Pipeline
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SECTION 000
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
You will require the following minimum configuration
to use Pipeline under MS-Windows: -
Pipeline cannot be run in pure DOS mode as the
memory management requires access to more memory than MS-DOS can provide. Pipeline
displays in 132 columns by 43 lines mode. This is only supported in Windows XP
or above. However, full screen mode is not supported by Windows, in this
resolution, so it is necessary to run Pipeline in a window.
Apart from the above restriction, Pipeline requires
the following to run successfully.
A) I.B.M. Pentium (or above) style Personal Computer - or
compatible, with at least one hard disk.
B) At least 520KB RAM (Random Access Memory) free in
conventional memory space and a total of at least 4MB of extended memory
available. This generally means that the computer needs 1MB of RAM when using
WinXP or 2MB for releases above that. Insufficient memory might allow most
functions to proceed correctly, but might terminate unpredictably when certain
large programs are loaded. Care should be taken when loading, so-called, RAM
resident programs (TSR’s) and/or network drivers. Generally, these are not the
problem they used to be, but some programs are memory hogs and do not allow
other programs to function.
C) At least one printer (parallel, USB, serial
interface or Networked) is required for printing. A narrow carriage printer
(8”) is all that is required. Laser printer support is available but it should
be noted that only A4 stationary will function properly in these printers and
that Laser printers do not print edge-to-edge so very wide reports might loose
a character or two on the extreme right-hand-side. Postscript printing is not supported, except through the optional
Report Server, which is currently only used for external report, eg Invoices. If you wish to print wide reports, eg 7-days
Aged Debtor Trial Balance, it is still possible to use a Laser printer.
However, you must choose an A3 style and arrange for it to print in landscape.
D) If you intend to use the
graphical invoice printing routines for emailing and faxing, you need to have
Outlook Express and WinFax, or equivalent, installed on your system. Neither of
these are particularly frugal with memory usage, so it is important to have
sufficient RAM installed.
E) You may use a monochrome, composite or RGB monitor
with CGA, EGA or VGA colour, if desired. Pipeline normally senses the monitor
you are using and adjusts the screens appropriately. You can also choose the
screen colours if the default colours do not match your screen.
F) Your CONFIG.SYS
must contain the following lines:
FILES=99
BUFFERS=40
Under no circumstances should Pipeline be run with
less than 40 files specified. The result of this action will be unpredictable.
Not all versions of Windows dynamically allocate
memory and other resources so CONFIG.SYS or CONFIG.NT may be
necessary. For more information, see SECTION 0.
