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In article <1992Jul28.231333.6484@leland.Stanford.EDU> shiva@vega.Stanford.EDU  
(Marcos Javier Polanco) writes:
> 
> 
> I finished installing Mathematica on my Nextstation last night, after  
> getting
> the  password from Wolfram Research.
> 
> I expected to get a prompt like IN[1] = like the Mathematica book shows.
> Instead, when I click on Notebook, I get a blank page (Untitled-1) without
> any prompt.
> 
> I tried clicking on different options but nothing gave me a prompt.

No prompt appears---you just start typing.  Note the following peculiarities of  
Mma, however:
1. You must hit Shift-Return or Enter to complete the command (not Return).
2. Mma doesn't start the kernel until the first command is entered, so the  
first command will take a while to finish even if it is 1+1 (this can be  
changed with Preferences menu).
3. Errors in the shell scripts "math" and "mathremote" or the password file
(typically "/LocalApps/Mathematica.app/Kernel/NeXT/mathpass") can cause Mma,  
without any user notification, to just never respond to your commands.  The  
file paths and host and registration information must be exactly correct.

Examples of the last one: if your "mathpass" file has your host as  
"glub.flub.edu", but the UNIX hostname command replies with "glub", Mma will go  
into sulk mode.  Or---true story---if someone misspells "Kernel" as "Kernal" in  
the paths given in the scripts, then you will have a devil of a time figuring  
out why Mma won't run.

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