[SunRescue] [OT]: NeXTStep on SPARC/PA RISC

Patrick Giagnocavo rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Apr 17 16:43:15 CDT 2001


On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 04:52:45PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> Speaking of mathematica on NeXT, I heard that it used to come standard.
> Can anyone confirm this, and which versions did it come standard with?  I
> suspect that setting up nextstep on a 486 would be cheaper than buying a
> copy of Mathematica, and for my needs, a 486 for math is fine.
> 
> --
> Joshua Boyd

It did come standard, but only up to a certain point, and only on black
hardware.  I *think* the last version was v2.1, but comp.sys.next.* would
give you better answers.

But for $99 you can buy the student version for Linux, I think.  Heresy, I
know.

./patrick



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