The Great Train Network

This is a network that uses trains & gondolas to send information from one computer to another. Its easy to see how it works when you think of each train as a packet. The gondolas hold the information marbles like a buffer. A single marble represents a digital one, & no marble present is a digital zero. A loading and unloading station is used at each computer to load and unload (read and write) to each train (packet).

The concept software was written in C, & would simply convert input into custom binary, meaning it did not follow any set standard. The binary would then dump onto the built PCB via the COM1 port. After a few hours of hammering away at some code, a simple 0 through 255 loop would produce a lot of clicking & some fancy lights.