INFO: System Requirements for eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0 (265776)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

This article was previously published under Q265776

SUMMARY

The following hardware and software are required for eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB) 3.0 applications:
  • A desktop computer with a Pentium class processor. A Pentium 90-MHz or higher processor is recommended.
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (with service pack 5 [SP5], Internet Explorer 5.01, and MDAC 2.1; all included with eMbedded Visual Basic), or Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 are the recommended debug hosts for your development environment. eVB can be installed on Windows 98, and you can build your application from there. However, emulation does not work on Windows 98; instead use Windows 2000 or Windows NT as your host machine.
  • Minimum memory requirement is:
    • 64 MB memory for Windows 2000 Professional (128 MB recommended)
    • 32 MB for Windows NT Workstation 4.0
    • 24 MB for Windows 98 (48 MB recommended)
  • CD-ROM drive compatible with multimedia desktop computer specification.
  • VGA or higher-resolution monitor required. A Super VGA monitor is recommended.
  • Mouse device or compatible pointing device.
  • A serial port is required for debugging.
  • Adequate hard disk drive space. eMbedded Visual Tools requires 200 MB; additional SDKs require 200 MB each.
  • The following table shows the supported processors:
    Processor FamilyProcessor
    ARMARM720, SA1100
    MIPSMIPS39xx, MIPS41xx, MIPS41xx in 16 bit mode
    HitachiSH3
    X86X86 Emulation

MORE INFORMATION

As a part of the eMbedded Visual Tools suite, eVB is available for free download from the following Microsoft Web site at:

REFERENCES

Online Help for eVB 3.0

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/4/2002
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