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In article <1998042022395070027@pinza.demon.co.uk>,
francis@pinza.demon.co.ukZ (Francis Knight) wrote:


>Since I only have 68k machines, is it worth my even trying? 
>Can I get a Java 1.1 VM for 68k?
>

Yes MRJ 2.0 works on 68K and yes it is Java 1.1. But you need MacOS 8.0 or
greater to install it. You can use it through Internet Explorer. You can
also use the JVM that comes with IE on 68K but that will presumably
disappear in subsequent versions of IE as a result of the recently
announced move to a single Mac JVM.

The versions (upto 4.05) of Netscape 4.0 that I have downloaded for 68K
have not included a JVM though I gather the PPC versions do. 

Sun announced today that Apple is going to produce a Java plugin that can
be used with Netscape. This should allow us to use MRJ through Netscape as
well. The Netscape JVM (even on Windows) is well behind the current Sun
releases and Netscape in future is going to leave JVM development to
others. 

As an added bit of useless information, I read today that HotJava is now
available on Sun's website in a form that is suitable for use on Mac with
MRJ. That should make Netscape seem quick! But I thought I would download
it anyway.

regards
	bob bruynooghe