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   ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 10:10:40 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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   • Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

   @gsuberland i dislike the misuse of SATA ever since my time at m-labs where a dismembered sata cable was shittily soldered to an sfp

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 10:10:42 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     aside from the connector itself being kinda large on smaller boards, SATA is a pretty good form factor for this sort of thing. the cables are cheap and shielded, it's got a locking connector with low insertion and removal force, the connectors are rated for plenty of cycles, and there are enough lines for ICSP.

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 10:10:43 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

     cursed idea