There are two ways to do that:

• build your own Simref
• download the code

To learn more about running Simref on the Mac see the ReadMe file coming with the downloaded BinHex files or go here.

If there are any problems with these files or instructions, don't bother Harald.
Send your mail here:carsten.schinzer@planet-interkom.de

You will need:

• a translator for Fortran to C/C++
• a compiler for C/C++ code

OR

• a compiler for Fortran

I recommend the combination of

• MacF2C 1.4

  at http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html
  mirrored at:

  • http://netlib.att.com/netlib/F2C/index.html
  • http://www.mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de/mech/Dirk/f2c/Mac_F2C.html
  and
• Code Warrior?

  IDE version 3.2 / Compiler version Pro 4
  http://www.metrowerks.com

Once you have prepared your Macintosh for code generation, you will need to translate/compile Harald's Fortran77 sources.

What I did:

• Open a new MacF2C project in CodeWarrior.

• Add the fortran files (daten.f, mettab.f, simref.f) to the project^s file list (in case you want to build Promet, add only promet.f).

• Select "Make" from CodeWarriors "Project" menu.

  Files to keep in the project after MacF2C run (or to add to project after seperate MacF2C run):

  • simref26.c
  • ch_com.c
  • daten.c
    In case you did not compile datum.f, add
  • datum.c (provided by Harald; can be used on Macintosh computers).

• Re-make the project, choose optimizer settings in the menu as desired. Choose a good heap-size (approx. > 10 MB; cf. note in the ReadMe Macintosh section.)

You can download BinHexed executable codes of Simref 2.6 here. Three version exist:

• Simref 2.6 for PowerPC (978 kB)

• Simref 2.6 for 68K Macintoshes (975 kB)

• Simref 2.6 Fat Code (1.2 MB)

The packed files contain a self-extracting archieve which in most cases will automatically extract itself when it is built. You will find a "ReadMe - Simref 2.6", "Simref 2.6 (68K/PPC/FAT)", "simref26.pdf" and a directory "demo" with demos (attention: some of them are not updated to the 2.6. input formats).

Packages with Promet 1.0 will be available soon!

Usage

MacF2C Console opens and asks for argument (don't give any).

Once running, Simref waits for you to enter the input-file name.
You may enter lenghty file names in a run-file named "r" or something and choose this file as standard input using the choose box in the left part of the dialog.
The right choose-box selects the standard output. As typical in unix systems, predefined standard input is <keyboard> and stdout is <screen>.

Known Problems

Minimum Heap size had to be set to 9600 kB, but approx. 15 MB RAM are required to run the software comfortably.
Typically, an error message saying "Simref 2.6 could not be launched, because the library Simref 2.6 was not found" appears in case the program's heap size is insufficient.

Credits

• MacF2C 1.4 is © 1994-1998 by Igor Mikolic-Torreira.
  It has been used to translate the Fortran77 code to C.

• CodeWarrior Pro 4, Academic Version
  has been used for the compilataion of the c-code.

Future

I will try to edit a GUI environment for the Mac using the most part of his code, but this will consume some time.

Stroll by from time to time and have a look at the Simref Mac pages. We are working on it!