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   by alecjw 9y ago

   Nice, thanks for the tip!
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   by alecjw 9y ago

   The data I was going to put on it weren't that valuable, mostly music and phone photos - I wasn't that distraught when I snapped the old SD card. A quick test that it wasn't completely fake would have satisfied me.
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   Testing an SD Card's true capacity(blog.nothinguntoward.eu)

   159 points by alecjw 9y ago|47 comments
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   by alecjw 13y ago

   Agreed. Electronics hackery, especially making sense of someone else's circuit, takes a lot of acquired knowledge. Knowing common circuit topologies and being able to identify them when you see them, knowing that if you see a component in a
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   by alecjw 13y ago

   This seems about right. I found various components inside with date codes ranging from 1996 to early 1997. The indicator lights had no markings on them, but IIRC the bulbs inside were 28v incandescents. Do you know any more about them? I'd