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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: ADB accessories...
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Date: 5 May 91 05:43:40 GMT
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In article <91123.234210JRE103@psuvm.psu.edu> JRE103@psuvm.psu.edu (James R. Evans Jr.) writes:
>   I was just curious about these ADB accessories that I always see advertised
>in the Mac magazines. They have stuff like scanners and the like which simply
>hook into the ADB. Why do they chose to use the ADB? Would these things work on
> the GS if there were drivers to support them? I am just curious why they use
>it instead of SCSI or something. I guess when you don't have slots, you have to
> be creative. ;-)

	Yes they can be used on the GS. Just like SCSI, ADB is ADB..
that is, any computer with an ADB bus (Macs & the GS) can use any ADB
devices. Drivers must be written  for some things, but trackballs work
already...

	Why use ADB instead of SCSI? Uhh, I would guess it's easier to 
design something to work with ADB than SCSI... I can't really explain it,
but it seems obvious why people's use ADB over SCSI.. heh...
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