txt file or even a music file if the hard drive was large enough and there was a way to convert the data into binary code. However, because Minecraft players' inventories are stored as data in the game with discernible sizes, players could feasible load something like a. That's an interesting question and it hasn't been explored quite yet. But what would that data even look like, and how would you get it into Minecraft? On my hard drive I use solid blocks to store a 1 and clear blocks to store a 0."Įssentially, by rigging up a large number of these pistons to direct the redstone signals between solid and clear blocks in a loop, a user of the 1KB hard drive can store data in binary using solid blocks as a 1 and clear blocks as a 0.
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Binary code is basically a way of storing data using only 1s and 0s.
To store data on a computer, you must use binary code. The creator of the 1KB drive explains via this animation: "An animation of the mechanic described above. In the case of a hard drive, redstone is used to power pistons that simulate the true and false values of binary, which are typically represented as 1 and 0 respectively. Computers, at their most fundamental level, are built on the foundations of mathematical logic, and the same goes for those in Minecraft as well. Because redstone functions within the bounds of real-world logic - a redstone signal can pass through a solid block but never a clear one made of glass - players can utilize them to simulate even something as complex as a USB thumb drive. Redstone can be ground into a dust and used to power redstone circuits, which replicate real-world circuits and can be used within Minecraft to power mechanisms like bridges, staircases, and, believe it or not, even transistors and diodes. The heart of these devices is a Minecraft component called redstone, an in-game item that can imbue devices with power, be it a lamp or a piston. The virtual mammoth contraptions basically mime the most fundamental elements of a computer, binary logic, to yield an in-game virtual machine that can run calculations. Minecraft players have long had a penchant for building computers, or what are more accurately referred to as algorithmic logic units. A read/write hard disk drive with 4KB of storage built entirely within Minecraft. That means it's only a matter of time before things start going the way of "Terminator" or "The Matrix," or at least to the point where we're building virtual simulations of fully functioning computers that obey the laws of the physical world. The first, created by Reddit and Imgur user smellystring can store 1KB of data, while a second, larger unit created by The0JJ can store 4KB of data. Two such users have now revealed functioning hard drives built inside Minecraft that can read and write data.
These players have built working components of computers within simulations running on computers. Players of the popular open-world building game Minecraft, created by Markus "Notch" Persson in 2009, continue to push the game beyond any reasonable realm of everyday understanding. A fully functioning 1KB hard drive built within the sandbox game Minecraft.