APL Product Guide
Vector 2:1, page 24
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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.
This release of the Guide contains several additions of new products and suppliers. 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 below.
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 Timesharing Services
- 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'
All contributions to the APL Product Guide should be sent to:
Steve Lyus\ Group Management Services,\ Imperial Group plc.,\ East Street\ Bedminster\ Bristol BS99 7JR
COMPLETE APL SYSTEMS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S.T. | Ericsson PC | 2000–5000 | Authorised Ericsson dealer supplying complete APL systems based on Ericsson PC — fully IBM compatible including hardware add-on boards. |
| 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 | |
| MetaTechnics | — | 3000+ | Details on application |
| 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 TIMESHARING SERVICES¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing | Mainstream APL | p.o.a. | Enhanced IBM VS APL (CMS) |
| Mercia | APL*PLUS | p.o.a. | STSC's Mainframe Service — MAILBOX etc. |
| I.P. Sharp | SHARP APL | p.o.a. | International Network application systems and public databases |
APL INTERPRETERS¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S.T. | APL*PLUS/PC | 600-695 | See Cocking & Drury entry. Release 4 now available. Discounts available on multiple copies. |
| Burroughs | APL/700 | 3150 | Runs on Burroughs B5000, B6000, B7000 and A9 mainframes. |
| Cocking/Drury | APL*PLUS/PC Release 4.1 | 695 | Full feature interpreter for IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT & compatibles: CORONA, COMPAQ, COLUMBIA, WANG, OLIVETTI, EAGLE, AJ, ERICSON, ITT. |
| 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) | 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 under Cocking & Drury | |
| 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 | |
| Mercia | APL*PLUS/PC Release 4.2 | 695 | See under Cocking & Drury |
| upgrade to 4.2 | 95 | ||
| APL*PLUS/UNX | p.o.a. | Interpreter for UNIX Systems: WICAT, CADMUS, CALLAN, FORTUNE 32:16, HP 9000/500, OLIVETTI 3B2 | |
| MetaTechnics | APL*PLUS Release 4 | 695 | Discount on quantity. |
| MicroAPL | APL.68000 | 1000+ | Full implementation with component files, error trapping etc. for SPECTRUM, SAGE & other MC68000-based computers. |
| MicroAPL | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4595 | High resolution colour graphics supporting APL character set on MicroAPL hardware. | |
| Shandell | AVT-APL+ GVT-APL+ |
1200+ | ANSI 3.64; DEC compatible; full overstrike chars; 4/8 pages; 2/3 comms. ports; 80/132 cols; windowing; 12" screen; 46 PF keys; Tek 4013 graphics compatible. |
| HDS 200 | 1200+ | As above plus 15" screen; viewports; smooth scroll; NVM storage; 55 PF keys; Tek 4014, VT640/DQ640 & Visual 500 graphics compatible. | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datatrade | Datasouth DS180+ | 1295 | 180 cps matrix printer with 4K buffer, 9x7 dot matrix and APL option. |
| Datasouth DS220 | 1695 | Letter quality; graphics capability, APL option (both available with IBM Twinex or Coax interface). | |
| 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 | |
| MetaTechnics | Quen-data | 295 | Low-cost APL daisy-wheel printer |
| MicroAPL | Datasouth DS180 | 1545 | See Datatrade entry |
| Phillips GP300 | 1798 | Matrix printer with letter and draft quality and APL. |
APL PACKAGES¶
| Company | Product | Prices £ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S.T. | POWER TOOLS/PC | 275 | Assembler written replacement function for commonly used CPU-consuming APL functions. Includes extended full-screen Forms Processor. |
| Boeing | TABAPL | p.o.a. | Hierarchical Planning System |
| 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 | Modules from 250 | Relational databases. | |
| AMS | Multi-dimensional arrays. | ||
| RAMS | Combined RMS & AMS. | ||
| BMS | Dynamic financial modelling & forecasting | ||
| FMS | Full-screen handler for IBM PC. (AP124-based) | ||
| CMS | Communications package. | ||
| Gen. Software | PROPS | from 500 | Spreadsheet system for Product and/or Project Planning. |
| H.M.W. | INPUT | poa | Matrix manipulation package for data entry & report generation |
| PRINTPAK | poa | Block printing for VM/CMS | |
| VIEWPAK | poa | AP124 Protocol emulator for IBM/PC | |
| 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/dBASE III | 150 | Interface APL with dBASE III | |
| APL/LOTUS | 150 | Interface APL with Lotus | |
| 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 | |
| Mercia | STATGRAPHICS | 995 | Integrated statistical graphic system for PCs. |
| APL*PLUS tools VOL 1 | 295 | IBM PC Utilities: IRMA 3270 comms, full screen, RAM disk report generator | |
