Vintage
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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?).
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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Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer
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!!
Joystick and MIDI interface port
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Yyyyyup.
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"how old are you?"
Mmmm - turbo button. Classic.
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The time of the classic "Keyboard missing. Press F1 to continue."
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.
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.
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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I did have a converter from this to a ps/2 connection when I got a newer computer.
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 FPGAMaybe 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...
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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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
Those things just keep on going. I also have one that was in working condition as of a couple of years ago, which was the last time I needed a spare. It probably still works. That PS/2 rubberdome survived a bath in hot chocolate and then being completely disassembled so that I could clean out the goop that had leaked in between the membranes, and went on to handle several more years of daily wear and tear before I splurged on a New Model M.
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Don't forget the serial input for gamepads and joysticks in the dedicated sound board for some reason
Early PC only had 5 card slots, and the only jack on the motherboard was the keyboard. One slot is going to be used by a video card, one’s probably being used by a hard drive controller, one’s probably used by a parallel + serial card. Soundcards also included controller ports to try to save a slot.
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what the actual hell is that? a port connector for the borg?
It's a connector for an IBM 7000 series mainframe.
