Re: My first IIgs, what works and what wont ?

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <B5BF2091.A565%sheppy@sheppyware.net>,
Eric Shepherd  <sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:
}in article jsfm5.25391$rd1.5782085@typhoon-news1.southeast.rr.com, **** ****
}at ***@***.com wrote on 8/15/00 10:53 AM:
}
}> I vote for AngryBeaverDies, though it was close. AllBadData is pretty cool
}> too.
}
}The Apple Desktop Bus was a great idea, and a clear predecessor in concept
}to USB.  It was the first easy-to-use, daisy-chainable method for using the
}same port to connect a wide variety of devices to a computer.  ADB devices
}range from keyboards and mice to joysticks, drawing tablets, and even modems
}(there weren't many of those, but one or two).

I believe the PS/2 port from IBM works similarly.  The problems with
ADB were that the timing was finicky and Apple patented it.



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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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