On Sep 13, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > > On 09/13/2016 12:15 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote: > >> There was SNAps: > > And it only took them until 1993!
Apple had a package available with SNA support in the late 1980s, along with the NuBus token ring card. I think there was also a DECnet package. And MacTCP was available early on, too. > While it happened, it goes to my point that non-Apple connectivity has > always gotten short shrift. This is pretty much a myth. It was actually not very long after Jobs’ ouster that Apple started to work on expandable Macs, integration with other systems, etc. -- Chris