Nina KalininaThere was a brief period of time when upgrade modules for computers looked like upgrade modules for computers.
Space Hobo@nina_kali_nina We all just wanted Sony cyberdeck aesthetics without the Sony made-up-a-proprietary-lock-in-and-nobody-cared formats and protocols.
Kevin Karhan 
@spacehobo @nina_kali_nina Gilfoyle Voice "Kinda like that one?"
points at #VAIO #P11Z
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vaio_P11Z
@kkarhan @nina_kali_nina https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sony_HB-10 ← This was more what I was going for, or maybe the HB-F1...
@kkarhan @nina_kali_nina Heck, even the standard 3½" diskette or the minidisc are design classics compared to what we all ended up with.
@spacehobo @nina_kali_nina I still think the 3,5" FDD has the supreme handling of any removeable media, which is why I advocate to copy it's design for hot-swappable SSDs
- Simply because it's just a superior design!
Tho granted if it were to help I'd accept increasing THICC-ness from 3,3mm to 5mm since that could increase mechanical stiffness and prevent idiots.from shoving it into a real 3,5" FDD drive…
- Certainly it's better than USB flashdrives and (often precariously dangling) external SSDs.
The genius engineering of the 3½ inch floppy disk
AMS@AMS @spacehobo @nina_kali_nina les just say that CFexpress is quite smol and not really designed for a lot of handling...
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] They do work great for servers, but only doing PCIe makes them quite expensive to support. - Which is why I wish for SD, USB, SATA & PCIe as interfaces, given that: - SD works with any SBC and many embedded devices as boot drive, - SATA does the same for Desktop, - USB is trading convenience and compatibility for that and - PCIe is focussed on speed. https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/115284064808107600