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First post, by Allanar

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Hello, I have a question, at the end of 1997, keyboards with a ps/2 connector or a din connector were used?,or reductions.

There were very big price differences this year.

Thank you 😀

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Reply 1 of 2, by jheronimus

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I think, both, depending on the price range of your computer. Baby AT were probably moving into mid to lower segment while ATX with PS/2 was already available for almost 2 years and was slowly becoming mainstream. You also had enough LPX/proprietary systems as well, all of which used PS/2.

I often see keyboards for sale with an adaptor (either PS2-AT or AT-PS/2), so there's that as well.

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Reply 2 of 2, by dionb

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It's also OEM vs custom/self build. OEM vendors generally used LPX or ATX, so would offer PS/2 keyboards. Retail motherboards were still predominantly AT with DIN keyboards.

1998 was the year that ATX really went mainstream for the enthusiasts.