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Q122113: MSB Human: Minimum System Requirements for Windows

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.

MORE INFORMATION
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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.


Additional query words: kbhowto magicbus msb msb-hb msbhb mskids winmsbhuman msbhuman win kids magic_bus frizzle frizz schoolbus liz

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbScholasticHuman kbMSBSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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