Please feel free to add your thoughts and once it is more complete we can write a tutorial for rubyonrails.com

After upgrading to rails 10 everything went pretty smoothly except I had to manually add ruby to the path (I installed it under C:\program files\ruby\). I also had to manually convert all all cmd files to bat (rename *.cmd *.bat under ruby\bin)

I also had to comment out a line.

This file contains setup information for the SONY PCG-N505VE laptop:

– BIOS settings
– File /boot/loader.conf
– File /etc/usbd.conf
– File /etc/rc.conf
– Kernel Configuration
– Bootup dmesg

Note: Sony web page is http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/pc/pcgn505ve

===============================================================================

BIOS settings (depress F2 during startup)
*************

ADVANCED–>
Primary IDE Adapter [6495MB]
Secondary IDE Adapter [None]
IrDA–>
Configuration [Enabled]
Mode [FIR]
Base IO Address [3E8]
Interrupt [11]
DMA channel [DMA 0]
Serial Port–>
Configuration [Enabled]
Base IO Address [3F8]
Interrupt [4]
Parallel Port–>
Configuration [Enabled]
Mode [Bi-directional]
Base IO Address [378]
Interrupt [7]

Plug”

# Firmware download for Entrega Serial DB25 adapter.
#
device “Entrega Serial with UART”
product 0×8001
vendor 0×1645
release 0×0101
attach “if ! kldstat -n usio > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then kldload usio; fi”
attach “/usr/sbin/ezdownload -v -f /usr/share/usb/firmware/1645.8001.0101 /dev/${DEVNAME}”

# The entry below starts and stops dhclient when an ethernet device is inserted
# Caveat: It does not support multiple interfaces (but neither does pccardd,
# it shouldn’t be too big a deal
#
# -pm- added 10Mbps setup, added detach down cmd
#
device “USB ethernet”
devname “[ack]ue[0-9]+”
attach “ifconfig ${DEVNAME} media 10baseT/UTP ; dhclient ${DEVNAME}”
detach “ifconfig ${DEVNAME} down ; killall dhclient”

# The entry below starts moused when a mouse is plugged in. Moused
# stops automatically (actually it bombs when the device disappears.
#
# -pm- added 5-button setup
#
device “Mouse”
devname “ums[0-9]+”
attach “/usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/${DEVNAME} -I /var/run/moused.${DEVNAME}.pid -z 4″

# The fallthrough entry: Nothing is specified, nothing is done. And it isn’t
# necessary at all . Just for pretty printing in debugging mode.
#
device “USB device”

===============================================================================

File /etc/rc.conf
*****************

#
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf
# also add this switch to the USB mouse command in /etc/usbd.conf
# ep0 is now handled by dhclient at insert time
# please make all changes to this file.
#

apm_enable=”YES” # Set to YES to enable APM BIOS functions (or NO).
apmd_enable=”YES” # Run apmd to handle APM event from userland.
apmd_flags=”" # Flags to apmd (if enabled).
check_quotas=”NO”
hostname=”alberti.net.at.home”
inetd_enable=”YES”
linux_enable=”YES”
lpd_enable=”YES”
moused_enable=”YES”
moused_port=”/dev/psm0″
nfs_client_enable=”YES” # This host is an NFS client (or NO).
pccard_enable=”YES”
pccard_mem=”DEFAULT”
pccardd_flags=”-i 10″
portmap_enable=”YES”
saver=”logo”
sendmail_enable=”YES”
sshd_enable=”YES”
svr4_enable=”NO”
usbd_enable=”YES” # Run the usbd daemon.
usbd_flags=”" # Flags to usbd (if enabled).

===============================================================================

Kernel Configuration
********************

# Phillip’s laptop kernel for FreeBSD 4, based on
#
# GENERIC — Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
# Kernel Configuration Files:
#
# http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you’ve installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are
# in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.34 2001/08/12 13:13:46 joerg Exp $

machine i386
#cpu I386_CPU
#cpu I486_CPU
#cpu I586_CPU
cpu I686_CPU

ident alberti

maxusers 32

### OPTIONS ###

#makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
#options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation

# Protocol families:
# Only the INET (Internet) family is officially supported in FreeBSD.
options INET #InterNETworking
options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols

