Compaq Gets by with a Lot of Help from Its Friends A $999 HOME PC: To appeal to middle-income consumers and broaden the market for home PCs, a new machine will use chip technology from Cyrix MAINFRAME-CLASS SERVERS: With Intel, Tandem, and Microsoft as partners, a new generation of computer servers will run major corporations PC THEATER: For the higher-income consumer, a large-screen PC/TV for the family room is in the works with Thomson Consumer Electronics DIGITAL TV: In cahoots with Intel and Microsoft, the high-definition TV is being recast to support digital standards and future computer gear INTERNET FAX/PHONE: Forget the telephone network; with help from NetCentric, Compaq servers will direct calls over the Internet DIGITAL TOYS: A series of home-PC add-ons and children's software developed with Fisher-Price will grab customers when they're young DATA: COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP.

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