Extended Air Defense Simulation (EADSIM)

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EADSIM Machine Information

     EADSIM executables can be run on either a Silicon Graphics® (SGI™) , SUN™ Microsystems workstation, or PC with Windows 2000/XP Professional®
NOTE: We recommend that users select the Windows or Sun versions if purchasing hardware. We have been tracking which machine is being used to run EADSIM. Based on this we see a steep decline in the number using SGI. We expect the Windows version to be the one selected by most users for a while. The Sun version is largely driven by the needs of key users. We expect to support the Sun version as long as they need it. There is a potential for a Linux version, but it is currently unfunded.
Machines Used for Development, Testing and Support:
Windows 2000/XP Professional/Server 2003® Platform

System Requirements:

Processor:

RAM:

Hard Drive:

Graphics Card:

Intel® Pentium® 2.8 GHz
512MB of RAM (1.0GB Recommended)
200MB Hard Drive Space Required for Installation
Supports OpenGL in Hardware

The above configuration has been found to be very efficient in running EADSIM. The Nvidia graphics cards work well in running the EADSIM graphics with minimal problems encountered. In contrast there have been numerous problems encountered when testing the ATI Radeon family of video cards. We have also found that with the faster Ultra ATA and SATA bus that SCSI is no longer that great an enhancement.

Machine:

RAM:

Hard Drive:

Graphics Card:

OpenGL:

Operating System:
O2
256 MB
2 GB
24 bit planes, double buffering
1.1
6.5

Machine:

RAM:

Hard Drive:

Graphics Card:

OpenGL:

Operating System:
Octane
256 MB
9 GB
24 bit planes, double buffering
1.1
6.5

Machine:

RAM:

Hard Drive:

Graphics Card:

Additional Hardware:

OpenGL:

Window System:

Operating System:
Blade 2500 Workstation
4 GB
160 GB
Sun XVR-1200
Double Buffering
1.2.1
Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
Solaris 10

Machine:

RAM:

Hard Drive:

Graphics Card:

Additional Hardware:

OpenGL:

Window System:

Operating System:
Enterprise 250 Server
2.0GB
18 GB
Sun XVR-100
Double Buffering
1.2.1
Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
Solaris 10

* CDE is recommended. Problems noted for OpenWindow include:

An extra title bar displayed around the main EADSIM GUI window.

Push/pop buttons on the main EADSIM window do not function correctly.

Alt/Left mouse short cut can lock-up the Alt key and left mouse functions.

** Notes on the Force on Force Interactive Retasking Environment (FIRE):
     FIRE is a real time adjunct to EADSIM which allows an operator to inject commands into an executing simulation run. EADSIM and FIRE can only be run on a PC that is running Windows NT® Version 4.0 (Service Pack 4 or higher) platform. While Microsoft® Access® is not required to run FIRE, Microsoft® Access® is required to modify the FIRE database to correspond to the EADSIM scenario that is being run.

Performance Comparisons:
     EADSIM has been run on various SGI™ and PC machines with multiple scenarios. This comparison shows the outcome of running these scenarios on each of the test machines.

Comparison Tables (PDF Version)
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