C64 Finally Gets the SRAM Corporate Wouldn’t Pay For

The Commodore 64 has finally received the memory upgrade it was denied for over four decades. According to Hackaday, when the C 64 launched in nineteen eighty-one, static RAM was so expensive that Commodore founder Jack Tramiel chose affordability over capacity. A new SRAM adapter now gives retro-computing enthusiasts the upgrade that corporate cost-cutting wouldn't allow.

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