CONFIGURATION OF AN IBM PC SYSTEM TO A USERS INTENDED APPLICATIONS (C) DUSTIN HUNTINGTON 1984 HIS KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL SUGGEST HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE NEEDED TO MEET A USERS INTENDED APPLICATIONS. THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO SUGGEST EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE THE APPLICATION EASIER OR FASTER BUT WHICH IS NOT ESSENTIAL. ITEMS GIVEN A SCORE OF 10 ARE ESSENTIAL. ITEMS GIVEN SCORES OF LESS THAN 10 ARE USEFUL BUT NOT ESSENTAIL. HOSE ITEMS WITH A SCORE OF 10 ARE ESSENTAIL TO THE INTENDED APPLICATION. ITEMS WITH A SCORE OF LESS THAN 10 WOULD MAKE THE APPLICATION EASIER OR FASTER BUT ARE NOT ESSENTIAL. A HARD DISK WILL INCREASE THE SYSTEM COST SIGNIFICANTLY. TRY USING TWO DOUBLE SIDED DISK DRIVES UNTIL IT BECOMES ESSENTAIL TO GO TO A HARD DISK. THE INTENDED APPLICATION(S) IS ACCOUNTING SPREADSHEETS DATA BASE MANAGEMENT WORD PROCESSING GRAPHICS COMMUNICATIONS HOME MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EXPERT SYSTEMS THE LARGEST FILE YOU EXPECT TO CREATE (AS MEASURED IN SINGLE SPACED TYPED PAGES) IS LESS THAN 50 PAGES 50 - 100 PAGES GREATER THAN 100 PAGES A LARGE AMOUNT OF DISK STORAGE SPACE IS NEEDED NOT NEEDED THE COMPUTER IS FOR BUSINESS USE FOR HOME USE THE LARGEST FILE YOU EXPECT TO CREATE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS EACH LESS THAN 100 PAGES MUST BE USED ALL AT ONCE COST IS A MAJOR FACTOR OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY THE FILE STORAGE SPACE YOU EXPECT TO NEED IS LESS THAN 3000 PAGES GREATER THAN 3000 PAGES THE SCREEN OUTPUT IS TEXT GRAPHICS THE SOFTWARE TO BE DEVELOPED USES GRAPHICS DOES NOT USE GRAPHICS LETTER QUALITY PRINTING IS DESIRED NOT DESIRED THE GRAPHICS GENERATED ARE TO BE PRINTED NOT TO BE PRINTED THE DATA PRINTED WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN 80 COLUMNS FIT WITHIN 80 COLUMNS GRAPHICAL DATA WILL BE INPUT INTO THE COMPUTER BE CREATED FROM NUMERIC DATA BY THE COMPUTER A LETTER QUALITY PRINTER, WHICH WILL ADD SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE COST OF THE SYSTEM, IS ESSENTAIL NOT ESSENTAIL IBM PC IBM PC XT EXPANSION UNIT COLOR DISPLAY MONOCHROME DISPLAY GRAPHICS PRINTER LETTER QUALITY PRINTER WIDE CARRIAGE PRINTER MODEM GRAPHICS TABLET JOYSTICK 128K RAM 256K RAM SINGLE SIDED DISK DRIVE DOUBLE SIDED DISK DRIVE SECOND DISK DRIVE MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER CARD COLOR/GRAPHICS DISPLAY ADAPTER CARD PRINTER ADAPTER CARD RS-232 ADAPTER CARD GAME CONTROL ADAPTER CARD ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GRAPHICS SOFTWARE INTEGRATED SOFTWARE HOME MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE EDUCATION SOFTWARE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGES COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE EXSYS 