Post Atd5rr7ReaISseXXJg by foone@digipres.club
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(DIR) Post #Atd5rr7ReaISseXXJg by foone@digipres.club
2025-04-30T21:47:24Z
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I was thinking about PCMCIA and its replacement Express Card and what replaced that...Sometimes I want to go back in time and explain how weird computers have gotten."PCMCIA? nah, we don't do that anymore. Now we just attach external devices to our laptops by running PCIe over the power plug"
(DIR) Post #Atd5zwwTt3o3G1GrvE by foone@digipres.club
2025-04-30T21:48:51Z
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This laptop needs a barrel jack 19v chargerThis one needs a 21v rectangular chargerAnd this one can run a GPU over its charging port
(DIR) Post #Atd79xX0eRSLw0h4cK by en4rab@infosec.exchange
2025-04-30T22:01:48Z
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@foone I think they do cursed micro SD express now too. Run your GPU over the microSD card slot https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/new-dog-old-tricks-damagecard-attack-targets-memory-directly-thru-sd-card-reader/
(DIR) Post #Atd7JRbGE6EhnTClsW by rolenthedeep@rattodon.nexus
2025-04-30T22:03:28Z
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@fooneFor a brief and shining moment we ran GPUs by putting PCIe over an HDMI cable
(DIR) Post #Atd7SHShHyzwxbPfc0 by sam@social.running.cafe
2025-04-30T22:05:06Z
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@foone Say you like Thinkpads without saying you like Thinkpads. 😁
(DIR) Post #AtdAGAVdc2ERmihkTQ by fr3d@fosstodon.org
2025-04-30T22:36:29Z
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@foone PCMCIA still reminds me instantly of one single thing: People Cannot Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
(DIR) Post #AtdByW3Gyla9IG9Cjo by sycophantic@infosec.exchange
2025-04-30T22:55:43Z
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@foone and express cards can just be USB...
(DIR) Post #AtdRNN1nAJazrHlS5Y by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
2025-05-01T01:48:00Z
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@foone oh, I watched this the other day…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXnCCmP2XwQ
(DIR) Post #AthAXSf5jG7jHZsVYe by wonka@chaos.social
2025-05-02T20:58:21Z
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@foone PCMCIA == ISA, CardBus == PCI, ExpressCard == PCIe.And then, a long time later, came PCIe over USB-C...