Precompiled Distribution
Here is a zip file for you to download and use. It has been pre-compiled, so you only need to run it. Unzip it into some directory on your hard-drive (a directory "Amino_<version>" will be created for you.) However you do need to have Sun's J2SE (JDK) installed on your machine before you can run it.
Once you run the JDK installer, you need to set the enviroment variable "JAVA_HOME" to point to the directory where you installed the JDK:
Windows:
1) go into Start/Settings/Control Panel
2) select System icon
3) Go to Advanced/Enironment Variables
4) Under "User Variables" press "New" button;
5) Name="
JAVA_HOME"
6) Value=<directory like "C:\jdk1.4"> or whatever was the default or what you set when the JDK was installed
7) click OK, OK to get out.
Now you can run something:
1) Open a command-prompt, and enter the directory "
Amino_<version>/Simtein/ant"
2) Enter "
build.sh run-gol" (unix/cygwin) or
    "
build run-gol" (dos/windows command line)
3) When the application comes-up, select the top-most node in the tree of the left pane using the mouse left-click
4) Mouse right-click on the node, pulling up a popup menu;
5) Select 'Object', and then "Children To New Physical View" under it;
6) On top menu, select "Sim" and then "Run" - This is John Conway's Game Of Life.
You can also run a 3-D rendering test:
1) Enter the directory "Amino_<version>/Simtein/ant"
2) Enter "build.sh run-pe" (unix/cygwin) or
    "build run-pe" (dos/windows command line
3) In the upper left of the left pane, left-mouse-click the top tree node;
4) Mouse right-click on it to pull up a popup menu - select 'Object'
5) Under 'Object' select 'To New Physical View'
6) This puts the reference frames (already running) in a view widget.