Subject: Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest? From: "Andrew Davie" <adavie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 01:07:51 +1000 |
> 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. Hell, I'd enter this one! Those interested in this sort of contest should definitely check out the program contest held for the Manchester Mark I 50th Anniversary, which passed a few months or so back. There were some pretty neat programs, and the programming of the thing... well, it was lovely :) A -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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