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On the topic of coercing bits into functioning as data storage: harder drive ( http://tom7.org/harder/ http://tom7.org/harder/ )
by dcanelhas 2y ago
On the topic of coercing bits into functioning as data storage:
harder drive ( http://tom7.org/harder/ http://tom7.org/harder/ )
- godelski 2y ago> harder drive Here's the direct YouTube link[0] I'd *HIGHLY* recommend this video to anyone here. It is exactly that fun silly computer science stuff where you also learn a shit ton. His channel is full of this stuff. Don't ask why, ask why not Is essentially the motto of his channel, and it is the best. Leads to lots of innovations and I think we all should encourage more of this kind of stuff. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio
- rwmj 2y agoTom used nbdkit, which would have been a better choice here. You could probably make a VRAM plugin in a few minutes if you knew what the read & write calls are: https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit/-/blob/6017ba21aeeb3d7ad85925e78dba85a005194dee/plugins/example3/example3.c#L164 https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit/-/blob/6017ba21aeeb3d7ad859...