Hardware Formats
| Format | Description | Author | File / Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC97 | Audio Codec '97 soundcard data format | Intel Corporation | Download |
| COMMS | Adobe Serial and Parallel Communications Protocols Specification (Acrobat) | Adobe | Download |
| FAT32 | FAT12/16/32 File System Specification | Microsoft Corporation | Download |
| FPGA | Xilinx .BIT File Format | Alan Nishioka | Download |
| GAMEPAD | Programming the Gravis GamePad and Analog Pro | Download | |
| HFS | HFS Plus Volume Format | Apple | Download |
| HP82240B | HP82240B printer codes | Jarno Peschier | LINK |
| INTEL MMX | Intel MMX Instructions also extra Cyrix extensions | Download | |
| INTEL x86 | Intel Instruction Sets (Word) | Download | |
| Intel 8086/80186/80286/80386/80486 Instruction Sets | Download | ||
| JOYSTICK | Programming the PC Joystick | Download | |
| KEYBOARD | Programming the Keyboard | Download | |
| MBR | Master Boot Records | PowerJoe | LINK |
| DOS Partition Tables | Andries Brouwer | LINK | |
| MOUSE | AST IR mouse with C and a CC class examples for Linux | William Eckert | Download |
| Genius Mouse Driver Programmers Reference (Applies to all serial mice) | Download | ||
| Programming the Microsoft Mouse | Download | ||
| NDS | Novell's Netware Directory Services (NDS) | Simple Nomad | Download |
| NTFS | NTFS file system documentation | LINK | |
| PARALLEL | Parallel Port Central | LINK | |
| IEEE 1284 Parallel Port Information | LINK | ||
| PCI | PCI Bus Information | LINK | |
| PIT | Programming the Intel 8253 Programmable Interval Timer | Download | |
| SCSI | Adobe SCSI Input Protocol Specification Version 1.0 (Acrobat) | Adobe | Download |
| SERIAL | Serial Port Central | LINK | |
| SPEAKER | Programming the PC Speaker | Download | |
| UDF | Universal Disk Format (Acrobat) | LINK | |
| VESA | VESA BIOS Eextension (VBE) Core Functions Version 2.0 | VESA | Download |
| VESA Super VGA BIOS Extensions | VESA | Download | |
| VESA BIOS Eextension (VBE) Core Functions Version 3.0 | VESA | Download | |
| VGA | VGA and SVGA info for various video cards | Finn Thoegersen | Download |
| Introduction to Programming the SVGA Cards | Download | ||
| VGA Bios layout | Download | ||
| Programming the VGA Registers | Boone (boone@ucsd.edu) | Download |
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