Re: Goodbye AppleDesktopBus

[L Busey <liam1@ix.netcom.com>]

Gabriel Morales wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but since the iMac, Apple will no > longer be using ADB on future Macintoshes. What has this got to do > with anything Apple II? Well, this means that Mac Keyboards & mice and > other input devices will no longer be interchangeable with the IIGS. > Also ADB cables will, eventually, become harder to find.
> 
> Of course, it will be a few years until ADB and ADB devices will > become "obsolete", but just wanted to point out- The snowball has > begun to roll...

This is not a bad thing. There are a lot more ADB devices than Apple
IIgs hardware. If anything the absurd ADB prices will come down as
people dump ADB in favour of USB. We will not have to worry about the
snowball. It's rolling towards all those poor sods who have to replace
their current hardware with USB.

L Busey