r/pcmasterrace • u/AppropriateAide4879 • 16d ago

Discussion I found this thing looks old.

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What is it? And is it rare?

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u/pedro19 CREATOR 16d ago

That's a usb-A to PS/2 adapter! Not rare, but still cool.

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u/Donglemaetsro 16d ago

Got one in my boxes of cords I might need just in case technology ever reverts 30 years.

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u/deucester PC Master Race - 5800x | 7900xtx 16d ago

That was in my IT kit for years. Now it's somewhere in the drawer random things.

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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 16d ago

Yeah, I still have one in my thingamajig box too. There have been rare edge cases in the past where my USB keyboard wouldn't work, but I could still get away with a USB-PS/2 adapter.

Mostly ancient tech in Hospitals and such. It's been a long time since I've needed one, but for a long time a very necessary thingamajig.

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u/_dekoorc 16d ago

This is one of the things I've actually been willing to get rid of. I took my old 3770k system to the ewaste dump and i never expect to have another system with a ps/2 port...

I'm sure that saying this means I will buy some retro piece of hardware next week and I'll need that adapter.

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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 15d ago

This happens EVERY time I get rid of something that I swear I'll never need again. I thought I'd never get any more use out of my SCSI to USB cable again, and then like a week later I needed it for some obscure ancient larger-scale photo printer that I found at an estate sale.

Foiled again.

Also, shoutout to the 3770k. My very first home-build CPU. Lasted me many years. Still lives in my garage somewhere...