Linux Journal Issue #39/July 1997

Emphasis: Science and Engineering

Features

• An Introduction to IC Design under Linux by Toby Schaffer & Alan W Glaser
  Linux becomes a platform that can be used to create realworld, working chips when freely available tools are used in concert.
• Analyzing Circuits with SPICE on Linux by Kevin Cosgrove
  Designing many of today's circuuits would be impossible without the aid of SPICE--the Simulations Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis.
• Porting Scientific and Engineering Programs to Linux by Charles T Kelsey IV and Gary L Masters
  One can compile scientific and engineering code under Linux using free FORTRAN 77 options.
• Linux Out of the Real World by Sebastian Kuzminsky
  Plant experiments run by Linux ride the space shuttle.

News & Articles

• Octave: A Free, High-Level Language for Mathematics by Malcolm Murphy
• Programming with the XForms Library, Part 1 by Thor Sigvaldason
• Send Your Smile By E-mail by Frank Pilhofer
• Letter to Bob: Configuring an Intel Linux System by Jon "maddog" Hall
• CeBIT '97 by Belinda Frasier

Reviews

• Product Review
  • MicroStation 95 for Linux by Bradley Willson
• Book Review
  • Learning the bash Shell by Danny Yee
  • Source Code Secrets: The Basic Kernel by Phil Hughes

WWWsmith

• At the Forge: Multiple Choice Quizes, Part 3 by Reuven Lerner

Columns

• Letters to the Editor
• From the Publisher: Is Linux Reliable Enough?
• Stop the Presses: Linux Expo by Jon "maddog" Hall
• Take Command: wc by Alexandre Valente Sousa
• Linux Means Business: MYDATA's Industrial Robots by Tom Bjorkholm
• Linux Gazette: Clueless at the Prompt by Mike List
• New Products
• Best of Technical Support