16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
4:31 p.m.
Richard Erlacher wrote:
That's your privilege, Ben, but there's nothing to prevent you from preserving
the software/hardware that effectively runs your software. If the software
exists now, it will still exist in 5 years if you don't destroy it. If you
want to run the software later, you do have to retain a machine that runs it,
though. If it doesn't "require 1253 meg of crap to run" today, it
won't
require it later either.
I was refering to CPLD's software.
What's more, I'd guess that since few vendors
are still making much of the TTL
range that was available 20 years ago, it won't be better in 5 years. If you
want to be able to design big circuits in the future, I'd recommend stocking
up on NAND gates, billions of 'em, and lots of wire-wrap wire and sockets.
Perfboard may not be readily available then either.
Hmm maybie I better just order thousands of diodes and transistors today
and start making flip/chips instead. :)
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