Vintage
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We had flat ribbon. We used that exact unit for the atari. You screwed them into the back.
The typical ol' "garage" b&w tended to have them too, last tv i owned with one was this century
Thanks, this helps me feel younger.
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do you mean a card as in a pc hardware ISA / PCI device, or like a paper overlay card with reminders for button actions?
ok I must be losing my mind then. I could have sworn it required something like this: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31qtoUfewyL.jpg I remember as a kid going to a babages and picking up a copy and a guy was like "does your computer have a keyboard card? otherwise it wont' work" and then I swore it was also stated on the box....but christ now I might have just been dreaming it.
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Are these not still in use?
I've not built a tower in a few years granted, but the last one I built had PS2 ports. Heck it even had VGA for the onboard graphics.
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I'm this old
The ol' RS232?
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still is
/i3gang
DEFINITELY optional
go go gadget commandline
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Not really? I mean it was a whole thing. OS/2, PS/2, I think maybe some PC/2? I can't remember. Anyway it was all branded together.
missed opportunity for the mainframes to be "system/2" and not "system/360"
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My brother in Christ, I also used this
And I'm 17
the computers at my first school still used ps/2 regularly when i went there and im 15.....
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i have a gaming pc built this decade that has both of those ports dude
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My first PC was a Timex Sinclair 1000 and I wrote a text-based choose your own adventure game in basic for it and saved the program on audio cassette.
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Shit. I know what this is. Goddammit.
Sorry bro
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The ol' RS232?
No, this is the rs232 connector (officially the DB9)
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Are these not still in use?
I've not built a tower in a few years granted, but the last one I built had PS2 ports. Heck it even had VGA for the onboard graphics.
They are. Lots of motherboards still include these.There are a lot of special PS/2 input devices that are still around in business/industrial settings and gamers sometimes need them for use with flight sticks, steering wheels, mechanical keyboards etc.
Usually it's a combo port now instead of a separate port for keyboard/mouse.
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i have a gaming pc built this decade that has both of those ports dude
People knew what I meant when I would verbally say PS/2 in conversation, then people started thinking they were USB because that's what was used in their PlayStation 2
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I actually wanted a PS2 port because it works with interrupts rather than polling but they aren't really included anymore.
I feel like they don't make boards for people like me who want small boards with a super niche port.
When a MoDT Mini-ITX board comes out with a PS2 port I will buy that instantly
Listen up, computer, I'm typing NOW. Not whenever you get around to polling the USB device. Sheesh.
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My first PC was a Timex Sinclair 1000 and I wrote a text-based choose your own adventure game in basic for it and saved the program on audio cassette.
wrote last edited by [email protected]my "first" pc was a pc xt dad had in the basement. actually no because i didnt own it (so technically my first was a 2008 netbook) but i did use it quite some times before mom gave me her old netbook so i still count it
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They are. Lots of motherboards still include these.There are a lot of special PS/2 input devices that are still around in business/industrial settings and gamers sometimes need them for use with flight sticks, steering wheels, mechanical keyboards etc.
Usually it's a combo port now instead of a separate port for keyboard/mouse.
ive only seen them as separate ports tho even in recent pcs
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Nothing civilized about no hot plugging. Had to restart the whole damn computer, if the cable was loose or out at startup.
Quote joke referencing Obi Wan Kenobi...
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Quote joke referencing Obi Wan Kenobi...
If you only knew the power of the hot plug!
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Good stuff, was imagining a 30 year old mouse with 30 year old crud! 🤮
Its 30 years old for sure, but its cleaned every other week or so!
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What kind of connector is this? I remember seeing them on 1970s audio equipment, maybe for mic in?
