[PEDA] Antwort: SLOTS?

2004-05-11 Thread ga
You wrote on 11.05.2004 02:53:44: >how does protel 99SE handle drilled slots? not at all, unfortunately Gisbert * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/le

[PEDA] Antwort: Creating selective keepouts

2004-04-08 Thread ga
Ray, try to draw a "closed track" on the bottom layer surrounding the area you don't want routes, and give the track the attribute "keepout". With this, no route on bottom layer may cross this area. It may happen, that the router places short traces which stay only within this area. Anyway, you c

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-29 Thread edsi
>so does the Electra router do fan outs that are nice so that you >don't have to do them manually? >Dennis Saputelli Dennis, Actually the ELECTRA router did a cleaner job of fanning out than Spectra. We used the same "do" file to test both routers. The objective was to place vias on grid, an

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-28 Thread Dennis Saputelli
to set in Spectra. > > Mike Reagan > > -Original Message- > From: Emanuel Zimmermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:03 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter > > Mike > > Thanks for

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-21 Thread Mike Reagan
EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter Mike Thanks for this detailed answer. It seems that I have to try the "classes trick" to get design rules easier to specctra. I was not aware of this - currently we work with manually edited .rul files. Emanuel

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-21 Thread Emanuel Zimmermann
Mike Thanks for this detailed answer. It seems that I have to try the "classes trick" to get design rules easier to specctra. I was not aware of this - currently we work with manually edited .rul files. Emanuel --- MPL AG www.mpl.ch Emanuel Zimmermann [E

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-21 Thread edsi
Emanuel We also suspect Protel is at fault for the 28 mil holes. I think it is a default in Protel setup. As far as High Speed design rules, You will need to stick with spectra for now, since Electra does not support differential pairs of matched lengths. I did not try blind and buried vias

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-21 Thread Emanuel Zimmermann
Mike and Dennis, As I see it the .dsn and .rte file do not contain via hole size information cause it's not needed for autorouting. So the 28 mil hole size is Protels bug ignoring the preference settings in the design rules while importing and just assuming the (historically) standard 28 mil ho

[PEDA] Antwort: BGA Tenting/Specifications

2004-01-06 Thread ga
Yes Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com Michael Biggs

[PEDA] Antwort: Test

2003-10-22 Thread ga
we never were off, JaMi. Must be a problem on your side. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com "JaMi Smith"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Silver Immersion, was: Trace Width Charts

2003-09-29 Thread Chris Lowe
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 4:44 AM Subject: [PEDA] Antwort: Silver Immersion, was: Trace Width Charts Brian, we went completely away from gold, nothing but problems in the soldering process. Silver showed much better results for us. The price is about the same. Maybe it depends on the assembl

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Silver Immersion, was: Trace Width Charts

2003-09-26 Thread Brian Guralnick
& silver? _ Brian Guralnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 4:44 AM Subject: [PEDA] Antwort: Silver Immersion, was: Trace Width Charts Brian, we went com

[PEDA] Antwort: Silver Immersion, was: Trace Width Charts

2003-09-26 Thread ga
Brian, we went completely away from gold, nothing but problems in the soldering process. Silver showed much better results for us. The price is about the same. Maybe it depends on the assembly house and the processes they are using. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH ww

[PEDA] Antwort: Protel99SE and Specctra v7.1

2003-03-05 Thread ga
Hi, SPECCTRA V7 works fine with Protel99SE. Just the usual small problem with via hole size, when read back to Protel. All via holes are set to 28mil, need to be gloablly changed after. This issue has been between SPECCTRA and Protel ever since, and still exists in DXP. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kin

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-31 Thread ga
>Gisbert, > >OK, I'm lost, call me dumb, what's a "STRG key" ? > >JaMi JaMi, Strg is written on the key on my (german) keyboard. Maybe on a us keyboard it is named differently, "Control", may be. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread Schmitt Michael
57 - 99 E-Mail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: <http://www.baumerident.com/> > -Original Message- > From: Emanuel Zimmermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:59 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure &

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread Emanuel Zimmermann
003 10:46 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Cc: JaMi Smith Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure Gisbert, OK, I'm lost, call me dumb, what's a "STRG key" ? JaMi * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread JaMi Smith
rotel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure > The strange key off course. You don't have one? Well...how odd... > > > From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] &g

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread ajenkins
The strange key off course. You don't have one? Well...how odd... > From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gisbert, > > OK, I'm lost, call me dumb, what's a "STRG key" ? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To lea

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread Brad Velander
mith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:46 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: JaMi Smith > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure > > > Gisbert, > > OK, I'm lost, call me dumb, what's a "STRG key" ? > > JaMi

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread JaMi Smith
Gisbert, OK, I'm lost, call me dumb, what's a "STRG key" ? JaMi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:08 AM Subject: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure R

[PEDA] Antwort: 99SE start failure

2003-01-30 Thread ga
Rene, while starting up 99SE hold the STRG key pressed in order to prevent 99SE to load any project. Then load the manually one after the other to see where the problem is located. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Schematic component parts swapping around...

2002-12-23 Thread Julian Higginson
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > this also happens when you update a schematic part from library. > aaah, thanks!! that is quite probably what happened with the first one. Now the question is, does Protel consider this a bug? Julian -- Julian Higginson - Design Enginee

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Schematic component parts swapping around...

2002-12-23 Thread ga
Hi Julian, this also happens when you update a schematic part from library. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com "Julian

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Rules and PCB library definitions

2002-12-13 Thread ga
Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com "Robert M. Wolfe" An: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thema: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Rules and PCB library definitions

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Rules and PCB library definitions

2002-12-12 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
al Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:18 AM Subject: [PEDA] Antwort: Rules and PCB library definitions > > Hi, > > I posted the attached message on this forum some days ago, but go

[PEDA] Antwort: Rules and PCB library definitions

2002-12-12 Thread ga
Hi, I posted the attached message on this forum some days ago, but got no reponse. Perhaps someone could try to confirm this effect. If it is not a mistake on my side, it is a very serious bug. I would be grateful if someone could check if this behaviour also shows under DXP. I just received my c

[PEDA] Antwort: 99SE SP6 gerber file names transposed

2002-11-07 Thread ga
Hi Dave, if you ever renamed layers in the layer stack manager you get these strange results. It is a bug I reported some months ago. If you remember how to rename them to their original names, that might help. If not, no chance (to my knowledge). Maybe a copy of layer by layer to a clean databas

[PEDA] Antwort: Error when creating and opening a new shematic.

2002-10-22 Thread ga
Waldemar, I remember a similar situation. You could try two approaches: 1. save the DDB in spite of the error messages, close it. and do a "repair " on this DDB. This helped me in one case. 2. Create a new DDB, and copy all documents from the DDB with the error message into the new one, and then

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Assembly house referral request

2002-09-02 Thread ga
Could we all please shift board shop and assembly house stuff to OT forum, please? Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com * Tracking #: 4C1667C89593DA48BAA066D475531289CF70D896 * *

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Service Pack 7 - or free DXP

2002-08-30 Thread Tony Karavidas
Good point! However M$ has loads of resources and it might be easier for them to support both at the same time. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 5:15 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] A

[PEDA] Antwort: Service Pack 7 - or free DXP

2002-08-30 Thread ga
JaMi, I support your views on another service pack. There are several long-known bugs, which should be fixed as far as possible. M$ still delivers service packs for Win2K, although Win XP is the product sold today. Altium should do the same. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.

