kpreid | Old WireWorld

When I used the Apple IIgs, I played with an implementation of an extension of the WireWorld cellular automaton.

My previous entry contains the programs I recently wrote to decode my old pattern files. (If you read it earlier: I've now updated it to include a full SHR converter.)

These were originally created in 1996-1998, except for “Sample.Fix”, which is a trivial modification of a pattern which came with the program.

The extensions are rather complex in the details, but essentially, green cells are crossovers (horizontally moving electrons don't interact with vertical wires, etc.) and cyan cells are switches (electrons arriving on the wire that ends at the switch break or join the wire that (typically) crosses the switch).

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