21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
10:44 a.m.
The first advanced math package I remember using on a microcomputer was
MuMath/MuSimp. Whatever happened to it?
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
School Zones: Man's attempt to thwart natural selection.
21 Aug
21 Aug
11:39 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:44:12PM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
The first advanced math package I remember using on a
microcomputer was
MuMath/MuSimp. Whatever happened to it?
It evolved into Derive (for DOS and Windows). Then TI used Derive
to create the math software for the TI-92. They made a lot of changes,
however, so you really couldn't say the -92 is running Derive -- more like
a relative.
Did you ever use MuStar?
I have MuMath/MuSimp for the Apple ][. It uses an OS called ADIOS
which works suspiciously like CP/M. The whole package was distributed
by Microsoft, though I'm sure they didn't write it. Unfortunately
MuStar wasn't ported to the Apple.
-- Derek
12:23 p.m.
The first
advanced math package I remember using on a microcomputer was
MuMath/MuSimp. Whatever happened to it?
It evolved into Derive (for DOS and Windows). Then TI used Derive
to create the math software for the TI-92. They made a lot of changes,
however, so you really couldn't say the -92 is running Derive -- more like
a relative. I have MuMath/MuSimp for the Apple ][. It uses an OS
called ADIOS
which works suspiciously like CP/M. The whole package was distributed
by Microsoft, though I'm sure they didn't write it. Unfortunately
MuStar wasn't ported to the Apple.
I first used MuMath/MuSimp on the TRS-80 Model I, and later for
CP/M.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
School Zones: Man's attempt to thwart natural selection.
3:14 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 04:23:20PM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
Ha!, so the Subject: change wasn't really needed.
Funny how that works.
I never used MuStar.
All I know about it is that it's like Wordstar (and may be tailored for
developing MuMath programs).
I first used MuMath/MuSimp on the TRS-80 Model I, and
later for
CP/M.
Wow, I didn't realize it was ported to the Model I. I assume it was the
_expanded_ Model I. :)
My Apple package comes with a Microsoft catalog in the back. It's fun to
read about a time when Olympic Decathlon was state-of-the-art and MS
software wasn't so flamboyantly flaky. (I'm sure it was still flaky, but in
a more subtle, less grandiose way.) I wonder what would happen if I sent in
the registration card?
-- Derek
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