fpga/pal/pld

[Grant Richter]

Woe be unto you that goeth into the land of software "tools".
For in that land dwelleth the dragon "fitter" who is a beast of
mighty riddles and strange behavior. The dragon must be
spoken to in the most arcane tongues such as CUPL, ABLE
and PALASM. The dragon replyeth with the most obscure error codes
such as "error 29 - unable to route, see manual".

In this land of woe dwelleth a Saint named Xilinx who speaketh
schematic and whos fitter is a much smaller dragon.
This Saint commands a payment of 670 megabytes
of disk space from the disciple. The price of admission
to this temple may be as low as US$99 if one attends
a session of adepts and listens to much praising of
the Saint.

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> From: Paul Maddox <space_banana at hotmail.com>
> To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: fpga/pal/pld
> Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 10:23 AM
> 
> Dear all,
> 
>   hi, is there anyone out there who has experience with these
programmable 
> logic things? I dont know if I want FPGA/PAL/PLD, I dont even know what
the 
> differences are. I have a circuit which uses about 40 74hcxxx chips, and 
> would like it on one.
> 
>   Can anyone offer advice/help?
> 
>   Are there starterkits? (I got one for my AVR)
>   Are there any good books?
> 
>   Paul
> 
> 
> 
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