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Taking a break from the cipher series for a bit. This weeks article will be on the 100 door problem done on 10 different systems. Wouldn’t be complete without a calculator in the mix would it? (PS, the VIC-20 is my favorite solution set so far). Also, TI-84’s BASIC is really fast

▸ Aug 3, 2021 ▸ Michael Doornbos ▸ 0 words
← Old computers make good teaching tools in part because you see huge efficiency gains when changing your approach. Reducing your execution time from 30 minutes to 5 minutes is more satisfying than .003 seconds to .0003 seconds a modern system. Last of the 10 machines in the 100 door demo is CERBERUS. Is unfinished. Last because it's the hardest to do (for me). It's WAY too fast for the visual demo. Wasting a couple million clock cycles. Needs the result output and custom characters to be finished. Happy with progress →
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