Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!ames!think!husc6!m2c!wpi!macman From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Another type of interface card? Message-ID: <4513@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 5 Oct 89 00:50:49 GMT References: Reply-To: storkel@rudist.shell.com Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA Lines: 27 In article storkel@rudist.shell.com (S. Storkel) writes: >Maybe I'm being short-sighted here, but it seems incredibly stupid >for Apple to have four totally incompatible interface slots. Only >IBM would do something this stupid. It would seem to me that the >smart thing to do would be to make ONE type of interface slot that >would be the same across the entire Macintosh family. What happened? Well, i think the thing here is when you are dealing with computers, you want to allow for the best, or largest slots for expansion (ie height) So, if you restrict all of the Macs, or even just the SE/30 to such a small expansion slot, then you're limiting the expandability of the SE/30. It really isn't a big deal to have different slot types... granted, it would be nice, but you have to take each computer into account, and decide what is best for that particular machine. If a companie is distributing a quality product, they'll make versions for each computer, at little expense to the consumer. -- ============================================================================== (.) (.) | Chris Silverberg, WPI Box 719 | BBS Sysop: Main Street U.S.A u | USENET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu | 2400 baud - (508) 832-7725 \___/ | BITNET: macman@wpi.bitnet | Fido: 322/575 - Red Ryder Host