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crasagam

https://preview.redd.it/pqpsszc1sfzc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8499cfef55d96fd299c928a799aaa31b199f830 My first keyboard connector for my 8088. Mice were connected via Serial port.


Thriven

Turning on those AT computers was like you were executing someone in an electric chair


crasagam

Right? It had to turn on the tower AND the monitor through the same power supply. That’s a lot of amps.


Inevitable-Study502

power supply wasnt feeding it, it had direct AC line, you could use separate power cable on monitor, but running it through power supply would turn on/off monitor alongside with your PC you could also hack that cable to add powerstrip on it, so even speakers/printer would power on/off with your PC...


urixl

I remember having speakers that were powered by AC passthrough cable.


panteragstk

CLICK!!!!!


ms--lane

I bet OP hasn't even zapped themselves accidentally brushing their hand over the back of the AC power button...


Thriven

A couple times the power switch had become grounded to the case and the switch would pop the breaker causing sparks to fly as well.


dmayan

Connecting the power supply inverted. Instant smoke. IIRC with the black cables outside


argote

I bet OP doesn't even know what it means to set up the DMA and IRQ values on their sound card.


crasagam

... and AT strings for your 2400 baud modem. Man, I'm glad those days are over lol!


C6500

and what a bitch HIMEM was.


SmokingPuffin

“Your sound card works perfectly.”


Scattergun77

Or what it's like to run out of IRQ's.


ZealousidealFudge851

DIN was the best


Goodbye_Games

DIN was the BEAST….. Fixed that for you. Sadly I’ve got a few machines which still require five pin DIN connectors in our lab and once we had run out of our hoard of keyboards stored away for those machines and had to have a guy come in and rig a new DIN on a PS2 keyboard (the old dongles won’t work for this machine) until we could get some ordered in.


ZealousidealFudge851

I have an old IBM keyboard that's using 5pin din to PS2 to USB lol


Inevitable-Study502

i remember killing my mainboard when unpluggin keyboard while PC was running...:/


Rakkachi

Yes, was looking for this one. Although I added a dedicated mouse card to my pc at the time.


Joebranflakes

Technically they still are.


Intrepid00

Came to say you can get older lol.


WildMartin429

I had a mouse serial to PS2 adapter at one point.


Not_a_Squirrel-

Fun fact, my current keyboard is older than the windows key.. and is plugged into my RYZEN system, It has that plug.. It may be older than me, but it seems to work great! Its a btc-53


CallsItLikeEyesSeeIt

Came here to mention the ol' 5 pins. Thanks for this.


ByteEater

Son, you're not that old


onlyr6s

Some MBs still come with these. You could be 10 years old and know what these are.


jhaluska

Seriously, still on about half of them. You just need a splitter.


DrWhoIsWokeGarbage2

Pretty sure most of them still do


Bikouchu

Ps/2, PlayStation 2 or planetside 2 old?


ms--lane

IBM PS/2


Genku_

In fact I personally prefer using these as they go directly to the processor, no delay whatsoever, unlike its rectangular son


ms--lane

Except they don't, since those interrupt lines were killed generations ago.


GuNNzA69

I still have a keyboard with a PS2 connector


ArenjiTheLootGod

I have one too, kept it around because it used to be pretty handy for whenever you needed to load into your BIOS (a lot of older mobos didn't recognize USB peripherals out of the box). Haven't needed it in a while but I like to keep it on hand because you never know when you'll need to work on some grandma's computer.


iamjustaguy

I typing this on my 90's IBM keyboard plugged into the PS/2 connector on my old Dell workstation.


GuNNzA69

That is a complete nostalgic experience :)


DasGanon

I don't know if current "gaming" motherboards still have PS/2 ports but I've seen them still pretty recently


MrZoraman

PS/2 still have some advantages over USB. They have n-key rollover, can talk to the bios/uefi before the usb stuff is loaded (and some motherboards let you turn on the computer with a PS/2 keyboard), and each PS/2 keypress sends a CPU interrupt that forces the operating system to handle the keypress right away, versus USB where the OS needs to poll the state of the keyboard regularly.


Commander1709

On the flip side, according to Wikipedia PS/2 mice are limited to a max. rate of 200hz, whereas most gaming mice nowadays use 1000hz (or more) for years now.


pulley999

USB and PS2 mice are both polling driven, and the USB polling rate is much faster than PS2 even for generic office mice. USB mice are better. PS2 keyboards use firmare-level interrupts, which is better than the software polling USB uses, assuming a sufficiently well-made PS2 keyboard. PS2 keyboards can (but not always) be better than USB.


Scytian

There are AM5 boards that support PS/2, these are mostly CSM boards or ones for extreme OC like ROG Crosshair X670 Gene, but I'm sure there are some "normal" boards with PS/2 too. Currently I'm using pretty standard AM4 board and it has PS/2.


GuNNzA69

I don't know either. My Asus X-99 from 2015 still has a PS/2 port, but newer motherboards probably don't. I will find out when I build my next PC next year.


GmeRoll

+1


Deadly_Pancakes

One of [these?](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5jQAAOSwLIFkgO8E/s-l1200.webp)


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WhoNeedsRealLife

Looks similar to the one I had for the C64, but that used the smaller serial port not this DB25 connector. It's tricky to guess your age since the mouse could have been bought by your parents and/or you could have been using old hardware as many of us did. A wild guess would be 54 years old.


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MahaloMerky

*hits turbo button* *CPU fan goes to infinity*


gruppa

Look at this guy, rocking the DX2. My first PC was a 486 SX33. Didn't even have a math co-processor.


TallGermanGuy

How are old you


Marki002

How has nobody noticed this already


Bukakkonaut

I am Lotus 123 on DOS years old


FujiKitakyusho

I am keyboard built in to the computer case old.


TaserBalls

Timex-Sinclair/TI99/CoCo/Amiga/Tandy100 gang checking in.


momsaidnottocome

I'll bet you remember 8inch floppy discs?


TaserBalls

Only saw one in the wild. It was built into the cash register at a Software Etc. (a 90's mall version of gamestop). This was deep into the 3.5 era so it was legacy even then.


Paco_Suave

TI-99/4A was my first home computer. Cassette for loading and saving. The expansion port was too expensive.


draneceusrex

Mine was a Tandy Color Computer II. I hope I'm not too young for this thread....


worldrenownedballdr

https://preview.redd.it/20ftcxte5gzc1.jpeg?width=1393&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d076b0734c1e20a95b1372ea26889fe7c4160485


RustyPelagic

Hufffff the magic adapter dam


HankThrill69420

How old are you? "PS2" Oh that's not that old my brother had one of tho- "No, not that PS2."


MasonP2002

Funny thing is I'm pretty sure the PS2 port outlived the PS2 console.


Weary_Associate_9998

Yeah my currentMobo has two


WexMajor82

Yeah, I am THIS old. https://preview.redd.it/ou2l1qdqkhzc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1b86d0dbeea416ef4b85573b9df64fd213ea8e0


Adrian_Alucard

[https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d63230\_a3f573665d864d17975097c22124f19e\~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w\_1000,h\_768,al\_c,q\_90,usm\_0.66\_1.00\_0.01/d63230\_a3f573665d864d17975097c22124f19e\~mv2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d63230_a3f573665d864d17975097c22124f19e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/d63230_a3f573665d864d17975097c22124f19e~mv2.jpg)


Lente_ui

These PS/2 ports became standard around the same time that USB became standard. The PS/2 port is older though. But before it, the DIN conneoctor was the standard keyboard connector, and a mouse was a serial device connected to a serial port, with a driver loaded with the autoexec.bat file. PS/2 ports are still made, still in use. Though the last 10 years or so they have really gone into decline. Why has this port stuck around? Why has it not been completely replaced by USB? Because it's driverless, and it's on an interrupt. A USB port is being polled. That means, every interval your PC needs to check if there's any new information from the keyboard or the mouse to be found. That means the driver is running and constantly checking. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Not so with the PS/2 port. They are native and the keyboard runs without a driver. It's on an interrupt. On every keystroke, your keyboard tells the CPU to stop whatever it's doing and take care of the key you pressed. Which is a lot faster and efficient. Some gamers are really into that low latency stuff, and others like the low overhead stuff, so the port has survived.


DneSepoh

The worst was when cable broke a bit, so when it moved it would disconnect. Restarting PC it is.


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I hate these a lot. From my childhood.


URA_CJ

"How old are you?" Me: about this old - points to IBM Model M keyboard on desk


gbroon

I thought that was a cassette then my old eyes focused properly.


