The Powder Toy

Trance95 Computer by SpaceRocket

SpaceRocket
SpaceRocket
98 / 4
20th Sep 2018
23rd Sep 2018
1.11 Hz experimental personal computer focused on realistic modularity, ease of programming, and nostalgia. Built on old-fashioned INST tech, with zero FILT. Ask any questions in the comments, and feel free to upload your own programs or devices.
computer 4bit programmable electronic processor adder binary onehertz trance data

Comments

  • SpeedyGwen
    SpeedyGwen     5th Nov 2022
    TwT why is this gemme dead...
  • SpeedyGwen
    SpeedyGwen     8th Aug 2020
    it look like the account of the creator was deleted
  • Chemlab
    Chemlab     22nd Jul 2020
    Why was this made private?
  • expunged
    expunged     22nd Mar 2019
    I'm abandoning that design and going to make a new 2 instructions per horizontal pixel design.
  • SpaceRocket
    SpaceRocket     27th Feb 2019
    Umm, the delay between the signal to get data and the data sent still seems to be wrong, I think you accidentally made it slower instead of faster (the delay on the normal disk drive is 11 frames, yours in that save is 13 frames).
  • expunged
    expunged     21st Feb 2019
    So I fixed the delay, and I think the computer gets messed up because when programming, the writing process causes data come back out of some of the input lines after they get sparked. I tested a card reader with a pre-programmed card and a clean computer and it still didn't work correctly. You can see it at id:2388520
  • SpaceRocket
    SpaceRocket     8th Feb 2019
    Sorry for taking a long time to respond!! Anyways, your card reader seems to output data one frame too slow, and also the computer itself in that save ID seems messed up somehow, so you should load a fresh one. Try fixing those two things I guess?
  • expunged
    expunged     27th Jan 2019
    It still doesn't work correctly. It still seems to 'skip' a Wait for Input command. I have the improved-but-not-fully-functional card reader here: id:2379062
  • expunged
    expunged     27th Jan 2019
    I found a problem: the upper write arm's writer for the fifth bit (downwards) was not working properly; I fixed that problem but I don't know if that was the only problem, i'm going to test it now.
  • expunged
    expunged     26th Jan 2019
    I think I got the read delay and read/write arm timings correct, but I still have some problems with my card reader (which I think is now only 2px or 1px thinner per two instructions), the main problem is that the reader reads the next instruction even if it is 1C or 2C (I don't have the line skip commands compatible yet). I have the reader with a program in it here: id:2378623