For Your Information 
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Forwarding this new product announcement in no way implies an
endorsement by Sun etc.  etc.

This information is from an advertisement in the July 1989 
"Sun Observer". For Sun Observer subscription information, contact
Publications and Communications, Inc. (PCI) at (512) 250-9023

-johnj
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The Sun Technical Reference Library
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Sun and Springer-Verlag, an international publisher of scientific books
and journals, have joined forces to create a truly innovative concept
in computer technology.

"The Sun Technical Reference Library" is a collection of high- quality
technical reference  books for the professional and engineering
community. The first books in this series, published this summer, is
"The NeWS Book". It will be followed by "The Sun Technology Papers" and
"The SPARC Architecture".

Whether you're seeking introductory user guides, reference works on
software and hardware platforms, or titles on workstation applications,
you'll want to turn to "The Sun Technical Reference Library" for books
on the cutting edge of computer technology.

The NeWS Book
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Introducing the premier volume in the series ....  

"The NeWS Book. An Introduction to the Network/extensible Window System."
	by James Gosling, David S.H. Rosenthal and Michelle Arden.

NeWS is a human computer interface developed and introduced by Sun
Microsystems. Written by members of the NeWS design team, this books is
the reference for every programmer and systems designer who wants to
design software on the basis of NeWS.

NeWS provides a unique extensible interpretive programming environment
for application developers in a networked graphics and window systems
environment.  Based on the popular PostScript page description
language,

NeWS is the first systems to extend PostScript's already wide
acceptance in printing applications into the realm of graphics and
window-based applications.

"The NeWS Book" will provide you with practical examples of how to
write PostScript programs that implement interactive user interface
techniques. And it will guide you to an exploration of how the advanced
imaging of the PostScript language model applies to the display as well
as the printer.

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July 1989/250pp (approx.)/81 illus (tent.)/hardcover/
ISBN 0-387-96915-2/$39.00 (tent.) 

To order in the US and Canada, call 1-800-SPRINGER
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