Kyle Parish wrote: > Not to correct anyone or offend any Mac users, Myself being one. I > would say that Mac has disassociated it's self in the past, with the > PC world by making their hard-ware proprietary to their computers. > like the keyboard and mouse for example, which is how other computers > call themselves P.C.. I agree that a Mac is a P.C. but referring to a > computer that is in a small box, that fits on your desk as a P.C. is > much easier than referring to the specific computer model and it's > self. The Linux and Unix computers that fit in a small box are > considered PC's. It goes back to the time we used to call all other > computers IBM compatible.
Apple introduced the Mac 128K in 1984 with a mouse and keyboard, what industry standard mouse and keyboard would they have used then. There was IBM's keyboard but it was proprietary. Apple changed to the ADB in 1987, still no industry standard to use. IBM introduced the PS/2 keyboard and mouse at the time. It was still proprietary to IBM, not an industry standard certainly. If you think otherwise you never had to deal with IBM changing the protocol at their whim as I did. In 1998 Apple started using USB keyboards and mice which are industry standard. For along time after that Win/Tel machines may have had USB but most still had PS/2 ports and used PS/2 mice and keyboards. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
