hwcfpcf1 - PC98 Specs

The Microsoft and Intel Draft PC Design guide for 1998 is produced for PC manufacturers to gain Intel and Microsoft certification.

PC 98 specification

Start Date	July 1998
CPU	Pentium 200 MMX or faster
RAM	Min 32 MB
Cache	Level 2 with 256Kb minimum (or equivalent performance)
DVD	DVD-ready
Connectors	Universal serial bus (USB) support No support for ISA.

PC98 Office specification

Configuration/Power	Advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) support
Remote server boot	Bios and hardware support fot "On now" (the ability of a server to remotely boot a PC, and say, install new software after its user has logged off)
Networking	A network adaptor with NDIS 5 driver
Bus mastering	Bus mastering IDE technology (logic circuitry on the motherboard to reduce the CPU's work of retrieving and storing data on your hard disk drive, potentially freeing up the CPU to do other tasks in a multitasking operating system (such as Win 96 or NT).

PC98 Consumer specification

3D software	Driver support for 3D software acceleration
Digital-TV/audio	Digital TV and digital audio ready capability, including line doubling on TV out and strong graphics subsystem capabilities
CD-ROM	Minimum 6 speed
Recommended features	Remote control USB gamepad TV output TV tuner card IEEE 1394 ('firewire'); a complement to USB for connecting to consumer appliances such as video cameras Internal 33.3kbps or faster modem DVD-Rom and DVD-Video capability.

PC98 Notebook specification

CPU	Min: Pentium-120, 16MB RAM Full: P-166MMX, 24MB RAM and 124K L2 cache
Power	Support for smart battery system (sbs) or an ACPI-specified battery (has on-board chips to accurately measure remaining capacity)
Features	Required: Infrared Duplex audio (supports voice/data comms) Recommended: Bus mastering DVD Mpeg-2 USB and CardBus

PC98 Workstation specification

CPU	Pentium Pro or Pentium II (if more than one processor each must have its own L2 cache
RAM	Minimum 64MB
Display	Min 4MB to support write combining under Win NT.
3D acceleration	Support for 3D hardware acceleration or Open GL acceleration.

Personal Computer 98 Specifications.