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SISCAD-P needs the following hard- and software requirements:
- Architecture: INTEL 80486/Pentium
PC's equipped with INTEL CPU's at least 80486/25 MHz are suited for
running SISCAD-P. Even more important than the CPU may be the amount
of installed memory. So it might occur, that SISCAD-P running on a
Pentium 90 MHz with 8 MB of memory may perform lower than on a
80486/66 MHz equipped with 32 MB of memory.
- Main memory: min. 16 MB, recommended 32 MB
SISCAD-P is a very complex program which requires at least 16 MB of
memory. If you plan to design larger drawings 24 MB or even 32 MB are
recommended. If you like to test SISCAD-P on a PC with less than 16 MB,
remember to install enough swap-space.
- Harddisk space: ca. 30 MB
SISCAD-P needs about 30 MB of disk space; the size depends on the
packages installed.
(see section Distribution Packages - Size of Packages)
- Linux kernel: version
1.0
Beginning with the kernel version 1.0, Linux is very reliable and suited for
professional use. Therefore SISCAD-P should run on any Linux kernel
version greater 1.0 regarding the other requirements described above.
- Window-System: X11R6
SISCAD-P was compiled with the X11R6 libraries and therefore it needs X11R6
at runtime.
- Window manager: fvwm, mwm
SISCAD-P is a OSF/Motif program but it does not necessarily require
OSF/Motif window manager at runtime. Other window managers, for instance
fvwm, are suited as well. When installed the OSF/Motif window manager
mwm of course can also be used.
The complete SISCAD-P documentation is available as
HTML
or as PostScript document. To view or print these documents you need
the following:
- WWW Browser
To online read the HTML documents you need a WWW
-Browser (e.g. Mosaic, Netscape, Chimera,
Arena). This WWW-Browser is not part of the SISCAD-P distribution and
must be installed separately.
- PostScript printer
To print the PostScript documentation you need a printer which understands
the PostScript language or a printer which in conjunction with a driver/filter
program (e.g. Ghostscript) understands PostScript language too.
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Thu Aug 3 16:07:13 MET DST 1995