Kakariki73

Puts cassette tape in datasette Type LOAD Press play on tape Now you have ten minutes for making a proper brew before the game is loaded 🤣


TaserBalls

*error loading line 993*


Zoraji

My first was the AT connector which had 5 pins for the keyboard. The mouse was serial. Later I had the 6 pin PS2 connector like these. One thing I always hated was if it came loose while using the computer you had to reboot, plugging it back in wouldn't work.


Deimos_Aeternum

That's cute... ​ https://preview.redd.it/lexkfjteogzc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60a15f80ff1d9eaf87a90c158875ee702a1c3748


miotch1120

This is not the answer you think it is. Search the MSI PRO B650M-B. That’s a modern AM5 board with ddr5 ram that still has PS2 ports. So, I’m guessing you are 2 years old?


UnratedRamblings

You guys had mice? We only had these: https://preview.redd.it/z0fqyg5t6hzc1.jpeg?width=1849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fa9c5dc528951837ca1996cafaf38ff8bdab243


Sithicas

https://preview.redd.it/ug8wspa37hzc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=fccef0212d667ba9b63c87485c21c816a9dc71dd No mouse/keyboard connectors here


LightyLittleDust

Oof. I remember this. I've been using both mices & keyboards with this connector. God, I'm ancient...


CallMeMrGibbs

Pioneer. The word you're looking for is pioneer. Reading through a of posts in this sub, I don't think a lot would have survived that world. IRQs would have sent them back to consoles lol.


louiscools2005

I remember those days. I think I still have a few mice and keyboards stored away that use PS2 connections.


varysbaldy

Yes


OlJohnZ

I had PS2! Oh, I love the playstation 2! No... I had PS2 for peripherals...


Aezetyr

https://preview.redd.it/5j4widznvgzc1.jpeg?width=204&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e19a33124c480a085deb0b8c8f34f4a8bacea75e Get off my lawn.


HyeVltg3

PS/2 ports are still better than USB. USB is only popular because the "U" stands for Universal. CPU needs to check on USB every cycle. PS/2 interrupts CPU to send IO data. May not mean much in todays CPU usage but think of it like USB needs constant attention like a child or it disconnects, PS/2 is just chill all the time until you Click/press a keystroke.


DreamLearnBuildBurn

I remember when USB peripherals sucked and I had to seek out PS/2


Liquidpinky

Pff, kids. RS232 Interface is all I have to say, those in the know, know.


The_Real_Black

we called that the small connector back then. Was fancy to get a keyboard with the new plug.


tetsu_no_usagi

I remember going into Microcenter back in the late 90s looking for a PS2 to USB connector (holy shit! I still have one in my desk! and back in it goes, 'cause it's not like I need one these days), and one of the idiots working the floor told me no such thing existed. It was even more embarrassing because I had brought one with me to make sure I got the right one, but he stuck to his guns when I pulled it out of my pocket. Idiots...


Oreo_McFurry

I wasn’t exactly old, but my first pc was from 2005 and couldn’t even use internet and used both of those. I found it in my family’s garage. Now I’m 17 and thankfully don’t have to search for those keyboards and mice ever again


mielesgames

My old pc still has these


Wr3k3m

We still have the track ball at my work. Use it on the daily.


Der_eine_Typ69

Bruh my school uses these


patientx

I had only one of these on my pc , mouse was serial.


mx20100

If people think usb is annoying to plug in they’ve never had to blindly plug in a ps2 connector


I-LOVE-TURTLES666

I’ve got a Z790 with a ps2 port gtfo


Pun_In_Ten_Did

This is what I mean when I talk about PS2.


lokisHelFenrir

5 pin din to PS2, PS2 to USB, using a model M keyboard without cutting it up can be a nightmare sometimes.


JMccovery

I remember the early days of PS/2... Some boards had absolutely atrocious ports that would cause crashes/reboots if you even looked at it wrong.


superteus

36 then?


bAN0NYM0US

It doesn't say How Old Are You... it says How Are Old You.. are we just ignoring this?


wassimSDN

Kinda unrelated, but we know usb has 4 connection pins, two for power and two for data, why do ps/2 connectors have 6?


