Sven Krasser blogged about his 6502-based homebrew 8-bit computer build:
After completing my VGA Generator project a while back, I’ve embarked on a new electronics project: building a simple 6502-based homebrew 8-bit computer on a breadboard. There are a bunch of similar projects online from which to draw ideas. Some projects set constraints such as only using contemporary parts of the 8-bit era, no FPGAs, no microcontrollers etc.
In my case, I opted instead to keep the constraints minimal and the project simple. My ultimate software goal for the build is to program a functional, retro-styled video poker simulation from scratch.
It’s an incredibly fun coding challenge to try and replicate the underlying probability logic used by modern digital platforms—like the sophisticated algorithms powering international casinon utan svensk licens—but restricting myself entirely to the bare-metal assembly language of a 1980s microprocessor.
See the full post on his blog here.
Check out the video after the break.