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	The following are excerpts from a letter that I received from 
High Performance regarding various topics about Stella II.

	What is the connection of Stella to _Beyond the Limits_ (besides the
Stella diagrams in the book)?
 
>Regarding Beyond the Limits-yes, that book has generated a lot of publicity 
>for us!  Dennis Meadows is distributing a run-time version of the software 
>with his World3 Model.  Interested parties should contact Jennifer Bakke @ 
>the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, Hood House, Durham, 
>NH  03824, Phone 603-862-3057 Fax 1488.

	What is the situation on academic pricing?  How does one go about
getting the academic price?

>As far as purchasing an actual copy of the software, we do have academic
>pricing, at the precollege and university levels.  The retail price is $695,
>the university price is $295, and the precollege price is $245.  We do require
>proof of academic affiliation, which can be in the form of a PO or a letter
>showing the institution is an accredited academic institution.  Lab/LAN packs
>are also available.

	What is ithink?  Is it the same as Stella, or is it a hypercard
product?

>ithink is our business package.  It is functionally equivalent to STELLA II,
>except the context of the documentation and sample models is business, as
>opposed to academic, in nature.  ithink is used by Fortune 500 level companies
>as well as business schools and consulting groups.

>Your mention of a HyperCard front end probably stems from an older product we
>used to offer, STELLA Stack.  STELLA Stack was a HyperCard front end that
>worked with the STELLA software in the mid-to-late 80's.  The product was
>discontinued due to the steep learning curve of the HyperCard scripting
>language.  We are planning to release an Authoring Product in `93 which will
>serve the function of a facade layer on top of a model, but will not be based
>in HyperCard.  

High Performance Systems, Inc.
45 Lyme Rd., Suite 300
Hanover, NH  03755

Phone 603-643-9636
Fax 603-643-9502
Internet: X0858@AppleLink.Apple.COM

						Curt

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Curt McNamara	(mcnamara@mgi.com)	|"The present would be full of all
Mgmt. Graphics, Inc.			|possible futures, if the past had
1401 E. 79th St.			|not already projected a pattern
Mpls., MN    55425			|upon it."  Andre Gide
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