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| (...) Er.. re-reading that, I see that sounds kinda dumb. It sounds like I meant that you have to manually reset them. I actually only meant that the pistons can be reset by applying air pressure on the other side of all three pistons. >> Mark (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Egad! (insert pause for realization) And I'm back in the game! Well, rubber bands *are* cheaper'n switches, after all. :) My adder design doesn't *strictly* require rubber bands, but would require that all three pistons be "reset" at the end (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| In lugnet.technic, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) Well.... I can add two three bit numbers using three pistons, but only one bit at a time. :^) Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Uhhhh..... You are worthy. I can create a full adder (A+B+Carry in) in three pistons, 17 switches (7+7+3) and no rubber bands. You win on switch count. I win on band count. Rereading my post I can see how I led you astray. Mark is worthy.... (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Er... You can add 2 three bit numbers using that few components?!?!? (heavy sigh) Well... that totally blows anything away I think I could have come up with. My one-bit full adder (A+B+Carry in) alone used three pistons and 13 switches. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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