Computer Configuration

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Computer Configuration

You will need the following items for your computer.

Installation Instructions
First download the appropriate software and plug-ins.

> To Install Netscape, double click on the installer icon and follow the directions.
> To install the Chime, Shockwave, and Acrobat plug-ins, double click on the appropriate installer icon and follow the directions.
> To install the Voyager plugin place the downloaded file into the Netscape Plug-ins folder. Then enter Netscape and choose the General Preferences option from the Options menu. Choose the Helpers folder. Select New. On the Description line enter: x-world/x-vrml . Enter the same on the Mime Type Line. For suffixes type wrl . Finally click the application button and select the Voyager file.

The Use of Chime
With the mouse pointer over a Chime plug-in, clicking and holding the mouse button on the Macintosh, or clicking the right mouse button under Windows, brings up a property sheet which
allows the user to:

- Change the display type.
- Change the display options.
- Change the display color.
- Bring up an "About box".
- Turn on and off molecule rotation.
- Turn on and off animation.
- Render molfiles as either 2D or 3D.
- Store the input file locally.

Clicking and holding down the mouse button (left mouse button under Windows) while over a plug-in allows the user to manually rotate the structure on display.
Clicking and holding down the mouse button (left mouse button under Windows) and simultaneously depressing the "Shift" key while over a plug-in allows the user to resize the structure
on display.
Under Windows, clicking and holding down the right mouse button and simultaneously depressing the "Control" key while over a plug-in allows the user to translate (shift) the structure on display.
This feature is not available yet on the Macintosh.

The Installation of Persuasion Player 3.0
To download Persuasion Player 3.0, click on the Persuasion icon above. This will bring you to the Adobe customer service homepage where you can get the exact version of the Player you need.
To setup the Player, run Netscape and then do the following:

- Select "General Preferences" from the "Options" Menu
- Go to the "Helpers" page and click on "New..."
- Enter the following into the appropriate fields:
  Description: Plain text
  MIME Type: application/ppf
  Suffixes: ppf
  Handled by: application (click on radial button and then browse to find the Player)
  File type: PPFf
- Then click ok and exit out of the preferences section and quit Netscape
- Restart Netscape and test out the Player.