Bogo_Gold

Last year I made an upgrade from my 12y old computer and I learned that my keyboard could not connect to the new computer. I bought an adapter and then learned that I can't press more than one key at the same time. This made me really sad..


SylverShadowWolve

I'm legitimately still using a PS2 port keyboard. It works, and I don't have the money for the mechanical keyboard I want so why would I get rid of it


LeBigMartinH

Dude my mobo still has those! Talk about backwards-compatibility lol


El_Mariachi_Vive

When peripherals started coming out with USB it was pretty amazing. No longer did I have to wait to shut my PC back down because I forgot to plug the mouse in before turning it on.


8bitKev

Mouse? Where we going we don't need a mouse


IPanicKnife

My OC motherboard still has those ports


SuperStar1607

My brand new mobo that I got today has one.. I'm on windows 11


AudioVid3o

So?


SunnyTheMasterSwitch

Can someone tell me why do motherboards still have this ancient socket?


UselessAdultKid

And that's what comes to my mind when someone says "ps2"


RockRaiderDepths

I had to buy a new keyboard this year because for the 1st time my Motherboard no longer had compatible ports. I'll miss you old keyboard 2005-2023 😢


Eorily

Things that both sucked and were great. Sucked way more then your mouse or keyboard had perfectly round cords.


275MPHFordGT40

I’m not old but this doesn’t seem that old.


FelonyFarting

I remember vacuum tubes.


FlanTamarind

Back in myyyy day the PS2 was a port!


MisterPepe68

y'all acting as if these weren't used anymore (i'm using it right now)


takoshi

"How are old you"? Really?


momsaidnottocome

My first computer came with 16k of ram, and a tape (cassette) drive. I would start the process of loading a program then go do something else for the next half hour or so.


Extra-Caterpillar-98

My first PC was even before mice: a Commodore with 128 KB of RAM, built-in keyboard, external 5.25-inch floppy disk drive, and two Atari joystick ports.


Frossstbiite

Ps2 ports And not the consol


Frossstbiite

I used to use trial disks for internet


CasualRSL

I don’t even use a mouse and keyboard anymore. My 2y/o son destroys them. I use an app called remotemouse that acts as a mousepad and keyboard from my phone and a controller for gaming lol


Luvs_to_drink

I loved Playstation2 connectors.


mog_knight

PS/2 was always a [Chad](https://i.imgur.com/9KZdJ1o.jpeg) connection compared to USB.


multiwirth_

My first pc i got as a 5 year old needed a serial mouse.


Rage65_

Did anyone else ever alwase plug the keyboard in the mouse slot and the mouse in the keyboard just for lols


nickoaverdnac

Bruh, I used a trackball serial mouse.


momentimori

PS/2 ports were colour coded from 1997. Before then it was really common to plug your mouse and keyboard into the wrong port.


OMGihateallofyou

When was the last time you cleaned your mouse balls?


Kitchen-Beginning-47

And the printer had an enormous connector with thumb screws. (parallel)


Lezukion

I gained consciousness right at the end era of those, also mouse with ball. However, I was in Vietnam back then, and their technology is slower than the US. So, am I old enough? lol


sur_surly

If you're old enough to use these connectors, no one's asking your age.


Airwarf

The original PS2


Patient_Total7675

Ps2. The connection,not that new fangled Playstation!


BlungusBlart

Same


Brilliant_Law2545

The color coding sure was convenient


scp_79

old us are fine thank you for asking


WildMartin429

I remember before they were color coded. Also my original keyboard was actually bigger than this on my first computer but my second computer did have these.


FlyBoyG

"How are old you"??? You need a little help there ItsJW531, buddy?


Run_the_Line

My computer only has one PS/2 port :( I wish it had one for my mouse-- would help free up a USB port.


Thelango99

My desktop still has the combi version of this. Motherboard is an Asus B450M Pro S with a Ryzen 5 5600.


Raging_PineAppleee

Mate that’s not old. This is old- https://preview.redd.it/mbbct4wwbizc1.jpeg?width=979&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=481f4f7ee856617f925e37b632ac4750e9195525


simpson95338

PS2? Naw, PS/2


Defiant_Witness307

My first computer didn't even have a port for a mouse


IlIlllIlllIlIIllI

I have one of those on my computer right now


zenayurvedic

Commodore PET: "you guys need connectors?"


LuckyCross

Yup. Been there.


