For the present, since it's been pointed out that there's already a Yahoo group (look further down this email), I'm just going to sit tight. I don't want to further fragment this fine group. However, if anyone is reading this in an archive a few years hence and wants to get something going, please contact me then.
Steve Hendrix HxEngr at alltel dot net SteveHx at HxEngineering dot com At 2008-04-15 09:34, Roberto Berner wrote: >Hello ! >I am located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and I would like to participate in a >Google or Yahoo group about Protel 99 SE which I've been using for several >years. Do you have something in mind ? Please count with me. I am a hardware >/ software designer engineer. > >Kind regards > >Roberto > > > >On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Colin/Mina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > > > Yes, I'd be interested in a Google Group membership, if only to help > > keep > > using Protel 99SE SP6 which I don't use often but have used for years. > > > > If you get this off the ground then please count me in > > > > Cheers > > > > Col > > > > Colin R Dillicar > > Colmin Associates > > Ph +64 9 834 4040 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "AVAST" AV Checked > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Geoff Harland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Open Topic Forum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:18 PM > > Subject: [OT] Mailing Lists (was Re: anyone here?) > > > > > > >> At 2008-02-29 11:27, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > >> >I think that's what happened to me. I went to the Techserv list page > > >> >and > > >> >saw that somehow I was only subscribed to the OT forum. That explains > > >> >why > > >> >I haven't been getting PEDA messages. As to why I was dropped, that > > is > > >> >a > > >> >mystery. > > >> > > >> I think that's happened to me as well. And when I tried to go to > > >> techservinc.com, I got a brag page saying that the site has been > > hacked. > > >> > > >> Before this whole community just fades away, I'd like to suggest that > > >> if there's enough interest we might want to move to a Google group. I > > >> run a number of such groups for nonprofit organizations I'm involved > > >> in, and they work very well. I just run those as closed groups, not > > >> searchable in the directory, because there we have other ways to make > > >> contact. I'm thinking I could set up such a group for Protel (just > > >> one, please!), primarily focused on the 99SE SP6 that seems to be the > > >> pinnacle of its evolution. Those of us who are staying with the tool > > >> that works would then not be completely cut off from one another. I'd > > >> want to keep it locked so that new memberships would have to be > > >> approved (probably with something proving that you're really involved > > >> in PCB design), and that non-members couldn't post, but anyone could > > >> read, and once subscribed there would be no moderation. If someone > > >> abuses it, of course, they'd be unsubscribed. If we do this, I'd like > > >> to have a backup moderator, preferably someone who's been around this > > >> group a while and who is in a very different time zone (I'm USA > > >> Eastern Time, GMT-5) so that one of us would be likely to be on email > > >> at any given time. > > >> > > >> Comments invited! > > >> > > >> Steve Hendrix > > > > > > I know it's been a while since Steve sent that message, but for > > everyone's > > > information, there is already a Yahoo!-based mailing list in existence > > > which caters for users of Protel (and later versions such as DXP and > > AD). > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/protel-users/ > > > > > > It was initially established as a backup mailing list for the [PEDA] > > > mailing list,but I still think that it would be preferable to use that > > > mailing list, rather then setting up yet another Yahoo!-based mailing > > > list. > > > > > > While it is currently of an "open" nature as far as membership is > > > concerned, I would not have any objections to restrictions being imposed > > > upon membership from now on, if for no other reason then to purge > > > spammers. (There has been some spam on that list in the past, though it > > > has not been a significant problem in recent times.) > > > > > > Regards, > > > Geoff Harland. > > > > > > > > > Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. > > > www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum > > > > > > To Post messages: > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com > > > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
