[Coco] CoCo 3 Plus in an FPGA

[Mark McDougall]

On 5/09/2015 9:11 AM, Stephen Pereira wrote:

> Has anyone here on the list successfully made one of these?  If so, would
> you be willing to do it again for me for a reasonable fee?  I would be
> looking for you to procure the DE1, program it with the CoCo 3 code, and
> test it to be sure that it is fully up and running.

There are a few problems I see with this.

Firstly, the latest DE1 boards will almost certainly have the newer SRAM 
chips and IIUC the updated design still has some issues. So by paying 
someone to "make sure it is fully up and running" you're putting the onus on 
the end user to 'ensure' that someone else's design works.

Secondly, this is an evolving project and it's inevitable that at some point 
Gary will release an enhanced (or even bug-fixed) version that you'll want 
on your DE1. What will you do then?

Regards,

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