File formats linked in MA305

I will use the following file formats in my links, which will be indicated in the suffixes of the URLs. Your browser may need extra configurations to support these formats.

Text

txt, no suffix: Simple ASCII text file. No formatting commands. Test link. Sometimes, I omit the suffix for such files. Test link. A special text format is Maple text (see below).
html: hyper text markup language; if your browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer) can display HTML version 3.2 you will be fine. Lower versions may work also, but not all details may be displayed. Test link.
pdf: the portable document format; I am gradually switching from gzipped postscript to pdf. Viewers are available, for example, from Adobe. Test link.
tex: Knuth's TeX typesetting language; I have used TeX and LaTeX for all my scholarly publications. I also use it to write examinations. There is an Internet Explorer and Netscape plugin, techexplorer (alternate site) for Windows95/Solaris 2.5 to view such files. I will try to make my old exams compatible with this viewer, as an alternative to postscript (see below). Test link.

Graphics

gif: CompuServe's graphics interchange format; supported by most browsers. Test link.
jpeg: the joint photographic experts group image compression format; supported by most browsers. Test link.
ps: Adobe postscript; you can print such a file (after download) on a postscript printer or you can view it with ghostview which I have successfully installed on Windows95 from here. My TeX files are converted to postscript before printing. Test link.

Maple

Note: You can purchase a copy of Maple V.4 for Windows/Macintosh in the NCSU bookstore for $99.95. Alternatively, you can dial/telnet into unity/eos and run/start Maple in/from a session.

mws: Maple worksheet; Maple V.4 will be able to open such a file. You may need to configure your browser to open such a file with Maple V.4. I have done so successfully for Internet Explorer under Windows 95 (View | Options | Programs | File Types | New). I will mostly use this format for Maple demos done in class. Test link.
ms: Maple session; this is the Maple V.3 version of a saved Maple run. You can open such a file with Maple V.4, but you can't save it in the *.ms format from Maple V.4. Mostly used for Maple sessions in previous classes. Test link. Don't click here.
mpl: Maple program; these are ASCII files containing Maple commands, mostly defining procedures that you can read and run. This is an alternative to *.mws files, as you can read them into a command-line Maple that you are running in a terminal window. The Maple programs are also version independent and will work with older Maples. Test link.
txt: Maple text; this format can be both read as ASCII and also loaded into your Maple session and executed. I store all *.mws files this way also so that people without Maple can read the worksheets and that people with older versions of Maple can execute my worksheets. Test link.

Audio

ra: real audio; the soundtrack of the class. You need the RealPlayer, which you can download from ProgressiveNetworks. Test link.
ram: real audio meta file; this file runs the Project25 server that supplies you the real audio stream, so that no file download occurs. Test link.

Compression

gz: Gnu zip; a file compressed by the Free Software Foundations gzip program, which the unity/eos Netscape browser understands. I have successfully uncompressed such files on Windows95 with WINZIP. I use it mostly to compress postscript files. Test link. Compressed postscript file.