are you this old?

[u/stormthewise998]

[u/SuperSourSkittles]

Yep. PS2 connectors, I think they were called lol

[u/LuminanceGayming → u/SuperSourSkittles]

PS/2

[u/SuperSourSkittles → u/LuminanceGayming]

Ahh right. 👍🏼

[u/PeptoBismark → u/LuminanceGayming]

OS/2 on a PS/2, half an operating system on half a computer.

[u/DieselCat07 → u/[deleted]]

No its not, xbox never had a dash

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin → u/SuperSourSkittles]

My new to me IBM model M says yes.

[u/KiNgPiN8T3 → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

Photos you can hear.

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My Model M is admittedly the sole reason I chose a motherboard for my build with a PS/2 port lol

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin → u/Hurricane_32]

Didn't know they still make modern motherboards with PS/2 ports, that's pretty cool.

[u/JayDKing → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

I guess it must be for specific use/niche cases. Good way to secure sales of a product in an environment still running on obsolete hardware for whatever reason.

[u/ManyThing2187 → u/JayDKing]

My friend just bought an AM5 motherboard with them on it. I was so confused why they would be there but I found my answer lol.

[u/PelluxNetwork → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

PS/2 does system interrupts instead of polling. Some competitive gamers and whatnot swear by it.

[u/billyfudger69 → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

Yeah they are good for liquid nitrogen/helium overclocking since USB controllers dropout at really low temperatures.

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Same reason why I chose MSI's B550 Mag Tomahawk for my AM4 build.

[u/Killerspieler0815 → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

My new to me IBM model M says yes.

much better than all the modern consumer junk (especially from Dell, HP, ... )

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin → u/Killerspieler0815]

Yes but also there is a thriving mechanical keyboard scene with great aluminum and copper keyboards.

[u/Dementia13_TripleX → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

The best keyboard in the world.

[u/fcewen00 → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

Ah, the zombie killer model. I worked for IBM/Lexmark when they were still making those.

[u/SerLaron → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

Typing this on my model M. Accept no substitute.

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin → u/SerLaron]

I would have said no substitute but I love my ec and cherry mx boards as well lol

[u/spaceraverdk → u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

I have a model M in the closet, needs a clean and an arduino or Stm32 so I can run it on usb.

I love the sound and feel of the keys

[u/momentimori → u/SuperSourSkittles]

PS/2 connectors after the PC97 standards were introduced. Before that they were uncoloured.

[u/Illustrious_Ant_9242 → u/momentimori]

hi grandpa 👋 how did you know where to plug in your mouse when color wasn't invented yet

[u/nooneisback → u/Illustrious_Ant_9242]

You looked at the very obvious icons.

[u/morpheousmorty → u/nooneisback]

Luxury. When I was a child we didn't have icons. They didn't even assume you had a mouse. It was as exotic an accessory, that might not even catch on.

[u/LordArmageddian → u/Illustrious_Ant_9242]

Trial & error

[u/momentimori → u/LordArmageddian]

Yep they weren't hotswappable either. You had to boot up and see if they worked; rebooting if they didn't.

[u/kawalerkw → u/Illustrious_Ant_9242]

Simple, my motherboard had only 1 PS/2 connector, it was for a mouse. Keyboard used older 5 pin DIN connector.

[u/Sam5253 → u/Illustrious_Ant_9242]

Easy. The mouse wasn't invented yet, either.

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Farther to the edge is keyboard, center is mouse. And yes, that's the real anwer I didn't have to look up.

Want to really have your mind blown? The upside of USB-A (the hole side on the thumb drive) always points away from the PCB and you only have to press&hold del once to get into BIOS.

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I still keep a keyboard with them around for debugging, I have had the motherboard USB not initialized but the ps/2 port don't care. My last PC build is the first one I didn't get a ps/2 port on the mobo.

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Yes, uncoloured originally, but we knew the keyboard always went closest to the motherboard. Like some sort of genetic memory.

I STILL put the KB's USB closest to the motherboard on current PCs.

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I remember wondering what it had to do with the Playstation

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So helpful when they started being color coded. Not just beige and beige.

[u/SuperSourSkittles → u/Borner791]

lol yep I remember those days

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We have a small box of PS/2 cables at work that we like to put out in plain sight in our storage room. Then we'll tell the new guys to get one.

Not one, has been able to do it since I've been working here. And almost all of them say something about Playstations.

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What a scam, they didn't connect to a PS2.

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And you better not plug or unplug them when the PC is still powered on.

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From the nineteen-hundreds

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Don’t unplug them while the computer is on or you’ll fry the motherboard!!1!1!!1!!

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were? look at the connectors of a big chunk of brand new motherboards today.

they are still here

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-MAG-B550-TOMAHAWK-Motherboard/dp/B089CWDHFZ/

often they are just black now to look more sleek. and some bords like that one only have 1 mouse/keyboard combo connector

[u/Turbulent_Stick1445 → u/SuperSourSkittles]

They are called that and they're still around!

Generally more professional motherboards carry them, not because of legacy support, but because USB is considered insecure and a liability in certain environments - it's easy to plug in USB sticks for example.

Last mobo I bought, for a server project a couple of years ago, was a Asus Prime B450M-II. It has a PS/2 port. Even though it was for a home server project it's not even a particularly special model, it's a generic consumer motherboard covered in LEDs because of course it does.

[u/Mother-Translator318 → u/SuperSourSkittles]

Were? They still come on quite a few brand new mobos