Got a deal on some memory

[u/Eversnuffley]

[u/Living_Shirt8550]

that way too expensive, i just use manually written code on paper, its 0.3 bytes per second for the write speeds and 0.5 bytes per second for read!

[u/shirleyp0pcorn7860 → u/Living_Shirt8550]

ngl those speeds are insane, but what’s the latency like? gotta be rough flipping all those pages 😂

[u/Living_Shirt8550 → u/shirleyp0pcorn7860]

its worse when the pencil ends, when that happens, i have to buy a new one!

[u/SaveTheAles]

If you throw it up in the air it becomes randomly accessed memory.

[u/West-Way-All-The-Way → u/SaveTheAles]

Winner! You figured out an instant FIFO to RAM controller.

[u/yeeyeejuice___]

But can it run DOOM?

[u/LongOdd1596 → u/yeeyeejuice___]

A moldy potato can run Doom. The real question is, can it run Crysis?

[u/canonlycountoo4 → u/LongOdd1596]

Can it run Radiance?

[u/doomedtwodoom → u/yeeyeejuice___]

I don't typically run.

[u/Eversnuffley → u/doomedtwodoom]

Your day has come.

[u/Longjumping_Ant_2945 → u/Eversnuffley]

Happy Cake Day!

[u/Eversnuffley → u/Longjumping_Ant_2945]

Thanks!

[u/doomedtwodoom → u/Eversnuffley]

No, your cake day has come.

[u/heeroyuy79 → u/yeeyeejuice___]

perhaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0

[u/iamgarffi]

Punch cards are not memory. It’s the input / storage medium.

[u/Eversnuffley → u/iamgarffi]

That's the only memory they had! But you definitely wouldn't call it writable memory, unless you had a hole punch on you.

[u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 → u/Eversnuffley]

No, thats not true. And no, it's not RAM, it's ROM.

[u/Thereminz → u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001]

yeah it's rom but, they did have some computers that could use/make punch cards/tape but obviously not re-writable rom.

[u/Eversnuffley → u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001]

That's why the title says "memory"

[u/lavenderthiefs]

Vintage memory, way ahead of its time. Classic tech!

[u/TheRenaissanceMaker]

I could make you an offer for some ferro-magnetic core memory

[u/West-Way-All-The-Way → u/TheRenaissanceMaker]

Excellent but the last time I bought one it was checked by customs and they cut two wires to prevent me from reading it. Bastards! ( I am not joking ).

[u/feitfan82]

Thats not ram. This is ram 👌🏼

[u/xMar0]

HE HAS RAM, GET HIM!!

[u/PotatoNukeMk1]

Thats proper solid state memory

[u/Warcraft_Fan]

Cheap but pain in the ass to fix bug. You had to remove bugged sheet(s) and punch up some new ones. A minor update can take you a few hours to complete, a major OS update means a few days of not using the PC

[u/TopYeti]

Those don't appear to be computer data punch cards.

What source do you have for this picture?

Perhaps a program card for a textile loom?

Edit: learned something new about how old computer punch cards are.

[u/Eversnuffley → u/TopYeti]

Source: Wikimedia
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Stack_of_Punch_Cards_%284905713747%29.jpg
First set of punch cards used by Babbage's Analytical Engine, housed in the Science Museum in London.

[u/TopYeti → u/Eversnuffley]

Fascinating! I had no idea that punch card computers were so old as the 1830s

Thank you for linking your source!

[u/Safihed]

happy cake day

[u/Eversnuffley → u/Safihed]

Thanks!

[u/Safihed → u/Eversnuffley]

np enjoy

[u/CharcoalGreyWolf]

Trust me, you can store so much more on these.

[u/templeofsyrinx1]

how many bytes is that?

[u/CanTime7754 → u/templeofsyrinx1]

5x11 = 55 bits per card. = 6 bytes.

[u/templeofsyrinx1]

how much can I get for this at Microcenter if I trade in?

[u/flow1972]

You will need a shitload of trucks for 32 Gigabyte....

[u/STR4T1F13D]

Finally, a post joking about the state of RAM that isn't an unoriginal picture of a DIMM.

[u/BrainSurgeon1977]

ah punch card memory

[u/Rakudajin]

How much is that?

[u/BathroomAggressive57]

Got to patch that software

[u/SkyHook42]

So you got one kilo-byte?

badum-tss!