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From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: a suggestion: id-ing hardware req's
Message-ID: <1991May8.154418.17932@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 15:44:18 GMT
References: <817@hartmanis.albany.edu>
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <817@hartmanis.albany.edu> gallo@cs.albany.edu (Andrew Gallo) writes:
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>	A suggestion: identify a program with its minimum hardware
>requirements.  For example, I just finished cat-ing, uu-ing, and
>downloading the oscilloscope program only to find that it did not run
>on my machine because I don't have a VGA card.  If the program's posting
>had clearly tagged the hardware requirements I would have saved a fair 
>amount of time.
>	This is not a flame, only a suggestion.  Thanks for listening.
>
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>> Andy Gallo            | State University of | "If six, turned out to be     <
>> gallo@cs.albany.edu   | New York at Albany  |  nine, I don't mind..."  8-)  <
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That's odd- I downloaded that program and it runs perfectly on my Compuadd 286,
EGA only...

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Larry Stern                                  LDSTERN@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU