Instructions for installing the spss 2. for Windows, including the minimum hardware and software requirements, are located in the

Text Import Wizard and characters - SPSS cannot process string values longer than 255 characters. Before you import the data, edit it to reduce the length of the strings. If you encounter a problem importing a value that contains a foreign character, edit the file and remove the character to fix the problem.
SPSS Connect ODBC drivers for SQL Server - The SPSS Connect ODBC driver to use depends on the version of SQL Server at your site. Use the SPSS OEM 4.2 SQL Server Wire Protocol driver for SQL Server versions 7.x and 2000. Use the SPSS OEM 4.2 SQL Server with SQL Server version 6.x databases.

Note that you can use the Microsoft SQL Server driver for SQL Server versions 6.x and higher.