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Unfortunately nothing is heard or seen from the master of breadboards - Ben Eater -  for many moons now. And even if they say hope dies last, it's always nice, to stumble across exciting projects, that follow the same line but with a different topic.

And since ATARI entered its 51st year this June, Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento thought, why not combine the good with the beautiful, and rebuild an ATARI 2600 on breadboards? 🧯

Doesn't sound that difficult at first, but comes with a whole series of interesting challenges, that Carlos has bravely taken on.

The result is a 6-part blog series that is more than fun to read. You learn about the CPU, the cartridge port, the TIA, the clock and video generation, RAM, IO, timers and of course joysticks and switches.

Looking for a Tinker project for the fall? 🍁 Love ATARI? This might be it.