DEMOcontrol and gnuplot problems

[paulcsouls]

I'm trying to learn to learn Octave and I'm running into problems. I'm using 
Windows 
2000 at work and Windows 95 at home. I'm using the Octave 2.1.50 version.

1. The DEMOcontrol program gives errors for the sys = sysupdate (sys,"ss") 
command.

2. gnuplot doesn't run in Windows 95. I get the error "gnuplot.exe ran an 
invalid 
instruction".

3. gnuplot works in Windows 2000 but if I run "splot x -y"  in gnuplot I get a 
plane. If 
I run "gsplot x -y" in octave I get a line. What's the difference between 
gsplot and 
splot?

4. The book I bought is 2 years out of date. Was this a waste of money? Do I 
need 
to refer to the online manual if I have any real questions?

5. Is there a tutorial for using Octave somewhere? What is a good path for 
figuring 
this thing out?

Thanks
Paul



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