I'm this old
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The ol' RS232?
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
My keyboard still uses a PS/2 port via adapter. 1986 Model M, still clicky.
This reminds me when a mouse was an option not a requirement
still is
/i3gang
DEFINITELY optional
go go gadget commandline
You guys had keyboards? 
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
Big keyboard jack, serial for mouse, parallel for printer
In my day, the RJ-11 jack was for connecting the keyboard, not the phone line.
I remember those days.
I raise
edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one
I’ll see your raise, and up it:
My buddy still has one of those in his garage.
My age in fond memories:
I don't have long for this world...
Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded.
On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake.