"how's ram shortage going"

[jn@boopsnoot.de]

@ozzelot @RedstoneLP2 @whitequark finally, highmem

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@jn @ozzelot @RedstoneLP2 incredible

[redstonelp2@mastodon.redstonelp2.com]

@ozzelot @jn @whitequark i've had that issue with "normal" ram in desktop configurations already

[sverx@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@whitequark is laptop RAM really so much less expensive to grant this?

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@sverx the board is like $5

[glowl@chaos.social]

@whitequark
#alt4you
Three RAM adapter thingies for the corresponding DDR3, 4 and 5 sodim modules to their dim counterparts.

[gpowerf@mastodon.social]

@whitequark I'm not against this at all. It's a nice way to recycle your existing laptop RAM.

[datenwolf@chaos.social]

@whitequark What's old is new again:

Back when I built my Pentium-1 I carried over several MiB of RAM on SIMM modules to those new-fangled DIMM slots using a pair of SIMM→DIMM adapters:

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@glowl added, ty

[patterfloof@meow.social]

@chloeraccoon @JamesWidman @mer @whitequark quick, to The Leftorium!

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@datenwolf amazing, i haven't seen those before! (i am just old enough to have touched SIMMs irl)