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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.
"do you know what ps/2 ports are?"
"holy cow, PlayStation 2? you must be AT LEAST 25!"
[dying inside intensifies]
This reminds me when a mouse was an option not a requirement
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
I raise
edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one
Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer
Don't forget the serial input for gamepads and joysticks in the dedicated sound board for some reason
Except that wasn't a serial port, it was midi, and the reason it was on the sound card was because the input was analog.
Your joystick was just two fancy potentiometers, and your soundcard decoded the voltage on the middle legs into a position.
Soundcards handled joysticks because they had the fastest ADCs.
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.
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.
You guys had keyboards?
I remember a time when they weren't colour coded...
Fairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.
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)
I feel like a relic..
I used to have disc with kickstart that i needed to use so my computer would boot.
Look at you with your fancy ps/2 keyboard port. Where's my AT port and 9 pin serial mouse.
i have a gaming pc built this decade that has both of those ports dude
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 ;)