Re: Update on Carte Blanche status.

[Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com>]

Sorry for a slightly off-topic post but I think it is important and urgent.

Remember the $300 USB JTAG tool from Xilinx I mentioned? Well, it is 
still $300 new but somebody on e-bay is selling a bunch of used ones for 
$10 plus $8 shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/XILINX-Platform-Cable-USB-Model-DLC9LP-Used_W0QQitemZ250484811015QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a520ee507&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116


Generally I believe that if something seems too good to be true, it is. 
But $18 was not expensive for an experiment. I thought maybe they are 
selling cheap knock-offs like Altera USB Blaster clones are $19 now 
days. So I got one. Used it is for sure but seems to be an honest-to-God 
Xilinx cable. I already had one but at this price better to have a spare.
I tested the one I got and it works just fine. So if anyone plans to 
develop stuff for CB or even need a convenient way to upload 
configurations in a couple of seconds, this deal is hard to beat.

Oh, and they say Worldwide shipping. Everybody should be happy. The only 
thing not included is the ribbon cable but it is not hard to find.

-Alex.