The TortoiseCVS is a very user friendly CVS client is available for MS Windows. You can download the latest version from here. Use the STABLE version. You don't need to customize any settings for installer, just press Next. We have used TortoiseCVS-1.10.10 for this example.
In the example below, we are just downloading the project file(s) for evaluation, i.e. read-only anonymous access to CVS repository of OpenCores.
After TortoiseCVS installation, make a directory where you want to keep the downloaded code and then double-clik that directory to get inside. Now if you right-click (anywhere), you will see "CVS Checkout" option on pop-up menu.
This will open following dialog:
You just need to put two fields in above dialog:
- CVSROOT
- Module
:pserver:anonymous@cvs.opencores.org:/cvsroot/anonymous
To find the "Module" name of project, go to Overview/Main page of the core, for example: SPI Core. In details, you will find a entry CVS: browse; click the browse link and next page will show you the "Module" name of project. In this case it is simple_spi. When you are done, just press "OK". This will open final dialog where you will see the download-status.
