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System
Requirements and Software Listing for Computer Science
A. Minimum system requirement
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Windows
2000/XP
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CPU
processor 1.8G/2.5G (32 bit machines)
i.
Newer
Processors: 64 bit processors (Next few years)
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Memory
256MB/512MB
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40
GB Hard Drive
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64
MB Graphics Card
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Sound
card
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CD-RW/DVD
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Zip
Drive 100MB/250MB
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Network
Interface Card (NIC) 100 Mbps transfer/56K Modem (Wireless?)
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Internet
Explorer or Netscape
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SSH
Telnet, SSH FTP
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WSFTP
or CuteFTP
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Antivirus
Software (Norton or MacAfee)
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Internet
Service Provider (56K ISP/DSL/Cable)
B. Course Software Requirements
CS201/CS202/CS212 – Java Programming
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JBuilder
Personal
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FTP
program
CS320A – client side programming
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Textpad
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Microsoft
FrontPage or DreamWeaver
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Flash
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Adobe
Photoshop
CS320B – Server side programming
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CS320A
software needs plus additional
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Apache
Web Server
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PHP
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MySQL
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Tomcat
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Perl
CS434 – User Interface Management
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WinAxe
X-Server Plus
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Textpad
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FTP
program
CS460 – Artificial Intelligence
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Prolog
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Lisp
C. Where to download software?
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Name
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Price
Estimate
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Where to
download?
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Shareware
available?
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Apache
Web Server
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Free
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http://www.apache.org
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JBuilder Personal
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$10
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http://www.borland.com/jbuilder
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JDK
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Free
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http://java.sun.com
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MySQL
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Free
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http://www.mysql.com
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PHP
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Free
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http://www.php.net
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TextPad
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$23.50
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http://www.textpad.com
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Tomcat
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Free
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http://jakarta.apache.org
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WinaXe
X-server
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$90
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http://xwinpro.com
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WS_FTP LE
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Free
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http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm
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Perl
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Free
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http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
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Flash
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$499
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http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
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Trial
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DreamWeaver
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$99
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http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
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Trial
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D. Software available on server http://cs.calstatela.edu
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Name
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Version
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Price
Estimate
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Where to
download?
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Shareware
available?
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Apache
Web Server
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1.3.19
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Free
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http://www.apache.org
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JBuilder
Enterprise
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7
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$2,999
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http://www.borland.com/jbuilder
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JDK
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1.3
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Free
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http://java.sun.com
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MySQL
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3.23.47
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Free
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http://www.mysql.com
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PHP
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4
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Free
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http://www.php.net
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Tomcat
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Free
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http://jakarta.apache.org
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Perl
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5
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Free
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http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
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E. Ways to access http://cs.calstatela.edu
(download utilities from www.tucows.com)
- EagleLink CD (University software for
dial in capabilities and other utilities : $1.50)
- telnet
- ssh
- ftp
- browser
- xserver
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