System Requirements














The SAS( System
Release 6.12 (TS051)
Mac(OS for PowerPC(


This document provides requirements for installing and running the SAS System
for MacOS for PowerPC.  You must update your system to meet the minimum
requirements before running the SAS System.  The major requirements listed in
the document are:


* Software Requirements
* Hardware Requirements
* Space Requirements
* Specific Product Requirements
* Graphics Hardware and Software Compatibility


For additional information and to view the latest system requirements for your
system, access the SAS Institute Web site at:


http://www.sas.com/software/enclosures/system_req.html


or contact SAS Institute Technical Support (refer to "Contacting SAS Institute
Technical Support" in the installation instructions included in your package).


For information about Year 2000 compliance, see
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/y2kcomp.html.
Software Requirements


Operating System


* System 7.5.3 or higher


Hardware Requirements


Machines Supported


* Release 6.12 of the SAS System only supports systems with a currently
available PowerPC microprocessor.  680x0-based machines are no longer
supported.


Media Supported


* CD-ROM


Memory Requirements


* 18 MB minimum
* 24 MB recommended


If you run out of memory when running the SAS System, we recommend that you
increase the Preferred size memory requirement of the SAS application icon in
4-MB allocations.  If you continue to exceed available physical memory, we
recommend that you enable Virtual Memory.


Space Requirements


The media you received is customized for your site and contains all of the SAS
software products for which you are licensed.


The following list contains space requirements in MB for all of the products
available with this version of the SAS System for MacOS for PowerPC.  Use this
information to help you determine how much free disk space you must have
available before you can install the SAS System.


Software Product
Required Disk Space
Additional Space for Samples and Optional Files
Base SAS Software
54.4
18.0
SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC Software
0.1
0.0
SAS/AF Software
1.1
0.0
SAS/ASSIST Software
9.0
0.0
SAS/CALC Software
3.3
0.0
SAS/CONNECT Software
1.4
0.1
SAS/EIS Software
17.8
10.6
SAS/ENGLISH Software
4.2
0.3
SAS/ETS Software
12.0
0.3
SAS/FSP Software
0.5
0.0
SAS/GRAPH Software
14.3
4.2
SAS/GRAPH Map Data Sets
35.8
0.0
SAS/IML Software
3.3
0.5
SAS/INSIGHT Software
3.6
0.3
SAS/LAB Software
4.4
0.0
SAS/MDDB Server Software
0.1
0.0
SAS/OR Software
19.1
2.1
SAS/QC Software
9.3
3.1
SAS/SHARE Software
0.3
0.0
SAS/SPECTRAVIEW Software
1.3
10.0
SAS/STAT Software
14.9
1.8
SAS/TUTOR Software: Fundamentals of the SAS System (CBT101)
4.8
0.0
SAS/TUTOR Software: Reading Raw Data and Formatting Values with the DATA Step
(CBT102)
2.4
0.0
SAS/TUTOR Software: Creating, Modifying and Processing Variables with the DATA
Step (CBT103)
2.4
0.0
SAS/TUTOR Software: Developing Custom Data Entry Applications (CBT104)
2.6
0.0
SAS/TUTOR Software: Creating and Enhancing SAS/GRAPH Output (CBT105)
4.1
0.0
SAS/TUTOR Software: Creating Tables with PROC TABULATE (CBT106)
2.6
0.0
HTML-based Help and Documentation
13.4
0.0
SAS Usage Notes
3.2
0.0
SAS Product Updates
16.8
0.0
Total
262.5
51.3
SAS Extras
AppleScript Extension
0.5
0.0
OpenDoc Part
0.8
0.0




Space Requirements for Third Party Packages
OpenDoc
1.1
0.0
CyberDog
5.2
0.0
Internet Config
0.4
0.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader
8.1
0.0


Specific Product Requirements


SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC Software


Products Required:


* Base SAS software
* SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC software


DBMS Products Required:


An ODBC driver for the data source from which you want to access data is
required.  These drivers are often available from the DBMS vendor and other
third party ODBC driver developers.  The driver you choose may require
additional DBMS software in order to access the data.


* MacOS for PowerPC ODBC driver required
* Support for 680x0 Macintosh ODBC driver no longer available




SAS/AF Software


Products Required for Build Mode:


* Base SAS software
* SAS/AF software
* SAS/FSP software (to create and display SAS/FSP objects)
* SAS/GRAPH software (to create and display some graphics objects)
* Other products may be required depending on the application


Products Required for Run Mode:


* Base SAS software
* SAS/FSP software (to create and display SAS/FSP objects)
* SAS/GRAPH software (to display some graphics objects)
* Other products may be required depending on the application


Memory Required:


* 32 MB partition minimum


SAS/EIS Software


Products Required for Build Mode:


* Base SAS software
* SAS/AF software
* SAS/EIS software
* SAS/FSP software
* SAS/GRAPH software
* Other products may be required depending on the application


Products Required for Run Mode:


* Base SAS software
* SAS/GRAPH software
* SAS/EIS software
* Other products may be required depending on the application 


Memory Required:


* 32 MB partition minimum


Graphics Hardware and Software Compatibility


Printers


SAS/GRAPH software provides device drivers for all Hewlett-Packard printers
(and compatibles), and printers that support PostScript, HP-GL, HP PCL, and
other printer languages.


