Computers in TPT?

  • nucular
    23rd Aug 2014 Member 1 Permalink
    inb4 Lua webkit port with the gfx.* functions.
  • Darthan
    25th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    if jacob says its possible, it is possible. End of story.

  • xetalim
    25th Aug 2014 Member 1 Permalink

    @Darthan (View Post)

    Oh hell no my friend.

    jacob only said it is possible to fetch things from the internet

    It is not possible.

    jacob is not some sort of an overlord, he is just a developer.

  • Sylvi
    25th Aug 2014 Moderator 1 Permalink

    @Darthan (View Post)

     The fact there's no point in the end if you need to write a huge Lua script. All you're using is TPT's interface. No one can use it unless they have the script. It's purely like grabbing images and showing them.

     

    There's no processor or RAM built into the save. Not a real huge achievement in save innovation.

  • JamesB
    26th Aug 2014 Member 1 Permalink

    Without the ability to build ICs with set rules you need to build tonnes of transistors to make the simplest processors, to give an example, there are around 234013 squares of space on a tpt save, say you make transistors 10 by 10 big, if you filled the entire save with transistors it would leave you with around 2340 of them (this does not make a computer but just proving a point). There are 1.4 billion in an i5 cpu- 1400000000/2340=598290.6 times more transistors in a laptop cpu than an entire save made of transistors. Even the first 32 bit processors from 1980 had 6000 transistors and they ran programmes off cassette tapes.

  • iamdumb
    27th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    @JamesB (View Post)

     

    The INTEL 4004 (1971) had 2,300 transistors. Theoretically, that would be possible in TPT. The main problem would be linking them up; there are only 200 WIFI/PRT*  Channels. 

  • h4zardz1
    28th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink
    how big is the smallest transistor in TPT?
  • nucular
    29th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink
    Ooh, somebody should totally emulate the 4004! I just started to write a JS emulator for it and its other hardware, actually :D
  • iamdumb
    29th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    @h4zardz1 (View Post)

     In @Mur's save, transistors are 5x5. The main problem would be linking them up as there are only 200 wifi/prt* channels.

  • Sandwichlizard
    29th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    Mur's "transistors" are just crappy response PTCT AND gates.  you would be better off using one of my MERC AND gates.  or G-LinuxorU's ARAY AND gates.  also some of the functions could be done with the AND gate array MUX darkn1883r built for my printers.

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