APL Product Guide
Vector 15:1, page 22
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VECTOR's exclusive Product Guide aims to provide readers with useful information about sources of APL hardware, software and services. We welcome any comments readers may have on its usefulness and any suggestions for improvements.
We reserve the right to edit material supplied for reasons of space or to ensure a fair market coverage. The listings are not restricted to UK companies and international suppliers are welcome to take advantage of these pages.
For convenience to readers, the product list has been divided into the following groups ('poa' indicates 'price on application'):
- Complete Systems (Hardware & Software)
- APL and J Interpreters
- APL-based Packages
- Consultancy
- Other Products
- Overseas Associations
- Vendor Addresses
- World Wide Web and FTP Sites
Every effort has been made to avoid errors in these listings but no responsibility can be taken by the working group for mistakes or omissions.
We also welcome information on APL clubs and groups throughout the world.
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COMPLETE APL SYSTEMS¶
| COMPANY | PRODUCT | PRICES(£) | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyadic | IBM RS/6000 MD320 | 11,736 | APL POWERstation (Greyscale) 27.5 MIPS, 7.4 Mflops RISC Processor 8Mb RAM, 120Mb Disk 19" 1280x1024 Greyscale Graph Display AIX, OSF Motif, Dyalog APL (1-user) |
| IBM RS/6000 MD320 | 13,817 | APL POWERstation (Colour) 27.5 MIPS, 7.4 Mflops RISC Processor 8Mb RAM, 120Mb Disk 16" 1280x1024 Colour Graphics Display AIX, OSF Motif, Dyalog APL (1-user) |
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| IBM RS/6000 MD320 | 22,656 | Advanced APL POWERstation 27.5 MIPS, 7.4 Mflops RISC Processor 16Mb RAM, 320Mb Disk, 150Mb Tape 16" 1280x1024 Colour Graphics Display AIX, OSF Motif, Dyalog APL (1-user) |
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| IBM RS/6000 MD520 | 37,114 | APL POWERsystem (8-users) 27.5 MIPS, 7.4 Mflops RISC Processor 16Mb RAM, 320Mb Disk, 150Mb Tape CD-ROM Drive, 16 Ports AIX, Dyalog APL (2-8 user licence) |
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| IBM RS/6000 MD530 | 72,054 | APL POWERsystem (16-users) 34.5 MIPS, 10.9 Mflops RISC Processor 32Mb RAM, 1.34Gb Disk, 2.3Gb Tape CD-ROM Drive, 16 Ports AIX, Dyalog APL (8+ user licence) |
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| IBM RS/6000 MD540 | 122,842 | APL POWERsystem (32-users) 41 MIPS, 13 Mflops RISC Processor 64Mb RAM, 1.7Gb Disk, 2.3Gb Tape CD-ROM Drive, 32 Ports AIX, Dyalog APL (8+ user licence) |
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| Optima | IBM Compatible | poa | Complete networked or stand-alone solutions including configuration installation, maintenance and commissioning. |
APL INTERPRETERS¶
| COMPANY | PRODUCT | PRICES(£) | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| APL Software | APL*Plus/PC Release 10 | 450 | STSC's APL for IBM PCs & compatibles.Upgrades from earlier releases also available. |
| Run-time | poa | Closed version of APL*Plus/PC which prevents user exposure to APL. | |
| APL*Plus II | 1,395 | All the features of mainframe APL*Plus for your 386PC! | |
| Run-time | poa | ||
| Dyalog APL | 1000-10,000 | 2nd generation APL for Unix systems | |
| APL2/PC | poa | IBM's APL 2 for the PC. | |
| Beautiful Systems | Dyalog APL/W for Windows | poa | US Distributor of Dyalog APL products from Dyadic. |
| Dyalog APL for Unix | poa | See Dyadic listing for product details. | |
| The Bloomsbury Software Company | APL+PC Version 11 | 250 | Upgrade to version 11 gives free runtime (£120 from any version) |
| APL+Win v3.0 | 1350 | A 32-bit Windows-hosted interpreter that runs under all Windows platforms including Windows 95. Note: Upgrade for £350 from version 1.8 or 2, £920 from version 1.0 | |
| Migration to APL+Win | 1060 | from APL*PLUS/PC APL*PLUS/DOS any version. | |
| from earlier versions of APL*PLUS II | |||
| APL+DOS | 1250 | APL*PLUS II DOS is renamed to APL+DOS. | |
| Migration to APL+DOS | 760 | from APL*PLUS/PC | |
| APL Link | 200 | Database Access | |
| APL Link Pro | 500 | ||
| APL*PLUS II for UNIX | poa | APL2000's 2nd generation APL for all major Sparc and Risc Unix workstations. | |
| APL*PLUS VMS | poa | 2nd generation APL for DEC VAX computers under VMS. | |
| APL*PLUS Mainframe | poa | Enhances VS APL with many high performance, high productivity features. For VM/CMS and MVS/TSO offers simple upgrade from VS APL. | |
| Dinosoft Oy | Dyalog APL/W for Windows | poa | Finnish distributor of Dyalog APL products. |
| Dyalog APL for Unix | poa | See Dyadic's listing for product details. | |
| Dyadic | Dyalog APL for DOS/386 | 995 | Second generation APL for DOS.Runs in 32-bit mode, supports very large workspaces. Unique "window-based" APL Development Environment and Screen Manager. Requires 386/486 based PC or PS/2, at least 2Mb RAM, EGA or VGA, DOS 3.3 or later. |
| Dyalog APL/W for Windows | 995 | As above, plus object-based GUI development tools. Requires Windows 3.0 or later. | |
| Dyalog APL for Unix | 995-12,000 | Second generation APL for Unix systems. Available for Altos, Apollo, Bull, Dec, HP, IBM 6150, IBM RS/6000, Masscomp, Pyramid, NCR, Sun and Unisys machines, and for PCs and PC/2s running Xenix or AIX. Oracle interface available for IBM, Sun and Xenix versions. | |
| IAC/Human Interfaces | I-APL/Mac | 13 | Macintosh version of I-APL |
