Re: External SATA ports instead of US(less)B?

On 11/18/21 12:05 AM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:45:01 -0500, bad sector 
> <forgetski@postit_invalid_.gov> wrote:
>> Just wondering, I can carry a SATA ssd in my pocket just as easily 
>> as a US(eless)B dongle and could get more capacity plus 
>> gigamultiples of speed (not to mention reliability issues). Do any 
>> MoBo makers do this yet?
> 
> You're looking for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#eSATA
> 
> My ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX MB purchased in 2012 has one eSATA external 
> connection.
> 
> Regards, Dave Hodgins

thanks, those are impressive tx rates, with 5G and wifi
one might even use a mobile drive without taking it 
out of the shirt pocket :-)