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I realized this afternoon that I could cull a switch from my earlier design. It's now down to 12 switches from 13. 4 switches ganged onto each piston. The wiring schematic is here: (URL) on how to interpret the diagram can be found in an earlier (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) About half-way down this page (URL) is a diagram and short discussion of a possible design for molecular level RAM. The diagram shows 2 memory cells of 2 bits each and the mechanism to select which memory cell is being read/written. In my LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Do you happen to have any links to the molecular RAM design you are referencing? It would be very cool to compare and contrast your excellent model with the "real world" counterpart. Jona (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) I concur. It's only a matter of time now before someone figures out how to build Babbage's Difference Engine from Lego. Becky (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Brilliant! Positively brilliant! >> Mark (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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