From 00dce8f69ece00e2088862eb14af7491fe88ae41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zach Tatlock Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:49:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README gets some details about the project --- README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index fd472c4..9f95a9d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1 +1,13 @@ punch card programming + +Use 3x5 index cards, a sharpie, and a webcam to program a simple machine. + +The index card is oriented vertically with the red line to the left. This +provides 10 columns relative to the blue lines and leaves the far left and +and right parts of the card for comments. Each card has 8 rows spaced +uniformly, corresponding to 8 instructions of 10 bits each. + +The machine is a simple accumulator machine. It only provides a few basic +operations, 8 registers, and I/O. The registers and operations work with +arbitrary precision integers. +