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Re:Abandoned Computer Store Is a Time Capsule of Early 2000s... by mead5432 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:13PM (#22873004)
I wonder if they’ve got a new, IBM Model M keyboard in there...
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Re:Abandoned Computer Store Is a Time Capsule of Early 2000s... by jedberg on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:30PM (#22873521)
You’d have to buy your own PS/2 to USB adapter to get it to work. :)
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Re:Abandoned Computer Store Is a Time Capsule of Early 2000s... by DrScump on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:06PM (#22874077)
So called "Wedge Savers" are quite common. I own a few for adapting older keyboard wedge devices like barcode and magnetic strip scanners into USB devices.
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Re:Abandoned Computer Store Is a Time Capsule of Early 2000s... by mead5432 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:46PM (#22873622)
Oh yeah... they probably don't have one of those.
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