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SOFTWARE REVIEWS

1992; Routledge; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0033-0124.1992.00103.x

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Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research

Software Reviews are in this Article. DADiSP, Version 2.00. DSP Development Corporation, One Kendall Square, Cambridge MA 02139. Hardware requirements for version reviewed: IBM PC-AT or PS/2 or compatible with 640 KB memory; at least 2MB of extended memory; VGA, EGA, CGA, Hercules graphics or equivalent; running DOS 3.0 or higher. Several popular printers and plotters are supported, and PostScript capability is forthcoming. Math coprocessor recommended. List Price: $1,695; educational discount available. Versions are also available for the following hardware platforms: IBM PC/XT or compatible; DEC, HP9000, SUN, IBM RS/6000 and CONCURRENT series 500/600 workstations. Contact DSP Development Corporation for information regarding minimum configurations and prices for these environments, or for evaluation disk information. GEOTECH I–Simple Geologic Database Manager. Geotech Computer Systems, 7338 S. Alton Way 16F, Englewood, CO 80112. $100.00. Includes two floppy disks, 28 page manual. For IBM-PC, PC/AT,and compatibles. MapViewer, Version 1.0, 1991. Golden Soft ware, Inc., P.O. Box 281, Golden, CO 80402-028 1. $249. Thematic Mapping Package that runs under Microsoft Windows. Diskettes with software and sample data; 483 pp. manual. SimEarth, 1990 (IBM/Tandy version. Also available for Macintosh.). Maxis, 2 Theatre Square, Suite 242, Orinda, CA 94563-3041. $69.95. Includes 5.25 in. and 3.5 in. diskettes and manual. Requires 640 Kb RAM and a hard disk with 1.5 Mb free and DOS 2.1 or higher. TransCAD: Transportation Workstation Software, Version 2.0 (1990). Caliper Corporation, 1172 Beacon Street, Newton, MA 02161. For IBM-PC/compatible with a minimum 640K RAM, an 80287 or 80387 math co-processor, EGA or VGA (preferred) display and one parallel port. Recommended but not required are a mouse, laser printer of 1.5 megabytes of RAM, plotter, additional RAM beyond 640K, digitizing tablet. Educational discount price: $695.00.