Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

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4 total messages Started by Thomas Carr Sat, 11 Apr 1992 23:25

#1338

Author: Thomas Carr
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 23:25

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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?

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?

Thanks for helping with my stupid questions.

Tom
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Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

#1348

Author: 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.

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Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

#1429

Author: 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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Re: Installing SoftPC & Mathematica

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Author: bob
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.
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