Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!unmvax!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben From: ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Chem Eng/Mathematical/Scientific Software Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 91 22:57:16 GMT References: <7464@munnari.oz.au> Distribution: world Lines: 31 >In article <7464@munnari.oz.au> krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au (Alex Krooglik) writes: > > Can anyone suggest to me a suitable scientific/engineering package. >I need something capable of plotting linear/logarithmic graphs from >both equations and directly inputted numerical values, solvation of >simultaneous equations up to about 50x50, Partial and Linear >differential equations, etc. Maple sounds like it would do the job; check sci.math.symbolic for more details on where to get Maple. I have a friend who bought it for his Macintosh IIx, and has been *very* happy with it. [...] > And, lastly, does there exist a program that will enable me to >print with decent quality on my printer? I have a 24pin Fujitsu >DL-1100 and I am disappointed with the results I get from horrible >bitmap fonts like in ProWrite. Any way to improve this? I use PasTeX, a PD port of TeX to the Amiga. There is a commercial version called AmigaTeX that comes with excellent support, and may be better if you are not familiar with TeX. TeX is a text processor that is especially handy with scientific or engineering documents. I believe Maple can output equations in TeX format, although I am not positive. TeX output has been uniformly pleasing to my eye on everything from a 9-wire printer to an Apple LaserWriter IIntx. -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |