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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm a hardware oriented EE, so I have the skills to get it working
> although I have never considered a project using this device.

I think the idea was to find a taker for the chip itself, with the
caveat that it might be difficult to remove it from the board.  Someone
else mentioned a board with a socketed chip.

I don't think the parts are extreme rarities, and I doubt anyone wants
to build computers out of old units, but I can understand why having
some real ones would be useful to someone trying to develop an FPGA
emulation.