Personally I just like going lower level. I like Ben Eater making whatever out of a few chips. I've set my line at asm else I'd just end up making a whole computer out of transistors or sand.
Don't get me wrong, he's a genius, but everytime he transitions into "anyone can do this stuff!" It rubs me the wrong way
The envy I feel when I see these guys with such equipment is enormous. I really would love so much to have a loaded electronics work bench especially oscilloscopes, LAs etc. and of course the time to actually play with it. :-(
I am very interested to know this. Do you have any resources on this development work done by RCA and how it has shaped the modern world?
https://patents.google.com/?q=(analog+circuit)&assignee=rca&...
But then again my only analog experience is just IO stuff for digital, I've never done anything interesting in pure analog, I think if you're a real analog enthusiast you might get bored of what you can do without math.