On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 11:45 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:

>
> There was one infamous exception:  Amazon (used to) mingle their SD
> cards with other vendors SD cards in their warehouse.  So "sold by
> Amazon" SD cards could actually be supplied by a disreputable vendor.
> All hell broke loose when counterfeits were found.
>

They still do. You can't reliably source storage products on Amazon. If
it's too cheap, you must assume it's a knockoff.

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It still blows my mind that there are (expensive) 1 TB micro SD cards. The
equivalent quantity of HD floppies would overfill a half-length (20')
shipping container. I can show my working ...

There are 2.5" HD format PATA enclosures for PCIe SSDs. Seems a little like
overkill, though

 Stewart
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