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Re: Looking for Info on this Accelerator Card



In article <37beab5e.0@news.cgocable.net>, Terence J. Boldt wrote:
>Wow!  That's the first accelerator I've seen that would be very easy to
>copy.  The hard part is the five PALs but they are socketed and I'm sure
>someone has a full logic programmer.  Too bad I only have an EPROM
>programmer.  With a logic decoder/programmer, that card could easily be
>reproduced for under $70 a piece (in quantities of about 20 or 30).  Of
>course the really really hard part is to find the original manufacturer and
>to get permission to clone the card.  Perhaps it's inspiration for someone
>to invent their own...

I'll bet you dollars-to-doughnuts that the security fuses are blown on
those PAL/PLD devices.