The Absoft version number is found on:

• The front of your product CD
• The Absoft compiler start-up screen
• The absoft_release file in the Absoft Directory on your hard-drive
  
  

Your Absoft Serial Number (license key)
can be found in several places, such as:

• On the outside of the Absoft
  software box

• The inside front cover of
  your printed user guide

• The back of the CD sleeve

• On your registration form

• If you received your software via
  download, your license number is
  included in the delivery email
  

If you do not have any of the above,
you can also locate your serial number
from your license.dat file

• For Windows, Mac & x86/x86_64 Linux:

  The license.dat file is
  located in the Absoft folder.

• For Linux PPC:

  The license.dat file is
  located in the clm_ibm folder.
  

Windows 32/64-bit:

• Win2K - Vista

Mac 32/64-bit, PPC or Intel Based:

• Tiger - Leopard

Linux x86:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 or later
• SuSE 8.1 or later
• Mandrake 8.2 or later
• Fedora Core 1 or later
• Ubuntu

Linux x86_64:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 or later
• SuSE 8.0 or later
• Ubuntu

Yes, the compiler is easy to use from the command line.

See the chapter Using the Compilers of your Absoft Fortran User Guide. The first section of that chapter describes using the command line.

Yes, please visit the Absoft Resources page for the MPI configurations supported by Absoft, as well as build instructions for Open MPI & MPICH for Absoft compilers.