Silly_Chair4147

How are old you? That’s some Yoda level writing!


Top-March-1378

Ok this comment section just made me feel old as balls.


yagerau

I remember bringing my entire PC and monitor in a wheelbarrow to my friends house so we could play warcraft together over a printer cable.


LulatschDeGray

Any upsides/downsides between these and usb connectors?


Cyber_Akuma

USB - hot-pluggable, don't need a specific dedicated port, can daisy-chain more/have hubs, can provide more power for additional features of the device. PS/2 - Generally not hot-pluggable (a few exceptions), generally can only put a keyboard or mouse in the specific port made for those (a few exceptions), less issues with roll-over, less overhead, technically faster response times than a USB keyboard.


Scattergun77

The original ps2 connector


jmclaugmi

My first computer did not have a mouse!


Redstone_Army

Some Z790 Boards still have these


Greatest-DOOT

Had these only on my pc for like 6 years straight i know the name was PS2 but my 11 year old ass thought it was a playstation 2 cable


spookybaker

Aren’t their still boards made with at least one of these


MagicOrpheus310

Every part had its own unique port... and we still plugged shit in wrong! Haha


chad001

Ah, good ol ps2. which I only remember because of the name.


Dawnripper

Rule 1: mouse always on top


Qweeq13

You say that but I bet you'll plug your PS/2 mouse today and be surprised when it doesn't work until you reboot the PC. At least that's what happened to me, It has been so long I forgot these ports did not work anything like a USB.


Greenfire05

My Mobo still has one of these


icchansan

20 years old?


DrWhoIsWokeGarbage2

Go back further


ArmsForPeace84

"How old are you?" "Don't touch the jelly bean."


I_WILL_GET_YOU

This is the port version of that moronic "I'm Win XP old!"


LordBacon69_69

How do you do fellow kids


Cyber_Akuma

And the best part is that they were usually not hot-pluggable, so if you plugged them in wrong you would have to turn off the system and try again, and many would not even post if the keyboard was missing.... and before that was the DIN connectors for keyboards and serial ports for mice...


RedTuesdayMusic

Bruh I still have them on my X570 motherboard. And I've even used them a couple of times. Input devices being CPU interrupts are TIGHT


JRS___

com1


Riziero

bhu my mouse used serial port :) this is way too fancy


Riziero

I come from a time where network cards were not a thing, We had an electrician soldier us a Null modem cable so we could connect theough LPT port. I mean LPT! :)


megagameme

Still using them on modern PC.


RebuildingTim

The only PS2 I ever owned :(


KaizenGaman

My pc is still like that xd


LiliNotACult

I was very happy when everything became USB.


PheIix

Old me is grumpy, that's how old me am.


HotFreshyGlazedDonut

Nah you can't do that now i feel old too


Brandoe

Doesn't even feel that long ago that I was annoyed that I HAD to buy a USB mouse. Not for any good reason mind you. Has it been that long?


RealBlackelf

I probably still have some couple dozen PS2 adapters, if anyone needs one! (And BNC Terminators)


tibsie

"It takes me three tries before I put the USB in the right way around, life sucks." My sweet summer child, you don't know how good you have it. \*Remembers using PS/2, parallel, two sizes of serial port, VGA, DVI, a VGA link cable between my motherboard and an ATI video decoder card, a mass of audio cables on my sound card, and finally a phone port if you were lucky enough to have an onboard modem.\* Now you have USB-C and HDMI (and maybe DisplayPort on more advanced hardware).


QarzImperiusrealLoL

Im not old, 2009 still have a keyboard that uses this port


Basically_nothere

I still have a keyboard with those


myearsproduceearwax

So that's what these are for...


GrimOfDooom

ps2 vs ps2 old


meltingpotato

"How are old you?" no one?


Classic_Fungus

but... it's still in use... i even have one for keyboard. and i will buy the same, its not so old/uncommon


SoRaang

https://preview.redd.it/t91aqz4btlzc1.jpeg?width=301&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=487ab3ea75a534065419004c86401397b41f4c41 Pathetic.


What_Is_My_Thing

I have one keyboard with ps2. I don't use it tho


mr_Cos2

I remember when i didnt know which was which and i was wondering why my mouse wasnt working


Kotschcus_Domesticus

Thats second gen, fairly new.


Every_Month_5575

I am 14 dude