NONMEM on a PowerMac

NONMEM Topic 22

Keywords: PowerMac, Macintosh

Topic started by: Richard C. Brundage (brund001@maroon.tc.umn.edu) - 4 Aug 1994
Has anyone installed NONMEM on a MAC Power PC-based machine?  I would be 
interested in any recommendations on fortran compilers for the Mac.

Response by David Bourne (david-bourne@uokhsc.edu) - 30 Jan 95

While adding Topic 22 (NONMEM on the PowerMac) to the NMUSERs archives
[http://www.cpb.uokhsc.edu/common/anonymous/nm/t_index.html] I noticed that
there were no responses. Two weeks and two compiler version later I have been
able to install and run NONMEM on a PowerMac with (I think) good results. I
used the sample runs presented in:

NONMEM User's Guide Part III (Nov 92) Page 3. Using the NONMEM20-25 files.

            Time (sec)    File Size     Memory Allocation
	                     for NONMEM   set by compiler/linker
			 
PRED            12         603K            1335K

ADVAN2          23         720K            1336K

ADVAN7         199         752K            1336K

ADVAN6         271         752K            1812K   :-)

as benchmarks. The timings etc. are shown above. Times are about half the 1992
benchmark values. I've put together a few files including the make files for the
Absoft compiler for the PowerMac v4.0.1.

Response by David Bourne (david-bourne@uokhsc.edu) - 31 Mar 95

Absoft has come up with another version of their FORTRAN compiler for the
Macintosh. This is V 4.1. I have recompiled the NONMEM files and put
together another version of the help folder for other Macintosh/NONMEM
users. Again the results are good (I think). I was able to optimize some
files I couldn't before and not optimize one or two that optimized with
v4.0 of the compiler. Oh well. The test runs are a little faster. I used
the sample runs presented in:

NONMEM User's Guide Part III (Nov 92) Page 3. Using the NONMEM20-25 files.

            Time (sec)    File Size     Memory Allocation
                         for NONMEM   set by compiler/linker

PRED            13         576K            1217K

ADVAN2          20         576K            1217K

ADVAN7         143         585K            1217K

ADVAN6         216         585K            1217K   :-)

as benchmarks. The timings etc. are shown above for a PowerMac6100/60AV.
Times are about half the 1992 benchmark values. I've put together a few
files including the make files for the Absoft compiler for the PowerMac
v4.1.

Response by David Bourne (david-bourne@uokhsc.edu) - 5 Jun 95

After running a test file a week or so back I noticed/remembered that I had
been using source files that had been 'converted' for the VAX and then
'converted' back for the PowerMac. [I ran into a small problem with an OPEN
statement when I ran the test file.] With the fresh files from a new
licence in hand I redid the install on the PowerMac this weekend. This
involved some changes to the 'cheat sheet' that I had prepared earlier. The
new archive is available via:

topic022.html
as
topic022.sit

Below are the benchmark results I obtained with a PowerMac 8100/80

NONMEM User's Guide Part III (Nov 92) Page 3. Using the NONMEM20-25 files.
PowerMac 8100/80 (INITs off). Absoft Compiler version 4.1

nn              Time (sec)    File Size     Memory Allocation
                             for NONMEM   set by compiler/linker

22  PRED            11         596K            1216K

23  ADVAN2          15         577K            1628K

24  ADVAN7          99         595K            1666K

25  ADVAN6         154         584K            1645K   :-)



The file archive is available at:

topic022c.sit

End of Topic - 9 June 95