Started life as RedHat Linux 7.2, java is
java version "1.3.1_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_02-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_02-b02, mixed mode)

I haven't gotten back to experimenting and figuring out what's going on.

I suppose I should look into the possibility of an interactive java debugger, because while I don't know Java I don't think I'm quite so slow that I couldn't figure it out, if I had a way to watch what was going on.