What software is available?

World-Wide Web clients (browsers) are available for the following platforms and environments:

• Text-only browsers:
  • Dumb terminal, nearly any UNIX platform

  • Text-only using curses (vt100 emulation), for SunOS 4.1.x, IBM AIX, DEC OSF/1, DEC Ultrix, and VAX Multinet.

  • Macintosh text-only, for Mac SE's and above with System 7.x.

  • Browsers written in perl are available.

  • Browsers written for the emacs environment are available.

• Browsers with graphical interfaces:
  • Sun 4/Sun OS 4.1.x

  • Silicon Graphics IRIX 4.x

  • VMS

  • Linux

  • DEC MIPS Ultrix, DEC Alpha AXP, OSF/1

  • IBM RS/6000, AIX 3.2

  • HP 9000/700, HP/UX 9.x

  • NeXT, NeXTStep 3.0

  • Commodore Amiga, AmigaOS 3.0

  • IBM compatibles, 80386 and above with 4 MB RAM, under Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode

  • Macintosh computers, System 7.x, 68020 and above or Power Macintosh.

World-Wide Web servers are available for the following platforms and environments:

• Most flavors of UNIX

• HP, SGI, and SUN systems

• DEC MIPS Ultrix, DEC Alpha AXP

• Perl

• Macintosh, 68020 or better, Power Macintosh, System 7.x

• NeXTStep

• VM, VM/CMS, VM/XA, VMS

• Windows 3.1 and Windows NT

For details on how to obtain Web client and server software, refer to the next section "How can I get more information?"