If you're a Windows 95/NT or Macintosh user and have a yen to try using multicast tools, now's your chance. The MBONE, a network for real-time conferencing that "multicasts" to a number of users simultaneously, may now be accessed from Windows 95/NT systems and, to a limited extent, from Macintoshes. Until recently, the MBONE multicast tool set was available only for UNIX workstations.

Details on how to install and configure MBONE video and audio playback tools on your machine, as well as pointers to additional MBONE-related resources, are available online at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joelja/project/mbone/mbone.html

Note that the MBONE is not available to off-campus, dial-in users, due to its high-bandwidth requirements. If you have questions about MBONE, send an e-mail message to Joel Jaeggli (joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu)