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Cca's [24/7] Logic Gate Server
Hammereditor5:
--- Quote from: Aduioa on March 21, 2014, 11:22:25 AM ---Think of a small pocket calculator that can do Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division
They've done it in Minecraft... So I'd imagine that doing this in Blockland gives more freedom than Minecraft.
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Like what if you do "363298 / 281" ?
Can your block-omputer handle that, and if so, how long does it take?
Aduioa:
--- Quote from: Hammereditor5 on March 21, 2014, 11:39:04 AM ---Like what if you do "363298 / 281" ?
Can your block-omputer handle that, and if so, how long does it take?
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I've never done division before. But I have done addition and subtraction. I built an ALU with those two functions. The biggest number I could use was
(255 +- 255) + 1.
255 = 11111111
So that means the biggest number my ALU could display was 111111111 = 511
If you make your decoders/encoders modular than you can duplicate them and hook them up to each other... And so technically I could have gone higher but I decided to stop there.
Compared to minecraft calculating that stuff; Blockland is 100x faster. So pretty quick calculations.
As far as Multiplication and Division... I've never gotten that far yet. So I don't know about the speed. I could take a guess that it would be slightly slower than addition and subtraction.
Also another factor is how you build your circuits. The smaller it is : the faster it is. (obviously)
That is why I like to build my stuff modular and compact. Maybe I could redesign an encoder, or decoder, or how my multiplexer is setup. I can easily remove that section of the circuit and replace it with a better design.
Hammereditor5:
You also need to factor in the brick limit of 256000.
How many bricks did your largest logic-gate machine use so far??
Aduioa:
Well I don't have a calculator loaded up right now, but I have this number display thingy ma bob I made. It uses 312 bricks. Loads data instantly.
The wall of Yellow/Blue numbers is the programming sheet for this machine.
Aduioa:
Looking pretty good!