Mathematica on NeXT and DOS or Windows
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Mathematica on NeXT and DOS or Windows
- From: mkende at athena.mit.edu
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 11:42:35 EDT
I have a NeXT Station with Mathematica 2.0 and am now planning on getting a DOS laptop. I have three questions. 1. What differences have people found between the DOS and the Windows versions of Mathematica (this answer may be contingent on the next two answers). 2. Is it possible to transfer notebooks between the NeXT version and either or both of the DOS or Windows versions of Mathematica. 3. How fast (or slow) is Mathematica on a 386SL 25 Mhz with a coprocessor, especially in the Windows version. Given a choice, would a 486 SX be a must for using this. My feeling is that in Windows I can use Notebooks like in the NeXT, and that Windows Mathematica is quite slow in 386, but I'm not sure about this. If anybody has any experience using these two environments in parallel, I would appreciate any feedback (not just on using Mathematica). Thanks Michael Kende (mkende at athena.mit.edu)