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ES70MarineComputer
TheES70MarineComputercanbeprovidedfortheES70Fishndingechosounder
system.Werecommendthiscomputerformaritimeuse,asitcontainsnomovingparts.
Microsoft©Windows©XPoperatingsystemisused.Powersupply,apointingdevice
(mouse)andthenecessarybracketsforphysicalmountingareenclosed.Thecomputer
operatesfrom115V acor230V ac.
Figure6ES70MarineComputer
Localpurchase
Ifyoupurchaseacomputerlocally,itisimportanttomakesurethatthechosenmodel
meetsthefunctionalsystemrequirements.Itisimportantthatthecomputercanfacilitate
thevariousinterfacerequirementsmadebythesystem,andyoumayneedtoaddextra
Ethernetandserialadapters.Also,makesurethatthecomputerdesignandconstruction
allowsformarineuseandsafeinstallation.Alaptopcomputermaybeusedaslong
asitmeetsthefunctionalrequirements.
Minimumcomputerrequirements
•Operatingsystem:Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
®
orMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7
[4]
Onnewinstallations,werecommendthatMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7isused.
•Processorspeed:2GHzDualcore
•Memory:2.0Gb
•Freeharddiskspace:30Gb
•Chipset:Intel
•Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL
[5]
4.TheES70softwaredoesnotsupportMicrosoft©Windows©NTorolderoperatingsystems.
5.Alargenumberofcommercialgraphicadaptersareavailable,andSimradhasnottestedallofthem.
EvenadaptersmeetingtheminimumspecicationsmayinsomecasesprovetofailwiththeES70
software.Wewelcomeanyfeedbackwithcommentsorexperienceswithgraphicadapters.
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