15 Apr
2002
15 Apr
'02
2:39 p.m.
Entirely likely, I did get a lot of stuff from MMI over the years
and some of the other related companies. I still have and use
PALASM and PALASM90.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: TTL computing
It may, in fact be about the same as my old version. I
got mine from
MMI back
when THEY were the ones pushing FPGA technology.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "ajp166" <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: TTL computing
> Xact, and older, much older version. I'd get the version number
> but the termcap file is OTL and I'm working on something else
> right now. That and a few bits provided by Tim olmstead to help
> with simulation. He was the one that got me into using them.
>
>
> Allison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: TTL computing
>
>
> >Do these tools have names, Allison? My old DOS-based tool for FPGA
> >development, from MMI, was called XACT, and that's what was intended
for
> the
> >2000-series devices. A later version supported the 3000 series.
> >
> >Which tools do you use for developing both 2000 and 3000-series
> bitstreams?
> >
> >Dick
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "ajp166" <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net>
> >To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: TTL computing
> >
> >
> >> From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> >Which tools are you referring to, Allison?
> >>
> >>
> >> OLD tools, as in dos based.
> >>
> >> >I've found that the tools I once used with the old (pre-1990)
2064's,
> >> don't
> >> >work with the 3000-series, and, though I have some 3000-series
parts
> >> (which,
> >> >back when I bought them, cost about $200 each) I've not figured
out a
> >> way to
> >> >program them using the old XACT or the more recent
"Foundation"
> >> software.
> >> >They clearly are no longer supported with current software.
> >>
> >>
> >> Neither have I. I also have the Synario package too. They phased
out
> >> the tools for the 2064s a long time ago.
> >>
> >I have Synario for the Atmel devices. It's a Windows-based tool
based,
I
think, on a tool set originally cooked up by Data
I/O.