31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
2:49 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
If I were more comfortable with FPGA/CPLD design, I
would probably go
that route. My expertise is more in microprocessors; I was contemplating
throwing an MC68000 on the other end of the bus since I have extensive
stocks (dozens of tubes), a large assortment of hardware debugging tools
(code trace analyzers, a Flike 9010A, etc.) and lots of expertise
So what is wrong with a 8 bit cpu since a 68000 is overkill.
BGmicro has surplus 512k x 8 flash $1.00 each if need cheap
memory but they have real HD's for $21.50 each. Now my question
is" are you designing a new interface or emulating a old one".
Ben.
Personaly I have hard time dealing with a CPU on a i/o card
that is more powerfull than the PDP.