NDA doesn't mean you can't say it doesn't exist. You just can't talk about it. If it did exist and I had it I could say "I'm beta testing IT right now"
(Which I'm not) :) Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:56 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pulsonix vs Protel vs Protel Pheonix > > > At 09:54 PM 2/11/2002 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I am about to purchase a new EDA. Just evaluated Pulsonix,looks > >good.Should I wait for the new Protel release with the Sirus > autorouter or > >go ahead with pulsonix? Anybody tested the Protel beta and how > do you rate it. > >Hate the learning curve when switching to new EDA. > > Protel is not in Beta at this time, as far as we know. If someone > *is* Beta > testing, they would be under a non-disclosure agreement, so we can't be > sure, we merely think it likely. > > If you can afford Protel, I'd definitely wait. I'd get the Protel > demo, if > you haven't already. That's 30 days for free, full-function. And then the > new release will probably have a new demo, another 30 days, I'd > assume. By > that time you should know which you prefer. > > I can't say anything about Pulsonix. Until this post, I hadn't > heard of it, > which might say something by itself. I went to www.pulsonix.com > and took a > look. I noticed that it has something called "autocorner" which > *might* be > something like what we were discussing today for track editing. > And it has > an "auto-finish" option. > > The demo is like the old Protel demo: pretty much full-function *except* > for file save, it does not expire. In other words, the good news > is that it > does not expire and will serve as a file viewer, the bad news is that you > can't use it for real work, which severely limits how much effort > is likely > to go into testing it. > > I didn't see anything that made me want to go and buy it, but I'd > ask this > question: is there an active user group mailing list or equivalent (not > just a company-sponsored web forum)? If Pulsonix is new (this is > rev 1.1), > it is likely to be buggy. A user group can take some of the edge off of > this. Further, in using any demo, there will be *lots* of questions. I'd > not only ask questions whenever I had them, but I'd also read the > user list > religiously for a while. > > U.S. pricing for Pulsonix unlimited pins, autoplace, autorouting, > and auto > pin and gate swap is $4950, $3495 without the auto options. Pin limited > versions are available for less. It will be interesting to see > the demo, I > downloaded it while writing this. (40 MB, ah, DSL. I'll miss it > if we move > out into the hills.) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Abdulrahman Lomax > Easthampton, Massachusetts USA > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
