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WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Key Technologies Features Hardware Accelerated 3D: • 24-bit Z-buffering • Gouraud Shading • Stencils • Texture Mapping (bilinear and trilinear) Performance: • Random 10-Pixel Solid Lines • Filled 25-Pixel Triangles Pixel Fill Rates: • Bilinear • Trilinear Operating Systems Technical Specifications Yes Yes Yes Yes 4 million/s 4 million/s 90 million/s 45 million/s Windows NT 3.51/4.0 CHASSIS FEATURES The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 chassis has been designed for ease of service and expandability. The unit is opened using thumbscrews (no tools are required) and a single side panel. After the side panel is removed, most of the components are visible. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses an expansion board assembly, which holds the PCI and ISA expansion slots and is removable. The system board is attached to a tray and slides out for easy removal or replacement. The internal drive cage is also removable and makes adding additional hard drives easier. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500's chassis is very expandable. It has a total of six expansion slots: three PCI, one ISA, one shared PCI/ISA, and one AGP (populated by graphics controller). There are also seven drive bays: three internal 3.5" (one populated by hard drive), three 5.25" user-accessible drive bays (one populated by the CD-ROM drive), and one 3.5" diskette drive. INTEGRATED NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC) With the new Compaq Fast Ethernet Embedded NIC NC3121 (10/100 Mbps), Compaq dramatically simplifies the network management task and lowers the total cost of ownership in today's businesses. The product's Wake-on-LAN (WOL) feature enables remote system powerup and maintenance during non-working hours, making it easy to perform routine updates, audits, and other management operations without interrupting end users. Moreover, because the new NIC operates at both 10 and 100 Mb/s, it is an ideal solution for environments that are migrating towards Fast Ethernet. For maximum flexibility in designing your business'network, the NC3121 NIC conforms to the full range of today's industry standards, including PC97. It is compatible with both Compaq and Intel Fast Ethernet drivers, allowing MIS departments to standardize on one set of drivers. The SNMP-compliant NC3121 can be remotely monitored with Compaq's Insight Manager, Compaq's CNMS network management software, HP Openview, or any other SNMP compliant management solution. 15