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PS/2 things (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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] 3 points 4 months ago

PS/2 keyboards and mice send an interrupt to the CPU and the CPU stops whatever it’s doing, handles the mouse or keyboard input, then goes back to what it was doing.

This is not true of USB devices.