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Check out Ben Eater on YouTube.
Or Steve Mould, who made a processor calculation using water for demonstration purposes.
https://piped.video/watch?v=IxXaizglscw
He uses a microcontroller though for his breadboard PC. A microcontroller that is built in a fab.
That's the 6502 one you're talking about though, what about the previous one (granted it still used a bunch of ICs, but not a microcontroller per se)
I was going to add that disclaimer, but it's also a step closer and interesting nonetheless.
I'd also recommend Breaking Taps, while he does amazing stuff in a home lab it also has the disclaimer that he's able to get it already has some super interesting but rare stuff. Electron microscope etc.
I thought I saw someone making homemade, low power processors but for the life of me I can't remember who or where.
Sam Zeloof did it.
I’m hoping the guy from Primitive Technology will eventually work his way up to that at some point.
They're playing one of those games where you crash on a planet and go from rock to bow and arrow to quantum phase disruptors, but for real.