---
title: "DROM"
id: 12409
type: "product"
slug: "drom"
url: "http://localhost/product/drom/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/drom.md"
published_at: "2019-11-30T01:28:19+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:19:42+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "DROM stands for Development Read Only Memory. This module can have up to 8K of RAM, via plug-on 2K RAM chips. The memory is backed by rechargeable battery for non-volatile storage of programs and data. Behaves as normal read/write RAM when the computer is in use. Individual 2K blocks can be protected against overwriting. DROM…"
category:
  - name: "ROM"
    slug: "rom"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/hardware/rom/"
post_tag:
  - name: "BASICare Microsystems"
    slug: "basicare-microsystems"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/basicare-microsystems/"
  - name: "BASICare module"
    slug: "basicare-module"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/basicare-module/"
  - name: "E. Arthur Brown Company"
    slug: "e-arthur-brown-company"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/e-arthur-brown-company/"
  - name: "Gladstone Electronics"
    slug: "gladstone-electronics"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/gladstone-electronics/"
  - name: "Sinclair Place"
    slug: "sinclair-place"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/sinclair-place/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
genre:
  - name: "Hardware"
    slug: "hardware"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/hardware/"
  - name: "ROM"
    slug: "rom"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/rom/"
company:
  id: 10676
  title: "BASICare Microsystems, Inc."
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/basicare-microsystems/"
price: 74.95
date: 1983
rarity: "Uncommon"
adverts:
  - publication:
      - id: 26649
        title: "SYNC v3 n3"
        type: "issue"
        url: "http://localhost/issue/sync-v3-n3/"
    advert_page: "33"
companies_products:
  - id: 10676
    title: "BASICare Microsystems, Inc."
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/basicare-microsystems/"
  - id: 10835
    title: "E. Arthur Brown Company"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/e-arthur-brown-company/"
  - id: 10902
    title: "Gladstone Electronics"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/gladstone-electronics/"
  - id: 11291
    title: "Sinclair Place"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/sinclair-place/"
---

DROM stands for Development Read Only Memory. This module can have up to 8K of RAM, via plug-on 2K RAM chips. The memory is backed by rechargeable battery for non-volatile storage of programs and data. Behaves as normal read/write RAM when the computer is in use.

Individual 2K blocks can be protected against overwriting. DROM can be located in either the TOOL or DATA segments of a page.

A module in the [BASICare Modular Expansion System](http://localhost/product/basicare-modular-expansion-system/).