Here is a partial list of printers that SAS/GRAPH software supports:


CalComp ColorMaster, ColorMaster Plus, PlotMaster 
Canon Bubble Jet, Laser Shot 
Digital printers that support either SIXEL, HP PCL, Tektronix, or PostScript
emulation modes 
Epson FX and LQ series printers (and all printers running in Epson emulation
mode) 
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet, DeskJet, PaintJet, and DesignJet printers (and
compatibles) 
IBM Graphics, Proprinter, and ColorJet printers 
PostScript printers (including color and gray-scale PostScript printers) 
QMS Colorgrafix with CGM interpreter 
QMS 800, 1200, 1500, 2200, and 2400 using QUIC or Tektronix emulation modes 
Talaris 800, 802, 1200, 1500, and 2400 using QUIC or Tektronix emulation modes


Talaris printers using the EXCL language 
Tektronix Phaser printers (all models) 
Tektronix 4693 printers with Tektronix 4510 rasterizer 
Xerox 2700 and 4045 printers with a GRAPHX cartridge 
Xerox 3700 (with imaging board and at least 1 MB of memory) 
Xerox 4030 (contact Technical Support), 4213, 4235, and 4700 
Xerox 4700 printer 
Xerox 5775 color copier with an EFI Fiery attachment 


SAS/GRAPH device drivers may also be available for additional printers not
listed above and that do not support PostScript, HP-GL, or HP PCL.  For
additional information on these drivers, contact SAS Institute Technical
Support. 




Terminals and Displays


SAS/GRAPH software supports graphics display on graphics terminals from DEC,
Tektronix, HP, and on X Windows terminals.  SAS/GRAPH software also supports
graphics emulators that emulate any of the above terminals.  Note the use of
the SAS/GRAPH graphics editor requires an X Windows display or X Windows
emulation software.




Plotters


SAS/GRAPH software provides device drivers for all HP plotters supporting HP-GL
or HP-GL/2, and plotters from other manufacturers that support the HP-GL or
HP-GL/2 language.  SAS/GRAPH software also supports Houston Instruments
plotters using the DMPL language and ZETA plotters that support the GML
language. 


Film Recorders


SAS/GRAPH software provides device drivers that support the following film
recorders:


Genigraphics Masterpiece Camera System with SCODL interface 
Lasergraphics MPS 2000 film recorder with a Lasergraphics UI-100 or RASCOL
rasterizer 
Matrix QCR and PCR cameras with Matrix QVP, MVP, or Lasergraphics rasterizers 
Polaroid Palette CI-3000 and CI-5000 
Presentation Technologies Montage film recorder


Support may be available for other film recorders not listed here.  For
details, contact SAS Institute Technical Support. 


Interfaces to Other Graphics Software


Included with SAS/GRAPH software is a series of drivers that can produce
Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM) in binary, character, and clear-text formats.
 These drivers can be used to transfer SAS/GRAPH output to other products that
support CGM input, such as Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, Harvard
Graphics, and Lotus Freelance, or to devices that can process CGM input.


SAS/GRAPH software can also generate encapsulated PostScript vector files,
which can be exported to word processing packages such as Microsoft Word,
WordPerfect, and several others.  Many other graphics and word processing
applications can process files in Hewlett-Packard (HP-GL) format.  The HPGL
driver can be used to produce files that can be transferred to most
applications that can process HP-GL files.


SAS/GRAPH software can also export graphics in the following formats:


BMP - Microsoft Windows Bitmap 
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript 
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PPM - Portable Pixmap 
PS - PostScript Bitmap 
TIF - Tagged Image File Format 
XPM - X11 Pixmap 
JPG - JPEG Files 
XBM - X11 Bitmap


In addition, SAS/GRAPH software can import graphics in the following formats:


BMP - Microsoft Windows Bitmap 
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript 
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 
PBM - Portable Bitmap
PCD - Kodak Photo-CD
PCX - PC PaintBrush 
PGM - Portable Graymap
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PNM - Portable Anymap 
PPM - Portable Pixmap 
TGA - Targa format 
TIF - Tagged Image File Format 
XBM - X11 Bitmap 
XPM - X11 Pixmap 
XWD - X Window Dump 
JPG - JPEG Files


Writing Your Own Device Driver


SAS Institute's Metagraphics driver facility can be used to develop driver
support for virtually any device you choose.  The Metagraphics driver facility
is device-intelligent and supports most hardware features.  A user-written
program is required to translate the metafile into the appropriate graphics
language recognized by the hardware.  SAS/GRAPH software will, optionally,
perform device I/O.  For details, contact SAS Institute Technical Support. 




The Macintosh Meta Application


The Macintosh Meta Application is a free program that can be installed on your
Macintosh.  A metafile produced by the SAS/GRAPH Metagraphics driver can be
transferred to the Macintosh from your host system and viewed on the screen. 
Images can then be stored in PICT or clipboard format to be used by other
applications or printed on an attached Apple LaserWriter (or compatible)
printer.  Images can be saved into the Macintosh clipboard and used by MacDraw
and other Macintosh packages.  For details, contact SAS Institute Technical
Support.
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SAS and all other SAS Institute product or service names are registered
trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute in the USA and other countries.  (
indicates USA registration.
Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.
Copyright (c) 1999 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.


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SAS and all other SAS Institute product or service names are registered
trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute in the USA and other countries.  (
indicates USA registration.
Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.
Copyright (c) 1999 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.


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