I went to BestBuy looking for a PS/2 to USB adapter once, told this to a GeekSquad member. They took me to the PlayStation accessories.
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Yeah a 9 pin dsub. Still used widely in industry applications and other Fields. Edit: just saw that these were used for mouse or keyboard input, wth. This is truly old.
I also wonder, why do we marry the mouse to X11/? Could ease the use of the tty tools too!
This belongs on a sound card for some reason!! :D
Joystick and MIDI interface port
I'm this old.
I'm punchcard Fortran old.
I tried to explain these ports to a salesperson at micro center, and they have me the dull cow stare.
I was looking at some PC's at Best Buy and a salesman came up to try and give me the hard sell. I asked if I could buy the PC without Windows on it for a discount.
"How would you use your computer without Windows on it?"
"I'm going to install Linux"
"What's that?"
"It's an operating system"
Blank stare
"Like Windows or OS X..."
Blank Stare
Sigh "I already have a copy of Windows at home"
"Oh! Well I don't think you can do that, no."
I remember when mice were a neat new peripheral for use with graphical interfaces instead of typing in a command line.
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.
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.
Back in my day days didn't exist /s
Are these not still in use?
I've not built a tower in a few years granted, but the last one I built had PS2 ports. Heck it even had VGA for the onboard graphics.
They are. Lots of motherboards still include these. There are a lot of special PS/2 input devices that are still around in business/industrial settings and gamers sometimes need them for use with flight sticks, steering wheels, mechanical keyboards etc.
Usually it's a combo port now instead of a separate port for keyboard/mouse.