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In article <1ickg8INNgt0@sdl.Warren.MENTORG.COM>, garyg@warren.mentorg.com (Gary
Gendel) says:
>
>for the hobbiest, however, we have been toying with releasing a restricted
>version (no more than 500 elements) of out logic simulator, SIMIC for no
>charge.  This simulator has been claimed by many as the best gate/switch level
>simulator available anywhere.  The biggest hurdle is condensing our
>300+ user manual into a small text file.

Make money $$$ by sell the manuals... :)

>Since SIMIC elements range from simple gates to large functional blocks (RAMS,
>PLAS, etc) the 500 part limit should allow most hobby and educational designs ,
>but prevent competition with our commercial product.

Sound good.  There is just one catch...  What can people do with the
package ?  Would be nice to support Xilinx's SRAM based FPGA or Lattice's
ispLSI or similar devices.  (Can restrict to only a few chips.)  These
device can probably be programmed from parallel port.  Anything thing else
would require an expensive programmer which sort of restrict the market.

>We just need to determine if there is enough interest to warrant this effort.

Yeap.  There is always a segment of the lower end that have been
overlooked by the big companies.  EPLD are kind of small... :(

>Gary Gendel
>VP Customer Relations
>Genashor Corp
>9 Piney Woods Drive
>Belle Mead, NJ 08502
>(908) 281-0164
>

K. C. Lee
Elec. Eng. Grad. Student

Would be nice to see a Commodore Amiga version too.  :)