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Anaraxes · 10-23-2010, 05:56 PM

I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Since you're postulating robots in the 30s, I'd say "sure, if that's what you want". Punch cards just store bits; they could be programs or information. The robots presumably have some sort of internal storage as well.

Realism is out the window to start with, so there's not much point worrying about how much data you can actually get on a punch card, and how many bits it would take to encode a real robot program or information about whatever it is that they're doing. Warehouses full of cards wouldn't do it in real life. So, whatever works for the game.

10-23-2010, 05:56 PM	#2
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Programming Robots w/Punch Cards? I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Since you're postulating robots in the 30s, I'd say "sure, if that's what you want". Punch cards just store bits; they could be programs or information. The robots presumably have some sort of internal storage as well. Realism is out the window to start with, so there's not much point worrying about how much data you can actually get on a punch card, and how many bits it would take to encode a real robot program or information about whatever it is that they're doing. Warehouses full of cards wouldn't do it in real life. So, whatever works for the game.