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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rasteri</a> <a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TechTangents</a> speaking of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#storage</a>: A main annoyance I found is that whilst there are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IDE</a> -> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SATA</a> adaptors that can just be plonk'd directly onto the mainboard, they are always either single-port or these weird "bidirectional" ones which means instead of a jumper/switch to say what side is the drive have two SATA ports and can only use one at the time.<ul><li>There seems to be no IDE -> 2x SATA ports with like "master"/"slave" ports for SATA devices.</li></ul>I know why these adaptors exist, so that there needs to be no manual printed (silkscreen explains everything) and only 1 part be made regardless if IDE-> SATA or SATA->IDE.Still doesn't make it less annoying.<ul><li>Maybe someone wants to take a look at the "stupider" IDE->SATA Adaptors and consider designing an IDE -> Dual-SATA adaptor?</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndustrialComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndustrialComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmbeddedComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tiny486</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:I guess <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rasteri</a> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PC104</a> users can now get the beloved <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISA</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USB</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flashdrive</a> card with native PC104 pinout to stack on boards.<ul><li>Not that this is much of an engineering feat, as PC/104 is just a different form factor of ISA, but still nifty for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacy</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrial</a> setups that may want to have more flexibility re: data storage.</li></ul>I wounder if anyone got those ISA-USB controllers to work on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> distros tho.<ul><li>Obviously they're slow (according to <a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TechTangents</a> in the realm of a 1x CD-ROM drive) and not bootable, but still useful for systems without native USB ports.</li></ul>I sadly don't have any system with ISA or PC/104 at hand (gotta build one i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tiny486</a>) so I can't test it anyway, but maybe a future revision of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeeCee</a> may benefit from such an option (which I think also has the potential to be a good "bridge machine" for people dealing with legacy / industrial systems...<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndustrialComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndustrialComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmbeddedComputing</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:Given that I want to target <code>i486</code> with <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@OS1337</a> but don't want to deal with obsolete hardware that is dying of old age, I think it's more fitting to consider a sort-of mainboard to shove some 486SX-SOM with <code>PC/104-Plus</code> on and have the few necessities hooked up to it. Maybe even put it inside a THINN <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pizzabox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pizzabox</a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#case</a>? It would also make a new "bridge" machine to interface old PCI & ISA hardware and allow connecting i.e. a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QuadFlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuadFlop</a> and roll with that... <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486</a>Thoughts, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rasteri</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/@polpo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@polpo</a> <a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TechTangents</a> <a href="https://bbs.kawa-kun.com/users/lazygamereviews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lazygamereviews</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@foone</a> ??<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tiny486</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmbeddedComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmbeddedLinux</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Development</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DevKit</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DevelopmentKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DevelopmentKit</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ideas</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/concepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concepts</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSourceHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSourceHardware</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mainboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mainboard</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#i486</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i386" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#i386</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i487" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#i487</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/486SX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#486SX</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/486DX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#486DX</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PCI</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISA</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BridgeMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BridgeMachine</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bridge</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PC104</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104Plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PC104Plus</a>

Lars Holgersson 🎶<a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> My name is Lars and I come from <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Scania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scania</a>. My academic background is in <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arthistory</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> though I nowadays mostly work in <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/embeddedcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embeddedcomputing</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> My addictions include <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> of many kinds and I am always reading: currently books by <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/DonnaTartt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonnaTartt</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/HerinrichB%C3%B6ll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerinrichBöll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/GeorgesSimenon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeorgesSimenon</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/PeterH%C3%B8eg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeterHøeg</a>.I also enjoy learning new languages - right now <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cymraeg</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Welsh</a>) and <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#한국어</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Korean</a>) and exploring <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>

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