Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-21 Thread Choong Keat Yian
Here we are, many things about Protel's legacy so if i were to have no choice,then i would get into Linux and download OpenSource pcb software which is already in working version that is producing finished assembled SMD board by the software author,there is at least 3 O/source pcb design

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-21 Thread Choong Keat Yian
You reflex on me very too Raven,i started out as a TV repairman after school,then get into audio design especially loudspeaker and it is from here that i feel the need to learn CAD system for able to produce products which will keep me alive,then things got better of me Cad wise and i landed a

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-21 Thread Choong Keat Yian
Yes,for the standard package, Capture CIS and Smartroute is not including because of its lowered price,but the whole package as you mentioned do include everything,from standard route to Smartroute which i am very happy to use with.Imagine me testing a Protel 2.8 sample files of high density 2

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread John A. Ross
-Original Message- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:15 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? At 07:02 AM 9/19/2003, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: But as for a point by point, and ease of use, UI

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Ian Wilson
On 08:40 PM 19/09/2003, John A. Ross [Design] said: -Original Message- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:41 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? ..snip.. I deleted a whole lot of more contentious stuff

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Ian Wilson
On 10:50 PM 19/09/2003, Robert M. Wolfe said: John, Not sure if they did this yet but if the Autorouter for PADS is now the Expedition (VeriBest) autorouter I would state they not in the same ballpark, and quite frankly not in the same universe. Never looked at their Blaze Router though, but

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Hamid A. Wasti
Ian Wilson wrote: I am very interested in this but the numbers seem hard to come by. Can anyone give a purchase and annual cost for other packages that include Sch capture, PCB, autorouter and simulation? It may be instructive to try to set up some sort of table to collate this stuff. When I

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
, September 19, 2003 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? 19/09/2003 13:50:25, Robert M. Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but Expedition router is best I've ever seen. Does that include things like Specctra? Will it bolt up to Protel in any useful way? (Since Situs seems doomed

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
really can't use it for much. Bob - Original Message - From: John A. Ross [Design] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? -Original Message- From: Robert M. Wolfe [mailto

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-20 Thread Jim Walker
Ian Orcad just had a sale with Capture, Pspice, and Layout for $10,000. I believe that included an autorouter. The regular price was $22,000. Jim Walker Walker Power Design, Inc. Ian Wilson wrote: On 10:50 PM 19/09/2003, Robert M. Wolfe said: John, Not sure if they did this yet but if the

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:41 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? ..snip.. I deleted a whole lot of more contentious stuff, enough grenades for today. Ian My comments were

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:47 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? I think some of you are thinking I am supporting Altium in this. I try to be honest, analytical

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:40 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Snipped I would love to get together, face to face, computer to computer with a very experienced OrCad

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
- Original Message - From: John A. Ross [Design] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:02 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? -Original Message- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Robert M. Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:50 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? John, Not sure if they did this yet but if the Autorouter for PADS is now the Expedition (VeriBest

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 07:02 AM 9/19/2003, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: But as for a point by point, and ease of use, UI analysis etc I think it would be an even enough score (Autorouter excluded) as the 2 applications have the same core abilities, but each of them offers different benifets in certain areas depending

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread ravenrux
From: Igor Gmitrovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/17 Wed PM 08:51:38 EDT To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Maybe they were not mis-leading us intentionally. They changed their policies a lot recently, with ATS and DXP and all, so P99SE got a boot

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
:17 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? i believe there is both a in memory cache and an in schematic file cache closing and reopening the file does not clear the memory cache as i recall you have to close the whole protel session i think this was cleaned up somewhere along

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 10:00 PM 18/09/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yeah! I don't know about you guys, but my company just dropped 16 Grand on 99 SE. We can't possibly afford to upgrade to DXP. If Protel decides not to support SE, we're really hosed. Guess it's a good thing I found this user group (or is it

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread ravenrux
that means they still make it. Michael Badillo From: Ian Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/18 Thu AM 08:29:43 EDT To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? On 10:00 PM 18/09/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yeah! I don't know about you guys, but my

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Velander
Products Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:29 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? My company won't upgrade computers, much less software. Getting a new copy of Windows even is like

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread ravenrux
here--it's good for the soul. Thanx, Michael Badillo From: Bagotronix Tech Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/18 Thu AM 11:37:27 EDT To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? My company won't upgrade computers, much less software. Getting a new

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Matt Pobursky
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:29:43 +1000, Ian Wilson wrote: Otherwise the quote upgrade price is about $2500. Lets assume a designers on-cost is between 25 and 50 dollars per hour - 25 to 50 hours of improved productivity will pay for it, one week. So, the question then is how long will I have to

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Unfortunately my CEO has nowhere to go up to. My department head is an engineer and a good guy

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Dennis Saputelli
Matt, your comments reflect my thoughts, feelings and experience about this exactly and i paid for the DXP upgrade so far i have found it cheaper to let it collect electronic dust Dennis Saputelli Matt Pobursky wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:29:43 +1000, Ian Wilson wrote: Otherwise the

