> I consider this a pretty unlikely version of the story. It > is a major effort to "go out and hire programmers" and it > takes time. It is much more likely that Accel saw a market > opportunity and prefered to meet it with their own product > than having to pay Protel their cut. But I was not privy > to the negotiations. Tango and Protel Autotrax, as I recall, > came out at approximately the same time, but it would be > interesting to know which was actually first.
Looking though my old documentation for Autotrax 1.0 I think, the copyright date is 1988. Before that I was using Protel PCB as early as the beginning of 1886. Hardware requirements are now quite funny: CGA,EGA, Hercules, VGA or Vega Deluxe. MS-DOS Version 2.0 or greater. 640K ram. The software will perform adequately on a machine with an 8088 microprocessor running at 4.77MHz, but you will notice a significant increase in speed if a higher clock speed or more advanced processor (such as an 80286 or 80386) is used. Feeling my age, Darren Moore * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
