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+# EDAMAME Award
+# (Electronic Design Automation - Mechanical Abstract Machine Emulator)
+
+Michael Birken
+US
+o__1 at hotmail dot com
+
+## Judges' comments:
+
+### To build
+
+        make birken
+
+Try:
+
+        ./birken < counter.tofu
+
+What is TUFO?  It's not a veggy friendly food, nor it is Verilog or
+VHDL.  It is not even Pascal!
+
+NOTE: On some systems, file(1) claims one of the .tofu files is Pascal
+source. :-)
+
+It may not be the most readable hardware description language, but it is
+one of the easiest 55 page long manual to learn.  :-)
+
+For a small but non-trivial design, try implementing a
+[Linear Feedback Shift Register](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LFSR)
+
+And for those who are still confused:
+
+> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edamame>
+> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu>
+
+## Author's comments:
+
+If man is capable of creating tofu hotdogs (simulated meat), then why
+not tofu circuitry (simulated circuits)?  This program is my tribute to
+the early computer pioneers like Konrad Zuse.  It's an educational tool
+designed to introduce students to digital circuit theory using
+technology that was considered state of the art in the 1940's!  To
+enable you to fully understand the capabilities of this circuit
+simulator, I have included a 55 page manual (info.pdf) in the info
+portion of the entry submission.
+
+The primary obfuscation is the data structure chosen for parsing the
+input file and for executing the simulation.  Oh man...  coding that
+data structure gave me such a bad headache.  But, I figure, who needs
+more than a pair anyway?  Subtle obfuscations abound.  Bonus points go
+out the one who discovers the hidden program within the source.
+
+Note that the shape of the source is a wave, not a waveform.