ThinkPad T43 (from 2005), showing a modified BIOS screen. NVMe logo, cute sleepy cat. Next to the ThinkPad is a PCIe SSD in a ExpressCard 34 to PCIe/M.2 adapter setup.

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1. Manawyrm | Sarah (manawyrm@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 15:57:58 JST Manawyrm | Sarah

   My classic ThinkPad T43 (from 2005) used IDE/PATA storage. That's slow and unreliable, especially after the PATA->SATA bridge IBM included.

   Instead, let's use NVMe SSDs in the ExpressCard/34 slot!
   I modified the BIOS to include a custom Option ROM, which can translate the BIOS disk accesses into NVMe.

   Windows XP, Debian 12, MS-DOS 6 can boot fine from NVMe!

   Option ROM Source:
   https://github.com/Manawyrm/nvme-int13h-optionrom

   YouTube-Video in Action:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVKbFLtXLYM