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From: velu@agent99.UUCP (Velu Sinha)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: [sun!bu-cs.bu.edu!polygen!pablo: Re: NeWS on non-Sun hardware?]
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Date: 19 Jan 88 17:47:52 GMT
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>Date: Mon, 18 Jan 88 00:21:28 EST
>To: NeWS-makers@brillig.umd.edu
>Subject: Re: NeWS on non-Sun hardware?
>From:   (Pablo Halpern)
> 
> ...
>
>In article <1676@sics.se> hans@sics.UUCP (Hans Eriksson) writes:
>>
>>Isn't there anyone who does a NeWS port for the Mac's? I have heard about
>>one company but has forgotten their name. Anyone else who knows?
>>
> 
>eXP Inc, from Cambridge, Mass WAS doing a NeWS (server) port for the Mac.
>Unfortunately, they went bankrupt.  I don't know what the disposition
>of the existing code will be, but I'll bet it will just die.  Too bad!
>
> ...
> 
>Pablo Halpern
>Polygen Corp.
>
>

I'd like to clarify that status of eXP, Wedge, and Papaya (the code name of
our Mac based NeWS server)...

eXP has NOT gone bankrupt.  eXP is now a subsidiary of Wedge Computer,
and is in the process of preparing the Macintosh NeWS server for
market.  Wedge Computer / eXP are in the process of moving offices, and thus
it has been difficult for people to get a hold of us over the past few
weeks.  We should be fully settled by the end of January, and at that
point the new address and phone number will be posted.

A pre-Beta copy of NeWS is available from Wedge presently.  The
pre-beta package consists of six disks and some very terse
instructions.

We have not yet set a firm date for beta and product release as we are
awaiting schedules from Sun regarding their NeWS 1.1 source release.
It has been our intent to not finalize the 1.0 rev of NeWS for the
Macintosh until the Sun 1.1 stuff can be incorporated.

For more information, please contact John Fearnside at Wedge: (617)
868-5454 ... you are likely to get an answering service for the next
week, but please bear with us. John should be back to you within 24
hours.

Thank you.

Velu Sinha
Wedge Computer