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by walrus01 30 days ago
In x86 i386 world there was a good long overlap of ATX/MicroATX motherboards shipping with both PS/2 keyboard/mouse ports and also USB ports on them, starting from 1998 era Pentium 2/3 systems when USB first became commonplace and continuing until probably 2010 or so.
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I am currently at a customer site installing a brand new mainstream budget computer purchased off the shelf from a brick and mortar retailer (Microcenter PowerSpec B687) which has PS/2 ports and a VGA output right next to the USB/HDMI/DP paired up with a 14th gen i5.

The motherboard is an ASUS Prime H610M-A WiFi D4.

Asrock still makes some modern boards with PS/2 ports (though, it's usually a combo port)
Industrial boards and some workstations still come with PS/2 ports today.