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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>

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