I feel like a relic..
I used to have disc with kickstart that i needed to use so my computer would boot.
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.
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
"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.
And back then if we did have a mouse, it was square, and used a 9pin serial port
This reminds me when a mouse was an option not a requirement
My keyboard still uses a PS/2 port via adapter. 1986 Model M, still clicky.
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!
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
I remember a time when they weren't colour coded...
You guys had keyboards? 
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.
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.....
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.
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
lol PS/2 ports are the newer ones. There were larger AT ports and ADB ports in addition to the 25-pin(!) LPT port (printer mostly) and COM ports (random peripherals including early mice, pre ps/2)
In my day, the RJ-11 jack was for connecting the keyboard, not the phone line.
I remember those days.
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