Hardware Configuration:

Component Requirement
Processor Intel Pentium 1V 3GHz or above
RAM 512 MB or above
Hard Disk Atleast 5 GB Free
Serial Port/ USB for External Modem 1 at least
Printer High quality/speed Laser printer
Mouse 2/3 Buttons (PS1 or PS2 connector type)
Keyboard 101/104 Keys (PS1 or PS2 connector type only)
Keyboard Interface on Motherboard PS1/ PS2
Monitor 15 “ SVGA Color Monitor with 1024x768
Display Resolution
Display Card 16MB or above Graphics Card on AGP/PCI slot
CD ROM 50 x or above
Brand Branded PC

Operating System/ software Configuration:

Minimum Requirement
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/ Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/
Windows XP Professional (Licensed) with latest Windows XP Professional (Licensed) with latest
Service Pack & patches Service Pack & patches

Internet Explorer version 6.0 or above Internet Explorer version 6.0 or above
Acrobat Reader 7.0 Acrobat Reader 7.0

Connectivity Options:

NIC for Stock Exchanges’ users:

Manufacturer Type
Any Brand RJ-45 Connector Type (10/100 Mbps)

Modem for Dialup users:

Minimum Requirement
US Robotic / Zoltrix ISDN Modem/ ISDN BRI
56 Kbps (Internal or External)/ ISDN BRI

Others:
Antivirus Software
Uninterrupted Power Supply
Licensed version of any commercially available Antivirus
software is strongly recommended. End user must ensure that
that software is kept up to date with its latest available virus
signature files/ patches/upgrades.
Minimum 30 minutes backup power supply is strongly
recommended. CDC does not have any specific brand
preference in this regard.

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 PC reserved for exclusive CDC In order to achieve maximum security/ performance the end
applications’ usage user must ensure that the PC with this recommended
configuration must be exclusively used only for CDC
applications. Internet usage on the same PC is strongly
discouraged.
Disclaimer While variations to the above-mentioned recommended
configuration might work in certain cases but in order to get
the best results CDC would strongly recommend adhering to
its recommendations and accordingly would not be able to
fully support in case of variations.

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