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> > I think what really is needed is a video display system in a FPGA. > A floppy disk controller would be nice too. > What kind of display support would you be looking for (requirements) ? I've posted a simple text mode VGA controller that runs out of block ram in the FPGA, with my 6502 project. I'm currently working on a VGA controller for another project, that supports both text and graphics modes. It uses a 32 bit wide memory bus, so the controller is organized around that. A basic IDE/ATA disk controller is easy to interface to an FPGA. The control registers are already built into the drives, so all you need to do is decode an address range. It only gets complicated if you want the drives to operate autonomously, eg with dma. Rob |