The Helix systems offer a wide variety of scientific and high performance computing applications for use by the NIH community. Many of these applications can display graphics or use a graphical user interface (GUI) as long as your workstation understands the X window system—the native graphics language on Unix systems like Helix.

WebTerm X is new software that allows Windows 95 and NT users to access X window environments on Helix and other Unix systems seamlessly through Netscape or Microsoft web browsers.

Windows 95 and NT users benefit from WebTerm X because the X server looks and feels as if it is built into the system. No application interface has to be learned, and no user configuration is needed. WebTerm X loads into memory when needed, and silently goes away when no longer needed. WebTerm X has a browser plug-in architecture, making it compatible with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The minimum requirements to use WebTerm X are:

Note: WebTerm X can also be used as a stand-alone X server (a web browser not required).

A number of WebTerm X licenses have been purchased for use by Helix users. For information on how you can download the WebTerm X plugin to your machine, go to the webpage http://helix.nih.gov/webtermx/plugin.html.