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Ampersand

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New type of Processor
« on: September 08, 2009, 07:59:02 pm »

The device is an eight bit processor, only instead of electricity, it uses air pressure.


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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2009, 08:11:33 pm »

Not interested unless I can play Super Mario Brothers on it.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2009, 08:51:48 pm »

And instead of a sound card, it has an organ. Only then.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 09:00:58 pm »

I wouldn't doubt it possible given time.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 09:02:41 pm »

Who cares about air, lets retro fit it so it runs on MAGMA.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 09:16:59 pm »

Technically, it operates on Fluid motion, so any fluid could work. Therefore, yes, it could operate on Magma.

Quickly, someone copy down that schematic and replicate it in DF.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 02:10:49 pm »

I want one that runs on light particles.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 04:00:00 pm »

I want one that runs on light particles.

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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 09:17:05 pm »

I want one that runs on light particles.

Solar power, anyone?
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2009, 10:33:22 pm »

This reminds me of an awesome short story I read a while ago.

Found it.

Pretty heavy stuff.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 11:28:18 am »

Technically, it operates on Fluid motion, so any fluid could work. Therefore, yes, it could operate on Magma.

Quickly, someone copy down that schematic and replicate it in DF.

Hrm... if I read correctly, this gizmo uses pressure across a non-permeable membrane to move the bits, so you can't directly copy it in DF.  You'd need to use systems of switches and pumps, which may well get more complicated than the logic machines that have already been built.

Not that complication is a bad thing, just saying is all. ;)

My bigger concern is, just on a glance at the schema, is that it might require too large of a scale for DF to handle with the builder going rabid.
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 12:21:29 pm »

I tried to find the schematics for a processor that runs on liquids but failed. Hah, I'm tempted to do this in DF now ;)
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Re: New type of Processor
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 12:48:43 pm »

This reminds me of an awesome short story I read a while ago.

Found it.

Pretty heavy stuff.

Whoa. Depressing.
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