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From: rcnelson@l_eld02.icaen.uiowa.edu (Ryan Christian Nelson,ZZZZ,3390469,3390469)
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Subject: Front Ends??  (was: Re: Mathematica for $49?)
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Date: 28 Jan 91 07:45:00 GMT
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From article <13194@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, by krk@cs.purdue.EDU (Kevin Kuehl):
> 	1. Standard version.  This is ``normal'' Mathematical we all
> 	   know and love.  This had a 25% discount until February.
> 	2. Enhanced version.  This uses the FPU on the machine to do
> 	   the calculations, but otherwise is no different.  This also
> 	   has the 25% off discount until February.
> 	3. IF you are a student, you are eligible for the student
> 	   version.  From the person's on the phone explanation, this
> 	   is simply just the standard version available only for
> 	   students.  It has no 25% discount.

I once heard (read?) that there was a macintosh version of the mathematica
"Front End" ONLY (no kernel, no brains) for those of us who want to use
mathematica running on a mainframe computer but are nauseated by trying to
graph 3-D things on a tek emulator at home on our macs.  I also heard this 
was cheap....actually, I think it was about $49.  Is this what you were 
thinking of?  Does anyone know where it can be got?