Re: Goodbye AppleDesktopBus

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Gabriel Morales (Togega@Yahoo.com) 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.

Says who? There is enough of an installed base of ADB equipped boxes that
will be no problem getting ADB devices. What is more, only the iMac has
USB and no ADB. Current G3s have ADB and I'd expect it to stick around on
boxes aimed at non idiot users. I think iMac looks like a piece of junk
and will be marketed to bozos. That's why no ADB, SCSI, yada yada.

: 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...

I don't think there's a reason at all to worry about being able to get ADB
devices in the future.
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