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do you ever wonder why nearly every external device you connect to a PC uses

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a USB port the simple answer is because

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that's a lot better than the way it used to be before USB was around we had a

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whole Litany of Port types So today we're going to show you just how

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annoying it could be to connect your electronics back in the 80s and 90s

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let's start out with a port some of you might still be familiar with today the

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PS2 Port this chocolate chip cookie looking little guy was introduced not

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with the PlayStation but in 1987 on the

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IBM personal system SL2 it replaced an

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older connector called the din which was originally an audio connector from the

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1950s but was used as the keyboard connector on the original IBM PC as well

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as a tape drive connector on the IBM PC

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junor which was like the IBM PC but more naive once PS2 took over it was common

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for systems to include two of them one for your keyboard and one for your mouse

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and color code them purple and green respectively since each Port was often

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coded at a low level to only work with that specific

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device the PS2 Port was useful back in the day because it provided a dedicated

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link on the motherboard for mice something older systems didn't always

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have but seeing as how USB provided an equally easy way to connect them PS2

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ports aren't that common anymore especially as their pin base design made

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them more fragile than the typical USB port and they're not technically meant

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to be hot popped however PS2 ports can

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still be found on some Modern motherboards usually as a combined

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keyboard and mouse port and that's because they do still have some

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advantages PS2 tends to work more reliably with some older bioses and in

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settings where security is Paramount PS2 ports allow an organization to just

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disable all USB ports on their computers to ensure people aren't connecting

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things like unauthorized flash drives but the PS2 connector wasn't the only

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connector for keyboards and mice during the late 80s this thing is called the

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Apple desktop bus found on Apple system starting in 1986 but it supported more

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peripherals like joysticks and Graphics tablets and could even be Daisy chained

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but this port too was replaced by USB once the original iMac came out but

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let's move on from keyboards and mice and talk about what the heck these

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being intended for a specific use like the keyboard and mouse ports we've

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discussed this guy was kind of the OG doit all connection it's called a Serial

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port and just like today's USB ports it sent or received data one bit at a time

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serial ports were used for all sorts of things not only could you connect a

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mouse to them but people use them for modems routers PC to PC connections

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uninterruptable power supplies text displays and even old school smart home

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hubs although the serial Port can still be found today in some specialized

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applications older implementations of the port were quite Limited in real

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world speed to around 9600 bits per

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second which in addition to its clunky design contributed to its downfall and

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the rise of USB now this big chunker is

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called a parallel port also more specifically known as a printer port or

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1284 port and was typically labeled lpt

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followed by a number in Windows as the name suggests it was mainly used for

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connecting printers and was fairly ubiquitous for this purpose during the

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1990s although there were some printers that could connect through the

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aforementioned serial Port the parallel port became more popular because it

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could deliver both data and control signals to the printer at the same time

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what technology a few other data heavy

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devices including Optical drives zip drives and even a few MP3 players also

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used the parallel port because it could move more data than the serial Port

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however it still couldn't do more than around a couple of megabytes per second

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at most at highp speeds it becomes difficult to keep the multiple data

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streams of a parallel connection synchronized which was part of the

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reason that the parallel port also became displaced by USB a much faster

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serial connection however both parallel and serial ports are still in use in

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some industrial and scientific applications as they provide simple

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interfaces that just work with older

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equipment finally we'd like to say a few words about the game Port somewhere

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between the parallel and serial ports in physical size this was a common way to

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connect joysticks and game paddles in the 1980s and '90s in the mid 1980s game

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ports were often included on expansion cards that also contained other types of

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ports but during the 1990s game ports became very very popular as it was

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typical for them to be placed on sound cards and seeing as Gamers were a key

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market for better sound quality the game Port was a natural choice for a cool

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value ad does that mean those sound cards were technically

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dongles H however the game Port could only support a limited number of buttons

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without a specialized driver and on top of that it was an analog connection

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leaving joysticks vulnerable to electrical noise that could mess with

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your inputs USB's digital nature which allowed easier support for fancier

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controllers meant the game Port fell out of fashion quickly during the 2000s and

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Windows dropped native support for it starting with Vista you know cuz they

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had to make room for the important things did you use another gone but not

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forgotten Port before the days of USB comment down below and you might see

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your submission in a future episode but as for this episode it's over thanks for

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watching hey like the video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it check

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subscribe and follow using the peripheral of your choice it could use

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