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From: hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
Subject: Re: Maple?
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In article <1991Apr12.232054.10840@midway.uchicago.edu> ppalmer@oskar.uchicago.edu (Patrick Palmer) writes:
>I have pretty decided to buying Maple.  I wrote and got the full
>package of material (reviews and comparisons with other packages as
>well as lots of details about use of the package).  I have two
>questions which I hope users can answer:
>
>1. What version is now available for the Amiga?  After 90 days
>upgrades cost 60% of the full price, and since 5.0 for the Amiga has
>been "soon" for a long time, it seems like a safer idea to wait until
>they actually release rather than guess that it will be within 90
>days.
>

Version V is currently being beta-tested and looks quite good. I run it on
a 3000 under kickstart version 37.74 and WB2.xx version 37.33.
Of course, Maple 4.2 *is* available, but lacks three-dimensional 'goodies'.
We use Maple 4.2 in our Amiga Classroom.

>2. I plan to use it on an un-accelerated A2000.  Is that in fact tolerable?
>

Yes, Maple 4.2 runs quite well on a 2000hd, for example. Our Classroom uses
2000hd's and we successfully use Maple. Expect it to be slower than on the
A2500, but it certainly works.

P.S. Maple V also runs well on the A2500 under the appropriate versions of
kickstart and WB2.xx.

>Pat Palmer (email: ppalmer@oskar.uchicago.edu)

                                  Herb


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