On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 huolong@arcor.de wrote:
hi list,
i first thought on making the tutorial/manual only for windows, but as the chapter-C will cover the usage of Pd (will be huge) and that is allmost 100% compatible with any OS, so i thought i make the install and launch chapter also for linux and osx.
for starters, i could use some help on defining the "minimum requirements" for Pd. please correct these points where you can:
Microsoft Windows
- Windows 98 (i don't think we need to mention win95)
- 300 Mhz (if someone can test this, let me know if it's too slow)
- 64 mb ram (should be enough)
- 20 mb free on harddisk (maybe we could spare this point)
- TCP/IP Protocol
- Audio card (optional: for audio input/output)
- MIDI card/device (optional: for MIDI input/output)
- OpenGl compatible graphic card (optional: for GEM)
- Video card/device (optional: for GEM, video input/output)
well, it's not quite logical to mention that multimedia devices are "optional" for Pd, but you can use Pd for "normal" programming too...
I've run a Pd patch which controlled 14 samples on a Pentium 133 running Win2k and a Mac 8600 with a 250 MHz 604e running Linux. While you can't do a lot on those old machines, they are definitely usable for some things.
Macintosh OSX
- osx version ?
- ? mhz
- ? mb ram
- ? mb free on harddisk
- TCP/IP Protocol
- ?
The current installer works on >= 10.2, but you could probably get Pd running on any version of MacOS X by compiling it yourself.
GNU/Linux
- hardware same as windows ?
- depencies ?
- gcc version ?
- kernel issues ?
- ?
If Pd ran on Win2k on a P-133, then I am sure it would work using Linux on the same machine.
.hc
IRIX (do we need this?)
- ?
question: Pd does audio signal processing even if you don't have an audio card ? (just input and output are not available ?)
Yes, you could process and generate sound files without a soundcard.
.hc
thanx -andre ps. as usual, you can mail me direct at huolong@arcor.de
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