retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 6 days ago

The great RAM doubler hoax of the 90s: How SoftRAM scammed over 650,000 PC users

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The great RAM doubler hoax of the 90s: How SoftRAM scammed over 650,000 PC users

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retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 6 days ago

SoftRAM promised to double your RAM, but became one of the biggest tech scams of the 90s. Here’s how Syncronys fooled hundreds of thousands of user

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Remember the free cupholder exe that opened your CD ROM drive? ;)
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  That reminded me of one of my all-time favorite Daily WTF articles:
  
  https://thedailywtf.com/articles/ITAPPMONROBOT