%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 INIT_RATIO 4 ; dead / alive
+%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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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
+
+; functions -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+; xs() - xorshift pseudorandom number generator -------------------------------
+
+; output:
+; ax = updated state ([XSS])
+
+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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
hello: