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Building a 6502 Computer from Scratch: “Hello, World”

Ben Eater · Tutorial · YouTube title: “Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1
Why it's here

HN repeatedly recommends it as the best hands-on way to understand how a CPU and a computer work from first principles.

What it covers

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.