The RCA 1802 Microprocessor: Simplicity in Complexity

Have you ever opined for a simpler time? Have you ever wanted a computer that you can understand all the way down to the silicon? Then RCA's COSMAC might be the architecture for you! COSMAC was a simplified computer architecture designed in the early 70s. It's tiny, cheap, and built to be easy to understand. But is the chip actually useful?   Selected Sources:   https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5721710/page/26/mode/1up?view=theater - All the ELF articles in one place!   https://sci-hub.se/10.1109/MC.1974.6323475 - A Simplified Microcomputer Architecture