I very recently tried j806. I did not know if my machine had avs. Tried it first. The install just failed. Did not tell me anything. I then tried the other and it worked. Something of a guesswork to get the sockets working.
On 13 Nov 2017 14:18, "Eric Iverson" <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com> wrote: > J806 has survived its beta program and is now available as a final release. > > J806 is solid. There are few good reasons for not moving to it promptly. > Our community is small enough that we don't need unnecessary fragmentation > of forum discussions that need to mention version. Over the next few > months, let's all get on the same page. > > Go to the download page (you may have to F5 refresh your old pages) and > install J806! > > This is a big step forward for J. The only hiccup is the requirement for > 64bit avx and nonavx binaries. We'll have to live with this complication > for a while as the number of nonavx systems dwindle. It is awkward that the > best packaging solution was to provide different install packages. If the > avx install crashes due to an illegal avx instruction, fall back to the > nonavx install. > > Get your J806 system now! > > P.S. We already have a few things for J807 beta and expect that to be > underway in the new year. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
