| System component | Required | Recommended
| Operating system
| MS-DOS 3.3
| MS-DOS 6+, DR(Open)DOS 7+
| CPU
| 80x86 compatible
| 80386+ or any Virtual DOS Machine
| Low DOS Memory
| 500 KB | 560 KB if using built-in PPP
640 KB (with QEMM or EMM386)
| XMS/EMS Memory
| 0 MB, | 1 MB in real life 8+ MB of XMS (EMS is not used for smooth scrolling and font caching)
| Video card
| VGA 256 KB,EGA | SVGA in real life Direct support for some SVGA cards,
VESA driver for other cards.
| SVGA memory
| 512 KB
| 1 - 2 MB
| SVGA resolution
| 640x400x256
| 800x600xHiColor, 1024x768xHiColor
| Hard disk space
| 5 MB
| 10 MB with caching (SmartDrive), TEMP directory on RAM disk.
| Mouse
| -
| standard mouse driver (int. 0x33)
| TCP/IP
| -
| standard packet driver (int. 0x60)
| Dial-up Internet
| -
| PPP (with PAP,CHAP or login script authentication), SLIP, CSLIP
| Modem
| -
| Serial modem 28800+ bps
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