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APL Product Guide

Vector 2:4, page 31

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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.

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 find they are no longer included, have not bothered to reply to my two warnings. If they would like to be reinstated, would they please contact me to confirm their entries. 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 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 working group for mistakes or omissions. The Guide has now been entered on our Wordprocessor, so there might be some this time!

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
Analogic The APL Machine $60,000+ AP500 array processor, 4 Mb data memory, 80 Mb disk drive.
APL Software Technology Ericsson PC 2,000-5,000 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
6,000-35,000 Supplied as part of a turnkey system.
See MicroAPL entry.
Gen. Software Myriade poa TI computer + APL & APL operating system
Inner Product IBM PC 2,000-6,000 IBM PCs supplied for turnkey applications
M.B.T. MBT Series 10 poa UNIX/68010 based multi-user APL system
TORCH poa 68000/Z80 multiprocessor
MetaTechnics — 3,000+ Details on application
MicroAPL Aurora 23500 Multi-user APL computer using 68020 CPU. Std. configuration 2Mb RAM, 16 RS232 ports, 68 Mb hard disc, 720K diskette
Sinclair QL with QL/APL 300+ Fully expandable APL system with colour graphics.
SPECTRUM 11,000-15,000 Expandable multi-user APL computer using Motorola 68000. Std. configuration 1 Mb RAM, 12/36 Mb disc, 12 ports.
STRIDE 440 8,500 Multi-user APL computer, 1 Mb RAM, 12/18 Mb disc.

APL TIMESHARING SERVICES

COMPANY PRODUCT PRICES £ DETAILS
Boeing Mainstream APL poa Enhanced IBM VS APL (CMS)
Mercia APL*PLUS poa STSC’s Mainframe Service – MAILBOX etc.
I.P. Sharp SHARP APL poa International Network application systems and public databases.

APL INTERPRETERS

COMPANY PRODUCT PRICES £ DETAILS
APL Software Technology APL*PLUS/PC 600-695 See Cocking & Drury entry.
Release 5 now available. Discounts available on multiple copies.
Cocking/Drury APL*PLUS/PC Release 5 695 STSC’s full-feature APL for IBM PC, PC/AT, Compaq, Olivetti, Wang, Apricot, Ericsson etc
Release 4 update 150 Extension upgrade from release 4
Release 3 update 110 Extension upgrade from release 3
Run-time poa Closed version of APL*PLUS PC which prevents user exposure to APL.
APL*PLUS UNX poa STSC’s 2nd generation APL for IBM PC/AT, DEC, AT&T and other Unix computers.
Dyadic Dyalog APL 1,000-8,000 2nd gen. portable APL for UNIX systems, e.g. IBM PC AT, SUN, MC68000, HP9000, NCR, VAX, Gould, Amdahl.
Gen. Software APL*MYRIADE poa Runs on Texas Instruments TI990 range.
IBM UK Product Sales IBM PC APL poa 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 5.0
695 STSC’s full-feature APL for IBM PC, PC/AT Compaq, Olivetti, Wang, Apricot, Ericsson etc
upgrade to 5.0 150
APL*PLUS/UNX poa 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 1,000+ 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) 87 VSAPL compatible APL for QL with many extra features.
MAC/APL 257
AMIGA/APL 326
ATARI/APL 131
Portable PortAPL $195 IBM PC Software
$275 Mackintosh
$2,995 DEC VAX
I.P. Sharp Sharp APL/PCX 2,575 For IBM XT/AT
1,000+ For IBM mainframes
Sharp APL/PC 325 For IBM PC or PC/XT

APL VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS

COMPANY PRODUCT PRICES £ DETAILS
Farnell Tandberg TDV 2221 995 Ergonomic design APL terminal, 50-19200 baud, 15″ anti-reflex screen, low profile keyboard
Tandberg TDV 2271 1,195 Combined APL/ANSI ergonomic terminal as above.
Gen. Software Mellordata Elite 3045A 400 Second-hand
M.B.T. various Contact MBT for details
MicroAPL Insight VDT-1 795 Inexpensive APL VDU
Insight GDT-1 1,450 With monochrome graphics
Tektronix 4105 3,545 High resolution colour graphics supporting APL character set on MicroAPL hardware.
Concept 201 1415 APL VDU with 8 page memory
Concept 201G 1935 Graphics VDU
Shandell AVT-APL+
GVT-APL+
1,200+ 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 1,200+ As above plus 15″ screen;viewports;smooth scroll; NVM storage; 55 PF keys; Tek 4014, VT640/DQ640 & Visual 500 graphics compatible.
Textronix 4114B 13,500+ 19″ D.V.S.T.:Graphics: 3120 x 4096 displayable; Intelligent: up to 800K memory; APL keyboard (option 4E)
4125 21,550+ 19″ 2D colour graphics; Workstation (1280 x 1024);Intelligent: up to 800K memory; APL keyboard (mod AP)
4128 26,822+ As 4125 plus 3D wireframe

