PC keyboards also work on the Mac. Since the IBM PC debuted in 1981, there have been four standard keyboard layouts, each one rearranging commonly used keys that annoy users to this day.

But there’s one thing we’re sure of: if you find yourself reading the original POST code for the PC-XT motherboard just to get a keyboard working ... mid-80s vintage IBM Model 5160 using ...

See this for serial mouse. This command will read the secondary device ID of the pointing device (2 bytes). First byte is variant ID(IBM=01) and second one indicates revision of specification.

The 5-pin DIN keyboard connector used with the first IBM PC (1981) and second-generation IBM AT (1984). It was subsequently replaced with the smaller 6-pin Mini-DIN connector on the IBM PS/2 in 1987.

This project originally was part of a refurbish/overhaul of an IBM Model F 5170 PC/AT Keyboard, specifically model 6450225. The goal of this was to allow me to use the Model F Keyboard on modern ...