CONFIGURATION OF AN IBM PC SYSTEM TO A USERS INTENDED APPLICATIONS(C) DUSTIN HUNTINGTON 1984THIS 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 ESSENTAIL. ITEMS GIVEN A SCORE OF 10 ARE ESSENTAIL. ITEMS GIVEN SCORES OF LESS THAN 10 ARE USEFUL BUT NOT ESSENTAIL.THOSE 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 ESSENTAIL.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) ISACCOUNTINGSPREADSHEETSDATA BASE MANAGEMENTWORD PROCESSINGGRAPHICSCOMMUNICATIONSHOME MANAGEMENTEDUCATIONENTERTAINMENTSOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTEXPERT SYSTEMSTHE LARGEST FILE YOU EXPECT TO CREATE (AS MEASURED IN SINGLE SPACED TYPED PAGES) ISLESS THAN 50 PAGES50 - 100 PAGESGREATER THAN 100 PAGESA LARGE AMOUNT OF DISK STORAGE SPACE ISNEEDEDNOT NEEDEDTHE COMPUTER ISFOR BUSINESS USEFOR HOME USETHE LARGEST FILE YOU EXPECT TO CREATECAN BE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS EACH LESS THAN 100 PAGESMUST BE USED ALL AT ONCECOST ISA MAJOR FACTOROF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN SYSTEM FLEXIBILITYTHE FILE STORAGE SPACE YOU EXPECT TO NEED ISLESS THAN 3000 PAGESGREATER THAN 3000 PAGESTHE SCREEN OUTPUT ISTEXTGRAPHICSTHE SOFTWARE TO BE DEVELOPEDUSES GRAPHICSDOES NOT USE GRAPHICSLETTER QUALITY PRINTING ISDESIREDNOT DESIREDTHE GRAPHICS GENERATED ARETO BE PRINTEDNOT TO BE PRINTEDTHE DATA PRINTED WILLREQUIRE MORE THAN 80 COLUMNSFIT WITHIN 80 COLUMNSGRAPHICAL DATA WILLBE INPUT INTO THE COMPUTERBE CREATED FROM NUMERIC DATA BY THE COMPUTERA LETTER QUALITY PRINTER, WHICH WILL ADD SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE COST OF THE SYSTEM, ISESSENTAILNOT ESSENTAILIBM PCIBM PC XTEXPANSION UNITCOLOR DISPLAYMONOCHROME DISPLAYGRAPHICS PRINTERLETTER QUALITY PRINTERWIDE CARRIAGE PRINTERMODEMGRAPHICS TABLETJOYSTICK128K RAM256K RAMSINGLE SIDED DISK DRIVEDOUBLE SIDED DISK DRIVESECOND DISK DRIVEMONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER CARDCOLOR/GRAPHICS DISPLAY ADAPTER CARDPRINTER ADAPTER CARDRS-232 ADAPTER CARDGAME CONTROL ADAPTER CARDACCOUNTING SOFTWARESPREADSHEET SOFTWAREDATA BASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWAREGRAPHICS SOFTWAREINTEGRATED SOFTWAREHOME MANAGEMENT SOFTWAREEDUCATION SOFTWAREENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARESOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGESCOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWAREWORD PROCESSING SOFTWAREEXSYS THIS 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 ESSENTIAL.THOSE ITEMS WITH A SCORE OF 10 ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE INTENDED APPLICATION. ITEMS WITH A SCORE OF LESS THAN 10 WOULD MAKE THE APPLICATION EASIER OR FASTER BUT ARE NOT ESSENTIAL.