README.TXT

System Requirements Before installing Sun's J2ME Wireless Toolkit

Required Software:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000. 

Required Hardware:
- 30 Mbytes disk (140 Mbytes with Forte for Java) 
- 64 Mbytes system RAM (128 Mbytes for Forte for Java) 
- 166 MHz CPU (300 MHz for Forte for Java) 

In order to use the J2ME Wireless Toolkit follow these steps:

1. Install Java 2 SDK Standard Edition, version 1.3.0 or higher 

2. If you want to develop/create an application download and install Forte for Java 2.0/3.0 from http://wwws.sun.com/software/Developer-products/ffj/index.html.  This is optional

3. Installing the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 1.0.3 
- If you have a previous version of the J2ME Wireless Toolkit installed, you should un-install the older version before installing this release. 
- Run the installer program and follow the installation instructions. 
- If you install the J2ME Wireless module (Forte for Java Plug-in), you should first make sure that Forte for Java is installed and working and then install the Forte for Java Plug-in. When installing the Forte for Java Plug-in, you should select "Integrated" as the setup type. 
- For more detailed installation directions, please refer to the J2ME Wireless Toolkit User's Guide and Release Notes. 

4. Included in CD is the CLDC and MIDP specifications for reference:

Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and K virtual machine
CLDC Java Community Process effort that has standardized a portable, minimum-footprint Java building block for small, resource-constrained devices. CLDC runs on top of Sun's K Virtual Machine (KVM) that is provided as part of this release. (available through Sun Community Source Licensing)

Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a set of Java[tm] APIs which, together with the Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), provides a complete J2ME application runtime environment targeted at mobile information devices, such as cellular phones and two-way pagers.