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Minimum Requirements

To watch either "Basic NUTV" or "Expanded NUTV", your computer must have a working network adapter card (NIC) and be connected to a multicast-enabled switched Ethernet connection on the University network. For "Expanded NUTV", you must be in a residence hall that has NUTV activated. In addition, your computer must meet certain minimum requirements. If it does not, NUTV may malfunction or not run at all.

Windows 2000/XP:
Pentium III or Celeron processor (or equivalent), 750MHz or faster
Java Virtual Machine
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Netscape Communicator

Mac OS X 10.2.x:
PowerPC G4, 533MHz or faster
OpenGL-capable video card (ATI Rage 128 or Radeon, any nVidia card)
Safari, Firefox, and Mozilla are the preferred browsers

RedHat (Intel) Linux 7.3:
Intel PIII 850MHz processor
24-bit graphics enabled
Properly configured and enabled audio card/module
Mozilla v0.9.9/v1.2a with Java Plug-in (i.e., v1.3) enabled

Note: CSPAN2 runs at a higher rate and the minimum requirements may not be sufficient for quality viewing.