Re: Update on Carte Blanche status.

[Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet>]

Michael Kent wrote:

> Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
>
> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> >
> > > I was hoping for a way to load the card's configuration while
> > > still in the slot by means of Apple II software...  
> > Forgive me if this is a stupid question - but why would you ever want to do 
> > this?
>
> To add new features to the card, which seems to be the whole point of the
> Carte Blanch card.

I meant - why would you want to do it from the Apple, since the CB 
development is done on a PC platform.

FWIW MJM has already offered a good answer...

> > It would add an extra step (copy to Apple II media) to the whole process...
> Huh?  Extra step?  I'm not seeing any extra step.  In fact it would appear
> to make things a whole lot easier if such a thing were possible.

The extra step is copying the FPGA bitstream from a PC platform to the Apple 
for configuration.

Regards,

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