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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
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Subject: Re: Mathematica for PC
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.013459.7495@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 01:34:59 GMT
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berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) writes:

>ssakata@weber.ucsd.edu (Shinichi Sakata) writes:


>>Hi,
>>  I heard that there was Mathematica for IBM PC. I am very interested
>>in it. Does anyone use it? If you have used Mathematica for IBM-PC,
>>would you please tell me how you feel about it?

>  Only thing I heard about it is that an 80386 with and 80387 is required,
>(EGA+ ??) and LOTS of money....
For a few years now, Wolfram has had a text-only (character-based)
version of Mathematica out for the PC.  It does require a 386, I'm
not sure that it requires a 387.  I have been hearing from Wolfram
(I know several people that work for them, in town) that they are
already done with a version that runs under Windows 3.0 and looks
"exactly like Macintosh Mathematica version 1.2 Enhanced".  Which is
what I use all the time.  The version of 1.2 Enhanced that I use on
the Mac does require a FPU, so I bet that a good PC version would,
too.
The new PC version (which has been official vaporware (tm) since
about November 1990, when it was first promised).


>-e.b.

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>  Eric Berggren             |   "Round and round the while() loop goes;
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David Lemson    U of Illinois Computing Services Student Consultant
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