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Obviously #DiskOnModules were never made for speed and the only reason anyone ever bothered with them was for #legacy #industrial applications, as I'm shure that's where anyone (not just myself or @rasteri) will have seen them, because there the outrageous price of SLC flash is acceptable for reliability and capacity isn't a problem when one's dealing with a 30+ year old CNC machine running #MSDOS...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27b40T6lLs&t=865s video via @ActionRetro

#RetroComputing #IDE #SATA #SSDs #SSD #ObsoleteMedia #Storage #VintaceComputing

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Klaus Frank

@agowa338@chaos.social replied · 5 days ago

@kkarhan @rasteri @ActionRetro

With 30+ year old machines you can already be happy when they're using IDE drives and not floppies though...

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space replied · 5 days ago

@agowa338 @rasteri @ActionRetro Yeah, the #GOTEK #SFR1M44 is commonplace because of that problem.

Like a lot of stitching and weaving machines that are 40-50+ years old rely on FDDs internally and replacing those with USB flashdrives is a no-brainer.

I mean, @TechTangents took a look at one of those #USB - #ISA Adapters which are only useful for storage really, as booting those is flaky at best...

USB to ISA Card Surrounded by Issues But Still Works Well

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space replied · 5 days ago

@agowa338 @rasteri @ActionRetro @TechTangents As for #SATA drives on #IDE: I'd go with known working chips...

Like: #JM20330 & #JM20330 / #JM20330S

Which I intent to use for the #tiny486 as a means to just not having to use IDE drives...

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