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 Post subject: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:13 am 
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Before the dinosaurs, there used to be a game called Core-Wars which people coded "Warriors" using a simplified pseudo version of ASM called RedCode, and let them loose on a pseudo piece of memory, until the entire memory block is filled and who ever has taken the most bits wins. I recently scripted a game like this in VB which was closer to ASM language than RedCode but not as authentic i guess because it didn't run in x86 DOS.

Anyway...

My idea is that, well... what if you coded CoreWars to have battles on ACTUAL MEMORY! and the war-zone was an entire 2GB memory stick. Well sure Windows might crash with a message saying "JOO HAV BEEN TAKE OVER BY T3H 1337 HAXORZ" and your Registry might get scrambled like crazy and burst into flames, but hey it would be awesome fun.


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:13 am 
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That sounds like an awesome game!

I.want.play.now!


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:50 pm 
Mister Mxyzptlk

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this is where having 6 gb of ram comes in handy


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:45 am 
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doomteam1 wrote:
this is where having 6 gb of ram comes in handy


Or 8 GB of RAM and an i-RAM. 8)


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:07 am 
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128 MB ram -.-


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:14 am 
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Spodi wrote:
doomteam1 wrote:
this is where having 6 gb of ram comes in handy


Or 8 GB of RAM and an i-RAM. 8)


Or 32 GB of RAM.



(if i had $3200)...


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:15 am 
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.. I get excited at the prospect of getting 256 MB ram XD

How fast would my comp be omg...


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:29 am 
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Yeh it would now compute 5x5 in the same time as it would take for the honey to drip from my spoon onto the floor... crap my floor!


...

ah but wait... i have a raid 0.


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:08 pm 
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Sephiroth187 wrote:
128 MB ram -.-

....WOW


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:16 pm 
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Ervin wrote:
Sephiroth187 wrote:
128 MB ram -.-

....WOW

ya i know im jealous


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 Post subject: Re: Core-Wars using REAL memory.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:09 am 
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...

i would rather eat a stick of shit

than have one stuck in my computer.


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