• evujumenuk@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As far as I remember, Game Cards are not mask ROM. In other words, they’ll eventually lose their data and become e-waste anyhow.

    This applies to both “real” Game Cards, and Game Key Cards. It’s already been a problem with the OG Switch.

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        3 days ago

        A mask ROM is a kind of read-only memory where the desired data is directly etched into a semiconductor during the same photolithographic process that actually makes a circuit out of a planar sheet of silicon. It’s pretty much hard-wired data storage, with an indefinite lifespan.

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      4 days ago

      Even more wonderful then hahaha.

      Hopefully we’ll get dumps going one way or another. Last I looked there was some headway made into poking the console on release day but I’m not keeping up with it regular.