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radarman wrote:

> Believe me, I'm working with an old design at work right now that uses
> 3 Xilinx 4010E's and a UV eraseable PROM. I had forgotten what a
> serious PITA it is to have to wait 30 minutes to reprogram a device.
> (fortunately, we have spares, so I just cycle them through the eraser
> when we identify a change)
>
> Then, there was the fun of trying to get a copy of ISE 4.2i - which
> wasn't easy even at a fortune 500 company that used it several years
> ago. I can't imagine trying to dig up the CD and a registration code as
> a hobbyist.

This is an ideal opportunity for open source synthesizers. There
are lots of businesses that have legacy systems >5 years old that
they must support. (Heck, I encounter it myself in day job.) In
many cases, not only can you not find the tool chains you need,
you also can't get the right version of Windows (these tools are
bloody picky about Window/DOS versions) to run on a machine that
one can actually buy:-/


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