FPGA VAX update

[woodelf]

Michael Sokolov wrote:

>Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
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>>If PC-based emulators are fast enough, why bother with the IC version?
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>1. I don't want an emulator, I want The Real Thing (tm).
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>2. A pee sea based emulator requires a pee sea.  I refuse to contaminate
>my house with a pee sea.
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FPGA software requires a pee sea sadly enough. I suspect a 8080 could do 
PCB or CUSTOM
IC design if you could use a programable  character set on a terminal. 
When you think about it
it is the hidden documentaion in closed hardware that is the problem. I 
open source  FPGA
could be done as a custom chip but getting around the hardware patents 
is the problem..