octave-2.1.57-i586-1.tgz
2nd April 2004

md5sum...
95d71fc96571270423cfbbf2cb802871  octave-2.1.57-i586-1.tgz

dependencies...
slackware 9.0 gcc-g77-3.2.2-i386-1.tgz available from...
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/freesoftware.com/slackware-9.0//slackware/d/gcc-g77-3.2.2-i386-1.tgz
or other slackware mirror.

Any complaints contact ren on Vector Linux forums.