Recently I've been working on my binary converters and it sparked an idea in my head, wouldn't it be possible to create an 8 bit computer in scratch? I saw people build computers in Minecraft but I'm pretty sure they could be much more powerful in scratch. Has anyone even done this yet?

elginst9 wrote:

Recently I've been working on my binary converters and it sparked an idea in my head, wouldn't it be possible to create an 8 bit computer in scratch? I saw people build computers in Minecraft but I'm pretty sure they could be much more powerful in scratch. Has anyone even done this yet?

Yes you can, unless it doesn't break any of the rules or TOS (terms of service)

TylerMorgan123 wrote:

elginst9 wrote:

Recently I've been working on my binary converters and it sparked an idea in my head, wouldn't it be possible to create an 8 bit computer in scratch? I saw people build computers in Minecraft but I'm pretty sure they could be much more powerful in scratch. Has anyone even done this yet?

Yes you can, unless it doesn't break any of the rules or TOS (terms of service)

No he isn't talking about if it's allowed or not, he's talking about if it is possible to make it, my answer is yes, but I've never tried

sharkode wrote:

TylerMorgan123 wrote:

elginst9 wrote:

Recently I've been working on my binary converters and it sparked an idea in my head, wouldn't it be possible to create an 8 bit computer in scratch? I saw people build computers in Minecraft but I'm pretty sure they could be much more powerful in scratch. Has anyone even done this yet?

Yes you can, unless it doesn't break any of the rules or TOS (terms of service)

No he isn't talking about if it's allowed or not, he's talking about if it is possible to make it, my answer is yes, but I've never tried

Oh ok

unless i totally understood the OP , yes

Sure. Plenty of people have even emulated real computers! For example, there's this NES emulator and this Gameboy Color one. As far as I know these are emulators that can run real programs compiled for their target architectures. They've even emulated other devices used by the game consoles, so you can play original game ROMs loaded into the memory. There's also a this RISC-V emulator which is for a 32-bit architecture.

If that all seems pretty intimidating, you can try something simpler to get started too - all you really need is a way to iterate over some binary “instructions” you've stored in a list, and a way to decode and run them. You might want to try asking the folks in Advanced Topics for tips on getting started, since they're a bit more familiar with this kind of thing.

Yes, for example it's been done by @RokCoder…

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/531881458/

It needs to run on turbowarp though.

Actually, I have this project called Lightning OS! https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/630604115/

GabeGamingScratch wrote:

Actually, I have this project called Lightning OS! https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/630604115/

that is an OS, which is different, he is talking an actual computer that can produce its own graphics, and run its own code