Will Java technology work with DOS file name limitations (8.3)?
Java technology relies on files with longer names than the old DOS limits, so if you are running older (pre-Microsoft Windows 95) versions of DOS, Java technology will not work. If you are running a version of DOS (such as the one that comes with Windows 95) that allows long file names, you should not have any problems. Note that older versions of WinZip do not support long file names, even if the installed version of DOS does. You can get a free upgrade of WinZip with support for long file names from their web site. E2. javac: Superclass java.applet.Applet of class HelloWorld not found. The examples in the programmer’s guide have been updated to conform to the new applet API in our 1.0.2 Java Development Kit (JDK). “Superclass not found” error messages are typical if you try to compile Java 1.0 beta code with an alpha version of javac. The recommended fix is to download a copy of the JDK software, and do all further development with that. Another potential source of this error message
