Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Jim Monroe
Ian, Perhaps this thread was a waste of your time because of your familiarity of DXP, but I found the information presented quite enlightening. Thank you (and everybody else) for the time you put into your responses. JM At 07:49 PM 5/30/2004, you wrote: On 10:30 AM 31/05/2004, John A. Ross

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Hamid Wasti
Jim Monroe wrote: I am amazed that more than 2 years after DXP's debut its still lacking in such a way. [Regarding global edits] Jim, I am amazed that you are amazed. Step back and see what kind of thinking went into making the change. Someone at a reasonably high level decided (or was

Re: [PEDA] Upgrade to DXP

2004-05-31 Thread Laurie Biddulph
In light of the recent thread on upgrading to DXP I would like to ask the question of those who have (and possibly those that didn't) regarding sharing your files with us Protel 99SE people i.e. Having done your DXP pcb/schematics you need to share them with us 99SE users. How confident can

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Jim Monroe
Hamid, The reason I'm amazed is that I can't be the first to notice that FSO has major shortcomings. Obviously Protel saw the need for it, so why have they stopped short? I'm not quite as cynical. It's apparent that DXP was the result of truly integrating the various Protel products. A good

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:25 PM 5/29/2004, Terry Harris wrote: Having just been offered a discount to upgrade from 99SE to 2004 it's time to think about it again. (I knew those special offers would keep coming). Is it fit to use yet or should hold out for a couple more service packs and the next special offer? Don't

Re: [PEDA] Upgrade to DXP

2004-05-31 Thread Jim Monroe
Laurie, As you probably know, DXP incorporates new features that didn't exist in 99se. So depending on the design and features used in the design, exporting from DXP to 99se may take a little (or a lot) of rework once the file is loaded in 99se. This is always the downside of adding new

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Ian Wilson
On 06:18 AM 1/06/2004, Jim Monroe said: Hamid, The reason I'm amazed is that I can't be the first to notice that FSO has major shortcomings. Obviously Protel saw the need for it, so why have they stopped short? You are not the first to notice and others are trying to get changes in

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Terry Harris
On Mon, 31 May 2004 16:23:17 -0400, you wrote: At 01:25 PM 5/29/2004, Terry Harris wrote: Having just been offered a discount to upgrade from 99SE to 2004 it's time to think about it again. (I knew those special offers would keep coming). Is it fit to use yet or should hold out for a couple more

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread edsi
Thank You Mr Ross for providing that link. Any direct Protel affiliation would support my previous accusations that Mr. Wilson could slightly be a little biased by defending any position that Protel takes. It would be fair to say he also got paid for it also. Hey Fellow's CAD users

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Gavin Melville
Hi, I am also considering the 99SE to 2004 upgrade, and could an existing user answer a licensing question -- I use 99SE at work, and then to get a few more hours a day also use the same license at home on my laptop. I am the only user at this site. Is 2004 able to be used this way -- ie. A

[PEDA] DXP Discussions (was: Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?)

2004-05-31 Thread Jim Monroe
At 03:16 PM 5/31/2004, Ian wrote: snip The amount of traffic on this list that discusses DXP/P2004 in detail and has the suggestions and problems is small compared to that on other forums. Ian - You didn't get specific, but judging by many of your prior postings, I assume you are referring to

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Ian Wilson
On 09:28 AM 1/06/2004, edsi said: Thank You Mr Ross for providing that link. Any direct Protel affiliation would support my previous accusations that Mr. Wilson could slightly be a little biased by defending any position that Protel takes. A perfectly reasonable charge if I did in

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Ian Wilson
On 09:29 AM 1/06/2004, Gavin Melville said: Hi, I am also considering the 99SE to 2004 upgrade, and could an existing user answer a licensing question -- I use 99SE at work, and then to get a few more hours a day also use the same license at home on my laptop. I am the only user at this site.

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread Gavin Melville
YES. unless you are in a region where Altium use node locking, I would expect NZ is not one of these zones. The evalation was node locked -- does that imply the actual SW will be here as well, or was the eval node locked everywhere ?? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] Is Protel 99SE to 2004 upgrade a good idea yet?

2004-05-31 Thread H. Selfridge
Gavin, You need to ask your local Altium office this question. Altium says that in certain parts of the world where software piracy is common, the license is tied to the hardware. Elsewhere, the standard license is a portable key file with a .alt extension that unlocks the software regardless