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Retro-Computing with FPGAs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the overkill dept.

zoid.com writes "I ran across a couple of really interesting projects using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) processors. First is the C-ONE project that is a reconfigurable computer. The default mode is a C64 compatible one, but the machine just boots the FPGA from an IDE device at power on, so it could theoretically be pretty much anything. The second one is the FPGA Arcade. This site is about recreating gaming hardware from the past in modern programmable devices. They currently have Pacman, Space Invaders and Galaxian implemented in FPGAs."

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  1. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yeppers.. i fail it badly.

  2. oh my god by c.emmertfoster · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard a radio report that Billy Joel is dead... what a tragedy. This is really offtopic, but he was such a great musician. He will be missed by all.

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  3. I must have masturbated too much! by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Troll

    I knew I should've listened to my mom. If I had, I'd be able to read the text on the damn site.

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  4. Another colossal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    waste of time. The PC has become the ubiquitous cheap fast and powerful all-purpose hardware. What's the point of this little exercise? "Saving" 300$ as compared to buying a PC? The thing is, everyone already HAS a PC, and you need a lot of equipment that not a lot of people have to get a FPGA running.
    If you want to be 1337 with hardware, why don't you build a time machine and travel to the 70s when someone gave a damn?

  5. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We have to create our own processors.

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  6. FPGA: Faggot Putz Gay Anus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Rectal-computing with FPGA - Faggot Putz, Gay Anus

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  7. Hey Michael... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ..UR teh Sux0r