.
Map and
Poster Layout.
The lat/long coordinates can be displayed in
one of 3 formats: DD MM SS; DD MM.mmm; or DD.dddddd. Only
DD MM SS was available in MIPS (more flexibility is planned so
send in your requests for other formats).
Map grids and scale bars now use outline
fonts instead of bit-mapped fonts. The previous use of bit-mapped fonts had
the disadvantage that the did not scale attractively and you only got a close
approximation of what you requested.
Some printers and film recorders support more
than one resolution mode. (For example, film recorders that have 4000 dpi
resolution also accept 200 dpi input and HP printers can be addressed
at 300, 150, or 75 dpi.) An options menu has now been added to the printer
setup dialog to select what resolution to use, defaulting to the last setting
used for that printer, or the highest available if not previously used.
Sometimes selecting lower than maximum resolution will provide improved
results. Temporary selection of lower resolution will always allow much
quicker previews of the general layout of complex maps.
HyperIndex. Vector objects used as
overlays can now be linked as a layer in a stack to some other daughter
object. Previously a vector object could only be linked as an object in a
stack if it was the primary or base object and not an overlay. Thus vector
objects used as overlays are no longer limited to retrieving database records
attached to elements.
Lateral movement in a stack in MIPS
was limited to up, down, left, and right. You can now move diagonally as well.
In MIPS you had to manually specify the lateral objects for the up,
down, left, and right links. Adjacent lateral links are now automatically
formed to nearby objects in the same layer. When you click on a direction
arrow in the user interface, you will be presented a list of all nearby
objects in that same direction, sorted nearest to farthest order.
The quadrilateral which you could draw in
earlier versions to define the area to link to has now been replaced by the
ability to draw any polygon area you choose. The earlier quadrilateral had a
tendency to flip itself into an hourglass for no apparent reason. Circles used
to define link areas have now been generalized into any shape and orientation
of ellipse.
When you select a new layer on a control
panel, the HyperIndex Linker control panel is informed of this action and
switches to an editing mode for the HyperIndex area links for that layer. If
all layers are deleted, or the "background" layer is selected all
the controls on the HyperIndex control panel are disabled.
RVFTORVC.
It appears that it has not been previously
clearly noted that this process does not check the TNT-MIPS
hardware protection key. It is important to emphasize that this program
RVFTORVC.EXE can be copied from your TNT-MIPS directory and used on any
other convenient PC microcomputer. Furthermore it is important to emphasize
that while this process can be run from within TNT-MIPS for occasional
file conversion, for production work it should be executed at a DOS
prompt. Executing from a DOS prompt makes much more memory available to
the process (no MS W3.1 or TNT-MIPS loaded) and thus significantly
increases its speed and other performance.
When executed from a DOS prompt the
following additional new options are available (but not from within MS W3.1):
1) wild cards can be sued which are particularly valuable when large numbers
of *.RVF files are to converted; 2) a destination directory can now be
created; and 3) the output size of the file is estimated and the
destination drive checked for the space; and project file and element ID
are converted.
Application
Notes
Software
Development Kit (SDK).
This new draft of this Application Note has
been expanded to about twice the size of the version provided earlier. This
new version is essentially a complete treatment of this subject but needs
additional editing. This version now provided a sample program which is
covered in great detail on how to use the SDK to create and add
a X / Motif window to TNT-MIPS which reads data from a raster
object in a Project File. The final version of this Application Note will
contain source code on additional sample processes, each successively more
complex and finally including source for a mainline TNT-MIPS process.
However, only 1 or 2 pages of explanation will accompany these additional
samples.
Feature
Mapping.
A draft copy of this important new
Application Note is enclosed. Unfortunately, the original of this note is
filled with color illustrations which are important to the understanding of
this valuable process which is unique to TNT-MIPS. It is possible that
the final version of this Application Note can be supplemented by a CD-ROM
which can be used to view these color illustrations within TNT-MIPS as
the Note is reviewed. MicroImages will be polling you all shortly to determine
how many TNT-MIPS systems have or will shortly have a CD-ROM
available.
