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  • B [email protected]

    That’s so cool! Did you work on those back in the 60s?

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    Nah, I'm not that old. My dad was in tech so I got to see a lot of neat old stuff growing up.

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      Could be worse, could be that one.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector

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        PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.

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        Cool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.

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          You got a mouse?

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            Bitch

            please.

            (Kidding, you’re not a bitch and this isn’t a contest. But if it was…)

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            • Y [email protected]

              if I remember correctly my first PC had the bigger DIN connector for the keyboard and a DSUB9 for the mouse. Guess I'm old 😉

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              Same. I remember needing converters for these newfangled PS/2 connectors. Then again, I am old enough that I remember why floppies were called floppies, and used tape for more than just backup. And hard drives being as big as a shoe box and with less storage than you now have as CPU caches.

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              • gratefullygodless@lemmy.worldG [email protected]

                Same here. I was so excited when we upgraded to a 128, and skipped the 64 entirely. That was some serious computing power.

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                Yeah I loved my c-128

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                • C [email protected]

                  PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.

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                  I didn't know the PS2 had a keyboard

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                    I didn't know the PS2 had a keyboard

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                    I know you're probably being facetious... but the PS/2 port is what's shown in the OP image.

                    that said the Playstation 2 had USB ports, you could just plug a regular keyboard into it

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                      You got a mouse?

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                      Is that what that icon is that isn't a teletype?

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                        I’m fine how are dog you?

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                          I’ll see your raise, and up it:

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                          This. this is my childhood. Digging through discount bins at blue light specials in Kmart for cartridges and copying BASIC line by line from a magazine and recording it on cassette tape so we could play Yahtzee on the TV.

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                            Look at you with your fancy ps/2 keyboard port. Where's my AT port and 9 pin serial mouse.

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                            Look at you with your fancy AT port.

                            Where's my altair with front panel register switches

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                              Box o’ “useless” cables gang represent

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                              • jomiran@lemmy.mlJ [email protected]

                                Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer

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                                I'm in this picture.

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                                • ripcord@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

                                  Look at you with your fancy AT port.

                                  Where's my altair with front panel register switches

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                                  Ok, I'm not that old either, but still

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                                    Um , b4 that there were serial mice on my tandy

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                                      I raise

                                      edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one

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                                      Check this out:

                                      This was why I got into programming.

                                      I still have the book:

                                      It’s so cool:

                                      Lemme know if you want to see more. I thought it’s awesome.

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                                        Same. I remember needing converters for these newfangled PS/2 connectors. Then again, I am old enough that I remember why floppies were called floppies, and used tape for more than just backup. And hard drives being as big as a shoe box and with less storage than you now have as CPU caches.

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                                        Was the tape to cover the write protect notch on the floppy?

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                                          Was the tape to cover the write protect notch on the floppy?

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                                          Nah, we got them fancy sliding tabs on those. I was talking about loading programs from tape LOL.

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