hey wanna see something cursed http://www.bplus.com.tw/Adapter/PNF4GCB.html

[nick@introvert.social]

@whitequark @dramforever that whole site is incredible. I think I missed my calling in life designing cursed boards for the cottage industry of niche hardware adapters

[teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe]

At least they picked an appropriate name?

"Bplus Technology Co., Ltd."

Not: Aplus Technology Co., Ltd.

At least they're not: Cminus Technology Co., Ltd.? Though morbid curiosity has me wondering what their designs and the corollary Dminus Technology Co., Ltd. and F Technology Co., Ltd. might be desperately trying to sell to unwitting buyers?

CC: @nick@introvert.social @whitequark@treehouse.systems

[mxk@hachyderm.io]

@charlotte @whitequark there also is a break-off part holding your SSD depending on which length format you use 🫣

[ewenmcneill@cloudisland.nz]

@whitequark seems much less cursed than the old school hard cards, which just bolted a 3.5” spinning drive to an ISA card and hoped for the best

Hardcard - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[charlotte@akko.chir.rs]

that part is imo reasonable depending on how much clearance your card has

[charlotte@akko.chir.rs]

@mxk especially since i don’t think i have ever seen an m.2 22110

[nick@introvert.social]

@teajaygrey @whitequark "Don't you just hate it when you need to connect a SATA drive to your system but all you have is an m.2 slot and a floppy disk power connector? Who hasn't had that problem? Anyone?

Anyway, we have you covered for this very common problem! Bplus Technology Co: we make all your BPlus products a reality."

http://www.bplus.com.tw/Adapter/M2S.html

[mxk@hachyderm.io]

@charlotte yeah. I was more confused by having the provision for 22110 in the first place.

[foone@digipres.club]

@ewenmcneill @whitequark those are great! also every single one I've ever seen is broken.

[slyecho@mdon.ee]

@whitequark I actually don’t think it’s cursed at all, if you need it, then it’s very useful and also seems very adaptable for all kinds of situations

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@slyecho cursed doesn't mean not useful

[letoram@infosec.exchange]

@foone @ewenmcneill @whitequark

I had several of those chunky boys back in the day, donated from a company that bought in bulk and then made a wise decision to make them someone else's problem. I ran them in serial, meaning that when one died you swapped in the next.

Be sure to fasten those screws like your ISA connector and traces depend on it because there be some not so good vibes. Also multiple multiple copies of driver driver disks ...

[teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe]

(giggling uncontrollably)

Thanks for the URL, the Stop_Selling.png on two different places on the page looking as if it is a weird knock off of the Nintendo Seal of Approval is incredible!

As is this disclaimer: "This adapter is engineering test tools. NOT for home or office use."

I'm getting Canadian imported Camerica Game Genie feels from when Nintendo of America was suing Galoob. Surely, this device is useful to someone! I just, do not know whom, nor why Mario is invincible all the time anymore; that FDD 4pin power (5V &12V?! In 2026?! whoa!) connector, without an FDD controller, is really powerful I guess! ^_-

Alternate timeline theory: Bplus Technology Co., Ltd. is a distant relative of the HoneyBee adapter. (Image attached for reference)

CC: @whitequark@treehouse.systems

[nick@introvert.social]

@teajaygrey @whitequark babe wake up, new reaction image just dropped

[malwareminigun@infosec.exchange]

@whitequark what’s wrong with that?

[equinox@chaos.social]

@mxk @charlotte a lot of server/enterprise M.2 SSDs are 22110, I've handled a bunch. They're more likely to be installed as U.2, E1 or E3 nowadays though, for hot swap.

[mifune@mastodon.social]

@whitequark these are really useful, I’ve put a simpler one into an older server that didn’t have m.2 slots but plenty of pcie

[dramforever@mastodon.social]

@whitequark
right... if it's not a volume product it could very well be easier, cheaper even, to do all of them the same way. i thought these were everywhere - i guess the normal ones don't have breaking off parts...