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New ContributorCyclone II Quartus Legacy Support
I've been asked by a client to make a design change to a Cyclone II design. Long-term, the product will be migrated to a newer Intel FPGA.
The Quartus versions on the web do not support Cyclone II; the earliest Quartus version on the web is 13.1.
- Is it possible to get access to a compatible software version?
- Is it possible to get a device file that will allow the design to be compiled under the current version?
- Is it possible to run Quartus and Quartus licensing under a Virtual Machine?
Thank you
Please ignore post. One Intel download page only cites repositories that go back to 13.2, but this link brings you to a page that includes versions back to 2.2 -- Yikes!
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cb01810Please ignore post. One Intel download page only cites repositories that go back to 13.2, but this link brings you to a page that includes versions back to 2.2 -- Yikes!
SyafieqSSuper Contributor
Hey Clive,
May I know what is you current query? or do you able to work on it?
- ak6dn
Regular Contributor
Well QuartusII 13.0sp1 is the LAST (and at this point ONLY) version of Quartus available that supports CycloneII.
I have seen some others that have been suggested to open premier support cases with Intel to request deprecated versions.
I don't know if they met with any success, as then it becomes a private transaction between the user and Intel, not on the forum.
As for me, whenever I need to use a particular version of Quartus for some design, I download AND THEN SAVE all the install files.
I keep them forever and a day longer then I need to support a design made with those files.
Along with a PC with the required (if so) operating system. Quartus 13.0sp1 still runs fine on Win10 64b 21H1 release in my usage.
Expecting Altera/Intel (or the next owner of Altera LOL) to keep all versions of Quartus available forever is not realistic. Just my 2c.
So maybe you can get a version 6 or 7, I don't know. Will require some begging, I think.
Time would be better spent converting all your design IP usage to 13.0sp1, I think.
