Andrew Drayer Kyle Cook Adam Imbert Plug and Play Andrew Drayer Kyle Cook Adam Imbert
Introduction First produced by Microsoft, Intel, and a consortium of other companies. Revealed to public in Microsoft’s Windows 95 OS. The goal of Plug and Play is to simplify the installation of hardware devices.
Components Devices System BIOS Operating System
Plug and Play BIOS IRQs DMAs I/O Memory Addresses
Operating Systems Configuration Manager Enumerators Device Drivers Resource Arbitrators
Plug and Pray “Legacy” ISA Devices System Resource Conflicts Solutions
Overview Plug and Play is an innovation that has become a standard in the modern computer industry