aix version of andrew the andrew consortium of the school of computer science at carnegie mellon is pleased to announce auis for aix the andrew user interface system version our cdrom version was developed for aix version on the ibm rs and many other platforms to accomodate aix version we have created a patch to the sources the patch and accompanying instructions for its application can be retrieved at no charge via anonymous ftp from the internet host emsworth andrew cmu edu in the directory aixpatch for those without internet access a diskette can be ordered for by sending or faxing a purchase order to the address below the base system can be ordered from us as a cdrom or ftp ed from the same host note that this patch adds no additional functionality but simply allows auis to compile under aix the andrew user interface system auis is a comprehensive environment on top of x windows in which you can create use and mail multi media applications and documents a major advantage of auis is the capability to recursively embed objects thus one can edit text that not only contains multiple fonts indentation and other typography but also contains embedded raster images spreadsheets drawing editors equations simple animations and so on these embedded objects can themselves contain other objects including text auis has three components the andrew user environment is an integrated and extensible set of applications beginning with the ez text editor a help system a system monitoring tool an editor based shell interface and other editors corresponding to the various available types of objects the andrew toolkit atk is a portable object oriented user interface toolkit that provides the architecture wherein objects can be embedded in one another with the toolkit programmers can create new objects that can be embedded as easily as those that come with the system the andrew message system ams provides a multi media interface to mail and bulletin boards ams supports several mail management strategies and implements many advanced features including authentication return receipts automatic sorting of mail vote collection and tabulation enclosures audit trails of related messages and subscription management it also provides a variety of interfaces that support ttys and low function personal computers in addition to high function workstations the current public release of andrew version includes support for the new internet mime multipurpose internet mail extensions standards for multipart multimedia mail a newer release for members of the andrew consortium has numerous additional features including new editors for drawings images fonts and user preferences remote andrew demo service you can try out andrew from your own work station via the remote andrew demo service you need a host machine on the internet running the x window system you ll be able to compose multimedia documents navigate through the interactive andrew tour and use the andrew message system to browse through a few of cmu s four thousand bulletin boards and newsgroups to get started with the remote andrew demo service simply run the following command on your machine finger help atk itc cmu edu the service will give you further instructions more information about andrew is available from information requests andrew consortium carnegie mellon university smith hall forbes avenue pittsburgh pa usa phone fax info andrew request andrew cmu edu contact info andrew request andrew cmu edu for additional information
