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I remember when my school got the Cyclone boards. I talked to lab tech. to see if he bought them last year (summer) when they were $500USD a pop. He said it was an even better deal then that. Now if only students didn't break them so often (seen the flash card slot ripped right off one once). But I think the big killer of those boards was not putting a socket around the jtag (many dummies plugging jtag in backwards).
Since we are talking about development boards, when can we expect to actually see Stratix II boards ready for purchase (for actual purchase and not just advertised)? (we are getting really antsy in the pantsy for them here). Before we develop our own boards (if we end up doing that), we would like to see what Stratix II can do for us.