I tried to explain these ports to a salesperson at micro center, and they have me the dull cow stare.
To be honest, I think that was probably to appropriate response. Information about ps/2 is not really relevant to them or any customer that they are going to help
In my day, the RJ-11 jack was for connecting the keyboard, not the phone line.
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....
Way back, there were some rare keyboard / motherboard combinations where the motherboard couldn't detect there was a keyboard attached unless a key was pressed on it. That message was for those people with those combinations.
You pressed F1 and the computer would be like "my bad, there is a keyboard there, thanks for your help", or rather it would just shut up and boot.
The message could have been different but it had to fit in a small amount of BIOS ROM, so we got stuck with the one that covered all the bases the best, and unfortunately, most people who saw it didn't actually have a keyboard plugged in, thus, irony.
Look at you with your fancy ps/2 keyboard port. Where's my AT port and 9 pin serial mouse.
Fairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.
if I remember correctly my first PC had the bigger DIN connector for the keyboard and a DSUB9 for the mouse. Guess I'm old ;)
These aren't old. I had one in the early 2010s, it was handed down by a relative because my parents were poor.
I'm Gen Z
I'm fine., thanks.
Back in my day they weren't color coded.
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.
Oh I first learned to type by typing "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogs" over and over on a wireless keyboard.
Called a typewriter.
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