Project ORION--Desktop Hardware

Project ORION Desktop Workstation Requirements

Recommended Minimum Configuration

For further information concerning configuration requirements and technical support for workstation installation and maintenance, send a note to orion.help@louisville.edu.

A note on Windows 98

Existing Equipment (Limited Functionality)	New Purchase
100 Pentium processor	233 Pentium II processor
32mb RAM	64mb RAM, 1 chip, leave at least 1 memory slot open
500mb Free Disk Space on C: drive	2+gb Hard Drive*
CD ROM	CD ROM*
15" Monitor	17" Monitor
3 COM 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card	3 COM 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card
	4mb Video RAM
	Sound Card, AWE 32 compliant
	Two Open Bays (minimum)
	1 PCI and 1 ISA Slot (minimum)
Windows 95 or NT 4.0 or higher (NT with service Pack III highly recommended for PeopleSoft and InDEPTh-DMS)	Windows 95 or NT 4.0 or higher (NT with service Pack III highly recommended for PeopleSoft and InDEPTh-DMS)

* Hard Drives and CD ROMs can be controlled by either an EIDE or a SCSI adapter with the EIDE being the more common of the two. It is recommended that one type of adapter be chosen to run both devices.

The estimated price for the recommended system is $2100.00

Operator Training

Basic user: Familiarity with Windows (NT version for new users) and mouse usage
Power users (e.g., letter-generation, data extraction for spreadsheets): Familiarity with MS Office Suite and experience with Word and Excel.

Click here for information about the Macintosh platform.

Updated 05/10/99

Comments and questions to project.orion@louisville.edu