![]() On the Mac side, it meant the end of built-in SCSI, LocalTalk, and ADB ports, although the Blue & White Power Mac G3 did retain ADB. In the PC world, it eventually meant the end to parallel and serial ports. The best thing about USB was that it meant one type of port for connecting almost everything to your computer. The early iMacs had two USB 1.1 ports and shipped with a keyboard and mouse that matched the iMac’s Bondi blue – and later on matching the fruit flavors of the iMac Revisions C and D. Flash drives weren’t even a thing 20 years ago. External hard drives where relatively unknown on PCs, and Macs used SCSI with its bulky cables. Keyboards and mice used PS/2 ports on PCs and ADB on Macs. Printers and scanners used parallel ports on PCs and LocalTalk or SCSI on Macs. Problem was, nobody had any USB peripherals to plug into the iMac when Steve Jobs unveiled it in May 1998. ![]() And it forced the industry to recon with the new USB standard that had been stalled in the PC world. It included a built-in 100Base-T ethernet port and a 56k modem. It gave the world a fresh new colorful look at what an all-in-one computer could be with no floppy drive on the front. Apple did a wonderful thing when it introduced the all-in-one iMac in 1998.
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