gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin) (01/29/84)
The MAC has no internal space or slots for expansion. Instead, it has a "mac bus" connector which will allow external expansion.
sob%rice@sri-unix.UUCP (02/02/84)
From: Stan Barber <sob@rice>
I have heard that the "mac bus" is really for attachment to something
called the Apple Bus which is supposed to let any Apple connect to any
other Apple in a "network" fashion. This may be a misunderstanding on my
part. Maybe others know more.
Stan Barber
Department of Psychology
Rice University
Houston TX 77251
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SHahn@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (02/02/84)
From: Sam Hahn <SHahn@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> As I understand from Apple, the AppleBus (as yet an incomplete product) will enable Macintosh and Lisa type machines (on the order of 30 such) to be interconnected more or less in a BUS manner, and not in a true network (I quote here from the Apple representative at Stanford on Feb 1). Other devices, such as printers, may also be on the bus. No fancy CSMA/CD. Bus requires a bus master. Hardware is basically cabling; most of the product is software. -- sam hahn -------