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"BASE-LINE" HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 3-1
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:
┌────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ 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 │
└────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
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.
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.
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.
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
RBBS-PC 17.3A TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL 3-2
vendor and ask him to explain why it doesn't work, if the modem is
compatible.