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Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

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From: Kent L Shephard
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:11
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In article <1992Apr11.232547.19789@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> tcarr@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Thomas Carr) writes:
>I have two questions.  One pertaining to the installation of SoftPC and the
>other to the installation of Mathematica.
>
>1.  The SoftPC manual states that after running the installation program
>there should be a "SoftPC.app" directory into which I copy the file
>"bios2.rom".  After installing I get a "SoftPC.app" file NOT a directory.
>I can't execute the file because it is looking for "bios2.rom".  What am I
>doing wrong?
>

It is a directory.  Look at the workspace menu and open as a folder.


>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?
>

It will still work.  I've tried it.


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