[PEDA] Antwort: Bizzare and Repeatable

2002-08-30 Thread ga
Hello JaMi, the effect you describe >This time, however, rather than wait for Protel to load, I hit the >"minimize" button while it still has its little Protel "Logo Box" in the >center of the screen, and is starting to load files, and it dissappears into >the taskbar, so I can launch PowerDesk

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE Crashes when trying to close design

2002-08-27 Thread Gareth De Mar
ot of playing around in. Hasn't happened in any of my actual designs. Cheers, Gareth de Mar. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2002 1:54 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] Antwort: 99SE Crashes when trying to close desi

[PEDA] Antwort: 99SE Crashes when trying to close design

2002-08-27 Thread ga
Hi Matt, press the Control Key STRG when launching Protel. That should prevent it from loading the last document or DDB. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Speaking of Protel Bugs.

2002-07-23 Thread ga
Tony, you wrote on 23.07.2002 04:47:57: >Speaking about the ability of "any other Windows Application": I really HATE >IT when I'm working on a document in MS Word and I decide to change my print >driver for HP Laserjet to Acrobat and all my FRICKIN' PAGE FORMATTING >CHANGES!! You what that to

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: pdf output

2002-07-16 Thread Jeff Adolphs
Thanks! I'll have to try 'print all documents' again. Jeff Adolphs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:40 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: pdf output PDF Writer works fine with schem

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: pdf output

2002-07-16 Thread ga
PDF Writer works fine with schematic 'print all documents'. It is not necessary to sort the pages manually after printing. Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates

2002-07-03 Thread Thomas
e- > From: DUTTON Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 4 July 2002 10:08 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates > > > Yes, the important thing here, is that the object on your template > always points to a def

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates

2002-07-03 Thread DUTTON Phil
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 3 July 2002 18:02 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates I have been following this thread (and others on the same topic before) with some astonishment. I placed a .TIF file with

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates

2002-07-03 Thread Frank Gilley
I have to agree with Gisbert, we simply place the logo in one spot and leave it there...it has always worked properly. I too scratch my head at the problems reported with it. All I can say is use a full path. -Frank At 10:31 AM 7/3/2002 +0200, Gisbert Auge wrote: >I have been following this

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Images and Schematic Templates

2002-07-03 Thread ga
I have been following this thread (and others on the same topic before) with some astonishment. I placed a .TIF file with our company logo on the schematic templates long time ago, which is stored in only one location, far away from any protel files, and it just works fine with any project I have

[PEDA] Antwort: Print preview bug on Arcs

2002-04-25 Thread ga
David, I cannot support your experience. I am just doing a board containing routes using arcs on different layers, and the print preview works just fine. Protel 99 SE SP6, Win2K SP2. Gisbert Auge

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Duplicate pins in schlib

2002-04-12 Thread ga
Hi, use one pin and name it like you suggested. Even though double pin numbers would probably work, it makes the schematic less readable in my view. For example, I have been doing some designs with Motorola MPC8260 lately, which has some 120+ port pins with up to 4 different programmable functio

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Menu hotkey letters

2002-04-01 Thread ga
Steve and Heiko, thank you for the advice. Maybe I should have provided more details. Before posting the question, I had checked the menu properties, and they seem to be ok (including the ampersand at the correct position of the string). I have W2K pro SP2 installed, and Protel SP6. Perhaps Heik

[PEDA] Antwort: Limitations on InternalPlane layers

2002-03-15 Thread ga
Kiernan, >I'm still on my first PCB under P99SE. I need to add quite a few extra routes, >but the PCB is really dense. Can I route these on the InternalPlane layers? As the following text shows that you are talking about plane layers, I would strongly discourage you to do so, though it technica

[PEDA] Antwort: P99SE SP6 tries to outsmart me

2002-03-15 Thread ga
Rene, >The update design has spurious errors. It may happen that changing >a string ( 10k to 100k) in the schematic, leads to a hole bunch >of actions during update design. Quite often remove a connection >and redo the same connection. This appears to be some propagated >errors. The probability

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: weird bug when clicking on tabs in workspace...

2002-03-15 Thread Ian Wilson
On 08:55 AM 15/03/2002 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I don't know of any fix, but this also is a known, old bug. Is it on the >bug list already, Ian and Abdul? > >Regards, > >Gisbert No not yet... If someone wants to fill make a really nice cut-and-pastable summary I will add it. To really

[PEDA] Antwort: weird bug when clicking on tabs in workspace...

