The Best Computer Hardware websites
All Hardware websites (odp)...
Buses and Interfaces
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ATA-ATAPI.com
- http://www.ata-atapi.com/
Offers information about ATA and ATAPI devices. Also provides drivers and historical information. |
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Beyond Logic
- http://www.beyondlogic.org/
Includes detailed information on USP, serial ports (RS-232), parallel ports (SPP, ECP, EPP, IEEE1284) and device drivers. |
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Bus-net
- http://www.bus-net.com/index_busnet.htm
The online publication for designers and builders of bus/board-based systems. Including VMEbus, CompactPCI, PCI, ISA, PC/104, Mezzanine,.. |
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Computer Tips - RS232
- http://www.ctips.com/rs232.html
RS-232 was created for one purpose, to interface between data terminal equipment and data communications equipment employing serial binary data interchange. |
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Hardware Book, The
- http://www.hardwarebook.net/
Provides circuits, pinouts, cable and adapter descriptions plus other technical information. |
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High Performance Networking Forum - http://www.hnf.org/
Organized to promote the Gigabyte System Network (GSNTM: an HNF and High Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) networking and network attached storage standards. This industry-wide effort is committed to providing customers with open and interoperable GSN and HIPPI solutions. |
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IEEE 1394 Trade Association
- http://www.1394ta.org/
Founded to support the development of computer and consumer electronics systems that can be easily connected with each other via a single serial multimedia link. |
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Infared Data Association (IrDA)
- http://www.irda.org/
International organization that creates and promotes interoperable, low cost infrared data interconnection standards that support a walk-up, point-to-point user model. The standards support a broad range of appliances, computing and communications devices. |
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PCI Special Interest Group - http://www.pcisig.com/
Unincorporated association of members of the microcomputer industry set up to for the purpose of monitoring and enhancing the development of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) architecture. |
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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- http://www.pcmcia.org/
An international standards body and trade association with over 300 member companies that was founded in 1989 to establish standards for Integrated Circuit cards and to promote interchangeability among mobile computers where ruggedness, low power, and small size were critical. |
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SCSI Trade Association (STA)
- http://www.scsita.org
Small Computer System Interface, an official industry standard for 12 years. Continues to evolve in order to meet the demands of the most sophisticated systems and recognizes virtually every peripheral type and taking advantage of newer hardware and more intelligent controllers. The data path has been widened and tranfer speeds have been increased to keep pace with system requirements. |
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Technical Committee T10
- http://www.t10.org/
The technical committee of the National Committee on Information Technology Standards (NCITS). This is the place to find more information about I/O Interfaces, especially SCSI, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 including SPI-2 (Fast-40 or Ultra2 SCSI), Low Voltage Differential (LVD), SPI-3 (Ultra3 SCSI or Ultra160), SPI-4 (Ultra320), SPI-5 (Ultra640), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and much more. There are also pointers here to other web sites on Fibre Channel, ATA (IDE), and ATAPI. |
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Technical Committee T13 AT Attachment
- http://www.t13.org/
Responsible for all interface standards relating to the popular AT Attachment (ATA) storage interface utilized as the disk drive interface on most personal and mobile computers today. |
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) - http://www.usb.org/
Information related USB and the USB standard. |
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Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
- http://www.vesa.org/
VESA was established in 1989 to set and support industry-wide interface standards designed for the PC, workstation, and other computing environments. |
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VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA)
- http://www.vita.com/
VMEbus information, membership roster, training, and market information. New products directory including a VMEbus virtual trade show, Journal Magazine and standards organization and links. |
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WWW Virtual Library for SCSI
- http://www.scsilibrary.com/
Information on SCSI bus interface, standards, manufacturers and distributors, technical information, books and test equipment, a part of the Virtual Libraries system. |
Education, Dictionaries and Support
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CompInfo-Center.com - http://www.compinfo-center.com/cmanuf.htm
A comprehensive directory of computer hardware, software, and telecommunications manufacturers which also includes product support, news pages, jobs pages, investment pages, products, and addresses. |
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Computing.Net
- http://www.computing.net
Centralizing technical support for all operating systems and all computer types in one location. |
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ExtremeTech.com - http://www.extremetech.com
Deep technology content. Tutorials, discussion and analysis of core and emerging computing technology. From Ziff Davis Media. |
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Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing (FOLDOC)
