O V E R V I E W O F - Compaq Armada 1100 White Paper

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Table 1 summarizes the certification status of every Armada and LTE 5000 notebook for Windows
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. . logo programs, DMI compliance, Year 2000 readiness and Novell compatibility. Certification
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status for all programs except NSTL Year 2000 Compliance is maintained at
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model, refer to Table 3 in Appendix A.
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Notebook Family Windows 95
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LTE 5000 PC95a
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Armada 1100 PC95a
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Armada 1500 PC95a
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Armada 1700 PC97
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Armada 4100 PC95a
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Armada 4200 PC97
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Armada 7300 PC95a
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Armada 7700 PC95a
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Armada 7800 PC97
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Table 1 - Compaq Portable Certification Status
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The following sections provide addition information on each certification program.
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All Armada and LTE 5000 notebooks have been designed to meet Microsoft criteria for Windows
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logo certification. Since 1995 Microsoft has implemented a number of hardware certification
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programs designed to promote qualified platforms as being particularly well suited for use with
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Microsoft operating system. Today, qualification criteria are in the form of a published set of
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guidelines for hardware design. The latest revision of these guidelines is known as PC97 and
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applies to both Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. These guidelines are revised periodically so as
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to comprehend new technologies and evolving user requirements. The follow-on revision is PC98,
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which will take effect July 1, 1998.
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Over the past several years Microsoft logo certification programs have changed several times. As
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the underlying qualification criteria changed, so did the terminology Microsoft uses to
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communicate qualification status for a particular platform. Table 2 summarizes the various
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Windows logo certification programs that have been in effect since 1995 and the terminology used
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to communicate that a particular platform meets qualification criteria.
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. . The Armada 1100 requires a ROM upgrade, SoftPaq 4189 or later for the Armada 1120 and 1120T and SoftPaq 4190 for
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the Armada 1130 1130T.
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The Armada 4131T, 4150, 4160 and 4160T require a ROM upgrade, SoftPaq 2935 or later.
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ERTIFICATION TATUS
Windows NT
Compatible
Compatible
DFWNT
PC97
DFWNT
PC97
DFWNT
DFWNT
PC97
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For certification status by specific
DMI Compliance NSTL Year 2000
No Yes
No Yes
1
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
2
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
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R O G R A M S
Novell
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes