Re: Seeking help with Mosaic

[Don Rose <donrose@INTERACCESS.COM>]

Bob (and others on LM_NET)-

Here's a Macintosh Mosaic Quick Start to get you rolling...

(The complete Mosaic User Guide truly works best online while in
Mosaic.)


Quick Start -- NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh User Guide

(How to get NCSA Mosaic up and running on your Macintosh without
reading the rest of the manual)

There two essential instructions for using NCSA Mosaic:

1. Click on the colored text to follow a link.
2. Explore.

System requirements:

1. System 7 or later.
2. MacTCP 2.0.2 or later.
3. 2.5 megabytes of memory required;
   4 megabytes or more recommended
4. Hard disk.

Installing NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh

1. If you ftp'd NCSA Mosaic from the NCSA ftp server,
   unStuff and unBinHex the file using StuffitExpander
   or other data compression program (e.g. CompactPro).

2. Drag the NCSA Mosaic icon onto your hard disk.

External Viewers

NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh by itself will view the
majority of files available. However, to view some images,
watch movies and listen to sounds, you need to install
additional software.  NCSA Mosaic is initially configured
to use the following external viewers:

GIF Images  -> JPEGView  (about 420 Kbytes in size)
TIFF Images -> GIFConverter  (~450 Kbytes)
QuickTime   -> Simple Player  (~110 Kbytes)
MPeg        -> Sparkle  (~150 Kbytes)
AU Sound    -> UlawPlay  (~90 Kbytes)
BinHexed files -> Stuffit Expander  (~130 Kbytes)

All except Simple Player are freeware or shareware programs
and are available via anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu
or mac.archive.umich.edu. Install them using the directions
that accompany the software.

SimplePlayer is a Quicktime viewer from Apple that comes
packaged with most distributions of Quicktime. It is copyrighted
and not public domain. It is available from the NCSA anonymous ftp server.

--END of Quick Start--


Mosaic is a truly elegant way to experience the Internet.

Mosaic for Macintosh is available from:
                           ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu   /Mac/Mosaic

It's also available for Windows users at:
                           ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu  /SDG/Software/WinMosaic

You gotta try it!!!

-Don Rose
 Senior Support Specialist
 Follett Software Company