On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, apple2freak@gmail.com wrote:
I have no interest in making this a business. This is my hobby and I'm just happy that there are other people out there with similar interests I can share it with. If you're limited to the $200 price range, there are other FPGA dev boards by www.knjn.com which may interest you. Check out the Xylo-EM which has an Altera Cyclone II FPGA + VGA + Ethernet (10baseT) support on it all for $129!
How feasible is it for a novice to get one of these things going? Assuming someone smart has already done the programming, could I purchace one of these boards and just download the appropriate ROM file(?) and have a reasonable chance of success, or is this something that requires more specialised knowledge? I guess my interest in a project like this really starts *after* there's a working board ;-)
] SIMON D WILLIAMS