Hi all,
Does anyone know if Altera Quartus II (3.0+) will let me use a parallel port to USB adapter? I just got a new machine, in part so I could upgrade to 3.0 from 2.2 (and in part so everything would go faster), but it doesn't have a parallel port! I basically have three options: waste the only PCI slot in the machine for a parallel port card, use a USB adapter, or special-order a manufacturer-special parallel port interface for the machine with unknown lead time.
The question is basically: does Quartus II rely on it being a serial port interface with the traditional I/O ports, or does it handle anything that can drive a printer?
Shelling out $300 for the yet-not-in-existence USB-Blaster cable is not realistic, nor is $500 for MasterBlaster which doesn't even handle the active serial configuration devices.
-hpa