# FILESYSTEM OPTIONS
#
# Only the root, /usr, and /tmp filesystems need be statically
# compiled; everything else will be automatically loaded at mount
# time. (Exception: the UFS family—FFS, and MFS — cannot
# currently be demand-loaded.) Some people still prefer to statically
# compile other filesystems as well.
#
# One of these is mandatory:
options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options MFS #Memory File System
options NFS #Network File System
#
# The rest are optional:
options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
options MFS #Memory Filesystem
options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device
options NFS #Network Filesystem
options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required
options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem
options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem
options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
options PROCFS #Process filesystem
options NTFS #NT File System

options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support

# Implement system calls compatible with 4.3BSD and older versions of
# FreeBSD. You probably do NOT want to remove this as much current code
# still relies on the 4.3 emulation.
#
options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]

options SCSI_DELAY=5000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI

# Allow ordinary users to take the console – this is useful for X.
options UCONSOLE
#
options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor
#options INTRO_USERCONFIG #imply -c and show intro screen
options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor

# These three options provide support for System V Interface
# Definition-style interprocess communication, in the form of shared
# memory, semaphores, and message queues, respectively.
#
options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory
options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues
options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores

# POSIX P1003.1B
#
# Real time extensions added in the 1993 Posix
# P1003_1B: Infrastructure
# _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: Build in _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
# _KPOSIX_VERSION: Version kernel is built for
options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extentions
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING

# Allow user-mode programs to manipulate their local descriptor tables.
# This option is required for the WINE Windows(tm) emulator, and is
# not used by anything else (that we know of).
#
options USER_LDT #allow user-level control of i386 ldt

# KTRACE enables the system-call tracing facility ktrace(2).
#
options KTRACE #kernel tracing

# PERFMON causes the driver for Pentium/Pentium Pro performance counters
# to be compiled. See perfmon(4) for more information.
#
#options PERFMON

###########################################################################
# Internet family options:
#

# ICMP_BANDLIM enables icmp error response bandwidth limiting. You
# typically want this option as it will help protect the machine from
# D.O.S. packet attacks.
#
options ICMP_BANDLIM

###########################################################################
# HARDWARE DEVICE CONFIGURATION

# ISA and EISA devices:
# EISA support is available for some device, so they can be auto-probed.
# MicroChannel (MCA) support is available for some devices.

#
# Mandatory ISA devices: isa, npx
#
device isa
#device eisa
device pci

# Floppy drives
device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2
device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
#device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
#device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
device ata
device atadisk # ATA disk drives
device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives
device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives
device atapist # ATAPI tape drives
options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
#
device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
device aic0 at isa?

# SCSI peripherals
device scbus # SCSI bus (required)
device da # Direct Access (disks)
device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
device cd # CD
device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD
device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0×1
device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12

# Options for psm:
options PSM_HOOKRESUME #hook the system resume event, useful
#for some laptops
options PSM_RESETAFTERSUSPEND #reset the device at the resume event

# The video card driver.
#
device vga0 at isa?
#
# splash screen/screen saver
pseudo-device splash
#
# To include support for VESA video modes
options VESA

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device sc0 at isa? flags 0×100

# Floating point support – do not disable.
device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13

# Power management support (see LINT for more options)
#device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0×20 # Advanced Power Management
device apm0 at nexus? flags 0×20 # Advanced Power Management

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
device card
device pcic0 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000
#device pcic1 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000 disable
#
#device pcic0 at isa? irq 3
#device pcic1 at isa?
options PCIC_RESUME_RESET # reset after resume

# Serial (COM) ports
device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 irq 4
#
#device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 5
#device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq ?
#device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq ?
#
#device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0×10 irq 4
#device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
#device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5
#device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9

# Parallel-Port Bus
#
# Parallel port bus support is provided by the `ppbus’ device.
# Multiple devices may be attached to the parallel port, devices
# are automatically probed and attached when found.
#
# Supported devices:
# vpo Iomega Zip Drive
# Requires SCSI disk support (‘scbus’ and ‘da’), best
# performance is achieved with ports in EPP 1.9 mode.
# lpt Parallel Printer
# plip Parallel network interface
# ppi General-purpose I/O (“Geek Port”) + IEEE1284 I/O
# pps Pulse per second Timing Interface
# lpbb Philips official parallel port I2C bit-banging interface
#
# Supported interfaces:
# ppc ISA-bus parallel port interfaces.
#
device ppc0 at isa? irq 7
device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
device lpt # Printer
device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
device ppi # Parallel port interface device
device vpo # Requires scbus and da

device pps
#device lpbb
#device pcfclock

# Ethernet NICs.
#
device miibus # MII bus support
# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
device rl # RealTek 8129/8139

