help i'm thinking of doing a hobby project that we don't have the time or money for again

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I want to make a computer out of 74-series logic

plans for this thing: 

- orthogonal instruction set
- 16 bit instruction word: 6 bit opcode, 10 bit address/data
- two 8k×8 eeproms used for main memory (maybe use sram or fram instead)
- low 1k words used for program memory, remainder is available as wram and data by paging instructions
- 16 bit ALU, functions tbd

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might need to use a harvard architecture if I want pipelining though

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okay so I started putting together a mouser order for parts that would be useful for this thing, and yeah i made sure to get a whole bunch of spares but $700 is a bit much

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@Felthry budget for it, and it's yours.

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@eryn yeah but that will be easier when we're not unsure whether we're even going to have a job after august

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