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Q) 9.2 What do the industry acronyms stand for?
[From ralf@alum.wpi.edu (Ralph Valentino)]

This is a list of 300+ acronyms which commonly come up in discussion
of hardware. It does not contain abbreviations or names that don't
stand for anything, nor does it attempt to explain exactly what the
technology does, where it can be found, nor even how to use it in a
sentence. So, is it completely useless? Well, sometimes just knowing
what an acronym stands for is enough to tell you what people are
talking about or where to go to get more information about it.

If anyone has any additions, comments, or corrections, please forward
them to me directly. Keep in mind that I have tried to avoid software
topics except where they overlap with hardware ones, so don't bother
telling me what BASIC stands for as it is outside the scope of this
list.

ABR Available Bit Rate
AC Alternating Current
AE Applications Engineer
AFS Andrew File System
AI Artificial Intelligence
ALU Arithmetic-Logic Unit
AM Amplitude Modulated
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMI American Megatrends Inc.
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT Advanced Technology
ATA AT bus Attachment
ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface
ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI Attached Unit Interface
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BE Back End
BER Bit Error Rate
BGA Ball Grid Array
BiCMOS Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
BIOS Basic Input / Output System
BNC Bayonet Nut Connector
BPS/bps Bytes/bits Per Second
BSC Binary Synchronous Communications
BSD Berkeley Standard Distribution
BTU British Thermal Units
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAM Content Addressable Memory
CAM Common Access Method (Committee)
CAS Column Address Strobe
CBX Common Branch eXtender
CCD Charge Coupled Device
CCITT Consultative Committee of International Telephony and Telegraphy
CD Carrier Detect
CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CGA Color Graphics Adaptor
CHS Cylinder Head Sector
CISC Complex Instruction-Set Computer
CLA Carry Lookahead Adder
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CP/M Control Program / Monitor
CPI Clocks Per Instruction
CQFP Ceramic Quad-FlatPack
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage Return
CRC Cyclical redundancy check
CRQ Command Response Queue
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Chip Select
CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple-Access
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple-Access with Collision Detect
CSR Command Status Register
CTS Clear To Send
DAE Digital Audio Extraction
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DC Direct Current
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DD Double Density
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DES Data Encryption Standard
DID Direct Inward Dial
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm
DIP Dual-In-line Package
DIS Draft International Standard
DMA Direct Memory Access
DOS Disk Operating System
DPE Data Parity Error
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DS Double Sided
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DSR Data Set Ready
DTC Data Terminal Controller
DTE Data Terminating Equipment
DTMF Dual-Tone MultiFrequency
DTR Data Terminal Ready
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECC Error Correction Code
ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic
ECO Engineering Change Order
ECU EISA Configuration Utility
EDO Extended Data Out
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
EISA Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture
EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference
EMF Electro-Magnetic Force
EMS Expanded Memory Specification
EOF End Of File
EOL End Of Line
EOS Electrical Overstress
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ESD Electro-Static Discharge
ESDI Enhanced Small Devices Interface
FAT File Allocation Table
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDD Fixed Disk Drive (or Floppy Disk Drive)
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDX Full-Duplex Transmission
FE Front End
FEP Front End Processor
FF Form Feed
FIFO First-In First-Out
FILO First-In Last-Out (same as LIFO)
FM Frequency Modulation
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FPU Floating Point Unit
FRU Field-Replaceable Unit
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shifty Keying
FTP File Transfer Program
GAS Gallium Arsenide
GFLOPS Billions (10^9) of FLOating Point Operations Per Second ("GigaFlops")
GNU Gnu's Not Unix
GUI Graphical User Interface
HD High Density
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HDX Half-Duplex Transmission
HFS Hierarchical File System
HPFS High Performance File System
HS Helical Scan
I/O Input / Output
IBM International Business Machines Corp.
IC Integrated Circuit
ICU ISA Configuration Utility
IDC Insulation Displacement Connector
IDE Integrated Device Electronics
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IMP Interface Message Processor
IPC InterProcess Communication
IRQ Interrupt ReQuest
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO International Standards Organization
Jedec Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council
