A Personal History of Mathcad
| Date | Event |
| May 1990 | First introduced to Mathcad 2.0 for DOS |
| early 1991 | Department purchased Mac IIci's.
Purchased Mathcad 2.06 for Macintosh |
| Jan 1993 | Upgraded to Mathcad 3.1 |
| Jun 1994 | Upgraded to Centris 650's
After numerous phone calls to tech support, discovered Mathsoft has discontinued Mac version. |
| late 1994 | Started converting engineering work to Matlab |
| Jul 1995 | Mathsoft privately announces
re-entry
into Mac market with Mathcad/Mac |
|
Apr 1996 |
Mathsoft recruits potential beta testers |
| Aug 1996 | Mathsoft begins beta testing Mathcad Plus 6.0 for Macintosh |
| Nov 1996 | Mathsoft ships Mathcad Plus 6.0 |