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Re: Mathematica Problems

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From: Dan Shelton
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 17:26
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In article <1992Apr8.130748.4323@email.tuwien.ac.at>  
root@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Purgathofer) writes:
> We have a copy of Mathematica and we cant bring it to work. 
> 
> Version is
> "NeXT Release 2.1
> Mathematica 2.0
> Front End Version 2.0
> June 1991"
> 
> It just doesnt work. You type in a formula (eg. sin(x)) and it starts  
working,  
> rotating the little Harddisk-Cursor and never coming back. We are quite  
trained  
> in using Mathematica on a Mac, and we tried to make it just the way we  
used to.
> 
> Are there known problems of certain versions? Is it wrong installed? Do  
i have  
> to change some settings?
> 
> Thanx in advance
> ==============================================
> Peter Purgathofer (i didn t vote for him)
> Institut f. Gestaltungs- und Wirkungsforschung
> Techn. University Vienna / Computer Science
> purgi@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at
> ==============================================
> "ROMANUS EUNT DOMUM" (Brian)

With the Mathematica 2.0 you have to include the path to the Mathematica  
kernel in your .cshrc file.  e.g. if Mathematica is in /LocalApps, path is  
/LocalApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel.  If you don't include the path, the  
cursor will continue to spin.

Dan
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