TTL computing - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Apr 2002

Yep, and old and well known program.

Allison

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Date: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: TTL computing

...
 Well Palasm4 v1.5 is the last version of that, and I
use it all the time.  It
...
 was still a freebie on the LATTICE website last time I
looked.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "ajp166" &lt;ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net&gt;
To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: TTL computing

> 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 &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
> 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" &lt;ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net&gt;
> >To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
> >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 &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
> >> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
> >> 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" &lt;ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net&gt;
> >> >To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
> >> >Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:28 PM
> >> >Subject: Re: TTL computing
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> From: Richard Erlacher &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >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.
 >>
 >
 >