| I-APL Ltd | I-APL/PC or clones | 8 | ISO conforming interpreter. Supplied only with manual (see 'Other Products' for accompanying books). |
| I-APL/BBC Master | 8 | As above | |
| I-APL/Archimedes | 8 | As above | |
| Strand Software Inc | Strand Software Inc has the sole selling rights to Iverson Software Inc products. I-APL stocks a few of these (mainly APLIWIN and the personal J products and books), but is no longer an agent. | ||
| IBM APL Products | TryAPL2 | free | APL2 for educational or demonstration use. Write, fax or Email to APL Products; specify disk size desired. |
| APL2 PC (US Version) | $630 | Product No. 5799-PGG. PRPQ Number RJ0411. Order from 1-800-IBM-CALL |
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| APL2 PC (European Version) | £348 | Product No. 5604-260. Part number 38F1753. From all IBM dealers, including MicroAPL. |
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| APL2 for OS/2 Entry Edition | $185 | Part No 89G1556. | |
| APL2 for OS/2 Advanced Edition | $650 | Part No 89G1697. Contains all facilities of the Entry Edition plus: DB2 interface; co-operative processing TCP/IP interface; tools for writing APs; TIME facility | |
| APL2 for Windows version 1.0 | $1500 | Product No. 5639-d46, part number 4229558. | |
| APL2 for Sun Solaris | $1500 | Product No. 5648-065. | |
| APL2 for AIX 6000 | poa | Product No. 5765-012. | |
| APL2 Version 2 | poa | Product No. 5688-228. Full APL2 system for S/370 and S/390 | |
| APL2 Application Envt Vn2 | poa | Product No. 5688-229. Runtime environment for APL2 packages | |
| Insight Systems | APL*PLUS/PC | poa | APL systems marketed and supported ... |
| Dyalog APL | poa | from: Dyadic, Manugistics, IBM | |
| APL2 | poa | under: Windows, OS2 and Unix | |
| Iverson Software Inc. | J on the Web online registration ... | ||
| J Educational Edition | $50 | ||
| J Standard Edition | $150 | ||
| J Professional | $325 | ||
| Books and accessories (discounts for reg users) | |||
| J Dictionary | $50 | ||
| J User Manual | $50 | ||
| J Phrases | $40 | ||
| J Primer | $40 | ||
| Set of the above 4 books | $160 | ||
| Concrete Math | $40 | ||
| Fractals, Visualization & J | $50 | ||
| Exploring Math | $50 | ||
| J User Conference Proceedings | $35 | ||
| Mugs, T-shirts, Mousepads $10 each | |||
| APLIWIN | $70 | For 386/PC under Windows 3.1 | |
| J Austria | J | poa | Distributor for Austria and Switzerland |
| Dyalog APL | poa | Distributor | |
| Causeway Products | poa | Distributor | |
| Structural Analysis Software | poa | Complete package by IG Zenkner&Handel to perform structural analysis/engineering calculations. Also suitable for dynamic problems, e.g. earthquake simulation. | |
| Lescasse Consulting | APL+PC | poa | Lescasse Consulting is the exclusive APL2000 distributor in France and also |
| APL+Unix | poa | distributes in Switzerland and Belgium. Call for price quotes. | |
| APL+DOS | poa | ||
| APL+Win | poa | ||
| Dyalog APL/W | poa | French distributor for Dyalog | |
| MasterWork Software | Manugistics Products and ISI | poa | New Zealand distributor |
| MicroAPL | APL.68000 Level I | 2000 | First generation APL with numerous enhancements. Multi-user version (Unix, Mirage, MCS). |
| APL.68000 Level II | 2500 | Second generation APL. Nested arrays, user defined operators, selective specification etc. Multi-user version (Unix, Mirage, MCS) | |
| APL.68000/X | 1500-6000 | Second-generation APL. Nested arrays, user defined operators, selective specification, etc. Multi-user AIX version with full OSF/Motif support. | |
| APL.68000 Level I Mac, ST, Amiga |
87 | First generation APL. Single user, full windowing interface, software floating point support. | |
| Mac, Amiga | 260 | First generation APL. Single user, full windowing interface, hardware floating point. | |
| APL.68000 Level II ST |
170 | Second generation APL. Full windowing interface, software floating point support. | |
| Amiga | 260 | Second generation APL. Full windowing interface.Hardware and software floating point support. | |
| Mac | 520 | Second generation APL. Full windowing interface.Hardware and software floating point support. | |
| APL*PLUS Rel 10 | 450 | ||
| APL*PLUS II V 4.0 | 1395 | ||
| Oasis Systems | Dyalog APL | poa | Dyadic Systems |
| APL*PLUS | poa | Manugistics | |
| APL.68000 | poa | MicroAPL Ltd | |
| APL2 | poa | IBM | |
| Optima | Dyalog APL/W | 995 | Fully fledged Windows development environment. |
| RE Time Tracker Oy | APL+PC (APL*PLUS/PC) | poa | Complete APL+ and Statgraphics product range and links to various 3rd party products. |
| APL+DOS (APL*PLUS II) | |||
| APL+Win (APL*PLUS III), APL+Link | |||
| APL+UNIX | |||
| APL*PLUS Sharefile | |||
| Soliton Associates | SHARP APL for MVS | poa | for IBM MVS mainframes |
| SHARP APL for Unix | poa | for IBM RS/6000 and Sun SPARC | |
| Strand Software | Canada | ||
| All APL*PLUS Products | poa | All APL*PLUS products including upgrades and educational. | |
| Dyadic and ISI products | poa | ||
| USA | |||
| Dyadic and ISI products | poa |
APL PACKAGES¶
| COMPANY | PRODUCT | PRICES(£) | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAPTA Software | MPS - Master Production Scheduling | pos | |
| FBS - Forecasting and Budgeting System | |||
| DRP - Distribution Requirements Planning | |||
| Adaptable Systems | FLAIR | poa | Finite loader and interactive rescheduler. Customisable full-function scheduling system. (Available outside Australia by special arrangement only.) |
