damnbearJun 2, 2023
Happy prIDE
Show threadJernej Simončič �Jun 2, 2023
@damnbear Looks more like a floppy connector :(
Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 2, 2023
@jernej__s @damnbear by the pin count (30) it's neither Floppy (34) nor IDE (40) or MiniIDE (44)
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110476298287654225
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_drive_interface
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] that's not an #IDE connector, as it only has 30 leads and 30 pins!!!!!

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Show thread🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣Jun 5, 2023

@kkarhan

MiniIDE being *bigger* than IDE doesn't make any sense. Whoever decided "let's design an IDE-like connector with 4 more pins than actual IDE-) connector and name it *Mini*IDE" was high on LSD…

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Show threadJernej Simončič �
@devnull @kkarhan @damnbear MiniIDE is bigger because it includes power pins.
Jun 5, 2023 at 6:34amWeb
Show thread🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣Jun 5, 2023

@jernej__s Yeah, But that's not my point… I'm not asking why it's bigger.

I mean "Mini $whatever" for something that is actually bigger than "$whatever" is a misnomer

Mini litteraly means smaller than…
There's a reason why any other connector uses "Mini" prefix for "smaller than what is considered full size connector". Be it Jack, USB, HDMI, DisplayPort…

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Show threadJernej Simončič �Jun 5, 2023
@devnull @kkarhan @damnbear Well, mini IDE is smaller than regular IDE, despite having more pins…