roland p Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 This is really cool! A 6502 made out of discrete components. http://monster6502.com The MOnSter 6502 A new dis-integrated circuit project to make a complete, working transistor-scale replica of the classic MOS 6502 microprocessor. We'll be showing off our progress at the 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 That is too cool! =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 But what computer can use it? It can only do a few hundred hz at best and nearly everything that uses the CPU is 1MHz minimum. I am pretty sure it can't be used in C64, too many timing issues with IEC, video, etc to make this work. What about NES? There are some guide about overclocking NES by cutting the clock line to CPU while leaving PPU intact. If it can be underclocked, how about running that huge CPU on NES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 That's not the point of the project 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 holy CRAP I want one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifanboi Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Coooooool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 It must be beautiful to run it at 1Hz and see the lights blinking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Now all we need is other support chips like 6551, 4116, and many others. Including the 74LS series. Collect them all! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 That is really awesome. It'd be a cool learning tool for kids or anyone that wants to learn how processors work. I'd love to have one myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 OMG, I want one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Pfffft... wake me up when they have a through-hole version. Kidding. It is totally beautiful, and I wish I could afford to splash out for it. I'd create a diode-matrix ROM board for it to run from, and display it all in a frame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 This is a very cool project! Ok, who's up for designing a vacuum tube 6502? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Get a case of firework sparklers. Light it on fire. Same effect but a lot cheaper. Those tube will blow and when you need 50,000 tubes to emulate one CPU, the heat and power requirement will be staggering plus you'd be running around a lot replacing a blown tube every few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 It must be beautiful to run it at 1Hz and see the lights blinking. Here you go https://twitter.com/TubeTimeUS/status/733476018598510592/video/1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgabbard Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Man, that's cool. I like seeing projects like this. As for what it can be used for, I could go on, but mostly DIY computer systems. Lots of people build 4-8 bit computers out of discrete components. Hell, I even have an ALU that I hand coded on an EPROM. That was fun doing all 4K of calculations by hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 It is cool, I stumbled on it just yesterday. Very impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 This project looks like it was a lot of fun! That's what makes the hobby interesting--lots of fun (but crazy) things to do with electricity. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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