| Adaytum Software | Adaytum Planning | poa | Full-featured Budgeting and Financial Planning system for medium to large enterprises. |
| The APL Group | Qualedi | $1500-4000 | Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) translation software for the PC, with strict compliance checking. |
| APL Software Ltd (mainframe) |
RDS | poa | Relation Data Base System |
| IPLS | poa | Project Management System | |
| REGGPAK | poa | Regression Analysis Package | |
| (microcomputer) | POWERTOOLS | 295 | Assembler written replacement function for commonly used CPU-consuming APL functions, includes a Forms Processor. |
| REGGPAK | poa | Regression Analysis Package | |
| RDS | 990 | Relational Database System | |
| Beautiful Systems | ASF_FILE | $399 | Dyalog APL/W auxiliary processor for access to APL*PLUS/PC APL component files (*.ASF). |
| NAT_FILE | $299 | Dyalog APL/W auxiliary processor which emulates the APL*PLUS/PC quad-N native file subsystem for access to the DOS file system. | |
| DBF_FILE | $299 | Dyalog APL/W auxiliary processor for efficient block mode access to dBASE format files. Designed to get large amounts of data in and out of dBASE. Not suited for random access to small amounts of data (it does not handle keys). | |
| SF_READ | poa | Dyalog APL/W functions to read APL*PLUS data objects of any type or structure from *.SF style component files created by APL*PLUS II or III. | |
| The Bloomsbury Software Company (for VSAPL) |
Enhancements & Sharefile | poa | Component files, quad-functions & nested arrays for VSAPL under VM/CMS & MVS/TSO |
| Compiler | poa | The First APL compiler! | |
| (for APL2) | Sharefile/AP | poa | STSC's shared access component file system for APL2. Comparable to all APL*PLUS file systems: multi-user storage of APL2 arrays with efficient disk usage. |
| Causeway | CausewayPro for Dyalog/W | 400/$600 | Causeway application development platform for Dyalog APL/W. |
| RainPro Business Graphics | 250 | The ultimate graphics toolkit for the APL developer. Adds 3D charting capability, Web publishing and clipboard support to the shareware product. Charts can be included in NewLeaf reports. Functionally compatible across Dyalog/W and APL+Win. | |
| NewLeaf for Dyalog and +Win | 400 | Frame-based reporting tool with comprehensive table-generation and text-flow support. Offers multiple master-page capability, bitmap wrap-around and on-screen preview with pan and zoom. Fully supported on Dyalog/W and APL+Win (1.8 and above) | |
| Cinerea AB | ORCHART | 250 | Organization chart package for IBM APL2/PC. Full & heavily commented source code included - free integration into other applications. NB: ASCII output with line-drawing (semi-graphic) characters for boxes. |
| CODEWORK | HELM | poa | Decision Support system for top management. Handles large multi-dimensional tables, data analysis, EIS presentations; generates HTML and Latex output. Platforms: DOS, APL+II, Windows 3.1/95 for Dyalog APL, LAN support. Ideal for APL customisation, more than 100 installed. |
| H.M.W. | 4XTRA | poa | Front-end Foreign Exchange dealing / pos keeping |
| Arbitrage | poa | Arbitrage modelling | |
| Basket | poa | Basket currency modelling | |
| Menu-Bar | poa | pull-down menu for APL*PLUS/PC | |
| HRH Systems | APL Utilities | poa | Software to transfer workspaces between APL*PLUS and Sharp, and between APL*PLUS and I-APL. Software to import IBM .ATF files to APL*PLUS. |
| APL*PLUS Utilities | Public domain software, unlock locked fns, a user-friendly alternative to locking, fns of mathematical physics, menus, and others. | ||
| IAC/Human Interfaces | SPARKS | poa | Educational simulation of electric circuit (for Apple Mac.) |
| EPIDEMIC | poa | Educational simulation of spreading infection (for Apple Mac.) | |
| COINS | poa | Educational simulation (KS3) of coin-tossing experiment with simple stats (for Apple Mac.) | |
| FIBONA | poa | Educational simulation of Fibonacci's rabbits (for Apple Mac.) | |
| I-APL Ltd | Educational workspaces | 5 | PC format disks with the examples from: Thomson. Espinasse (Kits 1-4), Kromberg, Jizba & FinnAPL. All the examples to save your fingers! |
| IBM APL Products | A Graphical Statistical System | $250 | for DOS, Product Number 5764-009 |
| (AGSS) | $500 | for Workstations (OS/2, Aix, Solaris), Product Number 6764-092 | |
| $2500 | for CMS, Product Number 5764-011 | ||
| INFOSTROY | APL*PLUS/Xbase Interface (II/386 Version 2) |
$198 | Complete package written in C. Comparable with the data, index & memo files of FoxPro, dBASE, & Clipper. Multi-user support. No DBMS license required. |
| (DLL Version 1) | $198 | The same in a DLL form! Gives your Windows applications all advantages of DLLs. | |
| Insight Systems | IUTILS/XP | 20-95 | Cross-platform utility library including simple OS calls (DIR, COPY, DEL, RENAME) and DATE functions. For APL*PLUS II, APL2 and Dyalog APL under Windows, OS/2 and Unix. |
| ASI | 95 | APL Spreadsheet Interface. "Device-independent" spreadsheet driver supporting Excel, 123 and Quattro-Pro for Dyalog APL/W | |
| WinCom | 95 | Asynchronous comms package for Dyalog APL/W | |
| S2D,22D,X2X | poa | Advanced APL syntax analysis and conversion packages from Sharp and APL2 to Dyalog, and between any two APLs | |
| SQAPL Client | poa | Interface from APL*PLUS II, APL2 and Dyalog (Windows, OS/2 or Unix) to most SQL databases over most networks. | |
| SQAPL Server | poa | Makes APL*PLUS II, APL2 or Dyalog APL (Unix) available as SequeLink servers. Can be called from SQAPL clients or other applications such as Excel, C++, Smalltalk, Visual Basic. | |
| JAD Software | JAD SMS | 150-500 | Software management system for APL*PLUS II based on hierarchical databases; includes full-screen interface and stand-alone functions. Price depends on number of users. |
| Lescasse Consulting | APL+Win Monthly Training Program | $600 | Download 50+ page document about APL+ programming each month. You also get one or more workspaces full of re-usable APL code and sometimes additional files or products. |
| Advanced Windows Programming ... | $95 | 200-page book plus companion disk on interfacing APL and Delphi. Contains full coverage of Delphi-2, +Win and Dyalog. | |
| DLL parser for +Win | $250 | Parse any Visual Basic DLL declaration file into a set of quadNA definitions. Turn constants and structures into APL variables. Available for APL+Win and Dyalog/W. | |
| Delphi Forms Translator | $195 | Design forms with Delphi and turn them automatically into APL programs which recreate the same form (+Win and Dyalog/W). | |
| APL+Link Pro | poa | ODBC interface for APL+Win | |
| SQAPL Pro | poa | ODBC interface for Dyalog APL/W | |
| RainPro | poa | Highly customisable 2D and 3D publication graphics for APL+Win and Dyalog APL/W | |
| NewLeaf | poa | Page layout and printing tools for APL+Win and Dyalog | |
| GraphX and ChartFX | poa | High-quality business graphics for APL+Win | |
| Formula One and Dyalog APL | $95 | 100-page book + companion disk on how to use the Formula One VBX with Dyalog APL/W | |
| Lingo Allegro | FRESCO Business Graphics | poa | Fast and easy business graphics DLL |
| AP126/PC | poa | GDDM interface for Dyalog APL/W | |
| AP127/PC | poa | ODBC interface for Dyalog APL/W | |
| AP119/PC | poa | TCP/IP interface for Dyalog APL/W | |
| FACS | poa | EMMA-like interface to DB2 or ODBC databases | |
| ISAP | poa | MS Windows DLL for calling Dyalog APL/W from web pages via MS Internet Information Server. Visit www.lingo.com for a demo. | |
| RE Time Tracker Oy | UIT/W | poa | Comprehensive high-level Windows User Interface library for APL+Win and +II v 5.1. Comprehensive spreadsheets, replicated fields, special field types, etc. 16 and 32 bit versions available. |
| AJGRAPH | poa | Graphpak-compatible 2D graphics package for +Win and +DOS. Includes multi-window support, print and metafile support. No DLLs required. | |
| ECCO PRO with APL | poa | Leading group and personal information management system with comprehensive customising. Supplied with sample +Win workspace to interface to ECCO databases via DDE. | |
| NEWT TCP/IP SDK with APL | poa | Lead TCP/IP SDK with interfaces to all protocols. Supplied on 3 CD ROMS together with a sample +Win workspace. | |
| DB+ | poa | Database interface for APL+DOS under Windows. Allows combining character-based APL applications with ODBC-compliant databases such as Oracle and SQL-server.. | |
| Soliton Associates | LOGOS | poa | Application Development Environment |
| MAILBOX | poa | Electronic Mail | |
| VIEWPOINT | poa | Report generator with interfaces to DB2 and MVS data | |
| Warwick University | BATS | 250 | Menu driven system for time series analysis and forecasting using Bayesian Dynamic modelling. Price is reduced to £35 for academic institutions. |
| FAB | free | Training program for the above. | |
| Zark | APL Tutor (PC) | $299 | APL computer-based training. Available for APL*PLUS PC & APL*PLUS II. Demo disk $10. |
| APL Tutor (MF) | $5000 | Mainframe version. | |
| Zark ACE | $99 | APL continuing education. APL tutor news and hotline phone support. | |
| APL Advanced Techniques.... | $59.95 | 488pp. book, (ISBN 0-9619067-07) including 2-disk set of utility functions (APL*PLUS PC format). | |
| Communications | $200 pc, $500 mf | Move workspaces or files between APL environments. |
APL CONSULTANCY AND DEVELOPMENT¶
| COMPANY | PRODUCT | PRICES(£) | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adfee | Consultancy | poa | Development, maintenance, conversion, migration, documentation, of APL products in all APL environments |
| Ajay Askoolum | Consultancy | poa | APL+Win development and migration of actuarial, financial, mathematical applications. |
| Andrews | Consultancy | poa | APL programming and analysis, Year-2000 legacy systems, algorithms, tree-processing. |
| APL Solutions Inc | Consultancy | poa | APL systems design, development, maintenance, documentation, testing and training. Providing APL solutions since 1969. |
| AUSCAN Software | Consultancy | poa | APL software development, training |
| Bloomsbury Software | Consultancy | 300-750+VAT | |
| Camacho | Consultancy | poa | Manuals; feasibility reports and estimates; analysis and programming; APL and MS Windows applications; Sharp, ISI APL, APL*PLUS, APL2/PC and other APLs spoken. Fixed price systems a speciality |
| Ray Cannon | Consultancy | poa | APL, C, Assembler, Windows, Graphics: PC and mainframe |
| Causeway | Consultancy and Training | poa | On-site training for Causeway, RainPro and NewLeaf. Customisation and enhancement to meet local needs. Code review and pre-implementation check of Causeway applications. |
| Paul Chapman | Consultancy | 250-500 | 24-hour programmer: APL, Smalltalk, C; Windows front end design a speciality. |
| CODEWORK | Consultancy | poa | Development, maintenance, migration, documentation of APL applications. Speciality: info systems for top executives, Internet applications. |