| APL*PLUS tools VOL 2 | 95 | File documentation, screen editing, Exception handling. | |
| FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL LIB. | 275 | Financial and statistical analysis. | |
| INFO CENTRE | 12,000—20,000 | Full-screen entry, display and multi-dimensional analysis. Interfaces to other I.C. products. Runs under VM VSAPL on IBM mainframes. | |
| EXECUCALC | 4,000 | Mainframe Spreadsheet with VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3 functionality requires VSAPL under TSO or VM. | |
| EXECUPLOT | 3,200 | Mainframe Graphics display system with VisiPlot functionality requires VSAPL under TSO or VM and GDDM. | |
| MetaTechnics | MetaScreen | 245 | Full-screen handler for APL*PLUS/PC, based on VSAPL AP124 |
| MetaPack | 495 | Comprehensive utilities package for APL*PLUS/PC. Includes MetaScreen, MetaWS, Browse, Toolbox, Numeric Editor | |
| 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 | 250 | Comprehensive APL tutor | |
| MicroGRID | poa | Ethernet & other networking | |
| APLCALC | 400 | APL spreadsheet system | |
| MicroPLOT/PC | 250 | For APL*PLUS/PC product | |
| MicroSPAN/PC | 250 | For APL*PLUS/PC product | |
| Packer | Budworth Genealogy System | 30 | Record-keeping, documenting, sorting & pedigree-chart printing for professional & amateur family historians. Uses IBM/PC APL. |
| Parallax | ExecuCalc | $5000 | Mainframe-based electronic spreadsheet for VM/CMS & MVS/TSO with links to micro products. |
| ExecuPlot | $5000 | Mainframe-based colour graphics system with micro links. | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APL People | Consultancy | poa | All levels, most APL systems |
| A.S.T. | Consultancy | poa | Technical & business systems, micros, networking & communications a speciality. |
| Attikale | Consultancy | 160 | Management reporting systems & Information Centres. |
| Boeing | Consultancy | poa | |
| Camacho | Consultancy | poa | Specialising in programming & manual writing. |
| Cocking/Drury | Consultancy | 120-150 | Junior consultant |
| 140-200 | Consultant | ||
| 185-300 | Senior consultant | ||
| 275-400 | Managing consultant | ||
| Courses | 375 | 3 day Fundamentals | |
| 330 | 3 day Advanced | ||
| 595 | 5 day System Design | ||
| 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 | |
| Mercia | Consultancy & Training | poa | APL*PLUS & VSAPL consultancy. Onsite and Offsite APL courses. |
| MetaTechnics | Consultancy | poa | Management Information & Production Management Systems & Process Control. |
| MetaSys | poa | Prototyping APL-Hybrid Custom Programming Service. | |
| MicroAPL | Consultancy | poa | Technical & applications consultancy. |
| Packer | Consultancy | 150 | Specialising in Microcomputer & Operational Research applications. |
| Parallax | Consultancy & Training | $750 poa |
Introductory APL, APL for end-user & Advanced Topics in APL. |
| QB On-Line | Consultancy | 200 | Specialising in Banking, Financial & Planning 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. |
| APL Publications | Books | refer to APL Booklist | APL books. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| APL People | Valerie Lusmore | 17 Barton Street, Bath, Avon. Tel. 0225-62601 |
| APL Publications | Les Hollingbery | [address and telephone number omitted] |
| APL Software Technology (UK) Ltd. (A.S.T.) | John Hagger | 14 Rosewood Avenue, Alveston, Bristol BS12 2PP 0454-415737 |
| or | Per Hultin | 46 Vicarage Hill, South Benfleet, Essex SS7 1PB. 03745-50501 |
| Attikale Ltd. | Peter Hurdley | 51 Brookside, Paulton, Bristol BS18 5YR. 0761-415427 |
| Boeing Computer Services (Europe) Ltd. | Anne Harding | 19 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 5AB. 01-631 0808 |
| Burroughs Machines Ltd. | M.J. Fennel | Heathrow House, Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex TW5 9QL 01-750 1400 |
| Anthony Camacho | [address and telephone number omitted] | |
| 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. | Ken Jackson | 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 Ltd | Gerard Johnstone | PO Box 32, Alencon Link, Basingstoke, Hants., RG21 1EJ. 0256-56144 |
| Inner Product Ltd. | Dominic Murphy | 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 |
| Mercia Software Ltd. | Gareth Brentnall Barrie Webster |
Aston Science Park, Love Lane, Birmingham B7 4BJ. 021-359 5096 |
| MetaTechnics Systems Ltd. | Steve Margolis | Unit 216, 62 Tritton Road, London, SE21 8DE. 01-670 7959 |
| MicroAPL Ltd. | Richard Nabavi Paul Thornton |
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 |
| S.H. Packer | [address and telephone number omitted] | |
| Parallax Systems Inc. | Kevin Weaver | 60 West 9th Street, New York, New York 10011, U.S.A. 212-475-4001 |
| 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 |