On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 18:48, Bert Douglas wrote: > I recently did a similar search. I had to modify a pal in a 15 year old > design, and the original tools are long gone. > > It seems no one is using 22v10s any more in new designs, and it is difficult > to find software. > > One of the final versions of palasm from MMI/AMD has been made free as in > beer. It is a DOS program. > http://vision.ece.uic.edu/class/ece465/palasm/ > With some trickery I was able to install it on windows xp. It will probably > work in dosemu. AMD has since spun off their pld division to Vantis. You > might search there as well. > > Palasm is not pretty, but you can't get much in a 22v10 anyway, so it > doesn't really matter. > > I do not think there is any working PAL software for Linux/Unix. > > Atmel also has some free(beer) software for windows that seems to work under wine, I did a design with it about 2 years ago. I think you have to register and they send you a key.
> > > I am looking for software to generate JEDEC files that can be > > programmed into 22v10 PAL's and some of the older MACH isp parts. Is > > there anything open source that is available that will run under > > Linux? > > > > I found Icarus PAL, but it only seems to read JEDEC files, not write > > them. I know that Icarus Verilog will generate EDIF format. Are > > there any tools that will fit the EDIF to JEDEC files for 22v10's or > > MACH parts? > > > > We have been using the Lattice Design Direct software under Windows > > 98. We have pretty much have to reinstall Windows plus the > > application software every semester because by the end of each > > semester the machines are pretty much flakey due to viruses, spyware, > > adware, etc. I am hoping to reduce these problems by moving to Linux. > > The Lattice software starts up under wine, but causes an "unhandled > > exception" when trying to open or create a new project file... > > > > Thanks, > > Bill. > > > > -- > > Bill Dieter. > > Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering > > University of Kentucky > > Lexington, KY 40506-0046 -- Ormund Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ORMLAB
