elektryk
Advanced Member level 4
abel compiler
I am working for company which sometimes service old industrial machines. Sometime there is a need to rewrite or rebuild old PLD chips. Technical it is not big problem for me, about ten years ago I had PLD course during studies. There is a formal problem with license for compiler for old devices like 16V8. I made few projects on shareware Ez-ABEL (because I know ABEL). For future design I would like do choose some free software, but since these chips are older then obsolete there is no this software on market. Ez-ABEL has been few times sold for diffrent companies, as far I know XILINX was lat, and finally dissapeared. Any comments and hints are welcomed. What is a status of 15 years software in law?
I am working for company which sometimes service old industrial machines. Sometime there is a need to rewrite or rebuild old PLD chips. Technical it is not big problem for me, about ten years ago I had PLD course during studies. There is a formal problem with license for compiler for old devices like 16V8. I made few projects on shareware Ez-ABEL (because I know ABEL). For future design I would like do choose some free software, but since these chips are older then obsolete there is no this software on market. Ez-ABEL has been few times sold for diffrent companies, as far I know XILINX was lat, and finally dissapeared. Any comments and hints are welcomed. What is a status of 15 years software in law?