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Alexandria Demo for Mac and Windows

COMPanion is pleased to make demonstrations of the most current versions of our library automation software available to education professionals. These demos are full working versions of COMPanion products, and are limited only in the number of records (patrons, items, etc.) that may be entered. There are no expiration dates or other limitations, so feel free to put our programs through their paces when and where you want.

A list of hardware requirements is included at the bottom of this page to help you evaluate your systems prior to trying the demo.

Obtaining the Alexandria v5 demo is easy:

  1. Download the version you want of the files below depending on your operating system.
  2. Double-click the resulting file
  3. Follow the on-screen directions
  4. Once the demo has been downloaded, download the Guided Tour PDF.

Alexandria v5.5.5
Macintosh OS 10.4+ Windows 98, NT, ME or higher

Universal Binaries Demo-
multimedia included
(67 MB)

Universal Binaries Demo-University Edition
multimedia included
(72 MB)

Windows Demo-multimedia included (56 MB)

Windows Demo-University Edition-multimedia included (61 MB)

NEW Windows Vista

Windows Vista Demo-multimedia included (56 MB)

Windows Vista Demo-University Edition-multimedia included (61 MB)

Alexandria v5.5 Guided Tour PDF (3.5 MB)


Alexandria v5.5.1.1

Macintosh OS 10.4+

Windows 98, NT, ME or higher

Universal Binaries Demo -multimedia included (54 MB)

Windows Demo-multimedia included (45 MB)

Alexandria v5.5 Guided Tour PDF (3.5 MB)


Alexandria 5.44.5

Macintosh OS 9 or higher

Windows 98, NT, ME or higher

Expanded Mac Demo-large version-multimedia included (58 MB)

Expanded Windows Demo-large version-multimedia included (45 MB)

Mac Demo-small version-no multimedia (44 MB)

Windows Demo-small version-no multimedia (31 MB)

Guided Tour PDF

Guided Tour PDF


Alexandria v5 Virtual Union Hardware Recommendations

Data Station / Server per Library

Minimum Specs

Recommended Specs

Operating System

Mac OS 10.3.9+, Windows 2000 or XP

Mac OS 10.4+, Windows XP or 2003

Processor

G4, Pentium 4 (or equivalent)

G5 or X86, dual processor / core

RAM

1 GB of RAM

1 GB of RAM

Hard Drive Space Usage

20 GB per 100,000 items

20 GB per 100,000 items

Librarian Workstations

Minimum Specs

Recommended Specs

Operating System

Mac OS 10.3.9+, Windows 2000 or XP

Mac OS 10.4+, Windows XP

Processor

G4, Pentium 4 (or equivalent)

G4, Pentium 4 (or equivalent) or better

RAM

256 MB of RAM

512 MB of RAM or more

Hard Drive Space Usage

200 MB

200 MB or more

Web Librarian & Researcher Workstations

Minimum Specs

Optional

Browsers

IE 6 for Windows 98 and above

Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Netscape 7, Opera, and Others for Both Mac and Windows

Safari for Mac OS X

IE 5 for Mac OS 9

Java 1.4+

Researcher Workstations

Minimum Specs

Recommended Specs

Operating System

Mac OS 10.3.9+, Windows 2000 or XP

Mac OS 10.4+, Windows XP

Processor

G3, Pentium 3 (or equivalent)

G4, Pentium 4 (or equivalent) or better

RAM

256 MB of RAM

256 MB of RAM or more

Hard Drive Space Usage

100 MB

100 MB or more

TCP/IP Network

TCP/IP Network

*Alexandria v5.44 (D or later) Researchers may be configured with v5.5 Data Stations to allow use of older hardware and operating systems. Any v5.44 Researchers used in such a configuration will not have the features and capabilities of v5.5 Researchers.

**Click here for Central Union Hardware Recommendations

If you have installation problems, our COMPanion Sales staff stands ready to assist you. Call them at 800-347-6439 or 801-943-7277.

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"I was able to walk in and use Alexandria on my first day in the library."

—Pam Grad
Cedar Heights Jr. High
Kent, WA

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