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Re:LLMs Play Zachtronics' TIS-100 by somat on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:32PM (#50449473)
There were several opensource tis-100 vm/interpreters made. Here is one I found, no idea if it is any good. https://github.com/melograph85/tis100

What I would always dream about was actual tis-100 like hardware, each module a small cheap microcontroller with 4 uarts(does that exist?) and a self interlocking module design so it is not constrained by base chassis. And because I am insane, in-band programming, that is, each module needs to and can only be programmed by it's neighbors. It would be such a nightmare to actually make anything.

Heh, That would make for an interesting sequel. You thought tis-100 was obtuse and hard, now you have to design autonomous self duplicating code, it's the tis-400 virus processor.

Re:LLMs Play Zachtronics' TIS-100 by aunderscored on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:59PM (#50449600)
Look no further than exapunks, Not quite dead on but close for "self replicating autonomous code"