2002-03-14 Thread ga
I don't know of any fix, but this also is a known, old bug. Is it on the bug list already, Ian and Abdul? Regards, Gisbert "rimas"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Working with Libraries

2002-03-08 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Ian, resident bug librarian, please note, this one is not in the bug database: At 10:15 AM 3/8/2002 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Abd ul-Rahman wrote on 07.03.2002 23:06:08: > > >I find that sometimes the wrong library gets removed I've reported the > >bug, but Protel wanted more informat

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Working with Libraries

2002-03-08 Thread ga
Abd ul-Rahman wrote on 07.03.2002 23:06:08: >I find that sometimes the wrong library gets removed I've reported the >bug, but Protel wanted more information and I never got a Round Tuit. This can be reproduced quite easily when several (more than 4 or 5) libraries are loaded. It has been a

[PEDA] Antwort: Writing messages all day . . .

2002-02-15 Thread ga
JaMi, I spend about 20 - 30 minutes a day with this list; maybe more, if I decide to write detailed posts, which seldom happens. It is really worth the time. The members of this group are giving professional support to all kinds of problems related to this EDA product I earn my salary with. Prob

[PEDA] Antwort: Schematic symbols

2002-02-14 Thread ga
I don't think there is. This would be on my wishlist, though. Regards, Gisbert "Sean James"

[PEDA] Antwort: Net Violations (Help)

2002-02-14 Thread ga
Probably the solution to your proble, is to uncheck the "unrouted net constraint" button in Tools/Design Rule Check menu, as long as the board has not been routed. Unrouted nets are always flagged the way you describe. This is very helpful when checking for remaining (partially) unrouted nets, or

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: need help with Setup Mechanical Layers, please

2002-02-13 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:36 PM 2/13/2002 -0500, Andrew Jenkins wrote: >On 06:00 PM 2/13/2002 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >If this is supposed to be joke, it is not funny. > >How did the attachment slip through the Techserv filter? > >Because the image was embedded into the document. Considering that yours >is

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: need help with Setup Mechanical Layers, please

2002-02-13 Thread Andrew Jenkins

[PEDA] Antwort: need help with Setup Mechanical Layers, please

2002-02-13 Thread ga
If this is supposed to be joke, it is not funny. How did the attachment slip through the Techserv filter? Gisbert "Ken Henrich"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Interactive Track editing

2002-02-12 Thread ga
Again something I was not aware of so far. Thank you. Gisbert "Terry Harris"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Fun with PLD 99

2002-02-07 Thread MSIsallen

[PEDA] Antwort: Fun with PLD 99

2002-02-07 Thread ga
Hi Jeff, I know this might be of little help, but you should seriously think about changing PLD development tools. You got the Altera tools, so why don't you use them? There sure is a reason for most of us Protel users, as far as I know, not to use the PLD tools from Protel. MAX Plus is freeware

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Protel Multi License Special Pricing

2002-02-04 Thread ga
According to Altium Germany the additional license fee is EUR 3875, which is significantly cheaper than 3995 US$, if you take into account the exchange rate, and it includes ATS and update to Phoenix. Sounds interesting to me. Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Solder mask over via's

2002-01-25 Thread ga
Why don't you generate 2 sets of Gerber files, one with and one without tenting, and select the top soldermask with tented vias from one set, and the bottom soldermask with not tented vias from the other set? Gisbert Auge

[PEDA] Antwort: Specctra Autorouter

2002-01-24 Thread ga
Hi Gene, just keep in mind that the dongle drivers for V7 do not run under WIN2K (and probably not under XP either). There is no known workaround for that. No problems under W95 and W98. Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: AW: Lattice pld

2002-01-17 Thread ga
You wrote on 17.01.2002 14:43:05: >Georg, > >I had a similar problem, if I understand your question correctly. We have a >product that used to use ispLSI2064 devices, and then we could only get the >2064A variant. Our programming software wouldn't work with it, as it >detected the wrong signatur

[PEDA] Antwort: 1206 4xresistor network footprint in downloaded libraries. Where?

