Wednesday, May 10, 2017

SBTCVM Mark 2 gets a menu system.

        SBTCVM Mark 2, (SBTCVM is a project of mine to make a balanced ternary VM people can actually use) can be a complex program. Few people seem to have tried to visualize a balanced ternary computer on a binary one.   Likely, for good reason too, as developing SBTCVM feels a lot like trying to emulate a pear on a orange at times.



I find one the strangest aspects of balanced ternary is its negative state. you see, balanced ternary handles negative values in a different way then say, decimal:

+-  |  2
-+  | -2
+0  |  3
-0  | -3
+-0 |  6
-+0 | -6

Odd huhhow zero is the most central value of the base instead of it being the lowest. notice how +- is 1 less than +0? 

Anyways With the new menu system, people who are new to SBTCVM can more easily see what its like, and learn.



  It even has an extras menu. not much there now, just that clock.  Perhaps more extras and other menu features will be added as time goes on...

cheers.


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