9 May
2000
9 May
'00
1:43 p.m.
Chuck wrote:
But the trend in PC's has gone to fewer and fewer
"slots" and soon will
be no slots. I thought that the bus was dead until I realized that USB
has the same bandwidth as Q-bus and FireWire has much better bandwidth.
So presumably we'll see some interesting I/O devices that use these
busses in the future.
Yes, Apple's "virtual slot" idea that they used to justify the
"closed"
Macintosh is finally becoming practical, albeit about 16 years later than
they intended. Better late than never! :-)