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'''Apple Desktop Bus''' ('''ADB''') is a proprietary bit-serial peripheral bus connecting low-speed input devices to computers. Designed by Steve Wozniak and introduced on the [[Apple IIGS]] in September 1986, ADB was created to provide a simple, low-cost method for connecting keyboards, mice, and other input devices in a daisy-chain configuration without requiring hubs. The technology was quickly adopted for the Macintosh line beginning with the [[Macintosh SE]] and [[Macintosh II]] in March 1987, and remained Apple's standard peripheral interface until its replacement by [[USB]] in 1998-1999. | '''Apple Desktop Bus''' ('''ADB''') is a proprietary bit-serial peripheral bus connecting low-speed input devices to computers. Designed by Steve Wozniak and introduced on the [[Apple IIGS]] in September 1986, ADB was created to provide a simple, low-cost method for connecting keyboards, mice, and other input devices in a daisy-chain configuration without requiring hubs. The technology was quickly adopted for the Macintosh line beginning with the [[Macintosh SE]] and [[Macintosh II]] in March 1987, and remained Apple's standard peripheral interface until its replacement by [[USB]] in 1998-1999. | ||