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		xd on Dec 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Homebrew 8-Bit Computer Nice project. I've got a box full of 8086's and support chips just waiting for that rainy weekend to come around. If you like this stuff, you have to check out the daddy of homebrew computing: http://www.homebrewcpu.com

rick_2047 on Dec 15, 2010 [–]

This was referred to as an extreme sport in IEEE Spectrum Magazine and I cannot agree more. How then hell did this guy manage to debug any problems he may have.

xd on Dec 15, 2010 | [–]

His HP1630A ;)

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