Is there a way to mimic comparators?

[Chunes]

Long story short: I have a Red Power 2 timer sending redstone pulses to a transposer in order to draw charcoal from a barrel through pneumatic tubes into a furnace to keep it stocked with fuel.

As expected, the transposer won't pull charcoal out if the furnace is full. However, it would be nice to turn off the timer (automatically) when it is not needed. This would be easy with a comparator, but I don't have access to it yet. Is there a way to do this without one?

 

[Saice]

Look into BC Gates they have options to dectect stuff like Has Work or Invtory Full and send a redstone singel.

 

[Daemonblue]

Skip to 5 minutes in and weep.

 

[immibis]

Put an item detector next to the boiler, connect your tube to the input of the item detector, and set it to the mode where it emits a redstone signal if it's jammed. Use that redstone signal to turn off the timer.

 

[nardavin]

I believe computers from computercraft can detect signal strength. If they can, I am sure someone has already put a comparator program online.

 

[solidity]

I believe computers from computercraft can detect signal strength. If they can, I am sure someone has already put a comparator program online.

They can, but only in minecraft versions that already support signal strength and therefore also have the comparator.

 

[nardavin]

They can, but only in minecraft versions that already support signal strength and therefore also have the comparator.

Oh, ok. Thanks for correcting me.