Hi,

> How about a CPU-replacement card(s) for the 780 that use modern processors 
> (like Athlon), to emulate the functions of the original boardsets?
> 
> Hey, we all can dream....

Eugh! nooooooooooo!

That would be some performance increase, but it would still be *very*
nasty.


> At 01:52 PM 6/26/01 -0500, J. Buck Caldwell wrote:
> > > > I hate to beat a dead horse, but it should be possible to put the
> > > > original 11/780 TTL design into a modern CPLD device, no?
> >
> >OOhhhh.. I can just see it - a 500MHz 11/780... muahahaha
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