Hi - If you're referring to the usual Maxima 5.6 from the University of
Texas site, then there should be no problem with running Maxima on either NT
or Win98. I'm able to run it under both OS's. I have not however tried the
infamous XP yet...
Dave Holmgren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Thomas" <miketh at brisbane>
To: <stephen.buckley@excite.com>; <maxima@www.ma.utexas.edu>
Cc: <mthomas@gil.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Maxima] Maxima windows install probs: sockets
> Hi Stephen.
>
> Judging by the overwhelming response you received earlier, not many people
> who read this list have tried Maxima on Win 98.
>
> I don't know any particular reason why it would not work on W98 per se.
> Maybe it has something to do with the networking setup on that computer?
If
> the kids will let me, I'll try installing Maxima over the weekend on their
> machine which has W98 and let you know what I find out.
>
> If text only will do, it might be worthwhile trying to run
saved_maxima.exe
> from a command prompt.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike Thomas.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <stephen.buckley at excite>
> To: <wfs@mail.ma.utexas.edu>; <maxima@www.ma.utexas.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:22 AM
> Subject: Maxima windows install probs: sockets
>
>
> >
> > Dear Sir
> >
> > just a follow-up message... I also tried installing Maxima on my
computer
> at work [which runs NT] and it installed and ran fine.
> > So... does this program need NT to run? My home computer only has
windows
> 98 and I get the socket errors I mentioned before:
> >
> > Error: can't read maximaSocket no such variable
> > etc
> >
> > kind regards
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> >
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