| 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 for survey instrument and digitizer | One serial port which could be through a 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 on LPT1 redirected through a USB port or network | Brother HL-5340D Mono Laser Printer or similar on standard parallel port or on LPT1 redirected through a USB port or network |
| Operating System | DOS 5 or 6, Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP Home or XP Pro (either directly or as a guest operating system on a host operating system) | Windows XP Pro |
| Port for dongle | One spare USB port or one standard parallel port on motherboard, expansion card, Quatech SPP-100 or SPPXP-100 or HP port replicator | One spare USB port |
| Graphics | VGA 640 x 480 x 16 colours (video mode 12) | VGA 640 x 480 x 16 colours (video mode 12) |
| Plotter | Almost any vector language pen plotter or any Windows printer plus a Windows application that can import HP-GL or HP-GL/2 | A large format Windows printer that supports HP-GL/2 or a large format Windows printer plus Terramodel 10.61G with CAD module |
| 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 |
