An interactive-speed Linux computer made of only 3 8-pin chips

8-pin Linux An interactive-speed Linux computer on a tiny board you can easily build with only 3 8-pin chips TL;DR I've long been experimenting with minimal computers that can run Linux. I've flirted with the extreme low-end and with fun form factors. I felt like there was a place for another fun experiment: a simple-to-build kit computer using only 8-pin chips. Table of Contents A minimal computer Initial Thoughts There was a time when one could order a kit and assemble a computer at home. It would do just about what a contemporary store-bought computer could do. This time is long gone. Modern computers are made of hundreds of huge complex chips, with no public datasheets, with many hundreds of watts of power supplied to them over complex power delivery topologies. It does not help that modern operating systems require gigabytes of RAM, terabytes of storage, and always-on internet connectivity to properly spy on you. But, what if one tried to fit a modern computer into a kit th ... Read full article.