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·	Shockwave Player 8.5 System Requirements
·	Macromedia Flash Player 6 System Requirements
·	Authorware Player 6.5 System Requirements
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Select an operating system for a list of compatible Web players:

Windows | Macintosh | Linux | Pocket PC | OS/2 | CompuServe | Sun Solaris | HP-UX | SGI IRIX

Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 Internet Explorer - AOL Netscape Only

Shockwave Player 8.5.1

Macromedia Flash Player 6

Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Complete
Plays any Authorware 6.5 application.
(AOL not formally supported)

Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Full
Plays any Authorware application, created with Authorware version 6.x, 5.x, 4 or 3.5.
(AOL not formally supported)

Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Compact
Plays only basic Authorware 6.5 applications, no Xtras included.
(AOL not formally supported)

Uninstaller
Macromedia Flash Player Uninstaller
(uninstalls all current and previous versions of Macromedia Flash Player)

Uninstaller
Shockwave Player Uninstaller
(uninstalls all current and previous versions of Macromedia Shockwave Player)

Mac OS X	Internet Explorer - AOL - Netscape
Macromedia Flash Player 6
Shockwave Player 8.5.1
Uninstaller Macromedia Flash Player Uninstaller (uninstalls all current and previous versions of Macromedia Flash Player)

Mac OS - PowerPC	Internet Explorer 5.1
Shockwave Player 8.5.1

Mac OS - PowerPC	Internet Explorer - AOL - Netscape
Shockwave Player 8.5.1
Macromedia Flash Player 6
Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Complete Plays any Authorware 6.5 application. (AOL not formally supported)
Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Full Plays any Authorware application, created with Authorware version 6.x, 5.x, 4 or 3.5. (AOL not formally supported)
Authorware Web Player 6.5 - Compact Plays only basic Authorware 6.5 applications, no Xtras included. (AOL not formally supported)
Uninstaller Macromedia Flash Player Uninstaller (uninstalls all current and previous versions of Macromedia Flash Player)
Uninstaller Shockwave Player Uninstaller (uninstalls all current and previous versions of Macromedia Shockwave Player)

Linux x86	Mozilla 1.1
Macromedia Flash Player 6
Macromedia Flash Player 6 These Linux packages (RPM, DEB, ebuild) are available for manual download, apt-get, urpmi, or emerge for these supported operating systems: RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Generic. Note: these players are not officially supported by Macromedia.

Pocket PC	Macromedia Flash Player 5 for Pocket PC 2002
Macromedia Flash Player 5 for Pocket PC 2002

OS/2	Netscape Only
Macromedia Flash Player 4

CompuServe
Macromedia Shockwave Player 8.5.1

Sun Solaris (Sparc version only)	Netscape Only
Macromedia Flash Player 5

HP-UX	Netscape Only
Macromedia Flash Player 5

SGI IRIX	Netscape Only
Macromedia Flash Player 4

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