Magazine: T.H.E.
Journal, (USA)
Issue: September 1999
Hands-On - Waterloo Maple Inc
From Waterloo Maple,
Inc. and Casio, Inc. comes a new handheld PC, Cassiopeia
A-20, the 'Computer Extender'. It has a built-in 640
x 240 display, pen-touch sensitive screen and Hitachi
SH-3 (80MHz) CPU. The fully portable Cassiopeia A-20
combines the technology of three educational software
developers -- Waterloo Maple, Key Curriculum Press
and Math Resources, Inc.
Waterloo Maple has developed
a software system to work with the portability of Casio's
new Windows CE device for exploring, learning and solving
problems in mathematics from algebra to calculus.
Maple for Windows CE
suits high school and college students and teachers.
With Geometer's Sketchpad software from Key Curriculum
Press, students can build mathematical models, then
explore their properties dynamically by transforming
their components. Math Resources, Inc. provides a Graphing
Calculator to accompany the 'Computer Extender'. Waterloo
Maple Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, (800) 267-6583, www.maplesoft.com.
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