well the HDL lab exam went really well. for one thing i got easy programs and that was because we came to know that the internal gives easier programs so we could relax a bit and not go crazy. i got 8:1 Mux using 2:1 and show operations using an external light realy. the donwloading to chip also went well after i had replaced the parallel port cable. viva too was good. all in all, nice 🙂