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National Instruments Corporation 1-1 Getting Started with Virtua lBench
Chapter
1
Welcome to VirtualBench
Welcome to VirtualBench, a suite of high-performance, easy-to-use
virtual instruments for Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and
Windows NT. This document contains installation instructions, lists of
system requirements and new features, and updated information to help
you get started with VirtualBench.

VirtualBench Installation for Windows

You must install VirtualBench along with two other items:
• A National Instruments data acquisition (DAQ) device
• NI-DAQ driver software

Minimum System Requirements

To run VirtualBench you must have the following:
• MS-DOS, version 5.0 or later
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later; Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later
• Personal computer using at least a 33 MHz 80486 or higher
microprocessor (National Instruments recommends a 66 MHz
80486 or higher microprocessor.)
• VGA resolution (or higher) video adapter
• Math coprocessor or one of the following coprocessor emulation
programs:
– WEMM387.386 from WATCOM
– Q387 from Quickware
• Minimum of 16 MB of RAM
• 30 MB free hard disk space
• Microsoft-compatible mouse

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