The only involvment I have found that works is supply and demand.
Businesses understand best the demand to purchase; Which effects their
bottom line.
I.B.M. must like the older technoligy for connection of hardwar, beause
annoucment this week for 300XL D machines ready for shipping in January,
will have two of each ports.
So the big boy I.B.M. is keeping us in busienss.
There must be some buyer demand that is cuaisng them to keep them around.
At 06:15 AM 11/24/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Of course this would be bad for blind users, wouldn't it? Shouldn't the
>NFB get involved.
>
>Stacy.
>
>At 06:36 AM 11/24/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >The word "legacy" technology is used to describe some of the older and
> >relatively obsolete features on personal computers. Most recently, the term
> >"legacy technology" has been attached to parallel ports, serial ports and
> >floppy disks.
> >
> >Computer hardware manufacturers, like Gateway and Dell, want to start
> >building computers without the legacy components. This will save money,
> >space (a smaller mother board can be constructed if there are no serial or
> >parallel ports) and make manufacturing easier. The final result should be
> >lower prices for consumers, better performance and higher profits for the
> >computer companies.
> >
> >The only "losers" will be people who have a lot invested in legacy
> >peripherals. I believe, however, that these people will be able to purchase
> >adapters which can be used in the newer systems. I'm not sure though as I
> >haven't done this research yet.
> >
> >USB is a relatively new replacement for serial and parallel ports. It is
> >very fast, easy to install and highly extensible. With USB, one virtually
> >never runs out of ports as additional "hubs" can be added and more and more
> >devices can be attached.
> >
> >Hope this helps,
> >cdh
> >
> >
> >
> >Chris Hofstader
> >Development Manager
> >Henter-Joyce, Inc.
> >(727) 803-8000
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
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