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Re: gEDA-user: iverilog & PALs?



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The right answer is to have someone take on the task of getting
ipal modernized and finished. We need a volunteer.

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:40 PM, Stephen Williams wrote:
>>>   Hi folks.  Can anyone tell me if I can use Icarus Verilog to generate
>>> the files required to program PAL/GAL chips like the 16V8 and 22V10?
>>
>> There is the ipal project intended to do exactly that, right
>> down to JEDEC files. It suffers from considerable bit rot, though.
>>
>> <http://www.icarus.com/eda/ipal/index.html>
> 
>   Yes I ran across that, and my eyes lit up until I saw the last dev
> snapshot was made five and a half years ago. :-/
> 
>   Well I certainly won't complain too much...I know you've been spending
> a lot of time on iverilog itself, with which I find myself spending more
> and more time. =)
> 
>   So I assume my only option at this point is a DOS emulator and the old
> PALASM distribution that's been floating around?  (I'd much rather use
> Verilog, but I'll take what I can get, as my alternative is to use an
> XC9536 where a GAL16V8 will do)
> 
>           -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire
> Cape Coral, FL
> 


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