#old computer ports

Modern computers, especially slim notebooks have far fewer ports compared to their predecessors from the last couple of decades. However, things weren't always this way, as computers used to have a multitude of ports that were often served single purposes. Computers came with two PS/2 ports, one each for the keyboard and mouse, and were color coded -- purple for the keyboard, and green for the mouse. VGA Prior to the more sophisticated HDMI and DVI ports, we used VGA (Video Graphics Array) to connect a computer to an external display. S-Video Quite a bit older than the two previously mentioned video ports, S-Video was a standard used to output SD (standard definition) video signal to an analog display -- typically CRT-based monitors and televisions. They created it in cooperation with Sony and Panasonic among other companies, explaining why a number of older video camcorders came with FireWire ports. Read more in our articles including "Do you still remember these PC Ports?" and "BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 announced!".