You can use your old hardware to run Geocomp
Hardware requirements for Geocomp 10.1
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Feature | Minimum |
Recommended |
| Processor | 386DX | Pentium or later |
| Hard disk free | 20 MB | 200 MB |
| CD Drive | For installation only | Yes |
| Free base memory | 560 KB | 580 KB |
| Free XMS memory | 2.5 MB | 16 MB |
| Mouse | Two-button | Two-button with wheel |
| Serial ports | One port or USB serial adapter | Multiple serial ports |
| Printer | Optional DOS-Compatible printer on standard parallel port (on motherboard, expansion card, Quatech SPP-100 or SPPXP-100, port replicator or docking station) or redirect LPT1 to a DOS-Compatible network printer |
DOS-Compatible printer and one standard parallel port or redirect LPT1 to a DOS-Compati ble network printer |
| O/S and port for parallel port dongle | DOS 5 or 6, Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP Home or XP Pro (either directly or as a guest operating system under Vista or 64-bit Windows) and one standard parallel port (on motherboard, expansion card, Quatech SPP-100 or SPPXP-100 or HP port replicator) |
Replace parallel port dongle with USB dongle |
| O/S and port for USB dongle | Windows 98 SE or Windows XP (either directly or as a guest operating system under Vista or 64-bit Windows) |
Windows XP |
| Graphics | VGA 640 x 480 x 16 colours (video mode 12) | VGA 640 x 480 x 16 colours (video mode 12) |
| Plotter | Any Windows printer plus a Windows application that can import HP-GL or HP-GL/2, or almost any vector language pen plotter | A large format Windows printer plus Terramodel 10.60, a HP-GL plotter or HP-GL/2 plotter |
| File manager | Any | ZTree |
| Connection to survey instruments | Optional | Card reader or cable to suit your data collector |
| Digitizer | Optional | Any with ASCII output to serial port |
