You can buy a TI-Nspire running Derive for about $150.
You can hold it in your hand.
RJF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Vadim
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:45 AM
> To: Vadim V. Zhytnikov
> Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] port question
>
> Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:
>
> > Vadim writes:
> >
> >> ahmet alper parker wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>> Is there a port of maxima for pocket pc's?
> >>
> >>
> >> there is rather old port at
> >> http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/wince/maxima-ce.html
> >>
> >> But I think it's not actually good for usage, due to serious WinCE
> >> limitations.
> >>
> >>> There is windows mobile for
> >>> pocket pc's. Can maxima be compiled for windows mobile?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > This old port works well on Windows Mobile 2003 SE.
> > It is not useless due to Windows CE/Mobile resources
> > limitations.
>
>
> you probably not aware that wince 4.20 and less just throws away
> applications randomly, whenever some 32 slots are occupied,
> and some are
> always occupied after system boot.
>
> My newer device starts throwing away sooner than my older device,
> because of some GSM stack, etc.
>
> The maxima could be usable, but only as a toy, IMO.
>
> > You can easily compute expand((x+y+z)^100)
> > for maybe one minute or so - it's pretty long expression.
> > The real trouble is that Maxima runs in it's own small
> > console window (Windows CE/Mobile don't have built-in console)
> > which doesn't have vertical scroll. So you are able to see just
> > last 15-20 lines of output. It render this port of Maxima
> > practically useless.
> >
>
> the output is written to some file, so you can grab the content.
>
> This is how PerlIDE for wince works, and I think you can adopt perlIDE
> for running maxima.
> So this is actually not a problem.
>
> I used PerlIDE, and think it could help you.
>
> See for example my screenshot at http://vkonovalov.ru/t-unihan.jpg
>
> Best regards,
> Vadim.
>
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