Two Energy Star-compliant PCs, the Preferred 5/100E PCI ESP (from $2998) and the Preferred 5/100 PCI ESP (from $2792) are based on the Intel 100-MHz Pentium P54C processor. A network-activity-detection algorithm allows the systems to sleep and reawaken while maintaining connection to the host network. The Preferred 5/100E PCI ESP supports EISA, ISA, and PCI. Available in desktop or tower configurations, the systems come with 8 MB of RAM, at least 256 KB of high-speed Level 2 modular cache memory, a 420-MB hard drive, a 3 1/2-inch floppy drive, a 1-MB VGA board, a 15-inch VGA monitor, and a 101-key keyboard.
Contact: CSS Laboratories, Irvine, CA, (714) 852-8161.
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