A fully functional working version of PolyTrans is available for immediate download for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft DOS, SUN Microsystems (UNIX) and Silicon Graphics (UNIX). It is only limited in the following manner:
Program requirements:
To install the PolyTrans demo software run the polytran.exe program and follow the prompts.
If you will be installing the demo under the older 16-bit Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups operating systems then it is recommended that you download the latest 1.30 release of the Win32s operating system extension from the Microsoft FTP site (this software allows 32-bit application programs to be run under 16-bit Windows). Click here to download pw1118.exe to your machine. After the download is complete run the pw1118.exe program and follow the instructions. The pw1118.exe file can be deleted once the installation of Win32s is complete.
To install the command-line based version of PolyTrans that runs under Microsoft DOS:
- Start up a DOS shell if you are not already running DOS. - Create a directory on your Intel machine called "polytran". - Click here to download pt_dos.zip (1.45Mb). Save this file to the directory you created above. - Change to the "polytran" directory on your machine. - Execute 'pkunzip -e -d pt_dos.zip' - Execute 'del pt_dos.zip' - Online man pages are available. 'doc_man\pt.man' describes the usage of PolyTrans.
To install the command-line based version of PolyTrans for the Silicon Graphics UNIX platform:
- Create a directory on your SGI machine called "polytrans". - Click here to download pt_sgi.tar.Z (2.1Mb). Save this file to the directory you created above. - Change to the "polytrans" directory on your machine. - Execute 'uncompress pt_sgi.tar.Z' - Execute 'tar xvof pt_sgi.tar'. - Execute 'rm pt_sgi.tar'. - Online man pages are available. 'doc_man/pt.man' describes the usage of PolyTrans.
To install the command-line based version of PolyTrans for the SUN Microsystems UNIX platform:
- Create a directory on your SUN machine called "polytrans". - Click here to download pt_sun.tar.Z">here to download pt_sun.tar.Z (1.87Mb). Save this file to the directory you created above. - Change to the "polytrans" directory on your machine. - Execute 'uncompress pt_sun.tar.Z' - Execute 'tar xvof pt_sun.tar' - Execute 'rm pt_sun.tar' - Online man pages are available. 'doc_man/pt.man' describes the usage of PolyTrans.