This seems like a fine time to remind people that Ben Eater made an entire video series on building an 8-bit programmable computer from simple TTL chips (including detailed explanations of logic gates)

Best of all, it's #Meltdown and #Spectre proof

youtube.com/watch?v=HyznrdDSSG

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@cypnk heh, I actually used a 8-bit computer on a FPGA today. Clock input with a button, goes as fast as you can push it ^^

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@cypnk it was very fun to play around with
helps that it was pretty easy to do the assignments

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