PowerPC Platform

architecture, standard (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference

Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform)

An open system standard, designed by IBM, intended to ensure

compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different

companies. The PReP standard specifies the PCI bus, but

will also support ISA, MicroChannel and PCMCIA.

PReP-compliant systems will be able to run the Macintosh OS,

OS/2, WorkplaceOS, AIX, Solaris, Taligent and

Windows NT. IBM systems will (of course) be PReP-compliant.

Apple's first PowerPC Macintoshes will not be compliant,

but future ones may be.

IBM info.

.

[Current OS statuses?]

(1997-03-23)