Many retro PCs were used with serial port mouse and don't have any PS/2 ports. Unfortunately most of the serial mice are broken or expensive today. Furthermore they were mechanical devices with a ...
Neutrik has introduced a USB Type-C 5G chassis connector with an integrated fly-lead patch cable. The manufacturer said the NAUSBC-5G-FL chassis connectors are D-size connectors that are suitable for ...
Craig is a reporter for Pocket-lint based in Toronto. He earned a diploma in journalism from Seneca Polytechnic and holds a Media Foundations certificate from Humber College. Craig previously interned ...
Active adapter for connect PS/2 mouse to the RS232C serial port. With this adapter you don't need to search and buy rare and expensive old serial mouse for your retro computer. Any mouse with PS/2 ...
USB, or Universal Serial Bus, revolutionized how we connect and power devices when it debuted in 1996, thanks to a collaboration between Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Compaq. Before USB, users had to ...
If there's one experience binding tech users together, it's trying to plug in a USB cable or device. Somehow, it's never oriented correctly the first time, and after the panic of realizing you've been ...
Editor's take: One of the first upgrades I bought for my very first computer around the turn of the century was a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer. Its standout feature was IntelliEye, an optical ...
In recent years, many PC peripherals have adopted USB or Bluetooth to connect to PCs, but until USB became mainstream in the mid-2000s, connections via PS/2 connectors were common. Raymond Chen, a ...
Before Bluetooth and USB, computers had PS/2 ports. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen took another trip down memory lane this week to explain just how dumb the USB-to-PS/2 adapters that shipped with ...
A computer, at its simplest, is a sophisticated input and outlet machine. But there is only so much it can do. It can't print a document on a piece of paper — there's a dedicated machine for that. A ...
Sanwa Supply’s new USB-C cable has a connector that rotates 360 degrees and bends 180 degrees to reduce strain and damage. Sanwa Supply’s new USB-C cable has a connector that rotates 360 degrees and ...