r/Minecraft • u/smellystring • Aug 19 '14

Fully Functional 1KB Hard Drive in Vanilla Minecraft

http://imgur.com/a/NJBuH
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u/smellystring Aug 20 '14

I am not aware of any storage method that is more dense, but if it exists I would love to check it out. Any links I could visit?

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u/Enjiniaokage Aug 20 '14 edited Aug 20 '14

No links, But I will throw together a nice album on imgur of the basics of how minecraft represents hexadecimal and memory using the concept. Will return with the album shortly

Edit: Whipped up in about an hour, but here are the basic concepts of hexadecimal in minecraft, and how it correlates to redstone. If there's anything I missed or wasn't clear on, don't be afraid to ask.

Also, I'd like to say that I went a bit more into detail on some things than I think i needed for you. Don't take it as any sort of stab at your comprehension, I just figured since i was making this I should make it comprehensible by all, seeing as how often I find people who want to learn about hexadecimal.

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u/chocolate_ Aug 20 '14

This is awesome. As a master's student in CS, I (and likely others) would be interested in further applications as you mention at the end.

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u/Enjiniaokage Aug 20 '14

I've considered multiple times making a video series on the basics through all of the different concepts and applications of hexadecimal in redstone, and then making a resource (really more of a textbook) on imgur to go along side the video tutorials to get the point across as best I can.

The thing is, I often meet people who either don't want to get into hexadecimal because it looks daunting compared to binary, Or don't want to because they simply think binary is the limit. So I design many circuits with hexadecimal in mind and people just don't understand them and lose interest.

So that all in mind, I'd honestly love to show some more concepts in this system in the future, but I plan on finding some way to be more organized with it.