Operation Manual

Installing Alice
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2 Installing Alice
Please check the installation requirements before installing
Alice. Correct functionality can only be guaranteed if all the
requirements are fulfilled.
2.1 Installation Requirements
Your computer should fulfill the following requirements:
Intel Pentium II processor or higher and 350 MHz (or a
fully compatible computer);
Your computer should be equipped with the MMX pro-
cessor upgrade. Check for this feature by clicking the
“Info” button on the left of the settings panel next to
the Alice screen. If the message “MMX is not available”
appears under CPU, the powerful audio coding with the
AVM audio standard AV-II cannot be used with your
computer. However, G.711 coding is available. For more
information on these standards and on MMX, see chap-
ter 4.
at least 64 MB RAM;
Windows XP, Me, 2000 or 98;
ISDN-Controller with CAPI 2.0 or an existing IP network
connection (over a DSL or network adapter);
full duplex sound card for audio support (see the sound
card information);
VGA graphics adapter with high color (16 bit) mode;
screen resolution of at least 800 x 600 pixels;
optional: an input device to generate a local camera im-
age to be transmitted to the remote site (for instance, a
USB camera or a video camera with a frame grabber
card).
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