Re: maple or derive

Alvar J. Garcia (aj317@FREENET.BUFFALO.EDU)
Tue, 21 May 1996 15:11:58 -0400

What about Mathermatica? We're finally upgrading our dinosaur PCs
in the math lad (Baldwin SHS) to Pentium 133Mhz PCs running WIN95 and
Netware 4.1 (etc.) and we're going to try mathematica.

On Tue, 21 May 1996, Alan Wilson wrote:

> On Mon, 20 May 1996, Steve Kraisler wrote:
>
> > I plan to augment my calculus class (inner city high school) with a
> > computer calculus program. Any suggestions on which on I should use?
>
>
> I can't comment on Maple, but we have used Derive here with great success.
> The version (early -- we haven't upgraded in a while) runs with adaquate
> speed on old XTs and can fit on a 360K disk. While it is true that we
> have the equipment to run Windows based programs, I prefer Derive in that
> it is reasonable to assume that even the poorest of our students could
> ponder purchasing a very used XT....... [This is not required as the
> college has adaquate facilities, but it is an option for the students to
> consider as they transfer to 4 year schools.
>

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