Homebrew PC features 2MHz hand-wrapped CPU

BMOW (Big Mess O' Wires) is a DIY PC, complete with a hand wrapped 8-bit CPU. Built by a game developer named Steve Chamberlain, this bad boy operates at 2MHz and sports 512KB memory, two-color video output, and a 512 x 480 display. According to Wired, the processor is closest in design to the MOS Technology 6502 (previously seen in such classic machines as the Apple II, Commodore 64, and some early Atari game consoles), and it took him about a year and a half from design to finish. Visitors to the Maker Faire in San Francisco can see the machine in person (and play chess on it, to boot) over the weekend. The rest of yinz can feel free to hit the read link for meticulous build details and lots of colorful pictures.

[Via Wired]

[Taylor. Yes, Taylor. @ May 29th 2009 2:41PM]

Looks like I'll be seeing that this weekend! :)
-Taylor

[becu55 @ May 29th 2009 2:45PM]

Ah, Taylor, we meet again...hold on, is that really you Taylor? It's...it's hard to tell from here, wait, could you repeat your name again for me? Please? I don't know if you are the real Taylor or an impostor!

[insky @ May 29th 2009 2:46PM]

Hey, what's your name again?

[Ryan @ May 29th 2009 2:49PM]

OMG, Taylor?!

[superhobo @ May 29th 2009 2:59PM]

I need a dark blue suit with a double breasted jacket by monday. Money's no object.

[broli @ May 29th 2009 3:29PM]

Who's Taylor?

[Jakob @ May 29th 2009 3:32PM]

Who is Taylor? An iPhone?

[DirtyVegas @ May 29th 2009 3:34PM]

Wonder where that Taylor guy went, don't see him around these days.

[TREX6662k5 @ May 29th 2009 3:37PM]

omg I thought you were dead.

[taylor @ May 29th 2009 3:45PM]

Hey Everyone, Taylor here:
Haha, I'm glad to know I'm missed.
To answer some questions - Yes, My name is Taylor, sorry if I was unclear.
And no, I haven't died yet, to the best of my knowledge.
Thanks,
-Taylor

[Patriks7 @ May 29th 2009 5:10PM]

"Taylor. Yes, Taylor. @ May 29th 2009 2:41PM
Looks like I'll be seeing that this weekend! :)
-Taylor"

Don't you think that's too many "Taylor"'s in one sentence?! You want your average Engadget reader to get confused?
BTW, a small hint, don't put your name at the end of your post, since we see it in your nickname.
Cheers,
-Patrik

[Taylor. Yes, Taylor. @ May 29th 2009 5:20PM]

@Patriks7
Hi, Taylor here, you must be new.

I am so used to signing my name on things online i just do it everywhere. Long ago It seems to have caught the attention of bored engadget readers all over the world, and it has been pointed out many, many times, resulting in some lovely comment threads about it. I've almost become a celebrity on here, except instead of attractive women throwing themselves at me, it's just techy guys complaining about my writing - so, not quite the same, sadly.

Still, some people seem to be unclear, as people always ask if my name really is Taylor (which it is), and I feel it is my duty to straighten things out and let everyone know that I am in fact the Taylor that my name makes me out to be.

In fact, my name used to just be "Taylor" on here, but that wasn't clear enough for people, so I changed it to let these confused souls know that I really am Taylor, because I *am* Taylor.
Thanks,
-Taylor

[Ghen @ May 29th 2009 6:15PM]

nice. :D

[Taylor. No, Taylor @ May 29th 2009 9:21PM]

apparently he is a douche with a mohawk.

[dsteve303 @ May 29th 2009 2:42PM]

CaN It pLay CrYsIs?

[Taylor. Yes, Taylor. @ May 29th 2009 2:48PM]

No.
Kthbai.
-Taylor

[Ryan @ May 29th 2009 2:48PM]

Copy/Paste?

[TRS @ May 29th 2009 2:50PM]

will it blend?

