AH ha My brain ain't mush!!!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! > Yeah, 1989. Red box, Protel Autotrax. (I still have a box sitting here!) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Sapienza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:01 PM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! > > > > > > Darren, > > I seem to be remembering 89, are you sure on that date or is > > my brain starting to fade? Joe > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! > > > > > > > > > > Phil, > > > > > > In 1986 that was just called 'Protel PCB' that was the > > > first version I used then. And I never used tape again > > > > > > :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) > > > > > > Darren > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: DUTTON Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 11:19 > > > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel clone on the way?!?!?! > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > ** > > > * Tracking #: 0319981F8A988E4BA7DFC57FC02CAACEC4BDF916 > > > * > > > > > ************************************************************** > > ********** > > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
