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Or perhaps it's because the Macintosh in 1987 was an almost-entirely closed ecosystem with Apple dictating all the terms while the "PC" was an environment where
by CurtHagenlocher 12y ago
Or perhaps it's because the Macintosh in 1987 was an almost-entirely closed ecosystem with Apple dictating all the terms while the "PC" was an environment where dozens if not hundreds of vendors might have to agree on a specification that could make something like this work.
- yuhong 12y agoYea, in particular NuBus had auto configuration from the beginning while on the ISA bus fixed port addresses was common. I think IBM supported multiple XGAs on the MCA bus.
- mzs 12y agoYou could do it with two adapters which used different base addresses and ports. Maybe my father used an MGA or Hercules and EGA together.