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From: rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Igor Rivin)
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Subject: Re: Mathematica on Mac SE?
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Date: 9 Nov 89 21:49:05 GMT
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In article <21187@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> mck@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
>I'm interested in developing a shell around Mathematica for analysis of 
>kinematic and dynamic equations of robot manipulators.  The shell will be 
>written in C.
>
>Now the question?  Is it feasible to do this on a Mac SE with a 20MB hard
>disk and 4 meg RAM or should I think about an SE/30 or a IIcx?  
>Suggestions are welcome.  Price is an issue.
>
>Mark Kilby
>mck@beach.cis.ufl.edu

It is feasible on an SE, but if your stuff is at all numerically
intensive you should do it on a machine with a Floating Point chip (or
you can get an accelerator card...). 

If you are going to be doing development, I would definitely suggest
more than 4MB.

By the way (this may be construed as a PLUG), WRI does have a
development program, whereby you can get some support and discounts.
For information, call 217-398-0700, ask for Lisa Shipley.

--
Igor Rivin                                Wolfram Research, Inc.
rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU or
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