2001-12-20 Thread ga
Hi, I can only warn you to use "standard" footprints without thorough check. Many of them are just useless without modification and should only be taken as examples. E.g. almost all QFP footprints have much too wide pads, and all DSUB and RJ connectors look nice, but do most probably not match t

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-14 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
onix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:01 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Altera and other > > Hello Mark, > > we use Latti

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-14 Thread ga
"intellasys" i-net.net>Kopie: Thema: Re: [PED

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-13 Thread intellasys
Brian, So, you agree that it's alright for these companies to recover their investments by charging for the software tools and not just for the IC's. When I bought into the Magnum, it was about $7K/seat with a $1.5K annual fee. I have found Altera's support to be lacking, and I have long given u

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-13 Thread Brian Guralnick
Though the compiling tools for Xilinx & Altera cost money, I must admit that there is a ton of work involved within the development of these tools. As an example, Altera's Quartus takes my mess of gates, logic & VHDL numbering in the million range, mushes them together, simplifies it down to

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-13 Thread intellasys
Gisbert, You make some nice products where your work. I couldn't zoom in enough to see what parts your using. I own the Lattice, Xilinx and Altera tools. None were free. Used Actel at one point. It also was not free. So, who's free tools are you using and what devices can they target? Mar

[PEDA] Antwort: Find and delete Tracks without net

2001-12-13 Thread ga
Hallo Waldemar, if it still is possible to go back one step to the PCB with the components to be deleted, I would suggest that you do so. Then, in PCB editor, select Tools/Unroute/Components and unroute the components you want to be deleted. Then do the update PCB from Schematic. There should be

[PEDA] Antwort: Test #2, Is this message getting through?

2001-12-13 Thread ga
It sure does, Brian. :-) Gisbert "Brian Guralnick"

[PEDA] Antwort: Altera and other

2001-12-13 Thread ga
You are invited to have a look at them under www.nateurope.com. By the way, do you have a name, intellasys? Gisbert "intellasys"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Keepouts & DRC

2001-12-12 Thread Emanuel Zimmermann
Maybe that you can setup design rules to allow 0 or less clearance to keepouts. During layout you have to uncheck these rules in the DRC setup to ignore them. Then check it for the DRC. But be careful, such practices are very dangerous! And, like Gisbert I'm wondering the reason for this. Emanue

[PEDA] Antwort: Keepouts & DRC

2001-12-12 Thread ga
Not to my knowledge, but why would you want to do that? Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH "Sean James"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altium Total Support Brochure

2001-12-12 Thread Kathy Quinlan
Is why I use Atmel Uc's the assembler IDE is free, and a 2k limited C compiler from IAR is free too :o) Regards, Kat. /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign |K.A.Q. Electronics \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | Software an

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altium Total Support Brochure

2001-12-12 Thread ga
You wrote on 12.12.2001 10:15:02: >Bastards... Do they want to sell ICs or software? It always makes me >mad. > >Rant off... goodnight.. > >Tony Both, Tony, ICs and SW. Therefore, whereever possible, I implement only devices into my designs which supply development software for free. Gisbert

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Altium Total Support Brochure

2001-12-06 Thread ga
You wrote on 06.12.2001 06:36:49: > Altium tech support is nearly irrelevant >right now, since this forum is extremely helpful. The last time I used >Protel support was in 1996, when I first started using the program. I >haven't needed it since. I am quite sure that I would still need it if >

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Protel Crashes

2001-11-28 Thread ga
Hi, there is a small program called "CTSPD" (ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/ctspd092.zip) that does conformity and plausibility checks on the EEPROM contents of SDRAM modules. If a module fails this check, it does not necessarily mean that it is not working properly, but that the EEPROM data ana

