CAD tools, renderers, OCR software, etc.
IDL is the pioneering software for data analysis, visualization, and application development. IDL's features include flexible I/O, 2D plotting, 3D graphics, volume rendering, image processing, mathematics, statistics, a cross-platform GUI toolkit, plus a high-level, array-oriented programming language. Use IDL for visual data analysis, rapid prototyping, or application development. IDL programs are portable across Linux, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac, PowerMac, UNIX and VMS.
CD-ROM and anonymous FTP.
Free demo CD-ROM available or download via ftp.
IDL supports linux kernel version 1.2.8 dynamically linked using Slackware 2.3. Statically linked version also included for use with Linux versions less than 1.2.8. 16 MB RAM minimum recommended. 50 MB disk space.
1600+ pages of documentation on paper and hypertext on-line help.
Customer support service, maintenance/update service, training and consulting are available. In addition, a Usenet group is devoted to IDL.
HDF support, animation, volume slicer, high resolution mapping built-in.
September, 1995.
Ask vendor.
Contact vendor/distributor.
Research Systems, Inc.
2995 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO
U.S.A.
+1 (303) 786-9900
+1 (303) 786-9909
Andrea Bevis
October 7, 1996.
A flexible and powerful 3D graphics engine controlled by a high-level interpreted language called SMPL. With it, you can learn about 3D, write your own interactive simulations, animations, and ray-tracings. You can even write your own shaders, customize procedural objects and motions, and use up to 64 computers at once for net rendering. Includes executables for Windows 95, Windows NT x86 and Alpha, SGI Irix and Linux.
CD-ROM, ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge.
Very flexible. The owner is allowed to run as many copies as they can, on any platforms. Demo version, full documentation and sample images and scripts available on our web site.
Supports kernel 1.2.8 or 1.3.15. Non-ELF, a.out executable (QMAGIC). 16 MB of RAM minimum recommended. 7 MB free disk space recommended.
In HTML on CDROM.
Private news server, EMail.
Everything included on one CD-ROM.
August 1996.
World wide, direct and through dealers.
US$99
Syndesis Corporation
235 South Main Street
Jefferson, WI 53549
U.S.A.
(414) 674-5200
(414) 674-6363
John Foust <jfoust@threedee.com>
October 5, 1996.
Tecplot is a plotting program for visualizing and analyzing engineering and scientific data. Tecplot supports XY, 2D, 3D-surface, and 3D volumetric plotting. With Tecplot you don't have to write a program, just input your data and start visualizing immediately. For more information, see the Amtec Engineering home page.
Anonymous FTP, CD-ROM. Additional media types for extra charge.
Either personal licenses (node locked) or network licenses. Evaluation copies available on CD-ROM or by anonymous FTP.
12 MB minimum, Linux 2.0 or better, currently requires Motif 2.0 libraries on user system. 32MB ram is recommended.
Printed User's and Reference Manuals, full online help. English.
Update and technical support included with license for first three months. Extra charge (ask for EUSS) after that. Training courses available.
N/A
V7 since September 1996, V6 since August 1993.
Many, see Amtec home page.
US$1795 for personal license, US$2395 for single-user network license, US$1795 for each additional user. All prices the U.S.A. and Canada only.
Amtec Engineering, Inc
PO Box 3633
Bellevue, WA 98009-3633
U.S.A.
206-827-3304 (800-676-7568 in US/Canada
206-827-3989
October 8, 1996.
Image scanning and manipulation software for HP ScanJet scanners.
FTP or EMail preferred. 4mm DDS2 DAT tape or floppies (additional US$15 in the U.S.A., US$25 international).
XVScan is based on XV and is not available in demo version due to licensing restrictions. Distributed with full source code.
Linux, tested with 1.2.x and 2.0.x, requires a recent generic SCSI driver support to be built in (no earlier than 1.1.79). Motif is not required. Any XFree version (X11R5, X11R6).
Online, WWW, English.
Updates free for first year.
Also available for HP-UX, BSD/OS 2.2 and 3.0 and FreeBSD.
May, 1995.
Worldwide.
US$50 for FTP or EMail shipping. Additional US$15 for media in the United States, US$25, internationally. Mastercard, Visa and Discover Credit Cards accepted.
tummy.com, ltd.
#807 300 S 16th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
U.S.A.
(402) 344-4426
(402) 341-7119
Sean Reifschneider <jafo@tummy.com> or Evelyn Mitchell <efm@tummy.com>
October 5, 1996.