Bovine Online, which provides an easy-to-install, easy-to-use complete Internet software package, includes an installer package as well as step-by-step instructions for setting up the software. The manual provides tutorials, product descriptions, and instructions. With Bovine Online, students, faculty and staff can open a computing account, access the Internet, and send or receive email.

This fall, the multi-platform CD will include Netscape Communicator (Web browser), Eudora Pro (email), BetterTelnet (telnet), WinCRT (telnet), and Stuffit Expander (decompression) software. Each of these will be the most current version at the time of production. CBT (Computer Based Training) and Adobe Acrobat Reader will also be included. As with the current version (Bovine Online v3.0), the package will include one CD and one manual for both Macintosh and Windows 95/98 platforms. A Lab disk to use in the campus computer labs when accessing your email via Eudora will again be included.

One new addition will be Norton AntiVirus software. Also new to version 4.0 will be a Quick Start installation guide for intermediate and advanced users to accompany the in-depth manual with fine tuning and more explicit instructions. The Windows 95 version will also accommodate those who have migrated to Windows 98. Windows NT users will not be supported, but they will find some references to Windows NT in the documentation. The troubleshooting section will be enhanced and information will be added about DHCP, the campus modem pools, and tools for accessing the network with a laptop from campus or home.

Bovine Online v3.0 is currently available for $18.99 at the UCD Bookstore Computer Shop and IT Copy Services located in 182 Shields Library.

For more information see http://online.ucdavis.edu/.