Physical Computer RAM

[Eirath245]

Yeah, I know that this is easy to do with a simple chip, but I really wanted to try and make it, and see if I could do it. And I did, so yay

It's 10 slot (though this could very easily be expanded), and can currently write values from 0 - 255, though this will also be expanded when I get round to writing the annoyingly complicated expression code needed for it.

Now, screenshots...

The full thing, including the actual ram, the R/W controller, the display, and the timer that I was using for sample data.

The R/W Controller, which controls the slots, the data from the slots, and reading off the slots. The little array of wiring up to the top right lets it automatically cycle through using a simple accumulator.

The Ram itself...

Mr. Toast kindly standing next to it for size comparison.
Hope you like it!

Jonny

[Jat Goodwin]

Heh that's cool, but do it in binary and you get a cookie. but you could make it store values up to 765 by using Green and Blue also and just adding all 3 numbers up or w/e

[Eirath245]

The blue stores the slot number so that you can loop through the values. My idea was to use the green to store a multiplier for the red. So you would have Red * Green.

So if you wanted 500, you could have 100 in Red, and 5 in Green. However, coding this to automatically calculate it is hell ^^

[-=Fox=-]

I love doing physical representations for memory and data storage.

This looks good, and it's very compact! Nice work! ^_^

If you need some help with stuff like this, don't hesitate to ask around!

[Azrael]

The blue stores the slot number? Why? Surely you don't need it as your contraption should know which slot it's on.

[Eirath245]

There was a reason, but I've forgotton what that reason was ^^

[Squeakyneb]

How did u make the disc?? It would have to be a bunch of seperate props, right?

[Azrael]

Yes, Squeakyneb, it is.

[Eirath245]

Kai, time to write a lot more expression and get it to finally store a much greater range of values ^^

[Azrael]

What you'd want to do is multiply green by 256 and red by 65536 and then add them. That way you get 16777216 numbers.

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