Freecom Technologies II - Manual (Page 5)

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System Requirements
The following hard- and software requirements must be fulfilled to ensure
trouble-free operation.
Hardware Requirements
To use the FREECOM drive, you will need:
• FREECOM Cable II Parallel, PCMCIA, CardBus, USB or IEEE 1394 (FireWire) -
depending on the port (Cables not included unless otherwise indicated on
the packaging)
Depending on the connection type, a
• parallel printer port (standard, bidirectional, EPP)
• PCMCIA port (type II)
• CardBus (type II)
• USB port
• IEEE 1394 port (FireWire/i.LINK)
A computer system with the following equipments
- for the Portale II CD:
• PC from 486DX and higher
• at least 8 MB RAM
• at least one disk drive and a hard disk
- for the Portale II DVD:
• PC from Pentium II and higher
• at least 32 MB RAM
• at least one disk drive and a hard disk alternatevily
• FREECOM Cabel II PCMCIA / or FREECOM Cable II IEEE 1394
(FREECOM Cable II USB and Parallel do not support movie playback)
• To play back DVD Movies’s, a DVD-Movie decoder is needed. This can be a
hardware decoder or a software decoder. Hardware decoders are available
as PCI or PCMCIA card and are available in the computer shop.
• A Software DVD-Movie playback application is included with the Traveller II
DVD drives. We recommend to use this software only on a Pentium II 400 Mhz
with 64 MB RAM or higher.
• This drive is RPC-2 (Regional Protection Coding II) enabled. Your Region will
need to be set before DVD Movies can be played.
Note: Please note that the regional code may not be changed more than
five times.
System Requirements