simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike) (09/03/88)
We just received the enhanced version of Mathematica for the Mac II today. It's not cheap---an extra US$300 for the 68881 support---but this is not PowerMath (which retails in the order of US$100). Earlier reports on Mathematica for the Mac noted that Dr Wolfram's book published by Addison-Wesley wasn't included. Either there was a reason at the time or they read the gripes in the meantime, but we received a hard-cover version of the book in the box. There is an educational institution discount in the order of 15%. ------------------- Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. UUCP: alberta!simon | BITNET: stortike@ualtavm | AGT: +1 403/432-3338 P.S. If you think Mathematica is expensive, wait until you pay for the memory upgrade so that it will run!
mccalpin@masig3.ocean.fsu.edu (John D. McCalpin) (12/09/89)
Is Mathematica shipping yet for the Silicon Graphics 4D machines? I am particularly interested availability for the 4D/25.... I guess I should ask my sales rep about the price.... On a related note: Is it likely to be possible to get an X-windows front-end for Mathematica to run on a Silicon Graphics 4D? This would be in addition to the native SGI front-end. I intend to do a lot of work from a remote X-windows terminal, and don't want to be limited to the raw ascii Mathematica interface when I am away from the console.... -- John D. McCalpin - mccalpin@masig1.ocean.fsu.edu mccalpin@scri1.scri.fsu.edu mccalpin@delocn.udel.edu
rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Igor Rivin) (12/09/89)
In article <MCCALPIN.89Dec8144037@masig3.ocean.fsu.edu> mccalpin@masig3.ocean.fsu.edu (John D. McCalpin) writes: >Is Mathematica shipping yet for the Silicon Graphics 4D machines? >I am particularly interested availability for the 4D/25.... >I guess I should ask my sales rep about the price.... Yes, Mathematica Version 1.2 is shipping for SGI machines. You can buy it either from Silicon Graphics or from WRI ((217)-398-0700). > >On a related note: > >Is it likely to be possible to get an X-windows front-end for >Mathematica to run on a Silicon Graphics 4D? This would be in >addition to the native SGI front-end. Yes, Mathematica runs under X-windows. I believe X-windows itself is an extra cost product from SGI, but I could be wrong. In any case your sales rep will probably be more informed about that than I. >I intend to do a lot of work from a remote X-windows terminal, and >don't want to be limited to the raw ascii Mathematica interface when I >am away from the console.... >-- >John D. McCalpin - mccalpin@masig1.ocean.fsu.edu > mccalpin@scri1.scri.fsu.edu > mccalpin@delocn.udel.edu -- Igor Rivin Wolfram Research, Inc. rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU or rivin@wri.com