cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) (01/09/90)
Is there one? O-------------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13901, USA V All the world is biscuit shaped. . . -- O-------------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13901, USA V All the world is biscuit shaped. . .
wvenable@spam.ua.oz (Bill Venables) (01/09/90)
In article <2767@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: > > Is there one? [ie a version of Macsyma for a PC?] > Isn't this camel-through-the-eye-of-a-needle stuff? (Or trying to teach a pair of elephants to dance in the back seat of a Volkswagen? :-) I think perhaps Maple is a better bet, but smybolic computation is generally BIG bikkies, anyhow. -- Bill Venables, Dept. Statistics, | Email: wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au Univ. of Adelaide, South Australia. | Phone: +61 8 228 5418
everett@ut-emx.UUCP (Everett W) (01/09/90)
In article <2767@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: > > Is there one? > Yes, Computer Aided Mathematics Group, Symbolics Inc. has it. Hardware requirement are 1) 386-based PC, IBM compatible. 2) 6 MB memery. 3) 40 MB hard disk. It support VGA, EGA, or CGA. It comes on 5.25" or 3.5" diskettes. Their phone numbers are: (617)221-1250 (800)622-7962. Everett.
afg@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (andrew.goldberg) (01/09/90)
In article <2767@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: > > Is there one? Yup. From Computer Aided Mathematics Group, Symbolics, Inc. 617-221-1250 or 800-622-7962. Pros: Claims to be complete port of MACSYMA to pc. Cons: Requires 386. Also 6MB RAM, 20MB free disk space, EGA or CGA or VGA, and Windows/386. According to a recent review in PC Magazine, they have not added any command line editing or graphics to the original MACSYMA system. By current PC standards, the user interface is primitive. Very Expensive: $2,900 (as of 5/89) If your needs and budget are modest, you might get by with Wolfram's Mathematica. I paid $995 for that. You can probably get reasonable educational discounts if you are associated with SUNY. Andy Goldberg AT&T Bell Laboratories Parsippany, New Jersey andrew.goldberg@att.com