Re: [PEDA] [OT] Highway Robbery

2002-10-28 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
- Original Message - From: Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel Data Forum (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:37 AM Subject: [PEDA] [OT] Highway Robbery $1200 AUS for the two day Protel 99SE Simulation Training course! Plus airfares, plus accommodation, do these

[PEDA] Sourcesafe and Protel

2002-10-28 Thread Brooks,Bill
We have been messing with SourceSafe to see if we can check in and out jobs from an archive to handle rev control of boards and schematics. We noticed that the read only thing happens when we check the job files in and leave a copy behind... I'm curious how you all handle revision control and

Re: [PEDA] [OT] Highway Robbery

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Daggett
My company sent me to a 3-day Protel training at one point for around $1300. The training price was by far the cheapest in comparison to the airfare + hotel + rental car. I found the course good in the respect that it gets you out of the office for 3 days where you can focus on just learning the

[PEDA] OrCad to Protel conversion

2002-10-28 Thread Fabian Hartery
Hi all, I am interested in importing a complete Orcad design, within Protel 99SE. I have successfully imported a schematic set, with the typical occurrence of shifted/mis-sized port connections and power objects. I can recover from these nuisance effects. What I need is a way to import the pwb,

Re: [PEDA] Sourcesafe and Protel

2002-10-28 Thread Dwight Harm
I don't use SourceSafe for protel, but for other stuff -- just a note that there's an option to turn off the 'read-only' setting for un-checked-out files. But having it read-only doesn't seem like a bad thing in that case. -Original Message- From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:BBrooks;dtwc.com]

Re: [PEDA] SDK and Delphi Questions

2002-10-28 Thread Wojciech Oborski
JaMi Smith wrote: snip Needless to say, I don't want to buy more than I need, and at the same time I certainly don't want to go out and buy something that is not going to do the job. snip As it is now clear from what Ian Wilson and John Williams posted that Delphi 5 is necessary and Delhi 5

[PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Daggett
Just got this in the mail the other day... looks like Orcad has come down a lot on their PCB tools. Right now you can get Orcad Capture/Capture CIS, PSpice A/D, Orcad Layout, and Specctra for $7500 with one full year of service and support. I think before we bought our second Protel license we

Re: [PEDA] Windows XP- Can't Open Read Only Ddb's in 99SE

2002-10-28 Thread Peter Bennett
Rusty Land wrote: Using a new Windows XP Professional system when I try to import previous Ddb's they all open as Read Only. I've messed with assigning Read Only parameters to folders and files for quite awhile. Now the files are all set to not Read Only while the folders are Read Only-

Re: [PEDA] Sourcesafe and Protel

2002-10-28 Thread Tony Karavidas
I use the DDB, but I check in entire DDB files (eats up space, but who cares) when a rev is done. -Original Message- From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:BBrooks;dtwc.com] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:20 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] Sourcesafe and Protel

Re: [PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500

2002-10-28 Thread JaMi Smith
Matt, Just got what in the mail today? Was there a post or a link? JaMi * * * * * * * * * * - Original Message - From: Matt Daggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:56 AM Subject: [PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500 Just got

Re: [PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500

2002-10-28 Thread Tony Karavidas
Jami, read the SUBJECT: Orcad Unison Tools for $7500 -Original Message- From: JaMi Smith [mailto:jamismith;sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:05 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500 Matt, Just got what in the mail today?

Re: [PEDA] Orcad Unison Tools for $7500

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Daggett
It was a flyer by postal mail. Go to http://www.orcadunison.com for more info on the deals. Just put in guest when it asks for your PIN Number. matt -Original Message- From: JaMi Smith [mailto:jamismith;sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 3:05 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject:

Re: [PEDA] [OT] Highway Robbery

2002-10-28 Thread Jon Elson
Thomas wrote: $1200 AUS for the two day Protel 99SE Simulation Training course! Plus airfares, plus accommodation, do these people think I'm made of money? It's a pity, as it did sound worthwhile until I got to the bottom line. Why, yes, and they want a chunk of it! As for simulation, it

Re: [PEDA] Sourcesafe and Protel

2002-10-28 Thread Julian Higginson
From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:BBrooks;dtwc.com] We have been messing with SourceSafe to see if we can check in and out jobs from an archive to handle rev control of boards and schematics. It can actually be quite handy, but will take up a lot of disk space on its server when ddb files start

Re: [PEDA] [OT] Highway Robbery

2002-10-28 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
Seems to be resonable. Just confirm that the groups aren't too big. We once arranged a half day private course at our distributor. Meaning there were just the two of us plus the instructor. We weren't told things we already knew as it may happen in bigger groups but could get a fast update on

Re: [PEDA] OrCad to Protel conversion

2002-10-28 Thread Wojciech Oborski
Fabian Hartery wrote: I am interested in importing a complete Orcad design, within Protel 99SE. I have successfully imported a schematic set, with the typical occurrence of shifted/mis-sized port connections and power objects. I can recover from these nuisance effects. What I need is a way to