Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires
I did this in undergrad, though not a 6502 and using solders and sockets.  Wire wrapping makes this far, far more difficult.“Why did I do all this?” he says. “I don’t know. But it has been a lot of fun.”Same thing everyone asked me, and I gave the same answer.  Glad to see I'm not the only one.