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11 years ago

General questions from a first time user...

Hello all, I have recently discovered FPGA's thanks to Grant Searle's web site, which contains instructions on how to program a Z80 computer on an Altera EP2C5T144C8N mini board. Essentially, I've...
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11 years ago

If you are talking about compiling VHDL/Verilog, this is NOT software. This is hardware description language. It builds firmware for the fpga. Software is what you might run on your Z80 that exists inside an FPGA.