[Jon @ May 29th 2009 3:15PM]

BUT will it cliche'..... oh wait, it already did.

[Ray @ May 29th 2009 3:51PM]

Even though i low ranked you... i was entertained by your copy/pasta

[cherie22984 @ May 29th 2009 11:18PM]

Yes. Max settings only @ 512×480 with two colors.
128×240 with 256 colors only runs with lowered settings.
Playable, no doubt about that.

[DWells55 @ May 29th 2009 11:59PM]

No, gO KiLl YourSeLf.

[TomServo @ May 30th 2009 10:40PM]

Youre a fucking moron who should die of herpes.

[Pomel @ May 29th 2009 2:43PM]

Holy Wow!

[War Machine @ May 29th 2009 5:14PM]

From the BMOW blog:
"Crazy day today! Maker Faire setup begins tomorrow, and BMOW is featured on wired.com"

No shit, that's like the ultimate pun!

[Joe P @ May 31st 2009 6:53PM]

Indeed. Now I want to see someone make their own internet using a series of tubes...

[B3astofthe3ast @ May 29th 2009 2:43PM]

Can it play...pong?

[becu55 @ May 29th 2009 2:53PM]

I think the better question to answer is, will it blend manually?

[CJ @ May 29th 2009 6:08PM]

"Thanks to the BlendTech(tm) range of pestle and mortars, just about ANYTHING can be hand-ground into a fine powder!"

[xtasi @ May 29th 2009 2:46PM]

Standing ovation is in order. Thanks to my ADD i can't stick to a project for more then a week.

[Fry Guy @ May 29th 2009 3:12PM]

I know what you mean. I can't even finish responding to a

[weirdestchild @ May 29th 2009 4:17PM]

Oh thank goodness Fry Guy, I almost thought you were captured by Candle Jack. At least we know now that it is all due to you have Attention Deficit Disord

[Alex @ May 29th 2009 5:21PM]

Yes you can; it is a matter of willpower and choice.

[Oli D @ May 29th 2009 6:57PM]

Alex, perhaps you do not understand the nature of Attention Deficit Disorder.

You have a deficit of attention. Its a disorder.

[Dashiva @ May 29th 2009 7:37PM]

Everyone has an excuse.
I'm not a douchebag, I just have douchebaggen syndrome. It's genetic.

[jared @ May 29th 2009 2:46PM]

cut the red wire

[a ham sandwich @ May 29th 2009 2:51PM]

No! NEVER the red wire!

:D

[Square Bottle @ May 29th 2009 2:49PM]

+1 for "yinz."

[James @ May 29th 2009 2:56PM]

"yinz" is some one from Western PA?

[artissco @ May 29th 2009 2:50PM]

overclock it and get 3Mhz :D

[Jon @ May 29th 2009 3:17PM]

But that would require liquid nitrogen and is totally impractical.

[superhobo @ May 29th 2009 2:54PM]

Respect.

[james @ May 29th 2009 2:55PM]

lol this makes all regular computer mods look like they're from n00bs...

This is seriously cool..

[Mike @ May 29th 2009 2:57PM]

Wow. I think after about 12 months I'd have pulled every wire out, pulled my hair out, and shot the thing until it exploded.

Talk about patience.

[George @ May 29th 2009 3:02PM]

I think he is running his web server on it.

[Ed T @ May 29th 2009 3:06PM]

Kids in my day used to do this kind of stuff all the time. And they walked to school every day too, uphill, through the snow both ways!

[Harry Wagstaff @ May 29th 2009 3:27PM]

Don't forget the shoe shortage and broken glass, not to mention the 8-lane highway they had to cross.

[T D @ May 29th 2009 4:07PM]

For the school journey was uphill both ways.

[Michael S. @ May 29th 2009 3:10PM]

Respect fo sho!

[Kyakko @ May 29th 2009 3:14PM]

just think, if he would've something like this in the early 70's he'd be a millionaire. of course, it'd be as fast as the fastest oscillator he can get at that time, but still.