mma operational concepts
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: mma operational concepts
- From: mek at guinan.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek)
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 14:33:17 -0500
Howdy, I have a Powerbook 170 8/80 at home (along with a Sigma PowerPortrait) and a NeXTstation 32/(400+1.2) at the office and got to thinking I should standardize on one symbolic manipulation package rather than running Mathematica on the NeXTstation and Maple on the Powerbook. My impression (based on hearsay) is that Mathematica is too much of a resource hog to run effectively on the Powerbook which would seem to indicate that Maple is the winner and I should buy a copy for the NeXT. HOWEVER, I got to thinking some more (a dangerous thing, I know) and started toying with the concept of buying a couple of 14.4 modems for the machines and running the kernel on the NeXT and the front end on the Powerbook/PowerPortrait. I was wondering if anybody had implemented a similar configuration and, if so, what their impression was of the setup? Thanks much, Mark. --- Mark Kotanchek Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB Applied Research Lab/Penn State P.O. Box 30 State College, PA 16804 e-mail: mek at guinan.psu.edu (NeXTmail) TEL: (814)863-0682 FAX: (814)863-7843