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In <aPLyXB1w165w@cpuig> cpuig@infoserv.com (Carlos M. Puig) writes:

>cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.M. Hicks) writes:

>The Student Version of Matlab (distributed by Prentice-Hall, I believe)
>is available at US $50.  Try the engineering section of a local college
>bookstore.  This version will run on any PC-compatible, with or without
>a math coprocessor.  However, for reasonable throughput, I recommend at
>least an 8 MHz 80286 with a coprocessor.  (A Mac version is also available,
>but I have not tried it.)

I'd want a 386, myself.  If you plan on doing any heavy duty
processing.  But the program will work on a 286.  They are
installed thusly on our school machines.

>The student version is the same as the previous MATLAB v3.5 with some
>additional m files from a couple of the toolboxes.  However, it is
>limited to 1024 elements per variable, and one can print graphs only
>with print screen.  For student work, these limitations are not
>serious.

Yes, the 1024 point limitation _is_ a serious liability, even for
a student, IMHO.  I'm currently a senior undergrad EE, and I have
been given problems too large to tackle with 4096 data points.

As a junior, I was given problems too large to tackle with the
student version by any means.

Note, though, that there is a group devoted to Matlab there, and
this subject has already been brought up there.
(Okay, okay, so I brought it up... Sue me. :-)

>I am an EE student and started using this program last semester.  It's
>very powerful, not only for DSP, but for general purpose engineering
>calculations.  A very good value if you can live with the matrix
>size limitations.

I agree, but the matrix limitations vex me to no end...

>There is a new newsgroup (1 or 2 weeks old) "comp.soft-sys.matlab",
>that is devoted to Matlab.  It may not yet be available at all
>sites.

Ah.  I see you've already mentioned it.

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