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. Storage device and controller support bus master capabilities
| Required |
2. Removable media includes media status notification support
| Required |
3. Option ROMs support Int 13h Extensions
| Required |
4. Device meets PC 98 general device requirements
| Required |
5. Device meets PC 98 requirements for ports or buses
| Required |
6. Device Bay storage device meets PC 98 requirements
| Required |
7. IDE/ATAPI devices supported on IEEE 1394
| Recommended |
8. IDE/ATAPI devices and controllers support Ultra DMA/33
| Required |
9. USB-based mass storage device meets PC 98 requirements for USB
| Required |
10. System BIOS or option ROM supports El Torito No Emulation mode
| Required |
11. Floppy disk capabilities provided through expansion card or external bus
| Recommended |
12. IDE floppy drive complies with SFF 8070
| Required |
13. Legacy FDC built into system
| Optional |
14. Legacy FDC device meets resource configuration requirements
| Required |
15. System supports conflict resolution and dynamic disable capabilities for legacy FDC
| Required |
16. IDE hard drive is SMART-compliant and uses SMART IOCTL API
| Required |
17. IDE hard drive spin-up time supports OnNow capabilities
| Recommended |
18. CD-ROM drive provides 8x or higher performance
| Required |
19. CD-ROM drive is CD-Enhanced compatible
| Required |
20. CD-ROM drive supports specified logical and physical CD formats
| Required |
21. IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive complies with SFF 8020i, Version 1.2
| Required |
22. CD-ROM drive supports multisession and compatibility forms of the READ_TOC command
| Required |
23. IDE/ATAPI CD changer meets SFF 8070 specification
| Required |
24. ATAPI rewritable device meets SFF 8070i specification
| Required |
25. DVD drive supports bus master DMA transfers
| Required |
26. DVD drive meets minimum compatibility requirements
| Required |
27. Device and driver support DVD command sets
| Required |
28. DVD device meets SFF 8090 specification
| Required |
29. DVD device uses high-speed expansion bus
| Required |
30. DVD drive supports UDF
| Required |
31. DVD device uses push-to-close design
| Recommended |
32. DVD device supports defect management
| Required |
33. DVD device supports copyright protection
| Required |
34. Each device has a Plug and Play device ID
| Required |
35. Conflict resolution and dynamic disable capabilities supported for all devices
| Required |
36. 3F7h and 377h are unclaimed by devices
| Required |
37. Physical security is provided for storage devices
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended |
38. Device and controller comply with device class power management reference specification
| Required |
39. Device supports wake-up events
| Optional |
40. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements
| Required |
41. Device and file system run in protected mode following installation
| Required |
42. Applications provided with the device meet Win32 requirements
| Required |
43. Driver for partitioned media supports all Windows and Windows NT partition types
| Required |
44. Driver for block-mode device supports extended BPBs
| Required |