Hardware Formats
Files related to hardware devices and their configurations.
| Extension | Description | Author | File / Link |
|---|---|---|---|
ac97
|
Audio Codec '97 soundcard data format | Intel Corporation | Download |
comms
|
Adobe Serial and Parallel Communications Protocols Specification (Acrobat) | Adobe | Deprecated resource 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 | Deprecated resource 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 | Deprecated resource Link |
| DOS Partition Tables | Andries Brouwer | Link | |
mouse
|
AST IR mouse with C and a CC class examples for Linux | William Eckert | Deprecated resource Download |
| Genius Mouse Driver Programmers Reference (Applies to all serial mice) | Deprecated resource Download | ||
| Programming the Microsoft Mouse | Deprecated resource Download | ||
nds
|
Novell's Netware Directory Services (NDS) | Simple Nomad | Download |
ntfs
|
NTFS file system documentation | Deprecated resource Link | |
parallel
|
Parallel Port Central | Deprecated resource Link | |
| IEEE 1284 Parallel Port Information | Deprecated resource Link | ||
pci
|
PCI Bus Information | Link | |
pit
|
Programming the Intel 8253 Programmable Interval Timer | Deprecated resource Download | |
scsi
|
Adobe SCSI Input Protocol Specification Version 1.0 (Acrobat) | Adobe | Download |
serial
|
Serial Port Central | Deprecated resource Link | |
speaker
|
Programming the PC Speaker | Deprecated resource Download | |
udf
|
Universal Disk Format (Acrobat) | Deprecated resource Link | |
vesa
|
VESA BIOS Eextension (VBE) Core Functions Version 2.0 | VESA | Download |
| VESA BIOS Eextension (VBE) Core Functions Version 3.0 | VESA | Download | |
| VESA Super VGA BIOS Extensions | 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 | |