Bit heavy on the academic theory, but Claude Shannon's "Mathematical Theory of C...

Bit heavy on the academic theory, but Claude Shannon's "Mathematical Theory of Communications" might help with the link between gated logic and modern computation.

CS builds/extends hardware based on Shannon's work. CS programming languages are classified according to the Cholmsky hierarch in theory of computation. Given topic of discussion, atari games implimented as logic gates are a form of state machine (autonoma) which can be represented at a higher level of abstraction by a programming language. ( https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/chomsky-hierarchy-in-theory-of...)

There are different frameworks / ways of implimenting/presenting 'logical computations'. aka ME physical, EE logic gates, math numerical computation, computer science programming languages.

Loosely ordered by various implied collision/response (XOR) for anaylzing/presenting "logic/type groupings" in physical spaces / virtual spaces.

Higher level/virtual logic/techniques of modern CS hids the 'logic bits' of things. aka gawk chapter "11.3.11 And Now for Something Completely Different" program -- where character fonts are higher order of logical groupings tied to a number of bits ( https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.pdf ) and pdf imaging ( https://github.com/tavinus/pdfScale )

Historical progression of display mechanics has less virtual abstraction relative to how programming languages produce/compute results.

No player movement, all autonoma state machine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiYTxjJjfxs

Progressing from "larger" implimentation to smaller implimentation details for equivalent amount of "logic states":

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A) mechanical logic devices and circuits : https://www.nacomm09.ammindia.org/NaCoMM-2009/nacomm09_final...

   zoetropes            : https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/interactives/zoetrope

   kinomatic display    :

   babbage engine       : https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X39.81  /  https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

   mechanical pixel art : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ks0Vy98KI

   mechanical clock     : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiqrEMrfoE8pOmxFXpOTk7UyUK8hfkwLH

   water display        : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0i-uTa4kv4

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B) electrical logic devices (smaller scale than mechanical devices, so no vaccum tubes / flip displays):

   light gun     : https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5crto3/eli5_how_does_an_arcade_shooting_machine_works/

   mechanical tv : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television

   crt ram       : https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/williams_kilburn_williams_kilburn_ram.html

   e-ink         : https://www.visionect.com/blog/electronic-paper-explained-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work/

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C) virual stuff:

   pixel to spreadsheet : https://leondrolio.com/apps/pixel-spreadsheet/

   mindcraft computer   : https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Redstone_computers  
                       
                          https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/xecijm/someone_made_minecraft_in_minecraft_with_a/

   bash & postscript make it a lot easier to change the display mechanics : https://github.com/tavinus/pdfScale

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