Chapter 1 Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum 1-2
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Table 1-1. Installation Requirements
Platform Media and System
Requirements Important Notes
All Windows
Vers ion s Distributed on CD-ROM.
A separate CD contains the
complete instrument driver
library.
You need a minimum of
60 MB of disk storage space
for the Base package or
85MB for the Full
Development System.
You need a minimum of
16MB of RAM.
The LabVIEW Online Tutorial default
configuration requires the LabVIEW5.1
distribution CD to be in your CD-ROM
drive. You also can install the LabVIEW
Online Tutorial files on your hard drive. This
installation requires approximately 40MB
of hard disk space.
The LabVIEW Online Tutorial and
LabVIEW Help files contain 256-color
graphics. Your video driver, configured
through Control Panels»Display, must be
configured for at least 256 colors. Minimum
requirements to view the tutorial are
800 ×600 pixel resolution and the Microsoft
Video for Windows driver. To view Help
files, configure your video driver for at least
256 colors with 800 × 600 pixel resolution.
National Instruments recommends 32 MB of
RAM and a Pentium processor for this
version to run effectively.
Windows 95/98 LabVIEW runs on any
system that supports
Windows95/98.
Windows NT LabVIEW runs on
WindowsNT 4.0 Service
Pack 3 or later.
DEC Alpha, MIPS, and
PowerPC 80x86 emulators
must emulate 80386
instructions to run
LabVIEW.