Knex 8-bit Mechanical Computer - Update 1: The ALU
This is a fully mechanical 8-bit computer that uses a simple architecture and will load programs that operate on numbers from 0-255. It can also work with numbers from -128 to 127. So far I have the ALU finished, which is the heart of the computer that performs calculations used for adding, comparing, subtracting, and more. Next video will cover the registers more, how data storage works in RAM and how program storage will work in ROM. This update is rather long but I had to explain everything since this understanding will be needed in future videos.
00:00 Intro
00:56 Registers
02:09 Addition
04:20 ALU Motor turned on
05:56 Motor details
08:12 Negative numbers
10:12 Logical operations
12:37 Flags
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