cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoToday’s kids don’t have to worry about turning off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboardlemmy.worldimagemessage-square233linkfedilinkarrow-up11.3Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageToday’s kids don’t have to worry about turning off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboardlemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square233linkfedilink
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoWait… when did you ever need to turn off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboard? Did people genuinely used to need to do this? When? Why?
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·3 months agoYes, PS/2 devices can’t be hotplugged.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThey very often could be, in the later years. Except when they couldn’t.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·3 months agoA common prank in school when I was there was to unplug someone’s keyboard and/or mouse then plug it back in. It wouldn’t work again until the computer was rebooted.
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWoooork?! Oh thank god, I thought the machine was broken.
minus-squareAquila@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoHotswapping wasnt always a thing. It was a feature before it was just generally expected
Wait… when did you ever need to turn off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboard? Did people genuinely used to need to do this? When? Why?
Yes, PS/2 devices can’t be hotplugged.
They very often could be, in the later years. Except when they couldn’t.
A common prank in school when I was there was to unplug someone’s keyboard and/or mouse then plug it back in.
It wouldn’t work again until the computer was rebooted.
Woooork?!
Oh thank god, I thought the machine was broken.
Hotswapping wasnt always a thing. It was a feature before it was just generally expected