Preferred Citation: Ekman, Richard, and Richard E. Quandt, editors Technology and Scholarly Communication. Berkeley, Calif Pittsburgh?]:  University of California Press Published in association with the Andrew K. Mellon Foundation,  c1999 1999. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5w10074r/

 
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Minimum Equipment Required

Hardware: An IBM PC or compatible computer with the following components:

• 80386 processor

• 16 MB RAM

• 20 MB free disk space

• A video card and monitor with a resolution of 640 ³ 480 and the capability of displaying 16 colors or shades of gray

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Software:

• Windows 3.1

• Win32s 1.25

• TCP/IP software suite including a version of Winsock

• Netscape Navigator 2.02

• Adobe Acrobat Exchange 2.1

Win32s is a software package for Windows 3.1 that is distributed without charge and is available from Microsoft.

The requirement for Adobe Acrobat Exchange, a commercial product that is not distributed without charge, is expected to be relaxed in favor of a requirement for Adobe Acrobat Reader, a commercial product that is distributed without charge.

The software will also run on newer versions of compatible hardware and/or software.

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Preferred Citation: Ekman, Richard, and Richard E. Quandt, editors Technology and Scholarly Communication. Berkeley, Calif Pittsburgh?]:  University of California Press Published in association with the Andrew K. Mellon Foundation,  c1999 1999. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5w10074r/