| NuCalc (Graphing Calculator) | |
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Graphing Calculator 4.0 underMac OS X 10.7.4 | |
| Developer | Pacific Tech |
| Stable release | 5.2 |
| Operating system | Windows,OS X,iOS |
| Type | Plotting |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | pacifict |
NuCalc, also known as Graphing Calculator, is acomputer software tool made byPacific Tech. It can graphinequalities andvector fields, andfunctions in two, three, or fourdimensions. It supports several differentcoordinate systems, and can solveequations. It runs onOS X as Graphing Calculator, and onWindows.
The Graphing Calculator 1.0 software was bundled with allPower Macintosh computers since its introduction in 1994. Having shipped on more than 20 million machines, it is the most familiar version of the program. This version of Graphing Calculator was secretly developed at Apple by Ron Avitzur, an abandoned contractor who felt obligated to complete the project, and their friend and colleague Greg Robbins.[1] NuCalc 1.0 is for680x0 Macintosh. In 2005,This American Life featured Avitzur's story in episode 284,Should I Stay or Should I go?.[2]
At one time, it was a free download forMac OS 9,Mac OS X 10.3, andMac OS X 10.4. However, these may lack some features of 1.0 and may include promotion for the more advanced, commercial version of the software. A Windows version (offered for sale) was renamed NuCalc.
The app has been ported fromC++ toSwiftUI.[3]