This looks a long way ahead of the original DOS Autotrax software. I expect that it's only a name similarity. Can't remember if it was 'Protel PCB' or 'AutoTrax' first (around 1986/87). Ran it on an XT. Only top, bottom and 2 planes, handful of track and pad sizes, no schematic editor and no netlist. It was far better and cheaper than just about anything else around at the time though. I think that it was marketed as Tango in the US back then. The place that I worked for then had a mainframe based system that we could view one layer at a time and a screen refresh could take 20 minutes. Other than that, it was hand taped.
regards, Phil. -----Original Message----- From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 1:56 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! Wasn't AutoTrax the predecessor to Protel? I wonder if the original DOS code has been recycled into a Windows app? Did anyone on this list use the original DOS AutoTrax software? How does this compare? Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Casey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:32 AM Subject: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! > Hello all, > > I haven't looked in great depth at this, so draw your own conclusions: > > http://www.autotraxeda.com/ > > Interesting, no? > > Steve. > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: FDE37C3C1A14CE49AE5E6D600B3ABF48B8E75D4C > * > ************************************************************************ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