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Duane Foster
Cadsoft's Eagle PCB design software runs on Linux. duane -Original Message- From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:16 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Our interns love Linux, but the PHB

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread ravenrux
PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/18 Thu PM 12:18:03 EDT To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:29:43 +1000, Ian Wilson wrote: Otherwise the quote upgrade price is about $2500. Lets assume a designers on-cost is between 25 and 50

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread JaMi Smith
PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:20 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? As far as I know it was never fixed and it still hangs many many times on close so end process needs to be done to shut down a machine. Bob Wolfe

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Back, Norb
, September 18, 2003 2:35 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Cc: JaMi Smith Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? KLUNK ! ! ! I thought at one time that we could possibly embarrass Altium into some kind of action on Service Pack 7, and I think that since it appears that all else has failed

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Dennis Saputelli
-Original Message-Service Pack 7 From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:35 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Cc: JaMi Smith Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? KLUNK ! ! ! I thought at one time that we could possibly embarrass Altium into some kind

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 02:18 AM 19/09/2003, Matt Pobursky said: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:29:43 +1000, Ian Wilson wrote: Otherwise the quote upgrade price is about $2500. Lets assume a designers on-cost is between 25 and 50 dollars per hour - 25 to 50 hours of improved productivity will pay for it, one week. So,

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread John A. Ross
Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:07 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? On 02:18 AM 19/09/2003, Matt Pobursky said: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:29:43 +1000, Ian Wilson wrote: Otherwise the quote upgrade price is about

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:18 PM 9/18/2003, Matt Pobursky wrote: I'm a reasonably smart guy having many years (20+) of experience with engineering software in general. With similar experience or more, I find that I don't learn nearly as quickly as I did when I was younger. I figured more like 1-2 months to come up

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 09:43 AM 19/09/2003, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax said: I presume you have someone paying for your seat time, i.e. you have an employer that's issuing a paycheck whether your jobs are completed or not and also continues to pay you while you are going up the learning curve with new software. That's an

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 09:32 AM 19/09/2003, John A. Ross said: Ian On most of your comparison between DXP and 99SE you have fair points. http://www.considered.com.au/DXP_vs_P99SE.htm for those who missed the link in Ians post before. But I would need to disagree on the heavy use of queries being productive. My main

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:16 PM 9/18/2003, Back, Norb wrote: Service Pack 7 Service Pack 7 Service Pack 7 Service Pack 7 Service Pack 7 I don't think it's going to happen, and here is why: Altium tried to go to ATS, which was, quite simply, a maintenance fee to be paid yearly. We didn't like it. But we still

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 09:32 AM 19/09/2003, John A. Ross said: Ian On most of your comparison between DXP and 99SE you have fair points. http://www.considered.com.au/DXP_vs_P99SE.htm for those who missed the link in Ians post before. Here is something that that others could do. Take my points as a starter, and

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:40 PM 9/18/2003, Ian Wilson wrote: I would love to get together, face to face, computer to computer with a very experienced OrCad, and PADs user, both of whom are non-religious in their approach to computer software, and go through a detailed end-to-end design flow. Then we would all

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:00 AM 9/18/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about you guys, but my company just dropped 16 Grand on 99 SE. We can't possibly afford to upgrade to DXP. If Protel decides not to support SE, we're really hosed. Guess it's a good thing I found this user group (or is it more like

[PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Leo Potjewijd
Hi again. I just noticed sometghing strange with the Sch editor of P99SE(SP6). I set up my schematic libraries (all in one database) with custom part field names: 'tolerance' for field 1, 'power/voltage' for field 2 and 'class/rating' for field 3. Since these fields can be blank for a lot of

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread ravenrux
. Since then it has been MUCH better behaved. Michael Badillo From: Leo Potjewijd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/17 Wed AM 08:08:16 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Hi again. I just noticed sometghing strange with the Sch editor of P99SE(SP6). I set up my

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread JaMi Smith
P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Duh? You guys just now figuring that out? Unfortunately, it appears to be hereditary . . . I want my Service Pack 7 . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: *

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Brian Guralnick
PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: JaMi Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? P99SE has Altzheimers' ? Duh? You guys just now figuring that out? Unfortunately, it appears to be hereditary

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Igor Gmitrovic
, but it would still be worthwile for us here. Igor -Original Message- From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2003 10:30 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? I want my Service Pack 7 . . . Didn't Protel Miss-leadingly

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread brendon . slade
. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/18/03 02:00 AM Please respond to Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? I have noticed (and I have only been using 99 SE for a few months) that it does indeed have Altzheimer's. I

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Dennis Saputelli
be worthwile for us here. Igor -Original Message- From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2003 10:30 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? I want my Service Pack 7 . . . Didn't Protel Miss-leadingly

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Dennis Saputelli
to save my work that had changed. The mistake in this case is to select save (and destroy). HTH Brendon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/18/03 02:00 AM Please respond to Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-17 Thread Brian Guralnick
Don't forget to End Process 'Client99.exe'!! _ Brian Guralnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dennis Saputelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers