Exabyte the Protogen

I've been playing Minecraft with a few friends, and we're playing some Stone Block 2.
After manually adding OpenComputers to it, I decided to try and automate a few things.

Right now, I'm trying to automate the breeding of better resource chickens (from Roost), and I'm using transposers to do it.

The issue is that there doesn't seem to be a way to distinguish chickens by their stats. The best I can get is using getAllStacks(1)[1] to see the chicken in the first slot of the breeding roost on top of the transposer. All this gives me is its name, max stack size, current stack size, internal name, damage/max damage, and its "hasTag" value that I guess is whether it has attached data.

I need to know if there's any way to find data about an item, whatever form it may be in. Is this possible with Transposers, or should I look for another solution?

I am trying to get a buildcraft sterling generator to power my OC pc and it refuses to connect. i tried using the power converter, plugging it in directly with and without pipes, etc. Can someone help me with this?

Something to note: I have a computer powered by a coal generator from Advanced Rocketry, so it's not something universal.

oooooohkay. umm, this seems to hard for me to do. at this point i dont care what audio i get on the casset, i just want audio on there at all. is there a way to record something in-game? i'm not sure if this is stupid question or something. regardless, i just want something on it. thank you anyways.

So i am trying to use the computronics casset tape, and i want to upload my file from my pc to my casset tape and play it. how can i do this? if i can't, how do i get audio on it at all?

Note: i have converted the file to DFPWM already

i have a "Too long without yielding" error. What do i do?

Can someone make a remote robot system? Here is how i want it to work:

you need:

a tablet.

a robot.

and you simply run the lua commands (robot.up, robot.down, etc) from the tablet.

Can someone make this for me?

Cool Program!
Not really much to it, but cool nonetheless!

Can Someone make a internet hub? it would be so cool to have like 500 computers all connected together by a main hub. and maybe a terminal to monitor the packets?

now we just need that on a server. (if someone desides to make a self-speading virus, we're doomed)

Tim, thats what im saying. there aint no friggin programs that add security. (Other that programs with open security of course)

Security is lacking in our devices. in a server that supports this mod, anyone can just walk up to a pc and mess it up and learn stuff the owner wants to keep private.

Umm... Molinko? the program works. for me at least. the help at the bottom was for an installer, so you can just install and use.

Edit: After a reread, i understand what you are doing. you are making the program more secure for me. Don't get me wrong, i appreciate the support from you, but i only asked for help with the core features. but i don't want to do just trial and error, but i don't want to be pointed around the whole time. i want a mix of both, by getting help with the core features of my programs while making the auxiliary features and forks by myself. i hope you take no offence Molinko.

/This is my first program

what it does is when you boot up the computer it asks for a password

the install it: (Type these in the computer)

1. pastebin get 036sY9DN PassBlocker

2. edit .shrc and add /home/PassBlocker to the code

3. edit PassBlocker

4. find the code that says "Set Password Here" and replace that with the password you want

5. reboot and try it!

An installer for this program will come. eventually.

if the password is correct, it just goes to the shell

if the password in incorrect, it turns the pc off, forcing the person to re-confront the password system, making it impossible to crack it. (in person anyway. you probably could get past it remotely) 

thx to anyone who tries it

any support with the installer is appreciated 

Edit: Thanks to Molinko for the new version here! https://pastebin.com/1t0iM9t8

Lets not beat around the bush

How can i get a program to:

automaticly download things from pastebin

and

automaticly edit existing files

the reason is im making an installer for a program that i made (With a lot of help)

Thank you it worked

(I know i have been asking for a lot of help, but i just have no experience except for what i have been told)

i am making a program that put's a password requirement on booting the computer.

i have a problem however

my program now works, but i cant get it to work correctly on boot

the problem is, i cant seem to get it to boot right. it just doesn't run when i reboot the computer.

i have tried naming it autorun.lua and nothing happened

i tried putting it in the boot folder. the pc crashed. (probably because the program took user input)

so idk what to do

I need help with something

here is my code:

local computer = require ("computer")

Print("What's The Password?")

local password = io.read()

if password = 123

print("Password Accepted")

end

else

print("Password Denied")

os.sleep(2)

computer.stop()

The error is

then expected near =

what do i do?

anywhere i could think of i tried putting 'then'

Well, i have never laid a big finger on CC (not at all for a few years), i just assumed if it worked in the lua interpreter it would in the custom programs too.

but thanks anyway, i think this will help

i also tried:

stop()

computer.stop()

the code that wont work:

Component.computer.stop()

the error:

attempt to index global 'component' (a nil value)

im making a program, but commands that work in the lua interpreter dont inside a custom program. how do i fix this?

Thx

okeh

i need to know. how do i make my program take user input?

How do i run multiple screens one one pc? What i want to do is have one suuuuuuuuuuuuper long program downloading while at the same time surfing OPPM programs that might interest me. Can anyone help me with this?