JFS Journaled File System
kVA KiloVolt-Amps
LAN Local Area Network
LAPM Link Access Procedure M
LBA Linear Block Array
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
LF Line Feed
LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Manager Specification
LRU Least-Recently Used
LSB/lsb Least Significant Byte/bit
LSI Large Scale Integration
LUN Logical Unit Number
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MB/Mb Mega Bytes/bits
MBR Master Boot Record
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array
MCM Multi-Chip Module
MFLOPS Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second ("MegaFlops")
MFM Modified Frequency Modulated
MHz MegaHertz
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMD Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data
MIPS Millions of Instructions per Second
MISD Multiple-Instruction Single Data
MMU Memory Management Unit
MNP Microcom Network Protocol
MODEM MOdulator / DEModulator
MOPS Millions of Operations Per Second
MOS Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
MP MultiProcessor
MPP Massively Parallel Processor
MSB/msb Most Significant Byte/bit
MSDOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MSI Medium Scale Integration
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MTU Maximum Transfer Unit
N/C No-Connect
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFS Network File System
NFU Not-Frequently Used
NIU Network Interface Unit
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMOS Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NOP No OPeration
NRU Not-Recently Used
NSF National Science Foundation
NVRAM NonVolatile Random Access Memory
OCR Optical Character Recognition
ODI Open Datalink Interface
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS Operating System
OSF Open Software Foundation
OSI Open Systems Interconnect
PAL/PLA Programmable Array Logic (Logic Array)
PB Push Button
PBX Private Branch eXtender
PC Personal Computer, Program Counter
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PE Processor Element
PFF Page Fault Frequency
PGA Pin Grid Array
PIC Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIO Programmed Input/Output
PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
PLL Phase Locked Loop
PM Preventive Maintenance
PMOS Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
POST Power On Self Test
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PQFP Plastic Quad-FlatPack
PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PTE Page Table Entry
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QFP Quad-FlatPack
QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge
QoS Quality of Service
RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter
RAS Row Address Strobe
RCA Radio Corporation of America
RCC Routing Control Center
RFC Request For Comments
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RI Ring Indicator
RISC Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
RLL Run Length Limited
RMM Read Mostly Memory (same as EPROM)
RMS Root Mean Squared
RMW Read Modify Write
ROM Read-Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPM Rotations Per Minute
RTC Real Time Clock
RTS Request To Send
SAM Sequential Access Memory
SASI Shugart Associates Standard Interface
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SD Single Density
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SE Systems Engineer
SIMD Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
SIMM Single Inline Memory Module
SIPP Single Inline Pinned Package
SISD Single-Instruction Single-Data
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMD Surface Mount Device
SMT Surface Mount Technology
SNA System Network Architecture
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SO/SOL Small OutLine
SOIC Small Outline Integrated Circuit
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line
SPT Sectors Per Track
SPU Single Processor Unit
SQE Signal Quality Error
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SS Single Sided
STDM Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing
STN Super Twisted Nematic
STU Streaming Tape Unit
SVC Switched Virtual Channel
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
TCM Trellis Code Modulation
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TI Texas Instruments
TIA Telecomm. Industry Assocation
TLB Translation-Lookaside Buffer
TPI Tracks Per Inch
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
TUV Technischer Ueberwachuags Verein
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UMB Upper Memory Block
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
USL Unix System Labs
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP Unix to Unix Copy Program
VC Virtual Channel
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VESA Video Enhanced Standards Association
VGA Video Graphics Array
VLB VESA Local Bus
VLIW Very Long Instruction Word
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VM Virtual Memory
VME Versa Module Eurocard
VP Virtual Path
VR Virtual Reality
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VTR Video Tape Recorder
WAN Wide Area Network
WATS Wide Area Telephone Service
WD Western Digital
WORM Write-Once Read-Many
WS Wait State
XGA eXtended Graphics Array
XMS Extended Memory Specification
XOR Exclusive-Or
XT eXtended Technology
ZIF Zero Insertion Force

