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First post, by Darwiniandude

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I have an IBM 5150, 256KB on board. I have a modern XT-CF ide card. Is there a modern or cost effective way to get up to 640KB? That should be enough for anybody, right? 😀

Reply 1 of 2, by maxtherabbit

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lo-tech 1MB RAM card if you want modern, you can even buy the blank PCB and assemble it yourself if you're so inclined

it will round out your 640kB base as well as give you as many UMBs to play with as you have address space for, which is rad.

Only thing is the edge connector is not hard gold or beveled, so don't cycle it a bunch of times. You can cut the bevel yourself on a belt sander or bench grinder but the surface finish on the fingers is ENIG and will wear off eventually.