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
