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excerpt: "Upgrading the ZX-80 to 16K with a Jade Computer Products MEM-16151K S100 board. The memory board uses 2114-type static RAM instead of the dynamic RAM found in the Sinclair upgrade."
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# Memory Expansion for the ZX-80

Upgrading the ZX-80 to 16K with a Jade Computer Products MEM-16151K S100 board. The memory board uses 2114-type static RAM instead of the dynamic RAM found in the Sinclair upgrade.