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    "how old are you?"

    "an old 486 with a 3.5 disk drive, turbo button, and pc lock"

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      I used a PS/2 keyboard until like 2 years ago. At some point over 10 years ago I decided that I'd only replace it when it died. But it wasn't very good at dying, and 2years ago I finally had enough of the cheap rubbery switches and the fact that I couldn't press enough keys at the same time

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        I always see those videos where people give kids a walkman or a rotary phone and ask them to figure out what it is or how it works. I'm imagining some medieval merchant handing me an abacus and laughing because I can't figure it out.

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        It's little endian, so the beads on the far right are used to outnumber the big endian beads at the top on the woke left. After several computations, the middle section is just gone

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          I'm still using that mouse, with a 9-pin to ps2 and a ps2 to usb

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          there must be some noticeable latency on that

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            IIRC, that's electrically compatible with the smaller, more fragile PS/2 connector. The adapters are just wiring it down to the smaller connector (and maybe some impedance matching resistors?).

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            I did have a converter from this to a ps/2 connection when I got a newer computer.

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              Yes, this is where my PC master gaming started.

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              • jomiran@lemmy.mlJ [email protected]

                Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer

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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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                  This belongs on a sound card for some reason!! 😄

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                  Joystick and MIDI interface port

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                    Yyyyyup.

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                    • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zoneC [email protected]

                      "how old are you?"

                      "an old 486 with a 3.5 disk drive, turbo button, and pc lock"

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                      Mmmm - turbo button. Classic.

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                        The time of the classic "Keyboard missing. Press F1 to continue."

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                        You know that thing that you don't have? You should press buttons on it.

                        Fuck you computer....

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                          Ooh, I had a serial mouse (9 pin) from Microsoft of all companies, in the 90's.

                          Damn good mouse.

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                          Microsoft used to make good peripherals

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                            ADB was superior.

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                              (Apple IIe)

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                                BTW, Commodore got bought out.

                                They are releasing C64 again.

                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fGP59mJ5M

                                https://www.commodore.net/

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                                I wonder if this will be like the VCS. I have one, and its awesome for the price if you like to tinker.

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                                  what the actual hell is that? a port connector for the borg?

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                                    Runs on AMD Artix 7 FPGA

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                                      I did have a converter from this to a ps/2 connection when I got a newer computer.

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                                      Should also work with a USB to PS/2 so you can use it on a modern machine if you want. Some modern keyboards are still backward compatible as well. I have a USB keyboard I can use on my old Din machines using two adapters.

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                                        Runs on AMD Artix 7 FPGA

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                                        Maybe I'm an idiot, but I ordered one when they announced it. I have 2 perfectly good C64s already but the CRT whine drives my dog and kid nuts, so looking forward to HDMI!

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                                          And the newer ones then "removed" the color coding by doing one half of the circle in green, the other half in purple...

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                                          Those are just a combined port. You can use it for one or the other or use a splitter for both. The dual port was very popular on 90s laptops.

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