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RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts
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Because the memory crisis drives DDR5 and SSD prices at a record level, a fan has taken the consequence and built its own memory: as a hand-fabricated magnetic core memory with technology from the Apollo era and 64 bit capacity.
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Tom's HardwareRAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts
While PC enthusiasts and DIYers gnash their teeth over the RAMpocalypse, the world's makers and DIYers are busying themselves with alternative, DIY, and left-field solutions to the terrible component crunch. The latest to throw their hat in the DIY memory ring is polymatt with a video walkthrough showing how they made a USB drive with 64 bits of storage. Yes, bits, not even bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and certainly not terabytes. Still, the vid…
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