Here is how to download Java

On your web browser, go to http://www.javasoft.com/ . If it doesn't come up (it should be a new top-level window) then open a new browser window and try this link http://www.javasoft.com/ .

You should go through a sequence of windows such as the following, although JavaSoft will be changing the content all the time:

Click on Products and APIs to go to

Choose the JDK 1.1 to get to

Then choose your system (here the Win32 Release) to go to this page. We had to scroll down a ways to get to this part. From here on, it's easy. If you don't have a high speed connection to the Net, you'll probably want both the software and the documentation. The jdk installs itself. The documentation is a zip file.

And yes, these are large downloads.