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Matthew Greenfield <matti@grnfield.u-net.com> wrote:

> The Co-Op bank now has an internet banking service that is Java based.
> 
> It says that I need a 'Java 1.1 browser'
> 
> I am using MS Internet Explorer 4.0 and have installed MRJ 2.0. Am I
> right in assuming this is Java 1.1 compliant? (MacOS 8.1, 64mb RAM, RAM
> Doubled to 128mb).
(snip)

Not sure about MRJ 2.0, but I've tried the Co-op service with MSIE 4 and
the MS Java VM, which _is_ 1.1 compliant, and it still doesn't work
(system 7.5.5, 64mb RAM). I managed to download the applet, and since
then have had a variety of errors and crashes. I had the following
conversation last week with the Co-op support line:
'What kind of PC are you using?'
'A Macintosh.'
'Which supplier is that from?'
'It's an Apple Macintosh, supplied by Apple.'
'Is it running Windows then?'
etc etc.

He did ring me back though, having talked to the technical people, and
suggested that Netscape might work. Write once, run anywhere eh. Hmmm...
(it doesn't, in case you need to ask)

I haven't tried it since, but it would be nice to know if anyone's had
any success. Though the recent stories about the bank's patchy security
(see Saturday's Guardian) aren't encouraging.

Tim

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