Subject: Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest? From: Erik Mooney <emooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:17:22 -0400 (EDT) |
> >Well, we already have the smallest kernal. Where would you call the line > >between best demo and code size? Make something arbitrary like saying > >absolute max is 512 bytes? > > An absolute max could be given (I would say much less than 512 bytes, maybe > 64 or 96..), just pull out the coolest looking thing from the 2600 (not > necessarily a game) with the smallest code. How about a Run Your Code In RAM contest? Run whatever you want in ROM at powerup, but you must jump to RAM before displaying anything and never jump out. This opens up all sorts of programmer trickery.. we assembler veterans know that self-modifying code can do a lot in very little space. If you're running code in RAM and RAM alone, never accessing the ROM address space, I wonder if it's possible to pull out a cartridge or Supercharger without disturbing the running code... if so, this could turn into the No-Cartridge 2600 contest. -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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