Compile for Nios (not NiosII)?

What I did :

- set up a virtual machine (VMWare) with an old quartus version and nios development software

- run the old nios sopc builder system

- generate the project

- copy the generated verilog files back to the normal operating system

- use these in a recent quartus project

- compile, configure, test sw...

Of course if you don't feel the need of a newer quartus release, you can do everythin in the older version. I needed it for the timequest timing analyses that pointed me in the correct direction for a nasty timing problem (and the solution).

Stefaan