APL Product Guide
Vector 1:3, page 27
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VECTOR’s exclusive APL 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.
The second release of the Guide contains several additions of new products and suppliers who slipped through our net at the first pass. We do depend on the alacrity of suppliers to keep us informed about their products so that we can update the Guide for each issue of VECTOR. Any suppliers who are not included in the Guide should contact me to get their free entry — see address on inside back cover.
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. Where no UK distributor has yet been appointed, the vendor should indicate whether this is imminent or whether approaches for representation by existing companies are welcomed.
For convenience to VECTOR readers, the product list has been divided into the following groups:
- Complete APL Systems (Hardware & Software).
- APL Interpreters
- APL Visual Display Units
- APL character set printers
- APL-based packages
- APL Consultancy
- Other services
- Vendor addresses
Every effort has been made to avoid errors in these listings but no responsibility can be taken by the VECTOR working group for mistakes or omissions.
Note: ‘poa’ indicates ‘price on application’
COMPLETE APL SYSTEMS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Pearman | IBM PC & PC/XT | 1995 – 4425 |
Authorised IBM PC dealer supplying complete systems including peripherals. |
| C.A.C.I. | APL Machine | poa | APL-dedicated array processor from Analogic. Many configurations. |
| Cocking/Drury | MicroAPL SPECTRUM SAGE II SAGE IV |
6000 – 35000 |
Supplied as part of a turnkey system. See MicroAPL entry. |
| Gen. Software | Myriade | poa | TI computer with APL and APL operating system |
| Inner Product | IBM PC | 2000 – 6000 |
IBM PCs supplied for turnkey applications |
| MBS Rentals | IBM PC & PC/XT | 2200 – 5000 |
For purchase or rental |
| COMPAQ | poa | Portable IBM PC compatible | |
| M.B.T. | MBT 10/40 | poa | UNIX/68000 based multi-user APL system |
| FORTUNE 32:16 | poa | FORTUNE 68000 system enhanced for APL | |
| TORCH | poa | 68000/Z80 multiprocessor | |
| MicroAPL | Sinclair QL with QL/APL | from 434 | Fully expandable APL system with colour graphics. |
| SPECTRUM | 11000 – 15000 |
Expandable multi-user APL computer using Motorola 68000. Standard configuration 1 Mb RAM, 12/36 Mb disc, 12 ports. | |
| SAGE IV | 8500 | Multi-user APL computer, 1 Mb RAM, 12/18 Mb disc. |
APL INTERPRETERS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Pearman | APL*PLUS/PC | 420 – 695 |
See APL*PLUS entry |
| APL*PLUS | APL*PLUS/PC (Release 4) |
695 | Full feature interpreter for IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT & compatibles:CORONA, COMPAQ COLUMBIA, |
| Upgrade | 95 | WANG, OLIVETTI, EAGLE, AJ, ERICSON, ITT | |
| APL*PLUS/UNX | poa | Interpreter for Unix systems: WICAT, CADMUS, CALLAN, FORTUNE 32:16, HP9000/500 | |
| APL*PLUS/1000 | poa | Enhancements to IBM’s VSAPL. Runs under VM/CMS or MVS/TSO. | |
| Burroughs | APL/700 | 3150 | Runs on Burroughs B5000, B6000, B7000 and A9 mainframes. |
| Cocking/Drury | APL*PLUS/PC | 600 | Discount on multiple orders. |
| Dyadic | Dyalog APL | 1000 – 8000 |
2nd generation portable APL for UNIX systems eg. VAX, HP9000, Fortune, MC68000, Zilog, Perkin-Elmer, Perq etc. |
| Gen. Software | APL*MYRIADE | poa | Runs on Texas Instruments TI990 range. |
| IBM UK Product Sales | IBM PC APL | poa | With event-handling, & APs for full-screen I/O, disks, diskettes, asynch. comms. |
| Inner Product | VIZ::APL | 250 – 350 |
8-bit Zilog Z-80 CP/M |
| APL*PLUS/PC | 600 | See APL*PLUS entry | |
| M.B.T. | Dyalog APL | poa | See Dyadic Systems entry |
| MBTAPL | poa | Enhanced Dyalog APL for MBT hardware. | |
| VIZ::APL | poa | Customized for TORCH hardware | |
| MetaTechnics | APL*PLUS/PC Upgrade kit |
695 95 |
Includes utility package free. |
| MicroAPL | APL.68000 | 1000 + | Full implementation with component files, error trapping etc. for SPECTRUM, SAGE & other MC68000-based computers. |
