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fbomb on July 12, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratc...

Holy crap! this brings back memories. I actually did this many years ago with real logic gates, eventually ending up with a 4-bit CPU that could address an entire 16 nybbles of RAM. That was so much fun!

dzolvd on July 13, 2018 | [–]

same! We actually built an 8-bit cpu, and while debugging some very strange, seemingly random bit flips, learned why you coil wires.

sergex on July 12, 2018 | [–]

I would love to be able to get as close as possible to the "feel" of working with actual physical components.

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