The Game of Life is a mathematical model created by John Conway that is a simplified view of reproduction in a colony of single-celled organisms. It is used mostly as a screen saver; it creates interesting patterns of dots as it goes through generations. Very basically, you start with a pattern of dots that you enter. A dot with one or no neighbors dies of loneliness; one with 2 neighbors reproduces, one with 3 neighbors survives to the next generation, and one with 4 or more neighbors dies of overcrowding.
Recent changes [Life 1.4] (1/1/96):
- NOS 2.0 compatible
- integrates 6 display/speed options (selectable via "method" picker):
2 different representations: array or bitmap
3 different styles: object-oriented, inline, native(RISC) code
- adds "gen" picker for disabling gen# update or doing timing
- line gesture to fill area, scrub gesture to erase area
- created with Newt Development Environment
- includes Newt source
Contents:
- life14.pkg -- a ready-to-install package (created by Newt)
- life.nwt -- Newt source (if you'd like to modify/rebuild app)
- life.bit -- Life icon
- life.txt -- general introduction, description of implementation
Life is freeware and may be distributed freely as long as all of the files listed are included and unmodified. You are free to make modifications for your own use.
If you would like to construct and modify Life directly on your Newton, I would recommend obtaining the latest version of "Newt" (newt-devenv-32), the native Newton development environment (shareware), and "Slurpee" (slurpee-17) a text/data transfer utility (freeware). Contact me (see email addresses at end) if you have trouble finding Newt, using it initially, or have questions about registering it.
AOL: Steve Weyer
http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html
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This file can be found in the PDA Forum's Software Libraries. (Keyword PDA)
