Apple IIe PDS Card for the Macintosh
The Apple II had been enormously successful in education since its introduction. Even after the Macintosh arrived, many schools continued to use their Apple II computers—not because the hardware was better than the Macintosh, but because they had built up vast collections of educational Apple II software and courseware.
In 1991, Apple tried to change this with the Apple IIe PDS Card for the Macintosh LC. The card added Apple IIe compatibility to the Macintosh LC, allowing it to run thousands of existing Apple II programs. A special Y-cable could even be used to connect both an Apple II 5¼-inch disk drive and an Apple II joystick.
Schools could therefore make the transition to the Macintosh without having to abandon their entire software collection at once. Today, that bridge between two generations can be seen in action in the Grey Period, where the card is running inside a Macintosh LC.
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