| Dinosoft Oy | Consultancy | poa | Specialised in very large databases. |
| Dyadic | Consultancy | poa | APL and Unix system design, consultancy, programming and training. |
| Evestic AB | Consultancy | poa | Excellent track record from 15+ years of APL applications in banking, insurance, and education services. All dialects, platforms and project phases. SQL expertise. |
| General Software | Consultancy | from 120 | |
| Godin London Inc | Software Development | poa | We have applications in the food manufacturing field, travel agency and airline bookings field and in product lease management. |
| Entropy Software Ltd | Consulting | poa | Company reporting, business graphics, Windows applications with Dyalog APL/W. |
| H.M.W. | Consultancy | poa | System design consultancy, programming. HMW specialize in banking and prototyping work. |
| Hoekstra Systems Ltd | Consultancy | poa | APL consultancy, programming, etc. Also UNIX system administration |
| Michael Hughes | Consultancy | poa | Consultant with 10+ years experience with various APL interpreters and C. |
| IAC/Human Interfaces | Consultancy | poa | APL on Macintosh & PC. HCI design. VDU ergonomics: EC/Health & Safety compliance. |
| Documentation | 100-200 | On-line assistance, product demos & mock-ups, manual writing; foreign language software localization. | |
| Training | poa | Using I-APL for courseware & distance learning materials; Mac programming in C, APL & HyperCard. | |
| INFOSTROY | Consultancy | poa | Moving applications between platforms. Client/server development. Multilingual user interface. |
| Insight Systems | Consultancy | poa | Experts in APL conversions between any combination of: APL*PLUS, APL2, Dyalog APL and Sharp APL. We are also experienced right-sizers, comfortable with networks and relational databases (that also means when NOT to use SQL) and client/server development in APL, C and Visual Basic. |
| JAD Software | Consultancy | poa | Systems design and development, project management, technical manuals, financial and actuarial expertise in APL. |
| Phil Last | Consultancy | poa | APL consultancy, modelling and programming. |
| Lescasse Consulting | Consultancy | poa | A range of consultants, experts in Windows programming, with APL+Win and Dyalog APL/W. More than 100 major APL applications already developed. We all have additional expertise in Formula One and Delphi. |
| Lingo Allegro | Consultancy | poa | General APL consulting, internet website development, migration and downsizing, performance tuning, education and training. |
| Mackay Kinloch Ltd | Consultancy | 200-400 | Design, analysis and programming for banking, insurance, financial planning and modelling, corporate performance and legal reporting |
| MicroAPL | Consultancy | poa | Technical & applications consultancy. |
| Milinta Inc | poa | Design, development, maintenance, conversion, documentation in all APLs, most APs and some specific Sharp products (LOGOS, ViewPoint, Retrieve). Experience in multi-user, multi-task systems, databases, Y2K, Windows programming. | |
| Ellis Morgan | Consultancy | 250-500 | Business Forecasting & APL Systems. |
| Oasis Systems | Consultancy | poa | Expertise in APL system design, Project management, conversion, migration, tuning; for all APL versions (10+ years experience) |
| Object Oriented Ltd | Consultancy | poa | General APL consulting, code recycling — mainframe to PC, performance tuning. |
| Optima | Consultancy | poa | A range of consultants specialising in all areas of pharmaceutical, industrial and financial systems with 5-15 yrs experience on both PC and mainframe. |
| RadSys Technologies | Consultancy | poa | Areas of expertise: financial systems, risk analysis systems, healthcare systems. |
| RE Time Tracker Oy | Consultancy | poa | APL application conversions, APL Windows interfaces, APL to API-level interfacing to any system under Windows, TCP/IP network and database connectivity. |
| Rex Swain | Consultancy | poa | Independent consultant, 20 years experience. Custom software development & training, PC and/or mainframe. |
| Rochester Group | Consultancy | poa | Specialise in MIS using Sharp APL |
| Shepp & Associates | Consultancy | poa | APL applications development and consulting, especially in the travel industry, especially on small computers. 25 years experience in APL programming. |
| Snake Island Research Inc | Consultancy | poa | APL interpreter and compiler enhancements, intrinsic functions, performance consulting. APL parallel compiler APEX is giving very good initial performance tests with convolution somewhat faster than FORTRAN. |
| Strand Software | Consultancy | poa | Advice on migrating to and from all flavours of APL and hardware platforms. Full-screen interface implementation, APL utilities, benchmarking, efficiency analysis, actuarial software, system development tools, valuation, pricing and modelling systems. |
| Sykes Systems Inc | Consultancy | poa | Complete APL services specialising in audit, optimisation and conversion of APL systems. Excellent design skills. All dialects and platforms. 17-23 years experience. |
| Stephen Wynn | Consultancy | poa | Most experience of financial planning, and mathematical areas: operational research, quality control, experimental design. |
OTHER PRODUCTS¶
| COMPANY | PRODUCT | PRICES(£) | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adfee | Employment | poa | Contractors and permanent employees |
