Introduction

Here, you will find useful WEB links to device command specifications, trade associations, technical information, and more. If you have a WEB site that you think users of our products would benefit from, please contact us.

Microsoft Links

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/winddk.mspx
Information from Microsoft on how to write and debug device drivers (among other things).

Standards Committees / Trade Associations

http://www.t10.org
The T10 Technical Committee's home page. You can download command specifications for CD/DVD devices here.

http://www.t13.org
The T13 Technical Committee's home page. This committee is responsible for all interface standards relating to the AT Attachment (ATA) storage interface utilized as the disk drive interface on most personal and mobile computers.

http://www.scsita.org
The SCSI Trade Association (STA) home page.

http://www.1394ta.com
The 1394 (FireWire) Trade Association home page.

http://www.osta.org
Home page for OSTA, a trade association dedicated to promoting the use of writable optical technology for storing computer data and images. Here, you can find specifications for UDF, MultiPlay, MultiRead, and more.

http://www.iso.org
Home page for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

http://www.ecma-international.org
Home page for ECMA, an industry association dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems.

http://www.usb.org
The USB Implementer's Forum.

Miscellaneous WEB Sites

http://www.bswd.com/cornucop.htm
Berg Software Design's Storage Cornucopia. Links to just about every storage related WEB site out there.

http://www.nu2.nu/scsitool
Bart's SCSITOOL. SCSITOOL is a diagnostics and benchmarking tool for SCSI (storage) devices. Currently supported device types are: hard disk, tape, cd-rom, optical and removable.