* Designed as a companion volume to the official hardware design guide for Windows(r) 95, Plug and Play System Architecture provides a detailed hardware and software description of the Plug and Play technology that is integrated into Windows 95 and will soon appear in other operating systems, including Windows NT. In addition to coverage of ISA and EISA Plug and Play, PCMCIA and PCI are also discussed. Tom Shanley provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject including: *-legacy ISA drawbacks *-Plug and Play on EISA and ISA cards *-Windows 95 PCI problems *-Windows 95 PCMCIA enhancements *-Plug and Play terminology defined *-accessing configuration registers *-description of configuration registers *-resource data structure *-Plug and Play BIOS *-Plug and Play device ROMs *-device ID format and Windows 95 device IDs If you design Plug and Play cards, motherboards, device drivers, BIOS code, or operating systems, Plug and Play System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool.
- ISBN10 0201410133
- ISBN13 9780201410136
- Publish Date 15 September 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English