Beta 3 Release Notes

System Requirements

A Java 1.1 compatible virtual machine (including Microsoft's from Win98 or Internet Explorer 4)

How To Install

For the zipped versions, just download it into a directory of your choosing and unzip. The only restriction is that your unzipping utility must support long filenames. Unzipping utilities are available from the following sites:

PKWare - Unzipping and zipping utilities for Win95/NT, OS/2, and DOS.
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ - UNZIP utilities for Amiga, ACORN, ATARI, MAC, MSDOS, OS/2, QDOS, UNIX, VMCMS, VMS, Win16, and Win32.

You will also need Java installed on your machine. Many operating systems come with Java preinstalled, however, if you do not have Java installed, you may download Java from one of the following sources:

JavaSoft - JDK's for Solaris, Win95/NT, and the Mac.
Kaffe - Freely distributable JavaVM that is available for many platforms.
IBM Software Choice - OS/2 JDK 1.1.
IBM's Hursley Labs - OS/2, Win3.1, and AIX JDK port. Useful if you have registered with them in the past (free) or if you want the latest betas and such.
Microsoft - Microsoft JavaVM with for Win95/NT. Comes with a fast JIT compiler.
Linux Java Port - A Linux port of Sun's JDK.

Once you have Java installed, simply execute ALIVE under the Java runtime module. Usually this is just a matter of going to a Command Prompt (Shell) and running one of the following commands:

"java ALIVE"

One thing to be careful of is that there is NO extension on those filenames. This is perfectly normal. Java VM's do not allow you to append the file extension to the class name. It is also important to point out that almost all VMs ARE case sensitive! This is true even if the OS normally is not case-sensitive.

How To Upgrade

Unzip the new version of ALiVe! into the directory, making sure to preserve the directory structure of the archive (e.g. "pkunzip -d alive4alpha.zip")

Common Problems

You must make sure that your unzip utility preserves directory structure and long filenames

Known Bugs

On some DOS/Windows machines, file browsing will fail in the root directory. Possible workaround: append a dot (period) to the end of the path. For example, use "C:\." instead of "C:\"