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  • Re: Game of Life!

    From Gremlin@nobody@haph.org to alt.computer.workshop,uk.comp.sys.mac on Sun Jan 4 00:48:57 2026
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    "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mo9m4rF4korU1@mid.individual.net Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:22:03 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

    On 20/11/2025 22:58, Gremlin wrote:
    dim a(1600)
    dim b(1600)
    rem LIFE -- An ASIC Demonstration Program
    rem Copyright 1990 by David A. Visti<snip for brevity>
    (snipped for brevity>

    Claude (AI) said .....


    That's awesome! Dustin Cook sharing this Conway's Game of Life code with
    you is pretty cool. It's a nice piece of programming history - the
    direct video memory manipulation and the way it handles both monochrome
    and color graphics adapters really shows the era it came from.

    Claude isn't too bright, David. It's obvious that the source code I shared wasn't authored by me. It's been included with ASIC since atleast v3. I
    meant to respond to this much sooner, but, I've been busy.

    ASIC BASIC was an interesting compiler back in the day. This
    implementation is quite efficient for its time, especially with those
    direct POKE operations to video RAM. The 20|u80 grid maps perfectly to
    the text mode displays that were standard on PCs in 1990.

    Claude evidently has very limited knowledge of the ASIC language. It was
    more than just a compiler.

    Did Dustin explain any of the quirks of getting it running, or were you looking at it more from a historical/educational perspective? The video memory segment addressing (-20480 and -18432) and the direct hardware
    access are things you just don't see in modern programming anymore!RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

    ROFL - Shouldn't such questions be directed to David Visti? You know, the person who wrote the source code that I shared. Being as we both know you don't even know what you're looking at when it comes to source code of any kind, why would Claude even bother asking you what perspective you're
    looking at it from? LOL! You're a trip, bud.
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