using non compaq keyboard/mouse on compaq pc

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: Blain
Their bill needs to reflect how expensive it is to keep older harware running, vs buying fresh equipment.
Treat them like the big box stores would... the older the systems, the more $$$ it costs to fix. :laugh:

That would prompt some upgrading in a hurry, wouldn't it?

Unfortunately, all it would do IRL is drive your customers to other computer shops.

 

[Blain]

"Other computer shops" already do the same thing.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea what kind of port. there were even older ports than ps2 for kb. they were like a giant ps2.

LOL, you must be very young it i called Din 5 plug.

And there is a simple gender change of Din5 to PS2 that can still make these keyboards useful.

Most of these Keyboards are better than the current Plastic Junk. At the time there was the "Naive" believe that things have to be sturdy so they would last "forever".

The best (which I still have one) is the Keytronic 101 circa early 1990's.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea what kind of port. there were even older ports than ps2 for kb. they were like a giant ps2.

LOL, you must be very young it i called Din 5 plug.

And there is a simple gender change of Din5 to PS2 that can still make these keyboards useful.

I called them "AT keyboards".

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: Blain
I called them "AT keyboards".

Yap, that is the Keyboard, and this is the plug, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector :light:

 

[BladeVenom]

Those old keyboards were kind of expensive too if I remember correctly.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah seen those before. commodore 64 stuff. Ok maybe not THAT old.

 

[acheron]

My 386 had the AT-style keyboard. Not that old.

 

[JackMDS]

The 486, and some pf the first Pentiums 100/133 had AT keyboard, it only with the P-II that is was totally changed to PS2.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Those old keyboards were kind of expensive too if I remember correctly.

maybe way early on.
cheap keyboards have been around since at least 486 times. ~10 dollars... there used to be a lot more small computer shops around selling stuff. remember the microtimes?

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
The 486, and some pf the first Pentiums 100/133 had AT keyboard, it only with the P-II that is was totally changed to PS2.

Actually, it was the switch to the ATX form factor that mothballed AT keyboards. Jeez you guys are all noobs. :disgust: Vacuum tube plug indeed.

 

[KGB]

Cherry. :heart:

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Zap
Jeez you guys are all noobs. :disgust: Vacuum tube plug indeed.

Tubes Rule! :laugh:

 

[RebateMonger]

I miss the original IBM AT lkeyboards. They had a solid CLICK when you hit a key. Nowadays, none of them have the click, and you can never be sure if you actually fully pressed the key fully or not. It's particularly troublesome when typing long passwords.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Zap
Actually, it was the switch to the ATX form factor that mothballed AT keyboards.

Probably true, but don't forget that PS2 keyboards and mice were around eight years before the ATX standard was published. PS2 connectors had definitely made inroads even before ATX motherboards became the rule. But ATX really did seal the deal.