NCSA Collage for Microsoft Windows v 1.2 BETA 1
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Welcome to the second beta release of NCSA Collage for Microsoft Windows.
Collage is a collaborative visualization program, allowing the user to
collaborate and share data across the three supported platforms:  X-Windows
workstations, Apple Macintosh systems, and finally, Microsoft Windows 3.x
systems.  The data sharing is done via a TCP/IP network, utilizing NCSA's
Data Transfer Mechanism (DTM), which is built on top of the Microsoft
WinSock standard TCP/IP network socket library API.

Requirements for Using Collage:
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80386-based or better machine,  running Microsoft Windows 3.x on top of MSDOS
256-color video display card
Mouse
installed & configured WinSock network library (DLL)
MIDI interface & synthesizer (if sonification functions are desired)

Running Collage as a Stand-alone Package:
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If you do not want to use the networking capabilities of Collage,  _AND_
don't have a WinSock-compatible network system on your PC, you can still
use it as a stand-alone visualization package.  Download the NULLSOCK.ZIP
package from NCSA (or take it from the install disk) and unzip it.  Place
the WINSOCK.DLL in the same directory as your NCSA Collage executable.
This will give you a "fake" network library.

Installing & Running Collage:
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Read the RELEASE.WRI file for instructions on installing Collage, and the
COLLAGE.WRI file for help on finding your way around Collage.

Send questions and bug reports to collage-w@ncsa.uiuc.edu