Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <IKqdndzIvIeCSnGjXTWJkQ@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> > Neither of those types of
>> > expansion devices existed at the time that the first Apple II came off
>the
>> > line, but the inclusion of slots in the design allowed them to be used
>when
>> > they were developed later.
>>
>> And was probably intsrumental in encouraging the development of such
>> devices.
>
>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but card edge expansion devices
>did exist before the Apple II, otherwise there would have been no
>card slots to buy to put in them. They existed, maybe not in a personal
>computer, but they did exist. I should know. I inserted many a new card
>into the control of an NC machine in the early '70's.

They did exist in earlier personal computers -- those with the S-100
design, for example.
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