Andrew, You are spot on! I'm an RF engineer with additional support circuitry and simply don't need FPGA design or other FPGA support stuff. If Protel / Altium want me to go elsewhere I will, though P99SE does most all things I need. All I need is a package that will produce good PCB's in a cost effective manner even if I do have to produce workarounds for microstrip chokes etc. Why the hell can't Altium just give us a general PCB package. Also, John Ross I'm with you. I'm not a codey. I don't do macros etc. never needed them. If I *really* have to learn a scripted language then I will, but I didn't think I would ever have to just to do PCB's! I will stay with P99SE until I am forced to adopt another package, or be persuaded to go with an upgrade path (c'mon altium, convince me)
Cheers Dave Friday, November 19, 2004, 6:47:33 PM, you wrote: > I would upgrade if they would simply offer us laggers a reasonable fixed > upgrade price. The more upgrades that occur, the more expensive it is, and > less likely it is that I will upgrade. The next version will likely be > better, and add additional modules I don't need, and the increased price to > upgrade will probably scare me away again. I can't imagine I'm the only one > in this situation. > I don't need the FPGA support. I just need a decent program for schematic > capture and PCB design. That's it. Protel used to be the perfect program > for that. Protel is complete overkill for that now. I don't see that > Protel wants me as a customer, so I don't think it is unreasonable to ask > members of this forum if there is anything out there that may fit my minimal > needs a bit more economically. Any recommendations? ____________________________________________________________ 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]
