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P R E F A C E
USB Devices
For more information about USB on the Macintosh computer, developers should refer to Apple Computer’s Mac OS USB DDK ATI Reference. Information is also available on the World Wide Web, at:
http://developer.apple.com/dev/usb/
For full specifications of the Universal Serial Bus, developers should refer to the USB Implementation Forum on the World Wide Web, at:
http://www.usb.org/developers/index.html
Open Firmware
Three Technotes provide an introduction to Open Firmware on the Macintosh platform. They are:
TN 1061: Open Firmware, Part I, available on the Technote web site at
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html
TN 1062: Open Firmware, Part II, available on the Technote web site at
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html
TN 1044: Open Firmware, Part III, available on the Technote web site at
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1044.html
The New World software architecture described in Chapter 5, “Software,” follows some of the standards defined by the Open Firmware IEEE
The basis for the bootinfo file format and use is the document PowerPC™ Microprocessor Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP™) System binding to: IEEE Std
Other Open Firmware references of possible interest include:
IEEE
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