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Anti-PitTrap Code

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From: pk6811s
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:54
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Well, Sucker 4 nearly made it to 1000, and Sucker 5
looks like a good bet to do even better.  There's just
one problem.  Pit-trappers are EASY to beat, because they
drop pointers to themselves all over core.  Try running
this three-line program against Sucker 4:

trace    mov 10,<-10
         sub @trace,<trace
         jmp trace

Then figure out how you can incorporate the first two lines
into a loop in your own fighter.  Or create a three-line 
'outrigger' running somewhere outside your program - 
that's what I do in Imprimis 3.  It doesn't need many 
cycles, it can be a slow but sure killer.

Testing against imp-rings also gives some interesting results -
such as tracing an imp-line back to it's source.  Not fatal,
but sometimes kills the stone.

Peace.

Paul Kline
pk6811s@acad.drake.edu
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