| APL-385 | Typefaces | poa | Variants of the APL2741 typeface available to specification. |
| Bloomsbury Software | Training | poa | Contact the company for details. |
| ComLog | Comic-Logger | $25.95+p&p | APL*PLUS II comic-book inventory system. Shareware version available on America OnLine. |
| HMW | Employment | poa | Contractors and permanent employees placed. |
| HRH Systems | APL lessons | On-screen interactive APL lessons for APL*PLUS, TryAPL2, Sharp and I-APL — in English or French. | |
| The BBS\APL: | n/a | The BBS\APL is no longer available. For an email catalogue of its archive files (and how to get them) email dick.holt@juno.com. | |
| I-APL Ltd | An APL Tutorial | 3 | 45pp by Alvord & Thomson |
| An Encyclopaedia of APL (2d Ed) | 6 | 228pp by Helzer | |
| APL in Social Studies | 3 | 36pp by Traberman | |
| I-APL Instruction Manual (2d Ed) | 3 | 55pp by Camacho & Ziemann | |
| APL Programs for the Mathematics Classroom (Springer-Verlag) | 16 | 185pp by Thomson | |
| Programming in J | 10 | 75pp by Ken Iverson | |
| Arithmetic | 12 | 118pp by Ken Iverson | |
| Tangible math | 8 | 36pp by Ken Iverson | |
| Sharp APL Reference Manual | 42 | 349pp by Berry | |
| APL Press Books | poa | A comprehensive selection of early APL literature | |
| Please note there is a packing charge of £3 per order | |||
| Oasis Systems | Training | poa | Introductory courses in APL Advanced courses for different APL versions |
| Renaissance Data Systems | Booksellers | The widest range of APL books available anywhere. See Vector advertisements. | |
| Soliton Associates | MVSLINK | poa | Interface from Sharp APL (Unix & MVS) to non-APL data and software in the MVS environment. |
| SSQL | poa | High-performance DB2 interface for Sharp APL (Unix and MVS). |
OVERSEAS ASSOCIATIONS¶
| GROUP | LOCATION | JOURNAL | OTHER SERVICES | Ann.Sub. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APL Bay Area | USA N. California | APLBUG | Monthly Meetings (2nd Monday) | $20 |
| APL Club Austria | Austria | Quarterly Meetings | 200AS(indiv), 1000AS(corp) | |
| APL Club Germany | Germany | APL Journal | Semi-annual meetings | DM60 |
| Ass. Francophone pour la promotion d'APL | France | Les Nouvelles d'APL | FF350 (private) FF2800 (Company) | |
| BACUS | Belgium | APL-CAM | Conferences & Seminars | £18 ($30) |
| Capital PCUG | Washington, D.C. | Monitor | Monthly meetings, occasional classes | free |
| Danish SIG | Denmark | |||
| Dutch APL Assoc. | Holland | Vector provided | Mini-congress, APL ShareWare Initiative | |
| FinnAPL | Helsinki, Finland | FinnAPL Newsletter | Seminars on APL | 100FIM(private), 30(student), 1000 (Co) |
| Japan APL Assoc | Tokyo | APL Journal | Monthly meetings (4th Sat) | 10,000yen to join |
| Rome/Italy SIG | Roma, Italy | |||
| RusAPL | Moscow, Russia | APL Club | Seminars and Annual Meeting | 100,000R (students 20,000) |
| SE APL Users Grp | Atlanta, Georgia | SEAPL Newsletter | Quarterly meetings | $10 |
| SovAPL | Obninsk, Russia | |||
| SwedAPL | Sweden | SwedAPL Nytt | Semi-annual meetings, seminars | SEK 75 |
| SWAPL | Texas, USA | SWAPL | $18 | |
| Swiss APL (SAUG) | Bern | Part of Qtly SI-Info | SF60 (SI) + SF20 (SAUG) | |
| Toronto SIG | Toronto, Canada | Gimme Arrays! | Monthly Meetings, APL skills database, J SIG, Toronto Toolkit | $25 |
ADDRESSES¶
| ORGANISATION | CONTACT | ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, FAX, EMAIL etc. |
|---|---|---|
| ADAPTA Software GmbH | Michael Baas | Marienhoehe 86, 25451 Quickborn, Germany Tel: +49 4106 60977 Fax: +49 4106 67869 Email: 101523.1757@compuserve.com |
| Adaptable Systems | Lois & Richard Hill | 49 First Street, Black Rock 3193, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9589 5578 Fax: +61 3 9589 3220 Email: adsys@ibm.net |
| Adaytum Software | Douglas Rowley | 13 Great George Street, BRISTOL BS1 5RR UK Tel: 0117-921 5555 |
| Adfee | Bernard Smoor | Dorpsstraat 50, 4128 BZ Lexmond, Netherlands. Tel +31 347 342 337 Fax: +31 347 342 342 Email: adfee@concepts.nl |
| Ajay Askoolum | Ajay Askoolum | [address, telephone number and CompuServe address omitted] |
| Andrews | Dr Anne D Wilson | [address and telephone number omitted] |
| APL-385 | Adrian Smith | Brook House, Gilling East, York YO62 4JJ UK. Tel: 01439-788385 Fax: 01439-788194 Email: 100331.644@compuserve.com |
| APL Bay Area APLBUG | Curtis Jones (Sec) | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] |
| APL Club Austria | Harald F. Nelson | c/o N-TECH, Siebenbrunnenfeldg. 4-6, A-1050 Wien, Austria. Tel: +43 1 5458063 Fax: +43 1 5458063-17 |
| APL Club Germany | Dieter Lattermann | [address, telephone number and CompuServe address omitted] |
| The APL Group Inc | Stuart Sawabini | 644 Danbury Road, WILTON, CT 06897 USA. Tel: +1 (203) 762-3933 Fax: +1 (203) 762-2108 Email: ssawabini@aol.com, eshaw@aplgroup.com |
| APL Solutions Inc | Eric Landau | 1107 Dale Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910-1607 USA Tel: +1 (301) 589-4621 Fax: +1 (301) 589-4618 Email: elandau@cais.com |
| Association Francophone pour la promotion d'APL | Ludmila Lemagnen | [address and e-mail address omitted] |
| AUSCAN Software Ltd | Richard Procter | PO Box 39, Mansfield, Ontario L0N 1M0 Canada Tel: +1-705-434-1239 Email: rjp@interlog.com |
| BACUS | Joseph De Kerf | [address and telephone number omitted] |
