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From: jkg@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Jim Greenlee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: IBM PC standardization
Message-ID: <2902@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Sun, 18-Jan-87 13:46:35 EST
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.2902
Posted: Sun Jan 18 13:46:35 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Jan-87 05:11:53 EST
Reply-To: jkg@gitpyr.UUCP (Jim Greenlee)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Keywords: IEEE, standardization

I just got the February issue of "The Institute" (an IEEE publication) and 
it appears that there is move afoot to standardize the architecture of the
IBM PC and compatibles. Quoting from the article:

"In early December the IEEE Standards Board gave the go-ahead for two 
projects. One of them - P996 - is to define and publish a technical
specification for the 8- and 16-bit system buses used in IBM PCs and
PC ATs, and to define a 32-bit extension for the bus to accommodate a
new generation of more powerful microprocessors.

"The second group - P1134 - intends to develop a standard for the Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) for personal computers using Intel's 80286 and
80386 microprocessors."

Any IEEE member interested in participating in either of the working groups
should contact the appropriate group chairperson:

Gary Lyons (P996)
Nestar Systems Inc.
1345 Shorebird Way
Mountain View, CA 94043

or:

Carl Warren (P1134)
Cahners Publishing Co.
18818 Teller Ave., Suite 170
Irvine, CA 92715

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way, shape, or form with either of 
these groups, nor do I have anything to do with the design, development, or
marketing of any IBM PC, compatible, or peripheral. I am simply posting this
as a matter of general information, because I am interested in such things 
and thought others might be, too.

						Jim Greenlee
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