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Prerequisites for taking the Java Self-Study Class



You must be on a machine at least as powerful as a 100Mhz 486. The reason for this is that Bamba audio and video is software decompressed on your machine, and it requires some processing power to do this in real time.

Your machine must be running Windows 95. This is because the Bamba plug-in and the web browser are only available in native mode at this time on Windows 95. When the OS/2 version of Netscape Navigator and the Bamba plug-in becomes available, you may take the class in OS/2.

Your machine must have Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later. This is the web navigator that the Bamba plug-in operates in.

You must install the Bamba plug-in, a DLL file. You get this plug-in by clicking HERE. When you click on this link, your web browser will ask you where to load it. You must place it in the following directory: Netscape\Navigator\Program\plugins. If, when you click on the link, Netscape displays the dll file, click File and SaveAs to store it in the plugin directory. You can find where Netscape is by going to the Netscape icon and clicking it with the RIGHT mouse button, and then selecting Properties, and clicking the Shortcut tab. There in the Target window will be the full address of Netscape.

Your PC's monitor must be in at least 800 x 600 resolution mode; standard VGA will not work.

The subject of this class is the Java language. If you wish to build applets or applications, youneed a Java Developer's Kit (JDK). You can download one at the Sun Java site.There you can find for downloading the latest JDK (1.0.2 at this date). It is a 3.8MB self-extracting zipfile for Windows95. The JDK documentation is also available at this web site.

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