Somewhat OT: FPGA Develpment Kits

On 21 Nov 2006 at 19:42, Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel wrote: Well, I've done my fair time on the old equipment; in my old age, my ears ring constantly (I've never attended a rock concert nor operated heavy equipment without ear protection), I've dug crumpled and torn cards out of card readers; picked bits of ribbon out of printers and done all sorts of other unpleasant chores Old equipment for the sake of being old doesn't interest me. On the other hand, implementing a CPU in software, while being very useful when one needs something to check out the operation of legacy code, isn't quite the same to me as doing it in hardware, even if said hardware is really "programmed" also. A matter of degree, I suspect. There apparently used to be a fellow who implemented pin-compatible FPGA replacements for the Z80 and 6502 using Xilinx 4013's, but I can't find any details of his work. One of the modern chip suppliers, Innovasic, offers drop-in FPGA replacements for old MPUs and other circuits. Cheers, Chuck