Showing papers on "Windows NT published in 1994"

LabVIEW Graphical Programming

Abstract: From the Publisher: The #1 guide to LabVIEW completely updated for release 6. 0! This one-of-a-kind LabVIEW developer's guide gives you virtual instruments—quickly and cheaply! You get powerful tools to build your own virtual instrumentation with National Instruments' popular LabVIEW programming language,from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions,written in a breezy,easy-to-read style with non-programming scientists and engineers in mind give you:* A head start on common test and measurement instrument configurations,with ALL NEW ready-to-run customizable virtual instruments on the CD* Imaging,sound,and instrument driver solutions* Tools for constructing LabVIEW instruments and controls to run everywhere—on desktop PCs,embedded/single-board computers,Linux systems,and more* Complete tools to build your own real-time and embedded virtual instruments using LabVIEW for Linux—includes VMware Workstation so you can build and run an embedded version of Linux on Windows NT/2000* Full coverage of LabVIEW RT with expert guidance on real-time and embedded applicationsOn the bootable CD with embedded Linux operating system: numerous working virtual instruments; all examples built in the book; VMware Workstation for Windows NT/2000 and Linux (30-day trial) The #1 guide to LabVIEW completely updated for release 6. 0! One-of-a-kind LabVIEW developer's kit Threatening to supercede hardware instrumentation,virtual instruments created with the field-leading LabVIEW language become better and more ubiquitous all the time. This one-of-a-kind LabVIEW developer's guide gives you— VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS—QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY! * Powerful tools to buildyour own virtual instrumentation with National Instruments' popular LabVIEW programming language,from the ground up * Step-by-step instruction in a breezy,easy-to-read style (written for non-programming scientists and engineers) from two top LabVIEW experts * A head start on common test and measurement instrument configurations,with ALL NEW ready-to-run customizable virtual instruments on the CD * Imaging,sound,and instrument driver solutions * Tools for constructing LabVIEW instruments and controls to run everywhere—on desktop PCs,embedded/single-board computers,Linux systems,and more * Complete tools to build your own real-time and embedded virtual instruments using LabVIEW for Linux—includes VMware Workstation so you can build and run an embedded version of Linux on Windows NT/2000 * Full coverage of LabVIEW RT with expert guidance on real-time and embedded applications ON THE CD-ROM Numerous working virtual instruments All examples built in the book VMware Workstation for Windows NT/2000 and Linux (30-day trial) Bootable CD with embedded Linux operating system Links to NI online catalog

Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective

Abstract: From the Publisher: Once the exclusive domain of a handful of academic researchers working with high-powered graphics workstations, now you can use radiosity to create extremely realistic, true-color images using off-the-shelf personal computers. Radiosity offers the ability to accurately render diffuse reflections, color bleeding between surfaces, realistic shadows, and detailed shading within shadows. More than this, it can create photorealistic images that are impossible to achieve using conventional ray tracing techniques. This book offers you a unique opportunity to explore this technology in depth. Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective provides step-by-step guidance for the development of a fully functional, radiosity-based rendering program for Microsoft Windows and other graphical environments, including a detailed explanation of radiosity theory and its associated algorithms (no knowledge of higher mathematics required!); complete, fully documented, and compiler-independent C++ source code for HELIOS, a radiosity renderer for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows NT; plus an extensive guide to the computer graphics radiosity literature.

Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

Abstract: From the Publisher: The phenomenal success of Bill Gates and his Microsoft Corporation hinges, above all, on an ability to look to the future. Not content with holding a bulging share of the market for software applications, nor with dominating the crucial operating systems business by virtue of its DOS and Windows programs, Microsoft is always looking to the future. And the future of Microsoft now goes by the name of Windows NT. A software innovation of the first order, NT could redefine the standards for computing throughout the world, into the next century. NT endows inexpensive personal computers with the capabilities of giant mainframesyet without sacrificing the inherent flexibility and appeal of PCs. SHOWSTOPPER! is the inside story of this stunning breakthrough in computer technology. Stripping away myth after myth, this unprecedented tale lays bare the messy, wrenching reality of winning innovations. To date, America has dominated the global software industry through creating cutting-edge code and by depending on both the ingenuity of a few visionaries and the coordination of huge, costly teams of programmers and testers. Gatesa managerial genius as well as a technical visionarypromotes an atmosphere of controlled chaos at Microsoft, and the story of Windows NT perfectly reflects this ethos. The brainchild of David Cutler, a legendary programmer recruited by Gates in 1988, NT took five years and $150 million to complete. For much of that time, the massive program demanded the obsessive attention of more than 200 testers, writers and technicians. Focusing on Cutler's mercurial ability to inspire and lash his team, SHOWSTOPPER! brilliantly portrays the human drama ofthis mammoth undertaking, exposing the pressures, disappointments and ultimate triumph that emerge from a cauldron of constant deadlines, competition with peers and a perpetual war against the inevitable and ubiquitous bugs in the programamong them the potentially lethal "showstopper." Gripping, vivid and accessible, SHOWSTOPPER! reveals the outside personalities that stand behind great advances: the mavericks, the organizers, the fixers, the motivators. Even as they wrestle with forces that threaten to tear them apart, Cutler and his team feverishly hunt for computing's Holy Grail.

