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PS/2 things (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] fatalicus 27 points 1 month ago

Ps/2 keyboards used interrupt when transferring data, meaning instead of waiting for the cpu to get the data it is trying to send when it is free, it will just interrupt what the cpu is currently doing and tell it to process what the keyboard is sending.