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Re: The latest rage in pneumatic computing
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:32:01 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> Andy Gombos wrote:
> > 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).
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> > Output could be a piston with a sharp object, that simply punches a hole in
> > the paper. Unless you had a very big punch, output could not be easily fed
> > back into the input.
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> 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 back into it as input data for a future
> computation.
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 the card against a row of pneumatic switches so the axles press
perpendicular to the direction of the holes, the axles can't move, (unless the
card breaks apart ;^)
Kevin
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> > > Mark
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| (...) 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)
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