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

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> > 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.
>
> Bill, that's not what they said. They were discussing the devices that
> ended up being put into those slots, not the technology of slots
themselves.
>
> Roy

No Roy,

I read it right. I talked about devices to go into slots too.
Most all expansion devices do some type of control and/or
communication. That all existed long before the Apple II.
Woz worked for HP, correct? What do you think they made?

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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