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This one hurts.
Yeah, this one stings a bit.
It stings because it doesn't go far enough back to actually cover how old I am.
Three rows of interface ports paired with three people of different ages. The young person appears next to USB-A ports. The medium aged person appears next to PS/2 ports. The old person appears next to a Din5 keyboard port and a DB9 serial port.
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SaraMG
SaraMG
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I'm actually mildly dissapointed that, of the several replies to this photo so far, none of pointed out the other end of the table.

Needs a fetus next to a USB-C connector.

Yes, none (few?) or us are connecting our keyboards over USB-C (yet), but we will... oh yes, we will. I imagine there are a few that are USB-C purely to include a hub along the back edge of the keyboard.

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John Conway
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my keyboard is connected via USBc even though I’m an old fart! Yes the data connection is Bluetooth, but who unplugs a keyboard? What’s the point?
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SaraMG
SaraMG
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@john So you transmit your passwords iver the *cough*secure*cough* Bluetooth protocol?
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Zoë O'Connell
Zoë O'Connell
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Did you actually ever own/use a piece of equipment that predated the release of the IBM PC though?
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Alexandra Lanes
Alexandra Lanes
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@Zoë O'Connell When was the IBM PC released?
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Alexandra Lanes
Alexandra Lanes
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@Zoë O'Connell I might have used one of these before 1981. dccwiki.com/Hornby_Zero_1
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Zoë O'Connell
Zoë O'Connell
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@ajlanes Not sure that really counts, otherwise I’d have to count things like the original 1970s arcade machines I’ve played on.
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Zoë O'Connell
Zoë O'Connell
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OK, that one definitely wins. I could argue about something with an integrated keyboard like a ZX81 but even that doesn’t apply!
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SaraMG
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@zoe The Timex Sinclair 1000 was my first though, but yeah, that was an integrated keyboard (and actually was a later model device anyway).
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