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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

PS/2

No, not the PlayStation.....

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[–] YetAnotherMe@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (4 children)

if I remember correctly my first PC had the bigger DIN connector for the keyboard and a DSUB9 for the mouse. Guess I'm old ;)

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[–] halyihev@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Back in my day they weren't color coded.

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[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago (7 children)

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

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

These aren't old. I had one in the early 2010s, it was handed down by a relative because my parents were poor.

I'm Gen Z

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh I first learned to type by typing "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogs" over and over on a wireless keyboard.

Called a typewriter.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But the keyboard is the computer, mice haven’t been invented yet and where do I plug the tape deck in?

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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah well my first computer typed in cuneiform so get off my lawn you kids

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago

A yung'un huh

[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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