initialize grid

[lifeboot.git] / lifeboot.asm

diff --git a/lifeboot.asm b/lifeboot.asm
index 60b5ea4e7e1b58115dfccf2d587b7c6079740823..b0575aedc345a986800531d5002f8330be49286e 100644 (file)
--- a/lifeboot.asm
+++ b/lifeboot.asm
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ org 0x7c00
 %define COLS 80
 %define ROWS 25
 
-%define GRID ORG + 512
-%define NEXT_GRID GRID_CUR + COLS * ROWS
+%define DEAD ' '            ; char to represent a dead cell
+%define ALIVE '#'           ; char to represent an alive cell
+%define PRINT_COLOR 0x07    ; grey on black
 
-%define DEAD ' '
-%define ALIVE '#'
-
-%define PRINT_COLOR 0x07            ; grey on black
+%define GRID        ORG + 512               ; current cell grid (80 * 25 bytes)
+%define NEXT_GRID   GRID + COLS * ROWS      ; next cell grid (80 * 25 bytes)
+%define XSS         NEXT_GRID + COLS * ROWS ; xs() state
 
 ; entry point -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -43,6 +43,63 @@ mov ax, (PRINT_COLOR << 8) | DEAD
 
 rep stosw                   ; fill cx words at es:di with ax
 
+; setup -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+setup:
+
+; initialize xss
+mov ah, 0x00                ; get
+int 0x1a                    ;  system time
+mov [XSS], dx               ; cx:dx = number of clock ticks since midnight
+
+; initialize grid
+mov di, GRID
+mov cx, COLS * ROWS
+
+.initgrid:                  ; do {
+    call xs                 ;     ax = rand
+    mov dl, DEAD            ;     dl = DEAD (likely)
+
+    test ax, 0b11
+
+    jnz  .initgrid_nz       ;     if (ax % 4 == 0)
+    mov dl, ALIVE           ;         dl = ALIVE
+
+.initgrid_nz:
+    mov [di + cx], dl       ;     grid[cx] = dl
+
+    loop .initgrid          ; } while (--cx)
+
+jmp halt
+
+; functions -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+; xs() - xorshift pseudorandom number generator -------------------------------
+
+; output:
+; ax        = updated state ([XSS])
+
+; clobbers ax, dx
+
+xs:
+
+mov ax, [XSS]
+mov dx, ax
+
+shl dx, 1                   ; dx = xss << 1
+xor ax, dx                  ; ax = xss ^ (xss << 1)
+mov dx, ax
+
+shr dx, 3                   ; dx = xss' >> 3
+xor ax, dx                  ; ax = xss' ^ (xss' >> 3)
+mov dx, ax
+
+shl dx, 10                  ; dx = xss'' << 10
+xor ax, dx                  ; ax = xss'' ^ (xss'' << 10)
+mov [XSS], ax
+
+ret
+
 ; errors ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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