Or if you're more hardware inclined but don't feel up to spending the time and money needed to make a wire wrapped cpu, I'd recommend learning vhdl or verilog a

Or if you're more hardware inclined but don't feel up to spending the time and money needed to make a wire wrapped cpu, I'd recommend learning vhdl or verilog and designing a cpu in that. It's at the logical level rather than physical, but it will still let you get a feel for the factors that go into designing a processor, and it is easier to add in more advanced aspects to the design.