Re: Apple II GS Question

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"Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us> wrote:
>On 19 Mar 1997, Mitchell Spector wrote:
>In response to my reply:
>>
>> >ADB was developed for the GS and later migrated to the Mac.
>>
>>     I thought the same several years ago, but apparently ADB (Apple
>> Desktop Bus protocol) was developed for the Macintosh, yet introduced
>> on the Apple IIgs first, in September 1986. It does get credit for
>> being the _first_ computer in the world to offer ADB ports, as the
>> Macintosh SE and Macintosh II did not arrive until March 1987 (10
>> years ago to this month, come to think of it).
>>
>> Mitchell Spector
>> spec@vax2.concordia.ca
>
>I do believe that Apple is trying to rewrite their history to be more
>Mac-centric.  According to Apple several years ago, it was developed
>by the IIGS team as some countries (Sweden being one) would no longer
>allow computer to be sold that didn't have a detached keyboard.
>
>When the Mac people were around the GS for checking out Quickdraw
>(which they were using to develop Color Quickdraw for the Mac II)
>they noticed the ADB stuff and inquired about it and used it.
>
>I seem to remember someone from Apple or related to Apple verifying
>this on america offline several years ago.
>
>Of course, I could be wrong.
>
>Greg B.

Greg, I think you are correct.  I read several articles on the
introduction of the GS and the GS team clearly state that they
developed ADB.  Now they're rewriting history...Mac people are
going around calling the GS a "proto-Mac" when in fact, the GS
came later and so had improvements.

This was also why I asked Mitchell about where he read that the
GS has a low pass cutoff filter on the Ensoniq.  In countless
debates with Amiga people (having used both computers), the Amiga
folks would rally around the fact that THEY had such a filter and
the GS did not and so supposedly have cleaned up sound.  Now it
seems that somewhere, someone is writing that the GS has such
a filter and that it is a disadvantage.

Still, all this postering does not change the fact that, unless
given conclusive proof (from around '84-'86, not present day)
that the GS team did not invent ADB, I'd rather believe the '86
statements than now.  Macs had their own firsts: first one to
actively push the SCSI and 3.5" disk drive standards (invented
by others, but made accepted standards by the Mac) and the first
successful GUI on a personal computer (Lisa was not successful).
Let the GS have the glory of its innovations, don't steal what
is rightfully its (ours).  :)

-Scott G.