[pro
Ba
Bly came into prominence with the appearance of the KL-10 (one model of the
PDP-10), none of whose connectors matched anything else]. The tendency of manufacturers (or,
By extension, programmers or purveyors of anything) to come up with new products that don' t fit together with the old stuff, there
By making you
Buy either all new stuff or expensive interface devices. The KL-10 Mass
Bus connector was actually *patented*
By
DEC, which reputedly refused to licence the design and thus effectively locked third parties out of competition for the lucrative Mass
Bus peripherals market. This policy is a source of never-ending frustration for the diehards who maintain older PDP-10 or VAX systems. Their
CPUs work fine,
But they are stuck with dying, o
Bsolescent disk and tape drives with low capacity and high power requirements. A closely related phenomenon, with a slightly different intent, is the ha
Bit manufacturers have of inventing new screw heads so that only Designated Persons, possessing the magic screwdrivers, can remove covers and make repairs or install options. Older Apple
Macintoshes took this one step further, requiring not only a hex wrench
But a specialised case-cracking tool to open the
Box. In these latter days of open-systems computing this term has fallen somewhat into disuse, to
Be replaced
By the o
Bservation that "Standards are great! There are so *many* of them to choose from!" Compare
Backward comBataBility. [
Jargon File]
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