Re: RFC : SOME IDEAS FOR THE APPLE II FPGA'ers

[Mark McDougall <markm@vl.com.au>]

mdj wrote:

> As Simon puts it, I was simply making light of the fact that history 
> has shown that generally, we don't reach any consesus through these 
> discussions, and in the end, hardware get's developed by people who
> for the most part don't even read this forum.

Well, I for one am seriously considering developing a A2 card with an 
FPGA on it, if nothing else but to muck about with myself. I think 
there's enough interest shown on this newsgroup, together with the 
success of the CFFA and mockingbird clones, to perhaps come up with a 
saleable product - even if it means only breaking even.

I don't have a great deal of experience with A2s at all (I'd much rather 
develop a TRS-80 peripheral for example) but there's just no 
interest/market there. But I like a few ideas I've seen on the newsgroup 
and I don't think it'll be too much work.

My idea would be to produce as 'generic' a board as possible - to 
perhaps allow the one board to perform a range of different functions 
when configured differently.

Anyway, I'm not making any promises, just considering it atm.

Regards,

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