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From: chm@nugodot.think.com (Christopher Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Calculus programs?
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Date: 17 Jul 90 15:57:26 GMT
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In article <1990Jul16.185344.4787@uni-paderborn.de> ill@uni-paderborn.de
(Markus Illenseer) writes:
     Is there anybody already USING Maple (V4.0 ?)?

*I have been using Maple version 4.2 on my A1000 for the past few years.

     Is this Canadian Math Prog available and for reasonable price ? 

*Yes.  The price quoted in a recent posting to the net by Eric Giguere was
Can $475 for 1 CPU.  Site licenses and academic/institutional discounts are
available as well.

     How about the Memory they need or Harddrives ?

*You'll need at least 1Mb of memory and about 10Mb of hard disk space and
AmigaOS 1.2 or later.

     Any Experiences ?
*With 2.5Mb of memory on my A1000 I was able to perform many real
calculations with Maple.  Maple was designed for efficient use of system
resources and it shows in speed and the relatively low memory usage.  Other
symbolic algebra packages can require upwards of 3Mb just to "boot" and
more if you actually want to do a calculation!  I have been very happy with
Maple and am looking forward to the next released version of Maple for the
Amiga (4.4!).  I think Maple+ AmigaOS 2.0 will be a powerful
combination...I'm saving already for my A3000.

Note:  as with all computationally intensive programs, the faster the CPU
the better the performance.  That is one of the reasons I am upgrading to
the A3000.

     All I read about Maple on Amiga was the advertisment in the Docs for
          Maple on the last Page... 

*Well worth getting if you have a use for powerful symbolic algebra at home
on your PC.  For more information, please contact:

     	  Joyce Brennan, Distribution
    |\^/|      Waterloo Maple Software
._|\|   |/|_.  160 Columbia St. West
 \  MAPLE  /   Waterloo, Ontario
 <____ ____>   CANADA  N2L 3L3	
      |        Tel:  (519) 747-2373		wmsi@daisy.waterloo.edu
     	  Fax:  (519) 747-5284		wmsi@daisy.uwaterloo.ca

Enjoy,
Christopher Marshall
chm@think.com