How does the HCL work?
When the HCL was launched, it contained compatibility for H/PC 1.0 and 2.0 devices only, and contained only 20 devices. The HCL was HPC:Factor’s first fully automated resource, and as well as celebrating its fourth birthday in 2005, has been upgraded to provide more detail on useful information. Today the HCL provides compatibility information on all H/PC device, 1.0 through to CE 4.2. The HCL is part of the HPC:Factor central database system, it makes use of resources taken from our manufactures list and dynamically creates hardware device lists or HCD’s. These HCD’s are then flagged in the database as being compatible, incompatible, having partial compatibility or unknown compatibility. This information is presented to the user when they view the HCL. When you submit information to the HCL, the new HCD record is sent to a central account which is monitored by the site owners. A decision is then made on the accuracy of the submission and on its inclusion.
