Re: [colorforth] ForthBox and FPGA

[Adam Marquis <adam.marquis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:

> On Monday 01 March 2004 05:17 pm, Mark Slicker wrote:
>  
...

> > I've used the Xilinx tools on Windows, but was not too impressed at
> > the time. Plus, if I remember right some of job of software is compile
> > abstract specifications in VHDL. Could the FPGA be succefully
> > addressed at a lower level?
> >    
>
> Yes, it can.  But it's inconvenient to do so, because you need to set up 
> gate-level descriptions of hardware in VHDL/Verilog.  It's verbose, it's 
> error-prone, but if you can pull it off, it is well worth it.
>
> I would *love* to be able to exploit an FPGA chip at a low level via 
> Forth.  If someone can reveal the internal chip programming format, then 
> I'd do it in a heart beat.  Simulation would even be trivial.

Everyone would love to do that.
What i woud love is to go inside each
of the previous messages, hack some PC ROM,
or perhaps a network card boot rom, with forth on it.
Would be great, could flash itself...... =)
the CIH virus flashed BIOSes, I would
love to know how one does that.
(hardware cost=0$)

FPGA internal programming....
much like microcode of the Intel chips,
why do they keep it hidden???
its a security threat ;o)

We're on track, yay!
Adam


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