From: Jackie Meyer <fmeyer <at> CS <dot> TAMU <dot> EDU>
Date: 17 jul 1996
Subject: Windows 95/NT, shogi server, kanji

For anyone who does not already know this, if you have Windows 95 or NT,
you can easily view web sites with kanji in them.  The route I followed
is below.  After getting set up, you can then go back to the links
listed on Stouten-san's web page and the Computer Shogi Association page.
Maybe you will then find some gems.  You will also be able to use the
Java engine for the NTT Shogi Server.

I tested with Windows 95 US version.  Should be similar with NT or with
Windows 95 International (English).

Due to previous bad experiences with MS Internet Explorer (IE), I did not
have earlier version, so had to get IE 3.0 Beta 2 (msie30b2.exe), which
is at
  www.microsoft.com/ie/
or
  www.microsoft.com/msdownload/
and is 4.3 MB.  You might be able to support kanji with an earlier version
of IE, but you will need to get the recent version in order to get correct
Java support.  At first I tried to access this file from within Netscape,
but it didn't like it; so I fired up IE.  After you request the download
from www.microsoft.com, if asked, choose to Open the file so it will
install the upgrade.

You will probably not get anywhere if you do not turn on the Windows 95
multilanguage support.  From the Start menu, pick Settings and open the
Control Panel.  In the Control Panel, pick Add/Remove programs and
select the tab for Windows Setup.  Scroll the list box down and select
(check) the multilanguage support.  OK.

Now you need to get the Japanese language pack (ie3lpkja.exe) from the
Microsoft web site.  It is something like 2.1 MB.  After the download,
you can reboot to make your changes take effect.

If you are like me, you will now think you just have to select View
Options in IE and tell it that you read Japanese.  But remember you are
dealing with a company that competes with Apple, so it does not try very
hard.  Because you rebooted at least once, you cannot go back and see
where you saw the web link to instructions on how to view kanji.  So I
will tell you the secret.  In the lower right corner of the IE window is
a ball (globe).  Right click on the globe and select Auto Detect Japanese
(or something like that).  Voila.

I tried some sites and kanji displayed just fine.  Also tried NTT Shogi
Server (Takumi-san's page) and followed the first link (it says Java in
there somewhere).  Followed instructions and everything went fine.  Was
able to observe a game on the server.  Did not try playing a game though.
Checked out the links to kifu on Takumi-san's page and they worked well.
The kanji font was small, but crisp and easy to read.  The koma on the
NTT Java server, however, were large but crude.  They are supposed to be
TrueType fonts, but do not magnify well.

Thanks to Iwakura-san for alerting me to this.

Regards,

Jackie.