ben franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> wrote: Yes, you can, except that for UNIX systems like 4.3BSD-Quasijarus it's magtape rather than perfotape. With the initial FPGA implementation this will be problematic since all FPGAs that I know of (sufficiently large ones anyway) come only in those damn BGA packages. But if/when we can fab a real chip, I would definitely use a more hacker-friendly package if the package choice were up to me. That's a tough one too, though I have heard that making the required Class 100 clean room is not that hard. Well, as Ethan pointed out, the 730 used an 8085, so I don't really see a problem with using a Z80 or even an 8086 (hey, before everyone attacks me, it ain't a Pentium, and it *is* of the right age). MS