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Introduction
so basically i've been trying to make simple mechanical computers in sfs, it has kind of worked i even made a calculator that only fails like 30% of the time. One of my main problems is the inconsistency and annoyingness of wheels. Problems with wheels include: Smashing parts of the machine, flinging themselves when touching other wheels, getting stuck on sides and ruining calculations, rolling into walls and losing all momentum, not falling straight, inconsistent test results. basically if computers are gonna become widespread sfs projects then we gotta overcome some hurdles that being, wheels and making the computers reusable. On the topic of reusable machines my current logic gates are not reusable at least for the and/or gates, however a basic nor logic gate is possible and reusable however the and gate will need some work. unfortunately i haven't really seen any other posts about computers in sfs (unmodded) so until others do research and testing the field of sfs computing will remain bleak.
How my logic gates work
The only logic gate used in the calculator was the and/or gate (an and and an or gate in 1) it has 3 potential outputs and 2 potential inputs. each input and output can use simple binary that being a 0 or a 1. if the input is 01 then the output will be 100, if the input is 11 then the output is 010. if the input is 10 then the output is 001. Using a few of these logic gates simple calculators for adding can be constructed.
first and only calculator so far:
andor gate v1 (first semi-successful version used in calculator)
Andor gate v2 (better performance and reliability, less tall)
Note that these basic gates are not the only type out there i have also made others for sfs.
I'll be tinkering away at making computing work but until i figure that out i have decided to gift you guys these tools so you aswell can build a computer in your earth city.
(none of these have been tested in space and are all gravity based, do not try in space)
https://sharing.spaceflightsimulator.app/rocket/XYrIx-6-Ee2dSLuAd13aUA
This is an epic public progress thread for computing in SFS
so basically i've been trying to make simple mechanical computers in sfs, it has kind of worked i even made a calculator that only fails like 30% of the time. One of my main problems is the inconsistency and annoyingness of wheels. Problems with wheels include: Smashing parts of the machine, flinging themselves when touching other wheels, getting stuck on sides and ruining calculations, rolling into walls and losing all momentum, not falling straight, inconsistent test results. basically if computers are gonna become widespread sfs projects then we gotta overcome some hurdles that being, wheels and making the computers reusable. On the topic of reusable machines my current logic gates are not reusable at least for the and/or gates, however a basic nor logic gate is possible and reusable however the and gate will need some work. unfortunately i haven't really seen any other posts about computers in sfs (unmodded) so until others do research and testing the field of sfs computing will remain bleak.
How my logic gates work
The only logic gate used in the calculator was the and/or gate (an and and an or gate in 1) it has 3 potential outputs and 2 potential inputs. each input and output can use simple binary that being a 0 or a 1. if the input is 01 then the output will be 100, if the input is 11 then the output is 010. if the input is 10 then the output is 001. Using a few of these logic gates simple calculators for adding can be constructed.
first and only calculator so far:
andor gate v1 (first semi-successful version used in calculator)
Andor gate v2 (better performance and reliability, less tall)
Note that these basic gates are not the only type out there i have also made others for sfs.
I'll be tinkering away at making computing work but until i figure that out i have decided to gift you guys these tools so you aswell can build a computer in your earth city.
(none of these have been tested in space and are all gravity based, do not try in space)
https://sharing.spaceflightsimulator.app/rocket/XYrIx-6-Ee2dSLuAd13aUA
This is an epic public progress thread for computing in SFS