Miscellaneous
Moving files from PCs to
workstations without a network. Many of you are becoming involved in TNT-MIPS
and other products on various platform. Occasionally it may be necessary to
move things between various platforms where a network is not available.
NovaStor provides software products which support many kinds of magnetic tape
drives (QIC, Exabyte, DAT, 9 track, 3480, and others) via DOS
and OS/2 and via many SCSI interface cards on the PC and
the SCSI connector on the Mac. With the various NovaStor software kits
you can prepare and read tapes for the movement of materials between PCs and
workstations. A typical use might be to "tar" a large number of
Project Files on a DOS PC and then upload them to a Unix workstation.
The available NovaStor software kits
include:
Backup and restore software for many tape
devices
for DOS, for OS/2, for Macs,
and for networks
Data interchange software for many magnetic
tape devices
for reading tapes on DOS, for OS/2,
and for Macs
for moving files from DOS to
"tar" format
Please request any additional details from:
NovaStor Corporation
30961 Agoura Rd., Suite 109
Westlake Village, CA 91361
voice (818)707-9900
FAX (818)707-9902
Exclusive
International Representatives
MIPS is currently in operation in 43
nations. The following new Representatives have been welcomed to our
distribution network since the distribution of TNT-MIPS V4.11.
ACT Australia The Australian Capital
Territory will now be serviced for MicroImages products by ERIC Pty.,
Ltd.; 5 Salkauskas Crescent; N. Lyneham; Canberra; ACT 2602; Australia;
voice (616)248-8490; FAX (616)248-8490. Jim Longworth is the principal to
contact at ERIC (Environmental Research and Information Consortium
Pty., Ltd.). ERIC is engaged in providing environmental and land
management consulting focused on policy making to Federal, State, and Local
government entities in Australian. In support of these activities ERIC
provides GIS and image processing services, training, and installation.
Finland. KARELSILVA Oy Ltd. will
service MicroImages clients in Finland and can be reached at Kaijanlahdentie
2; SF-54800 Savitaipale; Finland. Bart Braam is the principal to contact at
voice (358)533-60805 or FAX (358)533-61266. KARELSILVA is engaged in providing
remote sensing analysis and image collection in Finland, The Netherlands, and
other nearby Nations in geology, forestry, and other related natural resources
and environmental projects. They are also active in the development of remote
sensing instruments and are the source of the SILVACAM, the color-infrared PAL
or SVHS video camera for which promotional material was distributed by
MicroImages several quarters earlier. This is the only single lens
color-infrared camera of modern design available to the best of MicroImages'
knowledge. KARELSILVA also markets a 256 band multispectral imaging scanner
called AISA (Airborne Imaging Spectrometer of different Applications)
and promotional material describing this device is enclosed with this
shipment.
Portugal and Angola. GEOGRAF Sistemas
de informacao Geografica, Lda. will service MicroImages clients in Portugal,
Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Principe, and Sao Tome. GEOGRAF can be
reached at Rua Jorge Barradas Lote 1 Loja 4; 1500 Lisboa; Portugal. Joao
Romana is the marketing manager to contact at GEOGRAF at voice (351)170-4101
or FAX (351)170-345. GEOGRAF is engaged in providing services in their region
in GIS and image processing which include systems, training, and contract
services on microcomputers and workstations.
Domestic
Resellers and VARS
Texas Area. Advanced Programming
Concepts, Inc. (APC) located in Texas will provide access to the
products of MicroImages as both a reseller and a VAR via their El Paso
and Austin locations in Texas. APC produces
Command-Control-Communication related microcomputer systems for a wide range
of military and commercial RADARs as well as other related custom
military software. Don Buckley, an experienced MIPS user, can be
reached for direct sales at their office at 4600 Hellas Drive; El Paso; TX
79924 at voice (915)821-8183 and FAX (915)821-7640. David Sietseman is the
contact at their main office at 102 Westlake Dr., suite 109; Austin; TX 78746;
at voice (512)327-6795 and FAX (512)327-8043.
