My antediluvian mouse & the ivories work next to my topical computer but not my hoary computer immediately why?

My antediluvian mouse & the ivories work next to my topical computer but not my hoary computer immediately why?

Maybe the ripened computer has an hoary version of window that need to mouse & kryboard compact disc to install them or your old computer BIOS is an antiquated version or your chief board has a problem , check the ports ,