2 Oct
2006
2 Oct
'06
3:31 p.m.
On 10/2/2006 at 2:43 PM David Betz wrote:
I would *love* to assemble an FPGA kit that allowed me
to experiment
with various classic architectures (and maybe some modern ones!).
Sign me up if you decide to have one!
Golly, folks have been doing this for quite awhile. The XESS kits seem to
be very popular. There was/is even a fellow who was offering a
pin-compatible Z80 replacement implemented in FPGA.
Here's one of the lists I've found:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/jekent/FPGA.htm
What's not really clear to me is what the practical difference is between
implementing a classic CPU in FPGA and writing an emulator for on to run on
a PeeCee.
As someone on the list has mentioned, it's really the old peripherals that
are the interesting bit.
Cheers,
Chuck