| Beautiful Systems, Inc. | Jim Goff | 308 Old York Road, Suite 5, Jenkintown, PA 19046, USA Tel: +1 (215) 886-2636; Fax: +1 (215) 886-4888 |
| Bloomsbury Software | Peter Day | 3-6 Alfred Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7EB UK. Tel: 0171-436 9481 Fax: 0171-436 0524 Email: pd@bloomsbury-software.co.uk |
| Camacho | Anthony Camacho | [address, telephone number, e-mail address and Reuternet address omitted] |
| Ray Cannon | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] | |
| Paul Chapman | [address, telephone number and CompuServe address omitted] | |
| Causeway Graphical Systems Ltd | Adrian Smith | The Maltings, Castlegate, MALTON, North Yorks YO17 7DP UK Tel: 01653-696760 Fax: 01653-697719 Email: causeway@compuserve.com |
| Cinerea AB | Rolf Kornemark | Box 61, S-193 00 Sigtuna, Sweden. Tel/Fax: +46 859 255 421 Email rolf@cinerea.se |
| CODEWORK | Mauro Guazzo | Corso Cairoli 32, 10123 Torino, Italy. Tel: +39 11 885168 Fax: +39 11 812 2652 Email: codework@inrete.it |
| ComLog Software | Jeff Pedneau | PO Box 5570, Derwood, MD 20855 USA Tel: +1 (301) 990-7063 Email: jeff@softmed.com |
| CPCUG | Lynne Sturtz | Capital PC User Group, 51 Monroe Street, Suite PE-2, Rockville, Maryland 20850-2421, USA. Tel: +1 (301) 762-9372 Fax: (301) 762-9375. |
| Danish User Group | Per Gjerløv | [e-mail address omitted] |
| Dinosoft Oy | Pertti Kalliojärvi | Lönnrotinkatu 21C, 00120 Helsinki, FINLAND. Tel: +358 9 70028820 Fax: +358 9 70028824 Email: dinosoft@dinosoft.fi |
| Dutch APL Association | Bernard Smoor (Sec) | Postbus 1341, 3430BH Nieuwegein, Netherlands. [telephone and fax numbers omitted] |
| Dyadic Systems Ltd. | Peter Donnelly | Riverside View, Basing Road, Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hants RG24 0AL UK. Tel: 01256-811125 Fax: 01256-811130 |
| Entropy Software Ltd | George MacLeod | 37 Newhouse Rd, Bovingdon, Herts, HP3 0EJ UK Tel: 01442-834015 Email: 100412.1305@compuserve.com |
| Evestic AB | Olle Evero | Berteliusvagen 12A, S-146 38 Tullinge, Sweden Tel&Fax: +46 778 4410 Email: olle.evero@mailbox.swipnet.se |
| FinnAPL | Olli Paavola | Suomen APL-Yhdistys RY, FinnAPL RF, PL 1005, 00101 Helsinki 10, Finland [e-mail address omitted] |
| General Software Ltd | M.E. Martin | 22 Russell Road, Northholt, Middx, UB5 4QS UK. Tel/fax: 0181-864 9537 |
| Godin London Incorporated | Gaëtan Godin | 12 Gerrard St., London, Ontario, Canada N6C 4C5 Tel: +1 (519) 679-8290 Fax: +1 (519) 438-6381 Email: info@godin.on.ca |
| H.M.W.Trading Systems Ltd | Hamilton House, 1 Temple Avenue, Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0HA UK. Tel: 0171-353 8900; Fax: 0171-353 3325; Email:100020.2632@ compuserve.com |
|
| Hoekstra Systems Ltd | Bob Hoekstra | 5 Thorsden Court, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7QS UK Tel: 01483-771028 Email: bob.hoekstra@khamsin.demon.co.uk |
| HRH Systems | Dick Holt | 3802 N Richmond St, Suite 271, Arlington, VA 22207 USA Tel: +1 (703) 528-7624; Fax: +1 (703) 528-7617; Email: dick.holt@juno.org |
| Michael Hughes | [address, telephone number and CompuServe address omitted] | |
| IAC/Human Interfaces | Ian A. Clark | [address, telephone number and CompuServe address omitted] |
| I-APL Ltd | Anthony Camacho (for queries, order forms) |
[address, telephone number, e-mail address and Reuternet address omitted] |
| J C Business Services (for pre-paid orders only) |
56 The Crescent, Milton, Weston-super-Mare, Avon, BS22 8DU UK Tel: 01934-625181 |
|
| IBM APL Products | Nancy Wheeler | APL Products, IBM Santa Teresa, Dept M46/D12, 555 Bailey Avenue, San Jose CA 95141, USA. Tel: +1 (408) 463-APL2 (=2752) Fax: +1 (408) 463-4488 Email: APL2@vnet.ibm.com Cserve: GO IBMAPL2 |
| INFOSTROY | Alexei Miroshnikov | 3 S. Tulenin Lane, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia. Tel:+7 812 312-2673 Fax:+7 812 311-2184 Email:aim@infostroy.spb.su |
| Insight Systems ApS | Morten Kromberg | Nordre Strandvej 119C, DK-3150 Hellebæk, Denmark Tel:+45 49 76 20 20 Fax: +45 49 76 20 30 Email: info@insight.dk |
| Iverson Software Inc. | Eric Iverson | 33 Major Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2K9 Tel: +1 (416) 925-6096; Fax: +1 (416) 488-7559 Email: info@jsoftware.com |
| J Austria | Joachim Hoffmann | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] |
| JAD Software | David Crossley | [address and telephone number omitted] |
| Japan APL Assoc | Toshio Nishikawa | [address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address omitted] |
| Phil Last Ltd | Phil Last | [address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address omitted] |
| Lescasse Consulting | Eric Lescasse | 18 rue de la Belle Feuille, 92100 Boulogne, France Tel: +33.1.46.05.10.76 Fax: +33.1.46.04.60.23 Email: eric@lescasse.com |
| Lingo Allegro USA, Inc | Steven J Halasz | 1105 Chicago Avenue, Suite 155, Oak Park, IL 60302, USA. Tel:+1 800 546 4621-1 Email: sjhalasz@interaccess.com |
| Mackay Kinloch Ltd | Alastair Kinloch | 519 Webster's Land, Edinburgh EH1 2RX, Scotland, UK Tel/Fax/Answerphone: 0131 228 3580 Pager/Voicemail: 01426 98 3858 Email: Alastair_Kinloch@compuserve.com |
| Mercia Software Ltd. | Gareth Brentnall | Holt Court North, Heneage Street West, Aston Science Park, Birmingham B7 4AX UK. Tel: 0121-359 5096. Fax: 0121-359 0375 |
| MicroAPL Ltd. | Richard Nabavi | South Bank Technopark, 90 London Road, LONDON SE1 6LN UK Tel: 0171-922 8866 Fax: 0171-928 1006 Email: MicroAPL@microapl.demon.co.uk |
| Milinta Inc. | Dan Baronet | 4215 St-Andre, Montreal, CANADA H2J 2Z3. Tel: +1 (514) 529-1434 |
