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Subject:	Re: Mechanical Memory for Computing
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2003 05:13:03 GMT
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Very cool design. > The 4-bit byte is a function of #12 axles being the longest available, but > the design is extendable to link multiple bytes together into longer length > words. Question: Why are you calling 4 bits a byte? 4 bits is a nibble, while 8 bits would be a byte. Obviously the design can be extended to 8 bits like you mentioned. They you would have your byte. Michael

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		Re: Mechanical Memory for Computing
(...) Actually a byte is whatever you define it to be - a nibble is generally half a byte, and a word is generally 2 bytes. I haven't seen a machine using 4 bit bytes, but I've seen 8, 16, 32 and 64. And I'm sure there are other weird ones floating (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Mechanical Memory for Computing
Inspired by the recent pneumatic computing thread I have created some LEGO mechanical memory. It is an adaptation of a possible design for molecular level RAM. The folder is at (URL) with details below. In this overall view of it (URL) the sliding (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)

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