[Coco] First experiences with my DE1

[Nick Marentes]

My DE1 has arrived and I was keen to get my CoCo3FPGA system up and running!

Many hours later, after harassing a few kind people with questions to 
the difficulties I was having, I finally got my DE1 running as a 
CoCo3... sort of.

There were still some problems and my CoCo3 was booting in Extended 
Basic only.

It was clear to me that for any complete newbie such as me to the world 
of FPGA, there is a real need for first-time-users instructions to get 
the CoCo3FPGA up and running smoothly.

I decided to see how other communities have been handling the DE1 and I 
thought I search for the MSX systems.

In less than a 3 minutes, Goggle search had me at a page describing the 
entire process of getting the MSX files and how to load them into a DE1.

After grabbing the files and following the clear instructions on the 
website, I had an MSX 3 systems up and running within 10 minutes after 
my initial Google search.

Why can't we have something like this for the CoCo3FPGA to entice new users?

So, When I finally get my CoCo3FPGA up and running properly, I plan to 
create a similar page for this to explain to other newbies how to setup 
the DE1 with CoCo3FPGA.

The MSX instructions for those with a DE1 and wish to try it out are here:

http://www.msxinfo.net/2013/03/19/howto-flashing-the-altera-de1-as-a-msx/

Nick