[8 Bit Spaghetti]’s How to Build an 8-bit computer is one of those tutorials. What really makes [8 Bit Spaghetti]’s special is the Instructable – he covers just about all the background ...

The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream computer, heavily inspired by the Commodore 64. Before we go into what this computer will do and what capabilities it will have, it’s important to note the 8 ...

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, the existence of 16-bit PCs didn't completely nullify the ...

Ever since playing Joust on his family's Atari 800XL 8-bit computer as a youth, Zak has been hooked on PC and console games. His passion for gaming as a kid led to an interest in PCs as a teenager ...

A computer term used to designate either color depth or a unit ... Today, however, as most computing is now at higher 8-bit increments (e.g., 32-bit or 64-bit), the term 8-bit is used to refer to ...

16-bit and 8-bit microprocessors manufactured every year (see microcontroller). A 64-bit computer is not twice as fast as its 32-bit predecessor. The 64 bit "word size" is only one aspect of ...