Audio and video interfaces and connectors: Difference between revisions

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Older [[sound card]]s had no common standard color codes until after [[PC System Design Guide#PC 99|PC 99]]. 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 computers, compiled by Microsoft and Intel Corporation during 1997–2001. PC 99 introduced a color code for the various standard types of plugs and connectors used on PCs.

The color codes for audio plugs follow:<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/pcguides.mspx PC&nbsp;99 System Design Guide], Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation, 14 July 1999. Chapter 3: PC&nbsp;99 basic requirements ([http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/PCG/1.0/NT5/EN-US/pc99v1a.exe PC&nbsp;99 System Design Guide (Self extracting .exe)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216004214/http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/PCG/1.0/NT5/EN-US/pc99v1a.exe |date=2007-02-16 }}. Requirement 3.18.3: Systems use a color-coding scheme for connectors and ports. Accessed 2009-02-05</ref>

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