Article: Q122113
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 05-FEB-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Human Body for Windows, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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The following are the minimum system requirements to successfully run
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body (hereafter referred to
as MSB):
- Computer: Intel 486 or higher or other 100% compatible PC systems Minimum 25
MHz CPU (33 MHz & higher recommended).
- Memory (RAM): Minimum of 4 megabytes (MB) RAM.
- Hard Disk Space: 5 MB free disk space.
- CD-ROM Drive: Double-speed CD-ROM: The CD-ROM drive should transfer data from
the CD-ROM at 300 KB per second while using less than 40% of the CPU
bandwidth and have an average seek time of less than 400 milliseconds.
MS-DOS CD-ROM Extension (MSCDEX) version 2.2 or later. Check the documentation
for your CD-ROM drive.
NOTE: MSB may run on computers with an MPC Level I "single-speed" CD-ROM
drive; however, a double-speed CD-ROM drive is recommended for consistent
performance on a wide range of systems.
- Video: SVGA 640 x 480 X 256 colors (local bus/accelerated video recommended)
MSB requires only 256 colors.
- Operating System Requirements: MS-DOS 5.0 or later Microsoft Windows 3.1 or
later.
- Sound Requirements: Any MPC compatible sound card capable of playing .WAV
files, such as:
Microsoft Windows Sound System
Creative Labs Sound Blaster or compatible sound card
Media Vision Pro Audio or compatible sound card
- Other Requirements: Stereo sound amplification (speakers) or headphones and a
Mouse.
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In addition to the above system requirements, for the best performance of MSB,
follow these recommendations:
- Do not use Windows "Hot Keys" while running MSB.
- For faster performance, verify that the system has a permanent swapfile.
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Keywords : kbfaq
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbScholasticHuman kbMSBSearch
Version : :1.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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