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### Installing Netscape on MS-Windows

#### Uses of Netscape

The World-Wide Web (WWW) is an online information service system on the Internet that contains text, graphics, sound, and moving images. Netscape is a browser software used to access WWW materials. Install it on your computer to connect to tens of thousands of WWW servers on the Internet and access various information.

Netscape software is designed by Netscape Corporation. Users from academic institutions and non-profit organizations can obtain it for free from the network, while other users need to purchase the usage rights. Netscape software has versions for the following computer environments:

1. Unix's X-Window.
2. Microsoft Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT.
3. Macintosh.

This article explains the installation of the MS-Windows version.

#### What hardware is required?

1. 386 or 486 compatible PC.
2. At least 4 MB of memory, preferably 8 MB.
3. Color monitor.
4. Mouse.
5. Ethernet network card.
6. If you want to play sound materials, you need to install a Sound Blaster card.

#### Where to get these software?

Netscape software and most related software can be obtained through the network from the FTP archive of the Academia Sinica, ftp.sinica.edu.tw. The various software are stored in the following directory paths:

1. Netscape software

/WWW/netscape/

New versions will also be stored in the /WWW/ directory in the future.

2. Program to extract .zip compressed files

/pub/ASCC/msdos/zip/pkunzip.exe

3. Winsock-compatible network driver software - Trumpet Winsock

/pub/ASCC/ms-win/twsk20b.zip

4. Telnet program running in MS-Windows

/pub/ASCC/ms-win/trmptel.exe

#### How to obtain these software from the FTP archive?

1. Use the ftp program to connect to the ftp.sinica.edu.tw archive.

ftp ftp.sinica.edu.tw <- FTP connection command
Name: ftp <- Enter with the ftp username
Password: <- Enter your email address, such as tom@mit.edu
ftp> <- Entered the archive

2. Use cd to change directories and dir to list files

ftp>cd /WWW/netscape/navigator/3.03/shipping/english/windows
<- Enter the navigator directory
ftp>dir <- List files
-r--r--r-- 1 ctchang ftp 13141 Jan 24 00:29 license
-r--r--r-- 1 ctchang ftp 2507254 Feb 2 22:55 n16e20.exe
-r--r--r-- 1 ctchang ftp 3269120 Feb 2 22:55 n32e20.exe
-r--r--r-- 1 ctchang ftp 6467 Feb 2 23:33 readme.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ctchang ftp 2309 Feb 2 22:56 w32info.txt

3. Use bin to set the mode and get to download files

ftp>bin <- Set to binary transfer mode
ftp>get n16e20.exe <- Download the n16e20.exe file to the PC hard drive

4. Use bye to end

ftp>bye <- End FTP

#### What software environment is required?

In addition to the software that can be obtained above, you need to have

1. MS-Windows 3.1 version, preferably the Chinese version.
2. Network driver (Packet driver) for the network card. If you have used NCSA telnet, you already have this driver.

#### Installation steps

1. Obtain the Netscape software, pkunzip.exe, and Trumpet Winsock software according to the above FTP method and place them on the C: hard drive.

2. Install Trumpet Winsock software

a. Unzip Trumpet Winsock

MD C:\TRUMPET
CD TRUMPET
PKUNZIP ..\TWSK20B.ZIP

b. Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file

PATH %PATH%;C:\TRUMPET <- File path of winsock.dll
3C503 0x62 5 0x280 1 <- Packet driver installed at INT 0x62
C:\TRUMPET\WINPKT 0x62 <- winpkt installed at INT 0x62

The PATH must include C:\TRUMPET because the TRUMPET directory has the WINSOCK.DLL file. MS-Windows will find this file according to the directory set in PATH. The second line of command is the Packet Driver for the 3C503 network card. Please install the driver corresponding to your network card. The first parameter specifies the installation at interrupt vector 0x62. You can choose any vector between 0x60 and 0x7F that is not used by other software. The vector specified by the third line winpkt must be the same as the location where the Packet Driver is installed. After modifying AUTOEXEC.BAT, please execute it immediately.

3. Unzip the Netscape software

The Netscape software obtained from the network is a self-extracting file. You need to create a temporary directory, and then execute it, and it will automatically unzip and place all files in this directory. Taking version 1.1 as an example, the steps are as follows:

md tmp
cd tmp
..\n16e20

After unzipping, many new files will be generated. The SETUP.EXE program among them must be executed in MS-Windows. Please read the content of the readme.txt file first.

4. Enter MS-Windows

win

5. Install Netscape

In the Program Manager in MS-Windows, select "File -> Run", and enter in the file name field

c:\tmp\setup.exe

The Netscape installation program will install it to the directory you specify. The default directory is c:\netscape, and it will create program groups and program items.

6. Set up the Trumpet Winsock interface program

In the Program Manager, select "File -> New File", create a new "Program Item", and enter in the file name field

c:\trumpet\tcpman.exe

After creating the tcpman icon, execute it immediately. The first time you execute this program, it will enter the setup screen. If you need to modify the settings in the future, you must select "File -> Setup" in tcpman. Please set the following fields:

IP ADDRESS: 140.109.6.2 <- IP value of your computer
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 140.109.6.1 <- Router of your subnet
Domain Name Server: 140.109.1.10 <- Closest Name Server to you
Domain name suffix: sinica.edu.tw <- Name of the subnet
Packet Vector: 62 <- INT vector value of winpkt

The above setting values are for reference only. Please set according to the actual network conditions of your location. After setting, please re-execute the tcpman program immediately and read the execution status in the tcpman window in detail. If the error message

unable to allocate network buffers

appears, it means that there is not enough memory to obtain memory. If the error message

Warning - running with less than recommended
number of network buffers (10 of 16)

appears, it means that only part of the required memory is obtained. In case of the above two situations, please end MS-Windows and try to free up memory below 640 K in DOS for Trumpet winsock to use.

