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The #KITT effect circuit that I designed and simulated in #verilog actually worked at the first try. I'm surprised.
It's done with a 555 and a bunch of 74 ICs. Nothing fancy.It's also totally useless, unless one needs to drain #cr2032 batteries watching #blinkenlights
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Multithreading? Virtual memory? Supervisor mode? Floating point? Multiply and divide? All unnecessary! The 1802 doesn't even have a subroutine call. Or a dedicated PC register.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802
As for computers, well, they certainly don't need sound. Or video. Or keyboards. See Lee Hart's membership card:
http://www.cosmacelf.com/gallery/membership-cards/You *do* need blinking lights though.