Alabama Area. Geo Technologies located
in Huntsville, Alabama will provide access to the products of MicroImages in
the general area of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. Geo
Technologies is particular interested in the application of TNT-MIPS
and MIPSview in the collection, management, analysis, distribution, and
access to property, environmental, engineering, and infrastructure information
in urban and rural county areas. Dr. Harold Pirtle, an experienced MIPS
and TNT-MIPS user, is the Principal who should be contacted at 2315 Bob
Wallace Ave., Suite 100; Huntsville; AL; 35805 at voice (205)776-2478 and FAX
(205)895-6382.
New
Image Printers/Plotters Supported
Seiko
SII PhotoMaker (model CH-6104H).
This dye sublimation or continuous tone
printer is capable of 300 dpi with paper sizes of letter, legal, and A4. It is
supported by TNT-MIPS directly via a parallel port or via Postscript
using an optional Postscript card which is inserted into the PC bus.
The standard printer without Postscript and with 8 megabytes of memory is
$8500 retail and requires TNT-MIPS printer support level P15 for use on
a PC or for a Mac with the non-Postscript version of the printer. With
the optional Postscript interface card for the PC or Mac the printer
would require TNT-MIPS printer support at level P8. For operation via
Postscript the printer should also be upgraded to its full 24 megabyte memory
capacity. This additional memory is optional for operation with direct
operation via parallel with TNT-MIPS and will simply speed up operation
in this case especially when printing multiple copies from the same image.
Supplies for this printer retail at about $3 per page.
ENCAD's
Novajet (model 840).
This larger format color inkjet printer is
capable of 300 dpi and using dithering with paper sizes from letter to E-size
(34 by 44"). It is supported directly by TNT-MIPS via printer
support feature P15 by both its serial and parallel interfaces. The best
approach would be to use the parallel for printing and plotting via feature
P15 and the serial for direct pen plotting via HPGL if desired via
plotting feature L3. The retail price for this printer is $10,000. Supply
costs for this printer are unknown to MicroImages.
This printer was on-loan to MicroImages for
support from a client who needed it immediately after the support was
finished. Furthermore, the correct large paper recommended by ENCAD for use
with this printer when printing images was not available. As a result,
MicroImages is unable to comment upon the quality of the results produced by
this device.
New Printers. The following new
printers are in MicroImages possession on loan and will be supported after the
shipment of V4.20. Drivers and support software will become available
prior to general release via TNT-MIPS V4.30 upon special request for
anyone needing them.
HP LaserJet 4
(model C2001A). T
his 600 dpi black and white laser printer
supports letter and legal size via parallel or serial ports. Its use for
printing and plotting within TNT-MIPS requires printer support feature
P0 which is included in the basic price of every TNT-MIPS package.
HP DesignJet
600 (model C2848A). T
his 600 dpi black inkjet printer is capable
of printing and plotting on letter to E-size paper via serial or parallel
ports. Its use for printing and plotting via a raster within TNT-MIPS
requires printer support feature P15. Its direct support as strictly as a pen
plotter will be via HPGL requiring feature L3.
FARGO Premeria
(model 76000).
This 204 dpi color thermal transfer printer
is capable of printing on letter paper via a parallel port. For those of you
who are familiar with the early Calcomp ColorMaster and PlotMaster thermal
transfer color printers, this printer produces similar results at a much lower
price and higher speed using printer support feature P5. The retail price of
the printer is $1000 and supplies cost $.40 per page.
Staff
Changes and Expansions
An earlier MEMO neglected to announce
that Sirisuda (Hui) Gawgirdwiboon joined MicroImages as a Software Engineer in
October of 1992. Hui is from Thailand and completed her BS degree in Computer
Science (1988) and MS degree in Mathematics (1991) both at the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Hui's initial responsibilities have been
the creation of TNT-MIPS editor and more recently its conversion to
handle 2-byte fonts in preparation for its use in the Internationalization and
Localization of TNT-MIPS.
Judy L. Wright is no longer on the staff of
MicroImages as Technical Documenter.
Ed Stetz is not longer on the staff of
MicroImages as Software Engineer.
Jeff Thompson has left MicroImages Technical
Support Staff to join EDS in Connecticut.
MicroImages is currently seeking and
interviewing new staff in the positions of Software Engineer for software
creation (2), Software Engineer for technical support (2), and Technical
Documenter (1).
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