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From: Justin Kao <102741.2022@CompuServe.COM>
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Subject: Re: Dust 0.7
Date: 14 Oct 1996 00:07:48 -0400
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>obviously you're getting your butt kicked by replicators.  did you
>try using continuous launcing spirals?  of course, thats's going
>to slow down your clear, so you may want to put some more processes
>into it. 
I have tried it, but it fared much worse on the hill, at least when 0.7
was not doing as badly as it is now:
18  31.2/ 32.1/ 36.7                  Dust 0.7           Justin Kao 130.2    1
...
25  20.7/ 27.7/ 51.6                  Dust 0.8           Justin Kao 113.7    2


Here it is... It is basically the same as 0.7 except that a spl #0 is stuck
in the middle of the imp lauch.  BTW, the extra processes from the launch
(those that do the add instead of the jmp) go to the clear, so nothing needed
to be changed--imp processes=clear's spl #0 processes

;redcode-94
;name Dust 0.8
;author Justin Kao
;strategy Guenzel-style clear and imp spiral.
;strategy Turn opponents into dust and blow them away! :)
;assert 1

impsize equ     1143

        org     start

ptr     dat     0,      150
clrbomb dat     <2667,  25
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
        dat     0,      0
clear   spl     #0,     >ptr
loop    mov     clrbomb,>ptr
        djn.f   loop,   >ptr

        for     31
        dat     0,      0
        rof

lstep   dat     impsize,-5
start   spl     1
        spl     1
        spl     1
        spl     1
        spl     1
        spl     #0,     {-4000
        spl     2,      <-1
        djn.f   imp,    <-500
        add     lstep,  -1
        djn.f   clear,  <-1300
imp     mov.i   #1,     impsize