I tend to procrastinate.
Here is a video I recorded over a week ago about a device I invented 4 months ago. In fact, if Dual-Read is all you require, then the RDF already has superior devices to this.
HOWEVER, that's no reason not to show it off! Just because a super engineer like me goes "yeah, it's OK..." at it doesn't mean it isn't super-useful. In fact, it's so useful that...I'm still using it, although that's partly a backwards-compatability issue. (My ALU's width was designed to fit with 4-wide registers) But, this works and works well, and its output-units can be stacked upwards indefinitely, allowing for as many outputs as you desire from a single memory cell, all while maintaining a consistently tessellating 4x4 pattern. A 2x5 version is available and I heard tell somebody developed a 2x4 version of dual-read RAM, but I haven't seen it.
But anyways, my purpose here isn't to dazzle everybody with the latest and greatest in Redstone Components (although that's always a plus), but to Educate people about the options available to them so that the wheel need not be re-invented ad infinitum. Many many people don't even know how to make RAM despite the fact that it's been "known" for quite some time. (Come to think of it, I should actually publish a video about that too.) If you don't share your knowledge, it's of no use to anybody.
I hope you find this component to be useful!
(oh also in the video, ignore the fact that the way I placed the output control levers will contaminate the signal)
Hans Lemurson's Thread of Links:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/371610-hans-lemursons-thread-of-links/
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I've thought about that, and using glowstone's non-wire-cutting property for that should work, although it might be a little tricky to get the signal off of the stack and to the output. Not sure, haven't worked with wiring glowstone that much yet. I still find it strange and don't like it since it breaks so many implicit rules of redstone.
In the version of this that I designed 4 months ago, I was actually able to (somehow) snake a solid delay-free wire up to both inputs from the memory cell, but I unfortunately couldn't remember how to do that well when it came time to add this Dual-Read RAM to my CPU.
The delay cause by the torch-stack doesn't matter though, because when the newly-written data is "trickling up" the CPU is fetching the next instruction, and by the time it reads from the newly written data, all outputs are stable.
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Hans Lemurson's Thread of Links:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/371610-hans-lemursons-thread-of-links/
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
very nice, everyone should learn how to make dual read ram its really usefull.
The ability to grab select both ALU inputs at the same time is very nice and can greatly simplify a CPU cycle.
Dual-Read RAM also lets you grab data for use in Displays without interfering with the data-processing logic of your machine.
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Hans Lemurson's Thread of Links:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/371610-hans-lemursons-thread-of-links/
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
I actually now of a smaller and maybe faster Dual-Read RAM by TheMvanH.
Oh! I wanna see it! I wanna see it!!!
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Hans Lemurson's Thread of Links:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/371610-hans-lemursons-thread-of-links/
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
Hooraaaaay! Thanks, Hans! I've been waiting for this one I love the simplicity of this one and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of something similar. However, you have now inspired me to modify some of my current designs Thanks buddy!
You can have as many read wires as you want. It's a modular unit which doesn't block connections upwards.
If you want the design to be compact though, then anything more than Dual-Read is basically impossible, and as far as I know, 2-wide Dual read (not shown in any video yet) is only possible due to the existence of pistons.
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Hans Lemurson's Thread of Links:http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/371610-hans-lemursons-thread-of-links/
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
Here is a video I recorded over a week ago about a device I invented 4 months ago. In fact, if Dual-Read is all you require, then the RDF already has superior devices to this.
HOWEVER, that's no reason not to show it off! Just because a super engineer like me goes "yeah, it's OK..." at it doesn't mean it isn't super-useful. In fact, it's so useful that...I'm still using it, although that's partly a backwards-compatability issue. (My ALU's width was designed to fit with 4-wide registers) But, this works and works well, and its output-units can be stacked upwards indefinitely, allowing for as many outputs as you desire from a single memory cell, all while maintaining a consistently tessellating 4x4 pattern. A 2x5 version is available and I heard tell somebody developed a 2x4 version of dual-read RAM, but I haven't seen it.
But anyways, my purpose here isn't to dazzle everybody with the latest and greatest in Redstone Components (although that's always a plus), but to Educate people about the options available to them so that the wheel need not be re-invented ad infinitum. Many many people don't even know how to make RAM despite the fact that it's been "known" for quite some time. (Come to think of it, I should actually publish a video about that too.) If you don't share your knowledge, it's of no use to anybody.
I hope you find this component to be useful!
(oh also in the video, ignore the fact that the way I placed the output control levers will contaminate the signal)
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
In the version of this that I designed 4 months ago, I was actually able to (somehow) snake a solid delay-free wire up to both inputs from the memory cell, but I unfortunately couldn't remember how to do that well when it came time to add this Dual-Read RAM to my CPU.
The delay cause by the torch-stack doesn't matter though, because when the newly-written data is "trickling up" the CPU is fetching the next instruction, and by the time it reads from the newly written data, all outputs are stable.
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
The ability to grab select both ALU inputs at the same time is very nice and can greatly simplify a CPU cycle.
Dual-Read RAM also lets you grab data for use in Displays without interfering with the data-processing logic of your machine.
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
Oh! I wanna see it! I wanna see it!!!
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.
If you want the design to be compact though, then anything more than Dual-Read is basically impossible, and as far as I know, 2-wide Dual read (not shown in any video yet) is only possible due to the existence of pistons.
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.