# ISA Ethernet NICs.
device ed
# 3C589D pcmcia ethernet card driver
device ep

# WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the WaveLAN/IEEE really
# exists only as a PCMCIA device, so there is no ISA attatement needed
# and resources will always be dynamically assigned by the pccard code.
device wi

# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the declaration below will
# work for PCMCIA and PCI cards, as well as ISA cards set to ISA PnP
# mode (the factory default). If you set the switches on your ISA
# card for a manually chosen I/O address and IRQ, you must specify
# those paremeters here.
device an

# requires PCCARD (PCMCIA) support to be activated
device xe0 at isa?

###########################################################################
# Network interfaces:

# Pseudo devices – the number indicates how many units to allocated.
pseudo-device loop # Network loopback
pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support
pseudo-device sl 1 # Kernel SLIP
pseudo-device ppp 1 # Kernel PPP
pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel.

# for IPv6
pseudo-device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf’ pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter

###########################################################################

# Audio

# For PnP/PCI sound cards
device pcm

# The bridge drivers for sound cards. These can be seperately configured
# for providing services to the likes of new-midi (not in the tree yet).
# When used with ‘device pcm’ they also provide pcm sound services.
#
device sbc

###########################################################################
#
# SMB bus
#
# System Management Bus support provided by the ‘smbus’ device.
#
# Supported devices:
# smb standard io
#
# Supported interfaces:
# iicsmb I2C to SMB bridge with any iicbus interface
# bktr brooktree848 I2C hardware interface
# intpm Intel PIIX4 Power Management Unit
# alpm Acer Aladdin-IV/V/Pro2 Power Management Unit
#
device smbus # Bus support, required for smb below.
device intpm
device alpm

device smb

#
# I2C Bus
#
# Philips i2c bus support is provided by the `iicbus’ device.
#
# Supported devices:
# ic i2c network interface
# iic i2c standard io
# iicsmb i2c to smb bridge. Allow i2c i/o with smb commands.
#
# Supported interfaces:
# pcf Philips PCF8584 ISA-bus controller
# bktr brooktree848 I2C software interface
#
# Other:
# iicbb generic I2C bit-banging code (needed by lpbb, bktr)
#

#device iicbus # Bus support, required for ic/iic/iicsmb below.
#device iicbb
#
#device ic
#device iic
#device iicsmb # smb over i2c bridge
#
#device pcf0 at isa? port 0×320 irq 5

###########################################################################

# MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES AND OPTIONS

# The `pty’ device usually turns out to be “effectively mandatory”,
# as it is required for `telnetd’, `rlogind’, `screen’, `emacs’, and
# `xterm’, among others.

pseudo-device pty #Pseudo ttys (telnet etc)
pseudo-device speaker #Play IBM BASIC-style noises out your speaker
pseudo-device gzip #Exec gzipped a.out’s
pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)

#pseudo-device md # Memory “disks”

###########################################################################

# USB support
device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
device usb # USB Bus (required)
device ugen # Generic
device uhid # “Human Interface Devices”
device ukbd # Keyboard
device ulpt # Printer
device umass # Disks/Mass storage – Requires scbus and da
device ums # Mouse
device uscanner # Scanners
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
device aue # ADMtek USB ethernet
device cue # CATC USB ethernet
device kue # Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet

