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Date:	Sun, 1 May 2005 20:29:59 PDT7
From:	"John A. Morrow, Jr." <john.a.morrow@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Convert to Java 1.4.2

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Steven Levine wrote:

>
> Java is just another application. You always run both Java 1.3.1 and Java
> 1.4.2 at the same time.
>
>
>>Can anyone help
>>me clean up my CONFIG.SYS and remove the references to JAVA11 and
>>replace them with the equivalent references to JAVA142?
>
>
> There are no equivalents in the sense that Java 1.4.2 will run just fine
> with absolutely no references in PATH, LIBPATH or elsewhere. A reference
> in PATH is convenient if you what to run java.exe without a fully
> specified pathname.
>
> To clean up, delete all the references to 1.1, assuming you have deleted
> 1.1 from your system. Do the same for the references to 1.3.1 and 1.4.2.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven

Well, this discussion has been somewhat enlightening. As far as I know,
I don't think I particularly need Java outside my web browser (Mozilla
Firefox), so I haven't paid that much attention to it. I just assumed
that the eCS 1.2 installer put a current version of Java on the hard
drive. This belief was reinforced when about:plugins tells me:

InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in

File name: npj2_jpi.dll
OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla

However, at the command line I learn:

[M:\]java -fullversion
JAVA.EXE full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build o118-20011106 (JIT enabled:
javax V3.
5-IBMJDK1.1-20011106)"

[M:\]

On the eCS install CD (CD number 1), I see:

[S:\ECS\INSTALL]dir j*

The volume label in drive S is ECS_CDRUN.
The Volume Serial Number is 5600:268C.
Directory of S:\ECS\INSTALL

4-29-04 7:50p 1,192 0 ---r JAVA131.CMD
8-09-04 5:36p 5,167 0 ---r JAVA142.CMD
2 file(s) 6,359 bytes used
0 bytes free

[S:\ECS\INSTALL]

From reading the first few lines of the files, one assumes that running
one of the above will install IBM Java 1.3.1 or Innotek's 1.4.2. I
gather that just deleting the JAVA11 directory tree and related
Config.sys entries will remove Java 1.1.8. I dimly recall that something
required it - Feature Installer? Does one still need this?

John

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