DEC did well with the Q-22 bus on their PDP's, MicroVax I and II products. Motorola did well with the VME bus as well. Address collisions on the backplane were

DEC did well with the Q-22 bus on their PDP's, MicroVax I and II products. Motorola did well with the VME bus as well. Address collisions on the backplane were part of the process. But you're right. It's not cool anymore to ask grandma to set switches right out of the box.