What platforms does Java run on?
Sun has made a Java Development Kit (JDK) available for Sparc and X86 Solaris, Windows NT and Windows 95 Intel. The JDK is free, and most third party ports are based on this. Sun also published a 1.0.2 JDK for MacOS 7.5 on PowerMacs and 68030 (25 MHz and faster) and 68040 Macs. However it’s dropped development for Macs in favor of Apple’s own Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ) which is a better option for Mac users. Currently MRJ supports Java 1.0. Java 1.1 support is promised soon. SGI’s port of Sun’s JDK 1.1.x to IRIX 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 is available at http://www.sgi.com/Fun/Free_webtools.html. An IRIX port of JDK 1.0 has mostly been completed by Simon Leinen. A Linux port is in fairly good shape. See http://java.blackdown.org/java-linux.html. IBM has ported Java to Windows 3.1, OS/2, and AIX. It is working on ports for MVS and OS/400. See http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo/hurindex.html . The OSF has ported the JDK 1.0.2 to Unixware, the Bull Estrella or other PowerPC running AIX
Sun has made a Java Development Kit (JDK) available for Sparc and X86 Solaris, Windows NT and Windows 95 Intel. The JDK is free, and most third party ports are based on this. Sun also published a 1.0.2 JDK for MacOS 7.5 on PowerMacs and 68030 (25 MHz and faster) and 68040 Macs. However it’s dropped development for Macs in favor of Apple’s own Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ) which is a better option for Mac users. Currently MRJ supports Java 1.0. Java 1.1 support is promised soon. SGI’s port of Sun’s JDK 1.1.x to IRIX 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 is available at http://www.sgi.com/Fun/Free_webtools.html. An IRIX port of JDK 1.0 has mostly been completed by Simon Leinen. A Linux port is in fairly good shape. See http://java.blackdown.org/java-linux.html. IBM has ported Java to Windows 3.1, OS/2, and AIX. It is working on ports for MVS and OS/400. See http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo/hurindex.html . The OSF has ported the JDK 1.0.