| Ellis Morgan | Ellis Morgan | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] |
| Oasis Systems B.V. | Theo Zwart, Louis Rijkse | Lekstraat 4, 3433 ZB Nieuwegein, Holland Tel: +31 30 60 66 336 Fax: +31 30 60 65 844 Email: oasisbv@pi.net or zwart@oasis.nl |
| Object Oriented Ltd | Walter G. Fil | Am Grendel 2, CH-6004 Luzern, Switzerland. Tel: 41 41 418 70 70 Fax: 41 41 418 70 77 Email: info@object-oriented.com |
| Optima Systems Ltd | Paul Grosvenor | 115 Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 4HE UK Tel: 0181-763 2490 Fax: 0181-763 2491 |
| RadSys Technologies AB | Randolph Schrab | Lovsangarv. 18, S-756 52 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel: +46 18 32 41 53 Fax: +46 708 1996 11 Email:100564.2544@compuserve.com |
| Renaissance Data Systems | Ed Shaw | PO Box 421, Georgetown, CT 06982, USA. Tel: +1 (203) 270-9729 |
| RE Time Tracker Oy | Richard Eller | Mikonkatu 8 A, 2.krs, PL 363, 00101 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358 9-621 3300 Fax: +358 9-621 3378 Email: re@rett.fi |
| The Rochester Group Inc. | Robert Miller | 600 Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-2926, USA. Tel: +1 (716) 271-1110. Fax: +1 (716) 271-1230 |
| Rome/Italy SIG | Mario Sacco | Casella Postale 14343, 00100-Roma Trullo, Italy [e-mail address omitted] |
| RusAPL | Boris Makeev | box 971 (for Makeev), Dmitrovskoe Sh.,2, 127434, Moscow, Russia [telephone/fax number and e-mail address omitted] |
| SE APL Users Group | John Manges | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] |
| Shepp & Associates LLC | Andrew Shepp | 1312 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor St. Louis MO 63103, USA Tel: +1 (314) 621-3272 Fax: +1 (314) 621-4267 UK Address: Claridge House, 29 Barnes High St, London SW13 9LW Tel: 0181 8768666 Fax: 0181 8768660 Email@ ashepp@compuserve.com |
| Snake Island Research Inc | Bob Bernecky | 18 Fifth Street, Ward's Island, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2B9 Canada Tel: +1 (416) 203-0854 Fax: +1 (416) 203-6999 Email: bernecky@eecg.toronto.edu |
| SOCAL (South California) | Roy Sykes Jr | Sykes Systems Inc, 4649 Willens Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91364-3812 USA Tel: +1 (818) 222-2759 Fax: +1 (818) 222-9250 |
| Soliton Associates | Laurie Howard | Soliton Associates Ltd, Groot Blankenberg 53, 1082 AC Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 20 646 4475 Fax: +31 20 644 1206 Email:sales@soliton.com |
| SovAPL | Alexander Skomorokhov | PO Box 5061, Obninsk-5, Kaluga Region, Russia [telephone number and e-mail address omitted] |
| Strand Software Inc | Anne Faust | 19235 Covington Court, Shorewood MN 55331 USA Tel: +1 (612) 470-7345 Email: amfaust@aol.com |
| Rex Swain | Rex Swain | [address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address omitted] |
| SwedAPL | Christer Ulfhielm | Novator Consulting Group AB, Svärdvägen 11C, S-182 33 Danderyd Sweden Tel: +46 8 622 63 50 Fax: +46 8 622 63 51 CServe: 100341,404 |
| Swiss APL User Group | Swiss APL User Group, CH-3001, Bern 1, Switzerland Email: si@ifi.unizh.ch |
|
| Sykes Systems Inc | Roy Sykes Jr | 4649 Willens Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364, USA Tel: +1 (818) 222-2759 Fax: +1 (818) 222-9250 |
| Toronto SIG | Richard Procter | PO Box 55, Adelaide St. Post Office, Toronto Ontario M5C 2H8, Canada Email: info@torontoapl.org |
| Stephen Wynn | [address, telephone number and e-mail address omitted] | |
| Zark Incorporated | Gary A. Bergquist | 23 Ketchbrook Lane, Ellington CT 06029, USA. Tel: +1 (860) 872-7806 |
WORLD WIDE WEB SITES¶
| ORGANISATION | URL |
|---|---|
| AFAPL | www.ensmp.fr/~scherer/langlet/ (Journal available on line) |
| APL2000 | www.APL2000.com |
| APL-385 | www.demon.co.uk/apl385 |
| The APL Group Inc | www.aplgroup.com |
| AUSCAN | www.interlog.com/~rjp/auscan |
| Capital PC User Group | http://cpcug.org |
| Causeway | www.causeway.co.uk |
| CODEWORK | www.inrete.it/cdwk/eng/home.html |
| COSY (Bob Armstrong) | www.cosy.com |
| Dinosoft Oy | http://yritys.kolumbus.fi/dinosoft |
| Dyadic Systems Ltd | www.dyadic.com |
| FinnAPL | www.pyr.fi/apl |
| Godin London Inc | www.godin.com |
| Hoekstra Systems | www.khamsin.demon.co.uk/about/hsl/noframe.html |
| IBM APL2 | www.torolab.ibm.com/ap/apl/apl2.html |
| Infostroy | www.insight.dk/infostroy |
| Insight Systems ApS | www.insight.dk |
| Iverson Software Inc | www.jsoftware.com |
| Japan APL Association | www.naska.co.jp/JAPLA/ |
| Kestrel Consulting | www.kestrel-consulting.com |
| Lescasse Consulting | www.lescasse.com |
| Lingo Allegro USA Inc | www.lingo.com |
| Mackay Kinloch Ltd | ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Alastair_Kinloch |
| MicroAPL Ltd | www.microapl.co.uk |
| RE Time Tracker Oy | www.rett.fi |
| The Rochester Group Inc. | www.rochgrp.com |
| Shepp & Associates | www.digitravel.com |
| SigAPL | www.acm.org/sigapl |
| Rex Swain | www.pcnet.com/~rhswain |
| The APL Group Inc | www.aplgroup.com |
| Toronto SIG | www.torontoapl.org |
| Jim Weigang | www.chilton.com/~jimw |
FTP SITES¶
| ORGANISATION | DOMAIN NAME |
|---|---|
| IBM APL2 | ps.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/apl2/ |
| Toronto toolkit | see Toronto SIG home page |
| Waterloo Archive | archive.uwaterloo.ca/ftparch/languages/apl |
| APL-to-ASCII | archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/workspaces/aplascii |