Q) 9.3 Where can I get the ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI/etc specs?

PCMCIA
1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite G
Sunnyvale CA 94086
Tel 408-720-0107
Fax 408-720-9416

They are in my mind necessary if you want to write programs that use Socket
Services or Card Services, but maybe not necessary for designing hardware.
A bit pricey they are.

[From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron Spitzer):

_EISA Specification_
BCPR Services Inc.
POB 11137
Spring TX 77391
(713)251-4832

This book *specifies* the Extended ISA. The expansion slot and
motherboard IO deviced are described. Also, a file format is defined
for describing the configuration of an EISA-compatible Adapter.

[From: comins@tecrus.enet.dec.com]

Questions concerning PCI specifications or membership can be sent to:

PCI Special Interest Group
P.O. Box 14070
Portland, OR 97214
503-797-4207
503-234-6762

Non-members of the PCI SIG may request a PCI Local Bus Specification for
$25 + shipping costs by calling:
1-800-433-5177

[From: herbst@techunix.technion.ac.il (Herbst OMR)]

Quarter-Inch Cartridge Drive Standards, Inc.
311 East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
Telephone (805) 963-3853
Fax (805) 962-1541

Video Electronics Standards Association
2150 North First St.
Suite 440
San Jose, CA 95131-2020
Telephone: (408) 435-0333

Q) 9.4 What books are available for the PC architecture?

Edward Solari
_ISA & EISA_ Theory and Operation
Annabooks, San Diego CA USA
ISBN 0-929392-15-9

This is an excellent book on the EISA and ISA architectures.
Everything you need to know to make your own card, from timing to ECU
config files.

Tom Shanley
_EISA System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc, Richardson, TX USA
ISBN 1-881609-03-0

This book is good for an overview of the EISA and, in part, ISA
systems. It doesn't go into enough detail to design boards from, but,
as a quote from the sleeve says "The co-ops in the group have found
them to be especially useful."

Tom Shanley
_PCI System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc, Richardson, TX USA
ISBN 1-881609-06-5

[From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron Spitzer):

Edward Solari
_AT Bus Design_
Annabooks, San Diego CA USA
ISBN 0-929392-08-6

This book describes the expansion slot which appeared in IBM's
Personal Computer AT. This bus is now known as the Industry Standard
Architecture Bus, or just ISA. It gives enough functional and timing
detail for the hardware designer to ensure a new Adapter's
compatibility. It does not discuss any of the defacto-standard
Adapters, peripherals, or BIOS features, and gives only an overview of
the memory and IO layout. The timing details are for the nominal 8
MHz bus clock. Recent practice of drastically increasing this clock
rate is not discussed.

[From: Shaun Burnett (burnesa@cat.com)]

Scott Mueller
_Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 2nd ed._
QUE
ISBN 0-88022-856-3

I've found the following book to be an excellent reference on the PC.
It discusses the IBM PC family and various peripherals. The book is
written so that the novice user will find this book of use. Those
that deal with PCs on a lower level will appreciate the numerous
tables that contains information on such topics as serial port
pin-outs, bus connection labels, and I/O ports addresses.

_Pentium(tm) Processor System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40992-5

_80486 System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40994-1

_CardBus System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40997-6

_ISA System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40996-8

_PowerPC System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40990-9

_PCMCIA System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-40991-7

_Pentium Pro System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-47953-2

_Plug and Play System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-41013-3

_The Universal Serial Bus System Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-46137-4

_Protected Mode Software Architecture_
MindShare, Inc.
ISBN 0-201-55447-X,

Frank van Gilluwe
_The Undocumented PC: A Programmer's Guide to I/O, CPUs,
and Fixed Memory Areas, 2e_
(with disk)
ISBN 0-201-47950-2

Rick Booth
_Inner Loops: A Sourcebook for High-Performance 32-bit Software Design_
(with CD-ROM)
ISBN 0-201-47960-5

Q) 9.5 What books are available on network programming?

[From: p00736@psilink.com (Frederick J. Ingham)]

In response to several queries, the following books are excellent resources
on network programming:

Roetzheim, William H., A C Programmers's Guide to the IBM Token Ring,
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991

Nance, Barry, Network Programming in C, QUE Corporation, Carmel, IN, 1990.
(covers Netware NCP, IPX/SPX, and NetBIOS)

Schwaderer, W. David, C Programmer's Guide to NetBIOS, IPX, and SPX, SAMS
Publishing, Carmel, IN, 1992.

Davis, Ralph, Windows Network Programming 'How to survive in a World of
Windows, DOS, and Networks', Addison Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1993.
(covers NetBIOS, IPX/SPX, VINES Sockets, TCP/IP, Windows Sockets, Several NOS
APIs, Mailslots, Named Pipes, etc.)

Comer, Douglas E., Internetworking with TCP/IP, Client - Server Programming
and Applications, Vol III, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1993.