| QL/APL(keyword) | 87 | Full keyword APL for QL with many extra features. | |
| QL/APL(APL chars) | 113 | VSAPL compatible APL for QL with many extra features. | |
| I.P. Sharp | Sharp APL | 25000 | For IBM mainframes |
| Sharp APL/PC | 55 | For IBM PC or PC/XT |
APL VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent-Cybernex | GR1014 Graphics Terminal | 1970 | Combined APL/ANSI/4010; 1024x1024 res. 2 ports, anti-glare, swivel and tilt. |
| APL100 | 1065 | Selectable APL/ASCII; hi-res chars; non-glare, swivel & tilt. | |
| Farnell | Tandberg TDV2221 | 1498 | Ergonomic design APL terminal, 50-19200 baud, 15" anti-reflex screen, low profile keyboard. |
| Tandberg TDV2271 | 1685 | Combined APL/ANSI ergonomic terminal as above. | |
| Gen. Software | Mellordata Elite 3045A | 400 | Second-hand. |
| Lynwood | Alpha | 1995 | Full APL character set, 16-bit microprocessor with pixel-addressable monochrome graphics. |
| Alpha Colour | 2985 | As above with 8-colour graphics. | |
| MBS Rentals | Lynwood Alpha | 1995 | See Lynwood entry. |
| Lynwood Alpha Col. | 2985 | See Lynwood entry. | |
| Concept/APL | 1491 – 1663 |
See Shandell entry. | |
| Concept GVT/APL + | 2220 – 2393 |
See Shandell entry | |
| (All above for purchase or rental) | |||
| M.B.T. | various | Contact MBT for details | |
| MicroAPL | Insight VDT-1 | 795 | Inexpensive APL VDU |
| Insight GDT-1 | 1450 | With monochrome graphics | |
| Tektronix 4105 | 3750 | High resolution colour graphics supporting APL character set on MicroAPL hardware. | |
| Shandell | Concept AVT/APL + | 896 – 1195 |
Conforms to ANSI 3.64 standard; 80/132 columns, 4/8 pages of memory, windowing, 2 comms. ports, low profile keyboard. |
| Concept GVT/APL + | 1370 – 1825 |
As above with vector graphics. | |
| Sigmex | Sigmex 5684 | from 6091 | High-res colour graphics (768x512x4) |
| Sigmex 5688 | from 7096 | High-res colour graphics (768x512x8) | |
| Sigmex 5472 | from 6649 | High-res monochrome (1536x1024x2) | |
| Sigmex 5484 | from 10500 | High-res colour (1536x1024x4) (Hard-copy output devices available for all these models.) |
APL PRINTERS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Pearman | Epson FX series NEC Spinwriter PRISM 80 PRISM 132 |
Prices range from 289 to 1995 over all models. | |
| Datatrade | Datasouth DS180 | 1395 | 180 cps matrix printer with 2K buffer, 9x7 dot matrix and APL option. |
| Inner Product | Epson FX80 | 500 | Soft char. set, 160 cps, 80 column |
| Anadex 9620 | 1150 | 200 cps., 132 col., tractor feed | |
| Siemens PT88 | 620 | 180 cps., 80 col., silent | |
| TGC Starwriter | 1180 | 40 cps., letter quality | |
| MBS Rentals | Epson FX series | 438-1100 | |
| Datasouth DS180 | 1395 | See Datatrade entry. | |
| Phillips GP300 | 2251 | Matrix with letter & draft quality & APL. | |
| TI745 + APL | 1390 | Portable dot-matrix. | |
| DEC LA120 | 2516 | 120 cps dot-matrix. | |
| DEC LA12C | 1444 | Portable dot-matrix. | |
| AJ833 | 2595 | Daisy-wheel | |
| (All above for purchase or rental) | |||
| M.B.T. | Facit 4565 | poa | 40 cps letter-quality |
| Facit 4510/11/12 | poa | Matrix printers | |
| MicroAPL | Datasouth DS180 | 1545 | See Datatrade entry |
| Phillips GP300 | 1928 | Matrix printer with letter and draft quality and APL. |
APL PACKAGES¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| APL*PLUS | Info Centre | 12000 – 20000 |
Tools for full-screen entry, display and analysis. Interfaces to other proprietary IC products |
| CMCS | 30000 – 100000 |
Complete Materials Management, Factory Planning & Forecasting package. | |
| Finance/Statistics | 275 | Comprehensive package for IBM PC and compatibles. | |
| Tools Vol. 1 | poa | Utilities for IBM PC;IRMA 3278 comms, full-screen, RAM disk, report generator | |
| C.A.C.I. | PILGRIM | 20000 | Language-driven data extraction, and foil preparation. VM/CMS VSAPL, AP126. |
| PIM | 3000 | PF-key driven personal information manager VM/CMS VSAPL, AP124 | |
| Cocking/Drury | ARMS 2 | 3000 – 15000 |
Applications Generator |
| AFM | 10000 | High performance shared file system. | |
| CALL/AP | 3000 | Non-APL program execution. | |
