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- Mosaic Installation
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- Required Software
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-
- This section lists all the programs, files, etc. you need to have installed
- before you can install Amiga Mosaic. Please go through it thoroughly before
- you begin.
-
- o Amiga OS 2.0 or greater. To utilize the full potential of AMosaic
- requires Amiga OS 3.0 or greater.
- o A direct internet connection via AmiTCP 3.0 beta 2 or AS225 Release
- 2, or DNET.
- o AS225 is Commodore's networking package. Release 2 is
- required, but Commodore never officially released it, so it may
- never become available.
- o AmiTCP is a public domain networking package. The AmiTCP
- manual is here.
- o DNET is a networking package originally by Matt Dillon.
- o MUI 2.0 (Magic User Interface).
- o ZGIF DataType for decoding inlined GIF images (WB3.x users only).
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- Packing List
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- The Amiga Mosaic 1.2 distribution consists of the following files:
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- o The main executable - make sure that you choose the version
- compatible with your networking software, or the DNet version if you
- have no network connection and will be using it to browse local
- hypermedia files only.
- o The drawer ENVARC whose contents belong in ENV: and ENVARC:
- (copy the contents to both, for preferences and setup information).
- o The drawer REXX for mod player and .au player scripts. Copy to Rexx:.
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- Easy Step by Step Installation Instructions
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-
- o Extract the distribution archive.
- o Move the main executable (if necessary) to wherever you like.
- o Check the ENVARC/mailcap file to make sure it is set up correctly for
- your system. In particular, if you will run AMosaic on a public screen,
- change the PUBSCREEN argument after the multiview calls to reflect
- this.
- o Copy the contents of the ENVARC drawer to the ENVARC: and ENV:
- directories. If you ran an old version of AMosaic, you can remove the
- .mailcap and .mime.types files from your S: directory. They are
- superceded by these files.
- o Copy the contents of the REXX drawer to your REXX: directory. You
- may edit these files to support other mod players and sound players,
- but at your own risk. Other such scripts may be written and made
- accessible by refering to them on the env:Mosaic/mailcap file.
- o If you have an NNTP server you can connect to to read news, set the
- environment variable NNTPSERVER to your server's IP address in
- your user-startup.
- o If you are running mosaic on a custom screen on an ECS amiga (like a
- 500 or 3000) be sure to select Interleaved using the MUI preferences
- for that screen, otherwise the anchor colours will disconnect from the
- anchor letters during scrolling in a most ugly manner.
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- What to do if you finish installation and it doesn't work
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- o Send mail to the AMosaic bugs address
- amosaic-bugs@max.physics.sunysb.edu.
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- External Viewers
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- The following software is recommended for external viewing:
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- o AMS to play Sun ".au" sound files, and to view X-bitmaps.
- o EdPlayer to play external MOD songs.
- o AmiSOX to play sun audio files.
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