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by bosch_mind 860 days ago
I ordered one of these and returned it instantly. Very cheap and weird compared to nice and modern mechanical keyboards you get today. I really wanted an original model M but didn’t want to deal with weird ps2 conversion stuff.
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beloch 860 days ago
There are still a surprising number of motherboards being made with a PS/2 port.

I suspect some motherboard companies have people who still cherish their Model-M's, because support for them seems to be flawless. How many other completely unmodified thirty-plus year-old peripherals can you plug into a brand new computer and expect to just work?

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toast0 860 days ago
Why would you buy a motherboard without a ps/2 port? They're handy, and there's enough boards with them that it doesn't cost extra.

I think modern cpus include the ps/2 handling in their legacy cruft section, so it's just a bit of signal routing and a connector.

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Symbiote 860 days ago
A very few businesses with tight security requirements will allow PS/2 keyboards but not USB, for security.
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