At this stage the main details are the new stack and some examples of rakes which might be used.

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Diagonal Stack Block Synthesis Block Reflector

Stack Constructor Parts

Diagonal Stack

This is my new design which is at 45 degrees. The Turing Machine stack is made up of cells which can hold a value and a delay mechanism to slow the value as it is pushed from one cell to another. This is required to ensure that the destination cell is empty when the value arrives for storage. The new design replaces the delay mechanism with another holding cell. There are separate controls for each side of each cell so this new design requires twice as many control signals. The plus side is that it is made of fewer types of components.

The design is laid out with plenty of space between the parts. When the construction problem is understood a bit better it can be made smaller.

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Block Synthesis

Two P240 rakes create a block for each stack cell. A lot of blocks will be required from which to build other things.

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Block Reflector

This adds another P240 rake to the Block Synthesis . This generates two gliders which convert the block into a glider moving down the diagonal.

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