Rockwell Automation 9323-PA1E USER MANUAL APS 6.0 - Manual (Page 9)

Preface
Advanced Programming Software User Manual
1–2
Personal Computer Requirements
The Advanced Programming Software (APS) can be used with an Allen-Bradley
T47, T53, T60, or T70 terminal, 386/SX, NEC VERSA
tE and M Series
Notebooks, or GATEWAY 2000
t models 386DX/25, 386DX/33, 486DX/33,
486DX2/50, and 486DX2/66 personal computers. Your computer must have:
•
640 Kbytes of RAM (A minimum of 2 Mbytes of extended memory
is required; 3 Mbytes are required for programming a 1747-L543 processor.)
•
10 Mbytes fixed-disk drive (APS requires 7.5 MBytes of free disk space.)
•
MS DOS version 3.3 or higher (INTERCHANGE
t requires MS DOS version
5.0 or higher.)
•
For operation using Microsoft
R
Windows
t: Windows version 3.1 or Windows
for Workgroups version 3.11.
Note APS 6.0 is not supported on the following operating systems:
•
Windows 95
➀
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Microsoft Windows NT
t351
•
IBM OS/2
•
IBM 0S/2 WARP
➀ Rockwell Software does not recommend the use of APS 6.0 in the Windows 95 operating system. APS 6.0
was not designed for specific Windows 95 compatibility, nor has a complete set of tests within this operating
system been completed at the time of the APS 6.0 release. However, if you still want to attempt to operate
in the WIndows 95 operating system, there is some background information provided for you in the APS
ReadMe file.
The amount of free conventional RAM that APS requires depends on what
communication drivers you want to load:
If you want to load: You need:
only the standalone communications drivers 300K bytes
Microsoft Windows drivers (INTERCHANGE software) 369K bytes