System 7.5.1 was the first to refer to itself as Mac OS; Mac OS 7.6 was the first to be branded as 'Mac OS' Mac OS 8: 1997 1997 Macintosh computers Mac OS 9: 1999 1999 Mac OS X: Mac OS X Public Beta: September 13, 2000 September 13, 2000 May 14, 2001 Code name Kodiak; Mac OS X 10.0: September 13, 2000 March 24, 2001 Code name Cheetah; Mac OS X 10.1. Maya was developed by Alias and is released for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, IRIX, and Mac OS X operating systems. The latest version of Maya, version 8.0, was released in August 2006. 6.5 was the last version that supported IRIX, due to the platform's declining popularity in recent years.
- Celtx allows you to organize everything related to the pre-production of your work, including characters, costumes, make-up, materials, props, locations of the scenes, etc. Multimedia images and files that are useful for the project are other two types of resources that the program can store.
- Overwrite the full drive with at least two write passes to include a pattern in the first pass and its complement in the second pass. Verify that the data was overwritten. Recommended product: BCWipe; and/or. Physically shred the drive such that the resulting particles have a maximum edge length of 2 mm and a maximum surface area of 4 mm 2.
- Version for Mac OS Description The citizens of Houndspoint have always loved and trusted their canine companions, but a recent wave of coordinated attacks by a pack of strange dogs has thrown the snowy mountain town into a state of fear.
Thermal Physics
- Molecules is a two-dimensional molecular dynamics simulation of a collection of structureless, interacting particles (such as noble gas atoms). Uses of this program range from visualizing frictionless motion to quantitative study of phase transformations. The full-featured user interface lets you create up to 1000 particles of two different types, adjust their sizes, masses, and interaction strengths, add a gravitational field, monitor the temperature and pressure, and save configurations for later use. This program is available for several platforms:
- Mac OS 8-9. Also runs in the Classic environment under OS X. Click here to download (.sit format, 792k).
- Mac OS X. Also runs under OS 9 with CarbonLib. Note that, due to the double-buffered graphics on OS X, the Classic version (above) gives better performance and smoother animation (though with some flicker). Click here to download (.sit format, 975k).
- Windows 95 or better. Click here to download (.zip format, 536k).
- REALbasic project source file. If you have REALbasic, just click here to download the project file (.sit format, 143k).
- Source code in plain text format (61k; possibly useful if you want to see the algorithms or port the program).
- This software is issued under the GNU General Public License, which you should read if you intend to modify or distribute the program.
- There's also a stripped-down Java version of this program: click here to view or download the source code.
- Ising is a Monte Carlo simulation of the two-dimensional Ising model, demonstrating phase transitions of a magnetic system. You can adjust the temperature, magnetic field, and lattice size (up to 400x400) while the simulation is running. Besides graphical output, the program keeps track of the current value, average, and standard deviation of the energy and magnetization, which you can copy and paste into a spreadsheet for further analysis. The current version of Ising is 1.1, posted 22 September 2002 (see source code for a list of changes since version 1.0). This program is available for several platforms:
- Mac OS 8-9. Also runs in the Classic environment under OS X. Click here to download (.sit format, 728k).
- Mac OS X. Also runs under OS 9 with CarbonLib. Note that, due to the double-buffered graphics on OS X, the Classic version (above) gives slightly better performance and smoother animation in the 'update continuously' mode. Click here to download (.sit format, 910k).
- Windows 95 or better. Click here to download (.zip format, 473k).
- REALbasic project source file. If you have REALbasic, just click here to download the project file (.sit format, 89k).
- Source code in plain text format (32k; possibly useful if you want to see the algorithms or port the program).
- This software is issued under the GNU General Public License, which you should read if you intend to modify or distribute the program.
- There's also a stripped-down Java version of this program: click here to view or download the source code.
- To see a bare-bones version of this program for True BASIC, click here.
Electromagnetism
- EField applet:Click here to run the EField applet, which draws electric fields for any two-dimensional arrangement of charges.
Astronomy
- Zoomer applet:Click here to run the Zoomer applet--a modest attempt to show earth's place in the universe.
The programs described below were developed for the Macintosh computer circa 1985-92. They are small, fast, and easy to use, but lack the color graphics that everyone expects these days. As far as I know, all of them run fine on PowerPC-based Macintosh systems, including OS X systems under the Classic environment. It might be possible to run them on Intel-based Macs using third-party emulation software, but I've never tried this. Except for the EField Appet (see above), I have no versions of these programs for Windows or other operating systems. However, the Spins program has recently been ported to Java by a group at Oregon State University. Click here for more information about this Java version of Spins.
All of the programs described below, except for the Radiation program, were written by Dan Schroeder and Michael Martin. To download an archive of all of these programs, click here (.hqx format, 213k). The Radiation program is in a separate archive (see below).
Electromagnetism
- E-Field shows the electric field (represented by arrows) of an arbitrary two-dimensional distribution of point charges or of infinite-line charges (running perpendicular to the screen). It has a very easy user interface and is suitable for high school or college introductory courses. (Unless you're on a pre-OSX Mac, use the EField applet instead of this program.)
- B-Field is similar to E-Field but shows the magnetic field of an arbitrary arrangement of infinite wires running perpendicular to the screen.
- Radiation draws and animates the electric field lines around an accelerated point charge undergoing various motions, as described here. This program was created by Blas Cabrera, Sha Xin Wei, and Jim Terman; it is now in the public domain. Click here to download this program (.hqx format, 40k).
Fourier Analysis
- Fourier analyzes a user-drawn wave form (within a finite interval) into its first 15 Fourier components, or synthesizes a wave form from user-specified coefficients.
Quantum Mechanics
- Q-Wave is similar to Fourier, but can analyze a wavefunction using any of three different sets of basis functions, corresponding to box, harmonic oscillator, and linear potential energy functions.
- Schrödinger animates the time dependence of a one-dimensional wavefunction built as a linear superposition of the first six basis functions for either the box or harmonic oscillator potential.
- Quantum1D is a bare-bones animation (with no user interface) of one-dimensional scattering of a wavepacket from a step potential. A few parameters can be specified by the user upon startup.
- Spins allows the user to link together Stern-Gerlach devices to explore the mysteries of quantum mechanics for a system that is mathematically very simple. This program is described in an article in American Journal of Physics 61, 798-805 (1993). New: a Java version of this program is now available from Oregon State University.
Last modified on November 13, 2007.
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