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From: koreth@spud.Hyperion.COM (Steven Grimm)
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: WorkMan (audio CD tool for X) version 1.2
Date: 7 Feb 1994 13:00:24 -0800
Organization: Hyperion, Mountain View, CA, USA
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This is to announce the availability of version 1.2 of the WorkMan tool.  It
can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from ftp.hyperion.com or, for those
without ftp access, by sending the following mail to ftpmail@hyperion.com:

cd /WorkMan
get WorkMan-1.2.tar.gz

(Substitute ".Z" for ".gz" if you don't have the gzip compression utility.)
Binaries for ULTRIX 4.2 and HP/UX 9.0 are also available.  Note that HP/UX
8.07 isn't supported in this release; if you can get it working, please
contact me.

WorkMan is a graphical tool for playing audio compact discs on a CD-ROM
drive.  It has most of the features available on standalone CD players,
such as a shuffle mode, programmable playlists, and elapsed/remaining
timers.  But it also has extra features, foremost of which is the ability
to store information about CDs in a database, then automatically extract
that information when the CD is inserted later.  WorkMan stores the
artist's name, the disc title, the names of individual tracks, and even
remembers which tracks you don't want to hear!  All in an easy-to-use,
attractive OPEN LOOK graphical interface.

Disc databases may be shared among any number of users on the network.
WorkMan keeps separate databases for your private information about
CDs (e.g. which order you like the tracks to play) and the discs' public
information.  A sample database is available from ftp.hyperion.com.

WorkMan runs on the following platforms:

	BSD/386
	HP/UX 9.x
	Linux
	Solaris 2.x
	Sony NEWS
	SunOS 4.x
	SVr4 4.0
	ULTRIX 4.2

WorkMan requires the XView toolkit, version 3.0 or higher.  XView 3.0 is
part of the X11R5 contrib distribution.

This release represents a major reorganization of the platform-specific
code as well as various minor bug fixes and new features.  See the CHANGELOG
file in the source distribution for more information.

-Steve