| Hardware Recommendations |
| Computer/CPU speed |
486DX (or better, Pentium or equivalent
recommended), MacIntosh equivalent (or better). |
| Memory (RAM) |
Enough to support your operating system.
General guidelines are: a bare minimum
of 16 MB for both Windows '95 or MacIntosh. More
memory will provide better performance. |
| Modem |
28.8K (or better, e.g. 33.6K, 56K, ISDN,
Cable Modems, ADSL - utilization of these higher
speeds depends on whether your Internet Service
Provider (ISP) can support them). |
| Software Recommendations |
| Operating System |
Windows '95 or better, MacIntosh equivalent |
| Web browser |
Netscape
Navigator 4.0 or Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 (or better). |
| Email |
You must be able to receive and send email.
The browsers mentioned above have this ability or
you can use another mail program.
Your email program should not break large
messages containing attachments into smaller
messages which need to be reassembled.
Mac E-mail users: you should disable compression
(this causes .sit files). If the file formats
below still can not be read by the instructor
correctly, cut & paste the file into the body
of the e-mail message. |
| Word Processing |
MS Word 6.0 (or better) or equivalent. Files
are also accepted in the following formats (in
order of preference): .htm, .wpd, .rtf, .pdf,
.txt. |
| Graphics |
Files are accepted in the following formats
(in order of preference): .jpg, .gif, .pdf, .bmp,
.pcx. |
| Presentations |
Many presentations are given in MS PowerPoint
97. Windows users and Mac PowerPoint 4.0 users
can get a free PowerPoint 97 viewer or converter
at http://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint/internet/viewer/default.htm.
|
| Other Recommendations |
| Internet Service Provider (ISP) |
We recommend you find a good local ISP.
National ISPs are also options, but the quality
of service they provide varies greatly depending
on the number of users they support and other
factors. You can have problems with local ISPs,
as well, but it is generally easier to solve
problems quickly with them than with the larger
ISPs (e.g. AOL).
When looking for an ISP, it is often helpful to
talk to others currently using that service. |