• CPU & Memory
  • Required: A PC based on a x86 platform with minimum 8 MBytes RAM.
  • Recommended: A Pentium 75 MHz CPU or better
  • Recommended: 16 MBytes RAM or more
  • To see instructions on how to check your system configuration, click here.
• Monitor and Video
  • Required: Color monitor that can display a screen with at least 800 by 600 pixels, and 256 colors.
  • Recommended: Monitor that can display a screen with 1024 by 768 pixels and High Color (16 bit).
  • Required: Video card that can output a screen with at least 800 by 600 pixels and 256 colors.
  • Recommended: Video card that can output a screen with 1024 by 768 pixels and High Color (16 bit).
  • Too see instructions on how to set your screen resolution and color mode, click here.
• Sound Card
  • Recommended: Although not strictly necessary, some of the Power Point type presentations in the course contain narration. If your computer is equipped with a sound card, it will be helpful.
• Networking
  • Required: Modem/Ethernet Card. Of course, you will need to be able to dial out to your ISP, or be connected to LAN to have access to the internet. If you are going to be using a modem, it is recommended that you use a 28.8 Kbps modem or better, although a 14.4 Kbps modem may suffice.
• Hard Disk Space
  • At this time it is not possible to make an accurate estimate of the required disk space, but a ball park figure would be around 50 MBytes for MODSIM and the course notes.

 

 

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