>>> OK, I actuially have a US dime somwhere.
Please tell me where I can
>>> exchange it for 12 PCs capable of running FPGA or CPLD development
>>> software.
>>
I would. :) But I see PeeCees on the curb quite often.
Also, unless I missed something, Windows
isn't free. I I doubt that if I
found a junked PC that happeend to have a runnable copy of Windows on the
hard drivce the ntat would count as a valid Windows license. I don't
particulalry care for Windows, or any Microsoft product for that matter,
but that doesn't give me the right to pirate them.
So don't run Windows. FPGA/CPLD/PAL software runs on other platforms.
Indeed, large-scale chip design in the real world isn't typically done
under Windows.
What happened to the saying "you give a inch, they take a mile"?
The whole point is FPGA/CPLD/PAL design is available for the average
working person. Large scale chip design is *not* to my knowledge[1].
Ben.
-Dave
PS. I have a design concept with about the
same number of gates as 6809
or a Z80.