Re: Re: Mathematica 1
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- Subject: [mg62089] Re: [mg62051] Re: Mathematica 1
- From: George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:51:52 -0500 (EST)
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There *were* two versions, one that required the co-processor, and one that did not. I believe that they were sold separately. The student version was the one without co-processor support. george On Nov 10, 2005, at 2:50 AM, Dave Seaman wrote: > On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:52:08 +0000 (UTC), 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. > > My recollection is that Mathematica 1.2 required a 68881 > coprocessor to > run on a Mac II. Such programs cannot run in the Classic environment. > It's possible there may have been two versions of Mathematica for > the Mac > back then, one requiring the coprocessor and one not. It made a huge > difference in performance on a Mac II. > > > > -- > Dave Seaman > Judge Yohn's mistakes revealed in Mumia Abu-Jamal ruling. > <http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=228> >
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- Mathematica 1
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- Re: Mathematica 1
- From: Dave Seaman <dseaman@no.such.host>
- Mathematica 1