On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:27 PM Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net> wrote:

> What if the next CPU card does not have an SD slot (it's not required by the spec)?

now you're into "cheap-ass" territory. people who pay cheap-ass
money for cheap-ass goods can expect to "get what they pay for".
given that we're talking saving $0.20 for a lack of a micro-sd card
slot, you know we're talking *real* cheap-ass money-misers :)

no, if manufacturers are saving $0.20 you know that they're probably
trying to produce something for the $12 to $15 retail market. all
bets are off as to "features" at that point.

basically at this level of cheap-ass-ness as long as they're
compliant with the "bare minimum" EOMA68 spec i'll tolerate it.

I'd like to bring up the point that lacking a micro-sd card slot may not

have to do with cheapness, but physical limitations. What if there is

no room for it because other connectors / doohickeys were considered

more important for the specific card?