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PS/2 things (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor
 

In todays edition of "stuff that I found in my storage" a PS/2 meme

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mov rax, rbx add rax, rcx HELLO IT'S THE KEYBOARD I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE E

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What bothers me the most here is that those are 64 bit instructions, which did not exist when PS/2 was a Thing. But I still chuckled, nice work.

Back then our registers were 32 bits wide, and we liked it 🤣

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was definitely still using ps/2 with my first Athlon 64 chip.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

My mistake then! Except for the 486 series I was strictly an Intel kid. I guess we often forget that AMD is the one who “won” the 64 bit war.

I have fond memories of writing interrupt handlers (staying on topic…) and using Soft-ICE on my side monochrome monitor to debug them. Good times!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm still using one PS/2 keyboard (BTC 5139), although it might be a PS/2 -> USB converter chip on the motherboard.