Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Tony Karavidas
Man, is Westerville a tech spot, or what? I have purchased several ROM emulators from these guys http://www.gei.com/index.htm in your area. As for Ivan's list, it's #3 for me. Tony > -Original Message- > From: Jeff Adolphs [mailto:jadolphs@;lakeshore.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 07,

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Mike Ingle
#6. Definitely not dxp here.. Mike - Original Message - From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down? > Yeah, message traffic has been slow for me too. >

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread brendon . slade
The best way to get traffic up is to ask why it is down! ;o) Brendon. > > - Original Message - > From: "Linden Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PEDA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:51 PM > Subject: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down? > > > Hi all, > > > > I've be

[PEDA] Abd ul Rahman, what is with the archive?

2002-11-07 Thread Brad Velander
Abd ul-Rahman, since you mention the Yahoo archive, what is with it recently? Last week I went to check for a message that I had deleted and the archive was only current to Oct 18th. Is it maintained manually by someone or is it automatic? If automatic why was it so far behind (2 weeks?)?

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Dennis Saputelli
or ... protel 99SE suddenly started working perfectly and as expected in every way Dennis Saputelli Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > Yeah, message traffic has been slow for me too. > > Could be attributable to a lot of things, but mass migration to DXP is > probably not one of them. > > Poss

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Jeff Adolphs
I'm still here and very busy in recent days. My company has decided to stay with Protel 99SE and not switch yet to DXP. Jeff Adolphs Westerville, Ohio -Original Message- From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:techsupport@;bagotronix.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:11 PM To: Prote

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Joe Sapienza
Ivan, I have dropped off so much in the past Month I'm actually thinking of changing career fields. Might even sell off my seat of DXP that I just bought. Seems no one want to design or build anything new. Not three years ago I had to turn work away. Joe - Original Message - From: "Bago

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:51 AM 11/8/2002 +1100, Linden Doyle wrote: Hi all, I've been getting very little traffic from the forum in the past week. Is it just my system or has everybody gone to the DXP forum? Messages are at the 3 or 4 a day level where previously 20 per day would not be uncommon. I see a lot mor

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Brad Velander
Linden, I will also confirm that it is slow for the last two - three days. I was wondering as well. Sincerely, Brad Velander. Lead PCB Designer Norsat International Inc. Microwave Products Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.co

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
Yeah, message traffic has been slow for me too. Could be attributable to a lot of things, but mass migration to DXP is probably not one of them. Possiblities: 1) List server problems (probably not) 2) List censorship (maybe rants and off-topics from folks like me are being filtered out?) 3) Every

Re: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Joe Sapienza
Seems very slow lately I think everyone is switching over to DXP - Original Message - From: "Linden Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEDA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: [PEDA] Is forum traffic down? > Hi all, > > I've been getting very little tr

[PEDA] Is forum traffic down?

2002-11-07 Thread Linden Doyle
Hi all, I've been getting very little traffic from the forum in the past week. Is it just my system or has everybody gone to the DXP forum? Messages are at the 3 or 4 a day level where previously 20 per day would not be uncommon. Thanks Linden Doyle Product Development Engineer Zener Electric

Re: [PEDA] Pick & Place Data

2002-11-07 Thread Igor Gmitrovic
Hi Steve, yes the protel P&P file is usable. We use spreadsheet metric format, so it's easier to edit the file in Excel. Our origin is set onto one of the fiducial marks. The way you set the origin is defined by your P&P machine and the way you panellise the board. There was some discussion rec

[PEDA] Pick & Place Data

2002-11-07 Thread HxEngr
I just got a call from a client who is having issues with an assembly house over the pick & place file generated by Protel. There has been discussion on this board in the past, but I can't find the thread in the archives. Are there IPC standards for the pick & place file? Is the Protel-generated

Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user?

2002-11-07 Thread Steve Smith
You forget, they are now called "Sanitation Engineers". Steve Smith > -Original Message- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:techsupport@;bagotronix.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user? >

Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user?

2002-11-07 Thread Tim Hutcheson
> A garbage man has more job security than an engineer, it seems... It's surprising. Their job is easier to plan, has a better human interface, mass storage is reliable, and so on... Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz S

Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user?

2002-11-07 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
> my grandmother always said i should be a garbage man, it might have been > easier! A garbage man has more job security than an engineer, it seems... Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a m

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

2002-11-07 Thread Paul Holland
I usually design boards of 16+ layers and battle with this daily! If a layer is added and it comes up as 'Mid Layer5', protel thinks that it is always Mid Layer 5 nomatter where it is in the layer stack!! As you suggest Florian, The best way I have found is to leave the layers as they are and copy

[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

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

2002-11-07 Thread Florian Finsterbusch
I've had a simular problem last year. In my case the reason was a change in the layer-stackup. I've moved midlayer-5 between midlayer-1 und midlayer-2. The midlayer order was then 1, 5, 2, 3, 4. Some times later i've renamed the layers in the layer-stackup-manager in ascending order (without mov

[PEDA] 99SE SP6 gerber file names transposed

2002-11-07 Thread Dave Eloranta
Hi I have a 10 layer PCB design file in which the editor shows layer names normal, the design manager shows the color swatch and layer name properly. When the gerber files are generated the .g2 file has the tracks from midlayer4, .g3 file has the data from midlayer 2 , the .g4 file has the data fro

Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user?

2002-11-07 Thread Westfeldt, Pat
Why can't I unsubsribe? I keep getting the posts, even after unsubscribing according to instructions. Patrick Westfeldt, Jr. voices: 303 939 5087 FAX 303 939 5550 720 406 0887 cell 720 272 5822 emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Saput