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From: flip@pixar.UUCP (Flip Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Symbolic Equation Solvers
Keywords: Mathmatica
Message-ID: <2069@pixar.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 88 16:13:15 GMT
References: <48520UOO@PSUVM> <46100193@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <683@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: flip@pixar.UUCP (Flip Phillips)
Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California
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In article <683@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> gae@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Gerald Edgar) writes:
>In article <46100193@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> dsimkins@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>>
>>There is a program called Mathematica from Wolfram Research Inc. that runs
>>on Mac II's, Pluses and SE's.  The version for the II runs $795, and $495
[...]
>
>But not with one megabyte RAM.

Here's the scoop on Mathmatica:
Mathmatica consists of a kernel and a front end. It is available on a 
veratible plethora of machines. (Sun, Mac, SGI, Apollo, Cray soon, etc)
The two parts are seprable, that is, you can run the kernal on your
cray and your front end on the Mac... If you're doing this youCAN
run the front end in 1 meg on a mac plus,se,ii. If you want to run 
both the kernaal and thge front end on the mac they suggest you have at 
least 2.5 meg. I suggest a minimum of 4meg. 

It is a great program, the new release for the Mac has one 
of the best user interfaces for any program I've seen.
A good help system, a 'Why the beep?' menu item which tells you why
the last error occurred and when it happened. really hip. 

If you want to learn more about it, pick up a copy of
'Mathmatica' at you local book store or from Addison Wesley.
This book is the 'kernal manual' which isn't included when you
buy the actual software. I guess they did this because there
is one kernal and several front ends.




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Flip Phillips                                        {sun | ucbvax}!pixar!flip
Pixar - Marin County, California