Why build an entire computer on breadboards?
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as the answer to why breadboard computers are worth building and why breadboards work at these speeds.
What it is
Ben Eater explains why he builds computers on breadboards, including testing their signal behavior on an oscilloscope. It is a companion to his 6502 breadboard computer series.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends 205guy · 2020-11 · on “Let’s Build a Video Card”
I got caught up in all his videos and had the same question. Fortunately, he has a dedicated video where he answers this with testing on the scope: [this video] tl;dr is what the sibling comment already explained: low clock rates.
Recommends eco · 2021-12 · on “An 8-bit minicomputer with a fully custom architecture”
Ben Eater had a whole video on why he encourages building a breadboard computer. [this video] A lot of people have taken what they've learned and moved on to designing their own PCB versions. You can see some of them here: [LINK]
Cites stuntkite · 2022-04 · on “Ask HN: How do I get over my obsession with operating systems?”
I think this is good advice. It reminds me of the advice about that the difference between a hoard and a collection is the display case. It's great to have the interests and you like what you like, but if it's just a never ending pile that is damaging other pursuits it's no good for you, but if it's something you can catalog, explore, curate, and especially share in a meaningful way then having that interest is important. Even if no one cares about your display case but you. Also, OP, maybe look into building an operating system from first principles like that dude who made the tetris OS [0] or look into creating a nice collection of curated OS VM snapshots that demonstrate the things you're