Introduced in the early 1990s, the Micro Solutions Backpack was a device allowing users to attach a peripheral drive, namely hard drives, [1] CD-ROM drives, [2] and DVD±RW drives, [3] to their system. When the original model was released, USB ports did not yet exist, so the drive plugged into a system's printer port. [1] Backpacks could be daisy-chained and still allow for printer usage. [1] Some models also offered audio capability via expansion. Later models introduced faster connectivity to the host system by means of a proprietary PC Card, and later USB. MicroSolutions was located in DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
References
- ^ a b c "MSB HDD". Red Hill. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "MSB CD-ROM". minuszerodegrees. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "MSB DVD-RW". Bjorn 3D. October 27, 2003. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
 | This technology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |