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EADSIM executables can be run on either a
SUN™ Microsystems workstation,
or PC with Windows 2000/XP Professional® or Linux;
NOTE: We have dropped the SGI from EADSIM Version 15.00 but have added the Linux operating system running on the Intel® platform.
Machines Used for Development, Testing and Support:
Windows 2000/XP Professional/Server 2003® Platform
System Requirements:
- Processor:
- RAM:
- Hard Drive:
- Graphics Card:
| Dual Core Intel® 2.4 GHz
1.0 of RAM (2.0GB Recommended)
400MB Hard Drive Space Required for Installation
Supports OpenGL in Hardware
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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:
Processor:
RAM:
Hard Drive:
Graphics Card:
Operating System: |
Precision T7500
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5420 (2.50GHz,2X6M L2,1333)
2.0 GB
160 GB
Supports OpenGL in Hardware
Red Hat EL4, Red Hat EL5, SUSE 10 |
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Machine:
Processor:
RAM:
Hard Drive:
Graphics Card:
Operating System: |
HP xw9400
Dual Core AMD Opteron™ 2218, 2.60 GHz
2.0 GB
160 GB
Supports OpenGL in Hardware
Red Hat EL4, Red Hat EL5, SUSE 10 |
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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 |
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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 |
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* 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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