Yes I agree. I bought his kit and built it exactly but there were additional modifications that had to be made, beyond his videos, to get it to work properly. But it did inspire me to try my own design of a 16 bit computer.

 

Most of the architecture came out of a book with minor modifications.

My issue is that he's profiting from work that should, at times, be embarrassing to him. But he has no shame.

I wonder if he's paying royalties to the actual authors of the work he has based his projects on? Jameco is selling that 3 555 timer clock module for $35.

 

But it did inspire me to try my own design of a 16 bit computer.

I knew a technician who breadboarded the 80286. That was the way they "simulated" the chip back in the day.

 

Yes I agree. I bought his kit and built it exactly but there were additional modifications that had to be made, beyond his videos, to get it to work properly. But it did inspire me to try my own design of a 16 bit computer.

My issue is that he's profiting from work that should, at times, be embarrassing to him. But he has no shame.

I wonder if he's paying royalties to the actual authors of the work he has based his projects on? Jameco is selling that 3 555 timer clock module for $35.

We are in a time where people can say and do almost anything over the internet. I don't think its a bad thing an average joe can fill his pockets by teaching something that he is reasonably proficient in. I don't mean in an engineering capacity, but he did make a working computer and recorded every step. This is something the every day person or youngster can aspire to, errors aside.

 

https://community.element14.com/cha...nalog/b/blog/posts/555-timer-voltage-inverter has a 3.3V supply
https://e2e.ti.com/support/clock-ti...lmc555-maximum-timer-frequency-at-3-3v-supply
or speculative LTspice

. . . also https://hackaday.io/project/164475-ff555

also to detect RF from capable (powerful) enough output https://tinyurl.com/y533vgnt