dont@loop.uucp (Don Taylor;644-7631) (04/25/91)
I have a relative novice using an ST. I would like to obtain a symbolic math program that will run on the machine. I was told there is a package called 'Elcal' but have been unable to track down a dealer. If someone has a copy they wish to part with, a source for the package at a reasonable price, or knows of other packages that would do algebra-calculus-etc. I would greatly appreciate any information. The machine is a 520STFM but could be upgraded to 1meg if really needed. It would be a definite advantage if the package were interactive and did not require compilation of the source, etc. Please reply by mail if possible I will try to mail a summary if requested Thanks Don Taylor 503-644-7631 loop!dont@tessi.UUCP dont@loop.UUCP tessi!loop!dont@nosun.west.sun.com
boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (04/26/91)
In article <1991Apr25.073843.6040@loop.uucp>, dont@loop.uucp (Don Taylor;644-7631) writes: >I have a relative novice using an ST. I would like to obtain a symbolic >math program that will run on the machine. I was told there is a package >called 'Elcal' but have been unable to track down a dealer. If someone >has a copy they wish to part with, a source for the package at a reasonable >price, or knows of other packages that would do algebra-calculus-etc. I >would greatly appreciate any information. > I have put the PD version of El Cal (called Sub_Cal) on atari.archive. It is a great program, and received heavy use by me during my undergraduate math courses. All ordering info is included in the archive. You may find that Sub_Cal has all the power you need (not much of it is disabled). Feel free to email questions. -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------
yegerleh@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Yegerlehner) (04/27/91)
In article <1991Apr25.214341.4806@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: > In article <1991Apr25.073843.6040@loop.uucp>, dont@loop.uucp (Don Taylor;644-7631) writes: > >I have a relative novice using an ST. I would like to obtain a symbolic > >math program that will run on the machine. I was told there is a package > >called 'Elcal' but have been unable to track down a dealer. If someone [stuff deleted] > > > > I have put the PD version of El Cal (called Sub_Cal) on atari.archive. It is > a great program, and received heavy use by me during my undergraduate math > courses. All ordering info is included in the archive. You may find that > Sub_Cal has all the power you need (not much of it is disabled). Feel free > to email questions. > -- > ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- > Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear > FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down > Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." > email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | > ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Wait a minute: I thought that El Cal (and therefore Sub Cal) is purely a numerical tool. The original poster asked for a symbolic math package. The only ones I know of are form, available for free on atari.archive, and Maple. Form is very general, but ha a steep learning curve, and requires that you program (recursively) in its own language. I saw a post a while ago that mentioned that Maple has been ported to the ST (~$400?), but I don't know anything beyond that. Jim -- __ __ | | \ / __ __ __ __ | __ |__ __ __ __ Jim Yegerlehner \/ |--'| ||--'| ||--'| || ||--'| 1132 Hawkins Graduate House | `-- `--|`-- | |`-- | || |`-- | W. Lafayette IN 47906
brad@bcars241.bnr.ca (Brad Shapcott) (04/27/91)
In article <1991Apr26.194927.14861@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> yegerleh@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Yegerlehner) writes: > >Wait a minute: I thought that El Cal (and therefore Sub Cal) is >purely a numerical tool. The original poster asked for a symbolic >math package. The only ones I know of are form, available for free on >atari.archive, and Maple. Form is very general, but ha a steep learning >curve, and requires that you program (recursively) in its own language. >I saw a post a while ago that mentioned that Maple has been ported to >the ST (~$400?), but I don't know anything beyond that. > >Jim The version I was offered, which was a disk set without manuals (I was told that the Mac version of the manuals was sufficiently close as to be useable) was $80. Now, that was through the University of Waterloo's computer store, and I am a FT student there, so there must be some discounting. But $400? That does seem a little steep (not for Maple, which is an excellent program, but in comparison to the price I was quoted). brad@bnr
gaertner@tertius.in-berlin.de (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr25.073843.6040@loop.uucp>, dont@loop.uucp (Don Taylor;644-7631) writes: > I have a relative novice using an ST. I would like to obtain a symbolic > math program that will run on the machine. I was told there is a package > called 'Elcal' but have been unable to track down a dealer. If someone > has a copy they wish to part with, a source for the package at a reasonable > price, or knows of other packages that would do algebra-calculus-etc. I > would greatly appreciate any information. > > The machine is a 520STFM but could be upgraded to 1meg if really needed. > It would be a definite advantage if the package were interactive and did > not require compilation of the source, etc. > Hear in germany was a package called RIEMANN. I recently saw an announcement, that a new version, RIEMAN II, will be available soon. I must to take a look into a magazine and will contact the authors for more informations (release date, language dependencies etc.). Ralf ------ Ralf Gaertner gaertner@venus.rz-berlin.mpd.de FHI Berlin