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  Re: The latest rage in pneumatic computing
 
Using the paper tape idea - the input consists of a row of holes and spaces. The spaces are large enough for a piston end to get through, and change some part of the meachine on the other side (to store state). Output could be a piston with a sharp (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: The latest rage in pneumatic computing
 
(...) Yeah, but that would be the whole idea. Otherwise it would be easy.. just knock out axles where you want a 1 and leave 'em in where you want a zero and let a human being read it. But I was thinking of a situation where the output could be fed (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: The latest rage in pneumatic computing
 
(...) Oh... When you mentioned axles and holes I instantly flashed on the axles *always* being in the holes, just pressed to one side of the brick or the other. That way you don't have to make a machine that can insert axles in holes. By pressing (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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