[Coco] Re: CoCo video? (CoCo4)

[Mark Marlette]

Roy,

Did you not pick up on the AVR? :)

You can also learn the CPLD/FPGA tools.

I have both Altera and Xilinx. ChipScope is pretty neat.

I'll have my laptop loaded for the fest and I'll show you how easy it 
is. Don't be scared of the downloads. Last check Altera's was 228MB 
compressed .exe. At work we are exclusive Xilinx and I have written 
Visual Basic JTAG routines to interface their IMPACT tool to our ATE 
tester. Fun stuff, simple......One of my many projects at work is to 
make a JTAG programmer that allows the flying leads to be longer than 
6 inches. We need to be about 8 feet. They already sell these devices 
but are over $5k in price. Not bad when it has less than $10 in parts in it. :)

Don't try and learn everything at once, just what you need to get 
what you need done. Then add something, a feature, what ever and go 
to the next level. You will get there.....

Then you will find yourself with ZERO free time! :)

Mark

At 3/4/2006 02:54 PM, you wrote:

>In a message dated 3/4/06 3:19:33 P.M. Eastern  Standard Time,
>jdaggett at gate.net writes:
> >Roy
>
> >All that you and  Frank have mentioned is fantastic. None fit the
> >needs that I require. So  that is why I have taken the avenue that I
> >have. It has been slow but it  has been a great learning experience.
>
> >james
>
>The only part of  the idea I was interested in doing was the
>emulation part.   I  think it would be fun to do a coco4 that
>way and give everybody the  experience of it.   But I know
>nothing about the programmable logic  you and Mark
>mention.   It may well be true that producing a  real
>seperate machine that way is more trouble than it's worth.
>I don't  know.  I accept that the super board is probably the
>closest we will  ever get to a real next generation machine.
>IN the mean time a little  tinkering on the side couldn't
>hurt.  We'll see what happens.   :)
>
>Roy
>
>
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