From beb7ded96ce0f86cff617b85f460c3c1270c7349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rajames Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 07:17:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(v4.0.0): talking nodes -- built in the shared engine, proven hosted first, then bare metal Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/v4.0.0/ENGINE.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/v4.0.0/ENGINE.md b/docs/v4.0.0/ENGINE.md index cbf46bb8..a8074407 100644 --- a/docs/v4.0.0/ENGINE.md +++ b/docs/v4.0.0/ENGINE.md @@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ Rulings on that step so far: parity like any other, where today it is linked into the binary. The one thing every node has, whatever it becomes, is the fixed behaviour at reset by which it takes in its first capsule. +- **Where it is built and proven (ruled, "A"): in the shared engine, + hosted first, then bare metal.** Ports, wiring, nodes born empty and + messages are the engine's and belong to both products. Hosted, on three + ISAs, with a disk image as the common SSD; then the same nodes on bare + metal with the real console, SSD and thumbdrives. - **How it grows: "Only the central node can connect to only another central node."** So the five are a unit: four outer nodes and their centre. An outer node is wired only inside its own unit. Units are joined