A very old computer. Where do I plug in the mouse and keyboard? (picture)?

Question

okay.. i found a very old computer in my shed. i never touched this thing, since i was 5 years old. It runs on windows 98, and i feel like going in the past.

The problem is, is that the layout of the ports on this computer, is so old, i can't recognize it. im clueless. where does my mouse and keyboard plug into this thing?

The picture i am showing you right now, is all the ports i see, not including the power supply, all the way at the top.

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bonus 10 points to whoever can tell me what ALL the ports are used for!

Answer 1

Round Purple one is for PS2 Keyboard

Blue 9 Pin one is Monitor

Next hole is for Network Cable

Orange one is Joy Stick Port

Audio Ports next to the Orange one

Under the Orange one is Dial Up Modem

Pink one is Parallel Printer Port

Clear one next to the Printer Port is a serial port for an Old Serial Mouse

Answer 2

(Sorry, but Charlie's wrong. That purple connector is honking huge, and fits the old AT-plug keyboards,. If you can't find one, buy an adapter, as the two kinds are electrically compatible.)



That computer was built prior to Intel's ATX specification, and is by today's standards, an antique. I'm going to guess it's a Pentium I system, and it conforms to the style set out by IBM's circa-1984 IBM AT, Thus, go ahead and call it an AT clone. These machines used a large AT-din keyboard plug, and yours is the purple upper-left plug. I got tons of these keyboards, and you can find one if you ask techy friends or root through industrial computer rubbish. Dead common, frankly, even in 2008.



Your computer also has no PS/2 port(!), so you'll need a serial mouse, or an older mouse plus a PS/2 to serial adapter.



The big blue connector in the upper middle is VGA out for the onboard video. Hook up your monitor to that.



The tp most computer card handles Ethernet to get Online, the second card provides audio plus a joystick/midi hookup, the third is a dial up modem, and the fourth provides a serial plus paralell port, You'll use the serial port for a mouse, and the parallel port will work for an older printer.



Oh, and yes, your PC lacks USB. If you need it, find an older USB card, because right now, it won't work with any of those dvcices.

Answer 3

Ok here goes. Round purple at top is Keyboard.

Beside it the blue 15 pin female is for the Monitor.

Next down is the Ethernet plug.

Next down Yellow 15 pin is for a joystick.

Beside it the green is for Speakers, The pink is Microphone, and last the blue is Line In.

Next row down left to right is Output to telephone then here to wall jack.

Next down is the 25 pin red for a printer (parallel) and the black is serial for the mouse.

To be sure look inside the cables that came with it and you will see the same color inside the plug as the port it goes into.

I think you will have a hard time finding a serial mouse but some did come with an adapter to the round jack like the keyboard had.

Answer 4

The purple round port at the top is a DIN connector for an AT keyboard.



It's a little hard to see, but the black round port below the purple one is probably a PS/2 connector, which you can connect a PS/2 mouse or keyboard. Since it's probably expecting an AT keyboard in the top connector, it probably expect only a mouse here.



PC's at this time used PS/2 connectors and not USB, as you can see there are no USB ports on this computer. If you don't have any mouse/keyboard with a PS/2 connector, there are USB-to-PS/2 adapters you can use on a standard USB mouse and keyboard.



The blue vertical port to the left should be a VGA adapter for a VGA cable to an analog monitor.



Now we get to the expansion card slots below.

The first one at the top looks like either for a modem or ethernet.

It's a little hard to tell from just a picture, because both have the same shape port but an ethernet port is larger. Comparing the size of the 2 ports in 2nd slot from the bottom which look smaller, this one looks bigger and is probably for an ethernet network cable.



The next slot below looks like a sound card.

The Gold interface is for a joystick game port.

Green port: audio line out

Pink port: microphone line in

Blue port: audio line in



The next slot below looks like it could be your modem because the 2 ports is the same shape but smaller than the first single port above. One port would be for the phone line in and the other one for a phone line out.



Then the last slot at the bottom.

The red long interface is a parallel port. That's what you use to connect your printer to before USB. I don't know if they even make printers anymore with a parallel connector.



The uncolored smaller port next to the red parallel port is a serial port. I don't think they make any devices using a serial port in like YEARS! But very old devices might connect to a serial port.

Answer 5

Starting from the bottom of picture

1) mouse fits in the small one (need correct fitting on mouse)

2)Looks like a modem phone connection

3) Sound card (speaker plug fits in the green socket

4) could be either phone or ethernet connector

5) Small blue socket for keyboard

6) connect the monitor lead here

Hope this helps

Answer 6

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Answer 7

purple is for keyboard pretty sure. blue is for new moniters black for old mniters the phone/ eathernet ports (black) for networking/internet the small round ones are mic and speakers and the orange is for an old mouse. if u have a new one you will need an adapter and the bottom pink/purple is for the printer

Answer 8

Who cares..strip out all the junky stuff..count the mounting BOLT-holes..measure the Motherboard..look for a replacement board..I just built a Vista Machine from a Gateway Tower..GP7-550..from 1999..and your REAR-panel looks like what I had to deal with..throw the junk-out.