Ben Eater starts a series building a working computer on breadboards around the 6502 microprocessor. In this first part he gets a 'hello world' running from scratch.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN repeatedly recommends it as the best hands-on way to understand how a CPU and a computer work from first principles.

“It is highly recommended if you want to dive down into computers and digital logic on first principles.”

View the original HN discussion

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