> i have never had a DDB become corrupted or lost data due to DDB issues > (knock on wood here...)
Same here. DDB works OK for us so far. I suppose that very large designs may break DDB reliability, but we haven't had one that big yet. If any designs get above 2GB in file size, they will exceed the limits of the 32-bit OS anyway. That's gotta be one complicated board! > at the next rev spin we just shuffle copies of everything into an > 'OLDER' folder and right there in one container we have all the revs for > side by side comparision, no muss no fuss One thing I don't like about the DDB is that even if you just view the contents of the DDB, without making any changes, Protel 99se still "touches" the file creation date. So you either cannot rely on the file date to know when a design was done, or you must set the "read-only" file attribute so that Protel won't "touch" it. You can still open the DDB for viewing, but Protel will pop up a dialog saying "the file is read-only, do you want to continue? To which you click yes if you want to open it for viewing, but not editing. > i think i'll wait till SP6 :) I think I'll wait for the Linux version :-) 99se on W2K works fine for us. It's just that we are trying to scope out a future with less dependence on MS. As are many folks these days. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99se vs. DXP vs. 2004.. Need a sample offeelings aboutdiff. and reasons for moving or not to the next > i have never had a DDB become corrupted or lost data due to DDB issues > (knock on wood here...) > > revision controls are easy with the DDB > > at the next rev spin we just shuffle copies of everything into an > 'OLDER' folder and right there in one container we have all the revs for > side by side comparision, no muss no fuss > > the integrated library thing seems of minimal use to me > since i have *never* done a project in which i was not > constantly making and tweaking both new footprints and schem symbols > on the fly during the drawing of both the schematic and during placement > of parts on the pcb > > i think i'll wait till SP6 :) > > Dennis Saputelli > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 > 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 > San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