The Amulet user interface development environment

Abstract: The Amulet research project is developing a new user interface development environment [2] which incorporates a number of design and implementation innovations including new models for objects, constraints, animation, output, input, commands, and undo. Amulet has an open architecture, so that user interface researchers can replace and extend components. Amulet, which stands for Automatic Manufacture of Usable and Learnable Editors and Toolkits, is implemented in C++, and runs on X/11, Windows NT, Windows 95, and the Macintosh.

Experiences with an object-oriented architecture for developing dynamically extensible distributed system management software

Abstract: Developing extensible, robust, and efficient distributed applications is a complex task. In order to help alleviate this complexity, we have developed the ADAPTIVE Service eXecutive (ASX) framework. ASX is an object-oriented framework composed of automated tools and reusable C++ components that simplify the development, configuration, and reconfiguration of distributed applications in a heterogeneous environment. These applications may be configured dynamically to contain multiple network services that execute concurrently in one or more processes or threads. Components in the ASX framework have been ported to UNIX and Windows NT and are currently being used in a number of large-scale production distributed systems. This paper describes our experience gained using the ASX framework to build a highly modular reusable and extensible software architecture for a family of distributed system management applications.

Application software

Abstract: Companies that deal in application software for electrical engineers found their territory expanding during the past year. The availability of highly capable hardware, as well as the introduction of the operating system, Windows NT, opened up the market to many new platforms. In addition, users are demanding software that can cope with new tasks. Everywhere, vendors say, one of the principal pressures is the need to network engineers into corporate data, so that engineering design data may be shared with manufacturing, reliability calculations can flow from design work, and so forth. This paper discusses Windows NT, how 'old software' is being updated to do more tasks, how DSP and RF tools are are being combined to form wireless systems and how suppliers are taking on many platforms. >

High-performance cross-platform MPEG decoder

Abstract: We present a high performance implementation of a MPEG decoder, written entirely on a high level language. The decoder implementation fully complies with the MPEG-I standard and decodes all (I, P, B) frame types in MPEG video bitstreams and is portable. Versions of this decoder are implemented on Windows 3.1, and on Windows NT (X86, MIPS, ALPHA). A comparison of the performance of the decoder between the various platforms is made. We present a high quality, fast dithering and interpolation algorithm used to convert YCbCr directly into 8 bit palletized images. We propose a new method called Collaborative Compression, of dealing with compression and decompression tasks at a very low cost to achieve 30 fps SIF performance for desktop applications. Collaborative Compression is a systems approach to partitioning the functionality between CPU-centric (i.e. software) and hardware-assist (VLSI) in order to achieve the optimal cost solution. The CPU provides glue programmability to tie the accelerated and non-accelerated parts of the algorithm together. The advent of high bandwidth, low latency busses (VL Bus and PCI) enable a high speed data pathway between the distributed computational elements.

