Microsoft KB Archive/89143

= Minimum System Requirements for MASM 6.0 =

Article ID: 89143

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q89143



SUMMARY
Microsoft Macro Assembler version 6.0 requires the following system configuration:
 * MS-DOS or PC-DOS operating system version 3.0 or later, or OS/2 operating system version 1.1 or later.
 * An 8 MHz PC using 80286 processor or better strongly recommended.
 * At least 640K memory (1 MB recommended) for MS-DOS operating systems and 3 MB memory (4 MB recommended) for OS/2 operating systems.
 * A 5.25 inch double sided disk drive or a 3.5 inch double sided disk drive and a hard disk, with a least 4.7 MB of free disk space for the default installation, or 6.2 MB of free disk space for the full installation.
 * A Microsoft Mouse (or compatible) is recommended.



MORE INFORMATION
The default Macro Assembler installation consists of the following:
 * MS-DOS hosted and bound executables (2172K)
 * Include files (44K)
 * Sample programs (371K)
 * Online help files (1943K)

The full Macro Assembler installation consists of everything listed above for the default installation plus the following:
 * OS/2 hosted executables
 * OS/2 libraries
 * OS/2 include files

Additional query words: RAM needed setup install 6.00

Keywords: KB89143

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