System Requirements for the MathSoft Mathbrowser

To run the Mathbrowser you will need the following hardware and software:

• An 80386, 80486, or Pentium-based PC (486 or better recommended) with a minimum of 8 MB of RAM and 8 MB of swap space. You may expect better performance if you have more than 8 MB of RAM.

• Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, or Windows NT 3.5. The latter two are preferred.

• If you are running Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, you will need to install Microsoft's Win32s libraries, version 1.20 or better.

  When you download and install the Mathbrowser, the setup program will determine if you have these libraries already installed and notify you if you do not. If you do not have them, you may download them by FTP from Microsoft or from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, makers of the Mosaic application. Note that if you already run Mathcad 5.0 or Mathcad PLUS 5.0 for Windows, you already have the Win32s libraries.

• Windows sockets and releated TCP/IP software, preferably Microsoft's own TCP/IP. Your Winsock DLL must support version 1.1 of the Windows sockets standard.

Supported TCP/IP Stacks

Currently the Mathbrowser has been tested with only the following TCP/IP stacks:

1. The "Wolverine" TCP/IP stack from Microsoft, available for Windows for Workgroups and built directly into Windows NT 3.5.

2. PC/TCP v. 3.0 for DOS and Windows from FTP Software.

3. OnNet v. 1.1 from FTP Software.

Protocol Stacks: Some Friendly Advice

Protocol stacks are notoriously difficult to install and get working, as we've certainly found here at MathSoft, but the situation has improved dramatically as Microsoft has begun to see itself as a provider of Internet software. Unfortunately, Microsoft supports TCP/IP on everything but Windows 3.1, so the majority of PC users have to use third-party implementations that aren't always compatible with each other or Microsoft's standard.

If you use Windows for Workgroups or Windows NT 3.5, Mathbrowser should work with no problems, asssuming you use Microsoft's TCP/IP software.

If you have only Windows 3.1 and third-party TCP/IP software, make sure you have the latest release of all components and ensure that your Winsock DLL supports v. 1.1 of the Windows sockets standard. (Even then we can't guarantee everything will work flawlessly.) Unfortunately, as a powerful program, Mathbrowser is a very demanding user of Windows and will quickly reveal Win32s and TCP/IP problems.

Unfortunately, MathSoft cannot answer TCP/IP configuration questions or help you set up your Internet connection. However, as a user service, we'd like to maintain a list of Windows 3.1 configurations and third-party TCP/IP software that are known to work well with Mathbrowser. If you send us a message to support@mathsoft.com about the status of your setup (including appropriate version numbers whenever possible), we'll try to include it in our information here.

Last Modified 7th April 1995 [11:30 ] © 1995 Mathsoft Inc.and Adept Scientific plc