This is the software that accompanies "Explorations in Computer Science: A Guide to Discovery" by R. Mark Meyer, published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003.

   (These instructions are geared towards users of Microsoft 
    Windows.  However, since the software is all written in 
    Java, users of Linux, Unix and Macintosh should be able to 
    adapt these instructions easily.)

If you want to only run the applets, merely double click on "index.html"
which will open your web browser and provide you with a list of the
applets.  The APPLETS directory provides all the software necessary.
You do not need to do anything to these files in order to use them.

If you want to run an application, navigate into the APPLICATIONS and
find the desired program, for example LOGICGATES.  Go into that
directory and double click on the "run_application.bat" which will start
up the program as a standalone Java application.

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The SOURCE directory is provided only in case you need to recompile the
original Java code.  Most users will not need to even go into that
directory.

These programs were written using only Java 1.1.8 features and AWT
(the Abstract Windowing Toolkit) which is considered inferior to the
newer Swing windowing system.  This was done purely for compatibility
reasons.  Many Mac users who have not yet migrated to MacOS X, and some
Linux and Unix users, would not have been able to run newer Java versions
or Swing.  In the future, this situation will surely change and the 
software may be updated.
