On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, apple2freak{at}gmail.com wrote:

> I have no interest in making this a business.  This is my hobby and
> I'm just happy that there are other people out there with similar
> interests I can share it with.
>
> If you're limited to the $200 price range, there are other FPGA dev
> boards by www.knjn.com which may interest you.  Check out the Xylo-EM
> which has an Altera Cyclone II FPGA + VGA + Ethernet (10baseT) support
> on it all for $129!

How feasible is it for a novice to get one of these things going? Assuming 
someone smart has already done the programming, could I purchace one of 
these boards and just download the appropriate ROM file(?) and have a 
reasonable chance of success, or is this something that requires more 
specialised knowledge? I guess my interest in a project like this really 
starts *after* there's a working board ;-)

] SIMON D WILLIAMS
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