<s>
Device	B-Device
Bay	I-Device
was	O
a	O
standard	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
Compaq	O
,	O
Intel	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
way	O
to	O
add	O
,	O
remove	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
hardware	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
Device	B-Device
Bay	I-Device
was	O
never	O
finalized	O
and	O
has	O
long	O
since	O
been	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Making	O
use	O
of	O
new	O
technologies	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
USB	B-Protocol
and	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
,	O
Device	B-Device
Bay	I-Device
was	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
adding	O
and	O
removing	O
devices	O
from	O
the	O
PC	O
easier	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
plug-n-play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
advantage	O
of	O
Device	B-Device
Bay	I-Device
was	O
that	O
it	O
allowed	O
certain	O
devices	O
to	O
be	O
swapped	O
between	O
a	O
desktop	O
and	O
laptop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
released	O
a	O
line	O
on	O
PCs	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
device	B-Device
bay	I-Device
to	O
expand	O
the	O
personal	O
storage	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
and	O
marketed	O
them	O
as	O
"	O
HP	O
Personal	O
Media	O
Drives	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
