Hey, all. I recently went through heck getting sm (Super Mongo) working on OS 10.4.4 with gcc 4.0.2 and I wanted to share my experience just in case anyone...
Dear osxastro group, I need a laptop computer and I am pretty convinced that a mac is the way to go. However, I have not used a mac before and then they came...
My understanding is that IDL will not be avaliable on the new Intel platforms for a year at least. So if IDL is important you might consider the powerpc...
Tyler L. Bourke
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Feb 22, 2006 5:17 pm
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... This is an excellent question and will certainly help determine when the right time is to purchase an Intel Mac for doing astronomy. I just ordered a...
... I can only speak for CIAO, and even then only unofficially, but - given all that hand-waving - I can safely tell you that we don't yet have an official...
As far as I know (I haven't yet done any testing) most PPC applications will run on the intel in this Compatibility Mode that Apple calls Rosetta. We don't...
I can't speak for any of the aforementioned software packages, but there are plans here at the Joint Astronomy Centre to make a release of the Starlink ...
Dear osxastro group, I have recently upgraded to Tiger in my powerbook. When trying to install HEASOFT 6.0.4 from the source (in order to use local models in...
mdiaz@...
Feb 23, 2006 1:55 pm
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... I'm pretty sure the link error above can be fixed by adding "- lSystemStubs" to your link line. I'm not sure how to get the HEAsoft build system to do...
Thanks to all who replied to my question about Intel Macs and astro software. What I hear (correct me if I am wrong) is that eventually (within months or...
... A beta release of the IRAF port to macintel was just announced on http://iraf.net yesterday, see the lead story for links to the distribution and details....
"Where is M13?" is a new astronomy application that helps you visualize the 3-D locations and physical properties of common deep sky objects. This perspective...
Hi all, Well looks like I will have to finally go from 10.3 to 10.4 as some software I have been using is now 10.4 only (due to java versions). So I imagine...
Tyler L. Bourke
tbourke@...
Jul 12, 2006 2:56 pm
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Hi Tyler, I upgraded from 10.3 to 10.4 a few months ago and had no problems (well except for ssh and X11 where you want to use ssh -Y instead of ssh -X to get...
I also had no problems upgrading my desktop to Tiger. A few things moved around, and you'll also need to update your fink packages I think, but otherwise it...
Hey mate. I didn't have any problems except for a few bits of code that I have written that don't compile under gcc4.0. Fortunately, however, it preserves...
Rene Plume
plume@...
Jul 12, 2006 5:21 pm
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The one problem I noticed -- after a while -- was periodic slowdowns on my iBook G4 (800 MHz), which I *think* had something to do with Spotlight constantly...
Peter Erwin
erwin@...
Jul 12, 2006 5:28 pm
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We've moved completely to Tiger over the past year on the desktop side (32 machines). We've had a few problems with X-ray software acting funny (HEASOFT), but...
Hello, I've been trying to install CASA 19_1315 on OS X 10.4.7. This is my first attempt to install CASA/AIPS++ on Mac under the bash shell. I found the...
Lewis, My guess is that you are trying to run the wrong version of the aips+ + driver. Try using the one in /opt/local/bin and see if that works. If not, can...
Tim Cornwell
tim.cornwell@...
Jul 12, 2006 7:06 pm
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Hi Tim, Aha! Your guess was right. I didn't realize there are two drivers. BTW, why is this? Anyway, CASA/AIP++ does launch now. Thanks. Cheers, Lewis ... Dr....
... The older one (the one that failed for you) was designed to be run after aipsinit.sh. The newer was an attempt the hide the necessity for aipsinit.sh...
Tim Cornwell
tim.cornwell@...
Jul 12, 2006 11:22 pm
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No problem with HEASOFT ftools on my Tiger. But I took the ready- made binaries. Bernie...
Bernie Walp
bernie@...
Jul 13, 2006 12:42 pm
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I've just seen this posted, which'll probably be of interest to people here: bokubo@... at http://groups.google.com ...
I made the switch a couple of months ago. I experienced only a few pitfalls: 1. Neither the disk version nor the update version of Xcode tools would install....
... i've had some problems with the fortran compiler. I've sort of tallied up 4 different ways how one can install a fortran compiler... each with its own...
Hi, Does anyone have a fortran compiler working successfully on an intel Mac? Karen....
Karen Masters
kmasters@...
Sep 3, 2006 8:55 pm
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Hi Karen, I installed g77 from finkcommander, and it complained about one missing library or file (sorry, I can't remember the specifics). I found an older...