vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (04/26/88)
Does anybody know about the status of Maple. In particular, I am interested if Maple v4.2 is available for the Amiga. My EMail, calls and letter have been met by thundering silence. But I have seen a letter that said that Maple is available for the Amiga. [This letter was written by one Iris Pietsch of the symbolic computation group at U. of Waterloo.] -Nath
kogeddes@watmum.waterloo.edu (Keith O. Geddes) (04/29/88)
In article <489@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes: >Does anybody know about the status of Maple. In particular, I am interested >if Maple v4.2 is available for the Amiga. Maple version 4.2 was recently released for Suns and it will soon be released on several other host systems. In particular, the person handling the port to the Amiga is giving it full attention for the next couple of weeks so it is expected to be ready for distribution by late May. Keith Geddes. kogeddes@watmum.waterloo.{edu,csnet,cdn} {ihnp4,allegra,decvax,clyde,mcvax,...}!watmath!watmum!kogeddes
vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (05/21/88)
A while back I had posted enquiries about Maple 4.2 for the Amiga. Waterloo has at last spoken and here is the scoop: Maple 4.2 is available for the Amiga. The discounted price for educational institutions is $395.00 (No it is NOT $295.00). I assume that the list is $790.00. I will post a review if there is any interest (and if I get the damn thing. Ohio State U has more paperpushers and than any other place I know and they are worse than the ones in India [That is the ultimate insult, if you don't know]. (They want to shop for the best deal, even if there is but a single source).
sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (05/21/88)
In article <539@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes: > A while back I had posted enquiries about Maple 4.2 for the Amiga. Waterloo > has at last spoken and here is the scoop: Maple 4.2 is available for the > Amiga. The discounted price for educational institutions is $395.00 (No it > is NOT $295.00). I assume that the list is $790.00. I will post a review > if there is any interest.... Please do! I'm interested! How does Maple compare with, say, Reduce or Macsyma? Is there a graphic user interface for it? Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 Fone: (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mitre-bedford.arpa UUCP: ...{cbosgd,decvax,genrad,ll-xn,mit-eddie,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Those who will be able to conquer software will be able to conquer the world." -- Tadahiro Sekimoto, president, NEC Corp.
vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (05/22/88)
I just learnt from R. Marianni (did I get it right?), who ported Maple to the Amiga that you need a hard disk. Also the OSU beaurocracy takes its own time to process the papers. (I have to put up with this to get the discount). So it may be September before you see my impressions.
rmariani@watmum.waterloo.edu (Rico Mariani) (05/22/88)
In article <32499@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes: > >In article <539@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes: > >> A while back I had posted enquiries about Maple 4.2 for the Amiga. Waterloo >> has at last spoken and here is the scoop: Maple 4.2 is available for the >> Amiga. The discounted price for educational institutions is $395.00 (No it >> is NOT $295.00). I assume that the list is $790.00. I will post a review >> if there is any interest.... > >Please do! I'm interested! How does Maple compare with, say, Reduce >or Macsyma? Is there a graphic user interface for it? Well I can't really say how Maple compares to those two packages as I've never used either of them. But from what I hear Maple is more complete than Reduce and "equal but different" than Macsyma. Take that with a grain of salt, there are better people to make that comparison. Maple 4.2 for the Amiga is completed and shipping. The above pricing seems right (the $395 is right, I don't know about the $790 list). Amiga Maple is a port of the standard Maple 4.2, it runs in a standard console window (or redirected from files etc.). The interface is text only. There is an Amiga plot facility where plots can be generated in hires or hires-interlace mode on the Amiga in addition to the normal plot flavours. Other than this, Amiga Maple 4.2 is just a straight port. Amiga Maple 4.2 requires a hard disk and at least 1 megabyte of extra memory in order to do non-trivial computations. If there are any questions about the Amiga port you can address them to me (while I'm here which isn't going to be for too long). Questions about Maple in general are better handled by the Symbolic Computation Group (maple@watmum.waterloo.edu). -Rico P.S. The last name is Mariani not Marianni or any other spelling permutation. rmariani@waterloo.edu