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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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      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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                                Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded.

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                                Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64.

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                                • halyihev@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                                  I'm this old.
                                  TRS-80 Model III

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                                  I'm punchcard Fortran old.

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                                    This old
                                    Casio PB-100

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                                      Like 30 something?

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                                        Um , b4 that there were serial mice on my tandy

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                                        I thought I was hot shit when I got a tape drive for my Tandy that worked about 60% of the time

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                                          Don't forget the serial input for gamepads and joysticks in the dedicated sound board for some reason

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                                          And because the PC only have 1 serial port, you disconnect the printer and use a parallel to serial adapter.

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