To start, press the [START] button, and select "Run...". A window will appear with a place to enter a program to open. Type:
ftp ftp.netscape.com
and press "OK". A new window with a black background and white text will appear. This is the Command Line FTP window, in which you will type the commands to download Netscape. Below is a log of an ftp connection... yours will be similar; the commands you will need to enter are in bold, and comments (which will not appear on your screen) are in italics.
Connected to ftp.netscape.com. 220 ftp FTP server (Version wu-2.4(31) Mon May 20 20:57:13 PDT 1996) ready. Name (ftp.netscape.com:(none)): ftp 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: username@mbay.net (This will be invisible) 230-Welcome to the Netscape Communications Corporation FTP server. 230- 230-If you have any odd problems, try logging in with a minus sign (-) 230-as the first character of your password. This will turn off a feature 230-that may be confusing your ftp client program. 230- 230-Please send any questions, comments, or problem reports about 230-this server to ftp@netscape.com. 230- 230-*********** October 13, 1995 ********** 230-Private ftp is now only on ftp1.netscape.com. Anonymous is supported on 230-ftp 2 through 8. If you are accessing a named account please use ftp1. 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd /pub/communicator/english/4.7/windows/windows95_or_nt/complete_install 250-This software is subject to a license agreement. Be sure to read and 250-agree to the license BEFORE you use the software. There may be more text here detailing Netscape's export or license restrictions. 250 CWD command successful. ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> get cc32e47.exe 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for cc32e47.exe (18968732 bytes). ############################################################################## ############################################################################## You will see many, many lines of this as the file is transfered. On a 28.8kbps modem, it will take an hour or so. ############################################################################## ############################################################################## 226 Transfer complete. 18968732 bytes received in 60.6 secs (95 Kbytes/sec) (The last two numbers will be different on your screen) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye.The window will close. You should see a new icon on your desktop, with a name of "cc32e47.exe". This is the compressed Netscape Navigator package. Just double-click on it, and it will install Netscape on your machine. When the installation has completed, you can put this file in the Recycle Bin.
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