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- "BASE-LINE" HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 3-1
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- 3. "BASE-LINE" HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- RBBS-PC is designed to run on an IBM Personal Computer, or compatible,
- running IBM's Disk Operating System (DOS), communicating via an
- asynchronous communications adapter (aka a "COM" or "serial" port), and
- using a Hayes Smartmodem, or compatible modem. The following equipment and
- software is the MINIMUM and the recommended configuration for running
- RBBS-PC:
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- ┌────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
- │ Item │ Minimum │ Recommended │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │System │IBM PC or compatible │IBM AT or compatible │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │Monitor │80 column monochrome │80 column color monitor │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │COM port │RS-232 adapter with an Intel │RS-232 adapter with an Intel │
- │ │8250 UART chip │16550AN UART chip │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │Modem │Any Hayes Smartmodem 1200, │A US Robotics Courier HST │
- │ │or 100% compatible modem │dual standard 9600 bps modem │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │Phone line │Voice grade telephone │Voice grade telephone │
- │ │connection for modem │connection for modem │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │Modem cable │25 pin RS-232 shielded cable │25 pin RS-232 shielded cable │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │RAM │512K RAM available for DOS │640K RAM available for DOS │
- │ │and RBBS-PC │and RBBS-PC │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │Disk size │20MB hard disk │120MB hard disk │
- ├────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
- │DOS version │PC-DOS version 2.1 │PC-DOS 4.01 or higher │
- └────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
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- The .EXE files are distributed with RBBS-PC as well as the BASIC source
- code so it is not necessary to have a BASIC Compiler to run RBBS-PC.
- However, for those who would like to compile RBBS-PC from the source code
- the recommended compiler is Microsoft's QuickBASIC version 3.0.
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- The MINIMUM configuration that can run RBBS-PC is an IBM PC that has 320K
- of random access memory (RAM), one double-sided disk drive, an RS-232
- communications port with a Hayes modem and IBM's PC DOS 2.0 (or higher).
- To run in 320K it is necessary to recompile RBBS-PC -- see Appendix U.
- Also if you choose to allow external file protocol transfers, an additional
- 192K of memory is required if you SHELL to them rather than EXIT.
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- Beginning with RBBS-PC version 13.1A, RBBS-PC requires version 2.0 or above
- of IBM's Disk Operating System (DOS). RBBS-PC will not run under the BASIC
- interpreter. RBBS-PC runs under MS-DOS to the extent that the executable
- code generated by the IBM/Microsoft BASIC compiler is compatible with the
- multitude of different MS-DOS's. RBBS-PC is generic, but some versions of
- DOS do not work, such as remote drop to DOS under Tandy DOS.
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- If you have a second telephone installed specifically for RBBS-PC, ask for
- a second voice grade telephone line. Data lines are very expensive and are
- not necessary. The program requires the use of a Hayes Smartmodem (or one
- that is 100% compatible) in order to function properly. If your non-Hayes
- modem doesn't work with RBBS-PC, send RBBS-PC (source code and all) to the
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- RBBS-PC 17.3A TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL 3-2
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- vendor and ask him to explain why it doesn't work, if the modem is
- compatible.
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