We mean building something closer to a fully-programmable 8-bit computer from the ground up, like this one from [Federico] based on 74LS logic chips.

Kyle Hovey has decided to build his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, out of breadboard, NVRAM chips, surface-mount transistors, and lots and lots of wire -- and he's blogged his experience, so you can ...

April 8, 2022 at 8:38 pm I used to yearn for the next issue of 68 Micro Journal, very much a magazine dedicated to this era of computing and hardware systems. And yes, SWTP, Gimix, TSC were all ...

By the time Commodore 128 launched, it was the last 8-bit PC in an era of 16-bit PCs, thanks to the existence of Intel 8086. Fortunately, ...

In a nutshell: Atari's 8-bit computers first launched in 1979, selling for between $549 and $999 and taking up the space of a full desktop machine. Now, more than four decades later, a Polish ...

Get Atari's Mini 8-Bit Home Computer For Its Best Price Yet The Atari 400 Mini is compatible with a huge library of 8-bit games. By Steven Petite and Jon Bitner on February 5, 2025 at 8:25AM PST ...

And so the idea of 8-bit culture today really is a combination of the graphical and visual style from the console games with this idea of the DIY culture as it came from the 8-bit home computer ...