Basic PC 98 References

The following represents some of the references, services, and tools available to help build hardware that is optimized to work with Windows operating systems.

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, Revision 1.0

http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/

Device Bay Interface Specification, Version 1.0

http://www.device-bay.org

Display Data Channel Standard, Version 2.0
Extended Display Identification Data Standard, Version 2.0

http://www.vesa.org

El Torito—Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification, Version 1.0
Compaq, Intel, Phoenix BIOS Boot Specification, Version 1.01

http://www.ptltd.com/techs/specs.html

Hot-plugging support under Windows operating systems

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/

Intel/Duracell Smart Battery System Specification

http://www.mediacity.com/~sbs/

Intel hardware developer site

http://developer.intel.com

Interoperability Specification for ICCs and Personal Computer Systems

http://www.smartcardsys.com

Media Status Notification Support Specification, Version 1.03
Plug and Play specifications

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/
Vendor ID registration: pnpid@microsoft.com

MultiProcessor Specification, Version 1.4

Intel part number 242016-002
http://developer.intel.com

PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 (PCI 2.1)

PCI SIG
Phone: (800) 433-5177
http://www.pcisig.com

Power management specifications for device and bus classes
Guidelines for audible noise and other OnNow technologies

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow.htm

SFF 8070i, SFF 8038i, SFF 8090 (Mt. Fuji specification), and other SFF specifications

SFF Committee publications
FaxAccess: (408) 741-1600 (fax-back)
Fax: (408) 867-2115
ftp://ftp.symbios.com/pub/standards/io/

Universal Serial Bus PC Legacy Compatibility Specification, Version 0.9

http://www.teleport.com/~usb/data/usb_le9.pdf


USB Specification, Version 1.0
USB Device Class Definition for Human Interface Devices, Version 1.0
Other USB device class specifications

Phone: (503) 264-0590
Fax: (503) 693-7975
http://www.usb.org

Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) information

http://wbem.freerange.com
http://www.microsoft.com/management/wbem/
http:www.dmtf.org/work/cim.html

Windows and Windows NT DDKs, including NDIS documentation

MSDN Professional membership

Windows Hardware Instrumentation Implementation Guidelines, Version 1.0 (WHIIG), Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/
(This specification is expected in the second half of 1997.)

Wired for Management Baseline Specification, Version 2.0

Intel Corporation.

http://www.intel.com/managedpc/wired
(This specification is expected in the second half of 1997.)