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RAM Prices Skyrocketing (In the 1990s) - This Week In Retro 248
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- Dec 13, 2025
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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An 80s film and game icon has a statue at long last, RAM prices are sky high and not for the first time and the BBC took a look at how CGI was used in the film Tron. 00:00 - Show Opening 01:53 - Your Move, Statue CreepStory Link: https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit-finally-has-a-robocop-statue/ 14:19 - All Of This Has Happened Before, And It Will All Happen AgainStory Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/Frontline Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQDWytFwpYI 26:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below 30:34 - Back To The GridStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1QuMnoLvQTron Behind The Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4i6D3XXBQLong Tron Doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgHMrLPQrEHold and Modify: https://www.youtube.com/c/holdandmodify 42:46 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro This Week in Retro is a weekly r…