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Keyboard & mouse connection for old pc
« on: June 10, 2011, 12:55:19 PM »
I found an old Pentium 166 on the side of the road in very good condition so I took it home. I connected it to my LCD monitor and switched it on and it seems to be fine and booted Windows 95.

The problem is that it doesn't have USB ports or PS/2 ports. I don't have a COM mouse or AT DIN keyboard. I'd love to be able to use this old PC for playing old games but I'm stuck.

Is there a way round this without buying an old keyboard and mouse? Would a PCI USB card work with it and with Win95?
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Re: Keyboard & mouse connection for old pc
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 10:22:56 AM »
Never mind. I found an old PCI USB card at home and installed it and upgraded to Win 98 SE. USB is working fine :)

One question though.. I dont think USB is supported in bios. Can that be upgraded?
A1200HD- Blizzard 1230IV / 64Mb / Kick 3.1 / OS 3.9 / 20GB HD
A4000 040 @33Mhz -Kick 3.1 / 16MB
A2000 Rev4.4 - \'030 @25Mhz / 8MB / Kick 3.1 / ClassicWB
CD32 -     Stock (W/ 2 CD32 Controllers]
A500 Plus - 68000 / 2MB Chip / 2Mb Fast / 2.04/1.3 / A590 / A570
A600HD - 2MB Chip / 8MB Fast / 2GB CF HD / Kick 3.1
CDTV

PowerMac G4 1Ghz (MorphOS / Leopard)

[url]http://amigamap.com/us