Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!uokmax!d.cs.okstate.edu!minich From: minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: The Future of Buses (and Futurebus) Message-ID: <1990Dec14.003959.16647@d.cs.okstate.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 00:39:59 GMT References: Organization: Oklahoma State University Lines: 13 > ... But NUbus has so far not > been incredibly popular, which is a real pity. Apple more or less killed > it by adopting it in a nonstandard version (strange form factor mostly). Hmm, I recall that Apple got this form factor included in the standard. I also recall that the other form factor is not very conducive to desktop machines unless you have a big desk top. Doesn't the NeXT use the larger form factor? -- |_ /| | Robert Minich | |\'o.O' | Oklahoma State University| "I'm a newcomer here, but does the |=(___)= | minich@d.cs.okstate.edu | net every lay any argument to rest?" | U | - Ackphtth | -- dan herrick