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[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Yo! Look what I found on my mother's house:

This keyboard is the sole surviving part of my original Windows 95 PC (later upgraded all the way to XP SP 2) and a silent witness/protagonist to a huge chunk of my life, really.

I must have written tens of thousands of words on it, ranging from painfully amateur forum posts to barely-readable assignments rushed at the eleventh hour on WordPad (we didn't have Office until much later, which forced our teachers to suffer through a ton of grammar and spelling errors). This was also the keyboard I used to play online Doom for the first time and the one I filled hundreds of chat windows with.

I'm utterly amazed that it still exists at all -- I had assumed it had been vanished to the landfill decades ago.

I wonder if I can find an adapter to make it compatible with my USB devises... -- The legend must go on ;D!

 

[Lod 10]

Ei! Olha o que eu achei na casa da minha mãe:

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Este teclado é a única peça sobrevivente do meu PC original com Windows 95 (posteriormente atualizado para o XP SP 2) e uma testemunha/protagonista silenciosa de uma grande parte da minha vida, na verdade.

Devo ter escrito dezenas de milhares de palavras nele, desde posts amadores em fóruns até trabalhos quase ilegíveis feitos às pressas no WordPad (só tivemos o Office muito depois, o que obrigou nossos professores a aturar uma tonelada de erros de gramática e ortografia). Foi também com esse teclado que joguei Doom online pela primeira vez e com o qual preenchi centenas de janelas de bate-papo.

Estou completamente admirado que ainda exista – eu presumia que tivesse desaparecido no aterro sanitário há décadas.

Será que consigo encontrar um adaptador para torná-lo compatível com meus dispositivos USB...? -- A lenda deve continuar ;D!

OGreat keyboard

 

[JustLooking123]

I still have my first keyboard from Win98 era too!
It's in use in another PC right now!

 

[Lod 10]

Eu ainda tenho meu primeiro teclado da época do Windows 98!
Está em uso em outro PC neste momento!

I remember Windows 7, which was the first one I used.

 

[bjork]

What kind of connector does it have? I had a keyboard adapter at some point that was usb, it was like a teal color iirc

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

What kind of connector does it have? I had a keyboard adapter at some point that was usb, it was like a teal color iirc

Looks like a five-pin connector:

 

[Bakuma1997]

The modern equivalent of finding an old toy or family photos

 

[bjork]

Looks like a five-pin connector:

Yeah, there's absolutely adapters for this. Passthrough that you add your own usb cord to, or prewired, they're out there.

 

[middler]

Looks like a five-pin connector:

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that connector should have adapters to PS/2 port, then on to USB. totally possible. Not sure what double adapter would do to latency for gaming though.

Maybe give that thing a soak in alcohol first ;)

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Yeah, there's absolutely adapters for this. Passthrough that you add your own usb cord to, or prewired, they're out there.

Excellent! I'll try to hunt one down.

I vaguely remember this being a quirk of this same keyboard, but both spacebar and enter feel really off when pressed. I hope they still work fine!

It probably needs a "bath", too XD

 

[zacharinolongpants]

Looks like a five-pin connector:

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DAMN that bad boy is indeed from the mid 90s lmao

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

Looks like a five-pin connector:

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yeah I believe that plug is just called a 5 pin din connector. Should help you on our search for an adapter.

 

[Naltic]

Man, I have the same type of keyboard somewhere, will need to look for it but I am almost certain I have it

 

[The_Real_Thing]

Yeah, PS/2 connector. Modern motherboards still have this port on them to this day, like my MSI MAG x570. For old mechanical keyboard or mouse compatibility (many swear by them).

An adapter for PS/2 to USB can be had on Aliexpress for $0.99 USD. Super cheap. Amazon has them too.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

Nice keyboard!

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Looks like a five-pin connector:

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Ancient technology discovered!

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Used to have one of these back in 2013 or 2014 i think was pretty rough but not too bad , it's quite bulky tho