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jacquesm on Sept 12, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The MOnSter 6502: transistor-scale replica of clas...

I think that by most definitions it is a work of art. It is not practically useful, it is beautiful to look at (at least, to me it is), it is unique (for now) and it took a labor of love to be brought into this world.

aswanson on Sept 12, 2018 [–]

I think it would be useful to visualize how an assembly instruction works, to teach how it is executed in hardware.

jacquesm on Sept 12, 2018 | [–]

I think the various 'soft' versions of the 6502 would serve that purpose better, but yes, you could use it as a teaching aid.

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