Top Dog - a sample IRIS Showcase document

[Dave Ciemiewicz]

In article <1991Mar19.103922.26551 at itnsg1.cineca.it>, root at itnsg1.cineca.it (Valter Cavecchia) writes:
|> Sorry for this question, but "What is showcase?"

In article <evansp.669319391 at sol.UVic.CA>, evansp at sol.UVic.CA (Peter Evans) writes:
|> Is there a more elaborate mouse-driven editor than jot available?
|> (An undo function would be nice.)

IRIS Showcase is an application developed at SGI as a general purpose
color drawing and presentation tool.  You can make 2D drawings with,
incorporate images, and even 3D objects which you can manipulate in
the document.

In the past year, I've used it for mocking up the UI for the project I'm
working on, creating slide presentations, creating fun stuff like Top Dog,
writing memos, and even for writing design documents (though something like
Frame is more useful as a document editor).

IRIS Showcase has an ASCII editing mode which may be used as a mouse driven
text editor which is more powerful than jot.  The nice thing is that it has
a built in spelling checker.

The IRIS Universe, issue 15, has an article on IRIS Showcase which includes
a screen shot of the application (note, not all of the gizmos come up at once
so it isn't as confusing as it might look in the article :^).

IRIS Showcase is being shipped with all new IRISes and is available to existing
customers for $100 and may be ordered through the SGI Software Express.  The
number for the Software Express is the same as the Technical Assistance Center
(previously the Geometry Hotline).  (I'd post it here but I don't want anyone
to think I'm advertising).