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glennPattonWork33-May-19 2:50

3-May-19 2:50

Just tried it, and no we can't Flea-Bay here we come!

patbob3-May-19 5:01

patbob

3-May-19 5:01

That sucks. I feel for you.

I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.

mattyltaylor2-May-19 10:04

mattyltaylor

2-May-19 10:04

I wonder if you can format a larger USB drive using one of the command line size switches. Trick it into thinking it's a smaller size.

glennPattonWork32-May-19 10:31

2-May-19 10:31

Well, I am pretty sure that won't work. As the actual FTDI device dictates the speed and size of the device. It is possible to 'trick' the device but it requires some handshaking from the hub to wake up. Sigh | :sigh:

ot_ik_3-May-19 6:18

ot_ik_

3-May-19 6:18

What about just made one, take some USB eqiuped chip PIC, SiLABS ... They are with up to 2MB of flash to use this days. With little FW you can get from around the web turn it into FLASH drive. You can even sell them to company a get some money back for trouble Smile | :)

glennPattonWork33-May-19 13:48

3-May-19 13:48

Not a bad idea!

Test Tickle3-May-19 16:41

Test Tickle

3-May-19 16:41

My goodness, i've been browsing for a bit on here and your posts about the company you are at seem like one liner jokes, what can you possibly have that takes a maximum of 256MB USB?? I had some ancient SBC's that worked like that, but at the time of upgrading so they could take up to 2GB USB drives, the 256MB drives were still £20 - £30 and we got rid of the old USB's and SBCs, that was like 2006 or something, is it one of those companies that are stuck in the dark ages and the only reason they can keep going is because no other company wants to touch the "legacy" equipment, I mean good for business i'm sure, but bad for the poor sod that has to work on them or find spare parts!!

glennPattonWork34-May-19 1:30

4-May-19 1:30

The legacy equipment is being used in an envoirment where it so safety centric and administered by people that have had the job put on them due to peoples retitrement, so lack the background knowledge.

Test Tickle wrote:
because no other company wants to touch the "legacy" equipment,

is the main reason!
Also Test&Tickle@gmail.com was an email that belongs to one of the hardware team...just sayin'

Test Tickle4-May-19 8:13

Test Tickle

4-May-19 8:13

So safe that you can't get parts for it! Good idea, who came up with that?!
So people leave / retire, and everyone else has to suffer because they didn't make sure it was written down or whatever?

Hah, that isn't my email I signed up with, nor is it my email address, I didn't think Google allowed ampersands and other odd characters in their email accounts anyway?

pmauriks5-May-19 19:28

pmauriks

5-May-19 19:28

Depends on how you define secure.

If you need moderately secure - Kingston DataTraveler comes in a variety of sizes from 4GB to 64GB.
If you need FIPS compliance and a hardware keypad to allow machine independent use - there are few choices, but this group was recently recommended to me: diskAshur DT 2 - The iStorage diskAshur DT 2 is a secure, easy to use and affordable USB 3.0 flash drive[^]

And for a software solution, you could always look at Bitlocker (or Bitlocker to go), PGP or something similar.

Member 91670576-May-19 1:45

Member 9167057

6-May-19 1:45

What exactly is a "secure drive" in this context? Isn't it enough to take any run-off-the-mill-thumbdrive and slap BitLocker on?

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PeejayAdams30-Apr-19 22:19

30-Apr-19 22:19

Strange conclusion to code review refinement (7)

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modified 1-May-19 8:37am.

OriginalGriff1-May-19 0:52

OriginalGriff

1-May-19 0:52

ENCODED?

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PeejayAdams1-May-19 0:54

1-May-19 0:54

2 black 2 white

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

pkfox1-May-19 1:42

pkfox

1-May-19 1:42

I initially thought that - see my latest post

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pkfox1-May-19 1:41

pkfox

1-May-19 1:41

Decorum ?

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

PeejayAdams1-May-19 2:36

1-May-19 2:36

Yay! We have a winner!

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

musefan1-May-19 5:09

musefan

1-May-19 5:09

I am guessing that "strange" = "rum", but how?

pkfox1-May-19 5:29

pkfox

1-May-19 5:29

Yes Rum can be used for strange e.g. He's a rum one (weirdo,strange etc...)

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

So it's national Pole dancing day...

Abbas A. Ali2-May-19 2:45

Abbas A. Ali

2-May-19 2:45

I'm intrigued, How does this game work?

glennPattonWork330-Apr-19 21:50

Re: So it's national Pole dancing day...

30-Apr-19 21:50

Hi All,
Know any Polish persons invite 'em to a dance! Unsure | :~

This was a silly conversation due to number of Polish co-workers I have... not really racist honest... Java | [Coffee]

aahhh!

Johnny J.30-Apr-19 22:42

Johnny J.

30-Apr-19 22:42

Just out of curiosity: Are your Polish cow-orkers from the South Pole or the North Pole? Confused | :confused:

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Re: So it's national Pole dancing day...

PeejayAdams30-Apr-19 22:44

Re: So it's national Pole dancing day...

30-Apr-19 22:44

Or could they be some of those French Polish types that we keep reading about?

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

glennPattonWork330-Apr-19 22:54