Not content with your new, 1.4-billion-transistor Ivy Bridge processor? Maybe it runs too hot, or lacks the polygon-pushing powers that you require? Well, I've got just the thing for you: How about ...

Hi everyone! Have you heard of the brand new 8-bit computer built from (mostly) off-the-shelf parts called Commander X16 made by a team of people under The 8-Bit Guy (David Murray)? If so what are ...

Sometime around 2009, [J. Clark Scott] published a book aimed to demystify computers for everyone by walking through construction of an 8-bit CPU from scratch. The book had a catchy, but somewhat ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...

Tokyo, Japan—Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. has equipped its ML610300 series microcontrollers (MCU) with an 8-bit CPU core and voice synthesis LSI. By combining the CPU and voice synthesis LSI in a ...

Here’s the most amazing 8-bit DIY computer implemented using a bunch of simple logic chips — along with a cornucopia of flashing LEDs — mounted on a cluster of breadboards. I stand in awe. As I’ve ...

That is exactly what YouTube user Paulo Constantino did from the comfort of his own home in a video that was uploaded last June and is only now beginning to garner the attention it deserves.

A man has gone viral after building a fully functional 8-bit computer out of K’Nex. In a video that has now amassed over 112,000 views, Kyle, known online as Shadowman39, debuted the Arithmetic and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nostalgic Atari fans can add the Atari 400 Mini to their collection for only $97.19 for a limited time. This is the lowest price yet for the ...

There's something about programming with constraints (i.e. being limited by things like memory, colours, resolution etc) that is far more appealing than modern systems. I learned programming on an ...