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  • nocturne@slrpnk.netN [email protected]

    Fairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.

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    The venerable DIN connector!

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

      Damn good mouse.

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        Back in my day they weren't color coded.

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          Yeah well my first computer typed in cuneiform so get off my lawn you kids

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            Back in my day they weren't color coded.

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            That's because color hadn't been invented yet and therefore people could only see in black and white. That's why old shows don't have color.

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              Its on the side. You can kind of see it in your picture. I have a C64 within arms reach.

              Bonus points if you had a mouse to use with GEOS:

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                Oh yeah? I raise you stacks of perforated pages and tractor feed accordions

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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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                    The venerable DIN connector!

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                    That thing was a monster!

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                      Yeah well my first computer typed in cuneiform so get off my lawn you kids

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                      Typed! Back in my day we just got a wire that you had to lick in binary to tell the computer what to do.

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                        I remember the adapters that went from the larger version of this to smaller as well as using the serial port.

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                          I raise

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                          My age in fond memories:

                          Commodore PET/CBM 4032

                          Acorn Atom

                          I don't have long for this world...

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                            I remember when mice were a neat new peripheral for use with graphical interfaces instead of typing in a command line.

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                              I raise

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                              I’ll see your raise, and up it:

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                                I’ll see your raise, and up it:

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                                Represent!

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                                  That's because color hadn't been invented yet and therefore people could only see in black and white. That's why old shows don't have color.

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                                  Well they were pretty racist in spite of not seeing color

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                                    Many professional gamers still depend on them because they have lower latency than USB.

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                                    • hocenimveni@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                                      Back in my day they weren't color coded.

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                                      Back in my day days didn't exist /s

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                                        Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer

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                                          I didn't switch to a USB optical/laser mouse until 2014

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