Re: 1984 mulisp used on an emulator

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:05:04 -0500, Paul Guertin wrote:

> mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
>
>> Olaf Marx wrote:
>>
>> >I remember that there was a "native" Apple version of MuMath.
>>
>> That is _very_ interesting!  I didn't know that it had been ported, and
>> would like to know if there is a copy extant.
>
> I used it once and might still have a copy somewhere. It ran on a custom
> DOS caled ADIOS which was basically a trimmed-down version of DOS 3.3
> (which left more RAM for the muMath program). I think it's one of the best
> Apple II programs ever.

Intersting name ADIOS. Is this what you say to your data of the version of DOS
crashed? :)

>
> In 1996 Paolo Micossi posted the following to this newsgroup. I contacted
> Mr. Dickey at the time but didn't buy a copy at the time. I don't know if
> he still has distribution rights.
>
> Paul Guertin
>
>: From: micossi@vaxts0.ts.infn.it (Paolo Micossi)
>: Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
>: Subject: muMATH/muSIMP available
>: Date: 2 Dec 1996 11:05 CET
>: Message-ID: <2DEC199611054002@vaxts0.ts.infn.it>
>:
>: [...]
>: I've just discovered that a classic Apple II software is still
>: being made/sold and I thought I should let you all know.
>: The software is the muMATH/muSIMP system, a computer algebra/symbolic
>: math package that originated on CP/M machines and is still currently
>: manufactured and sold for PC-type machines under the assumed name
>: of DERIVE. The CP/M version was released in 1979, and about one year
>: later a native Apple II version was ready. The company that built
>: the software (and still thrives selling DERIVE) was The Soft Warehouse.
>: Microsoft sold its own licensed version of muMATH too.
>: muMATH is fairly complete for a system that can run on a 64K (and
>: possibly 48K) Apple ][+. It does algebraic and trigonometric
>: manipulations, vector and matrix algebra, calculus (symbolic
>: differentiation and integration) and more. Its capabilities can
>: be expanded too, using the included language muSIMP. And it does it all
>: faster than one would expect. OK, you DO have to wait a few seconds
>: to see the output, but that is true of Mathematica too.
>: In fact, I think that what muMATH does on a 64K, 1 MHz,
>: 6502 machine is truly amazing.
>: Now that I have duly praised muMATH, I can tell you the news:
>: the University of South Carolina has got distribution rights for
>: muMATH/muSIMP and will sell you a set of disks and manuals for
>: US$50 + s/h. Shipping and handling is $10 for international orders,
>: should be sensibly less for US orders. Note that muMATH requires one
>: 5.25" disk drive (two recommended) and uses its own DOS, so it's
>: not HD installable.
>: The person to contact about muMATH is Ed Dickey; his e-mail address
>: is
>:                 Ed.Dickey@SC.edu
>:
>: You can also write him at the address
>:
>:                 Ed Dickey
>:                 College of Education
>:                 University of South Carolina
>:                 Columbia, SC 29208 USA

-- 
You mean 15" sparks are supposed to come out of this thing?