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Technical
Requirements

for Web-based Courses


Iowa Department of Education
 
Technical Requirements

Web browser:
  • Netscape 6.2 or 7.0; Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
  • JAVA and Javascript enabled
  • Web browser plug-ins: Macromedia Shockwave, Macromedia Flash, RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows MediaPlayer, Adobe Acrobat Reader

Monitor Settings:

  • Minimum resolution: 800x600
  • Minimum colors:256

Peripherals:

  • CD-ROM or DVD drive
  • Modem: minimum 56K; high bandwidth modem better (cable, DSL, satellite)
  • Printer

Windows PC:

Windows 98,ME, 2000 or XP
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
- At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk

Macintosh:

Mac® OS 9.x
- At least 32 MB of RAM with virtual memory set to 64 MB
- 320 MB of available hard disk space
- Power Mac G4 or Macintosh Server G4 (all models)
- Power Macintosh G3 or Macintosh Server G3 (all models)
- iMac (all models)
- iBook (all models)
- PowerBook (all models later than the original PowerBook G3)

OS 10.1.x
Mac OS X requires a minimum of 128MB of memory and is designed to run on the following Apple products:

iMac®, iBook, Power Macintosh® G3, Power Macâ„¢ G4, Power Mac G4 Cube and any PowerBook introduced after May 1998.

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