After waiting almost a year, I finally decided to buy a MiSTer FPGA computer. If talk of cutting edge FPGA computers doesn’t interest you, I’ll spare you — it’s okay to skip this entry. FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) computers are fascinating little devices. Most computers contain CPUs with their code permanently etched into them. An FPGA has no code of its own; instead, “cores” are flashed into the chip. Imagine a magical car that could instantly change from a van to an SUV to a sports car with the press of a button — and that every day, people… (read more)