Math Cad 2.5

Math Cad 2.5 is a mathematical computing package from an era when serious technical calculations were increasingly moving from paper and calculators onto personal computers. It provides tools for entering equations, performing calculations, and working with mathematical data in a more structured fashion than a conventional calculator could manage. The software belongs to the wonderfully ambitious generation of applications that tried to turn a DOS computer into a compact scientific workstation. Its interface may appear austere now, but the underlying idea remains familiar: let the user describe a mathematical problem and allow the computer to handle the tedious arithmetic. For engineers, students, scientists, and anyone who has ever stared suspiciously at a long equation, that is a rather appealing proposition. There is no need for flashy graphics here. The real entertainment comes from making the machine crunch numbers while you pretend you always knew what the answer was supposed to be.