User blog comment:Sir Lazuli/Replacing Redstone/@comment-31845174-20180112002900/@comment-33185350-20180112071208

I understand redstone can’t be fully replaced. I am trying to look at what alternative systems would need in order to have the same or similar basic uses as redstone and offer the same kind of signal transfer logic building, a gameplay style lost in this mod.

Also keep in mind power isn’t just in the form of electricity. Like WoodenBox and Recneps said, a rope could spin a shaft, which would be the perfect power input for blocks like the millstone. Individual blocks could be directly pulled by attached ropes.