[account42]

This would make more sense with a parallel port and/or the DIN connector used by keyboards before PS/2, both of which have been extinct for much longer than PS/2, which is still being added to some main boards.

I would have included an RS232 D-Sub serial connector but those are still used if not for mice.

[MrGilbert]

I mean… Yes, I agree. But I'm not, like, THAT old. o.O

Also, from a visual standpoint, it’s quite appealing the way it is: https://www.qwertee.com/shop/tees/i-m-this-old-468

[darkwater]

I'm 5 years older than you and that t-shirt (very nice anyway!) still makes me think of late 1990s/ early -00s so it's still not THAT old. I owned an actual IBM PS/2 XT as a kid and they were not color-coded [1]

[1] http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/alf/ps2_76/ps2_76_2_ful...

[kbolino]

Yep, the colors come from the PC System Design Guide [1] developed by Microsoft and Intel in the late 90s after IBM completely lost control of the PC market.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_System_Design_Guide

[she46BiOmUerPVj]

I'm that old! Now I want a similar shirt featuring the back side of an IBM 5170

[gosub100]

That's cool, I love the colors

[sorenjan]

Or a gamepad port on a Soundblaster card.

[foxglacier]

It felt like back then everything was a bodge and computers were somehow made without any thought to gaming or mice even after they became common. Wasn't the game port really a MIDI port and gamepads pretended to be MIDI devices?

[nsxwolf]

No, on the original Sound Blaster there is a jumper that switches the port between a UART for MIDI and a quad timer for IBM compatible joystick.

[tracker1]

I believe so, yes.

[jajuuka]

I remember being blown away when that changed. "I can just use a USB port and not have to use the gamepad port?!"

[tracker1]

I'd really like a modern version of the SB AWE32... I do wonder sometimes why front panel audio connectors never changed to a USB motherboard connector, I know it would be a few dollars more. I used to use a cheap USB dac on the front for wired headphones as the FP audio just never sounded that good..

[quesera]

Don't forget the Centronics 36-pin parallel connector!