• Mr_Lobster@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Does it bother anyone else that the mouse is coming out of the left side of the keyboard? Did they actually configure keyboards like that at any point?

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      The whole interface was so alien back then it didn’t really matter. It was going to feel weird no matter what. It’s only after several decades and a generation that it’s started to feel like there’s a “natural” configuration.

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      1 year ago

      Yup, I might be misremembering, but there were at least a couple Sun Solaris keyboards with PS/2 style connectors on the left. Maybe some old Apple ones as well.

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      1 year ago

      This art actually looks like it’s based on an Apple Extended Keyboard II. It’s been a really long time, but if I remember correctly, those had ADB ports for the mouse on both the right and left side of the keyboard (you could use either, or possible both for other ADB devices).

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      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t you plug it in on the left so you can have the wire loop round to use with your right hand?

      I always do it this way when using a mouse with a laptop or keyboard with USB built in.

      Edit: Think I misunderstood your post actually! I don’t think they made keyboards with PS2 connectors on the side, but they certainly might have done!