Machine statement in AHDL

Hello,

I am attempting to take an old ISA board and make it into a PCI card. I have the old source code written in AHDL and I am trying to either keep the AHDL, re-write it in VHDL, or use xport from Xilinx to convert it. I am getting hung up on a function call though. There is the function call like normal but in the returns bracket it says "RETURNS ( MACHINE addr/data, MACHINE timing, MACHINE ioclk, ....)." The new version of Quartus has an error (error code: 287100) on this MACHINE call. The only suggestion I have been able to find from Altera is saying that "MACHINE" is no longer supported after Quartus 9.XX software version. If I just delete the "MACHINE" text, Quartus does not throw any errors.

The support I found from Altera on this "Machine alias" is located here: altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd01212008_581.html

Is just deleting that text the correct way of fixing this error? Does deleting it affect anything negatively?

Thanks,

Nick