When's a good time to apply for build?

[zuzivian]

I've working through bennyscube's material and making tweaks to his CPU tutorial as I go along (in tandem with the computing class that I'm taking).

When would it be an appropriate time to apply for the build server? I noticed that the quality of submitted projects ranges from 4-bit RCAs to the full CPU/original game/custom creations.

Is there a well defined place where you say, hey, you've gotten there, and it's time to apply?

[LambdaPI]

I would say that its time to apply when you have a decent amount of knowledge about redstone, logic, and other stuff. So, if you can build an RCA ALU from memory and explain it thoughrouly as well as show all of the gates, then its time to apply. So basically when you are ready.

Btw do u speedcube?

[zuzivian]

I would say that its time to apply when you have a decent amount of knowledge about redstone, logic, and other stuff. So, if you can build an RCA ALU from memory and explain it thoughrouly as well as show all of the gates, then its time to apply. So basically when you are ready.

Great - I'm not quite there yet but I'll keep working at it.

Btw do u speedcube?

Yes I do. My PB is about 11.34 seconds but that was many years ago. Right now with a week of practice I can get down to a sub-17 average of 12.

[LambdaPI]

Dang average of sub 17
I get an average of. 20 seconds

[PaukkuPalikka]

Or you could just use petrus
Like me

But yeah I agree with Lambda. Also knowing 2's complement well will help you.

[zuzivian]

Or you could just use petrus
Like me

But yeah I agree with Lambda. Also knowing 2's complement well will help you.

Petrus gave me a headache last i tried it, so I stuck to cfop

And yeah 2's comp is no issue - right now I just need to figure the redstone implementation end of things.

[LambdaPI]

kk good luck

[RedMiner]

when you have knowledge

[Mandelbrot_86]

I would say that its time to apply when you have a decent amount of knowledge about redstone, logic, and other stuff. So, if you can build an RCA ALU from memory and explain it thoughrouly as well as show all of the gates, then its time to apply. So basically when you are ready.

Wow. Then I'm pretty far along too. I know my gates inside and out and can probably build an RCA ALU without much issue given enough free time. I still need to teach myself redstone flip flops so I can build registers. Sadly, I probably won't be able to finish this week due to my laptop's fan crapping out... What components and functions do you think one might need to build into an ALU to demonstrate a good amount of knowledge? Right now I've only built an adder/subtractor with comparison readings in subtract mode on the school server, but I've been diagramming Binary to BCD decoders in my down time (since my laptop is out of commission until I get my new fan). But do I even need to make a 7 seg display before applying to Build? Looking at the stuff on the build server, I felt like I was way behind, but maybe I'm expecting too much of myself?

[LambdaPI]

You might be expecting too much. Most of the stuff you see you can learn while being builder. Also don't bump old threads please.