FPGA VAX update

[Chuck Guzis]

On 11/5/2005 at 1:09 AM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:


>Waht somebody needs to do (and it can't be me for obvious reasons) is to 
>select some CPLDs/FPGAs where the download protocol is documented (that 
>is, you can progam the chip, given the binary file, without a proprietary 
>programmer), and use the tools (that's why it can't be me) to make some 
>useful logic functions -- things like an <n> bit universal shift 
>register, <n> bit ALU, counters, even JK flip-flops, gates, etc. Make the 
>binary files available for free download.

Hey, nobody did it with PALs, why would they do it with something more
complex?