IBM, Local Area Network, Technical Reference, Document SC30-3383-03, IBM
Corporation, 1990.
(covers the IBM Token Ring Direct Interface, DLC, and NetBIOS programming)

IBM, Operating System/2, Local Area Network Server, Application Programmer's
Reference, Document S04G-1046-00, IBM Corporation, 1991.
(covers the IBM LAN Server API and Microsoft LAN Manager API)

Microsoft, LAN Manager Programmer's Reference, Microsoft Press, One Microsoft
Way, Redmond, Washington, 1990.
(covers the Microsoft LAN Manager API)

Microsoft, Intel, Microsoft Networks/OpenNET, File Sharing Protocol, v2.0,
1988.
Microsoft, Microsoft Networks, SMB File Sharing Protocol Extensions v2.0,
1988.
Microsoft, Microsoft Networks, SMB File Sharing Protocol Extensions v3.0,
1989.
(all of the above cover the Server Message Block protocol used by Microsoft
LAN Manager and IBM LAN Server. they are available via ftp from
ftp.microsoft.com)

Q) 9.6 Which companies have ftp sites?
[From: rfowler@access.digex.net (Ronald Fowler)]

Officially Supported FTP Sites

HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE FTP SERVERS

3Com ftp://ftp.3com.com/
Acorn Computers Ltd. ftp://ftp.acorn.co.uk/
Adaptec, Inc. ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/
Adobe Systems Incorporated ftp://ftp.adobe.com/
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) ftp://ftp.amd.com/
American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) ftp://american.megatrends.com/
Apple Computer, Inc. ftp://ftp.apple.com/
Asante Technologies, Inc. ftp://ftp.asante.com/
Asymetrix ftp://ftp.asymetrix.com/
ATI Technologies Inc. ftp://atitech.ca/
Autodesk, Inc. ftp://ftp.autodesk.com/
Berkeley Software Design ftp://ftp.bsdi.com/
Booklink Technologies, Inc. ftp://ftp.booklink.com/
Borland ftp://ftp.borland.com/
BusLogic, Inc. (coming soon!!!) ftp://buslogic.com/
Cabletron Systems ftp://134.141.197.25/
Calera Recognition Systems ftp://calera.com/
Cirrus Logic Corporation ftp://ftp.cirrus.com/
Claris Corporation ftp://ftp.claris.com/
Compaq Computer Corporation ftp://ftp.compaq.com/
Cray Research ftp://ftp.cray.com/
Creative Labs, Inc. ftp://ftp.creaf.com/
Crystal Lake Multimedia, Inc. ftp://ftp.teleport.com/vendors/crystal/
Dell Computer Corporation ftp://ftp.dell.com/
Delrina Corporation ftp://ftp.delrina.com/
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. ftp://ftp.diamondmm.com/
Digital Equipment Corporation ftp://ftp.digital.com/
Farallon Computing, Inc. ftp://ftp.farallon.com/
Phoenix Technologies ftp://ftp.ptltd.com/
Fractal Design Corporation ftp://ftp.fractal.com/
FTP Software, Inc. ftp://ftp.ftp.com/
Global Village Communication, Inc. ftp://ftp.globalvillag.com/
Gupta Corporation ftp://wji.com/gupta/
Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/he/hercules
Hewlett-Packard Company ftp://ftp-boi.external.hp.com/
IBM Corporation ftp://ftp.pcco.ibm.com/ (PC Company)
ftp://software.watson.ibm.com(Software)
ftp://ftp.ibm.net/ (Internet)
ID Software, Inc. ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/
Insignia Solutions, Inc. ftp://ftp.insignia.com/
Intel Corporation ftp://ftp.intel.com/
Intergraph Corporation ftp://ftp.intergraph.com/
MathWorks, Inc. ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/
McAfee Associates, Inc. ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/
Microcom ftp://ftp.microcom.com/
Microsoft Corporation ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/
MIPS Technologies, Inc. ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/
National Center for Supercomputing Applications ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
NCR Microelectronics ftp://ftp.ncr.com/
NEC USA, Inc. ftp://ftp.nec.com/
NetManage, Inc. ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/
Netscape Communications Corporation ftp://ftp.mcom.com/
NeXT Computer, Inc. ftp://ftp.next.com/
Novell, Inc. ftp://ftp.novell.com/
Olivetti North America ftp://ftp.isc-br.com/
Panasonic Technologies, Inc. ftp://panasonic.com/
QMS, Inc. ftp://ftp.qms.com/
Quadralay Corporation ftp://ftp.quadralay.com/
Qualcomm Incorporated ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/
Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ftp://ftp.qdeck.com/
Samsung Semiconductor Corporation ftp://ftp.samsung.com/
SCO Open Systems Software ftp://ftp.sco.com/
Shiva Corporation ftp://shiva.com/
Siemens-Nixdorf Information Systems ftp://ftp.mch.sni.de/
Silicon Graphics, Inc. ftp://ftp.sgi.com/
SoftQuad, Inc. ftp://ftp.sq.com/
Sony ftp://sony.com/
SPRY, Inc. ftp://ftp.spry.com/
Spyglass, Inc. ftp://spyglass.com/
Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) ftp://ftp.smc.com/
STB Systems, Inc. ftp://stb.com/
Supra Corporation ftp://ftp.supra.com/
Symantec Corporation ftp://ftp.symantec.com/
Tadpole Technology, Inc. ftp://ftp.tadpole.com/
Taligent, Inc. ftp://ftp.taligent.com/
Telebit Corporation ftp://ftp.telebit.com/
Texas Instruments ftp://ti.com/
U.S. Robotics Corporation ftp://ftp.usr.com/
Western Digital Corporation ftp://ftp.wdc.com/
Wilson WindowWare, Inc. ftp://oneworld.wa.com/wwwftp/wilson/
Wyse Technology ftp://ftp.wyse.com/
Ziff-Davis Publishing ftp://ftp.zdbop.ziff.com/

