From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
Subject: Re: Looking for Mathematica-style pgm.
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:06:53 GMT

From article <1992Sep30.234310.59321@cc.usu.edu>, by slbfn@cc.usu.edu:
> In article <1992Sep30.232516.4972@trl.oz.au>, aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan) writes:
>> Like the heading says...  I'm sure I had a demo or something like this a
>> while back, and only found a need for it after the disk was recycled.
>> 
>> I have found reference to Scoonschip on Fish 568, but it seems limited,
>> and there doesn't seem to be a Maple port either.
> 
>   Maple V is indeed available on the Amiga.  It requires AmigaDOS 2.0.
>   I don't know anything else, but I wish somebody would post the info.
> 
>   I am looking to purchase Maple V myself.

I got a bit of email in response, all pointing to MapleV.  Included was
the press release, which I have appended for all to see.  At $US450 and
2 Meg, 2.04 OS it will have to wait.  I couldn't find mention of a demo
version for the Amiga, 'tho there is one for 386+ trash.


--------------- Announcing Maple (TM) V for the Amiga ---------------------

Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Maple Software is pleased to announce that 
Maple V for the Amiga is now shipping.  Maple V is a completely new 
version of this powerful, interactive computer algebra system used 
worldwide by mathematicians, engineers and scientists for teaching, 
research and commercial applications. 

	Maple V for the Amiga delivers powerful 3-D PostScript and IFF 
output graphics.  Maple V's comprehensive mathematics library has been expanded 
to include over 2,000 functions.  In addition, Maple V offers many more 
specialized functions for engineers as well as a new facility for defining 
and using mathematical operators.  Maple V supports the Amiga 2000,
2500, and 3000 and requires Kickstart version 2.04.  In addition, 
the system has an ARexx port which supports all Maple V functions.

	Ron Neumann, Chief Executive Officer, said "Maple is already the 
acknowledged leader in computational power, speed and accuracy. With its new 
features, Maple V is the clear choice for the selection of a computer algebra 
system. Our release for the Amiga is a strategic move because it offers 
Amiga users the only symbolic mathematical system of its kind for the 
Amiga environment."

Maple is a proven leader in educational applications.  Over 25 universities 
internationally have contracted Maple as their symbolic algebra software 
campus-wide, including MIT, Stanford University, Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute, and the California Institute of Technology.

Marvin Weinstein of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center uses Maple 
for the Amiga for his work in high-energy physics theory.  "I use Maple 
on the Amiga to do my writing and debugging because of its nice, interactive 
environment and its power," said Weinstein.

Maple has also been a primary component in the development of new calculus 
curricula funded by the Sloan Foundation and the National Science
Foundation. The National Science Center Foundation of Augusta, Georgia
is incorporating Maple into an overall high-school algebra product.
Commercially, Prime Computer uses Maple as a development tool and MathSoft 
incorporates some of Maple V's symbolic capabilities.

Maple V for the Amiga is available immediately from Waterloo Maple Software at  
the single-CPU price of $450 US or at a discounted upgrade price for previous
customers. For academic customers, upgrade programs, academic pricing and 
site licenses are available.  Maple is also available for most microcomputers, 
workstations, minis, mainframes and supercomputers. 

Waterloo Maple Software (WMS) is a private company founded in 1988 to market, 
distribute and support Maple software.  Maple is the result of 10 years 
of extensive research and development in the computer labs of the 
Symbolic Computation Group, Department of Computer Science, University of 
Waterloo --- an institution world renowned for its leading edge innovations in
computer software.  

For more information on Maple V, contact:

	Waterloo Maple Software
	160 Columbia Street West
	Waterloo, Ontario
	Canada  N2L 3L3

	(519) 747-2373 (Sales)
	(519) 747-5284 (FAX)

	wmsi@daisy.uwaterloo.ca

Maple V for the Amiga requires Kickstart 2.04, at least 2 megs of memory
(4 or more is recommended) and about 8 megs of free hard disk space.  Included
in the price are the two hardcover Maple V manuals published by 
Springer-Verlag.

Followups and questions to comp.sys.amiga.applications, please.

(Please note that I don't speak for WMSI.)

-- 
Eric Giguere                                       giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA

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