Enthusiast builds a fully functional CPU from old memory chips — hand-solders every wire, writes 1800 lines of assembler code, and makes it play The Matrix on a VFD display

Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/passionate-enthusiast-builds-a-fully-functional-processor-out-of-old-memory-chips-hand-solders-every-wire-writes-1800-lines-of-assembler-code-and-makes-it-play-the-matrix-on-a-vfd-display

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