Recent content by DanNeely

What's driving the practical limit in FALD array size? That looks like they could pack 4x as many in just by using the space between the wells each is sitting in, and maybe 2-3x more if the wells could be shrunk in size.

At first I thought it might have been a standard m.2 card, but after counting pins on the connector it doesn't appear to have enough of them; which means it's apparently something proprietary. In that case you'd need to find someone making an adapter just for it. IF you can find such a device...

I've never found those sort of adapters easy to use. I'd rather just get a set of small nut drivers. I'm not sure if the standoffs are metric or inch sizes, but suspect for screwing into sheet metal the 'wrong' next size up driver will work well enough. Cheap examples I found on amazon, but I...

Remember that HDDs have magnets inside that are much stronger than anything you might use to attack something to a steel case. It's fine.

What are the little display bars on top of your screens?

I wasn't really hopeful they would; but I keep seeing people claiming that burn in isn't a thing anymore and was curious if anything had actually changed or if there was still an unwritten "as long as you never show any static content on it" attached to the claims.

Please post back here whenever their burnin test has results. I'd be cautious about making the jump to OLED after only a single year of data since my main display would primarily be used for desktop too. My NEC 3090 was my primary display for over 7.5 years, my Acer Predator XB321HK is 6.5...

Only if you bought from a third party. If you bought it from them directly don't expect to actually get a refund. They're bankrupt in all but name.

When you're circling the bankruptcy drain - as implied by not paying anyone - it's a bit late to worry about anything like that. Not paying employees is the sort of thing that triggers swift govt action, if they're at that point I expect the news that they're being forcibly shut down to appear...

https://www.techspot.com/news/102684-zilog-discontinuing-z80-microprocessor-after-almost-50-years.html I wonder if it's due to demand falling below a threshold needed to sustain it, or the wafer maker retiring the ultra-legacy process it's being manufactured on.

While 1.8" HDDs had a decent run for a few years in early ipods, I don't think the 1" HHD form factor ever went beyond the prototype stage. The amount of NAND you could stuff into a CF form factor made it DOA and not having any significant influence beyond possibly constraining the size of the...

My first were 128 and 240 both for $200-250ish, after that I splurged $500+ on a 1TB one I'm still using. Whenever I get around to replacing this system (honestly past due at this point) it'll probably be a 4TB pcie5 drive. Probably overkill the way the 1TB one has been for most of it's life...

MSN Xbox Live Surface And probably time for at least one more half-baked branding to be born and die before it actually comes out.

Is that a horizontal Slocket? Everything old really is new again. 🤣

Updating the specs for higher tiers to align with what are premium specs today isn't a bad thing. I dislike them setting different refresh rates for laptop and desktop displays though, that's just going to add confusion. I do wish they'd added a basic tier at the bottom to capture variable...