RIP e-SATA
Comment on USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 days ago
lnxtx@feddit.nl 3 days ago
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Esata was so cool for like 3 years. I needed more storage fast on my laptop and having only USB 2.0 that was a no go. But esta gave me one cable to an external SSD that did power and fast data.
Then USB 3.0 came out, then UASP, and that completely killed esata.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
I still prefer eSATA over USB when using SATA drives. A lot of the USB to SATA chips don’t support reading the SMART data from the drive. Now we have NVMe SSDs connected over thunderbolt, which is much faster than SATA or USB3 and SMART works correctly.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’ve never ripped the head off of a DVI or VGA cable. Unlike HDMI and DP, then they put little grippy clips in em now so you got to get the needle nose pliers out and rip them out the port too.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Personally I just splice all my cables into MIL-DTL-26482 connectirs, that way I know they’re solid!
Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I feel old. The only one of those I haven’t ever used is that AAUI port. What’s that for?
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 days ago
The AAUI was an adapter that allowed old-world Macs to connect to ethernet
Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 days ago
i see, the computer version of a prehensile tail…
9point6@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Super old school Apple networking IIRC
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I like the PS/2 cause it came out years before the PS2