Indeed rtpg -- going deeper, these latches did trip me up! You may enjoy this question on SE: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/524618/how-does-e

Indeed rtpg -- going deeper, these latches did trip me up! You may enjoy this question on SE: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/524618/how-does-electricty-flow-in-a-flip-flop-circuit-i-cant-understand-how-memory-b https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/524618/how-d... -- ended up getting a great answer for how this worked beyond the abstractions I was comfortable with. Plan on using what I've learned to write something about simulating RAM -- that may get us closer to building up the base circuitry