Q) 9.7 Which companies have WWW sites?
[From: rfowler@access.digex.net (Ronald Fowler)]

Officially Supported World-Wide-Web Sites

HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE WORLD-WIDE-WEB SERVERS

Abstract Technologies, Inc. http://www.abstract.co.nz/
Adaptec, Inc. http://www.adaptec.com/
Adobe Systems Incorporated http://www.adobe.com/
Advanced RISC Machines, Inc. http://www.systemv.com/armltd/index.html
Amdahl Corporation http://www.amdahl.com/
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) http://www.amd.com/
Apex Software Corporation http://www.apexsc.com/
Apple Computer, Inc. http://www.apple.com/ (Apple Home page)
http://www.support.apple.com/ (support)
http://www.info.apple.com/ (support/info)
ATI Technologies, Inc. http://www.atitech.ca/
Berkeley Software Design, Inc. http://www.bsdi.com/
*Berkeley Systems, Inc. http://proper.com:70/1/mac/sponsors/BerkeleySystems/
Booklink Technologies, Inc. http://www.booklink.com/
Bristol Technology, Inc. http://www.bristol.com/
BTG Incorporated http://www.btg.com/
BusLogic, Inc. http://www.buslogic.com/
Claris Corporation http://www.claris.com/
Cisco Systems, Inc. http://www.cisco.com/
Columbia Data Products http://www.cdp.com/
Compaq Computer Corporation http://www.compaq.com/
Compton's NewMedia, Inc. http://www.comptons.com/
Cray Computer Corporation http://www.craycos.com/
Creative Labs, Inc. http://www.creaf.com/
Crystal Lake Multimedia, Inc. http://www.teleport.com:80/~crystal/
Cybernet Systems, Inc. http://www.cybernet.com/
Dell Computer Corporation http://www.dell.com/
Delrina Corporation http://www.delrina.com/
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. http://www.diamondmm.com/
DigiBoard (division of Digi International) http://www.digibd.com/
Digital Equipment Corporation http://www.digital.com/
http://www.dec.com/
Display Tech Multimedia, Inc. http://www.ccnet.com/~dtmi/
Farallon Computing, Inc. http://www.farallon.com/
Fractal Design Corporation http://www.fractal.com/
FTP Software, Inc. http://www.ftp.com/
*Gateway 2000 (User Group) http://www.mcs.com/~brooklyn/home.html
Global Village Communication, Inc. http://www.globalvillag.com/
Gupta Corporation (under construction) http://www.WJI.COM/mgupta/htmls/guphome.html
HaL Computer Systems http://www.hal.com/
*Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.dnai.com/~hercules/
Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.hp.com/ (info)
http://support.mayfield.hp.com/ (support)
IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com/ (main)
http://www.austin.ibm.com/ (RISC 6000)
http://www.pc.ibm.com/ (PC Company)
*ID Software, Inc. (coming soon!!) http://www.idsoftware.com/
Informix Software, Inc. http://www.informix.com/
Insignia Solutions, Inc. http://www.insignia.com/
Intel Corporation http://www.intel.com/
Intergraph Corporation http://www.intergraph.com/
Iona Technologies, Inc. http://www.iona.ie/
Lantronix http://www.lantronix.com/
MathSoft, Inc. http://www.mathsoft.com/
MathWorks, Inc. http://www.mathworks.com/
McAfee Associates, Inc. http://www.mcafee.com/
Media Vision, Inc. http://www.mediavis.com/
*Micron http://www.micron.com/
Microsoft Corporation http://www.microsoft.com/
MIPS Technologies, Inc. http://www.mips.com/
Motorola, Inc. http://www.mot.com/
Nanao USA Corporation (North America) http://eizo-nanao.com
Nanao USA Corporation (other places) http://www.eizo.co.jp/welcome/
NCR Microelectronics http://www.ncr.com/
