My Apple ][ on a Breadboard - Olivier Huber

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A demonstration of a complete homebuilt computer assembled on a breadboard using the 65C02 CPU, including a self-designed 8-bit CPU, VGA card and sound card. Covers physical hardware construction and vintage protocols such as RS-232 to demystify how computers work at the electrical and interface level.

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1. 0:00Introduction and personal journey
2. 7:36Building logic gates from transistors
3. 13:17Creating a simple CPU with registers
4. 21:14Memory mapping and IO peripherals
5. 26:17Serial interface and keyboard driver
6. 30:16VGA and sound card construction
7. 31:43Recreating LoadRunner game

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