On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 12:14:48AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What is ADB? > > The bus used on Beiges, Wallstreets and earlier machines in order to > effect keyboard, pointing device" and other relatively slow speed > connectivity. > > It is proprietary to Apple. > > And, it is a true bus in the sense that there are addressable devices and > a protocol for managing these. Conceptually similar to USB. > > (Apple Desktop Bus, I believe).
Yes on all points. It was introduced in 1986 with the Apple IIGS (yes, an Apple II had ADB first, though the IIGS was the only model to include it). A few months later, the Mac II and SE became the first Macs to get ADB; it stuck around until 1999, so it had a fairly long life. _/_ Scott Alfter (address in header doesn't receive mail) / v \ send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ pkill -9 /bin/laden >What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
