Date   : Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:40:57 +1100
From   : msmcdoug@... (Mark McDougall)
Subject: BBC FPGA Boots to BASIC... almost...

John Kortink wrote:

>> You may have heard of the C-One computer - 
> I'm not sure if you could call it a 'commercial' product,
> but hey. The problem with the C-One is it's way behind by
> now, in terms of FPGA capacity.

Yes, the 1K100+1K30 is woefully inadequate - the FPGA64 project has the 
1K100 completely maxed-out... the other problem is the fact that the 
mainboard has a few design problems. Jens did produce a working prototype 
Cyclone-II add-in board, but even that had annoying I/O limitations...

>> And causing a lot of interest is a recent release of Minimig (Amiga 500) 
> I read somewhere it was being picked up by a commercial
> party. I suppose that should give it some speed in the
> right direction.

Interesting, I hadn't heard that. Hopefully they'll keep it open-source like 
the One-Chip MSX...

> The idea has been discussed before on this mailing list. ;-)
> More of a selection of 'drool' scenarios, really.

No doubt, like the other lists... the frustrating part is that it's all 
completely doable - right now - it's just not commercially viable... :(

Regards,

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