Re: A86: Derive


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Re: A86: Derive




Nicolas Hannebicque wrote:

> I'm sure it won't. TI won't do that since the 92 has and TI still
> wants
> to sell 92s. And I think nobody here is able to program such a
> symbolic
> manipulation kernel (I mean for derivating and integrating, because
> for
> solving equations symbolically, it might be done). I already asked to
> some people on the net which told me it was very hard. Also I've
> decompiled Derive for DOS, which is 250 or 300 kB (too big for the 86
> :(
> ), and... ...2000 pages of code. Good luck to someone able to do that
> work... And remember the 92 has a 512 kB or 1 MB ROM...
>
> ~ Nicolas.

I never said TI would.  I was referring to Jimmy Mårdell's program.
Even if it isn't as good as Derive (not trying to offend anyone), it
will still do the important stuff.

-Jeremy




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