2021-05-21

I've been putting this off because it looked like a chore. But it is not going to go away, so I'm biting the bullet...

First of all I went here to collect the software and manuals:

https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=139&No=593&PartNo=4

Looks like I need Quartus II Software 13.0 from Altera.

The 'Pro' and 'Standard' editions need a paid licence, the 'Lite' version is free.

I downloaded the Linux version from here: https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/?edition=lite

Installed easily, I managed to open Benoit's project file and found the user interface is very similar to the Xilinx software, so I should be able to get going with my own projects pretty quickly. Wonderful!