> seems to work only under Windows boxes having TCP/IP support
Zoltán--
Maxima does require TCP/IP support for the usual interaction window,
because it uses sockets to communicate between its front end (GUI) and
its back end (mathematical processing). Presumably it is using sockets
for interprocess communication rather than some other mechanism because
they are more portable across operating systems.
There are two ways of dealing with this:
1) If you use the Emacs front end, or simply command-line input, you
would not need the TCP/IP support. (I have not tried this, though.)
2) Add the Windows TCP/IP stack to your existing Windows installation.
Though you may need TCP/IP support, you do *not* need a *network
connection* to the outside world.
We should mention this issue in the install instructions. Also mention
that the Maxima processes should be authorized to read and write to
ports -- Firewall software like ZoneAlarm intercepts these calls.
-s