Moving to Windows SAS Version 8.2 at WPI
Beginning in C term/Spring semester, SAS at WPI will be moving from
Unix to Windows. Present Unix SAS users will have to configure Windows
SAS. This basically means running a script that will create
subdirectories and files in your Unix home directory. If you are
running Windows SAS on a PC on which it has not been installed, you
will have to install SAS on that PC. Instructions are found below.
After January 31, 2004, the Mathematical Sciences
Department will no longer support Unix SAS, though it may still be
available for a short grace period after that date. This means that
some of the macros in the eisapps library may no longer work properly
after January 31.
Installing and Configuring Windows SAS
Details on how to download and configure Windows SAS
version 8.2, the currently-supported version, are found at
http://www.math.wpi.edu/Course_Materials/SAS/pcsas82install.htm.
We are currently working on implementing version 9 and hope to have it
ready soon.
A Conflict You May Encounter
Presently, one conflict has been found in running certain macros from
Windows SAS. This conflict arises because these macros are configured
to access Unix graphics drivers. If you attempt to run one of these
macros in Windows SAS, a popup window will appear saying it could not
find the specified graphics driver and asking you to specify a
driver. You should specify WIN. This conflict should no longer occur
after the transition to Windows SAS is complete on February 1.
Attention: New SAS Users
To learn more about SAS, please visit
http://www.math.wpi.edu/Course_Materials/SAS/win_sas82_intro.html.
Joe Petruccelli < jdp@wpi.edu>
Last modified: Wed Jan 14 12:47:49 EST 2004