System Requirements

Please assure that your PC or Laptop meets or exceeds the following operating parameters


System Recommendations:	Win98, Win NT, WinME, Win2000, WinXP, Win2003, VistaX32 & Windows 7 - Also MAC OS 10.2 & higher* (see bottom of page!)
CPU:	Intel or Celeron Processor - 1.0 Ghertz or higher ( for best image loading speed )
Memory:	200 Mbyte of random access RAM ; 512Mbytes recommended.
Display:	VGA or XVGA 800X600 minimum; 1024X768 recommended
Colors:	256 Colors minimum; True color (32 bit) recommended

IMPORTANT!

Be certain to disable any firewall programs prior to attempting to download any files. Even though all files are free from virus's and/or spyware, your firewall software may be set to preclude downloading executable files (*.exe).
The full County Charts are very large and require significant random access memory. It is suggested that you download the individual area charts and add only those areas you intend to dive that day to the Google Earth program.
If you have any problems downloading, contact the author by e-mail @ floridanearshore@yahoo.com web site.

** Windows 7 - Not 100% tested

*** MAC - CAUTION! 10/09/2009

We recently had a problem reported by an individual downloading to a "MAC Pro" system. He couldn't run the exe's even after transferring them to a PC using a "Thumb Drive"

Problem is being investigated - more later! It is believed to be MAC related ONLY. We have had over 9600 downloads without this type error being reported!

*** Update 10/14/2009

All files must be downloaded to a Windows based operating system since they download as executables which are not recognized by most MAC operating systems. Once the downloaded executables are run on the Windows based system, the resulting files may be transferred to a MAC & should run successfully.

1. The PDF files (one per download) are installed on the users desktop and require no auxiliary files except Adobe Acrobat Reader.

2. The Google KMZ files are two per download:

For each download, the large KMZ file is installed in the users Documents & Settings\User Name\Application Data\Google\FNS_Google_Files\County Name\ folder. They must be transferred to the comparable folder on the MAC.
For each download, Windows places an Icon on the users desktop which points to the above location(s). The MAC user should create a similar pointer to the KMZ folder & file.

Italics note 1: User Name = the name of the user on the downloading computer. When transferring to a MAC it should be changed as applicable.

Italics note 2: County Name = Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach dependant on County file being downloaded.