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by jgrahamc 5194 days ago
I'd love to see one made using discrete logic. It's a pretty simple CPU so it looks to me like you could pretty easily build it out of 74 series.
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> It's a pretty simple CPU

16-bit address and data buses? Hardware multiplier, divider, and barrel shifter? I wouldn't exactly call it simple. The cost to build one out of discrete logic probably approaches the quadruple digits.

Magic-1 (http://www.homebrewcpu.com/) is a 16-bit, microcoded homebrew CPU that took about 4 years to build, and it doesn't have any of the above features.