HP-IB, Amigo/cs80 was Re: hp 9153 floppy & disk

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> > I don't think you could fit all the logic to implement CS/80 or Amigo 
> > protocol in any sensible FPGA. I think it can be done in a modern 
> > microcontroller.
> 
> I can fit it in, for development. I made some FPGA board for myself,

Blimey!. How many equivalent gates is this FPGA, then? I am amazed it has 
space for a CPU, 16K of 'ROM', a few K of buffer RAM, etc. 

> simply because I think they are more flexible.

They are. But that doesn;t make them the right solution to every 
problem.I still feel a microcontroller is more sensible for this application.

-tony