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All the 44256 chips I've seen need 512 refresh cycles (9 bits). They won't work without extra circuitry to generate the extra bit. Good luck finding 256Kx4 chips with 256 refresh cycles.
Very thin coat of solder might work. Older RAM boards were 'tinned' this way. They do corrode more quickly than gold and need reseating or cleaning, but carts get swapped in and out more often than RAM.