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This is a tangent, but in the first question post the OP mentions considering implementing helper circuitry with quote "a GAL16V8 or something but I don't think

This is a tangent, but in the first question post the OP mentions considering implementing helper circuitry with quote "a GAL16V8 or something but I don't think I understand them well enough, programmers are very expensive and the programming software is closed source & Windows-only as far as I know." I went down this path on a project a few years ago and I just wanted to point out that you can burn the fuse file for the Lattice GAL16v8 or GAL22v10 chips these days using a cheap TL866 Plus programmer... And there is a very cool way to write the JEDEC fuse files- you can draw out the circuitry you want using the [0] Digital simulation package (it is similar to Logisim) and export a compatible bitstream to burn from there. Thus skipping the need to find a way to run the old WinCUPL or the even older DOS program that was used to do the synthesis back in the day. [0] https://github.com/hneemann/Digital https://github.com/hneemann/Digital

justtinker 3y ago
Tried it on Windows 11 but got a Java run time error. Used the recommended JRT https://adoptium.net/ https://adoptium.net/ Wandered through the https://github.com/hneemann/Digital https://github.com/hneemann/Digital site and saw past issues with JRT but no obvious solution. I have a couple hundred GALs of same or similar model number of new old stock and was hoping to somehow make use of them.
- mk_stjames 3y ago
  I just tested it with Win10 and the Oracle Java runtime instead of the Adoptium openJDK and it runs for me. Using the 64-bit offline installer from https://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual.jsp https://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual.jsp May want to give that a try instead. I also use the OpenJDK on Mac and a Raspberry Pi and have no issues there, so it may be something with the Adoptium implementation on windows right now.

justtinker 3y ago

Tried it on Windows 11 but got a Java run time error. Used the recommended JRT https://adoptium.net/ https://adoptium.net/ Wandered through the https://github.com/hneemann/Digital https://github.com/hneemann/Digital site and saw past issues with JRT but no obvious solution. I have a couple hundred GALs of same or similar model number of new old stock and was hoping to somehow make use of them.

mk_stjames 3y ago
I just tested it with Win10 and the Oracle Java runtime instead of the Adoptium openJDK and it runs for me. Using the 64-bit offline installer from https://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual.jsp https://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual.jsp May want to give that a try instead. I also use the OpenJDK on Mac and a Raspberry Pi and have no issues there, so it may be something with the Adoptium implementation on windows right now.