Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
Big Mess o' Wires - A Home-Built CPU

Location:   Expo Hall  296   

Big Mess o' Wires is a custom-designed and hand-built CPU and 8-bit computer. It's similar in concept to homebrew computers from the 1970s, like Wozniak's Apple I. BMOW is built from discrete TTL logic chips, connected with 2500 individual hand-turned wire wraps.

Web site: http://www.stevechamberlin.com/cpu

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About the Maker(s)

Steve Chamberlin Steve Chamberlin
Steve Chamberlin is a video game developer by day, and computer hardware hacker by night. Big Mess o' Wires is his first large-scale digital design project.

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