NCSA http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
NEC USA, Inc. http://www.nec.com/
NetManage, Inc. http://www.netmanage.com/
Netscape Communications Corporation http://mosaic.mcom.com/
Network Computing Devices, Inc. http://www.ncd.com/
NeXT Computer, Inc. http://www.next.com/
Novell, Inc. http://www.novell.com/
http://www.netware.com/ (Netware info)
NVidia Corporation http://www.nvidia.com/
Olivetti North America http://www.isc-br.com/
Oracle Corporation http://www.oracle.com/
Phoenix Technologies (BIOS) http://www.ptltd.com/
Proteon, Inc. http://www.proteon.com/
QMS, Inc. http://www.qms.com/
Quadralay Corporation http://www.quadralay.com/
Qualcomm Incorporated http://www.qualcomm.com/
Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. http://www.qdeck.com/
Racal-Datacom, Inc. http://www.racal.com/
Radius, Inc. http://research.radius.com/
Responsive Software http://www.holonet.net/responsive/
Samsung Semiconductor Corporation http://www.samsung.com/
SCO Open Systems Software http://www.sco.com/
Shiva Corporation http://www.shiva.com/
Siemens-Nixdorf Information Systems http://www.sni.de/
Silicon Graphics, Inc. http://www.sgi.com/
SoftQuad, Inc. http://www.sq.com/
*Sony http://www.sony.com/
SPARC International, Inc. http://www.sparc.com/
SPRY, Inc. http://www.spry.com/
Spyglass, Inc. http://www.spyglass.com/
Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) http://www.smc.com/
Storm Software, Inc. http://www.stormsoft.com/storm/
Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://www.sun.com/
Sutton Designs http://www.suttondesigns.com/
Symantec Corporation http://www.symantec.com/
Synopsys, Inc. http://www.synopsys.com/
Taligent, Inc. http://www.taligent.com/
Tandem Computers, Inc. http://www.tandem.com/
Tatung Workstation R&D Group http://www.tatung.com/
Telebit Corporation http://www.telebit.com/
Thomas-Conrad Corporation http://www.compaq.com/
Tidalwave Technologies, Inc. http://www.tidalwave.com/
*Toshiba America http://www.global.net/toshiba.final.html/
Trusted Information Systems, Inc. http://www.tis.com/
UniPress Software Incorporated http://www.unipress.com/
Unisys Corporation http://www.unisys.com
*U.S. Robotics Corporation http://www.primenet.com/usr/
VNP Software http://www.vnp.com/
Wall Data Incorporated http://www.walldata.com/
Western Digital Corporation http://www.wdc.com/
Wilson WindowWare, Inc. http://oneworld.wa.com/wilson/pages/index.html
WordPerfect (Novell Applications Group) http://www.wordperfect.com/
*Wyse Technology http://www.wyse.com/wyse/
Xerox http://www.xerox.com/
*Xircom http://www.organic.com/Ads/Xircom/
Ziff-Davis Publishing http://www.ziff.com/
ZyXEL http://www.zyxel.com/

NOTES

- Berkeley Systems, Inc. - I do not know if this is supported by
Berkeley or not...if so, it's not very well kept.
- Gateway 2000 Users Group - this user group is officially supported
and recognized by Gateway 2000, as well as other companies like IBM.
- Hercules Computer Technology - the WWW and FTP sites above are
officially supported by Hercules; however, they will have their own
web/ftp server up and running in early February. They will be
"www.hercules.com" and "ftp.hercules.com."
- ID Software - this server is up, though I don't believe they've
actually written any documents yet.
- Micron - I was told by Micron that their server would be up in late

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