Adherence to standards (was: 10base2 / 10baseT (again)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Nov 24 15:29:50 2000

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> Well, my experience seems to suggest that Apple _never_ followed accepted
> hardware standards, particularly with respect to connectors. Even their
> first serial card for the Apple ][ was wired as a DCE (and not a DTE
> which just about every other computer that I've come across is).
>
> I'm trying to think of any interface on the Mac that is in any sense
> 'standard'. And no, I can't think of one...

At least on the early U.S. models, the power cord seems to use the
"normal" connector and wiring.
Received on Fri Nov 24 2000 - 15:29:50 GMT