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		AnIdiotOnTheNet on May 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MyCPU – Homebrew Computer from Discrete Logic Gate... This is definitely on my "list of things I've always wanted to do but I realized man is mortal and I have to prioritize". I'm a personal computing enthusiast and it doesn't get much more personal than designing and building your own architecture.

gcb0 on May 16, 2019 [–]

not to mention the $50~200k on specialized test equipment you will have to buy to even start on this path.

Nobody mentions this.

In every wire rat nest CPU picture, there is always several thousand dollars of digilent and HP gear out of the frame.

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