Bristol Technology Announces HyperHelp 5.2.DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998-- Bristol offers HyperHelp Viewer Demo for Linux Bristol Technology Inc. today announced the release of HyperHelp 5.2. HyperHelp, the context-sensitive, on-line help system for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and OpenVMS now includes multimedia support. Featuring royalty-free pricing, HyperHelp is easily integrated with UNIX and OpenVMS applications. This online help system accepts Windows RTF (Rich Text Format) A document format from Microsoft for encoding text and graphics. It was adapted from IBM's DCA format and supports ANSI, IBM PC and Macintosh character sets. , Framemaker MIF (1) (Maker Interchange Format) An alternate file format for a FrameMaker document. A MIF file is ASCII text, which can be created in another program and imported into FrameMaker. or HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. source files, and includes indexed full-text searching and powerful printing capabilities. New Multimedia Support New multimedia support enables help developers to transform their online help systems into multimedia educational experiences. Version 5.2 supports compressed and uncompressed Windows AVI files, Radius Cinepak AVI files, animated GIF files, JPG files, and wave audio files. New Platform Support HyperHelp 5.2 also includes support for the Siemens Reliant UNIX platform. HyperHelp is still available on Sun Solaris and Solaris x86, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX, SGI IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , Digital UNIX and OpenVMS platforms. New Printer Support HyperHelp features additional support for new printer models from HP, Lexmark and Tektronix. This allows users to perform WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. printing from the help system to more than 200 supported printer models. New Linux Viewer Demo HyperHelp 5.2 features a free demonstration version of the HyperHelp viewer and online versions of the following manuals: Network Administrators' Guide, System Administrators' Guide, and "How To" Guide for Linux. This demonstration will enable customers to view these pre-compiled help files on Linux, as reference materials. A demo copy of the HyperHelp viewer for Linux can be obtained at http://www.bristol.com/linux. Pricing and Availability HyperHelp offers royalty-free distribution of context-sensitive help systems for applications. The cost for a HyperHelp 5.2 development system starts at $5,500 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . is available for Sun (Solaris and x86), HP-UX, IBM AIX, SNI, SGI IRIX, Digital UNIX and Digital OpenVMS. About Bristol Technology Headquartered in Danbury, CT, Bristol Technology has a European subsidiary in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and a development center in Bangalore, India. Bristol develops, markets, and supports the Wind/U family of Windows and UNIX cross-platform development products. Founded in 1991, the company was listed in the 1997 Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. In addition to HyperHelp, Bristol's products include Wind/U(R), the cross-platform application development toolkit, Xprinter, software for adding sophisticated printing capabilities to UNIX-based and Jprinter(R), a WYSIWYG network printing system for Java. For more information, please visit Bristol's home page: http://www.bristol.com (c) 1998 Bristol Technology Inc. Bristol Technology, Wind/U and Jprinter are registered trademarks and HyperHelp and Xprinter are trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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