ram stick consisting of a flexible PCB wrapped around a plastic bar. this allowed them to put chips on the inside of the board, doubling the density.

ram stick consisting of a flexible PCB wrapped around a plastic bar. this allowed them to put chips on the inside of the board, doubling the density.
I really did consider not putting the "back then" but this looked so much like a very old connection but I guess that's more because of how it had to be built. Was this for servers. This feels like a nightmare you'd only find in servers
Ah, so the cooling is simply solved by adding a few more tiny screaming 8000 RPM fans...
I think the word “cursed” has been applied to a lot of things that don’t necessarily qualify, but this absolutely does. What a fantastically stupid idea lol.