[PEDA] Antwort: router settings

2001-11-27 Thread ga
not to can the reply be posted so the rest of us might benefit from the recommended router settings? My other question here, is why wouldn't the reply have been posted here in the first place? Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Reply1 MS versus Linux

2001-11-26 Thread ga
I can back that statement, Abd ul-Rahman. Last week I received a mail directed only to me from Protel support concerning the setup of the router. I had not turned to them directly; they had been reading my postings on this thread. Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-19 Thread Jon Elson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve, > > same here. Even medium designs won't route and end up with an "unable to > initialise". Does anyone know a reason and workaround for this effect? A couple well-known, but not well documented things. The most important is to have a keepout border around all

Re: [PEDA] Antwort

2001-11-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:36 PM 11/19/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I think what Mr Lomax was doing was trying to find a way for our unilingual >cousins to the South to remember what antwort means, not it's literal >translation. No, I was speculating on what was cognate to what. wort = word is actually better

Re: [PEDA] Antwort

2001-11-19 Thread lloyd . good
10:12 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For English speakers to remember this, Ant = back, as in anterior, and > wort, I would guess, not knowing German, would be the same as English > "ward." S

Re: [PEDA] Antwort

2001-11-19 Thread Ralf Gütlein
From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For English speakers to remember this, Ant = back, as in anterior, and > wort, I would guess, not knowing German, would be the same as English > "ward." So, "backward." Not *completely* correct, though near to it. The german "wort" is the same a

[PEDA] Antwort

2001-11-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:15 AM 11/19/01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"Antwort" is filled in automatically by the mail tool and means "reply" in >German language. For English speakers to remember this, Ant = back, as in anterior, and wort, I would guess, not knowing German, would be the same as English "ward.

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-19 Thread rlamoreaux
> same here. Even medium designs won't route and end up with an "unable to > initialise". Does anyone know a reason and workaround for this effect? I have found this to usually be due to components outside the keepout area or the keepout area being incomplete or inside out. The other thing th

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Using 3D

2001-11-19 Thread robi artwork

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Using 3D

2001-11-19 Thread ga
I am using SPECCTRA for almost all boards I route, but I will gladly admit that Mike got a point there. SPECCTRA is very powerful, but a pain in the neck to setup and configure (pages of .do files to write, . ). I am always looking for a program which got the DWIT button, but did not find it

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Protel usage

2001-11-19 Thread ga
Hi, my use of Protel is > - Schematic yes > - PCB yes > - Powerprint no > - CAM Manager yes > - Simulator no > - Autorouter seldom > - 3D Viewer no > - PLD no > - Arrange Components no > - Autoplacer no, much worse than AR > -

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-19 Thread ga
g.uk> Kopie: Gesendet von: Thema: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter "Steve

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-19 Thread ga
"Bagotronix Tech Support" An: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread Max Henzi
Hi Ivan, It means "Answer" Max -Original Message- From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:32 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter Hey, what does "Antwort" mean in the subject line o

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread Steve Wiseman
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Tim Fifield wrote: > Ivan, > I'm also interested in what button you push. Same here. I've got Specctra, so I don't care so much about the ARs inability, but I've just convinced a customer of mine to buy Protel so they can do their own maintenance of the board I've just don

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread Tim Fifield
Ivan, I'm also interested in what button you push. Tim. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:29 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter Ivan, what buttons do you push, i.e. what rules di

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
Protel needs to fix this too. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: http://www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autoroute

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread ga
Ivan, what buttons do you push, i.e. what rules did you find significant playing around with? Just being curious ... Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH "Ba

[PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2001-11-16 Thread ga
Hi Tim, we route large designs with SPECCTRA. Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH "Tim Fifield"

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Multi-Part Components

2001-11-14 Thread ga
Wow, thank you, Colin, I did not know about this feature, and it's smart. Regards, Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.ht

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: vias vs. pads

2001-11-13 Thread ga
works also fine in Protel. G. Auge "Sean James"

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