From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 6 08:39:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA19961 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 08:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po1.glue.umd.edu (po1.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA19934 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 08:39:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fiber.eng.umd.edu (fiber.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.185]) by po1.glue.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA05003; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:39:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by fiber.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA16520; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:39:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:39:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@fiber.eng.umd.edu To: "Lenzi, Sergio" cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, tinman@cco.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows and DOS for Free BSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Lenzi, Sergio wrote: > > > Any reason you'd want to punish yourself by running DOS programs under > > > FreeBSD? > > > > Unfortunately, yes. Engineering classes here require matlab, which > > unfortunately is a dos beast. I'd LOVE to be able to run it (or Mathcad, > > even better) under FreeBSD. > > > Hello all! > > I have the same problem HERE, people wanting to use math... I ask a > polish math professor, and he presented me to GP PARI. > I see the program working, it's Free and Fantastic, plot graphics, > multiple precision math, unlimited user space, and very, very FAST. Sounds interesting (although it won't directly help me, you don't get a choice as to which software to run) but it would have been nicer if you'd included a pointer as to where GP PARI is .... > > > Hope this will help. > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------