• mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 年前

    PS/2 Port on its way to harass the CPU

    • Aganim@lemmy.world
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      2 年前

      Seems the CPU has become the bully these days:

      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      Keyboard: E
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      CPU: hey keyboard do you have anything for me?
      …

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 年前

        My grandpa always used to say that computers used to be way better before they became electrical.

        • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 年前

          Ah, yes the good ol days of punch cards, switch boards, mechanical operators and electron tubes, when will the youngins learn that their fancy transistors are for pussies

          Personally I inscribe all of my code into binary on a fired clay tablet and store it in a cave for archival purposes

    • Fridgeratr@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 年前

      Modern USB keyboards need to be asked what’s being pressed by the CPU multiple times a second, but old PS/2 keyboards will actually interrupt the CPU to send the key press command