3 Jan
2007
3 Jan
'07
2:47 p.m.
On 1/3/07, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
Chris M wrote:
Apple Desktop Bus. The first Macs (128k/512k/Plus?) had RJ-11-like
connectors for the keyboard and DE9s for the mouse. Later Macs (SE
and newer, up until USB) and probably the Apple IIGS had ADB
peripherals - the connector looks much like an S-Video connector -
mini-DIN with 4 pins and, IIRC, a plastic tab in the male connectors
to trip a switch (termination?) inside the female connectors when
plugged together.
There may have been other peripherals than keyboard and mouse, but
those were the common ones through the Mac ADB era.
-ethan
Right. So since Chuck has never had a compact Mac
to
play with, who's going to donate him one? I vote it
has to be pre-ADB, to get the full look and feel experience.
ADB?