1. Andrew Drayer Kyle Cook Adam Imbert
Plug and Play
Andrew Drayer
Kyle Cook
Adam Imbert

2. 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.

3. Components
Devices
System BIOS
Operating System

4. Plug and Play BIOS
IRQs
DMAs
I/O
Memory Addresses

5. Operating Systems Configuration Manager Enumerators Device Drivers
Resource Arbitrators

6. Plug and Pray
“Legacy” ISA Devices
System Resource Conflicts
Solutions

7. Overview
Plug and Play is an innovation that has become a standard in the modern computer industry