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/
Audio ‘98 Roadmap, Audio Codec ‘97 Component Specification, and
Audio Codec ‘97 Design Guide papers
Intel Corporation
http://developer.intel.com/pc-supp/platform/aud98/
Audio design for Windows operating systems white papers
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/
Audio Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, Version 1.0
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow.htm
Downloadable Samples (DLS) specification
MIDI Manufacturers Association
Fax: (714) 736-9775
E-mail: mma@midi.org
http://www.midi.org
Personal Computer Audio Quality Measurement Definitions
by Dr. Steven Harris and Cliff Sanchez, Crystal Semiconductor
http://www.crystal.com/new/papers/meas.htm
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 (PCI 2.1)
PCI Bus Power Management Specification, Revision 1.0 (PCI PM)
http://www.pcisig.com
Plug and Play specifications
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/
Universal Bus Specification, Version 1.0
USB device class specifications
http://www.usb.org
WDM device driver support white papers
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pcfuture/
Windows DDK, Windows NT DDK, DirectX DDK, and Win32 SDK
MSDN Professional membership