Commercial Software For Microcomputers
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SBSI
is currently involved in designing,
developing, implementing, and marketing
microcomputer software for the mass
market. SBSI has released MATRIX 100,
a software package for engineers and
scientists. In the near future, SBSI
plans to introduce two new products:
a communication software package and
an oil & gas conomic/financial
analysis model.
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MATRIX
100.
The
first product from SBSI is MATRIX
100, an enhancement of the BASIC programming
language on the IBM PC designed for
engineers and scientists. It allows
the BASIC user to perform a variety
of matrix operations with a single
BASIC statement for each operation.
Besides, the usual matrix operations
of addition, multiplication, etc.,
MATRIX 100 has commands to perform:
- Matrix
Inversion
- Solution
of simultaneous equations
- Linear
Regression (least squares), including
some statistics.
The
MATRIX100 package has been carefully
designed to be simple for the use.
For the sophisticated user, the MATRIX
100 package has extended commands
for allowing greater control of the
matrix routines, numerical checks
on the stability of solutions, etc.
The following are the MATRIX 100 features:
| FAST
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Matrix
calculations up to 100 times faster
than BASIC. |
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| EASY |
Some
MATRIX 100 commands replace hundreds
of lines of BASIC commands thus
making programming in BASIC
easy. |
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| RELIABLE |
Routines
are numerically sound. Excellent
error recovery and messages. |
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| SAVES
MEMORY |
MATRIX
100 commands replace hundreds
of lines of BASIC code and thus there
is more memory available
for data. |
MATRIX
100 has received excellent reviews.
Some reviewer’s comments follow:
“...very
powerful and very easy to use...very
sound numerically...”–OR/MS
Today 2/85
(G. A. Kochenberger).
“...routines
are quick...user’s manual
is excellent...inexpensive, effective,
and easy to use...Stanford Business
Software deserves congratulations...ordered
a copy for myself...”–PCMagazine
5/14/85 (A. Barcellos).
Copies
of reviews are available on request.
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| Communications
Software.
The next product
from SBSI is a communications package
(due for release in the first quarter
of 1991.
The software has a number of features:
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| EASY |
The
software is very easy to use and
has an attractive user- interface. |
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| AUTO-SENSE
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An auto-sensing
feature allows the package to
automatically sense various
communications parameters
on the other. |
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| BACKGROUND |
Can operate
in the background allowing the
user to continue using other applications. |
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| COMPRESSION
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The files
can be compressed and sent. This
allows the files to be sent at
a much faster rate thus saving
the cost of transmission. |
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| ENCRYPTION |
Files
can be encrypted and sent. |
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| PROTOCOLS
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Supports
all the standard protocols. |
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| SCRIPT
FILE |
The Script
File feature can be used to automate
the communications tasks. |
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| MANUAL
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A comprehensive
easy to use User’s Guide
is also included with the product. |
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| OTHER
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Has numerous
other features.
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IMAGINE:
The Final Frontier in Screen Management.
Imagine
an extremely powerful, compact, fast,
easy-to-use library of C functions for
setting up windows, menu and data forms.
The IMAGINE library and manual have
been carefully designed to minimize
development time without sacrificing
program efficiency. A new unique approach
allows the developer to customize the
library functions without modifying
the source code, thus saving hours of
development time. In addition, in most
cases a single call to a library function
will perform multiple related tasks.
Among the important attributes of the
library are:
| COMPACT |
The
library required for the screens
is approximately 100Kbytes. |
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| FAST |
Sections
of the code have been written
in assembler to allow for extremely
fast screen displays (while correctly
adjusting the screen display
synchronization to avoid “snow”
on the screen). |
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| EASY |
The programmer
can easily set up menus (drop
down or other), tiled windows,
help options, borders, colors,
etc. The selection of menu
items can be done by cursor motion
or by typing a character. |
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| OTHER |
Various
other options are also available.
The program has sort functions,
incremental search capabilities,
hypertext like help, EGA graphics
support. |
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