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minus-squarenocturne@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·6 days agoFairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoThe venerable DIN connector!
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoIIRC, that’s electrically compatible with the smaller, more fragile PS/2 connector. The adapters are just wiring it down to the smaller connector (and maybe some impedance matching resistors?).
Fairly certain my first computer used something like this for the keyboard. I did not have a mouse.
The venerable DIN connector!
That thing was a monster!
IIRC, that’s electrically compatible with the smaller, more fragile PS/2 connector. The adapters are just wiring it down to the smaller connector (and maybe some impedance matching resistors?).