MOnSter 6502 Update #1

[josugambee]

Now to implement a 6502 entirely in relays.

[BertSingels]

Not only very impressive, but also a work of art.

[Donnirononon]

"Oh, yeah thats my CPU over there. The coal input is at the bottom and the starting lever is right there..."

[MaxBrix]

This is what I pictured when I first heard, "I built my own computer". I was astounded then disappointed. You sir, have reastounded me.

[AppliedScience]

Such an impressive project! I will see you at Maker Faire.

[marcuscarana]

As a computer studies student, this thing is a work of beauty, an art piece and a memorial for an obsolete but historical and influential piece of technology. Thank you EMS for such good quality Youtube content.

[Storm_.]

I loved the way you guys shared the voice over equally. This truly demonstrates equality in partnership and further strengthens the idea that you both had equal input into the project. Top class work.

[chesthairascot]

Altium tip: Enable display of net name on all of your power (ground) ports, even if you expect them all to be the same. An identical graphical symbol doesn't guarantee that they're the same net. It's also not possible to catch that during review of a printed schematic. Ask me how I learned this. =)

Also- it helps to keep your DRC warnings (green nets) under check. I once worked with an engineering tech that didn't realize that green meant DRC warning... Every pad on a 12 layer board was green.

[arsasoor]

shows you the importance of process nodes and transistor size.

im honestly impressed at how fast it can run

[PrentisHancock]

This is absolutely stunning! What a beautiful piece of engineering.

[bytemevv-]

I feel some kind of nostalgia watching this
like I'm back in the 80S that I grew up with MS-DOS...
Ohhhh the Computer Memories

[eurobum]

Unfortunately, I can't make it to the faire. But I would love to see a longer Youtube video of somebody demonstrating and talking about the Monster6502!

[michaelwilson]

This brought tears to my eyes, such an awesome effort.

[thzzzt]

At your next electrical engineering interview, just hand this board over as your resume.

[davidgrisez]

This monster 6502 has one of the features that computers back in the 1950s and 1960s had. This transistor scale cpu has all these indicating lights to show what it going on in the various registers. Old computers also had rows of indicating lights to indicate what was going on in the various registers.

[bb]

The most valuable thing of that is the pleasant of LEDs

[brucecowgill]

Imagine how expensive and large this would be if the transistors were replaced with vacuum tubes!

[jayc]

I *need* one just for visuals! It would be fascinating seeing how the LED's change according to what is running, so programming it would be hard to resist!

[MattTheriot]

Wow, I love it. Visually representing bits with LEDs is incredible, demystifying silicon just a little bit.

[LibertyEver]

3000 transistors. That's so cute! Look at you!

PS - Apparently the early T-800 Terminators were running 6502 code, because when the first Terminator movie came out, there was a scene where we're given a Terminator's eye view of its sensory input and decision making process, and I could have sworn it was 6502 assembler code off to the side.