[Coco] Altera bit file bad?

[Steven Hirsch]

Is it possible that the Altera coco3fpga bit files on the Yahoo group are 
bad?  I finally figured out what I was doing wrong with my DE1 (pgm/run 
switch in wrong position).  Now, when I load the *.sof file it tries to 
do... something, but the display is green and purple garbage.  The garbage 
is _exactly_ the same every time I press button 1 (which I assume to be 
reset) so I'm thinking the "rom" image may be corrupted.

Another possibility:  Is there something required on a CF card in order to 
achieve basic operation?

For reference, the Altera default file works properly and I see a well 
formed VGA display when that is programmed in.

I would try re-synthesizing from source, but discovered to my surprise 
that the Altera sources do not seem to be available!  Is this an oversight 
or is Gary keeping them confidential?  There are some older sources in a 
zip file, but these appear to be specific for the Xilinx Spartan 3 1M 
board.


Steve


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