Date   : Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:05:53 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: modern BBC remake

On 17/07/07, John Kortink <kortink@...> wrote:
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> It's a recurring idea, and I've been toying with some
> ideas myself. There's not that much to gain though.
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Whilst I'd personally not wish to see econet removed in a clone
(unless you could lever in an ethernet port instead) what are the
additional costs of using a big fpga for everything?

ISTR that one of the 'everything in a joystick' tv-games you can buy
is actually a complete Commodore 64 + 1541 disc drive, totlaly
emulated.  (And if you know where to solder, you can add keyboard &
external interfaces!)  Surely a Beeb isn't that much more complicated?
 Obviously it all depends on the quantity you are making...!!  Maybe a
similar deal could be negotiated?

Of course, as soon as you design using anything but the original
components and circuit, you run the risk of losing compatability,
which the OP was trying to avoid (based on his coments on problems
with software emulators.)