NEXTSTEP IN FOCUS

	Support Bulletin for Users and System Administrators
	Volume 4, Issue 1
	Winter 1994

	FEATURES

	Using SoftPCâ for Intel
	How to make SoftPC for NEXTSTEP for Intelâ processors work best for you.
	Joe Hollowood

	NetInfoâ Programming
	A tour of the tools you can use to build your own applications and utilities for managing NEXTSTEP networks.
	Marc Majka

	Getting the Best Support
	Making sure that you get the technical help you need.
	Allen Denison

	DEPARTMENTS

	Focal Point
	Using the best tools available.

	FAQ
	NeXT's Customer Support answers the most frequently asked questions.

	Tips & Techniques
	Measuring local disk space; security patch on the way; corrections to past issues.

	FYI
	Announcing training courses for the start of 1994; the case of the missing disk; how to reach NeXT.

CREDITS AND LEGAL MATTER
	Editorial

Editor: Cynthia Closkey
Copy editors: John Hammett

Design and production
Designer and illustrator: Nancy Serpiello
Book designer: Cindy Steinberg
Production coordinator: Jennifer Sherer
Production manager: Heidi Bolen
Circulation managers: Eric Larson, Chona Reyes
Printer: New Life Printing

Contributions
Allen Denison, Brandon Greimann, Joe Hollowood, Takuji Hosoi, Ellen Leeb, Alan M. Marcum, Marc Majka, Roy West

Technical reviews
David Bohman, Josh Doenias, Paul Frantz, Amir Gharaat, John Immordino, John Karabaic, 
Joe Keenan, Lennart Lovstrand, Scott Mattoon, Mike Paquette, Dan Peknik, Angela Spearman, Jan Tyler

Special thanks
Toni Childress, Nik Gervae, Gary Miller, Ian O'Donnell

Colophon
NEXTSTEP In Focus is designed, written, and produced with NEXTSTEP. Proofs are printed on a NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer. Final pages are transferred to film using NeXT computers and an electronic imagesetter.

About NEXTSTEP In Focus
NEXTSTEP In FocusÐSupport Bulletin for Users and System Administrators is a quarterly technical journal published by NeXT. It provides timely technical information to system and network administrators and users, to help you better support your NeXT network or user community and to let you make the most of NEXTSTEP.

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