Reference Guide 1-1
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C
OMPUTER AT A
G
LANCE
Features
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Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 operating
system software
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Intel Pentium processor with MMX technology running at a
speed of 166 MHz, 200 MHz, or 233 MHz, or Intel Pentium
II processor running at a speed of 233 MHz, 266 MHz, or
300 MHz.
MMX technology is designed to enhance performance in
applications written to take advantage of MMX instructions,
while preserving compatibility with existing software and
operating systems. Additional performance enhancements
are provided for advanced media and communication
applications, such as motion video, combined graphics with
video, image processing, audio synthesis, speech synthesis
and compression, telephony, video conferencing, and 2D
and 3D graphics.
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Pentium systems: 16- or 32-megabyte (MB) synchronous
dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) standard;
expandable to 384 megabytes of SDRAM installed in dual
inline memory modules (DIMMs)
Pentium II systems: 32-megabyte (MB) synchronous
dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) standard;
expandable to 384 megabytes of SDRAM installed in dual
inline memory modules (DIMMs)
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Pentium systems: 256- or 512-kilobyte (Kbyte) secondary
(L2) cache module; Pentium
models with 256-Kbyte cache
expandable to 512 Kbytes
Pentium II systems: 512-kilobyte (Kbyte) secondary (L2)
cache integrated into the processor module (not expandable)