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one of my all-time goals is having such a deep understanding of computers so i could build & program one completely from scratch if you gave me a bunch of metal and low-level electronic parts and a lot of time to the point where its actually usable. that would be very cool i think
you can buy a kit that allows you to build your own 8 bit cpu on breadboards!!
I wonder if you could build one of these in CRUMB, thus building an 8 bit CPU in a video game running on some bastardization of x86
Oof you've dreamed many levels past me! I draw the line somewhere before "make an operating system"
But you're right it would be very cool
assuming you saw my share, NANDgame is probably the best place to start. gotta know your boolean logic here + get a basic understanding of how cpus work. you could totally do this in minecraft, too. or anything with a concept of logic and memory states (so not Blender's shader nodes (i've tried))
this is totally also a good reason to start learning assembly and do some absolute arcane wizardry right in the middle of an otherwise normal piece of C code "because it's slightly faster"
oh and check out http://www.buthowdoitknow.com/ if you want a book resource that's understandable even if you don't have a background in computing / compsci / etc.
the best part of this book and website is that it includes an 8 bit cpu built in excel. it runs slow as hell on even the fastest single core processor, but it's cool as hell and shows you exactly how things work. and you can write custom assembly stuff for it, too!!!
i already know a lot of super low level stuff, still thanks for the suggestion! i am missing more complicated stuff like GPUs, super low level networking etc., but the biggest chunk of missing knowledge in my computer stack is OSes. like, i know a good bit about OSes in general and kernels, but i could not just write one rn lol
re: low level networking: i have a book on networking from like 1980 or something, i should check that out sometime lol
I'm pretty sure that the Art of Electronics touches on it, though (and Ben Eater also has some videos on the subject, with the breadboard computer!)
Actually, for stuff like GPUs, he's also got a few videos on making a gpu from scratch. Fairly low resolution, but displaying an image nonetheless.
