Moose's Software Valley - Sag Calculator - System Requirements

Sag Calculator - System Requirements - IBM Compatible PC with Windows:

The minimum system requirements for Sag Calculator are very modest. Basically, any IBM Compatible PC with Windows (laptop, desktop, netbook, etc) manufactured since the mid-1990's will easily be able to handle Sag Calculator.

Here are the MINIMUM system requirements for Sag Calculator:

IBM Compatible PC: desktop, laptop, or netbook.
Pentium 60 or higher CPU with at least 8 MB RAM.
Windows 95 or later (x86, 32 or 64 bit).
VGA Colour Display or LCD Screen.
Mouse & Keyboard.

NOTE:

Sag Calculator is only designed to work and is only supported on IBM-PC compatible desktop, laptop, and netbook computers running Windows 95 or later: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10, and similar, for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of these operating systems.

NO OTHER HARDWARE OR OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFOMS ARE SUPPORTED !

However, out of good faith, I do list some options below for running Windows on other other hardware / operating system platfoms - see Windows Simulation / Emulation below.
If you do try and get Windows running under simulation / emulation, then I will *not* be able to help you if you run into difficulties, because I do not have access to the same hardware, OS's, etc as you. So, if you do run into any difficulties, then you will have to rely on Google / YouTube to find your own solutions.

Sag Calculator on Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, etc:

At the current time, Sag Calculator will not run natively on Mac, Linux, Mac, Android, or iOS devices, however I have been exploring the development of software for these environments. If the stars and planets align right, maybe one day ....

However, these computers / devices are capable of running Windows under emulation or simulation, using software such as a Bochs, VMWare, VirtualBox, etc - see Windows Simulation / Emulation below. By using such software, you should be able to run Windows application software, like Sag Calculator.

Windows RT:

Sag Calculator will not run natively on Windows RT devices (tablets, etc), and because the market for such devices is so small, I do not plan to port Sag Calculator to run natively on such devices.

Windows RT is a strange beast: it is an edition of Windows 8 or later designed for mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc) that use 32-bit ARM architecture (ARMv7) or later CPUs. ARM Applications need to be specially coded / compiled for this platform. As far as I can tell, it cannot run normal Windows applications (which are 80x86 compatible) out of the box. For more information see: Wikipedia - Windows RT.

With that said, however, Windows RT mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc) should have enough RAM and CPU resources to at least handle running Windows 95, 98, etc or later under simulation using software such as a Bochs, etc - see Windows Simulation / Emulation below. By using such software, you should be able to run Windows application software, like Sag Calculator.

Windows Simulation / Emulation:

You can run Windows 95 or later under simulation or emulation on Mac, Linux, etc environments with the following software:

Product	Supported Hosts	Cost	Web Site
VirtualBox	Mac, Linux, Windows, etc	Free	http://www.virtualbox.org/
Bochs	Mac, Linux, Windows, Android	Free	http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
DOSBox	Mac, Linux, Windows, etc	Free	http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
VMWare	Mac, Linux, Windows, etc	See web site	http://www.vmware.com/
VirtualPC	Mac, Linux, Windows, etc	See web site	http://www.microsoft.com/
Parallels	Mac	See web site	http://www.parallels.com/au/

To run Windows 95 or later under simulation or emulation with the above software, you will need to:

Create and set-up a suitable simulated or emulated Windows environment using the above software or similar, and then,
Install a supported version of IBM-PC Compatible Windows (Windows 95 or later) within the simulated or emulated Windows environment, and then,
Install and run Sag Calculator within this environment.

Once you have Windows 95 or later up and running, it should be straight forward to install Sag Calculator within this simulated or emulated Windows environment - just follow the specified installation instructions for Sag Calculator (Registered users: see your Registration Confirmation email).

However, getting the simulated or emulated Windows environment setup can, especially on mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc), be a complex, time-consuming, involved process, and is something only experienced users should attempt. If you are tempted to try, I recommend you search in Google for guides, and on YouTube for videos, of getting the emulation / virtualisation software up and running and getting Windows installed on the specific device you are using. If it is possible to do this for the specific device you are using, then there will certainly be people out there who are doing it and they will be sharing their knowledge on the internet.

NOTE: As I said above:

If you do try and get Windows running under simulation / emulation, then I will *not* be able to help you if you run into difficulties, because I do not have access to the same hardware, OS's, etc as you. So, if you do run into any difficulties, then you will have to rely on Google / YouTube to find your own solutions.

Sag Calculator - more information:

Sag Calculator's Help File Needs You !

Sag Calculator's help file is not perfect or complete. Can you provide any information that will make the help file better, more informative, or more useful ? If you answer "YES", please email me and let me know.

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