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Article #307Anti-PitTrap Code
From: pk6811s
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:54
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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