Microsoft Windows

Nick Bardsley used the following procedure to install on Windows(95/98/NT):

  1. Download JRE 1.2 US English version (6mb as opposed to the 8mb International version) (Well, you might want to do that, but then you might want to urge me to internationalise the program, in which case ... (Colin Adams)) from http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/index.html. (This may be out of date now, see Joe's section below for a more recent URL (Colin Adams))
  2. Install the JRE by clicking on the self-extracting and installing package icon. A familiar installation process follows.
  3. Download the Chu program from http://www.colina.demon.co.uk/chu.html. (3a. If you actually don't have WinZip, download this from any of the many sites it is available from - you need it.)
  4. Using WinZip, unpack the file you downloaded from Colin's site (ChuV1.0.jar) into its own directory, e.g. C:\Chu.
  5. Open an MSdos command prompt and change to C:\Chu (or the directory you have chosen to unpack Chu.jar into).
  6. Type java Chu (case sensitive) and minimise if you wish (but DO NOT close) the MSdos window.
  7. Play Chu Shogi.

If you have any problems, the recomended procedure is to upgrade to a real O/S (such as Linux or FreeBSD).

Joe Peterson recommends the following procedure (more detailed):

I recommend that you start at the second major section.

After you install everything, you can simply start at the fifth major section to play the game.

  1. Find out if you have JRE or JDK on your system or go to the next major section if you want to install it anyway (If you are pretty sure you have one of these and still are having problems, you probably need to get a newer version, so go to the next major section):

    (N.B. JRE = Java Runtime Environment; JDK = Java Development kit.)

    1. Go to start->Find->Files or Folders
    2. In the 'Named' field, type jre.exe and click the Find Now button if it returns locations, then write it down (or at least remember it) and go to the third major section.
    3. In the 'Named' field, type java.exe and click the Find Now button if it returns locations, then write it down (or at least remember it) and go to the third major section.
    4. If you make it to this step, you need to carry on the the next major section.
  2. If you do not have JRE or JDK, download JRE and install it.
    1. In your web browser, go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/download-windows.html
    2. Scroll down to the 'Download the Java 2 Runtime Environment, v 1.3.0'
    3. Download the US version, I recommend that you do it as one bundle, if you can. Accept the licensing agreement and pick a place to download from (the main one is usually good.) This takes up to 15 minutes at 56K.
    4. In Windows Explorer, go to where you saved the download ("My Downloads" is often a default).
    5. Double-click on j2re1_3_0-win.exe
    6. Follow the instructions. I recommend that you put it somewhere that has no spaces in the path name, and no directories with over 8 characters.)
  3. Download Colin's program:
    1. In your web browser go to: http://www.colina.demon.co.uk/chu.html
    2. Then save ChuV2-9.jar to disk by clicking on the link. I'll assume you save it in "c:\download"
  4. Use WinZip to open the jar file you just downloaded:
    1. If you do not have WinZip, download it from http://www.winzip.com/download.htm
    2. Double-click on the file you downloaded and go through the installation process.
    3. Start WinZip with start->programs->WinZip-> 8.0 (or maybe with start->WinZip depending on how you installed it.)
    4. Click the open icon or select File->Open Archive or press control-o.
    5. Change the Files of Type pull down to All files.
    6. Browse through to find the jar file you just downloaded (in c:\download?) and select it.
    7. Click the extract icon (or Actions->extract or shift-E).
    8. Make sure All files is selected.
    9. In the "extract to" field type "c:\chu" (without quotes) and press extract.
  5. Open a DOS window (start->programs->MS-DOS prompt).
  6. Go to the directory you stored the Chu file in:
    1. Type "c:" (without the quotes) then press return.
    2. Type "cd \chu" (without the quotes) and press return NOTE: if you changed c:\chu to something else, replace the drive letter and path as needed. If the path has spaces, you will need to substitute it with the stupid 16 bit translation... send me the path and I'll tell you what the translation is - basically take the first six non-space characters and add ~1 (sometimes the first six characters won't be unique so you might need to try ~2 or ~3 instead...).
  7. Type "jre Chu" (without the quotes, and make sure that the C is uppercase.) or if you had JDK installed type "java Chu".
  8. If the last action did not work:
    1. Did you do the second major section? If not, go to the second major section and start there.
    2. Did you type 'jre chu' instead of 'jre Chu'? If so, try again.
    3. ry typing the full path of the jre program: for example - 'c:\jre1_3\bin\jre Chu'.
    4. Are there spaces in any of the paths? If so, you will need to make a translation to the 8.3 DOS format. (For example, if I have the Chu program in c:\my installations\chu, then: "cd \myinst~1\chu")
    5. If there is an error message, send it to me with a description of what happened.
    6. If there is no error message, tell me what happens.

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