| FORMAT | 2250 | Enhanced report formatting | |
| WSAIDS | 795 | Workspace documentation and development aids. | |
| E&S | PROTOPAK consisting of: | Packages for prototyping management information systems — PC & mainframe | |
| RMS | 550-2500 | Relational databases. | |
| AMS | 550-2500 | Multi-dimensional arrays. | |
| RAMS | 750-3500 | Combined RMS & AMS. | |
| BMS | 750-3500 | Dynamic financial modelling & forecasting | |
| FMS | 250 | Full-screen handler for IBM PC. (AP124-based) | |
| CMS | poa | Communications package. | |
| Gen. Software | PROPS | from 500 | Spreadsheet system for Product and/or Project Planning. |
| Holtech | CASH | 3500 – 10000 |
Accounting package and hotel management system on MicroAPL SPECTRUM & SAGE CPUs. |
| Inner Product | Viewcom | 150 | Control Viewdata from APL |
| APL/DBASE II | 150 | Interface APL with dBase II | |
| APL/WORDSTAR | 150 | Interface APL with Wordstar | |
| APL/MULTIPLAN | 150 | Interface APL with spreadsheet | |
| CEMAS | 3500 | EEC monetary and agrimonetary analysis. | |
| M.B.T. | RHOMBUS | poa | Integrated Office System |
| HASLEMERE | poa | Hotel Accounting System | |
| MetaTechnics | MetaScreen | 195 | Full-screen handler for APL*PLUS/PC, based on VSAPL AP124 |
| MetaPack | 395 | Comprehensive utilities package for APL*PLUS/PC. Includes MetaScreen, MetaWS, Browse, Toolbox, Numeric Editor (See advert for full details) | |
| ADAPTA DLS | poa | Production & purchasing scheduling for process manufacturing. | |
| ADAPTA MSP | poa | Job-shop loading & scheduling for multi-stage production. | |
| MicroAPL | MicroTASK | 250 | Project development aids |
| MicroFILE | 250 | File utilities and database | |
| MicroPLOT | 250 | Graphics for HP plotters etc. | |
| MicroLINK | 250 | General device communications | |
| MicroEDIT | 250 | Full screen APL editor | |
| MicroFORM | 250 | Full screen forms design | |
| MicroSPAN | 500 | Comprehensive APL tutor | |
| MicroGRID | poa | Ethernet & other networking | |
| APLCALC | 400 | APL spreadsheet system | |
| MicroPLOT/PC | 250 | For APL*PLUS/PC product | |
| I.P. Sharp | ACT | poa | Actuarial system |
| APS | poa | Financial modelling | |
| BOXJENKINS | poa | Forecasting technique | |
| CONSOL | poa | Financial Consolidation | |
| COURSE | poa | APL Instruction | |
| EASY | poa | Econometric Modelling | |
| FASTNET | poa | Project Management | |
| GLOBAL LIMITS | poa | Exposure management for banks | |
| MABRA | poa | Record maintenance/ reporting | |
| MAGIC | poa | Time series analysis/ reporting | |
| MAGICSTORE | poa | N-dimensional database system | |
| MAILBOX | poa | Electronic Mail | |
| MICROCOM | poa | Mainframe to micro link | |
| SAGA | poa | General graphics, most devices | |
| SIFT | poa | Forecasting system | |
| SNAP | poa | Project management | |
| SUPERPLOT | poa | Business graphics | |
| VIEWPOINT | poa | 4GL — Info centre product | |
| XTABS | poa | Survey Analysis |
APL CONSULTANCY¶
(prices quoted are per day unless otherwise marked)
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Pearman | Consultancy & Courses | 25 | Per hour, onsite and offsite |
| APL People | Consultancy | poa | All levels, most APL systems |
| Attikale | Consultancy | 160 | Management reporting systems & Information Centres. |
| C.A.C.I. | Consultancy | poa | All aspects, specializing in Decision Support Systems. |
| Cocking/Drury | Consultancy | 120-150 140-200 185-300 275-400 |
Junior consultant Consultant Senior consultant Managing consultant |
| Delphi | Consultancy | poa | Specialising in management reporting systems and APL on microcomputers. |
| Dyadic | Consultancy | poa | APL system design, consultancy, programming and training for Dyalog APL, VSAPL, APL*PLUS, IPSA APL etc. |
| E & S | Consultancy | 150-250 | System prototyping: all types of information system. |
| Gen. Software | Consultancy | from 100 | |
| H.M.W. | Consultancy | 100-250 | System design consultancy, programming. |
| Inner Product | Consultancy & Training | 200 | On-site micro/mainframe APL, PC/DOS & Assembler |
| M.B.T. | Consultancy & Courses | poa | |
