Up to this date I've been ignorant about how really a microprocessor works even when I am an IT graduand. Yes, I've been following emulation since 1997. I know how to read and assemble electronic diagrams. I know x86 assembly and C/C++ and even back then programmed EPROMs. Yet I've been ignorant about how all that boolean logic truly manages to get the work done. It's a missing piece of knowledge I'm willing to learn by myself.
I decided to start with the first processor ever and found about the Intel 4004 — Anniversary Project, it even comes with a browser based visual emulator. Still it's a black box hard to decipher. Looking on YouTube I found good videos explaining briefly the patterns I needed to understand what's going on inside a microprocessor. It also lead me to a great book I wish I could have found during my school years.
This is just a free time project, but now with MAME emulating this Intellect system I may be able to learn (and practice) about the first processor... even if it is for nothing more than pure entertainment from my part.
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