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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I said the real two genders.

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (8 children)

There where three. The full din keyboard plug, serial for your mouse and that unholy thing on the back of your sound blaster on which you could connect a joystick.

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[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This old

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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

PS/2 isn't vintage. I'm still using an adapter to connect my Microsoft Natural keyboard through USB.

Oh, wait...

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

what the actual hell is that? a port connector for the borg?

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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Edit: I never used one of these, I'm just as old as one. First computers I used were a Macintosh 128k and an Apple ]|[, unless you count the TI 91-a as a computer and not a console, but that machine is older than me

[–] DocDish@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I had a VIC-20, the predecessor to the C64...

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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Runs on AMD Artix 7 FPGA

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm an idiot, but I ordered one when they announced it. I have 2 perfectly good C64s already but the CRT whine drives my dog and kid nuts, so looking forward to HDMI!

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[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The computer mouse I still use today has a ball in it

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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How are old you

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

You why are old

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

My first PC was a Timex Sinclair 1000 and I wrote a text-based choose your own adventure game in basic for it and saved the program on audio cassette.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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(Apple IIe)

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

My parents got rid of mine without asking when I went to college in the 2000s :(

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Like 30 something?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Many professional gamers still depend on them because they have lower latency than USB.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They've finally started removing them from boards, and I'm annoyed. I want my NKRO.

Most of them are internally connected via USB apparently so there's no difference. Not that the average e sports player would even notice.

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[–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I actually wanted a PS2 port because it works with interrupts rather than polling but they aren't really included anymore.

I feel like they don't make boards for people like me who want small boards with a super niche port.

When a MoDT Mini-ITX board comes out with a PS2 port I will buy that instantly

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[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I tried to explain these ports to a salesperson at micro center, and they have me the dull cow stare.

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

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."

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