lifeboot.asm

   1 bits 16
   2 org 0x7c00
   3
   4 ; =============================================================================
   5
   6 ; settings --------------------------------------------------------------------
   7
   8 %define DEAD ' '            ; char to represent a dead cell
   9 %define ALIVE '#'           ; char to represent an alive cell
  10 %define PRINT_COLOR 0x07    ; grey on black
  11 %define WAIT_DELAY 0x02     ; 0.131072 seconds
  12
  13 ; constants -------------------------------------------------------------------
  14
  15 %define COLS 80
  16 %define ROWS 25
  17 %define VGAPGSZ (COLS * ROWS * 2)
  18
  19 ; memory layout ---------------------------------------------------------------
  20
  21 %define ORG 0x7c00
  22 %define VGA 0xb8000
  23 %define DAT ORG + 512
  24
  25 ; static variables ------------------------------------------------------------
  26
  27 %define xss DAT             ; xs() state (word)
  28 %define currvgapg DAT + 2   ; current vga page near pointer (word)
  29
  30 ; =============================================================================
  31
  32 ; entry point -----------------------------------------------------------------
  33
  34 ; initialize segment registers
  35 mov ax, VGA >> 4
  36 mov es, ax
  37
  38 xor ax, ax
  39 mov ds, ax
  40 mov ss, ax
  41
  42 ; set stack pointers
  43 mov bp, ORG
  44 mov sp, bp
  45
  46 ; clear direction flag
  47 cld
  48
  49 ; disable cursor
  50 mov ch, 0x3f                ; cursor start and options
  51 mov ah, 0x01                ; set text-mode cursor shape
  52 int 0x10                    ; video services
  53
  54 ; initialize xss
  55 mov ah, 0x00                ; get
  56 int 0x1a                    ;  system time
  57 mov [xss], dx               ; cx:dx = number of clock ticks since midnight
  58
  59 ; initialize currvgapg
  60 mov word [currvgapg], VGAPGSZ
  61
  62 ; start simulation from random state ------------------------------------------
  63
  64 start:
  65
  66 call init_grid
  67
  68 ; apply game of life's rules to determine the next state ----------------------
  69
  70 next_state:
  71
  72 call flip_vga_page          ; display current state
  73 call delay                  ; sleep a little
  74
  75 call write_next_vga_page    ; write the next state to the hidden page
  76
  77 jmp next_state
  78
  79 ; =============================================================================
  80
  81 ; functions -------------------------------------------------------------------
  82
  83 ; delay() - suspend program execution temporarily -----------------------------
  84
  85 ; clobbers ah, cx, dx
  86
  87 delay:
  88
  89 mov cx, WAIT_DELAY          ; cx:dx = interval in microseconds
  90 mov dx, 0
  91
  92 mov ah, 0x86
  93 int 0x15                    ; wait
  94
  95 ret
  96
  97 ; vsync_wait() - wait for display to enter the next VBlank cycle --------------
  98
  99 ; clobbers ax, dx
 100
 101 vsync_wait:
 102
 103 mov dx, 0x3da               ; input status #1 register
 104
 105 .wait_on:
 106     in al, dx
 107     test al, 0x08           ; vertical retrace bit
 108     jnz .wait_on
 109
 110 .wait_off:
 111     in al, dx
 112     test al, 0x08
 113     jz .wait_off
 114
 115 ret
 116
 117 ; xs() - xorshift pseudorandom number generator -------------------------------
 118
 119 ; output:
 120 ; [xss]     = updated state
 121
 122 ; clobbers bx, dx
 123
 124 xs:
 125
 126 mov bx, [xss]
 127 mov dx, bx
 128
 129 shl dx, 1                   ; dx = xss << 1
 130 xor bx, dx                  ; bx = xss ^ (xss << 1)
 131 mov dx, bx
 132
 133 shr dx, 3                   ; dx = xss' >> 3
 134 xor bx, dx                  ; bx = xss' ^ (xss' >> 3)
