On 25-Apr-06, at 8:08 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> As part of the work I'm doing to enhance EDID monitor  
> configuration, I'd
> like to provide a report on the monitor manufacturer.
>
> This is stored in the EDID as a "standard" 3 character (encoded  
> down to
> 2 bytes) "vendor id".   E.g. "CPQ" == "Compaq".
>
> This is the same scheme used for EISA and ISA-PNP, IIUC.  I even think
> the vendor codes are basically the same for all three cases.
>
> Should we try to get a single master database of PNP vendor IDs, or is
> it better to keep 3 (or more?) separate databases around?
>
> I'm not even sure where to find an "official" canonical list for these
> vendor ids.

Ask Microsoft, I'm afraid:

   http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/pnp/pnpid.mspx

Cheers,
Jared