Re: IDL 5.4 and MacOS 9.1 Problem solved

[JD Smith <jdsmith(at)astro.cornell.edu>]

Dominik Paul wrote:
> 
> It really seems to be the computer itself. We just tried it on an other
> computer an it was really fast.
> 
> Dom
> 
> "Dominik Paul News" <dpaul@ukl.uni-freiburg.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> 9f2829$u3$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de">news:9f2829$u3$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de...
> > Does somebody has experience with IDL 5.4 on a G3 with MacOS 9.1?
> > On our system it is starting very slow, so we have to wait for more than
> one
> > minute after loading.
> >


It's probably a slow network search.  Try making sure AppleTalk is
turned off, or paring down the search path.  This slowdown occurs on
other platforms too.  IDL goes to great length to discover what .pro
files live on its path at startup.  If searching through some volumes is
slow, due to a slow or improperly configured network, your startup will
suffer.

JD