On 10/01/2019 19:27, Mia Magnusson wrote: > For example the PS/2 model 25 and 30 were kind of just like the older > XT and AT (those with the /286 suffix) machines, but the connector and > mounting hardware for the floppy drives were different and their IDE > hard drive were of a standard that no-one else used. Everything became > a huge vendor lock-in. The industry adopted all the standards except MCA, instead we got EISA & VLB before PCI & AGP came along. People hated the PS/2 because it was change that they weren't ready for, but it got them ready for change in the future. Similar to the "stupid microsoft, what is this start menu for, I want program manager back" in 1995, which in 2012 turned into "stupid microsoft, they removed the start menu, I need it back now".Received on 2019-01-11 20:01:56
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