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I've been using IDL on Windows for a while and had some problems with version 3.1.2. Version 3.5.1 is now available and has taken care of the bugs (I hope). To get a working demo of IDL for Windows ver 3.5.1 , ftp to gateway.rsinc.com, log on as ftp, send your address as password, go to pub/idl/windows and binary get all the files in the directory. -------------------------------- | MIKE MATHEWS | | fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za | | | | ANTARCTIC RESEARCH GROUP | | PHYSICS DEPT | | POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITY | | SOUTH AFRICA | | | | Phone: +27 (148) 992419 | | Fax : +27 (148) 992421 | ________________________________
In article <fskmjm.24@puknet.puk.ac.za>, fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za (MNR MJ MATHEWS) wrote: > I've been using IDL on Windows for a while and had some problems with > version 3.1.2. Version 3.5.1 is now available and has taken care of the > bugs (I hope). I'm running IDL (3.5.1) under OS2 2.1. In general it works well and is compatible with my unix procedures. I have, however, been getting a number of G.P.F. (General Protection(?) Faults). My 486 also seems to freeze often when I run MS-Kermit and IDL at teh same time but not, I think, when I run OS2 Kermit. I've had a couple of other problems such as not being able to use $DIR (I get a DOS window which closes immediately the operation is complete but before I can assimilate the information) and the screen not refreshing well when I'm running a long job but I don't know if it is due to IDL or OS2. The main problem I'm having is that the whole user interface is rather jarring after using a program like Microsoft Word or doing other things with the OS2 Workplace. In the primitive Unix world (as far as user interfaces) IDL fits right in but if I weren't tied to IDL, I would have searched hard for an alternative before shelling out $750 for the PC version -- Jayant Murthy Dept of Physics The Johns Hopkins University murthy@pha.jhu.edu
In article <murthy-120294114335@bubba.pha.jhu.edu> murthy@pha.jhu.edu (Jayant Murthy) writes: ... Stuff deleted ... > In the primitive Unix world > (as far as user interfaces) IDL fits right in but if I weren't > tied to IDL, I would have searched hard for an alternative > before shelling out $750 for the PC version > > -- How did you get IDL for $750? I thought it was going for $1500. I would hope that once RSI gets enough income from IDL for Windows that they will indeed drop the price (like most other PC software creators) and get it down to where the average Joe can afford to buy it (in the neighborhood of $200). Just Curious, -- Joseph M. Zawodny (KO4LW) NASA Langley Research Center Internet: zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov MS-475, Hampton VA, 23681-0001 Packet: ko4lw@n4hog.va.usa
> How did you get IDL for $750? I thought it was going for $1500. The same package sells for $3,000 here in Japan. What a stinky business! Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu)
In article <F61090G.94Feb17100951@ccsparc01.center.osaka-u.ac.jp> f61090g@center.osaka-u.ac.jp writes: >> How did you get IDL for $750? I thought it was going for $1500. > > The same package sells for $3,000 here in Japan. What a stinky business! > > Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu) This is very curious. Is the price higher in Europe as well? If not perhaps the increased price is due a government tarrif to deter the importation of software in to Japan. Otherwise there must be some hidden extra cost involved in doing business internationally. -- Joseph M. Zawodny (KO4LW) NASA Langley Research Center Internet: zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov MS-475, Hampton VA, 23681-0001 Packet: ko4lw@n4hog.va.usa
f61090g@center.osaka-u.ac.jp writes: >> How did you get IDL for $750? I thought it was going for $1500. > The same package sells for $3,000 here in Japan. What a stinky business! > Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu) According to the price lists: IDL for Windows and IDL for Macintosh run $1500. IDL for various workstations starts at $3000 (single user, single node) and goes up to $15000 (unlimited users, single node). RSI claims that they're always willing to cut deals with anybody buying more than one license. Joel -- "...And I am unanimous in this" - Mrs. Slocumb ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- | Joel D Offenberg | offenbrg@fondue.gsfc.nasa.gov | | Hughes STX/ UIT Science Team | I get paid to stare into space. |
zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov wrote; > This is very curious. Is the price higher in Europe as well? If not > perhaps the increased price is due a government tarrif to deter the > importation of software in to Japan. There is no tarrif at least for the software/computer imports here in Japan. Actually certain models of Macintosh computers are cheaper than in the U.S. and sell very well ( unlike US automobiles). > Otherwise there must be some hidden extra cost > involved in doing business internationally. I doubt it. RSI used to accept international orders for the same price as in the U.S. A couple of years ago, they suddenly refused to sell directly to oversea customers. In stead, they forced us to buy from their 'exclusive local dealer' for the local price, which is two times higher than U.S. price. Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu)
In article <2jvo0n$ctk@reznor.larc.nasa.gov> zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov (Joseph M Zawodny) writes: > In article <F61090G.94Feb17100951@ccsparc01.center.osaka-u.ac.jp> f61090g@center.osaka-u.ac.jp writes: >>> How did you get IDL for $750? I thought it was going for $1500. >> >> The same package sells for $3,000 here in Japan. What a stinky business! >> >> Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu) > This is very curious. Is the price higher in Europe as well? If not > perhaps the increased price is due a government tarrif to deter the importation > of software in to Japan. Otherwise there must be some hidden extra cost > involved in doing business internationally. The Mac and Windows versions go for $1500 but the UNIX/VMS versions for $3000. -------------------------------- | MIKE MATHEWS | | fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za | | | | ANTARCTIC RESEARCH GROUP | | PHYSICS DEPT | | POTCHEFSTROOM UNIVERSITY | | SOUTH AFRICA | | | | Phone: +27 (148) 992419 | | Fax : +27 (148) 992421 | ________________________________
fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za wrote; > The Mac and Windows versions go for $1500 but the UNIX/VMS versions > for $3000. The Mac and Windows versions go for $3,000 and the UNIX/VMS versions for $6,000 here in Japan. What's the point? Kyo Akita (kakita@solar.stanford.edu)