Lattice 16V8 pld

[jkonstan]

You can download Lattice ISP lever starter version from Lattice semiconductor web site for free.
 
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/designsoftware/isplever/ispleverstarter/index.cfm

It still supports the GAL16V8, and you can use Verilog or VHDL. However, you are limited in what you can do in a 16macrocell GAL.

 :-)

[jkonstan]

For CPLDs, The Xilinx CoolrunnerII CPLD development boards are nice to start learning on. For FPGAs, The Xilinx Spartan3 & Spartan3e development boards are also good development boards to work with as well (@$150 US dollars). You just have to figure out if you want to learn Verilog, VHDL, or both. In the past, I had used most of the old PAL/GAL development languages  
 such as Abel and Palasm; and these are largely unsupported (almost like learning to speak Latin) today except for some Abel translation in Lattice ISP lever and Xilinx ISE.

:-)