FPGA VAX update

[Jos Dreesen]

>
> 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.
>
>
The problem with this is of course that the CPLD and even more the 
FPGA's
  will be obsolete and unobtainum long before the TTL parts are really 
gone.
You can still buy a 74ls181., but try a 10 year old FPGA...

My other problem with FPGA's is that they mostly  come in non-hobbyiest 
packages.

					Jos