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PLATFORM LIBRARY KIT

The Jump Start V.2.11 Platform Library Kit (PLK) for the Embedded Intel Architecture Family Development Kit (EIAFDK) is a complete board-support package that enables PC-compatible hardware to run the Windows CE operating system off-the-shelf without adaptation, driver development, or MS-DOS. The EIAFDK is an evaluation kit to support the recently announced Pentium II processor-low power module, Pentium processor, and Celeron processor modules, designed specifically for embedded applications.

Jump Start provides the basic adaptation to an embedded PC by using the existing BIOS and eliminates the need for DOS by providing a bootloader. It has basic PC drivers not included in Microsoft's Platform Builder and also includes a build tree for the Platform Builder where the driver DLLs have been placed in subdirectories. A developer only needs to copy the board- support package into the platform and public directories of the Platform Builder and create a shortcut to the board-specific image. Everything is in place to download and begin debugging the application.

Jump Start PLK V.2.11 has been modified to work with the newly released V.2.11 of Microsoft's Platform Builder and expanded to include many new drivers. Also included in Jump Start is CE Launcher, which enables Windows CE to boot on embedded PCs without the aid of MS-DOS, thereby reducing licensing costs and memory requirements. Annasoft Systems provides software and development services for modifying drivers to specific platforms and custom drivers as well as hardware adaptation and software integration services. The Jump Start PLK sells for $4995.

Annasoft Systems
(619) 674-6155
Fax: (619) 673-1432
www.annasoft.com

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