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Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (2016)

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398 points jcartw | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 11:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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Jun8 ◴[04 Apr 25 18:37 UTC] No.43586200[source]▶
Ben's videos are fantastic, learned a lot. For HW beginners like myself I suggest to skip the computer but just build the clock - very easy and great testing tool!

Here's my question: Obviously there's tremendous interest in kits like this. Why doesn't Ben or someone else create small company to:

  * Modernize the components 
  * Update the videos
  * Add additional modules to make the computer a bit more powerful
People would pay money for this. I would.
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1. dowager_dan99 ◴[04 Apr 25 19:17 UTC] No.43586593[source]▶
Isn't this essentially what Sparkfun and Adafruit do? There's very little margin in the components & kits, and the market is very tiny. Also if you're looking to make this computer "more powerful" you should look at something else. The specs for this are a toy computer, barely enough to demo the basic functions.