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/
“Efficient Use of PCI,” Platform Architecture Labs, Intel Corporation
http://support.intel.com/oem_developer/chipsets/pci/general/pci001.htm
“IDs and Serial Numbers for Plug and Play” and other related articles
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/busbios/
Implementing Legacy Audio Devices on the PCI Bus
http://www.intel.com/pc-supp/platform/ac97/wp/leg_pci.htm
Microsoft testing tools, specifications, and information
E-mail: pciinfo@microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/busbios/
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/plug-and-play/pci/pci.exe
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.0
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 (PCI 2.1)
PCI to PCI Bridge Specification, Revision1.0.
PCI SIG
Phone: (800) 433-5177
http://www.pcisig.com/
PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Bridge Register Description (Yenta specification)
PCMCIA
2635 North First Street, Suite 209
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
Phone: (408) 433-2273
Fax: (408) 433-9558
E-mail: office@pcmcia.org
http://www.pc-card.com/