1) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Where's The Support?? (Message 3812) Posted 3 Jul 2004 by Stephen Glick Post: > I gave this a try, but when I hit return after dropping the file on the terminal all I got was a message that said access denied. Since I don't know about using the terminal, and I'm afraid I'll do something wrong, I'm going to delete the boinc version and just stick with the old SETI client as long as I can. OK I must agree the lack of instruction is pretty bad, I left DOS in '86 to > get away from comand line gobbel-de-gook. > > So after about an hour and a half of poking around in root level stuff that > not only do I not understand, but do not want to understand( I am an end user, > not a programmer) this is what I did and as far as I can tell it seems to work > and nothing has broken, yet. > > 1 Down load and unstuff the program. The program I got is BOINC client > 3.1.18 Powerpc. > > 2 Create a folder some place safe. Mine is in the applications folder of my > user file. > hard drive / users / your name / applications / boinc > > 3 Open the terminal interface > Hard drive / applications / utilities / terminal > > 4 Drag the application from the previously created folder and drop it on to > the terminal. > Hit the return button. The terminal "should" then launch the application as > well as build all the path gunk and do the 'cd' & 'chmod' and all that > other command line stuff for you. > > 5 At this point the terminal will ask for specific data. The first thing is > the SETI url and the second thing is your account key, this data can be found > on the seti web site. > Seti homepage / participate in seti at home / downlaod > > VERY IMPORTANT! If you have NOT launched the application for the first time > the download window will display the seti URL and your personal account key. > After you have launched the application this data is not available and I have > no idea how to retrive > it. So make a copt of this data and secure it for future refrence!!!! > > 6 Copy and paste the URL in to the terminal. Hit return. > > 7 Copy and paste your account key in to the terminal. Hit return. > > 8 Close the terminal. > > 9 Pray to god that you never have to return to the ancient lost civilization > of DOS again! > > Hope this helps someone, because after 18 years of bliss this was a harsh > blast from the past. > > >

2) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Where's The Support?? (Message 3811) Posted 3 Jul 2004 by Stephen Glick Post: > > I agree too. In fact, I can't seem to make boinc do anything. I'm staying with classic until there's a GUI version. Hope this helps someone, because after 18 years of bliss this was a > harsh > > blast from the past. > > I agree. It should be possible to create a Mac CLI that by double-clicking it > automatically starts the terminal and gets everything going. Then all that > would be needed is to enter the URL and the Account ID (key), which has to be > done with all versions, including the GUI. > > Still, for wide spread participation, a GUI is a necessity. It will come, > but isn't here yet. > > <a> href="http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=user_statistics&userid=153364"> >

 
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