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Article #1714Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica
From: bob
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:31
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:31
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My private email reply bounced. In comp.sys.next.misc article <1992Apr11.232547.19789@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> you wrote: > 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? > On our SoftPC, we had to be real careful. 1. Absolutely be logged on as root when you install or it won"t work. 2. After the NeXT Installer App finished, there was another install script on one of the floppy disks that we had to run separately. 3. Finally, SoftPC.app is a directory, it just does not show up with the diamond in the browser. But if you highlight it, and select File on the WorkSpace menu, the Open As Folder menu item should be available. -- -Bob --- Robert L. Hartley, Jr. MARTIN WADE HARTLEY & HOLLINGSWORTH P. O. Box 88676 3590 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46208-0676 (317) 924-6700 (317) 924-6712 FAX UUCP: uunet!mwhhlaw!bob ABA/net: HARTLEYR ATTMAIL: attmail!mwhhlaw!bob --- -- -Bob ---
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!samsung!nstar!towers!mwhhlaw!bob From: bob@mwhhlaw Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica Message-ID: <1992Apr14.133130.2329@mwhhlaw.uucp> Date: 14 Apr 92 13:31:30 GMT Article-I.D.: mwhhlaw.1992Apr14.133130.2329 References: <1992Apr11.232547.19789@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Sender: bob@mwhhlaw.uucp Reply-To: uunet!mwhhlaw!bob Distribution: na Organization: Martin_Wade_Hartley_&_Hollingsworth Lines: 47