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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: WARNING: USR vs ADB
- References: <searsk-031192182938@3.7.192.225>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:02:03 GMT
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- searsk@med.ge.com (Kevin D. Sears) writes:
- >While my son was helping me setup a PowerBook for a business trip, he
- >unknownly plugged the power supply of a USR Courier V.32bis(model 0094)
- >modem into the Apple Desktop Bus which fried the PB. I know I should have
- >been watching him more closely so its my fault.
-
- >However, it seems to be a poor choice on USR's part to pick a connector for
- >power which has been a standard in the computer industry since 1987 for a
- >data bus. At InterOp, I brought this situation to USR's attention. I hope
- >they make better choices on their up and coming products.
- *----
- That's not a computer industry standard as far as I know. Isn't it
- just another oddball Apple convention? I don't believe Apple gets
- proprietary control over the use of any connectors they happen to
- utilize in their products.
-
- --
- Mike Berger
- Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
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