Re: Apple II GS Question

["Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us>]

On 19 Mar 1997, Mitchell Spector wrote:

> In article pubpc1@library.ucla.edu writes...
> 
> >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.