- http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. |
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Indiana University - Knowledge Base
- http://kb.iu.edu/
A comprehensive database of thousands of articles on computer tutorials. |
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PC Mechanic
- http://www.pcmech.com/
The Internet guide to do-it-yourself computing. |
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PC Pitstop
- http://www.pcpitstop.com
Free online PC tests and help to fix Windows crashes, security and improve PC performance. |
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PC Technology Guide
- http://www.pctechguide.com/
Aimed at the hobbyist or interested novice, The PC Technology Guide covers the various technologies underlying the PCs major internal components and peripherals. It includes many explanatory graphics and an integrated glossary. |
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Tech Tutorials
- http://www.techtutorials.net/
Free computer tutorials, whitepapers and certification resources for the Windows family, Macintosh, Unix and others. |
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TechEncyclopedia
- http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
More than 14,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts online. |
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WhatIs.com
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/
WhatIs.com is a knowledge exploration tool about information technology, especially about the Internet and computers. It contains over 3,000 individual encyclopedic definition/topics and a number of "Fast Reference" pages. The topics contain about 12,000 hyperlinked cross-references between definition-topics and to other sites for further information. |
Hardware Reviews
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Ace's Hardware
- http://www.aceshardware.com/
Previews of the newest processors of AMD, Intel, Cyrix, IDTof the newest hardware, tips to optimize your PC, insight in the computer industry. Buyers guide for CPUs and videocards, new overclocking tips. |
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Anandtech Hardware Reviews
- http://www.anandtech.com/
Independent hands-on reviews of computer hardware such as motherboards, graphic cards, CPUs, etc. |
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CNET Computers.com
- http://www.cnet.com/
Technology product reviews, price comparisons, tech video, and more |
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ComputingReview.com
- http://www.computingreview.com/
Computers, cell phones, MP3 Player, printers, scanners and other peripherals reviewed and rated by unbiased users. |
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IT Reviews
- http://www.itreviews.co.uk/
A UK web site for independent reviews by professional journalists. Reviews for hardware, software, games, and I.T.-related books. |
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PC World Online
- http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/top100/index/0,00.asp
Printer page links to reviews of the top Hardware and Software. |
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ReviewBooth - http://www.reviewbooth.com
Organized, searchable collection of thousands of links to published computer hardware and software product reviews. |
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ReviewFinder - http://www.reviewfinder.com/
Resource for finding reviews of computer hardware, software, games and other non-computer reviews on the internet. |
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Storage Review
- http://www.storagereview.com
Comprehensive benchmarks and reviews on ATA and SCSI Hard Drives, CD-ROMs, and removable storage devices along with storage-related news, links, forums, surveys, and comparisons. |
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SysOpt.com - http://www.sysopt.com/
Hardware reviews and user-submitted reviews for motherboards, processors, graphics cards, sound cards, monitors. |
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Tom's Hardware Guide
- http://www.tomshardware.com/
Tom's Hardware Guide delivers hard-hitting articles and reports to tech-savvy IT professionals, technology innovators and early adopters looking to buy PC hardware products and services. All kinds of technical product reviews including motherboards, CPUs, memory chips and video cards. |
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ZDNet UK Reviews
- http://www1.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/
Desktop PCs, notebooks, handhelds, printers, monitors and peripherals. |
Notebooks and Laptops
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CNET Computers.com
- http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1026.html
Notebook and laptop computer reviews. |
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DELL Notebook Specials
Deals on Dell Inspiron notebooks & Notebook Buying Guide. |
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Notebook Review
- http://www.notebookreview.com/
Information for notebook and laptop users: News, reviews, tips, downloads, and newsletter. |
Hardware Companies
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Acer Worldwide - http://global.acer.com/ Alienware - High-Performance Gaming PCs Apple Computer, Inc. - http://www.apple.com/ Compaq - http://www.compaq.com CTX - http://www.ctxintl.com Dell Computers - Business Systems - http://www.dell.com/business Dell Computers - Home Systems EMC Corporation - http://www.emc.com Epson - http://www.epson.com Fujitsu PC Corporation Gateway - http://www.gateway.com Hewlett-Packard (HP) - http://www.hp.com/ Hitachi - http://www.hitachi.com IBM - http://www.ibm.com/ Intel - http://www.intel.com Iomega Lenovo.com - ThinkCentre PC's & ThinkPad notebooks - http://www.lenovo.com/ Maxtor Corporation - http://www.maxtor.com/ NEC - http://www.nec.com Quantum - http://www.quantum.com Seagate Technologies - http://www.seagate.com Sony - The official SONY store StorageTek - http://www.stortek.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - http://www.sun.com Texas Instruments - http://www.ti.com Unisys - http://www.unisys.com/ Western Digital - http://www.westerndigital.com/ |