diff --git a/devices/viacuda.cpp b/devices/viacuda.cpp
index ddc5145..62bd304 100644
--- a/devices/viacuda.cpp
+++ b/devices/viacuda.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-/** the signature for PRAM backing file identification. */
-static char PRAM_FILE_ID[] = "DINGUSPPCP-RAM";
-
 ViaCuda::ViaCuda(std::string pram_file, uint32_t pram_size)
 {
     /* FIXME: is this the correct
@@ -33,10 +30,7 @@ ViaCuda::ViaCuda(std::string pram_file, uint32_t pram_size)
     this->via_regs[VIA_IER]  = 0x7F;
 
     //PRAM Pre-Initialization
-    this->pram_file = pram_file;
-    this->pram_size = pram_size;
-
-    this->pram_storage = new uint8_t[pram_size];
+    this->pram_obj = NVram("pram.bin", 256);
 
     this->cuda_init();
 }
@@ -49,30 +43,6 @@ void ViaCuda::cuda_init()
     this->in_count = 0;
     this->out_count = 0;
 
-    //PRAM Initialization
-    char     sig[sizeof(PRAM_FILE_ID)];
-    uint16_t data_size;
-
-    ifstream f(this->pram_file, ios::in | ios::binary);
-
-    if (f.fail() || !f.read(sig, sizeof(PRAM_FILE_ID)) ||
-        !f.read((char*)&data_size, sizeof(data_size)) ||
-        memcmp(sig, PRAM_FILE_ID, sizeof(PRAM_FILE_ID)) ||
-        data_size != this->pram_size ||
-        !f.read((char*)this->pram_storage, this->pram_size))
-    {
-        cout << "WARN: Could not restore PRAM content from the given file." << endl;
-        memset(this->pram_storage, 0, sizeof(this->pram_size));
-    }
-
-    f.close();
-}
-
-ViaCuda::~ViaCuda()
-{
-    this->cuda_pram_save();
-    if (this->pram_storage)
-        delete this->pram_storage;
 }
 
 uint8_t ViaCuda::read(int reg)
@@ -275,11 +245,11 @@ void ViaCuda::cuda_pseudo_command(int cmd, int data_count)
     switch(cmd) {
     case CUDA_READ_PRAM:
         cuda_response_header(CUDA_PKT_PSEUDO, 0);
-        pram_read_value(this->in_buf[2]);
+        this->pram_obj.read_byte(this->in_buf[2]);
         break;
     case CUDA_WRITE_PRAM:
         cuda_response_header(CUDA_PKT_PSEUDO, 0);
-        pram_write_value(this->in_buf[2], this->in_buf[3]);
+        this->pram_obj.write_byte(this->in_buf[2], this->in_buf[3]);
         break;
     case CUDA_READ_WRITE_I2C:
         cuda_response_header(CUDA_PKT_PSEUDO, 0);
@@ -313,14 +283,6 @@ void ViaCuda::cuda_pseudo_command(int cmd, int data_count)
     }
 }
 
-uint8_t ViaCuda::pram_read_value(uint8_t offset) {
-    return pram_storage[offset];
-}
-
-void ViaCuda::pram_write_value(uint8_t offset, uint8_t new_state) {
-    pram_storage[offset] = new_state;
-}
-
 void ViaCuda::i2c_simple_transaction(uint8_t dev_addr, const uint8_t *in_buf,
                                      int in_bytes)
 {
@@ -373,18 +335,4 @@ void ViaCuda::i2c_comb_transaction(uint8_t dev_addr, uint8_t sub_addr,
         cout << "Unsupported I2C device 0x" << hex << (int)dev_addr1 << endl;
         cuda_error_response(CUDA_ERR_I2C);
     }
-}
-
-void ViaCuda::cuda_pram_save()
-{
-    ofstream f(this->pram_file, ios::out | ios::binary);
-
-    /* write file identification */
-    f.write(PRAM_FILE_ID, sizeof(PRAM_FILE_ID));
-    f.write((char*)&this->pram_size, sizeof(this->pram_size));
-
-    /* write PRAM content */
-    f.write((char*)this->pram_storage, this->pram_size);
-
-    f.close();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devices/viacuda.h b/devices/viacuda.h
index 5df968c..3b8724d 100644
--- a/devices/viacuda.h
+++ b/devices/viacuda.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     firmware using bit banging (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_banging).
 */
 
+#include "nvram.h"
+
 #ifndef VIACUDA_H
 #define VIACUDA_H
 
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ class ViaCuda
 {
 public:
     ViaCuda(std::string pram_file = "pram.bin", uint32_t pram_size = 256);
-    ~ViaCuda();
+    ~ViaCuda() = default;
 
     uint8_t read(int reg);
     void write(int reg, uint8_t value);
@@ -105,9 +107,7 @@ private:
     int32_t out_count;
     int32_t out_pos;
 
-    std::string pram_file; /* file name for the PRAM file. */
-    uint8_t  pram_size;    /* PRAM size. */
-    uint8_t* pram_storage;
+    NVram pram_obj;
 
     void print_enabled_ints(); /* print enabled VIA interrupts and their sources */
 
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ private:
     void cuda_pram_save();
 
     /* I2C related methods */
-    uint8_t pram_read_value(uint8_t offset);
-    void pram_write_value(uint8_t offset, uint8_t new_state);
     void i2c_simple_transaction(uint8_t dev_addr, const uint8_t *in_buf, int in_bytes);
     void i2c_comb_transaction(uint8_t dev_addr, uint8_t sub_addr, uint8_t dev_addr1,
          const uint8_t *in_buf, int in_bytes);