Re: Mmka speed under Win95
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- Subject: [mg2790] Re: Mmka speed under Win95
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 02:07:14 -0500
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
In article <4ar669$2hq at dragonfly.wri.com>, "Maxim S. Popov" <maxim at rainbow.uchicago.edu> wrote: > I am using Mathematica for students v. 2.2.4 > under Windows 95, and I ran a few timing checks > recently. I noticed that if I run a calculation > in kernel window (without starting frontend) it > runs aprroximately twice as fast than in a notebook. > Besides that, if a run a lengthy calculation in a > notebook, I cannot stop it by any means (I tried > the button on the toolbar, the menu command and > the keyboard shortcut). Does anyone know whether > I can do something about it? Or, maybe, someone > knows when the new version of frontend (for windows95) > will be released? > > Thank you, > > Max. The slow down experienced when running Mathematica for Windows under Windows 95 (or Windows NT) compared to Windows 3.x appears to be due to a conflict between the mechanism built in to Mathematica for polling between the kernel and front end to share processor time and that provided by the operating systems in Windows 95 and Windows NT. Wolfram Research is currently testing a version of Mathematica that resolves this conflict. This should be available early in the New Year. I you have been experiencing this slowdown contact Wolfram Research Technical Support directly (support at wri.com) for details on recieving this update when it is available. I hope this helps. --Ian ----------------------------------------------------------- Ian Collier Technical Sales Support Wolfram Research, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------- tel:(217) 398-0700 fax:(217) 398-0747 ianc at wri.com Wolfram Research Home Page: http://www.wri.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------