How to use OpenXM/Risa/Asir for Windows
(a distributed system for computational mathematics)?

System requirements

 The system OpenXM/Risa/Asir for Windows works on Windows 2000/XP. It is a developing version and supports only a subset of the OpenXM package. The full support is available only on the unix version of OpenXM/Risa/Asir. OpenXM/Risa/Asir also works on Windows 98/ME, but it is slow because the communication speed among OpenXM components through TCP/IP is very slow on Windows 98/ME.

How to start OpenXM/Risa/Asir on CD.

You do not need to install OpenXM/Risa/Asir to the hard disk. You can directly start the OpenXM/Risa/Asir on this CD.
  1. Open the "My Computer" on your desktop and Open the CD.
  2. Open the "OpenXM-win" folder in the CD, and next open the "asir" folder, and finally open the "bin" folder. Double-click "asirgui-cd" in the "bin" folder, then you can start OpenXM/Risa/Asir.

Programs for OpenXM/Risa/Asir should be written by a text editor like notepad.

The batch files in OpenXM-win\bin-windows are developping version. They will not work.

The asirgui under OpenXM-win\asir\bin is the (plain) Risa/Asir, Kobe distribution.

How to install to your harddisk C:

  1. Open the CD (Open "My Computer" and next open the CD).
  2. Open the harddisk C: (Open "My Computer" and next open the harddisk "C:").
  3. Copy the folder "OpenXM-win" in the CD to the harddisk "C:" by drag and drop.
  4. Starting method is the same with the starting method of OpenXM/Risa/Asir on CD. You may create a shortcut of asirgui-cd by clicking the right button of the mouse and put the shorcut on your desktop.
Do not copy OpenXM-win to the desktop. It is a developing version and will not work.

How to uninstall?

Just move OpenXM-win to the trash box.

Documents

Manuals can be found under the "help" menu or at openxm.org (documents) or you can find manuals by inputting fctr asir in the search field of google

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