If the error message

Error - Unable to locate WINPKT or PKTDRV virtual packet driver

appears, it means that the Packet Vector set in the setup screen is different from the Vector where WINPKT and Packet Driver are installed. Please modify it to the same value.

#### Set up Netscape

After executing Netscape, select "Option -> Preference", and the setup screen will appear. You can select the settings of various categories at the top of the screen and set them as follows:

1. Style

Home page: http://www.sinica.edu.tw <- Set to your favorite page

2. Mail and News

Mail (SMTP) Server: gate.sinica.edu.tw <- Host for sending Email
Your Name: <- Your name
Your Email: <- Your email address
News (NNTP) Server: news.sinica.edu.tw <- Closest Server to you
Send and Post: Allow 8-bit <- Set to allow Chinese transmission

3. Applications and Directories

Telnet Application: c:\trumpet\trmptel.exe <- Telnet program

The trmptel.exe program downloaded from FTP should be placed in the trumpet directory.

After setting, press OK to use it. Press the Home button on the toolbar to load the Home page.

#### What plug-ins do you need?

Netscape software can display materials in .html, .txt, .gif, .jpg and other file formats, and can play .au sound files. If you need to read materials in other file formats, you need to install some plug-ins and set them in the Helper Applications in Netscape. The default values in the system are as follows:

File type Action Extensions
---------- ---------- ---------------
video/x-msvideo Ask User avi
video/quicktime Ask User qt,mov
video/mpeg Ask User mpeg,mpg,mpe
text/plain Browser txt
text/html Browser html,mdl,htm
image/x-xbitmap Browser xbm
image/jpeg Browser jpeg,jpg,jpe
image/gif Browser gif
audio/x-aiff NAPLAYER aif,aiff,aifc
audio/x-basic NAPLAYER aif,aiff,aifc
audio/x-wav Ask User wav

Common file formats and descriptions are as follows:

File format Data category Plug-in
-------- -------------- -------------------------
.html WWW data file Built-in function
.txt General text file Built-in function
.gif Graphics file Built-in function
.jpg Full-color graphics file Built-in function
.au Sound Install Sound Blaster card
.wav Sound Install Sound Blaster card and wplny11.zip, or use MS-Windows' mplayer.exe
.avi AVI animation Install vfw11e.zip
.mpg MPEG animation Install mpegplay.zip or vmpeg16.zip
.mov QuickTime animation Install qtw201.zip
.ps Postscript Install gs261exe.zip and gsview10.exe

Note: Version 2.0 of netscape already comes with naplayer.exe to play .au files.

When setting, take the .wav plug-in as an example. In Helper Applications, first select audio/x-wav, then select Launch Application in Action, and then enter C:\WINDOWS\MPLAYER.EXE

#### Related plug-ins (Helper Applications/Viewers)

The following programs can be obtained from the FTP archive

/ASCC/ms-win/trmptel.exe Trumpet telnet program

In the /WWW/window-viewer directory, there are

ewan103.zip Telnet program
wplny11.zip Used to play .au and .wav sound materials
lviewp18.zip Used to display .gif and .jpeg graphics materials
gs261exe.zip Ghostscript program
gsview10.exe Ghostview program, used to display postscript materials, must install ghostscript first.
vfw11e.zip Used to play AVI animation files
vmpeg17.zip Used to play MPEG I animation files

You can obtain in ftp://ftp.tem.nctu.edu.tw/Windows/multimed

qtw203.exe Used to play Quick Time animation files

After obtaining the program, the .zip file needs to be unzipped with pkunzip, and then installed according to the attached instructions.

#### Obtain Netscape usage instructions

You can select the options in "Help" to connect to the Netscape Web Server to read usage instructions.

#### Still have questions

Please contact the Academia Sinica Computing Center, or ask via the following email address:

service@sinica.edu.tw

#### Updated version of Netscape

When I wrote this installation instruction, the latest version of Netscape is 2.0. In the /WWW/netscape directory on the ftp.sinica.edu.tw (FTP server), the following files can be obtained:

n16e20.exe - 16 bit version for Windows 3.1 or WFW.
n32e20.exe - 32 bit version for Windows 95 and Windows NT.

In addition to fixing many bugs, this version mainly complies with the Windows 95 environment and adds the following functions:

1. Comply with Windows 95 features:
The settings of Preferences use the tabbed dialogs environment. It also adopts the proportional scrollbar. Supports longer file names and uses system colors.

2. Add header printing:
When printing, you can choose whether to print the document title and URL at the top of each page; you can also print the page number and time at the bottom of the page.

3. New bookmark interface:
Greatly improve the editing method of bookmark functions. You can easily create a hierarchical personal URL index table using the drag and drop method.

4. Use MAPI:
Users of Windows 95 can use Microsoft Exchange to send and receive emails and post articles to News.

5. Use the system registry:
The 32 bit version no longer uses netscape.ini to store settings, but uses the operating system's registry database to centrally store your settings.

6. Multi-user environment:
In Windows 95 and NT, each user can have their own settings.

7. Lazy person's URL:
When entering the URL, the protocol part can be omitted and start from the host name. If the host name starts with gopher or ftp, it will use gopher or ftp as the protocol. Other host names will automatically use the http protocol to read materials. For example: Enter in the URL

gopher.sinica.edu.tw is equivalent to gopher://gopher.sinica.edu.tw
ftp.sinica.edu.tw is equivalent to ftp://ftp.sinica.edu.tw
www.sinica.edu.tw is equivalent to http://www.sinica.edu.tw

8. The NAPLAYER sound player can be used in Windows 95.