RAM
RAM sticks give programs their memory.
Facts
| | | |—|—| | Kind | Item | | Tiers | 1 (1 MiB), 2 (2 MiB), 3 (4 MiB) | | Stack | 64 | | Slot | A RAM socket in the case |
Use
Put sticks in the RAM sockets of a case: a tier 1 case has one, tier 2 two, and tier 3 four. A computer’s memory is the RAM installed, above a measured baseline, so a stick means the same to a program whatever the firmware itself costs. Tier 1 RAM holds mcos to its shell.
Higher tiers also add ring memory: room for the pieces of device data the computer keeps for the program, for each device. Tier 1 adds none, tier 2 adds 2 and tier 3 adds 4. See Interrupts.
Crafting
- Tier 1: a row of three chips, then copper nugget, iron ingot, copper nugget, then a row of three gold nuggets.
- Tier 2: a tier 1 RAM in the middle, a row of three chips above, gold ingots left and right of it, and a row of three gold nuggets below.
- Tier 3: a tier 2 RAM in the middle, a row of three chips above, diamonds left and right of it, and a row of three gold nuggets below.