Compaq PW5100 Supplementary Manual page 34

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Q. Is the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 memory interchangeable with the
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memory on the Compaq Professional Workstation 5000?
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A. No. However, the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 uses the same memory as the
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Compaq Professional Workstations 6000 and 8000 as well as the ProLiant 2500.
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Q. Does the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 support Synchronous DRAM
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(SDRAM)?
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A. No. By interleaving EDO memory, the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 achieves
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the same transfer rate of SDRAM while maintaining customer investment in EDO
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memory.
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Bus Technology
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Q. Does the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 provide support for infrared?
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A. Infrared is included in the design of the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100.
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Currently, infrared is supported with Windows 95 and is expected to be supported in
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future versions of Windows NT. In addition to operating system support, customers will
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need to purchase a transceiver that plugs into the IR port.
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Graphics
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Q. Does the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 support Intel' s Advanced
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Graphics Port (AGP)?
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A. No. AGP provides a mechanism by which main memory can be used as texture memory.
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The ELSA GLoria-XL card supports up to 40MB of texture memory on the graphics
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controller card itself, providing a fast, local source of memory for high performance
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applications requirements. The Diamond Fire GL 4000 has local texture memory
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providing a very tightly coupled high bandwidth path between texture memory and the
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frame buffer. AGP technology has been implemented on mainstream and high end
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desktop PCs to provide a low cost of texture memory for entry level 3D applications.
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In addition, Microsoft will not fully support AGP in Windows NT until revision 5.0.
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The current Compaq Professional Workstation products, therefore, will not support AGP.
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As newer implementations of AGP become available and as support for this emerging
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technology is built into Windows NT, Compaq will incorporate AGP into its future
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workstation designs.
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Operating Systems
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Q. What level of support will Compaq provide for operating systems?
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A. The matrix below provides our operating system support plan:
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Table 13: Operating Systems Support
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Operating System Perform
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Testing
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NT Workstation 4.0
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and 3.51
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Microsoft Windows 95 Compaq
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Certification Install, Config &
Setup
Microsoft Compaq Compaq
Microsoft Compaq Compaq
Available
Usage
Management Support
Full from Compaq
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Compaq Utilities
License
Exchange
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