VCF Build-It-Yourself Workshops

[David Betz]

> On 10/2/2006 at 2:43 PM David Betz wrote:
>
>> I would *love* to assemble an FPGA kit that allowed me to experiment
>> with various classic architectures (and maybe some modern ones!).
>> Sign me up if you decide to have one!
>
> Golly, folks have been doing this for quite awhile.  The XESS kits  
> seem to
> be very popular.  There was/is even a fellow who was offering a
> pin-compatible Z80 replacement implemented in FPGA.

Yes, I know people have been doing it for a while. I was thinking  
that you were suggesting a built-it-yourself session where  
participants would learn how to do it themselves. I'm a software guy  
and could easily write a software emulator but have less experience  
with doing hardware design. I'd love some pointers on how to  
implement a CPU in an FPGA.