Blake 32

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=88205

by knoke • 5 years ago

81 21 5 years ago

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bottled_poe• 5 years ago

What exactly are we looking at here?

alasdair_• 5 years ago

A contest-winning 32 byte computer program that displays amazing visuals. Part of the “demo” scene.

pixelpoet• 5 years ago

Writing "demo" scene is like writing "web" site: come on, this has been around since the 80s. We literally have a post on the front page about demoscene being a recognised cultural heritage now.

itisit• 5 years ago

As alasdair_ mentioned, this is some impressive demoscene stuff. Which, if I may take the liberty, is all about maximal creative output (subjective, I know) with minimal data footprint. In case you missed in original post, a video of the demo:

https://youtu.be/kM2i2s4ItiA

32 bytes!

simlevesque• 5 years ago

UNESCO's cultural heritage.

mhh__• 5 years ago

    mov al,13h   ; 2
    int 10h     ; 2
    frameloop:
     les ax,[bx]  ;  2 
     mov ah,0xcc  ;  2 
     mul di   ;  2 
     mov al,16  ;  2
     fractalloop:
      ja snobby ; 2
      inc ax  ; 1
      snobby:
      adc dl,[fs:0x46C] ; 5 (f&^k this shit!)
      sbb dh,dl       ; 2 
      ror dl,cl ; 2 
      adc dl,dh       ; 2 
     jno fractalloop  ; 2
     stosb   ; 1
    jmp frameloop         ; 2
    nop     ; bonus, because 32 bytes was too much free space for me.

ur-whale2• 5 years ago

Thanks for the concise answer :)

raverbashing• 5 years ago

Nice, I'm old enough to know what the 2 first lines do (get off my lawn etc...)

For the rest it would take a while to understand the math and I'm not even sure where 0xa0000 would come from

jeffgreco• 5 years ago

YouTube link for those of us without DOS handy: https://youtu.be/kM2i2s4ItiA

g3• 5 years ago

Or in an in-browser emulator: https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=custom&fda.url=images/freedos-b...

_yoqn• 5 years ago

This is a surprisingly delightful niche of computer art I've never seen before. Poke around the homepage some, you'll find some very creative ones.

MattRix• 5 years ago

You’re in for a treat! The demoscene has a fascinating mix of high technical skill with artistic ability.

This is a good overview of some of the best demoscene stuff of 2020: https://youtu.be/CVAvuhNBt-Y

unixhero• 5 years ago

Which has just been added to UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE.

HHad3• 5 years ago

And its last byte is a NOP, quite a flex :-).

bartvk• 5 years ago

I loved that part.

ur-whale2• 5 years ago

Anyone care to comment on the name ?

bajsejohannes• 5 years ago

From the source:

; Inspired by "Auguries of Innocence", a poem by William Blake

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; To see a World in a Grain of Sand

; And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

; Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

; And Eternity in an hour

And 32 is of course the size in bytes of the executable.

tech2• 5 years ago

Double-bonus, 32 is also the word count of poem plus title (sans author name).

slim• 5 years ago

My brain could not admit it was 32b and insisted on parsing it as 32kb anytime it was displayed. It's when I saw the demo, expected more, then go wtf!?...

Blake 32

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