Re: Mac & Octave

[A S Hodel]

On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 08:21 AM, José Colmenares wrote:

> I want to install octave on an old mac running Mac OS 7.5
> ¿is that posible?

On the mac you need a Unix-like operating system to install Octave.  
Several
years ago I ran Octave on mac OS 8.6 under MachTen Unix from Tenon
Intersystems.  This product was discontinued not long before Mac OS X 
came out.

Note that the current version of Octave (2.1.55) compiles easily under 
Mac OS X,
so it may be worth a $300-$500 for you to purchase a used G3 machine 
and use
Octave on that.

If you don't want to purchase a new or used machine, your choices are:
- install Linux on your old mac (you can use Mac On Linux,
        http://www.maconlinux.org
	 to continue using your mac OS 7.5 if you want).  There are several 
flavors
	of linux available for the Mac; I've used Yellow Dog Linux from 
Terrasoft.
        It supports most powerpc macintosh computers.  If you're using a 680x0
        processor, then you will likely need to use some other form of Linux.
        I don't have the experience to make a recommendation.
- obtain an old copy of MachTen Unix that will run under 7.5, then try 
to
        install Octave (not later than version 2.1.12, if I remember right).
        I recently threw away all of my old MachTen diskettes and CD's, so
        I can't help you here.

A. S. Hodel Dept. ECE, 200 Broun Hall, Auburn University AL 36849-5201
(334) 844-1854/fax(334) 844-1809, 
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