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From: geoff@hls0.hls.oz (Geoff Bull)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi,comp.lsi.cad,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: no PALASM90 on workstations
Keywords: PAL PALASM AMD
Message-ID: <836@hls0.hls.oz>
Date: 7 Aug 90 23:43:00 GMT
References: <833@hls0.hls.oz> <1990Aug5.070528.4522@amd.com> <1990Aug5.161336.18508@ameristar> <970@ssc.UUCP>
Reply-To: geoff@hls0.highland.oz.au (Geoff Bull)
Organization: Highland Logic Pty. Ltd. , Moss Vale NSW, Australia.
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In article <970@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:
>
>Hey, if AMD isn't making any $$$ off of their software, and it's just 
>a large lump in the customer support budget, they would probably prefer 
>that you go to a third party.

OK, except third parties don't support AMDs newest chips
AMD used to give away source for PALASM; they don't do that
anymore so they obviously think there's something in it for them!
Also, they no longer publish the information you need to
create fuse maps or build a programmer (can't say I would
want to do the latter!)

Anyway the agents here charged us A$150 for it which presumably covers
the cost of the media and the manual.
Frankly, if they want to make $$$ out of it we're prepared to 
pay $500 (say) for a Sun version (but only if the PC version
is also $500)

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