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minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-223 days agoIt’s a picture of the ADB ports (for mouse and keyboard, but not only…) on a Mac IIci.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agoSo is this a more classic case of Apple’s usual tactic making their things needlessly different to move more product?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-223 days agoADB slightly predated (and is arguably technically superior to) the PS/2 mouse and keyboard interfaces, but Apple patented it and the only companies that licensed it were those making Mac peripherals. edit: i forgot, NeXT also used it.
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agono it’s a case of one set of ports being a decade or two older than the other
Explain this please.
It’s a picture of the ADB ports (for mouse and keyboard, but not only…) on a Mac IIci.
So is this a more classic case of Apple’s usual tactic making their things needlessly different to move more product?
ADB slightly predated (and is arguably technically superior to) the PS/2 mouse and keyboard interfaces, but Apple patented it and the only companies that licensed it were those making Mac peripherals.
edit: i forgot, NeXT also used it.
no it’s a case of one set of ports being a decade or two older than the other