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[–] LordTE7R1S@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I got that reference. Fuck, I'm old.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Please explain? I get that the chubby bird is speaking assembly, but I'm sure there's more to it than that?

[–] cheet@infosec.pub 41 points 2 days ago (3 children)

PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

Cool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.

[–] drath@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm wondering, is it still the case for mobos with Super IO?

[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 day ago

Super IO does still use interrupts as far as I know. The PS/2 protocol is interrupt-driven, so it's not possible to use a PS/2 keyboard or mouse without interrupts.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And having to pick your IRQ when installing anything into your machine, and the weird bugs that could happen if you mucked it up.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I remember manually programming the cylinders and heads on a hdd into the bios. Kids these days got it easy

I had a little book with the settings for almost every brand and model of hard drive that existed when published.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

And when the bits feel off the end and you had to wind them back on with a pencil.

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