[Info-vax] Gen-Z, a new memory interconnect on the horizon.

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-10-20 14:19:49 +0000, Kerry Main said:

> We used to have USB sticks with a small switch on them for this.

Lots of options...

http://www.fencepost.net/2010/03/usb-flash-drives-with-hardware-write-protection/ 


But then USB and other flash drives contain microcontrollers, so all 
sorts of "fun" is possible within.

Various commodity USB and flash devices can sometimes be modified...

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554

...and here's one explicitly intended for modifications:

https://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/usb-rubber-ducky-deluxe

Wouldn't surprise me that some of those switches were firmware-controlled, too.



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