###########################################################################

===============================================================================

Bootup dmesg
************

Copyright (c) 1992-2001 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Sun Oct 7 18:18:45 EST 2001
rootp@alberti.net.at.home:/home/src/sys/compile/alberti
Timecounter “i8254″ frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (331.58-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = “GenuineIntel” Id = 0x66a Stepping = 10
Features=0x183f9ff
real memory = 67043328 (65472K bytes)
avail memory = 61210624 (59776K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel “kernel” at 0xc03ff000.
VESA: v2.0, 2496k memory, flags:0×0, mode table:0xc0383162 (1000022)
VESA: MagicMedia 256AV 48K
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00fdf60
apm0: on motherboard
apm: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2
npx0: on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: on motherboard
pci0: on pcib0
isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: on isab0
atapci0: port 0xfc90-0xfc9f at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
uhci0: port 0xfca0-0xfcbf irq 9 at device 7.2 on pci0
usb0: on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
intpm0: port 0×1040-0x104f irq 9 at device 7.3 on pci0
intpm0: I/O mapped 1040
intpm0: intr IRQ 9 enabled revision 0
smbus0: on intsmb0
smb0: on smbus0
intpm0: PM I/O mapped 8000
pci0: (vendor=0x104d, dev=0×8039) at 8.0 irq 9
pcm0: port 0xfc8c-0xfc8f,0xfcc0-0xfcff mem 0xfedf8000-0xfedfffff irq 9 at device 9.0 on pci0
pci0: at 10.0 irq 3
pci0: (vendor=0x127a, dev=0×2005) at 11.0 irq 3
pcic0: at device 12.0 on pci0
pcic0: PCI Memory allocated: 0×44000000
pcic0: Polling mode
pccard0: on pcic0
orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff,0xdc000-0xdffff on isa0
fdc0: direction bit not set
fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
atkbdc0: at port 0×60,0×64 on isa0
atkbd0: flags 0×1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0
vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: at flags 0×100 on isa0
sc0: VGA
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
ppc0: at port 0×378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
plip0: on ppbus0
lpt0: on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: on ppbus0
pps0: on ppbus0
ad0: 6194MB [13424/15/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s4a
pccard: card inserted, slot 0
cd9660: RockRidge Extension

sio2 at port 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 10 slot 0 on pccard0
sio2: type 16550A

uhub1: Philips Semiconductors hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
uhub1: port 1 power on failed, IOERROR
aue0: SMC, Inc EZ USB/Ethernet Converter, rev 1.10/1.01, addr 3
aue0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:29:93:85:f0
miibus0: on aue0
acphy0: on miibus0
acphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ums0: Logitech USB Mouse, rev 1.10/6.10, addr 4, iclass 3/1
ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir.

Note: 1. device sio2 was a psion 56K “gold card” modem that was inserted
prior to the power up.
2. uhub1 is a Belkin 4-way USB hub.
3. aue0 is an SMC EZ Connect USB Fast Ethernet Adaptor 2202USB/ETH.
4. ums0 is a Logitech 3 button optical rodent where the middle button
is a roller that provides button4 and button5 in X-windows
(Logitech M/N: M-BD58).

===============================================================================

http://tlug.up.ac.za/guides/lkcg/lkcg_config_main.html (guide to menu config)
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949&page=3 (nice overview of compilation)

I have listed the guts of my computer elsewhere so now I going to try and figure out which modules I need, really trying to get rid of everything that is not important.

Code Maturity Level
Everything is okay, I don’t care too much about using experimental code.

Processor Type and Features
I have a 266 MHz Intel Pentium MMX processor and so it is good to use

– Petimum: Intel Pentium/Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6 and K63D.

Package Name Version
bash (Bourne Again SHell):
Description: It is the main console for doing all sorts of various activities. Usefull commands are:

To customize: configure .bashrc in user root (either /home/usr/ or /root which are booth often displayed as ~/). I like to add:

   alias ls="ls --color=auto"

lspci
Description: Outputs information about your computer. Best used by piping the output to your favorite text editor.

e3em (e3 text editor)
Description: A small and simple text editor that emulates emacs keyboard commands (which are the same as the bash commands, which is why I use it)

Recommended Use Small business, corporate business
System Type Notebook
Built-in Devices Microphone, speaker, keyboard, touchpad, display, camera
Width 24 cm
Depth 14 cm
Height 3.7 cm
Weight 1.1 kg
Colour Grey

PROCESSOR
Processor Intel Pentium MMX 266 MHz (M586MMX)
Data Bus Speed 66 MHz
Cache Memory
Type L2 Cache – Pipeline Burst
Installed Size 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (Max) 17.0W
Voltage 2.8V
Tcase 0-70C
Product Number FV805036623333
Package 296 PPGA

RAM
Installed Size 64 MB / 128 MB (max)
Technology SDRAM

STORAGE
Storage Controller IDE
Floppy Drive 3.5″ 1.44 MB floppy – external
Hard Drive 4.3 GB

DISPLAY
Display Type 8.9″ TFT active matrix – integrated
Max Resolution 1024 x 480

VIDEO
Graphics Processor / Vendor NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV (NM2200)
Video Memory 2.5 MB

AUDIO
Audio Output Sound card
Compliant Standards Sound Blaster 16/Pro
Audio Input Microphone – integrated
Base I/O address [220 - 22F]
Primary DMA channel DMA 1
DMA 3
Interrupt IRQ5
MPU I/O address 320 – 321

