Hardware Developer Documentation > Updates
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Welcome to the Updates page on the Apple Technical Publications Hardware Developer Documentation Web site. Updated or recently released documentation that describes Macintosh computer hardware and software technologies is posted here. |
The Revised Edition of Designing PCI Cards and Drivers for Power Macintosh Computers includes updates and corrections to the information in the original document and provides new sections that describe how the NewWorld ROM-in-RAM architecture is implemented in the iMac and latest Power Macintosh G3 mini-tower computers.
Developers designing PCI cards for the latest Power Macintosh G3 models should read the information in the chapters dealing with Open Firmware and the New World architecture to understand how the startup firmware in the new Macintosh models recognizes PCI devices at boot time and stores information that the Mac OS uses to subsequently load the appropriate drivers for those devices.
This developer note describes the new Power Macintosh G3 computer and its new features, which include a striking new enclosure, an ATI RAGE 128 graphics chip, and USB and FireWire ports.
This reference describes the software application programming interfaces for the USB Services Library and USB Manager. It is available separately or as part of the Mac OS USB DDK, which can be found on the Apple USB Web site at http://developer.apple.com/dev/usb/index.html
