PC System Design Guide: Difference between revisions

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The '''PC System Design Guide''' (also known as the '''PC -97''', '''PC -98''', '''PC -99''', or '''PC 2001''' specification) is a series of hardware design requirements and recommendations for [[IBM PC compatible]] [[personal computer]]s, compiled by [[Microsoft]] and [[Intel Corporation]] during 1997–2001. They were aimed at helping manufacturers provide hardware that made the best use of the capabilities of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system, and to simplify setup and use of such computers.

Every part of a standard computer and the most common kinds of peripheral devices are defined with specific requirements. Systems and devices that meet the specification should be automatically recognized and configured by the [[operating system]].

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! Date

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| PC -97

| February 9, 1998

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| PC -98

| December 31, 1998

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| PC -99

| July 14, 1999

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===PC -97===

Initial version.

* Introduced color code for [[PS/2 keyboard]] (purple) and [[PS/2 mouse]] (green) connectors

===PC -98===

Aimed at systems to be used with [[Windows 98]] or [[Windows 2000]]. Required:

* 200 MHz Pentium processor with [[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]] technology (or equivalent performance)

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It was published as {{ISBN|1-57231-716-7}}.

===PC -99===

Required:

* 300 MHz CPU

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'''PDF versions:'''

*[http://tech-insider.org/windows/research/1997/0711.html PC -97 System Design Guide]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173857/http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/hardware/TECHDOK/Pc98.pdf PC -98 System Design Guide]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060636/http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/hardware/TECHDOK/PC_99_1.pdf PC -99 System Design Guide]

*[http://tech-insider.org/windows/research/2000/1102.html PC 2001 System Design Guide]