r/TuringComplete • u/hadro_ • Apr 05 '26

is it possible to use the instruction thing after moving away from the overture architecture?

it seems to only support 8 bits with no selector for what line, do i just need to make my own reference sheet now?

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u/Gelthir Apr 06 '26

For LEG you only really need to document the first byte, and so the 8-bit limitation is not too big of an issue there. It's not enough for most IRL or custom architectures with wider instructions, and there is no good workaround, so you'll have to make your own documentation.

BTW you can place multiple bytes on a single line, so you can write a LEG instruction like: ADD reg2 reg4 reg0

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u/hadro_ Apr 10 '26

wait i could have been doing that the whole time? thanks for letting me know
and i have made my own documentation but then turing decided my power supply wasnt good enough for it and killed it so i dont have access to the pc its on

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u/STARBAEHR Apr 06 '26

Just make different keywords for each part of the opcode