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Honored ContributorOk.. The APEX 20k family is no longer supported with the latest versions of Quartus II. So you will have to run an older version of Quartus if you are going to make any modifications to your existing code.
The problem arises here, in that older versions of Quartus will probably not run well under Windows 7 or Vista. Or new versions of Linux distributions. So your best choice may be to virtualize your old computer with VMWARE converter then run the old OS/Software on the new hardware with VMware Player. Both are free software. If you are just "Programming" the devices, then you may not have too many issues, but if you want to modify an old design, the VM route is your best option. Parallel port's are hard to come by these days, but I know the Dell E-Port Plus docking station does have it still for the compatible Dell Laptops. We just purchased some Latitude 6510's from the dell outlet.. The Apex 20K is still supported in Quartus II 8.1 Was dropped in 9.1 I don't know if it's in 9.0 or not. All these versions (Both licensed or Web Editions) are available from the altera ftp site. I don't know if the 20k was supported under the web edition, or required a license, but I'm assuming the Web Edition would be ok. Pete
