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You should check out https://eater.net/ https://eater.net/ and https://www.nand2tetris.org/ https://www.nand2tetris.org/. Both breakdown a lot of the complexity
by Klinky 7y ago
You should check out https://eater.net/ https://eater.net/ and https://www.nand2tetris.org/ https://www.nand2tetris.org/. Both breakdown a lot of the complexity around building a homebrew computer using off the shelf components.
- porlw 7y agoBen Eater's Youtube series building a simple CPU from scratch was a real "lightbulb" moment for me. After 40 years of programming (including Z80 assembly back in the 8-bit days), it took my understanding of the CPU from a mysterious black box to what's basically a simple look-up table and some control signals.