APL PRINTERS

COMPANY PRODUCT PRICES £ DETAILS
Datatrade Datasouth DS180+ 1,295 180 cps matrix printer with 4K buffer, 9 x 7 dot matrix and APL option.
Datasouth DS220 1,695 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 1,150 200 cps., 132 col., tractor feed
Siemens PT88 620 180 cps., 80 col., silent
TGC Starwriter 1,180 40 cps., letter quality
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+ 1,295 See Datatrade entry
Philips GP300 1,924 Matrix printer with letter & draft quality and APL.
Qume Letterpro20 549 APL/ASCII Daisy-wheel printer

APL PACKAGES

COMPANY PRODUCT PRICES £ DETAILS
APL◇385 FSM 385 PC: 50 Screen development
DRAW 385 Screen design
DB 385 Mainframe: 125 Relational W.S.
GEN 385 Utilities
APL Software Technology POWERTOOLS/PC 295 Assembler written replacement function for commonly used CPU-consuming APL functions. Includes extended full-screen Forms Processor.
Boeing TABAPL poa Hierarchical Planning System
Beta-plan BETA-FONT poa Multiple font PC character generator. Dealers required for non-Scandinavian countries.
Cocking/Drury Mainframe
STSC’s SHAREFILE poa Component files, quad- functions & nested arrays for IBM VSAPL under VM/CMS & MVS/TSO
SHAREFILE AP 5,000 STSC’s sharefile for APL2
EMMA poa STSC’s database package.
CALL/AP 3,000 Non-APL program execution from VS-APL or APL2 under VM/CMS & MVS/TSO
AFM 10,000 High-performance shared files for VS-APL.
FORMAT 2,250 Enhanced report formatting.
WSAIDS 795 Workspace doc. & development aids.
Microcomputer
STATGRAPHICS PC 995 Statistics & Graphics for IBM PC, AT, etc.
APL*PLUS PC Tools
VOL 1 325 Incl. 327x IRMA support, RAM disk, full screen data entry, menu input, report generation, games.
VOL 2 125 Incl.file documentor, screen editor, exception handler.
APL*PLUS PC Fin & Stat. Library 350 Financial & statistical routines
APL/DIF 145 Interface between APL*PLUS PC and DIF file supporting spreadsheets.
MetaScreen 245 See MetaTechnics entry.
MetaPack 95 See MetaTechnics entry.
POWERTOOLS 295 See APL Software Technology entry.
E&S PROTOPAK Packages for prototyping management information systems – PC & mainframe
consisting of:
RMS Modules Relational databases.
AMS 250+ Multi-dimensional arrays
RAMS Combined RMS & AMS.
BMS Dynamic financial modelling & forecasting
FMS Full-screen handler for APL*PLUS/PC. (AP 124-based)
CMS Communications package.
SOS poa Scheduled ordering and stock control.
Gen. Software PROPS 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 3,500-10,000 Accounting package & 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 3,500 EEC monetary and agrimonetary analysis.
M.B.T. RHOMBUS poa Integrated Office System
HASLEMERE poa Hotel Accounting System
Mercia STATGRAPHICS 995 Integrated stat. graphic system for PCs.
APL*PLUS tools
VOL 1 325 IBM PC Utilities: IRMA3270 comms, full screen, RAM Disk report generator
VOL 2 125 File documentation, screen editing. Exception handling
FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL LIB. 275 Financial and Statistical analysis
INFOCENTRE 2,000-20,000 Full-screen entry, display & multi-dimensonal 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.
EXEC*U*STAT 495 Easy to use Statistics for management.
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 Product 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
Parallax ExecuCalc $5,000 Mainframe-based electronic spreadsheet for VM/CMS & MVS/TSO with links to micro products.
ExecuPlot $5,000 Mainframe-based colour graphics 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
APL Software Technology Consultancy poa Technical & business systems, micros, networking & communications a speciality.
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
poa Introduction to APL2
poa APL2 in depth
Delphi Consultancy poa Specialising in management reporting systems and APL on microcomputers.
Dyadic Consultancy poa APL system design, consultancy, programming & training for Dyalog APL, VSAPL, APL*PLUS, IPSA APL etc.
E & S Consultancy 150-250 System prototyping: all types of information system.
FASTCODE Consultancy poa Specialise in improving performance of APL applications on micros & mainframes.
Gen. Software Consultancy 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 & 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.
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/long-term projects, supervised.
Mine of Information APL Book Service See booklist
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 No.
Analogic Corporation Denise Favorat 8 Centennial Drive, Centennial Industrial Park, Peabody, Mass. U.S.A. 01961
☎ 617-246-0300
APL 385 Adrian Smith Brook House, Gilling East, York. ☎ 04393-385
APL People Valerie Lusmore 17 Barton Street, Bath, Avon. ☎ 0225-62601
APL Software Technology John Hagger
or Per Hultin
14 Rosewood Avenue, (UK) Ltd. Alveston, Bristol BS12 2PP. ☎ 0454-415737
46 Vicarage Hill South Benfleet,Essex SS7 1PB. ☎ 03745-50501
Beta-plan APS Kim Andreasen Stengrade 75 , DK-3000 Helsingor, Denmark. ☎ 45 2 21 48 48
Boeing Computer Anne Harding 19 Fitzroy Street, Services (Europe) Ltd., London W1P 5AB. ☎ 01-631 0808
Anthony Camacho [address and telephone number omitted]
Cocking & Drury Ltd. Romilly Cocking
Brian Drury
16 Berkeley Street, London W1X 5AE. ☎ 01-493 6172
155 Friar Street Reading RG1 1HE. ☎ 0734-588835
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 Park House, The High Street, Alton, Hampshire. ☎ 0420-87024
E & S Associates Frank Evans 19 Homesdale Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1JS. ☎ 0689-24741
Farnell International Instruments Ltd. R. Fairbairn
or Roger Attard
Jubilee House, Sandbeck Way, Wetherby, W. Yorks. ☎ 0937-61961
Davenport House, Bowers Way, Harpenden, Herts. ☎ 05827-69071
FASTCODE Andrew Dickey P.O. Box 281, Croton-on-Hudson, New York 10520, U.S.A. ☎ (914) 271-3200
General Software Ltd. M.E. Martin 22 Russell Road, Northolt, Middx. UB5 4QS. ☎ 01-864 9537
H.M.W. Programming Consultants Ltd. Ken Jackson 142 Feltham Hill Rd, Ashford, Middx. 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 Chris Sell 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
Mercia Software Ltd. Gareth Brentnall
Barrie Webster
Aston Science Park, Love Lane, Birmingham B7 4BJ. ☎ 021-359 5096
MetaTechnics Systems Ltd John Stenbridge
David Toop
Unit 216, 62 Tritton Road, London, SE21 8DE. ☎ 01-670 7959
MicroAPL Ltd. Jonathan Matthews
Paul Thornton
Unit 1F,Nine Elms Industrial Estate, 87 Kirtling Street, London SW8 5BP.
01-622 0395
Mine of Information Richard Ross-Langley PO Box 1000, St. Albans, Herts AL3 6NE. ☎ 0727 52801
Modern Business Technology Ltd. (MBT) Michael Branson P.O. Box 87, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8BB
☎ 04868-23956
Parallax Systems Inc. Kevin Weaver 60 West 9th Street, New York, New York 10011, U.S.A. ☎ 212-475-4001
Portable Software Richard Smith 60 Aberdeen Ave, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. 02138. ☎ 617-547-2918
QB On-Line Systems Philip Bulmer 5 Surrey House,Portsmouth Rd 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
Tektronix UK Ltd. Paul Morgan Fourth Avenue, Globe Park, Marlow, Bucks SL7 1YD. ☎ 06284-6000

