Chapter 1
System Requirements
Overview
This chapter outlines the
hardware and software requirements for running INTV! on supported systems. A workstation
must meet the listed requirements for INTV! to function properly.
The following configurations are supported:
- The INTV! Media Chooser on a Sun SPARCstation compatible running Solaris 1
- The INTV! Media Chooser on a Sun SPARCstation compatible running Solaris 2
- The INTV! Station on a Sun SPARCstation compatible running Solaris 2
- The INTV! Media Chooser on an HP 9000 Series 700 running HP-UX
- The INTV! Station on an HP 9000 Series 700 running HP-UX
- The INTV! Viewer on Microsoft Windows machines
SPARCstation Running Solaris 1
These are the requirements for running the INTV! Media chooser on a Sun SPARCstation
running Solaris 1.
Software Requirements
- Solaris 1.1 or 1.1.1 with IP Multicast patch installed
- OpenWindows 3.1 or BlueStone Motif 1.2 or later versions
- INTV! 2.0 Software
Hardware Requirements
- Networked SPARCstation compatible
- Minimum of 24MB of RAM (32MB preferred)
- Minimum of 60MB of operating system swap space
- 15-20MB of disk space
- 5MB-10MB of temporary disk storage
- Color display
Optional Hardware
- External speaker(s) for audio playback recommended
SPARCstation Running Solaris 2
These are the system requirements
for running the INTV! Station and the INTV! Media Chooser on a Sun SPARCstation running
Solaris 2.
Software Requirements
- Solaris 2.3 or higher
- OpenWindows 3.3 or Sun Motif 1.2 or later versions
- INTV! 2.0 Software
Hardware Requirements
- Networked SPARCstation compatible
- Minimum of 24MB of RAM (32MB preferred)
- Minimum of 60MB of operating system swap space
- 15-20MB of disk space
- 5MB-10MB of temporary disk storage
- Color display
Optional Hardware
- Parallax XVideo 24SVC, XVideo 24SVC-VIO, or PowerVideo video card (stations only)
- SunVideo video card (stations only)
- A VCR, video camera or some other video source (stations only)
- A VCR, MDL microphone, or other audio source (stations only)
- External speaker(s) for audio playback recommended (choosers only)
HP 9000 Series 700 Running HP-UX
Listed below are the system
requirements for running an INTV! Station or an INTV! Media Chooser on an HP 9000 Series
700.
Software Requirements
- HP-UX 9.05 or later
- INTV! 2.0 Software
Hardware Requirements
- Networked HP 9000 Series 700 workstation (50MHz or faster and direct hardware access
recommended)
- Minimum of 32MB of RAM
- Minimum of 60MB of operating system swap space
- 15-20MB of disk space
- 5MB-10MB of temporary disk storage
- Color display
Optional Hardware
- Parallax PowerVideo 700 video card (station only)
- VCR, MDL video camera, or other video source (station only)
- A VCR, MDL microphone, or other audio source (station only)
- External speaker(s) for audio playback recommended (chooser only)
Microsoft Windows
Following are the system
requirements for Intel-based PCs running Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and
Microsoft Windows NT; and also Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
3.11.
Software Requirements
- MS DOS 6.0 or higher
- Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows NT. Also
Microsoft Windows 3.1 (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 recommended) will work
- Windows Sockets 1.1 Compliant TCP/IP 32 bit VxD Architecture Stacks with Multicast
support (Microsoft TCP/IP-32 V3.11A recommended)
- Video for Windows Runtime 1.1 (included with INTV!)
- The INTV! 2.0 Software package
- An INTV! Software License
Hardware Requirements
- A networked Pentium or better recommended
- Minimum of 8 MB of RAM (16 MB recommended)
- 5 MB of disk space
- 5-10 MB for saving images
- A 16-bit NDIS 3 Network Adapter with Enhanced Mode operation
- A 256-color VGA video adapter with 1 MB (PCI or VL Local Bus SVGA recommended)
- A color display
Optional Hardware
- A 16-bit, Windows compatible sound card
- External speakers for audio playback recommended
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