Base Multimedia PC Configuration

Following is the definition of the delivery environment:

286 microprocessor, 10MHz
2 MB of RAM
VGA monochrome graphics adapter
3.5-inch floppy drive, 1.44 MB capacity
30 MB hard drive
CD-ROM with CD-DA outputs
101-key keyboard
Two-button mouse
8-bit DAC, 11.025 kHz or 22.05 kHz sampling rate, DMA and interrupt
8-bit or 16-bit linear analog-to-digital converter, microphone
level input, 11.025 kHz
Music synthesizer chip
On-board analog audio mixing capabilities
MIDI I/O ports
Serial port
Parallel port
Joystick port

Your authoring environment should be a more powerful system based on a 386 microprocessor with at least 4 MB of RAM and an 80 MB hard drive. You will still want to use the following components listed on the next page.