Compaq has lowered prices by as much as 14 percent on select desktops, including the company's EP and EN series PCs. Compaq has lowered prices by as much as 14 percent on select desktops, including the company's EP and EN series PCs. Deskpro EP Series pricing now starts at $1,029 for a system based on a 400MHz Celeron with 32MB of RAM, a 4.3GB hard drive, and Windows 95....

Selected models of Compaq's Deskpro EP and EN Series were reduced up to 12 percent. Deskpro prices start at $1109 for a Deskpro EP Series model with an Intel Celeron processor at 400MHz, 32MB of RAM, a 4.3GB hard drive, Microsoft Windows 95 and a S700 17" monitor....

Under the rules of the EP, the rejection of the Common Position permanently defeats the Directive, which now cannot become law. According to the EP, member nations will continue to issue patents as each nation chooses....

The platform runs games on a modified Compaq Deskpro EP computer, using mechanical and electronic innovations covered by six of Virtual Games' pending patents....

Compaq Computer Corp. has added three new systems to its EP Series family of Deskpro PCs....

Current non-x86 Itanium 2 servers are to be replaced by the new Boxboro MC platform, while high-end 1- and 2-way server platforms, Bensley and Garlow, will be replaced by the Tylersburg EP platform....