Hi,

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:
> At 07:50 PM 6/26/01 +0100, Matt London wrote:
> >On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> > >
> > > I hate to beat a dead horse, but it should be possible to put the
> > > original 11/780 TTL design into a modern CPLD device, no?
> >
> >Mmmm - now that would be a fun project, apart from the cost
> 
> Actually it wouldn't cost that much. I've got an FPGA from 
> <http://www.burched.com.au> that cost less than $200 and the tools were 
> free. The part can handle 200K gate equivalents. (easily enough to do an 
> 11/780)

$200 (even AU$) is a lot for me - I'm a poor student :&)

However, as a project, it'd be great fun I suspect. I'd be more than happy
to join in :&)

Any takers?

-- Matt

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