Memory is crazy expensive so I made my own…
953K views · Jun 29, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@polymatt · 3 months ago · pinned
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@carlc.4714 · 3 months ago
You know memory shortage is bad, when people are start wiring their own core memory. 🙊🙈
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@tomaszszczepaniak2101 · 3 months ago
using 1MB esp to read few bit memory :D nice overkil
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@contomo5710 · 3 months ago
"This guy is nearly indestructable"<br>it only fears fridge magnets
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@ShieTar_ · 2 months ago
Ironically, "Can it run Doom?" contains 16 ASCII characters, so 128 bit of memory would be required to even store the question ;-)
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@MRINMOYKOIRI-v7h · 2 months ago
Bro was inspired from Dr. Stone 🤓
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@Nine_Divines · 3 months ago
To anyone watching who worked making these old units for the apollo program, this probably unlocked a core memory.
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@ardentdrops · 3 months ago
Guy says it's easy to find parts, tears apart vintage electronics to get them.
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@4Bakers · 3 months ago
I thought the worst USB drive is that one that looks like a USB drive but it's actually a capacitor that dumps a bunch of voltage into the data lines and fries your CPU
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@ChrisDreher · 2 months ago
Core64 is a core memory DIY kit you can build yourself. I had a lot of fun building mine. Magnetic pens are included, allowing you to mess with the data.
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@shredda_drivesthetechnodrome · 2 months ago
That's way more art than engineering.
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@serikulymiras · 3 months ago
legendary<br>imagine storing singular ssh ED25519 key on a bigger one of those
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