Hello!
Recently I came across the reconstructed original schematics of the 6502 CPU. It occurred to me that it wasn't all that complicated, and could with some effort be recreated in dwarf water and gear logic. I got as far as working out designs for memory cells and address decoders and designing a really nifty full adder circuit before losing interest in the project. Still have my design notes on paper. Might build it someday if I have nothing better to do for a few months.
That's the Atari 2600 cpu right?! Please tell me you also have a schematic for how to make a "Joust" cartridge out of pig tail socks?
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Mmmmhhh, 6502 is the CPU used in 1541 type disk drives and the 6510 is a variant of the 6502 used as the CPU of the C=64... this does have potential... :)
Anyhow, my white whale is "simply" writing a story to share with the community. The problem is that I want to have all detailed information on the situations so that I can write a detailed story that makes sense. This means I need to take notes - lots and lots of notes - and in the process, either a new update comes around or something in RL eats my free time until a new update comes around (T_T)
Right now, I am about to start a new attempt, having genned a nice year-234-Age-of-Legends-world which also has a dwarven civ with a lot of nice deities while the other cultures also have interesting variants. I have taken notes on all the gods in the (unrevealed) legends mode and my next action should be studying the spread of the civilizations on the world map so that I can mention the correct civs when embarking...
I am pretty sure that the minecart update will be released before I have dug out the first food storage room, but I will try anyway (^_^;;
Yours,
Deathworks