Obtaining Course Notes

Downloading Course Notes

If you are reading the notes on a computer in the library or on your own computer via the World Wide Web, you may want to download the notes to read later or to print out. Each lesson will include the opportunity to download the notes to your own floppy disk.

The notes are in HTML format, which may be viewed with any World Wide Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator. You can browse through the notes in a convenient hypertext form, view graphics not available in the printed handouts and link directly to World Wide Web and FTP sites if you have an active Internet connection. For information about the HTML format and how to use a Web Browser, see Reading Course Notes with a Web Browser.

Reading Course Notes with a Web Browser

The HTML File Format

These course notes are published in a standard format used on the World Wide Web called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). They may be read with Netscape Navigator or any other World Wide Web browser.

Obtaining a World Wide Web Browser

To download a free copy of the Windows version of Netscape Navigator, follow these steps:

  1. Insert a blank disk and press here to copy Netscape Part 1. When you are asked for the file name, enter "A:NETSCAPE.ZIP". Label this disk "Netscape Part 1".
  2. Insert another blank disk and press here to copy Netscape Part 2. When you are asked for the file name, enter "A:NETSCAPE.ZIP". Label this disk "Netscape Part 2".
This version of Netscape will work with Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Windows NT. A Macintosh version, a Windows 95/NT version and a more recent version for Windows 3.1 are available from the Netscape Web site. However, these versions are too large to download to floppy disks.

If you are reading these notes in the library and want to install one of these later Windows versions on your computer, first install the version available here, then go to the Netscape Web site from your own computer and download the newer version directly to your own computer.

Installing the World Wide Web Browser

To install Netscape on your own computer, follow these steps:
  1. Insert Netscape Disk 2 (not disk 1) into the disk drive of your computer.
  2. From the DOS prompt, enter:
    C:
    MD NETSCAPE
    CD NETSCAPE
    PKUNZIP A:NETSCAPE C:
  3. When you are asked to insert disk 1, insert Netscape Disk 1 into the disk drive.
  4. When you are asked to insert disk 2, insert Netscape Disk 2 into the disk drive.
  5. Start Windows.
  6. From a DOS prompt or the "File Run" menu option, enter:
    C:\NETSCAPE\NS16
Follow the instructions to install the Netscape program.

Reading the Notes with a World Wide Web Browser

Follow these steps to read the notes with Netscape:
  1. Click on the File Menu.
  2. Cick on the Open File item in the menu.
  3. Enter the file name you want to read.

Note that unless you have an active connection to the Internet, you may get an error message if you select a link to an external computer on the World Wide Web. However, this will not prevent you from reading the notes.