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From: rmariani@watmum.waterloo.edu (Rico Mariani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,sci.math.symbolic
Subject: Re: Maple for the Amiga
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Date: 22 May 88 14:44:15 GMT
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In article <32499@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
>
>In article <539@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes:
>
>> A while back I had posted enquiries about Maple 4.2 for the Amiga. Waterloo
>> has at last spoken and here is the scoop: Maple 4.2 is available for the
>> Amiga. The discounted price for educational institutions is $395.00 (No it
>> is NOT $295.00). I assume that the list is $790.00. I will post a review
>> if there is any interest....
>
>Please do!  I'm interested!  How does Maple compare with, say, Reduce
>or Macsyma?  Is there a graphic user interface for it?

Well I can't really say how Maple compares to those two packages as I've
never used either of them.  But from what I hear Maple is more complete
than Reduce and "equal but different" than Macsyma.  Take that with a
grain of salt, there are better people to make that comparison.

Maple 4.2 for the Amiga is completed and shipping.  The above pricing
seems right (the $395 is right, I don't know about the $790 list).

Amiga Maple is a port of the standard Maple 4.2, it runs in a standard
console window (or redirected from files etc.).  The interface is text
only.  There is an Amiga plot facility where plots can be generated
in hires or hires-interlace mode on the Amiga in addition to the
normal plot flavours.  Other than this, Amiga Maple 4.2 is just a straight
port.

Amiga Maple 4.2 requires a hard disk and at least 1 megabyte of extra memory
in order to do non-trivial computations.

If there are any questions about the Amiga port you can address them
to me (while I'm here which isn't going to be for too long).  Questions
about Maple in general are better handled by the Symbolic Computation
Group (maple@watmum.waterloo.edu).

	-Rico

P.S.  The last name is Mariani not Marianni or any other spelling permutation.

	rmariani@waterloo.edu