----------------------------Original message---------------------------- What would be the minimum/optimum requirements for an IBM-based stand-alone public workstation providing access to commercial CD-ROM atlases. Having read reviews of several of these products, I have come up with the following tentative list of minimum requirements, but none of the reviews addressed what type printer would represent a minimum requirement. 386 cpu 40MB hard drive/2MB RAM MS-DOS 3.0 Windows 3.0 (+ Multimedia Extensions - device support for CD-ROM drive) or 3.1 & mouse Large screen, high resolution color monitor capable of supporting graphics CD-ROM 6-pack Laser printer? Has anyone tried and had particular problems running CD-ROM atlases on a network? Thank you. =================================================================== Bruce Harley | Librarian, Government Publications | San Diego State University & Maps | Library voice: (619) 594-5014 | Government Publications fax: (619) 594-2265 | & Maps email: [log in to unmask] | San Diego, CA 92182-0511 ===================================================================