For Teachers

Minimum Hardware Requirements for HOU-IP

PC Users

HOU image processing and curriculum software (1997 version) is designed to run on 486 or Pentium PC running Windows95. Windows 3.1 can run the software if a workaround procedure is followed.

Mac Users

Macintosh II, PowerMac, and similar systems are supported.

All systems must have:

At least 8 MBytes of local RAM -- 16 MBytes is better
SVGA monitor with sufficient resolution for the quality of images to be used. For example, participants searching for asteroids would want a screen which is as large as possible.

Other Technical Requirements

HOU participants must be able to use Internet Explorer, Netscape or a similar browser on the WWW; i.e. they must have access to a direct, PPP, or SLIP connection to the Internet.
A CD-ROM reader, while not required, is much easier to use for loading the HOU curriculum image processing software than a 3.5" diskette drive.