maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

i already know what it will be and it will be very simple and not original but i won't say it in public yet. but i want it to support as much hardware as possible. i thought about making it in quickbasic but i think that has a minim req of a 286 so i might see what's the easiest way to dev for 8088 class machines. i want to not have to use any assembly

a DOS game in the year 2023 oh yeah

i'm. Goinig to. make a DOS game in this year. hold me to that

glaphics

maybe 2023 is the year i make and finish a DOS game to release

@aquinton non humans are always saying this

oouargh

@Rowan the customer is always right

@tomnardi and yes i understand the disparity between proprietary PassMark memtest86 and memtest86+ but still

@tomnardi i'm mostly upset because i nearly trashed 2 computers now until i realized they both freeze on memtest86+ 5.01 at the _exact same point_ whereas PassMark memtest86 10.2 passes them just fine and here i thought i had TWO dead mobos since no stick or slot config fixed the freezes

@smellsofbikes no clue, don't know how lenovo diagnostics works and newer passmark memtest 10.2 did a full pass without errors

memtest86+ 5.01 freezes on test 1 54% and i've seen it freeze at exactly the same point (just a couple of seconds in really) on another hardware entirely, which is what made me try another memtest

and yes this was memtest from two different liveusbs, which both had 86+ 5.01 exactly

Why do Linux live USBs ship a broken version of memtest86+ to this day?

this still doesn't explain why steam specifically started having a memory read issue

or why it STOPPED happening

but at least i can come down from the anger rush of this laptop being fucking faulty

HAHA NOPE

MEMTEST 5.01

THE VERSION EVERY FUCKING LINUX LIVE USB BUNDLES

TO THIS FUCKING DAY

IS THE FUCKING CULPRIT

VERSION 10.2 HAS NOT FROZEN YET

FUCK ME FUCK LINUX BROS

i'll just run this fucking laptop into the ground i guess i'm too fucking unemployable to get anything else

after reseating all ram, reseating and REPASTING the CPU(!!!!) memtest STILL FAILS no matter what but now steam starts, i guess

fuck me whatever

Anyone wanna buy me a new laptop

K memtest locks up consistently in the very same place no matter what ram is in what slot whether it's one or both of them. Cool i have a dead laptop

Available Memory jumped down from 16GB to 8GB after the first test. Lenovo diagnostics counts this as PASSED. am i taking crazy pills