Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

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From: John McCracken
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 04:04

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In article <1992Apr11.232547.19789@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>  
tcarr@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Thomas Carr) writes:
> 
> 2.  When registering Mathematica the machine name (host name) is required.
> I interpret this as the name I gave my computer.  What happens if I want to
> change the name of my computer; will Mathematica still run?
> 

I changed this machine's hostname after installing Mathematica.  Mathematica
complained about it upon startup, but still worked fine.  I re-installed
Mathematica from floppies, and the problem went away.

-- 
 John McCracken                   White Computers
 john@nextdoor.com                  Can't Jump
 NeXTMail welcome

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