Folks,

It might be time to go light on Chris for a little while and focus our attention, thanks and admiration to Zipiju.  Chris did sustain a closed head injury.  One does not too easily bounce back from those.  I for one say if Zipiju gets through a successful test of the Gen2 Avalon boards we have a fine example of a successful DIY ASIC project that was sound in its origin and then lived on (though I will be using a US domestic full assembly house for my production run).  Just my .02USD

H@shKraker