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<h2>Requirements</h2>
<p>This document covers the basic hardware and software requirements to
play Colossus. If you want to rebuild the game, please check the document
<a href="build.html">Building Colossus</a>
.</p>
<p>Colossus should work with any
<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se">Java Runtime Environment (JRE)</a>
or
<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se">Java Development Kit (JDK / J2SDK)</a>
release 1.5 or newer.
<a href="build.html">Building Colossus</a>
contains the links to the various JDK and JRE available.</p>
<p>On the hardware side, you'll need a color display (the higher the
resolution the better, below 1024x768 is likely to look ugly) and enough
RAM (128
<a href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html">MibiBytes</a>
should work, 256 MiB or more is better). A fast processor makes the game
more comfortable, but as Colossus is turn-based, not real-time, it should
work on about anything. For x86-family (i.e. Intel Pentium, AMD Athlon,
etc.) processor, a speed of at least 200 megahertz should allow the game to
run decently.</p>
<p>Finally, Colossus uses TCP sockets to communicate between client and
server,
<b>even for local games</b>
. So if you have an old operating system that doesn't install
networking by default, you may need to install it.</p>
<p>Colossus is free, so if in doubt, just try it.</p>
<p>The table below lists some tested configurations.</p>
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<td>Operating System</td>
<td>CPU</td>
<td>Memory</td>
<td>JRE / JDK version</td>
<td>Colossus version</td>
<td>Comments</td>
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<td>MacOS X 10.1.3</td>
<td>667 Mhz PPC 7450 (G4)</td>
<td>512 MiB</td>
<td>Apple-supplied 1.3.1</td>
<td>20020310</td>
<td>Playable</td>
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<td>Linux/PPC, kernel 2.4.18</td>
<td>192 Mhz PPC 604e</td>
<td>128 MiB</td>
<td>Blackdown 1.3.1 PPC</td>
<td>20020310</td>
<td>Slow</td>
</tr>
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<td>Solaris 8</td>
<td>200 Mhz UltraSPARC I</td>
<td>384 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.3.1</td>
<td>20020310</td>
<td>Playable</td>
</tr>
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<td>Solaris 7</td>
<td>440 Mhz UltraSPARC II</td>
<td>512 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020310</td>
<td>Smooth</td>
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<td>Solaris 2.6, CDE</td>
<td>275 Mhz UltraSPARC II</td>
<td>512 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020308</td>
<td>Playable</td>
</tr>
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<td>Linux/x86, RedHat 7.2, KVM, kernel 2.4.17</td>
<td>633 MHz Pentium III</td>
<td>512 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020308</td>
<td>Fast</td>
</tr>
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<td>Linux/x86 RedHat 7.2, Sawfish, kernel 2.4.9</td>
<td>Athlon XP 1800+</td>
<td>256 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020502</td>
<td>Fast</td>
</tr>
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<td>Windows 98</td>
<td>Athlon XP 1800+</td>
<td>256 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020502</td>
<td>Fast</td>
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<td>Windows 98</td>
<td>800 MHz Athlon Thunderbird</td>
<td>256 MiB</td>
<td>Sun 1.4.0</td>
<td>20020502</td>
<td>Fast</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Added comment January 2008: the values above are pretty outdated.
I personally use currently Windows XP, 1 GB RAM, 2.6 GHz CPU.</p>
<p>But there are still users around using Win 98 and 128 MB; so it's
doable. We are right now working on taking Java 1.5 into use, it might
be a challenge to find a Java 1.5 for it, but Win98 SP2 is in the list
of supported OSes for Java 1.5 - so it should be possible :)</p>
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