Quote from: missadventure on March 03, 2014, 05:38:31 PM
Well. To be honest. You begin by walking away from the computer. Step 1: Learn Boolean Algebra. Step 2: Learn how transistors work. Step 3: Learn how transistors connect to form basic logic gates. Step 4: Learn how basic logic gates connect together to form more complex logic gates. Step 5: Learn binary addition. Step 6: Learn machine language level computer programming Step 7: Learn exactly what a microprocessor consists of, at a logic gate level. Step 8: Figure out instruction decoding schemes.... Once you've got that, go back to the computer, fire up minecraft, and start spending HOURS futzing around with torches, and blocks, and redstone wires until you've figured out how to construct basic logic gates in 3 dimensions. Then, start connecting them together. It gets incredibly complicated incredibly fast.



At that point all it was capable of doing was adding and subtracting in 8 bit binary. I don't have any screen caps from after I went crazy, because it became 16 levels of nuttyness..

Quote from: <3Ronnie<3 on March 03, 2014, 05:45:05 PM
wow i wish my IT programming teacher taught me like that the only thing i learned how to code was C+, JAVA, and HTML 5 and then shortly after i forgot it all when i started hairdressing but ill give it to you that must be pretty cool to be able to do all of that if i was to even try i would most likely just close my laptop and give up all together how did u learn all of that tho it must of taken years ?. thank you for the helpful reply 

All self taught for me... And, I'd say it was about 15 years of learning... Writing emulators in C was actually helpful in many regards... And, since you've been exposed to C+ and JAVA, well, that's an open door right there... When I finally did actually take a programming class in college I passed by examination, which pissed off all the people I know who got miserable grades in the comp sci classes.

Reminds me alot of the relay computers I have seen and worked with, slow not really practical but an amazing exercise in seeing Boolean algebra at work. Also the sound they make is just priceless.

I would never have a future in programming because I use Object Pascal (FPC/Lazarus/Delphi) and 80x86 Assembly language....So while I write the occasional program to do something I want done, with quicker to develop solutions like Python and people wanting general purpose complied stuff all writing in C, there seems to be no place for my skills except a tiny hobbyist niche.

Quote from: Hikari on March 04, 2014, 10:40:52 AM
Reminds me alot of the relay computers I have seen and worked with, slow not really practical but an amazing exercise in seeing Boolean algebra at work. Also the sound they make is just priceless.

I would never have a future in programming because I use Object Pascal (FPC/Lazarus/Delphi) and 80x86 Assembly language....So while I write the occasional program to do something I want done, with quicker to develop solutions like Python and people wanting general purpose complied stuff all writing in C, there seems to be no place for my skills except a tiny hobbyist niche.

I wanted to build a relay computer once. I mean, THAT would be awesome. I have an old western electric outdoor telephone ringer. I could combine the two, and get some nixie tubes, and make an epic retro digital alarm clock. But, I never have the time or money for such projects beyond thinking about them.

I love minecraft.! first thing I built with my fiance is a huge city thay took us 4 months. then after that I ran a really successful minecraft PE server with custom plugins that where super close to the PC version.  I was top 10 on a bunch of sites and was most demanded server to play on. But my Internet bandwidth killed me so I had to retire ... I was the only server that had caves, dungeons,  towny, anti grief,  a spawn, minigames, multiworld, and a whole lot of other things. I think i spent about 6 months hard work and dedication of running it. I even would run it through my galaxy s4 through remote network to manage it. I miss that ; (