Beatnik Plug-In Installation and Setup

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System Requirements

In order to run the Beatnik Plug-In on a Macintosh you will need:

In order to run the Beatnik Plug-In under Windows 95/NT you will need:

PLEASE NOTE: Beatnik will not run correctly with versions of Netscape Navigator prior to 3.0.
Under Windows95 there is limited functionality when using Internet Explorer due to Explorer's incomplete JavaScript implementation. On the MacOS the Beatnik Plug-In is not reliable with Internet Explorer.

Installing on Windows 95/NT

  1. If Netscape Navigator is currently open, Quit.
  2. Decompress the BEATNIK.zip file into a temporary directory
  3. Double Click SETUP.EXE
  4. Make certain that the path named during installation is the CORRECT path for plug-ins on your system (it should be correct unless you installed Netscape into a special directory)
  5. Launch Netscape Navigator
You are ready to use the Beatnik Plug-In! For a quick test, point your browser at http://www.headspace.com/beatnik/?plug-in/?test.html

You should hear music as soon as the file is finished downloading. You will also find links to Thomas Dolby's Beatnik Walkthrough and other Beatnik resources. If you do not hear music, please see Beatnik Plug-in Troubleshooting.

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Installing on MacOS

When you downloaded the Beatnik Plug-In an installer was created called "Beatnik Plug-In Installer."

  1. If Netscape Navigator is currently open, Quit.
  2. Double-click on the installer. You will be prompted to find your Netscape "Plug-ins" folder which resides in the same directory as your copy of Netscape Navigator.
  3. When the installation is complete, launch Netscape Navigator.
  4. From the "Options" menu, choose "General Preferences" and select the "Helpers" tab.
  5. Scroll through the list of helpers until you see the following four descriptions: AIFF Audio, audio/wav, audio/midi, and audio/x-midi. Select the first of these types and click the "edit" button. Choose "BeatnikPPC" from the pop-up list of plug-ins. Repeat this process for any lines that point to the other three types. Be aware that there can be more than one helper for a given type (e.g. Beatnik and LiveAudio can BOTH handle the type 'MIDI'), and for best results you should change them all to be handled by Beatnik.
You are ready to use the Beatnik Plug-In! For a quick test, point your browser to http://www.headspace.com/beatnik/?plug-in/?test.html

You should hear music as soon as the file is finished downloading. You will also find links to Thomas Dolby's Beatnik Walkthrough and other Beatnik resources. If you do not hear music, please see Beatnik Plug-in Troubleshooting.

What was installed on your Macintosh

  1. Inside your Netscape Plug-Ins Folder there is now a folder called "Beatnik" which contains the plug-in itself and a document called "Rmf.class."
  2. Inside the "Preferences" folder in your System Folder is a "Beatnik Prefs" folder which contains the Plug-In's preferences.
  3. In the root directory of your start-up drive is a folder caled "Beatnik Folder" which contains a readme and various other informational documents.
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