howell@bert.llnl.gov (Louis Howell) (07/07/90)
Could someone send me either a complete specification for the core wars game, or at least tell me who I should contact to obtain it? Source code would be helpful if you don't have English text on-line. For those who haven't heard of it, core wars is a game played between two programs sharing a common block of memory. Execution jumps back and forth between the programs, each of which is trying to find the other and put it out of action by overwriting some key instruction. The game was invented by A. K. Dewdney, and described in his Computer Recreations column in Scientific American. The columns are a bit frustrating, since Dewdney includes a nearly complete description of the pseudo-assembly language in which the programs are to be written, but leaves out just a few of the key details I need to write a simulator. All three of the core wars columns are reprinted in Dewdney's book, The Armchair Universe. Louis Howell #include <std.disclaimer>