Re: Re: Re: Mathematica 1
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- Subject: [mg62076] Re: [mg62041] Re: [mg62008] Re: Mathematica 1
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:52:08 -0500 (EST)
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On 9 Nov 2005, at 19:19, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > > On 9 Nov 2005, at 17:45, Bob wrote: > >> Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >>> I once had version 1.2 for the Mac, but I used it on a 68K Mac II. >>> Mathematica itself came on floppy disks and even if still had them >>> (which I do not) it certainly would not run on any modern Mac. >> >> Why not? I have plenty of programs from the 68K Mac days that still >> run fine on my current G5 Mac. Granted, there are a few that don't, >> but I can't see how you can be *certain* that early Mathematica >> wouldn't run. >> >> Bob H >> > > Because some years ago, when I still had these floppies I checked > that it would not run under the PowerPC emulator at all. So it seems > highly unlikley that it would do so today. > > Andrzej Kozlowski > Actually, I recall now that Mathematica 1.2 would not run on any Mac with a Motorolla's 6840 processor and this is the processor emulated by PowerPC Macs. Andrzej Kozlowski
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- Re: Mathematica 1
- From: "Bob" <me13013@hotmail.com>
- Re: Re: Mathematica 1
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz@mimuw.edu.pl>
- Mathematica 1