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As with real-world punchcards, each one is limited to 80 columns, so in this case, 80 characters. This means that most programs will likely need a few punchcards to work, but that will make for some interesting builds. | As with real-world punchcards, each one is limited to 80 columns, so in this case, 80 characters. This means that most programs will likely need a few punchcards to work, but that will make for some interesting builds. | ||
The example written in the gui-screenshot simply grabs the computer component and runs the beep-method to play an audible 2 second beep.{{Navbox content}} | The example written in the gui-screenshot simply grabs the computer component and runs the beep-method to play an audible 2 second beep. | ||
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Punchcards can load other punchcards and the Lua state carries over. | |||
Additionally the GUI textbox supports copying and pasting, so you may wish to write your Lua code in a Lua-aware text editor, like Visual Studio Code, first and then split it into chunks and paste them over. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 1 August 2026
Sometimes you may wish to modify a Mainboard that is not located in the current Computer. This is precisely the purpose of the Mainboard Programmer block. To modify a mainboard, simply put it into the block's GUI and run any of the component API methods below.
Some players may want an extra challenge, or some nostalgia, and thus can start from just Punchcard instead of using the predefined UEFI and Advanced OS floppy installation disk.
To do this, first craft a Punchcard Machine block, put some paper into the input slot, enter code, hit encode and put it into a Punchcard Reader block. The connected Computer will then attempt to boot from this punchcard reader. Only if the connected punchcard reader contains no punchcard in any input slot and also not in the reader slot, the computer will attempt to boot from the installed Mainboard's UEFI.
As with real-world punchcards, each one is limited to 80 columns, so in this case, 80 characters. This means that most programs will likely need a few punchcards to work, but that will make for some interesting builds.
The example written in the gui-screenshot simply grabs the computer component and runs the beep-method to play an audible 2 second beep.
Hints
Punchcards can load other punchcards and the Lua state carries over.
Additionally the GUI textbox supports copying and pasting, so you may wish to write your Lua code in a Lua-aware text editor, like Visual Studio Code, first and then split it into chunks and paste them over.
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