 135 mov dx, bx
 136
 137 shl dx, 10                  ; dx = xss'' << 10
 138 xor bx, dx                  ; bx = xss'' ^ (xss'' << 10)
 139 mov [xss], bx
 140
 141 ret
 142
 143 ; init_grid() - initialize grid cells randomly --------------------------------
 144
 145 ; clobbers ax, bx, cx, dx, di
 146
 147 init_grid:
 148
 149 mov ah, PRINT_COLOR         ; ah = color attribute
 150 mov di, [currvgapg]         ; es:di -> grid start
 151 mov cx, COLS * ROWS         ; for each cell
 152
 153 .write_cell:                ; do {
 154     call xs                 ;     [xss] = rand
 155     mov al, DEAD            ;     al = DEAD (likely)
 156
 157     test word [xss], 0b11
 158
 159     jnz  .nz                ;     if ([xss] % 4 == 0)
 160     mov al, ALIVE           ;         al = ALIVE
 161
 162 .nz:
 163     stosw                   ;     [es:di] = ax ; di += 2
 164
 165     loop .write_cell        ; } while (--cx)
 166
 167 ret
 168
 169 ; flip_vga_page() - flip active display page ----------------------------------
 170
 171 ; clobbers ax, dx
 172
 173 flip_vga_page:
 174
 175 call vsync_wait
 176
 177 xor word [currvgapg], VGAPGSZ   ; flip currvgapg
 178 setnz al                        ; al = !(currvgapg == 0)
 179
 180 mov ah, 0x05                ; select active display page
 181 int 0x10                    ; video services
 182
 183 ret
 184
 185 ; alive_neighbours() ----------------------------------------------------------
 186
 187 ; input:
 188 ; es:si     -> current grid
 189 ; cx        -> cell index
 190
 191 ; output:
 192 ; ax = # alive neighbours
 193
 194 ; clobbers ?
 195
 196 alive_neighbours:
 197
 198 ; todo
 199
 200 ret
 201
 202 ; write_next_cell_state() -----------------------------------------------------
 203
 204 ; input:
 205 ; es:si     -> current grid
 206 ; es:di     -> next grid
 207 ; cx        -> cell index
 208
 209 ; output:
 210 ; [es:di + cx * 2] = updated cell state
 211
 212 ; clobbers ?
 213
 214 write_next_cell_state:
 215
 216 call alive_neighbours       ; ax = # alive neighbours
 217
 218 mov bx, cx
 219 shl bx, 1
 220
 221 mov dx, [es:si + bx]        ; dl = cell current state
 222
 223 test dl, ALIVE              ; if (ALIVE) {
 224 jne 1f
 225
 226 test ax, 2                  ;     if (n < 2)
 227 jl .dead                    ;         return DEAD
 228
 229 test ax, 3                  ;     if (n > 3)
 230 jg .dead                    ;         return DEAD
 231
 232 jmp .alive                  ;     return ALIVE
 233
 234 1:                          ; }
 235
 236 test ax, 3                  ; if (n != 3)
 237 jne .dead                   ;     return DEAD
 238
 239 .alive:                     ; return ALIVE
 240 mov dl, ALIVE
 241 jmp .write
 242
 243 .dead:
 244 mov dl, DEAD
 245
 246 .write:
 247 mov [es:di + bx], dx
 248
 249 ret
 250
 251 ; write_next_vga_page() -------------------------------------------------------
 252
 253 ; clobbers di, si, cx
 254
 255 write_next_vga_page:
 256
 257 mov si, [currvgapg]         ; es:si -> current page
 258
 259 mov di, VGAPGSZ
 260 xor di, si                  ; es:di -> next page
 261
 262 xor cx, cx                  ; i = 0
 263
 264 .update_loop:
 265 call write_next_cell_state
 266
 267 inc cx
 268 test cx, COLS * ROWS
 269 jl .update_loop             ; for i in [0 .. COLS * ROWS - 1]
 270
 271 ret
 272
 273 ; halt() - stop program execution ---------------------------------------------
 274
 275 halt:
 276
 277 cli                         ; disable interrupts
 278 hlt
 279 jmp halt
 280
 281 ; =============================================================================
 282
 283 times 510 - ($ - $$) db 0   ; fill remaining bytes with zeroes
 284 dw 0xaa55                   ; mbr magic byte