If a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the PC 98 requirements for that feature as defined in this document.
| Consumer PC 98 | Office PC 98 | Entertainment PC 98 |
1. System includes connection for external serial devices
| Required | Required | Required |
2. System includes connection for external parallel devices
| Required | Required | Required |
3. System includes external connection for keyboard
| Required | Required | Required |
4. System includes external connection for pointing device
| Required | Required | Required |
5. System includes USB game pad or joystick
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended; wireless |
6. System includes built-in wireless capabilities
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended |
7. Devices use USB or external bus connections rather than legacy serial or parallel ports
| Required | Recommended | Required |
8. All devices meet PC 98 general device requirements
| Required | Required | Required |
9. Serial port meets device class specifications for its bus
| Required |
10. Legacy serial port is implemented as 16550A UART or equivalent and supports 115.2K baud
| Required |
11. Legacy serial port supports flexible resource configuration and dynamic disable capabilities
| Required |
12. Conflict resolution for legacy serial port ensures availability of at least one serial port
| Required |
13. Parallel port meets device class specifications for its bus
| Required |
14. Flexible resource configuration supported for each parallel port
| Required |
15. EPP support does not use restricted I/O addresses
| Required |
16. Compatibility, nibble mode, and ECP protocols meet IEEE 1284-1994 specifications
| Required |
17. Port connectors meet IEEE 1284-I specifications, minimum
| Required |
18. IEEE 1284 peripherals have Plug and Play device IDs
| Required |
19. Device identification string provides CompatibleID key
| Recommended |
20. Pointing-device connection meets requirements for its bus class
| Required |
21. Remote control provides PC 98 minimum support
| Recommended |
22. Keyboard connection meets requirements for its bus class
| Required |
23. No interference occurs between multiple keyboards
| Required |
24. Keyboard includes Windows and Application logo keys
| Recommended |
25. Device meets USB HID class specification requirements
| Required |
26. IR device uses NDIS 5.0 miniport driver
| Required |
27. IR device meets IrDA specifications
| Required |
28. IR device meets IrDA Control IR specification
| Required |
29. IR device meets PC 98 bus and port specifications
| Required |
30. IR device meets USB guidelines for interfacing with IrDA and Control IR devices
| Required |
31. IR device supports flexible resource configuration and dynamic disable capabilities
| Required |
32. System supports standard input speeds of 4 Mb/s
| Recommended |
33. System differentiates command streams if transceiver includes legacy consumer IR support
| Required |
34. Each device has a unique Plug and Play device ID
| Required |
35. Automatic resource assignment and dynamic disable capabilities are supported
| Required |
36. Each device complies with its device class power management reference specification
| Required |
37. Device supports wake-up events
| Required for wireless input; | ||
| optional for other devices |
38. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements
| Required |