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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.
Yeah, I have a bit of midi stuff with DB9 connections. It's a fine connector!
"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
I raise
edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one
Bitch
please.
(Kidding, you’re not a bitch and this isn’t a contest. But if it was…)
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.
In my day, the RJ-11 jack was for connecting the keyboard, not the phone line.
I remember those days.
You guys had keyboards?
I remember a time when they weren't colour coded...
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.
An elegant port for a more civilized time
Nothing civilized about no hot plugging. Had to restart the whole damn computer, if the cable was loose or out at startup.
Hokey connections and ancient peripherals are no match for a good dongle at your side, kid.
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)
Fairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.
I feel like a relic..
I used to have disc with kickstart that i needed to use so my computer would boot.
i have a gaming pc built this decade that has both of those ports dude
Look at you with your fancy ps/2 keyboard port. Where's my AT port and 9 pin serial mouse.
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.
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 ;)
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.