Digital Logic Sim + Ports

An enhanced version of Sebastian Lague's Digital Logic Sim with ports!

Relative to today's computers, DLS is pretty slow. That makes sense, its a logic simulator, not real hardware. However, go back a few years, and the speed of DLS is roughly on par with the processors at the time. So how did they run resource intensive operations back then (eg. playing sound)? Dedicated hardware! This hardware connected to the processor, which would instruct it on what to do.

Ports are a way for us to do the same in DLS. By opening up a port (using a PORT-IN or PORT-OUT chip) an external application can interface with these ports and act as dedicated hardware emulators, or do anything! (maybe even communicate over a network!)

These ports are 8-bit interfaces that allow external applications or devices to communicate with the simulation. Other than that, it's up to you to decide how to use them!

For more info on the simulation itself, please look here:
https://sebastian.itch.io/digital-logic-sim