Help with an OLD computer!

Hi! I'm new here. I'm kind of a novice at some things computer, and know a lot about some other things. I have an issue and I need some help, so I came here!

Maybe someone can help. Here goes: I have an OLD computer. It's a PC that's probably almost 20 years ago. I only keep it to play old games, like Sierra games, that I love and can't play on my Vista-run laptop. So I fired it up yesterday after a long slumber and after jiggling the ribbons and unplugging and replugging the hard drive, it was ready to go. Problem is this: The keyboard will not work. It worked at first, but now all the lock buttons light up and won't turn off and none of the keys do anything. I even went out and bought a new keyboard, but the same thing happens. The connection is PS2 into a USB. The computer has two USB ports, but neither seem to recognize the keyboard. I saw somewhere the someone mentioned something about checking the BIOS, but if the keyboard doesn't work, I can't access it, can I?

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. :confused

 

Welcome aboard fellow Sierra fan. This the welcome center, you'd be better off posting your question in hardware where more knowledgable people hand out. That being said, you're saying you don't have a PS/2 connector on your 386/486? Hmm, I never seen that on my now long gone rigs.

As to playing Sierra games, you might have some luck using a little program called droptodos. I haven't tried it yet in Vista but it worked great in XP. Have you heard of the fansite AGDI? They've done some King's Quest remakes in VGA which are great! It's all for free if you're into that kind of thing. I wish they'd remake the first couple of Leisure Suit Larry's.:-D

 

Thanks so much! I'll repost in that other area! I think at some point my Dad took the PS2 connector thing off and put in two USB ports. I remember it used to have the ps2 thing and then all of a sudden when I wanted to hook up a new keyboard, I couldn't. I don't know why he did it, really.

I'll try the droptodos program and I'll check out ADGI, too. Dumb question, but how do I know if it's a 386/486? The computer was put together by some store and there really is no label that says what it is...

Thanks again!