homebrew 'puter project

[woodelf]

Chuck Guzis wrote:

>I've got to admit that some of the FPGA kits are tantalizing.  XESS has a
>$200 board that includes VGA, keyboard and parallel port as well as a bunch
>of prototyping outputs, all based on the XC3S1000 FPGA.  They throw in
>tools and sample applications.  More than enough there for just about any
>microcomputer CPU you'd care to tinker with.  And the I/O issues largely
>solved.
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The problem is all the I/O is Do it yourself.  Fpga's tend to have 
strange characteristics
that can make life intersesting. They can really slowdown if have a 
unlucky design.

>And it's got a 7-segment LED, 4 DIP switches and 2 pushbuttons on it!
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>Sigh.  Hardware design isn't what it used to be.  Maybe that's for the
>best.
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That goes for the electronic kits now days, you often don't see 
something you would be
proud of building.

>Cheers,
>Chuck
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