MIPS GoL

A Conway's Game of Life simulator for MARS MIPS simulator!

Requirements

• MARS 4.5 simulator
  • If this is your first time running it:
    • Click Memory Configuration under Settings menu near the top of the screen
    • Set Memory Configuration to Compact, Data at address 0
    • Click Apply
• Python 3.6 or higher
  • TKinter

How to use

Generating Initial Canvas

1. Run python3 GoLCanvasGenerator.py
2. Mess around and have fun!
   • Left click to enable cell
   • Right click to disable cell
3. Exit the program
4. This will generate a file named GoLCanvas.txt

Running the simulator

1. Open MARS simulator
2. Load GoL-MIPS.asm
3. Paste the contents of GoLCanvas.txt into the section that says

	# PASTE CANVAS CODE HERE #####################################################



	##############################################################################

4. Open Bitmap Display under Tools menu near the top of the screen
   1. Set the Unit Width and Unit Height to 16
   2. Set the Display Width and Display Height to 512
      • If you wish to try different resolutions, make sure the display width/height divided by unit width/height is 32
   3. Set the Base Address to 0x00000000
   4. Click Connect to MIPS
5. Assemble the code and run it
6. Do a little jig if you managed to get it working!