> On 2019-01-08, at 22:21, Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > >>> ...and pray that it doesn't balkanize into the hell spawn marketing >>> nightmare that was the PS/2... >> >> I implored folks to not demonize engineers. I should also note, though, >> that engineers are not above scrutiny and critique. >> >> I choose to believe, though, that the PS/2, like the Plus/4, was >> designed before the engineering team got involved, and the engineers >> just lost the fight... > > That, or PS/2 just is second-system syndrome. There must be something wrong with me because I always felt that PS/2 was a PC done if not "right" then at least far better than the original PC. Adjusted for time period of course. Even mouse worked far better than the serial mice connected (in absence of a better choice) to modem port in other PC machines, not to mention that they attempted to deliver a relatively reasonable, multitasking OS along with it. Surely this was too good to succeed on the market or they went too far the opposite direction of the original PC policies... -- SD! - http://e4aws.silverdr.com/Received on 2019-01-09 11:00:03
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