WordMARC
Created link to biographical page for Pedro Marcal
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|title=Macneal-Schwendler to buy MARC Analysis Research}} (which specialized in high end [[Finite element method|Finite Element Analysis]] software for mechanical engineering). It ran originally on minicomputers such as [[Prime computer|Prime]] and [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] [[VAX]]. When the [[IBM PC]] emerged as the platform of choice for word processing, WordMARC allowed users to easily move documents from a minicomputer (where they could be easily shared) to PCs. |
|title=Macneal-Schwendler to buy MARC Analysis Research}} (which specialized in high end [[Finite element method|Finite Element Analysis]] software for mechanical engineering). It ran originally on minicomputers such as [[Prime computer|Prime]] and [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] [[VAX]]. When the [[IBM PC]] emerged as the platform of choice for word processing, WordMARC allowed users to easily move documents from a minicomputer (where they could be easily shared) to PCs. |
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WordMARC was the creation of Pedro Marcal,{{cite web |title=MARC Software International |
WordMARC was the creation of [[Pedro Marçal|Pedro Marcal]],{{cite web |title=MARC Software International |
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|quote=Pedro V. Marcal President MARC Software International Inc. Palo Alto|date = July 1986}} who pioneered work in finite element analysis and needed a technical word processor that both supported complex notations{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA3RA3f6mi0C |
|quote=Pedro V. Marcal President MARC Software International Inc. Palo Alto|date = July 1986}} who pioneered work in finite element analysis and needed a technical word processor that both supported complex notations{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA3RA3f6mi0C |
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