Download Java Plugin Download Java Plugin The Java Plug-in is provided free of charge by Sun Microsystems (subject to a license agreement, which you will have to agree to during the installation process). It provides a separate Java implementation for most common versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer (see the list of requirements, below, for details). This allows it to run Java applets, such as the new version of the Event Display, that require the latest (JDK 1.1) version of the Java language, regardless of the Java support provided by the web browser. Installation Instructions The latest version of Java Plug-in can be obtained direct from Sun. To speed download, particularly for European users, the Windows version can also be obtained from this site (the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK). Note that this is the US version, which doesn't include International-language support - this isn't required by the Event Display and its inclusion would increase the download size by 50%. Note that the Java Plug-in need only be downloaded once. Thereafter it will be loaded from your hard disk as soon as the Plug-in version of the Event Display pages are visited. Select the version and download location from the following list. Windows 95/98/NT non-international version of the Java Plugin from this site [4.7 Mb]. All versions of the Java Plugin from Sun Microsystems in California. If you chose the second option above, follow the (similar) installation instructions given there. Otherwise Download the plugin installation file by selecting the first option above. If your browser prompts you with the option to just "Open It", then it is probably easier to do this. Otherwise, your browser will prompt you for a location to save the downloaded file. Chose a suitable temporary directory, and remember this location. Ensure that the file name ends in .exe. When the download is complete (may take many minutes, depending on the speed of your internet connection), find the file location with the Windows Explorer and run it (double-click). This will be done automatically if you chose "Open It" in the previous step. Answer the questions asked by the installation program. When the installation is complete, you may have to restart your web browser in order for it to recognise the new plugin. This is probably not necessary in Internet Explorer 4; and in Netscape 4 it may be sufficient to select Help|About Plug-ins (where you should see "Java Plug-in for Netscape Navigator" in the list). If you do restart, you may want to bookmark one of these pages so that you can easily return to it. Once the Java Plug-in is installed, you can go back to the list of events and select one for viewing. System Requirements Sun's minimum recommended system requirements for the Java Plug-in software are as follows:- Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Intel Pentium 90 MHz (or faster) processor 10 Mb free hard disk space (recommended 20 Mb) 24 Mb system RAM Sun Solaris 2.5 or 2.6 Sun SPARC or Intel x86 processor 10 Mb free hard disk space (recommended 20 Mb) 32 Mb system RAM (recommended 48 Mb) The following configurations are supported:- Internet Explorer 3.02 Internet Explorer 4.0 Navigator 3.0 Navigator 4.0 Windows 95 X X X Windows 98 X X X Windows NT X X X X Solaris/SPARC X X Solaris/x86 X Navigation links: [Select Java version] [Event Display (plug-in version)] [Sun's Java Plug-in] http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/WIRED/plugin/plugin.html first created 20th July 1998 by Tim Adye,