INPUT DEVICE(S)
Type Keyboard, camera, touchpad

EXPANSION / CONNECTIVITY
Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x CardBus – type II
Interfaces 1 x display / video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x USB – 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
1 x audio – line-In – mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x infrared – IrDA
1 x headphones – output – mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm

POWER
Power Device External
Voltage Required AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz )

BATTERY
Technology Lithium Ion
Average Run Time 2 hour(s)

OPERATING SYSTEM / SOFTWARE
OS Provided Microsoft Windows 98
Software Included Drivers & Utilities, McAfee VirusScan, Microsoft Word 2000, Adobe Acrobat

MANUFACTURER WARRANTY
Service & Support 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details Limited warranty – parts and labour – 1 year – carry-in

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS
Min Operating Temperature 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature 35 °C

Still to do:

Following is a comparison of Windows Systems:

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

WIN 95 OSR1
Released 08/1995
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: 386 DX, 20MHz or higher
Memory: 4MB RAM
Drives: 35MB – 70MB Hard disk drive space
CD-ROM or Floppy
Sound: Sound Blaster compatible Sound Card.
Video: VGA or higher-resolution
Controls: 100% compatible Microsoft keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: DOS 5.0 and Higher

The minimum hardware requirements for Microsoft Windows 95 are:

Note: Actual requirements may vary based on features you choose to install. UITS recommends that you keep at least 10% of the drive free to reduce errors and fragmentation; therefore, on a 1GB drive, keep 100MB free.

WINDOWS 98
Released 1998
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: 486DX/66 MHz or Higher processor
Memory: 16 MB of RAM
Drives: Approximately 195MB; can take up to 295MB
CD-ROM or Floppy
Sound: Standard Sound card for sound capability.
Video: VGA or higher-resolution
Controls: 100% compatible Microsoft keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: Windows 3.x, 3.1x or Windows 95 to upgrade
Direct X: Includes Direct X 5.0
Other:

WINDOWS 98 SE
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: 486DX/66 MHz or Higher processor
Memory: 24 MB of RAM
Drives: Approximately 205MB; can take up to 315MB
CD-ROM / DVD
Sound: Standard Sound card for sound capability.
Video: VGA or higher-resolution
Controls: 100% compatible Microsoft keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: Windows 3.x, 3.1x or Windows 95 to upgrade
Direct X: Includes Direct X 6.0

WINDOWS ME
Released 09/14/2000
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: Intel Pentium 150 MHz or faster.
Intel Pentium 300 MHz or faster for users who wish to use the Windows Media Player
Memory: 32 MB RAM; 64 MB RAM for Windows Media Player.
Drives: At least 270 MB can take up to 410MB of hard disk space
CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drive
Sound: Sound Card with Speakers recommended.
Video: Monitor with VGA or higher resolution.
Controls: Keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: Requires Windows 98 for Windows ME upgrade.

WINDOWS NT 4.0
(Intel Based Systems)
REQUIREMENTS
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: 486 33MHz / Pentium highly recommended
Memory: 16MB RAM
Drives: 110MB Hard disk drive space
CD-ROM
Sound: Optional
Video: VGA or higher-resolution
Controls: keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: Requires previous Version of NT for upgrade.
Direct X: Shipped with Direct X 2.0
Other:
Price: $150.00 – $314.00+
Prices may vary higher with additional clients

WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
Released 2/2000
Computer: IBM or 100% compatible
Processor: Intel Pentium 133 MHz or equivalent
Memory: 32 MB
Drives: 650 MB Disk space
CD-ROM / DVD drive
Video: VGA or higher
Controls: Microsoft mouse / keyboard or compatible
Operating System: Requires Windows 95, 98 NT 3.5 or 4.0 for upgrade.
Direct X: Direct X 7.0
Other: NIC required for network installation

WINDOWS XP Home / Professional
October 25, 2001
Computer: 100% IBM Compatible
Processor: 233 MHz or faster processor
Memory: 128MB RAM
Drives: 1.5GB Hard Disk space
CD-ROM or DVD Drive
Sound: Sound Card recommended
Video: SVGA Video Card
Controls: Keyboard / Mouse
Operating System: Upgrade requires Windows 98, 98 SE, or ME.
Direct X: Direct X 8.1 Included.
Other: - DVD requires DVD decoder with 8MB video RAM.
- Video capture feature requires 400 MHz or faster processor.