The visual C++ handbook

Abstract: From the Publisher: Picture the programming possibilities you can explore with this comprehensive guide to Microsoft's powerful Windows and Windows NT programming environment, Visual C++. If you program - or want to program - in Visual C++, this is the book for you. Expert programmers and best-selling authors Chris Pappas and William Murray have designed a modular approach to learning Visual C++ for programmers of all levels who want to program in C/C++ and for Windows, Windows NT, and Win32. If you're a beginner, you'll start from scratch with a quick start to C and C++ programming. The book covers both languages simultaneously, pointing out the similarities and differences, and you'll learn about the integrated environment. You'll find a tutorial on the Visual C++ compiler and linker packages and get a quick look at important Visual C++ tools. If you're an experienced programmer and already know something about Visual C++, you can skip directly to the sections about Windows programming and foundations for object-oriented programming in C++. Basic Windows programming concepts, libraries, tools, and utilities are all covered in detail. You'll also learn OLE (Object Linking and Embedding), DLL (Dynamic Link Libraries), and custom control fundamentals. Most importantly, you'll find clear, comprehensive coverage of the Microsoft Foundation classes that are vital for Visual C++ mastery. If you're interested in learning to program for Windows NT, the book includes an entire section about Windows NT programming techniques. Packed with useful and detailed code examples, The Visual C++ Handbook will expand your programming skills into areas you never before imagined. Whether you need to learn everything about Visual C++ or just brush up on certain areas, this is the one book you'll turn to again and again. With it, the programming possibilities are endless!

Building the information highway

Abstract: Networking experts Les Freed and Frank Derfler have teamed up again to provide this uniquely quick and comprehensive resource to networking in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1. The troubleshooting guide to straight answers on all types of networking issues, it combines the results of rigorous tests performed at ZD Labs with the authors' many years of experience.

Win32 system services: the heart of Windows NT

Abstract: The Win 32 system services are the capabilities that make Windows NT of interest. This volume shows programmers how to use all these different services in developing applications. It contains hundreds of concise examples, programs and explanations. The authors discuss files, the directory structure, the drive structure of Windows NT, processes and threads in the NT environment, NT's synchronization mechanisms, network communication, Remote Proceure Calls, NT services, the NT security system, consoles, communication ports in NT systems, accessing system information and consoles, communication ports in NT systems, assessing system information, and modularizing programs using dynamic link libraries.

DOS UNIX Networking and Internetworking

Abstract: UNIX, DOS, LANS, Windows and Windows NT, OS/2 Computer Hardware Network Theory Understanding Filesystems Graphical User Interfaces E-Mail Concepts Distributed Computing Choosing A Network Connection Cables The Network Interface Card Setting Up a TCP/IP Network Terminals & Accessories Installing X Servers Installing UNIX on a PC Installing PC-LAN/UNIX Hybrids Installing DOS-UNIX Interface Installing Terminal Simulation DOS Emulators Setting up E-Mail Software Utilities Product Evaluations: Network Products, X Servers, DOS-UNIX Interfaces, DOS Emulators, Utilities

Visual C++ handbook

Abstract: This handbook is designed for programmers at all levels. It teaches C and C++ simultaneously, noting similarities and differences. The authors include a tutorial on the compiler and linker, Visual C++, and teach programming for Windows, Win32 and Windows NT, with stong coverage of the Microsoft Foundation classes. The book is modular so readers can learn at their own pace, learn only what they need and review where necessary. It provides thorough coverage of Windows basics.

Wux: Unix tools under windows

Abstract: Wux is a port of Unix tools to the Microsoft Windows environment. It is based on a library providing a Unix-compatible set of system calls on top of Windows. Unix-derived tools run in parallel, communicating using the Unix pipe abstraction. All processes are run within an application template that gives them basic Windows compatibility such as input and output windows and an icon. The performance of the system is comparable to that of Unix ports to the PC architecture.

R4200: a high-performance MIPS microprocessor for portables

Abstract: The MIPS R4200 is a low-power, low-cost RISC processor targeted at portable computing and embedded applications Fully compatible with the MIPS R4000 family of high-performance microprocessors, the R4200 can power notebook, portable and low-cost desktop systems running either Windows NT or Unix The R4200 is specifically designed for low power consumption and achieves low cost through small, high-yield dies, while retaining high levels of performance >

Designing a PC with the DECchip 21066

Abstract: The DECchip 21066 microprocessor is an implementation of the Alpha AXP architecture The microprocessor is designed explicitly as a high-performance, low-cost PC engine that can run Windows NT The chip is the first microprocessor to include an on-chip controller for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) An on-chip memory controller provides memory subsystem design flexibility A PC based on the DECchip 21066 is smaller, less expensive, and simpler to design than most other PCs >

Porting Windows NT to the Alpha AXP architecture

Abstract: Microsoft released the Windows NT operating system in mid-1993 with support for three processor architectures: Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha AXP, Intel's x86, and MIPS' R4xxx. Digital Equipment Corporation ported Windows NT to the Alpha AXP architecture in conjunction with Microsoft. This paper discusses the goals and history of the port, and examines the key technical issues involved in porting Windows NT to another processor architecture. >