To resolve this issue, he decided to implement VGA from scratch. This isn’t a bit-bang VGA implementation, either. He plans for full resolution (640×480) which will push the limits of his hardware.

Kyle Hovey has decided to build his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, out of breadboard, NVRAM chips, surface-mount transistors, and lots and lots of wire -- and he's blogged his experience, so you can ...