APL BOOKLIST

List of books stocked and on sale

Title Price UK Post & Pack (£)
An Interactive Approach, Gilman & Rose 24.35 2.65
APL: An Introduction, H. Peele 15.00 2.25
Introducing APL to Teachers, K. Iverson 3.00 .40
Introduction to APL for Scientists & Engineers 3.00 .40
An APL Notebook, Barrie Wetherill 1.90 .50
A Source Book in APL, A. Falkoff & K. Iverson 8.75 1.80
APL: Design Handbook for Commercial Systems, Smith 13.10 1.50
APL and Insight, P. Berry and G. Bartoli 4.50 .55
APL in Practice, STSC 40.00 2.50
APL: The Language and its Usage, R. Polivka & S. Pakin 36.00 2.70
APL Quote-quad the Early Years 31.50 2.70
APL Business Technology ’83 Proceedings 11.20 2.70
APL SV Reference Card .50 .50
Designing APL Systems, Toronto Press Procs ’82 Vol 2 8.50 1.80
FinnAPL Idiom Library 11.20 1.30
Sharp APL Reference Book 1.50 .50
Sharp APL Reference Manual, P. Berry 10.50 2.70
Yale University Idiom List 2.00 .50
APL in Exposition, K. Iverson 3.00 .50
Algebra, K. Iverson 12.00 2.30
Solutions to Algebra, J. Iverson 3.95 .50
Elementary Analysis, K. Iverson 13.50 1.50
Resistive Circuit Theory, R. Spence 20.00 2.80
Star Map, P. Berry & J. Thorstetsen 6.00 .50
Reliable Software through Composite Design, Myers 15.00 1.30
APL Lapel Pin with gripping backplate 2.00 .50
Whizzbangs, Volume II, R. Sykes 10.00 1.80
Whizzbangs, Volume I, R. Sykes 10.00 .40
Information Centres Toronto Procs ’84 8.00 1.80
Application Systems in APL, Gibson Levine Metger 30.00 2.70

Please order direct from Mine of Information:
APL Book Service, PO Box 1000, St. Albans, AL3 6NE, U.K. ☎ 0727-52801
This list replaces all previous lists
Prices are in pounds sterling and are as at 1st January 1986
Prices are subject to change without notice.
Terms: Access & Visa accepted, or sterling cheque with order;

Outside UK add an extra amount per book –
£1 to Europe, £2.50 Africa & Middle East, £5 elsewhere (all sent airmail).