March 2017
Logic Circuit Jam
by Toby Schachman, Bret Victor, Paula Te, Josh Horowitz, Alex Warth
Alex Warth had made an Etoys project which simulated a logic circuit using “color sees color”. This is an unusual implementation for a circuit simulator, but very aligned with the “Etoys way”.
In this jam, we mocked circuit simulators using physical tokens and cards, to feel out what the “Realtalk way” could be, and how Realtalk’s processes and rules should work.
03/27/17
Toby Schachman
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
I started by making a bunch of cards and trying to arrange them like the eToys...
03/27/17
Bret Victor
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
I was thinking about how good it felt to hold and deal playing cards, especially laying...
03/28/17
Paula Te
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
I pulled out batteries, pipe cleaners, etc in an attempt to figure out something that...
05/24/19
Joshua Horowitz
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
[Note from May 2019: I just ran into this in my drafts! It's clearly not done,...
03/27/17
Bret Victor
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
Also wanted to mention -- one of the most exciting parts of the jam for me was watching...
03/28/17
Toby Schachman
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
Another interesting idea that came out of this discussion was about lag. Rules as...
03/28/17
Bret Victor
Re: Logic Circuit Jam
If you have the 3-inverter ring oscillator, it just won't converge. I realized...
See also this post from Alan Kay, about a child discovering the “Etoys way” of choosing a random color.