GitHub - 0xAX/BootLife: Conway's Game of Life running directly from a 512-byte x86 boot sector, using VGA memory as the simulation grid.

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Conway's Game of Life running directly from a 512-byte x86 boot sector, using VGA memory as the simulation grid.

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BootLife running in QEMU

Usage

To build and run bootlife you need:

Use the following commands to run it:

nasm -f bin -o life.img life.asm

qemu-system-i386 -drive file=life.img,format=raw,if=floppy

Or just:

Why

Just for fun 💾

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome - see CONTRIBUTING.md.

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