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- From: MCINTOSH@unamvm1.dgsca.unam.mx ("Harold V. McIntosh")
- Subject: Wire World.
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- Roger Knobbe <roger(at)TRIPLEX.SOCAL.COM> says:
- >
- > However, I haven't figured out the more sophistcated circuits, yet. Can
- > anybody give me some tips? Is there a better wire-world than the wire-pc.c
- > program that shows up on archie?
- -
- Not knowing wire-pc.c it is hard to say what's better. But CellMaster is good]
- -
- - Sintar Software
- - 1001 4th Avenue, Suite 3200 (data valid in 1990)
- - Seattle, Washington 98154
- - (206) 625-1213
- -
- Very helpful is the screen editor which is included.
- -
- In any program, it is a good idea to build up tiles which can be traversed
- in one clock period. A period 6 clock is conservative.
- -
- - .......
- - ..oo...
- - .o..ooo an electron head at the extreme left
- - ..oo... enters a tile to the right each 6 ticks.
- - .......
- -
- - ......
- - ...o.. a barrier. electron head entering either side
- - oooooo gets stopped cold.
- - ...o..
- - ......
- -
- - ......
- - ..oo.. a diode. electron head entering left emerges
- - ooo.oo on right six ticks later, but one entering right
- - ..oo.. gets stopped.
- - ......
- -
- - .......c
- - ......o (a and not b) gate. A fundamental construct. the
- - .....o. electron arrives at c 6 ticks later if a=1; b=0;
- - ..o.o.. any other initial combination and nothing emerges.
- - booo...
- - ..o.o..
- - .....a.
- -
- Harold V. McIntosh |Depto. de Aplicaci'on de Microcomputadoras
- MCINTOSH@UNAMVM1.BITNET |Instituto de Ciencias/UAP
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