Re: Goodbye AppleDesktopBus

["Mark Piazza" <piazza@servtech.com>]

Were there ever any other ADB devices, besides the keyboard and mouse?  ADB
was more then just a clever way to hook the mouse to the keyboard, wasn't
it? Was ADB like the USB of it's day, or was it invented so Steve Jobs
didn't need to tell people how to plug in a mouse with thumb screws?



Gabriel Morales wrote in message <35D1A01F.AF1D1009@Yahoo.com>...
>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...