[James Sharman] designed and built his own 8-bit computer from scratch using TTL logic chips, including a VGA adapter, and you can watch it run a glorious rotating cube demo in the video below. The ...

Some people build their own computer to play games, while others play games to build their own computer. Minecraft is the prime candidate for the latter, and while you can certainly arrange the blocks ...

Intel's fabrication plants can churn out hundreds of thousands of processor chips a day. But what does it take to handcraft a single 8-bit CPU and a computer? Give or take 18 months, about $1,000 and ...

In the early days of the internet, when sophisticated web browsers and search engines were but a dream, the “webring” came to the rescue! In the early days of the internet, when sophisticated web ...

Have you ever wanted to build your own minicomputer, but felt restricted by the available selection of https://www.pcworld.com/products/components/processors.html ...

The Other-1 Computer’s memory boasted 4k x 16-bit words of magnetic core storage with yesteryear’s IC driving (75325, 75452) and sense (7524) circuitry. The Other-1 Computer’s memory boasted 4k x ...

A lot of wire wrapping went into the Magic-1 homebrew CPU Some people like to build their own computers. A smaller number like to modify them to boost the speed of the processor and make them more ...