Requirements for this Release

The following table describes the supported platforms and operating systems for IDL 6.0:


Platform	Vendor	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions
Windows	Microsoft	Intel x86 32-bit	Windows NT	[4.0], 2000, XP
Macintosh	Apple	G4 32-bit OS	Mac OS X	10.2.x
UNIX	Compaq	Alpha 64-bit^*	Tru64 UNIX	5.1
	HP	PA-RISC 32-bit	HP-UX	11.0
	HP	PA-RISC 64-bit^*	HP-UX	11.0
	IBM	RS/6000 32-bit	AIX	5.1
	IBM	RS/6000 64-bit^*	AIX	5.1
	Intel	Intel x86 32-bit	Linux	Red Hat [7.1], 8, 9
	SGI	Mips 32-bit	IRIX	6.5.1
	SGI	Mips 64-bit^*	IRIX	6.5.1
	SUN	SPARC 32-bit	Solaris 2	[8], 9
	SUN	SPARC 64-bit^*	Solaris 2	[8], 9

On platforms with both 32-bit and 64-bit support, both versions are installed, and the 64-bit version is the default. The 32-bit version can be run by specifying the -32 switch at the command line:

^* The DXF file format and IDL DataMiner are not supported on 64-bit IDL platforms.

For UNIX (including Mac OS X), the supported versions indicate that IDL was either built on the lowest version listed or tested on that version. You can install and run IDL on other versions that are binary compatible with those listed.

IDL 6.0 was built on the Linux 2.4 kernel with glibc 2.2 using Red Hat Linux 7.1. If your version of Linux is compatible with these, it is possible that you can install and run IDL on your version.

[] When multiple supported versions are listed, the bracketed version represents the operating system used to build IDL. Operating system versions that are binary compatible with the build version should run IDL 6.0 without problems, but only the versions listed in the table have been tested by RSI.

Software Requirements for IDL 6.0


Platform	Software Requirements
Windows	Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
Macintosh	MacOSX X11 which can be obtained at http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11.

ION 2.0 Requirements

Hardware Requirements for ION 2.0

The following table describes the supported platforms and operating systems for ION 2.0:


Platform	Vendor	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions
Windows	Microsoft	Intel x86 32-bit	Windows NT	4.0, 2000, XP
UNIX	Intel	Intel x86 32-bit	Linux	Red Hat 7.1, 8, 9
	SGI	Mips 32-bit	IRIX	6.5.1
	SUN	SPARC 32-bit	Solaris 2	8, 9

For UNIX, the supported versions indicate that ION was either built on the lowest version listed or tested on that version. You can install and run ION on other versions that are binary compatible with those listed.

ION 2.0 was built on the Linux 2.4 kernel with glibc 2.2 using Red Hat Linux. If your version of Linux is compatible with these, it is possible that you can install and run ION 2.0 on your version.

Web Servers

In order to use ION, you must install an HTTP Web server. ION has been tested with the following Web server software:

Apache Web Server version 2.0 or higher for Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

Apache Web Server version 1.3.14 for IRIX. This version is included with the IRIX operating system.

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 5.0 for Windows 2000 Server and version 5.1 for Windows XP Professional.

If you do not already have Web server software, the IDL 6.0 CD-ROM contains the following Apache Web Server software:

Web Browsers

ION 2.0 supports the HTTP 1.0 protocol. The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that support HTTP 1.0:

Browsers differ in their support of HTML features. As with any Web application, you should test your ION Script or Java application using Web browsers that anyone accessing your application is likely to be using.

Java Virtual Machines

The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that are shipped with the above JVMs:

Browsers differ in their support of features. As with any Web application, you should test your ION Java application using Web browsers that anyone accessing your application is likely to be using.