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| 2 | ************************************************************ |
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| 3 | ***** Welcome to the 'ARB' Sequence Database Tools ***** |
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| 4 | ************************************************************ |
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| 6 | ************ Hardware and System Requirements ************** |
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| 8 | As ARB is still under construction, there are only a limited number of |
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| 9 | operating systems which can run ARB. |
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| 10 | Today it is available for: |
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| 12 | SUN OS 4.1.x (will not be supported in the far future) |
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| 13 | SUN Solaris >2.4 (best) |
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| 14 | Silicon Graphics >5.0 (ok) |
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| 15 | Linux for PC (best) |
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| 16 | HP UX (never worked properly and will not be supported) |
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| 17 | Digital OSF (ok) |
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| 19 | ************************* Please read **************************** |
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| 20 | ******************************** |
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| 21 | **** arb_README **** |
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| 22 | ******************************** |
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| 25 | ******************* The most often question ever asked *************** |
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| 26 | ********************** Should I buy a SUN or PC ??? ********************* |
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| 28 | If you have already a network of old SUN computers buy a sun. In all |
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| 29 | other cases buy a PC. We are just building our own PC network so we can |
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| 30 | test the PC version very carefully. A PC is faster and cheaper than a SUN. |
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| 31 | You should buy: A pentium pro board, min. 128 mByte better 256mByte of RAM, |
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| 32 | 17/21 inch Monitor + graphics card, which should be linux compatible |
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| 33 | and can show an effective resolution of 1280x1040 at 70hz. Without the RAM |
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| 34 | and the montitor you may test ARB but it won't be fun using it. Linux is |
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| 35 | a public domain unix and should not costs more than 50USD. You should find |
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| 36 | a PC seller who can preinstall Linux on your PC. |
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| 38 | **************************** Directories ********************************* |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | data: officially released databases |
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| 41 | raw_data: not administrated databases, don't expect perfect alignment ... |
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| 42 | documentation: A postscript documentation (more an overview) |
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| 43 | linux: All linux specific files |
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| 44 | solaris: Solaris 2.5 specific files |
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| 45 | ... |
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| 46 | src Source Code, a history of source codes, if you intend to modify |
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| 47 | it, ask for the very latest release and send changes back as |
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| 48 | soon as possible. |
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