First programmable 8-bit CPU built in Minecraft

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=69299

by aresant • 16 years ago

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RiderOfGiraffes2• 16 years ago

Cross reference with the 16-bit ALU:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1782327

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1740482

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1738013

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1736805

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1736694

monological• 16 years ago

The guy that made the 16-bit ALU is not the same guy that made this thing. FYI...

RiderOfGiraffes2• 16 years ago

No, that's why I didn't call this a duplication. It's more of a "If you like that then you'll like this".

VladRussian• 16 years ago

the CPU seems to be 2.5D - 2D plan with vertical register/etc orientation. 3D anybody? Also, any chance somebody building/exploring non Von Neumann one?

die_sekte2• 16 years ago

3D wiring in Minecraft is an enormous pain in the ass. In fact, the whole thing is a big PITA. Want me to elaborate?

(I am sometimes working on a Minecraft CPU with a MOVE instruction set.)

Devilboy• 16 years ago

I don't craft mines but it looks like the active 'wire' bits are not voxels like most other things in Minecraft, but instead are painted on 2d surfaces yea? Please elaborate!

SwaroopH• 16 years ago

To all those who question,"Why would you build such a thing?"

A. Because we can.

mathgladiator2• 16 years ago

The relevant phrase I give is "ars gratia artis" which MGM's logo of "art of the sake of art"

thefool• 16 years ago

Once its done, someone should start down the path of implementing minecraft on it :)

mathgladiator2• 16 years ago

That would be ultra-meta.

There is something beautiful about that level of meta. I would be impressed if someone built a active matrix display in it.

Deestan2• 16 years ago

Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaoSzCfa9OM

orky7• 16 years ago

a game within a game that's impresive. but going dipper then 2 level is quite impossible!!

dflock2• 16 years ago

For a virtual environment to qualify as 'a sandbox', your users must be able to create turing machines, out of stuff the found lying around. - Locks Law (which I just made up :).

arethuza• 16 years ago

I wonder if it is possible to mathematically model what characteristics of an environment are relevant to be able to build an effectively Turing-complete mechanism?

jankassens• 16 years ago

The environment needs to be Turing-complete.

petercooper• 16 years ago

Caution curious geeks, don't spend more than 10 minutes near Minecraft if you plan to get any serious work done over the next month ;-) (I hadn't played a game for more than a day or two since GTA4 and after thinking it was stupid at first, MC has sucked me in bad!)

iwr• 16 years ago

Next step: build a Von Neumann Universal Constructor!

pilom• 16 years ago

But can it play Crysis?

First programmable 8-bit CPU built in Minecraft

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