| MetaTechnics | Consultancy | poa | Management Information & Production Management Systems & Process Control. |
| MetaSys | poa | Prototyping APL-Hybrid Custom Programming Service. | |
| MicroAPL | Consultancy | 150 – 250 | Technical & applications consultancy. |
| QB On-Line | Consultancy | 200-250 | Complete APL systems. |
| I.P. Sharp | Consultancy | poa | Consultancy & support service world-wide. |
OTHER PRODUCTS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| APL People | Employment Agency | poa | Permanent employees placed at all levels. Contractors supplied for short or long term projects, supervised. |
| I.P. Sharp | Productivity Tools | poa | Utilities for systems, operations, administration & analysts; auxiliary processors, comms. software, international network. |
| Databases | poa | Financial, aviation, energy and socioeconomic. |
VENDOR ADDRESSES¶
| Company | Contact | Address & Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Pearman Ltd. | Alan Pearman Maria Pearman |
96-98 Chester Road, Huntington, Chester CH3 6BT. 0244-46024 |
| APL People | Valerie Lusmore | 3 Cross Lane Close, Orwell, Royston, Herts SG8 5QW. 04626 77375 |
| Attikale Ltd. | Peter Hurdley | 51 Brookside, Paulton, Bristol BS18 5YR. 0761-415427 |
| Brent-Cybernex Ltd. | Ken Rumsie | Sovereign House, Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1TP. 0582-452020 |
| Burroughs Machines Ltd. | M.J. Fennel | Heathrow House, Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex TW5 9QL 01-750 1400 |
| CACI Inc. International | Paul Thornett | Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL. 01-940 3606 |
| Cocking & Drury Ltd. | Romilly Cocking | 16 Berkeley Street, London W1X 5AE. 01-493 6172 |
| Datatrade Ltd. | Tony Checksfield | 38 Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DQ. 0604-22289 |
| Delphi Consultation Ltd. | David Crossley | [address and telephone number omitted] |
| Dyadic Systems Ltd. | Peter Donnelly | 30 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hants. GU14 6EW. 0252-547222 |
| E & S Associates | Frank Evans | 19 Homesdale Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1JS. 0689-24741 |
| Farnell International Instruments Ltd. | R. Fairbairn | Jubilee House, Sandbeck Way, Wetherby, W. Yorks. 0937-61961 |
| or Roger Attard | Davenport House, Bowers Way, Harpenden, Herts. 05827-69071 | |
| General Software Ltd. | M.E. Martin | 22 Russell Road, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 4QS. 01-864 9537 |
| H.M.W. Programming Consultants Ltd. | Stan Wilkinson | 142 Feltham Hill Road, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 1HN. 07842-41232 |
| Holtech Ltd. | Jan Bateman | ‘O’ Block 4th Floor, Metropolitan Wharf, Wapping Wall, London E1 9SS. 01-481 3207 |
| IBM UK Product Sales Ltd | Stephen Voller | PO Box 32, Alencon Link, Basingstoke, Hants., RG21 1EJ. 0256-56144 |
| Inner Product Ltd. | James Manning | Eagle House, 73 Clapham Common Southside, London SW4 9DG. 01-673 3354 |
| Lynwood Scientific Developments Ltd. | Gareth Wokes | Park House, The High Street, Alton, Hants GU34 1EN. 0420-87024 |
| M.B.S. Rentals | Robert Notley | 119/120 High Street, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire. 07535-68171 |
| MetaTechnics Systems Ltd. | Steve Margolis Dave Toop John Stembridge |
Unit 216, 62 Tritton Road, London SE21 8DE. 01-670 7959 |
| MicroAPL Ltd. | Richard Nabavi | Unit 1F, Nine Elms Industrial Estate, 87 Kirtling Street, London SW8 5BP. 01-622 0395 |
| Modern Business Technology Ltd. (M.B.T.) | Michael Branson | P.O. Box 87, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8BB. 04868-23956 |
| QB On-Line Systems | Philip Bulmer | 5 Surrey House, Portsmouth Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1LB 0276-20789 |
| Shandell Systems Ltd. | Maurice Shanahan | 12 High Street, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP8 4QA. 02407-2027 |
| I.P. Sharp Associates Ltd. | David Weatherby | 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 01-222 7033 |
| Sigmex Ltd. | Alan Taylor | Sigma House, North Heath Lane, Horsham, W.Sussex, RH12 4UZ. 0403-50445 |