Not sure, but "... You get the lot!" sounds to me like the free version
is not meant to be a "crippled" version of the software. So if there are
problems with it, perhaps Kovac may be prepared to fix them (unless
they're too difficult I suppose, since it may be difficult to justify large
R&D expenditure on a free product).
Anyway, you might as well provide this feedback to Kovac and see
what happens ...
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Thatcher [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 5:46 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L
> Subject: RE: Fwd: Download completely FREE AutoTRAX EDA PCB design
> suite
>
>
> it might be free, but it was easy to find a bug, so you would
> need to buy the upgrade version for $195 if you wanted it to
> work correctly. Makes me wonder if there isn't already a version
> 1.08 that fixes "issues" with the free version.
>
> The first thing I tried to do was to add a PIC micro. The "wizard"
> is fine, but a family and a family group is required to create
> a new part. The online manual shows the MICRO family under the
> DIGITAL family group. The actual database has a seperate family
> group called MICROS and the only "family" categories underneath
> it is the ZILOG and the Rabbit. You could work around it by sticking
> any new micros in the either family, but that kind of bothers
> the engineer in me.
>
> The caveat "you get what you pay for" comes to mind. The database
> is Access so maybe someone could fix that database to add new
> families...
>
> A few other things... you can't search in help. There are no
> help topics in the search tab. They have a glossary tab, but
> no entries. My concern it that you would go to the trouble of
> designing something and then run into an issues that you can;t
> get around without buying the product to complete what you started.
>
> best regards, Steve Thatcher
>
> >--- Original Message ---
> >From: Jaap van Ganswijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: 9/22/02 8:43:17 PM
> >
>
> >FYI,
> >
> >>Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:01:47 +0100
> >>From: "Ilija Kovacevic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Download completely FREE AutoTRAX EDA PCB design suite
> (1.07)
> >>
> >>Download completely FREE AutoTRAX EDA PCB design suite (1.07)
> >>
> >>Download the latest completely FREE version of
> >>AutoTRAX EDA (1.07) from www.autotraxEDA.com.
> >>There are NO catches, no limits, no time limits,
> >>no usage limits. There is no 'gold', 'pro' or 'deluxe'
> >>version. You get the lot!
> >>
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