Date   : Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:06:12 +0000
From   : philpem@... (Philip Pemberton)
Subject: Qudos MINICHIP / Quickchip ECAD and Ferranti ULA docs

In my long-running tradition of obscure requests...

Does anyone know if a copy of the Qudos Ltd "MINICHIP" gate array design
tool still exists anywhere?

This was a CAD tool designed for the BBC Micro (with 6502 Second
Processor) which allowed the machine to be used for the design of
Ferranti ULA gate arrays.

There was also a similar tool called "Quickchip" for the Acorn
Archimedes ("A440 only" according to page 22 of this:
http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Brochures/Acorn_APP155_HardwareExpansionsAndSoftware.pdf
)

There's some mention of MINICHIP here:

http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/newsletters//ecn01-20/p002.htm

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GzPpAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA85&ots=sR_gUYkMii&dq=ferranti%20ula9c&pg=PA82#v=onepage


I'm also interested in a copy of any documentation on Ferranti ULAs -
databooks, details on the logic cells (specifically the ULA9C series but
ULA5C may also be useful), design software (or documentation thereof)
and so on. Examples:

  Qudos Ltd. - Qudos Logic Array Design Software Manual QED2 (pub. 1986)

  Ferranti - Ferranti ULA Design Manual A/F002 (pub. 1981)


Guessing what I'm trying to do is left as an exercise to the reader... :)

Thanks,
-- 
Phil.
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