Minimum System Requirements for MASM 6.0

 Last reviewed: January 6, 1995
Article ID: Q89143
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Macro Assembler for OS/2, version 6.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Macro Assembler version 6.0 requires the following system configuration:

  • MS-DOS or PC-DOS operating system version 3.0 or later, or OS/2 operating system version 1.1 or later.
  • An 8 MHz PC using 80286 processor or better strongly recommended.
  • At least 640K memory (1 MB recommended) for MS-DOS operating systems and 3 MB memory (4 MB recommended) for OS/2 operating systems.
  • A 5.25 inch double sided disk drive or a 3.5 inch double sided disk drive and a hard disk, with a least 4.7 MB of free disk space for the default installation, or 6.2 MB of free disk space for the full installation.
  • A Microsoft Mouse (or compatible) is recommended.

MORE INFORMATION

The default Macro Assembler installation consists of the following:

  • MS-DOS hosted and bound executables (2172K)
  • Include files (44K)
  • Sample programs (371K)
  • Online help files (1943K)

The full Macro Assembler installation consists of everything listed above for the default installation plus the following:
  • OS/2 hosted executables
  • OS/2 libraries
  • OS/2 include files

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Last reviewed: January 6, 1995
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