This is not correct - Apple never "merged" with Macintosh - Apple II is the computer that made Apple tons of money - and very famous - it was the original one, kind of similar to what was developed in the garage of Woz or Jobs, I forget which. The Macintosh group within Apple was burning through tons of money trying to develop the Macintosh, which was the next big computer evolution from Apple - the Apple II people meanwhile, were building the machines that were actually selling at the time, and making the money that would finance the Macintosh group. However, the Macintosh group tended to look at themselves as being so much better than the "old Apple II" people - pirate flags were flown on some buildings. You may want to pick up some books for cheap on Apple history, such as Apple Confidential, the Cult of Apple, etc - these go for very cheap now on websites such as Alibris, Book Closeouts, or ebay - probably for a couple bucks apiece, and are fascinating reading.
Dennis in San Diego On Sep 22, 11:16 pm, "Kyle Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know also that Macintosh used to be a separate company because I > remember when the merger happened. I believe it was around 1980-82 > that Apple bought out Macintosh, and correct me if I'm wrong but > didn't Apple write Software, and Macintosh made hardware. It is still > the same today, that Apple writes the software and Macintosh builds to > hardware even though they are the samee company. > 3On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
