I feel like a relic..
I used to have disc with kickstart that i needed to use so my computer would boot.
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.
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
(シ_ _)シ
I'm this old
DB9 is still used on for MIDI on electronic instruments, though some manufacturers are moving to doing it with a TRS 3.5mm plug since it only uses 3 pins.
I had a mouse that plugged into the serial port, but my first computer was a Commodore 64.
Shit. I know what this is. Goddammit.
Sorry bro
"do you know what ps/2 ports are?"
"holy cow, PlayStation 2? you must be AT LEAST 25!"
[dying inside intensifies]
What kind of connector is this? I remember seeing them on 1970s audio equipment, maybe for mic in?
It's an AT/ XT keyboard connector.
This reminds me when a mouse was an option not a requirement
still is
/i3gang
DEFINITELY optional
go go gadget commandline
My keyboard still uses a PS/2 port via adapter. 1986 Model M, still clicky.
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
An elegant port for a more civilized time
Hokey connections and ancient peripherals are no match for a good dongle at your side, kid.
Hokey ports and ancient peripherals are no match for a good dongle at your side, kid.
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...
If you only knew the power of the hot plug!
I know hot plug is a path to many abilities some considering to be unnatural!
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.
ive only seen them as separate ports tho even in recent pcs
I remember a time when they weren't colour coded...
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
Can you actually notice the latency?
Listen up, computer, I'm typing NOW. Not whenever you get around to polling the USB device. Sheesh.
You guys had keyboards? 
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.....
Bitch
please.
(Kidding, you’re not a bitch and this isn’t a contest. But if it was…)
I raise
edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one
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