According to posts in webtv.users from Steve Perlman, ex-president of WebTV, WebTV has been working to provide a form of Personal Java for the WebTV Plus terminal (and possibly the new Classics and Dishplayer, but nothing was said specifically about them as they were not announced products at the time of the posts)?there is no guarantee this will happen. For the full text of Steve's posts, click here.

On the average, it takes less than a minute if the game file size is less than 100KB. However, it may take a while longer if the game file size is bigger.

When you receive the SMS containing the WAP address enter the full address (including the 5/6 letter code using lowercase characters) into your WAP browser on your handset and connect. Please note, you cannot download the game in your PC's web browser. Alternatively, if you receive a bookmark you can choose to download/connect to the bookmark without having to enter the address. Your handset may not seem like it's downloading anything. Please wait for at least 5 minutes before pressing any keys.

Note Microsoft Windows XP does not come with Java built in, you must download and install it from the following. Using Internet Explorer, to check if Java is enabled select tools from the main menu select internet options, select the security tab, then select internet under the zone selection area. Move the slider bar to Medium, High safety disables Java for example.

The Java Sound API specifies mechanisms for capturing, processing, and playing back audio and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data in a framework that promotes extensibility and flexibility. Sun's reference implementation for the Java Sound API, also known as the Java Sound engine, is a 64 channel audio rendering and MIDI controlled sound synthesis engine which offers reliable, high quality sound on all Java 2 Platforms.

Java-Script is a client-side scripting language that can be embedded within a web page. Java-script is used to create dynamic web pages or to provide functions to the web browser that don't normally exist.

The User Interface Software Group first created a tool called Garnet in Lisp in 1988, and then in Summer of 1994 started working on Amulet. It took about a calendar year, and over 4 man-years of work to create Amulet, without much research contributions. Therefore, we are reticient to start yet another conversion. Java and C++ are enough different that we feel we would want to do a redesign and not just a transliteration.

As part of JFC, the Accessibility API enables Java applications to work with alternate input and output devices such as Screen Readers, Screen Magnifiers, Braille terminals, and others. The Accessibility API takes the current Java system that is visually oriented and extends it to be usable by people who need to work with other non-visual devices. We are truly taking "Write Once, Run Anywhere" to another level by extending the benefits of Java Computing to users with disabilities.

Not at the moment, right now GTGE is focusing to develop PC game with J2SE, to make mobile game we need to port GTGE to J2ME. Right after GTGE stable enough, we will surely make a port to J2ME. (back to question)

We will send you a text message either containing a website address or a bookmark which you will need to go to using WAP/GPRS where you can download your Java™ game. We cannot send the game directly to your phone.

Your new game may be stored in your "Applications" directory and not your "Games" directory. Still not sure? Check your handset's user manual for instructions. If this still doesn't help then please contact our support department using the link on the website.

Ans: Yes, we can... but we should caution you that there are still a lot of old browsers out there that are not Java-enabled. Older AOL browsers, for example, have a devil of a time with Java. We are frankly looking forward to the time when the whole web is fully utilizing the interactive capabilities of the platform-independent language and world of Java. Ans: We have an excellent form script in our CGI Bin, written in perl.

Yes - but you can't die in the game, so you don't need to worry about saving the game before experimenting. Saved games are approx. 100K - quite small enough to be emailed, if you fancy showing off to other ST players having solved a particular puzzle.