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From Andrey Romanenko To All 30 October 2006

Hello, All A certain SymbOS and CPC TREX were once discussed here; http://www.symbos.de/trex.htm; So, the opinion of the ZX public regarding the use of such a miracle is interesting for the NEW ZX-a! :) and not just... (atari, c64, amiga comes to mind?). This question I arose due to the fact that an even more “wild monster” appeared that did not have ~8000 gates like TREX and ~20000 despite the fact that the price is the same: http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=3 9&No=83 This is no longer some kind of Sprinter, this time the piece of hardware is much more powerful, it is produced by the Chinese and officially supported by ALTERA itself.

From Mike To All 30 October 2006

Hello, bigral big> Some SymbOS and CPC TREX were once discussed here; big>; big> http://www.symbos.de/trex.htm big> big> So, the ZX public’s opinion on the application is interesting big> such a miracle for the NEW ZX! :) and not just... (comes to mind big> atari,c64,amiga?). This question arose due to the fact that big> an even more “wild monster” has appeared, which does not have ~8000 gates like big> TREX and ~20000 despite the fact that the price is the same: big> big> http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&Ca big> tegoryNo=39&No=83 big> big> This is no longer a Sprinter, this time the piece of hardware is much more powerful big> is produced by the Chinese and officially supported by ALTERA itself. So this is an ordinary developer board, whatever you want, collect it in it. A C64 and everything else on the FPGA has already been assembled in the form of C-One, which is also in The ATC case is installed and has a lot more.

From Alexander Zan To All 30 October 2006

Hello, bigral big> So, the ZX public’s opinion on the application is interesting big> such a miracle for the NEW ZX! IMHO, choosing any specific devborden is pointless, because... periodically New ones will be released and old ones will be discontinued. And if no one wanted an alternative much cheaper homemade version of the scarf, then such a monster is not sold in the nearest bakery vryatla who wants .

From Andrey Romanenko To All 1 November 2006

Hello fan fan> IMHO choosing any specific Devborday is pointless, because fan> new ones will be released periodically, and old ones will be discontinued fan> . fan> So, the “source code” of the circuit itself can also be adapted for another board and FPGA. For example, this Amstrad has already been adapted for both Commodore-One and TREX. Or is it very difficult? fan> And if no one wanted an alternative much cheaper fan> homemade version of the scarf, then such a monster is not sold in fan> the nearest bakery varyatly who wants . Well, it was not an OpenSource project and therefore died without descendants... But I would have given iMak its source codes and documents, it’s unknown how it would all end. In addition, income The population has grown and, for example, people are buying mobile phones at this price en masse. And what cheaper alternative could there be to such a monster?

From Alexander Zan To All 1 November 2006

Hello, bigral big> So, the “source code” of the circuit itself can also be adapted for another board big> and FPGA. For example, this Amstrad has already been adapted for big> Commodore-One and under TREX. Or is it very difficult? That's what I'm talking about. There is no point in choosing any specific devboard as the main one. The difficulty of adaptation can only be if someone decides to use onboard scrap like DACs/codecs/controllers, etc. . big> Well, it was not an OpenSource project and therefore died without descendants... No, I'm talking about something like MiniMig. big> And what cheaper alternative could there be for such a monster? A simple board with a matrix and brains + the necessary connectors (at least for fifty dollars will be cheaper).