>why not just load a 6502 soft core into the fpga Because a minimal such system would be a decent starting point for designing modern peripherals (on the same

>why not just load a 6502 soft core into the fpga Because a minimal such system would be a decent starting point for designing modern peripherals (on the same FPGAs, reusing HDL) for the actual classic computers. Doing everything inside the FPGA doesn't help in this case.