NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows User Guide: Obtaining and Installing Software

NCSA Floppy Disks

If you purchased NCSA Mosaic from NCSA, your package should contain:

disk 1
Win32s /OLE software (1 of 3)
disk 2
Win32s /OLE software (2 of 3)
disk 3
Win32s (3 of 3)
disk 4
NCSA Mosaic software (1 of 2)
disk 5
NCSA Mosaic software (2 or 2)

Windows3.1 or WfW3.11 Installation instructions

  1. Insert disk 1 into your 3.5 inch drive.
  2. Open the File Manager, which is located in the Main program group.
  3. Open the drive that contains disk 1 (a:\ or b:\).
  4. Double click on Setup.exe, which is the Win32s installation.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
The Win32s installation program prompts you for disk 2. At the end of the Win32s installation you are asked to install a game called Freecell, a 32-bit application. NCSA recommends you install this game because it verifies a successful Win32s installation.

  1. Insert disk 3, which is another Win322 disk Follow the instructions on your screen.
  2. Insert disk 4, the Mosaic installation, into your drive (a:\ or b:\).
  3. Double click on setup.exe.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
NOTE: If you don't have a winsock.dll installed on your system, Mosaic operates in stand-alone mode (see
"Mosaic as a Local File Browser" on page 6-5).

  1. Insert disk 4 and install any of the following applications:
  1. Read readme.wri.
  2. Read relnotes.htm.
a. Start Mosaic by doubleclicking on the icon.

b. Select Open Local File from the File menu; open relnotes.htm in the /Mosaic directory.

c. Click OK.