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Re: Update on Carte Blanche status.



On Aug 14, 3:10 pm, Alex Freed <alex_n...@mirrow.com> wrote:

> The bottom line is that for professional work with S3e the $300 USB JTAG
> from Xilinx is pretty much the only game in town. But for hobby purposes
> where speed is not very important and you have a PC with a real parallel
> port the $12 cable is just as good.

It's a shame that the JTAG to PC interface has never been
standardised. But then, you get Webpack ISE for free, so I guess they
recover those costs in the cable.

I'm pleased you've come up with an alternative non-developer way of
reprogramming the board. I was going to suggest that a 'core' firmware
be developed that allowed access from the actual Apple II host, but
your solution is just as good, if not better.

Matt