Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!im4u!milano!babcock From: babcock@milano.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: hypertext for UNIX, does anyone make it? Message-ID: <4707@milano.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 13:27:48 EDT Article-I.D.: milano.4707 Posted: Tue Jun 16 13:27:48 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 07:22:53 EDT Sender: babcock@milano.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 101 Keywords: hypertext, hypermedia, MCC In article <27@blipyramid.BLI.COM> mao@blipyramid.BLI.COM (Mike Olson) writes: >In article <335@pluto.UUCP>, warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein) writes: >> >> Does anyone know of any hypertext systems for UNIX? Public >> domain and commercial products are both of interest. > >i'd have sent this directly to warren, but i'm not sure of the path from >blia to philabs. i'm also extremely interested in hypertext systems. >>>Elizabeth Zwicky replies: >>> However, I have >>>heard rumours about a system at Brown, and we are contemplating >>>a hypertext (or at least hypertext-like) documentation system. >>>It has some unique points (any sytem that deals with the sheer >>>volume, the number of different environments, and the inflexibility >>>of the texts we are looking at would have to). On the other hand, >>>it doesn't exist yet, nor is it an official project here yet. Just >>>my pet. >>> For more information, you can send mail to me. >>> Most likely addresses are zwicky@ohio-state.ARPA >>> and ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!zwicky but there is >>> considerable evidence that other, weirder things >>> also work, possibly (but not definitely) including >>> the source address in the header. Mail here is a grand adventure... >>> Elizabeth Zwicky ############################################################################ ############################################################################ The following is information about a prototype system at MCC... ********************************************************************* PlaneText- A hypertext prototype ********************************************************************** An experimental program featuring many hypertext functions has been implemented by the MCC Software Technology Program in Austin, TX. PlaneText allows one to create and share information in a non-linear form. In PlaneText, data (either text or graphics; voice will be added soon) is stored in nodes; pairs of nodes are connected by links. Tools are provided for viewing, creating, and editing nodes and their links. A browser allows viewing a network of nodes as a graphic structure as well as providing access to nodes and to the textual viewing and editing tools. PlaneText also includes components that integrate the system into UNIX environments. PlaneText has been transferred to the participant companies of the Software Technology Program and is proprietary to them. The future plans for PlaneText will be decided by the participant companies. For any questions or comments, you may contact Bill Stotesbery (stotesbery@mcc.com), the MCC Director of Government & Public Affairs. ********************************************************************** -- James D. Babcock @ MCC Software Technology Program P.O. Box 200195 9390 Research Blvd. Austin, Tx. 78720 512/338-3489 uucp: {seismo,harvard,gatech,pyramid}!ut-sally!im4u!milano!babcock arpa: babcock@mcc.com "Oh my god, Wiley.... you've got the patch over the wrong eye..!!!" last utterances of Will Rogers